My blog where i post about the most recent events in my horseback archery journey
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- 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - New Team member JAMESI 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 […]
- 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - Training with Flash and my Cloete Mounted Archery saddleI 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 […]
- 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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, […] - 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, […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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. […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - Our first own Postal Match Korean 2 – 3On 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 […]
- 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 […] - 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 […] - 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 […] - Gauchoux OpenI 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 […]
- My own first demo horseback archery during Vaulting weekendLast 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. […]
- Postal match Korean 2-3-3On 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 […]
- 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 […]
- First evening training in MaarsbergenYesterday 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 […]
- Kidsweek and 7daysThis 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 […]
- 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 […] - Qualification for World Championship in HungaryYesterday 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 […]
- 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 […] - New Ming bow from AF ArcheryOn 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 […]
- Clinic Emil EriksonOn 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 […]
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Siem Budding 