I am the overall winner of Gauchoux Open 2020! Together with Alan le Gall’s horse Sunny I rode this competition last weekend. On Thursday I became second on the Tower track 90 with a junior world record. I missed only one target. On Friday I was first on the Raid track 233 with a junior […]

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We are very happy to let you know that we found a new home base for horseback archery here in the Netherlands, the Magnolia Ranch! The Magnolia Ranch is owned by Ed Gosen and Christa Roderkerken. It’s in the east of the Netherlands, in Hengelo (Gelderland, we have two Hengelo’s in the Netherlands!), not far […]

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Due to the corona virus there has been a change of plans. The World Championships Horseback Archery Eventing have been canceled and delayed to 2021. This means I have to change my goals of training partly. I still want to be the best horseback archer I can be, so that didn’t change. I am now […]

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I am qualified for the Dutch team to participate in the World Championship Horseback Archery Eventing. This will take place in Lamotte, France in October 2020! Since the corona crisis started I was very lucky to be able to train a lot of extra time with Jannet van Wijk and her horses. We go out […]

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In September I started Level 1 at the Freestyle Academy led by Emiel Voest and Chaja Kolthoff-Voest. At the Freestyle Academy I learn to understand horses and how I can help others to understand horses. I am learning a structured and evidence based course of actions that I can use when I am training with […]

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Last weekend I participated in the European Championship Horseback Archery Eventing in Sypniewo, Poland. I became 3rd in the junior category on every track at the European Championship in Sypniewo, Poland. At the final ranking for juniors I became 3rd and 7th in the mixed ranking! I am really proud of my results with personal […]

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Written by Jouke When in Pomaz, Hungary, Siem had the chance to train with Dimitar Trukanov. This was very important for him. It was a great idea of Christoph Némethy to invite Dimitar as a trainer, I’m grateful for that! This training was in May. A few months further and I can see how much impact this training has had on […]

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Last week I participated in the Kids and Youth Championship at the Némethy Academy in Pomaz, Hungary. Since it was an extra competition we decided at the last moment to go and I loved it. Since I really wanted to ride the Extreme versions of every track and I think challenging yourself is more important […]

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Today I gave three demo’s with Chiron at Oogstdag De Treek. There were many people watching and Chiron loved it! Me too. Afterwards I let other people shoot some arrows from the ground. It was great to see how much they all enjoyed it! That’s why I love giving demo’s! If you want to know […]

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In June we went to Gauchoux so I could train with Mihai Cozmei and Wojtek Osiecki and ride the Gauchoux Open. It was special because a year ago the Gauchoux Open was my first international competition that I competed in. It was all so new for me. And now, I loved meeting my horseback archery […]

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