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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

Lees meer The 14th World Horseback Archery Championship in Korea!

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 […]

Lees meer HAOWC 2018: Horseback Archery Open World Championship 2018, Pomaz, Hungary

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 […]

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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 […]

Lees meer My own first demo horseback archery during Vaulting weekend

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 […]

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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 […]

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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.  

Lees meer First evening training in Maarsbergen

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 […]

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