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HORSE SPORT IRELAND
55
Annual Report
2013
C
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The HSI Level 2 Coach qualification is currently an
eight-day course and provides candidates with the
skills necessary to work competently as an independent
coach up to elementary level. Candidates must attend
all course contact time and achieve the required
standard at an official assessment in dressage, show
jumping and cross country.
Ten people achieved the required standard in the
HSI Level 2 Coach course in 2013:
Ronnie Morton
John O'Connell
John O'Boyle
Derek McConnell
Anne Marie Dunphy
Phyllis Darcy
Paul Kilbride
Trevor Smith
Bill Maguire
Tom Doherty
Throughout 2013 a full review of the assessment
procedure at Level 2 was carried out with several
improvements made. In July 2013, two tutor and
assessor training and upskilling days were held at
Spruce Lodge Training Facility, Redcross, Co. Wicklow,
in conjunction with the HSI Level 2 Pre-Assessments.
Diane McCully
Carole Hill
Nicola Manningham Buller
Jean Meagher
Ailin Walsh
Judy Braniff
Kirsty Chambers
Carol Kavanagh
Jenny Harvey
Karen McCracken
Kim O'Gorman
Aoife McCabe
Amory McMahon
Alison Fernandes
Louise Morrison
Robert Frazer
Diarmuid O'Brien
Lyn Keane
James O'Reilly
Noel Robinson
Elaine O'Neill
Caoimhe Duffy
Emma Kieran
Graham McIntyre
Danielle Mollison
Rebecca Monahan
Anne Marie Dunphy
Rory O'Hare
Jean Halpenny
Aileen Curry
Sharon Halvey
Shauna Boyle
Karen Cotter
Emma Willis
Suzanne Hill
Jacky Reid
Helen Keogh
Eilish Byrne
Iris Walshe
Jane Skelly
Keith Stafford
Gabrielle Le Guay
David Byrne
Edwina Dooley
David Doyle
Forty-five people achieved their HSI Level 1 Apprentice Coach qualification in 2013:
Comdt John Ledingham, Chairman of the Horse Sport
Ireland Coaching Steering Committee.
The HSI Level 1 Apprentice Coach course is a four-day course providing
candidates with the skills and techniques to work competently as a coach
to novice level. It is recommended that HSI Level 1 Apprentice Coaches work
under the guidance and supervision of a higher qualified coach.