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The highlight of the year was when the team claimed
overall Team Silver at the Pony European Showjumping
Championships in Malmo, Sweden, in August 2015.
introduced High Performance
structures in conjunction with the
Irish Sports Council (ISC) and the
relevant a liate organisations. The
programmes consist of a mix of
training and target competitions
aimed at preparing combinations
for the challenges they are likely to
face at European level. Most years,
Ireland sends eight underage
teams to represent us in European
Championships.
These High Performance
Programmes are overseen by the
High Performance Committees.
The High Performance team
manager has full selection
are funded by the Irish Sports
Council, Showjumping Ireland
(SJI) and Eventing Ireland. The
progress made to date brings
credit to the riders, their families,
their coaches, their owners, the
a liate organisations, the High
Performance Programmes, the
HSI Coaching Programme and
the Team Ireland equestrian
sponsors and suppliers. Having
achieved such excellent results,
the challenge now is to help
these exceptional young athletes
to make the transition to the
successful senior teams.
Pony Riders (U16)
Junior Riders (U18)
Young Riders (U21)
Junior Riders (U18)
Young Riders (U21)
training prior to the European Championships. Pictured: Mikey Pender,
Luke Garrigan, Tom Slattery (Chef d'Equipe), Kayleigh Soden, Olivia
Roulston and Abbie Sweetnam.