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Grapevine August 2010
         
  August 25     DK Pony Cup
August 21-22, Revsø Rideklub, Sommersted, Denmark
A Final   B Final
1 Alleby 47   1 U14 Denmark 53
2 80% Danish 38   2 Team Revsø 41
3 U17 Denmark 37   3 Flying Blue 29
4 Freelancers 30   4 Speed riders 27
5 Landvetter 26   5 Hurlumhej Mix 24
 
         
  August 17     Norwegian Individual Championship
Open   Junior
A Final   A Final
1 Maren Lande 51   1 Frida Gillebo 53
2 Johan Ramtung 35   2 Nina Tuv 39
3 Anne-Grethe Jarlset 33   3 Karoline Kjuus 33
4 Stine Omsted 32   4 Amanda Holst 30
5 Linn Hoffgaard 29   5 Tonje Akselsen 29
6 Line Hilmersen 29   6 Mari Braastad 24
B Final   B Final
7 Lillann Akselsen 52   7 Silje Hagen 42
8 Bettina Bogen 37   8 Charlotte Gaarder 39
9 Karianne Brekken 34   9 Elise Johansen 38
10 Christina Ødeskaug 31   10 Sofie S. Houge 34
11 Mathilde Holst 30   11 Ingrid S. Houge 32
12 Vibeke Johansen 26   12 Nina Sørensen 25
C Final   C Final
13 Caroline Bakken 39   13 Sofie Klevmark 34
14 Helene Moe 24   14 Mari Hoffgaard 26
15 Cathrine Guttormsen 22   15 Silje M. Sponås 21
16 Line Bryn Valebjørg 14   16 Andrea Sæther 17
D Final   D Final
17 Veronica Strøm 28   17 Julie Klevmark 21
18 Yvonne Moe 18   18 Charotte Brovold 19
19 Maria Nygaardsvik 14   19 Tonje Cappelen 19
 
         
  August 17     Swedish Summer Pairs
Lycke, August 14-15
Results 		 
         
  August 2     Embla Open Results
July 31-Aug 1
  Session 1 Session 2 Session 3   Final Result
Søndre Ski 34 73 97 A 44 1
Akershus W. 28 60 81 A 32 2
Oppland 34 67 98 A 26 3
Oslo 31 56 84 A 24 4
Follo 25 43 74 A 22 5
Skuterponni (Jr.) 23 47 64 B 33 6
Heppadihoppa 18 41 61 B 30 7
Nesodden 20 40 66 B 26 8
Modum (Jr.) 16 33 55 B 11 9
             
Ski speider etter premier 		 
           

 

    

Grapevine July 2010
         
  July 24     World Team Championship
July 23-25, Geneva, Swizerland
A Final
1 Ireland 107 www.prime-photography.com
for photos of the championship
2 France 102
3 Belgium 94
4 Switzerland 65
5 England 64
6 Germany 49
B Final
7 Northern Ireland 66  
8 Wales 63
9 USA 53
10 Denmark 47
C Final
11 Italy 49  
12 Sweden 44
13 Australia 41
 
         
  July 27     Geneva Welcomes the World Championship
Geneva Motorway Welcome		  
         
  July 27     World Individual Championship
July 15-18, Chepstow, Wales
Under 12   Under 17
1 Sally Kitchiner (England) 55   1 Eddie Surman (England) 59
2 Katy Snook (England) 47   2 James Reis (England) 48
3 Charlie Sutton (England) 46   3 April Wilson (England) 38
4 Colin Verdelhan (France) 41   4 Tom Getty (Northern Ireland) 38
5 Henry Goldhawk (England) 33   5 Amber Williams (England) 38
6 Lili Antcliff (Wales) 33   6 James Dawson (Wales) 34
7 Rebecca Thomas (Wales) 25   7 Paige James (England) 25
Under 15   Open
1 Tom Leeson (England) 48   1 Dee Cherrington (New Zealand) 48
2 Guy Gorvett (England) 47   2 Alex Franklin (England) 47
3 Bethany Clayton (England) 46   3 Will Robinson (England) 43
4 Mitchell Lyons (England) 44   4 Quentin Voeltzel (France) 42
5 Jordan Peerless (England) 39   5 Robert Leese (England) 33
6 Lizzie Lukehurst (England) 30   6 Elley Roberts (England) 33
7 Katie Dawson (England) 25   7 Widu Moormann (Germany) 33
 
         
  July 16     Full Results for Northern European Championship
June12-13, Roskilde, Denmark
Open  
1 Germany 2 213
2 Sweden 1 212
3 Sweden 2 204
4 Denmark 1 181
5 Germany 1 156
6 Denmark 2 81
Under 17  
1 Norway 220
2 Germany 2 208
3 Sweden 167
4 Germany 1 167
5 Denmark 1 161
6 Denmark 2 120
 
         
  July 14     European Championship
July 1-4, Chepstow, Wales
Minis (under 12)   Under 17 A Final
1 England 328   1 England 128
2 France 259   2 Ireland 102
3 Wales 239   3 Wales 93
4 Italy 192   4 France 84
5 Belgium 175   5 Northern Ireland 76
6 Scotland 155   6 Germany 75
7 Germany 148   7 Scotland 52
Under 14 A Final   Under 17 B Final
1 England 115   1 Denmark 68
2 Italy 99   2 Italy 65
3 Scotland 82   3 Sweden 62
4 Germany 82   4 Belgium 58
5 Northern Ireland 81   5 Norway 55
6 Wales 79        
7 Belgium 74        
Under 14 B Final        
1 France 37        
2 Denmark 29        
Open A Final   Open B Final
1 France 102   1 Scotland 69
2 Belgium 95   2 Germany 50
3 Northern Ireland 91   3 Switzerland 47
4 Ireland 91   4 Denmark 36
5 England 90        
6 Wales 83        
7 Sweden 58        
 
           

 

    

Grapevine June 2010
         
  June 21     Northern European Championship
June12-13, Roskilde, Denmark
Winners : Germany II
Anna Wolff / Mäcki
Betsy Bohn / Arabella
Inger Holm / Point
Jana Kliesch / Regno
Mark Skubatz / Nils		  
         
  June 21     Reminder : World Team Championship 2010
July 1-4
Keep checking the information on the World Team Championship website

World Championship 2010		  
         
  June 21     Reminder : World Individual Championship 2010
July 15-18
Keep checking the information on the MGAGB website 		 
         
  June 21     Reminder : European Championship 2010
July 23-25
Keep checking the information on the European Championship website

European Championship 2010 		 
         
  June 21     Team Competition Norway Part 3
June 19-20
  Session 1 Session 2 Session 3   Final Result
Sandefjord 41 35 44 A 51 1
Søndre Ski 42 42 41 A 49 2
Oppland 40 43 25 A 29 3
Oslo 23 39 28 A 26 4
Nesodden 30 30 34 A 25 5
Follo 33 22 21 B 41 6
Ponnifolka 26 21 26 B 39 7
Hurlumhei Mix 25 25 28 B 37 8
Skuterud 21 31 33 B 35 9
Marka 15 11 12 B 24 10
 
         
  June 17     Nocturne 2011
May 28-29
Make a note of it now. 		 
         
  June 15     British Pairs Championship Results
June 12-13, Uttoxeter Racecourse, England
Minis   Juniors
1 Laurn Day & Henry Goldhawk 49   1 April Wilson & Eddie Surman 52
2 Katy Snook & Sammi Hardy 42   2 Toya Clark & Amber Williams 38
3 Alfie Gibson & Sammi-Jo Palmer 34   3 Kara Tucker & Chelsea Burns 37
4 Jon Vaughan & Caitlin Day 31   4 Tash Elder And Jack Capel 28
5 Milly Clements-Moore & Chloe Day 28   5 Thomas & Greg James 27
6 Emma Thompson & Emily Norton 26   6 Mitchell Lyons & Lizzie Lukehurst 23
7 Ben Hopkins & Emily Norton 14   7 James Dawson & Katy Young 18
Open    
1 Elaine Trevor Jones & Pete Walters 43        
2 Danny Spencer & Katie Hardy 43        
3 Elley Roberts & Mark Devitt 38        
4 Alan Keoghan & Craig O Connor 32        
5 Ulrika Andersson & Aidan Hanlon 25        
6 Kirsty Shaw & Emma Lloyd 23½        
7 Matt Clingo & Sarah Farnsworth 19½        
 
         
  June 15     Results from Nocturne 2010
June 12-13, Vienne, France
Open A final   Open B final
1 Les Speed     1 Team national Suisse 62
2 La Team pony materiels belge     2 Les Zozios attack 54
3 Les Jumping     3 Les Coupains 40
4 La Team pony materiels France     4= Em2c Peillard open 33
5 Les We hope     4= Les Chocapic 33
6 Les Innatendus     6 Les 3 R games 26
7 Les Speedys          
Open C final   Open D final
1 EM2C peillard pony 47   1= Les No limits 50
2 Flachs blacks 44   1= Les Fox's 50
3 La Dino'z 43   3 Les Shakers 44
4 OTtacket 42   4 Les Xerox's 39
5 Les Willy Wallers 38   5 Les Carreaux jamais capo 34
6 Les d'échiré 37   6 Les Recomposés 33
Benjamins/Minimes        
1 Team pony materiels mini 122½        
2 Les 4 fantastiques 120        
3 Les petites crapules 82        
4 Les Scanias 81        
5 Les fous d'échiré 65½        
 
         
  June 3-4     Southern Hemisphere Championship
June 1-4, Royal Agricultural Show, Pietermaritzburg,
Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
New Zealand
New Zealand wins the first IMGA Southern Hemisphere Championship
    June 3 June 4 Total
1 New Zealand 48 38 86
2 Australia 35 43 78
3 Medunsa (Medical University of South Africa) 42 34 76
4 South Africa A 30 31 61
5 South Africa B 22 32 54
 
         
  June 2     Southern Hemisphere Championship
June 1-4, Royal Agricultural Show, Pietermaritzburg,
Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Results of the warm-up event June 1 :
1 Medunsa (Medical University of South Africa) 42
2= South Africa A 39
2= New Zealand 39
4 Australia 38
5 South Africa B 18
 
           

 

    

Grapevine May 2010
         
  May 30     Nisse Cup
May 29-30, Alleby, Sweden
Results 		 
         
  May 29     Peter Dale Challenge
May 15-16, Turin, Italy
Results from Turin and Competition Results so far		  
         
  May 27     Welsh Championship
August 7-8, David Broome Event Centre, Chepstow, Wales
Information and Entry Form 		 
         
  May 26     International Representative for Ireland
Mark Devitt is taking over from Philip Whooley.		  
         
  May 25     Norwegian Spring Pairs
May 23, Skuterud
  Session 1 Session 2   Final Result
Anne-Grethe Jarlset &
Christina Ødeskaug		 27 27 A 31 1
Karen Sæther Houge &
Lotte Hansen		 24 29 A 28 2
Frida Gillebo &
Rebekka Vilu		 29 26 A 22 3
Stine Omsted &
Johan Ramtung		 27 30 A 21 4
Karoline Kjuus &
Lillann Akselsen		 25 27 A 18 5
Nina Tuv & Vibeke Johansen 29 21 B 31 6
Amanda Holst &
Mathilde Holst		 28 22 B 26 7
Sofie Sæther Houge &
Maiken Rønningen		 19 22 B 24 8
Mari Jacobsen &
Kine Stav Sørli		 23 15 B 20 9
Linn Hoffgaard &
Mari Hoffgaard		 22 20 B 19 10
Rikke Gaathaug &
Martine Fossberg Olsen		 18 18 C 32 11
Charlotte Gaarder &
Andrea Slotte Sæther		 13 21 C 30 12
Silje Maria Sponås &
Silje Kristine Hagen		 15 22 C 23 13
Sara Aastrand Grimnes &
Cathrine Gjessing		 19 19 C 19 14
Sophie Østli & Nina Sørensen 14 20 C 16 15
Tonje Cappelen &
Karoline Næss		 17 15 D 28 16
Ingrid Sæther Houge &
Amanda M. Hoggmann		 12 19 D 24 17
Anders Halvorsen &
Caroline Bakken		 15 13 D 19 18
Ludvik Lande &
Fredrik Stuestøl Landmark		 15 12 D 9 19
Nicola Dahle &
Julie Jørstad		 12 11 E 19 20
Didrik Kallum &
Dorthea Kallum		 12 10 E 16 21
Maria Nygaardsvik &
Benedikte		 15 9 E 11 22
 
         
  May 25     Team Competition Norway Part 2
May 15-16, Lefdals
  Session 1 Session 2 Session 3   Final Result
Søndre Ski 26 27 26 A 41 1
Sandefjord 26 22 24 A 34 2
Akershus W 21 27 21 A 32 3
Oppland 28 24 23 A 29 4
Oslo 18 28 18 A 14 5
Nesodden 20 19 23 B 22 6
Modum 19 16 21 B 18 7*
Hurlumhei Mix 28 12 21 B 18 8*
Skuterud 14 16 13 C 22 9
Alna 8 16 15 C 19 10
Heppadihoppa 11 14 8 C 18 11
 
         
  May 12     Challenge cht'is
Challenge cht'i grand ouest
May 8-9, Bruille, France
Results		  
           

 

    

Grapevine April 2010
         
  April 24     Peter Dale Challenge
April 17-18, Tignieu-Jameyzieu, France
Results		  
         
  April 22     Team Competition in Norway
April 17-18, Lefdals
  Session 1 Session 2 Session 3   Final Result
Akershus W 21 52 80 A 34 1
Søndre Ski 26 53 81 A 33 2*
Sandefjord 27 55 80 A 33 3*
AGMGA 29 52 77 A 27 4
Oppland 31 58 77 A 23 5
Ponnifolka 20 39 53 B 35 1
Oslo 20 40 65 B 30 2
Nesodden 24 47 65 B 29 3*
Follo 24 45 67 B 29 4*
Skuterud 12 35 59 B 25 5
AGMGA 2 16 31 48 C 36 1
Modum 8 25 38 C 33 2*
Hurlumhei Mix 16 27 39 C 31 3*
Alna 16 24 33 C 31 4
Marka 11 22 39 C 13 5
 
         
  April 19     German Pairs
Results		  
           

 

    

Grapevine March 2010
         
  March 30     DK Pony Cup
August 21-22, Revsø Rideklub, Sommersted, Denmark
More ...		  
         
  March 30     Danish National Teams 2010
Liga landshold U17 landshold
Liv Møller Line Jenvall
Stella Vindbjerg Katrine Simonsen
Tommy Midtgaard Simone Rasmussen
Sarah Hartwell Isabella Lundquist
Thomas Jensen Ellen Møller
Ellen Møller Stine Weisbjerg
U14 landshold Open landshold
Juliane Jenvall Amanda Nielsen
Freja Rasmussen Lea Høybye
Simone Jacobsen Sasha Andersen
Michelle Lund Ditte Christensen
Charlotte Skaarup Nissen Cecilie Carlsson
  Stine Weisbjerg
 
         
  March 28     New Zealand - Horse of the Year Show
Results		  
         
  March 12     ALPHA
Jamie Dunn’s pony ALPHA passed away quietly yesterday at the ripe
old age of thirty-one years.
ALPHA was Jamie's best friend and her soul mate for twenty-four years.
He will be sadly missed by all.
(Information from Jim Dunn)		  
         
  March 9     Mounted Games at the WEG
New website at www.WEGames.us

Mounted Games at the WEG 		 
         
  March 2     Arctic Pairs
February 26-27, Norway
Results first day and Results final		  
           

 

    

Grapevine February 2010
         
  February 26-27     Gothenburg Horse Show 2010
Scandinavium
Results 		 
         
  February 25     Charity Ball
Caron Greenway is organising a Charity Ball in November in aid of the Macmillan Nurses who helped Adam Adock in his fight against cancer.
Full details here from Caron. 		 
         
  February 17     Welsh Pony & Cob Association Journal 2010
Article by Melanie Scott "Welsh Breeding - A Winner in Mounted Games" 		 
         
  February 15    
Twiga Vollmers
We regret to announce the death of Karl Friedrich "Twiga" Vollmers during the night of February 14. Twiga was the Honorary Chairman of the German MGA, and a well known figure in the Mounted Games community for a very long time.

A memorial service will be held Friday February 26 at 14:00 in the Friedhofskapelle in his home town of Asendorf.

In place of flowers or other tributes, please make donations to
NABU Deutschland, with a reference to "TWIGA".

Naturschutzbund Hannstedt e.V.
(BLZ 207 500 00 Spk. Harburg-Buxtehude / Kto. 0018005603)

Also please take a look at the German MGA website.
 
         
  February 11     The 2010 Rule Book is now available
Buy it online from IMGA 		 
         
  February 10     Web Awards
Results now available		  
           

 

    

Grapevine January 2010
         
  January 31     Web Awards
Voting now closed
The votes received are being analysed and counted, and the results will be available very soon.		  
         
  January 24     Web Awards
Vote now ! Only a few days left. 		 
         
  January 12     Clip Officiel de la Nocturne Internationale 2010
Take a look at it here		  
         
  January 9     Websites for Competitions 2010
Take a look at :
World Team Championship, Geneva, Switzerland
European Championship, Chepstow, Wales 		 
         
  January 4     Competitions 2010
Check the "Coming Soon" page		  
         
  January 1     Happy New Year
Greetings