Vacancy – Chef d’Equipe Irish Dressage Team WEG
In the event that an IRL Dressage Team competes at World Equestrian Games in Normandy France, 2014 – Horse Sport Ireland is seeking a Chef D’Equipe for Ireland’s dressage team. The position will be filled on a voluntary basis. THE ROLE Acting as Chef d’Equipe for the Irish Dressage Team THE CANDIDATE Must have excellent communications and organisational skills Must be of the highest integrity Must have knowledge of Dressage at International Level Must be results driven & comfortable in a competitive sporting environment The successful applicant will report to the Equestrian Sport Co-ordinator. Interested candidates should send a CV to tconnors@horsesportireland.ie by 5pm, Monday 30th June, 2014. Interviews will be held on Monday 7th July. For more information please contact Triona Connors on 045-854519. This notice is also available on the HSI Vacancies page.
Vacancy – Chef d’Equipe Irish Endurance Team WEG
In the event that an IRL Endurance Team qualifies for the World Equestrian Games in Normandy France, 2014 – Horse Sport Ireland is seeking a Chef D’Equipe for Ireland’s endurance team. The position will be filled on a voluntary basis. THE ROLE Acting as Chef d’Equipe for the Irish Endurance Team THE CANDIDATE Must have excellent communications and organisational skills Proven experience in leading and managing teams Must be of the highest integrity Must have knowledge of Endurance at International Level Must be results driven & comfortable in a competitive sporting environment The successful applicant will report to the Equestrian Sport Co-ordinator. Interested candidates should send a CV to tconnors@horsesportireland.ie by 5pm, Wednesday,28th May, 2014. This vacancy is also listed on the HSI Vacancies page. For more information please contact Triona Connors on 045-854519.
HSI announces new Level 2 coaches
HORSE Sport Ireland (HSI) Level 2 candidates completed their final assessments earlier this week at Ravensdale Equestrian Centre, Dundalk and Lullymore Equestrian Centre, Rathangan, Co. Kildare. At Level 2 candidates are required to demonstrate their competency to coach at the required level in dressage, show jumping and cross country. Dressage and show jumping assessments were held at Ravensdale Equestrian Centre and candidates were required to demonstrate the required level of competency in both disciplines before being invited to present for cross country assessment at Lullymore Equestrian Centre. Five candidates were successful in all three phases. The HSI Level 2 Coach qualification is the first level where coaches are qualified to coach independently. Coaches must demonstrate competency in their coaching at elementary dressage standard, 1.20m show jumping and up to CNC2*/ CIC2* eventing. At the final assessments, candidates were required to bring their own horse and rider capable of working at […]
Twomey withdraws from last rounds of World Cup Jumping Final
DESPITE qualifying for Easter Monday’s penultimate round of the show jumping World Cup Final at Lyon, Ireland’s Billy Twomey this afternoon declared that he was withdrawing from the competition. The Cork-born rider, who is Ireland’s only representative at the prestigious event, said today: “Considering I’m four fences off the leader I decided to save Tinka for another day. There’s Grands Prix and Nations’ Cups on the horizon, and considering her age I feel this is the right decision.” Twomey and Sue Davies’s 17 year-old Tinka’s Serenade had finished eighth in the opening competition of the Final on Friday, and on Saturday, despite having two rails down in the first round of the class, were still ranked equal 17th in the 38-strong table. The top 30 riders achieved qualification for the first of Monday’s two final rounds, so Twomey was well within the classification zone. He would had to have finished […]
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