Show jumping followers can expect a 25% rise in membership and horse registration fees next year as a result of the quadrupling of ShowjumpingIreland’s insurance premium.

Cork show jumper Billy Twomey is recovering in Germany following planned surgery on his back to repair discs.

ShowjumpingIreland (SJI) chairman Christy Murphy sees nothing wrong in the organisation backing Robert Splaine to remain as Ireland team manager, while affirming that others should be allowed apply for the post.

Showjumping Ireland is to investigate the serious injury of Deirdre Bourns, mother of international showjumper Andrew Bourns, after she was struck by a horse at Cavan Equestrian Centre Indoor Championships on Wednesday.

A recent assertion by Anne Waistell of the Irish Show Jumping Centres Group that entries in spring leagues have fallen dramatically has been affirmed by one league organiser.

Cork Sea Anglers club, one of the county’s oldest clubs, held its AGM at the Blackrock GAA club last week.

MORE than anything, show jumper Jessica Kürten saw her first major grand prix win in over a year last Sunday as one of portent.

SHOWJUMPINGIRELAND (SJI) intends to ratify the Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) anti-doping and medication programme, despite postponing a meeting of its executive that was due to discuss the final draft yesterday.

SHOWJUMPINGIRELAND (SJI) has decided that its regions can use their 2012 allocation of sports development funding for non-sporting activities, including administration.

IT may be a long-shot, but Conor Swail feels he is justified in having one eye on the two individual Olympic places up for grabs after placing second with Lansdowne in the World Cup contest in Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday night.

WITH Government expenditure under intense scrutiny, it comes as no surprise that the Army Equitation School has again featured on the radar.

EVENTING IRELAND (EI) chairman John Wright yesterday revealed that the organisation’s membership has dropped by almost 40% in just three years.

SLIGO GAA officials meet tonight in a bid to avoid a strike by referees in the county.

JAYNE DOHERTY yesterday smiled her way through her dressage test at the European Championships in Luhmühlen, Germany, and she had reason to continue doing so at the end of day one when placing a creditable 14th with The Only One on 51 penalties.

JUST one of the nine A samples taken from horses on the domestic circuit that tested positive for a banned substance has been confirmed by a B sample positive, according to ShowjumpingIreland.

SHOWJUMPINGIRELAND has suspended its rule sanctioning members who attend unaffiliated shows, as it “digests” a Competition Authority report on the rule.

THIS week it emerged that:

GARDAÍ have begun an investigation after spent shotgun cartridges and several threatening letters were sent to the former chairman of Showjumping Ireland (SJI).

THE return of the National Show Jumping Championships to Ennis Showgrounds can only be described as a victory for the sport and that misnomer that is common sense.

SHOWJUMPINGIRELAND (SJI) chairman Christy Murphy has visited Ennis to inspect the showgrounds following the decision of the organisation’s executive to cancel the national championships, which were scheduled to take place at the Clare venue at the end of August.

THE chairman of Ennis Show organising committee has issued an invitation to his ShowjumpingIreland (SJI) counterpart to visit the Clare venue “to clarify any misconceptions and rectify any problems that are identified”.

IRELAND will contest this year’s Meydan Nations Cup Series, despite a 60% cut in funding by its affiliate, ShowjumpingIreland, coupled with a reduction in the Irish Sports Council contribution to high performance.

IRELAND show jumping team manager Robert Splaine believes the nations cup in Wellington, Florida last weekend provided him with a couple of combinations for his Meydan Series assault later this year.

WHO would be a nominator in the Irish Cup? You pay €1,000 for the privilege, then — unless you’re an owner/nominator — you take pot luck on which dog you’re actually nominating, you’re one of 64 dogs in the running, and if you win, well, you get eight grand.

THE effects of the dispute between Jessica Kürten and the owner of her top horses Lady Georgina Forbes were made visible yesterday, with the latest Rolex World Rankings showing the rider falling to 16th.

NOVEMBER in Toronto and Dermott Lennon is in top form. Fourth in the World Cup qualifier with Hallmark Elite and, along the way, picking up a couple of decent placings.

KILDARE resident Christy Murphy is the new chairman of Showjumping Ireland (SJI) after defeating Connacht man Liam Murphy in a vote at the first meeting of the SJI’s national executive on Tuesday night.

FOR generations, they used their bare hands to unload massive ships berthed at a city’s bustling quays.

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