HORSE SPORT IRELAND
Annual Report
2015
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Final standings after the last leg of the FEI Nations Cup Eventing Series 2015
Rank
Team
Venues
Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1
GBR
8
11
9
11
7
6
52
2
GER
11
7
11
11
5
45
3
AUS
9
5
9
6
6
4
39
4
FRA
11
8
8
5
7
39
5
NED
7
7
5
2
8
3
32
6
IRL
9
7
11
27
7
BEL
8
9
17
8
NZL
9
8
17
9
USA
8
9
17
10
SWE
6
5
11
11
ESP
6
6
12
POL
4
4
13
CAN
4
4
14
JPN
2
2
15
BRA
0
0
Venues
1 - Fontainebleau (FRA); 2 - Ballindenisk (IRL); 3 - Houghton Hall (GBR); 4 - Strzegom (POL);
5 - Aachen (GER); 6 - Waregem (BEL); 7 - Boekelo (NED).
High P
erf
ormanc
e Pr
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ammes
Chairperson
: Brian Mangan
High Performance Manager:
Nick Turner
Dressage Coach:
Ian Woodhead
Showjumping Coach:
Comdt Gerry Flynn
Team Vet:
Hugh Su ern
Member:
Lord Patrick Connolly Carew
Member:
Jessica Harrington
Member:
Jean S Mitchell, MBE
Member:
Janet Murray
In 2015, Horse Sport Ireland (HSI), in conjunction with the
Irish Institute of Sport, undertook a review of the High
Performance Programme, with the goal of Rio 2016 Olympics
in mind. One of the key recommendations was to formulate
a smaller squad in advance of the 2016 Olympics. On 23rd
February, 2015, the Rio squad was announced. Throughout
the course of the season, athletes were evaluated and a squad
review system was implemented. The highlight of the 2015
programme was when the Irish Eventing Team won their
first-ever Eventing Nations Cup at Boekelo in October. With
Olympic qualification secured in 2014, the Eventing Team
travelled to the European Eventing Championships at Blair
Castle, Great Britain, in September 2015.
The victorious Irish
eventing team at
Boekelo, where they
won Ireland's first-
ever Eventing Nations
Cup. Pictured are
Jonty Evans, Padraig
McCarthy, Cathal Daniels
and Joseph Murphy.
Senior Eventing High Performance Programme
This programme is overseen by the Eventing High Performance Committee
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