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HORSE SPORT IRELAND
Coaching Pr
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Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) operates the
HSI Coaching Programme, delivering
competition coaching qualifi cations
using modern techniques to improve
both horses' and riders' performance.
Coaching courses are delivered by
professional equestrian tutors and are
accredited by Coaching Ireland.
HSI Coaching had a hugely successful year in 2012 with
over 200 applicants taking part in courses around the
country. The year saw signifi cant developments within
the HSI Coaching Programme with completion of the
fi rst ever HSI Level 3 Coach courses, the introduction
of a Cross Country/Eventing workshop and the HSI
National Coaching Conference, which attracted over
400 attendees.
HSI Introduction to Coaching
6 courses (80 participants)
HSI Level 1 Apprentice Coach
5 courses (73 participants)
HSI Level 2 Coach 1 course (16 participants)
HSI Level 3 Coach 2 courses (15 participants)
HSI Cross Country Eventing workshops
2 workshops (29 participants)
The
HSI Level 1 Apprentice Coach course is a four-
day course providing candidates with the skills and
techniques to work competently at a coach to novice
level. It is recommended that HSI Level 1 Apprentice
Coaches work under the guidance and supervision of a
higher qualifi ed coach.
Fifty-two people achieved their HSI Level 1 Apprentice
Coach qualifi cation in 2012:
Oinri Jackson
Katie Timmins
Feaha Moore
Sue Perry
Heli Nannimainen
Ian Grace
Zora Feurer
Noel Barry
Simone Barry
Eileen Bennett O'Farrell
Michelle Nelson
Elma O'Mahony
Jane Lamb
Penny Jagdhuber
Paul Duff y
Marjorie Haire
Michael Cusack
Anne Trent
Tom Doherty
Christina Keane
Grace O'Rourke
Michelle Humphreys
Meike Biegel
Susanne Staff ord
Lorli Higgins
Maria O'Neill
Corina Broderick
Marnie Crerar
Ellyn Gourley
Brenda Burke
Anna Jozwik
Janice Campbell
Martha Naughton
Alexandra McCully
Hannah Bolger
Caroline Walsh
Laura Brown
Lisa Mitchell Talbot
Susan Stokesberry
Deirdre Lynch
Lorna Keogh
Melanie King
David O'Connor
Niamh Grimes
Nicola Cassidy
Karen Kelly
Shane Costello
Ruth Shanahan
Cormac Raff erty
Elizabeth Keane
Johnny O'Connell
Joanne Attley
HSI Coaching Programme 2012
Course
Level
Dressage
Show Jumping
Eventing
Introduction to Coaching
Training
Preliminary
1 metre
n/a
Level 1
Apprentice
Novice
1.10m
Novice
Level 2
Coach
Elementary
1.20m
1 -- 2*
Level 3
National
Prix St George
1.40m
CCI2* -- CCI3*
Level 4
International
Grand Prix
1.60m
CCI4*
Annual Report 2012
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