My blog where i post about the most recent events in my horseback archery journey
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WK boogschieten te paard september 2025 USA
In september 2025 vindt het WK boogschieten te paard plaats in Tennessee USA. En ik ga daar heen, samen met twee van mijn leerlingen, Marleen en Silas. De organisator van de wedstrijd zette mij op de poster van de wedstrijd, super gaaf. In de afgelopen jaren won ik de wedstrijden zonder veel te trainen. Ik…
Het Paardenmeisje, MyCompass.horse en Het Yvonne van Gennip Fonds!
Ik deed mee met de Holland Got Horsemanship Contest van een nieuw paardenforum, MyCompass.horse https://mycompass.horse/home/nl-nl/market. Na genoeg stemmen in de voorronde met het filmpje over mijn werk, ging ik door naar de halve finale. Daarvoor maakten we een filmpje over mijn visie op het trainen van paarden, voor het boogschieten te paard en in het…
Zappsport met Jens en Venne
In november werden Jens en Venne opgenomen voor Zappsport. Samen met Sammy en Shelty, bij de Ponyvriendjes in Lelystad. En vandaag, 19 februari, kwamen ze op tv! https://www.npostart.nl/zappsport-kantine/19-02-2023/AT_300010267 Tijdens de opnames moesten ze natuurlijk tig keer alles opnieuw doen en met een GoPro op hun helm rondrijden. En toen dat allemaal klaar was, hadden ze…
Kassai World Cup Checkendon, UK
Starting the new year I would like to recap the last competition I rode in 2022, in Checkendon, UK. It was my first time training on the Kassai track and my first Kassai World Cup competition. For people who do not know, on the Kassai track the target face follows the rider, always maintaining the…
The Media
After I won the European Championship and became European Champion Horseback Archery Eventing all ages, I have been on national radio and television. James was a very good companion for this since the horse I won the competition with, Husky, lives in the south of France at Sylvie’s place https://hantayo.fr/web/ One very succesfull often seen…
Horsetraining and horsemanship lessons
This summer I started training a young Spanish horse for the owner because they were getting stuck with the development of getting him under the saddle. It is a nice opportunity to be able to help the owner and the horse to come together more and more and see him working under the saddle as…
European Champion Horseback Archery Eventing!
I am the new European Champion Horseback Archery Eventing! Overall and as a Young Rider! With this brave sweet warhorse Husky from Hantayo Stables https://hantayo.fr/web/ Last week I rode the European Championship Horseback Archery Eventing in Gauchoux, France. I was very lucky that Sylvie Recoussine brought Husky for me to ride! On wednesday I trained…
Gauchoux OPen 2022 Grand Prix stage 3
I rode Gauchoux Open as member of the Dutch team for the European Grand Prix stage 3. I am very proud that we finally had a complete team together and were able to end up at the fourth place of this stage! I hope we will continue this in the future, working hard for it…
Eagles Ranch Texel
At the last moment we decided to take James with us on our holiday to Texel and it was the best decision ever! Very happy and grateful that Danielle and Henk from the Eagles Ranch created a Houdini proof space for him. He had a great time with the mares and foals on one side,…
All over the Netherlands and also in Belgium: giving horseback archery Training
After the competition in Grunwald, Poland I have been giving training all over the Netherlands and also in Belgium. It is great to be invited to so many places to give horseback archery and archery training. We also found two places with riding school horses so people without their own horse can also train with…
Grunwald International Mounted Archery Games
I am very happy with how my first competition as Senior/Young Rider went! I had an amazing horse Geronimo who worked his heart out for me during the competition! I won the Tower track and had a run I am quite happy with where I shot 32 points. You can see the video of that…
Training at Stajnia Grom, Poland
Before going to the Grunwald competition, I went to train with Wojtek and Gabi for a few days. It was great to be at their stables and train on their well trained horses. I really could use a good training at the Tower track to be prepared for the competition in Grunwald. And of course…
A new stable for James: Stal Lozeman!
We decided to move James to a different stable, Stal Lozeman in Putten. James seems to love his new place, a lot of space to run around in and a calm and horse friendly energy.The new place makes it more easy for us to leave him for a few days in good care and go…
Training with James and competition season 2022
Every monday morning I have the opportunity to train with James in the indoor arena. We make a lot of progress and I am really proud of how James is doing. Here you can see some videos of me and James We are trying to plan the competition season that is coming. At this moment,…
Training with Wojtek Osiecki and James
I feel very lucky that Wojtek paid me a visit last week. We have been training a lot with James, watched and discussed videos on horsemanship and horseriding, shot arrows and I assisted in a few trainings he gave here in horseback archery to others. To start with the last, it was good for me…
Clinic Wojtek Osiecki and Siem 15th Januari Wereldpaarden!
To prepare ourselves for the coming competition season and train James in a horsefriendly and delicate way for our sport, Wojtek comes to visit me. I am super happy about that! After a week of training and visiting some places, Wojtek will give a training with me at Wereldpaarden. It is an introduction to horseback…
Training with James
James and I have been training a lot the last few weeks. We made trips in the forest which we both enjoy a lot. And of course we have been training on horseback archery. First on the ground, shooting arrows “together”. Then in walk, trot and canter without a target, shooting in the ground. Last…
New Team member JAMES
I want to introduce you to James Where’s My Gun. Jamie is five years old and was born in Belgium. He is a very friendly horse and I hope we can have many adventures together in the future. Jamie will be living at Wereldpaarden in Woudenberg.
Skirmish 104.445 points!
I am really proud that I was able to score 104.445 points at the Skirmish track in Gauchoux with fabulous Husky from Centre Hantayo https://www.facebook.com/centre.hantayo ! This is the highest score ever ridden on this track, juniors and seniors. If you want to you can see every run on the videos below. Since I am…
Gauchoux Open 2021
This year I went into the competition with very little practice from shooting from a horse so my expectations were not too high. Happy to say that I achieved higher than I expected! I won the junior category and got 3rd place overall with only one percentage to 2nd place! My results on the Tower…
An update
The last months I have been really lucky to have found a few horses that I can train. This improves my horse-riding skills and my experience with different horses. And it is a lot of fun to see the horses that I ride improve. I have rode Bijou, a high level dressage horse. And it…
New beginnings
I was very lucky to find Moravita to ride. She is a 16 year old Lippizaner with a lot of energy. I am riding with her almost every day now and I have been learning a lot already. I also help her owner with riding her. It is nice to be able to practice giving…
Training with Flash and my Cloete Mounted Archery saddle
I have been training with my Cloete Mounted Archery saddle on Flash at the Magnolia Ranch. It is a very comfortable saddle to ride in, also when you are not shooting arrows. Last Saturday Ed gave me a western training. It is very important to me to learn to ride well, to keep the horses…
My own Cloete Mounted Archery saddle!
Last week I received my own Cloete Mounted Archery saddle. I am very happy to be able to ride in this saddle. I have discussed all details of the saddle with Franco, to give it the performance that a horseback archer like me needs from a saddle. For me this turned out the be the…
HA6 and two World Records
I am happy to let you know that with my high scores in Gauchoux I had enough good results to obtain HA6 status at the IHAA. I need one more good Raid score to have HA7. All the scores for my HA6 grade were obtained at international competitions, with Latte at the European Championship in…
Winner of Gauchoux Open 2020 with Sunny!
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…
Change of plans
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…
Training Time
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…
Freestyle Academy Level 1 and more
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…
European Championship Horseback Archery Eventing in Poland
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…
One at the battlefield
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…
Kids and Youth Championship 2019 Hungary
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…
Demo Oogstdag Den Treek Leusden
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…
Training in Gauchoux and Open Gauchoux 2019
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…
1st stage of Grand Prix / World Cup 2019
In May I went to the 1st stage of Grand prix/World Cup 2019 (or as Christoph says the Universe Cup 2019) and also to the training camp before the competition with three marvelous trainers Ali Ghoorchian, Christoph Némethy and Dimitar Trukanov. It was a very nice camp and I learned alot! I rode the competition…
Clinic Mihai Cozmei
On 6/7 April Mihai Cozmei gave a clinic at Hoeve Romantico, the place where I am training and giving trainings. Mihai arrived on friday and on friday afternoon we checked the horses I have been training and trained together on the long track. It was awesome. Mihai rode Nymphy our dancing and flying horse. It’s…
Siem Horseback Archery
It is time to start my own business: Siem Horseback Archery Facebook pagina We have been working hard to build a place where people can learn horseback archery in a safe and horse friendly way. We hope to see you in the near future! Training with Chiron: You are always welcome for training on the ground…
Clinic Mihai Cozmei 6/7 April at Hoeve Romantico in Maarsbergen!
I am very proud to let you know that we will be hosting a clinic (horseback) archery by Mihai Cozmei at our place. It was already anounced at Facebook but we realise that not everyone uses facebook. You are very welcome to join us then. It is also interesting for ground archers, a part of…
Training others and a demo at the Eendenkooi
Training The last couple of weeks I have been giving horse archery training to several others. I really enjoy this. For me it is important to have an individual approach. I want to help everyone who trains with me with his/her wishes and needs and take into account his/her abilities. Demonstration at the Eendenkooi…
Clinic Sjef van den Berg at Papendal
Together with Esmée, one of my students, I had a clinic from Sjef van den Berg, World Champion Indoor 2018. Since my own competition bow (Jackal) delaminated and my new bow from Simon’s bow company is not ready yet, I borrowed another Raptor from Simon. So I had a lot of fun shooting it at the…
A Raptor and a Postal
Yesterday we visited Simon Simon’s Bow Company We talked a lot about bows, he showed me how he makes them, I showed him my bows. It’s always nice to talk with someone who loves bows too! And I shot his Raptor. I love the Raptor! It is a very fast, light weight bow, very stable. Exactly…
Open Day Paardenkamp Soest
I gave a demo with Chiron at the Paardenkamp in Soest today. The Paardenkamp is a place where old retired horses live. It is a beautiful place and a lot of people came to watch me. Jouke told some things about me and Chiron and horseback archery and the audience could ask me questions about…
Horse Event 2018
Chiron and I gave a demonstration at Horse Event on Saturday 15th September. Horse Event is the largest horse event in the Netherlands. Chiron was really relaxed. There were a lot of spectators. Koen Akkerman, my vaulting trainer, helped me during the demo. He told things about me, vaulting, horseriding and horse archery and asked…
Our first own Postal Match Korean 2 – 3
On sunday 9 September we organised our first Postal Match. Because it was a try out we only invited people who already train at our place. Everything worked out very well, I think we all enjoyed our day. I scored 70.25 points! Now I have enough points for the HA3 grade! And Chiron loves the…
Demo World Championship Horse Driving 31 August Peelbergen
On August 31th I gave a demo at the World Championship Horse Driving at Equicentre Peelbergen in Limburg. I had planned to bring Nency with me but she didn’t want to travel alone. So we first loaded Chiron and then, after some time, Nency decided to come with us as well. Nency is a 25…
The 14th World Horseback Archery Championship in Korea!
UPDATE: I am sorry to let you know I could not find the necessary funding to go to Korea so I will not compete there. I hope to be there next year! In October I would like to go to the 14th World Horseback Archery Championship in Korea. It is a competition where many horseback…
HAOWC 2018: Horseback Archery Open World Championship 2018, Pomaz, Hungary
From 5 to 8 July I competed in the Horseback Archery Open World Championship 2018 in Pomaz, Hungary. Before the competition I trained there for 7 days so I would be well prepared. During the competition I rode on Csalogány, a very sweet, not so fast horse. I started with the Polish track. It was…
Gauchoux Open
I participated in the Gauchoux Open last week. I enjoyed it very much and it was nice to see and meet so many other horseback archers. I ended at place 33 overall (of 60 competitors) and 7th of the juniors. Ranking Gauchoux Open Now I am going to prepare for training in Pomaz Hungary and the…
My own first demo horseback archery during Vaulting weekend
Last weekend Qiujun and I had a vaulting weekend, organised by the Dutch Vaulting Show Team. At the end of the weekend I gave a horseback archery show with Chiron. It was great to be able to practise how to give a show. I thought that people would find it boring and not very spectaculair…
Postal match Korean 2-3-3
On the 6th May I rode the Postal Match Korean 2-3-3 with Chiron. I found it hard to stay in rythm between the shots so at the end I had less points than I thought I would have, 35.61. I tried my action camera, you can see the result here: Action Camera Korean 2-3-3 Siem and…
Ranger’s Apprentice (Grijze Jager)
Last week I was filmed by the publisher of the Dutch version of Ranger’s Apprentice (Grijze Jager). I haven’t read all the books, because for me there were too many mistakes in the descriptions of the bows and the archery part but luckily I read a few. They called me the ultimate example for the…
First evening training in Maarsbergen
Yesterday we trained in the evening for the first time. This means we can make a long track through the paddock where the horses are during the day. I placed five targets, three forward and two back. It was an open field course. Chiron (the horse) and I loved it.
Kidsweek and 7days
This week I was interviewed for an article in two newspapers for children, the kidsweek and 7days. I told her how I train and why I like horseback archery so much. The kidsweek placed my story at the frontpage! And in the 7days there is a full page with pictures and text about me. I…
Jeugdjournaal
Last friday I was filmed by the Jeugdjournaal (News for kids). The cameraman also brought a drone and a GoPro. It was nice to try a GoPro! They were very friendly and made a nice item about me, Chiron and horseback archery. And they made me choose the music that they used! Here you can…
Qualification for World Championship in Hungary
Yesterday I rode the postal match (Hungarian track and Mamluk) and I got selected for the World Championship in Hungary with a third place overall in the match and first place junior. It was bitter cold so it was hard to get a grip on my arrows but it went well after all. And my…
Training with Christoph Némethy in Hungary
In October I trained for three weeks with Christoph Némethy in Pomaz, Hungary. Christoph has taught me a lot. I can now shoot 8 arrows on the Hungarian track within 20 seconds. I shot 114 points in total (9 runs) on our last day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl_DUCROoFc I loved being around other horseback archers, they were all…
New Ming bow from AF Archery
On friday my new Ming bow arrived. It is fun to shoot with it. It has a long draw length for its size. It feels reasonably fast. I trained in our backyard and at the club in Soest (Eemschutters). new Ming bow
Clinic Emil Erikson
On August 25, 26 and 27 I participated in a clinic given by Emil Erikson. Friday and Saturday on foot, on sunday I trained on a horse as well. It was fun. On sunday we did part of the Postal Match, the Aussie track. I had 9.2 points on Bruno but my results are not…
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SIem horseback archery 