Dressage Ireland

Eventing Ireland Day Ticket Reductions

Eventing Ireland has just reduced the price of its day tickets for members and non-members for the rest of the season. Day Tickets are for over 18’s only and restricted to intro and pre-novice classes.

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2010 Dressage Ireland National Championships - Get Your Entries in Early!

The organisers of the 2010 Dressage Ireland National Championships are calling on all those planning to compete at this show to get their entries in as soon as they have the necessary qualifying results. This will greatly help the organisers to make the all the arrangements necessary to ensure that the Championships run smoothly.

So please remember, all entrants who are already qualified should enter, either by post or on-line, now or, in any case, before Friday 3 September 2010. Please note that this date is the absolute closing date for postal entries.

Only those potential entrants hoping to achieve qualifying results at the affiliated shows running between 3 and 12 September should use the special extended closing date for on-line entries only, midnight Sunday 12 September 2010.

2010 Dressage Ireland National Championships Schedule

Information Bullet Points From Board To Members May – August 2010

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Spruce Lodge Bursary Awards 2010

Saturday 14th August saw the first ever running of the Spruce Lodge Bursary Awards, a competition for riders under 25 who have progressed beyond the Silver Spurs.

HSI Silver Spurs Results 2010

Both the semi-final placings and the final placings in the HSI Silver Spurs were determined in glorious sunshine at Marlton Stud on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th of August.

HSI Silver Spurs - Qualified Riders

Following the completion of the last two HSI Silver Spurs qualifiers, results of all the qualifiers and the final leader board are now available.

Exciting New Under 25s Competition Announced

The Silver Spurs committee, together with Joan Keogh of Spruce Lodge, are pleased to announce a competition which is loosely based on British Young Riders Dressage Scheme 'Young Professionals' and 'Search for the Stars' competitions. The competition itself comprises of an open class in which riders compete their mounts in two predetermined tests at their chosen level, the highest scoring six then go forward to an afternoon session with an international trainer and rider to assess their trainability, technique and understanding of the training scales both in a theoretical and practical sense.

The 'Spruce Lodge Bursary Awards' will be open to riders who have not had their 25th birthday on 01.01.2010. This competition will be integrated into the Silver Spurs Semi-Final day at Marlton Stud on August 13th, making this a very significant and exciting day of competition for young riders of all levels.

See Spruce Lodge Bursary Awards FAQ for further details.

National Championships 2010

Change with regard to qualification time span for National Championships 2010.

Dressage Ireland Printed Schedule

Due to the high cost of printing schedules, packaging and posting, Dressage Ireland took the decision at the beginning of the year not to have their bi-annual schedule printed any longer.

In the past we have also noted that the printed version of the schedule is out of date before it reaches its members, and is the cause of confusion because of amendments.

From now on (Summer 2010), all information with regard Dressage Ireland shows, training, news, highlights, and so on will be posted on our website.

Our members are advised to keep themselves up to date through the website, but can always contact the office for further details.

Riders Competing Abroad at National Shows

All riders competing at National shows outside of Ireland are requested to inform the office of their competition plans.

After returning to Ireland (or sooner if possible), ALL results MUST be sent to the office.

Results must include: Rider and membership no – horse and registration no – classes and the results, together with the judges names for each class.

Dressage Ireland Classifieds

From 15 June 2009 Dressage Ireland will need to make a small charge for personal advertising on the website to cover administration costs.

Any advertisements that are currently up on the website for more than 6 months will be removed after 30 June.

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