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International Dutch Championships in Tent Pegging
Teams from the Netherlands, Germany and the European Tent Pegging Association competed in an international tournament in Muiderberg near Amsterdam.
German Champion 2019: Anna Schmidt-Pauly and Magdalena Grimm of Tentpegging Germany lead the ranking equivalently
Australian national team competes. Guests from Great Britain and the Netherlands represent the ETPA. Results of the 4th International German Championships.
For the fourth time in a row: The International German Championships at Crawinkel
From 13 to 15 September, German tent pegging riders have the possibility to compete against the Australian national teamat Crawinkel/Thuringia – for the first time. The open tournament welcomes interested riders to compete as well.
28th to 30th June: International Tent Pegging Tournament in Krügersdorf – Team Tentpegging Germany very successful
On the occasion of the 650-years celebrations of Krügersdorf in Brandenburg, a tent pegging tournament saw six teams with a total of 24 riders compete with each other. Special guest of the tournament: former world champion South Africa.
Prince Malik Ata Muhammad Khan from Pakistan visiting Tentpegging Germany
Prince Malik Ata Muhammad Khan from Pakistan visiting Tentpegging Germany in Frankfurt/Germany.
Riders from European Tent Pegging Association in Abu Dhabi
Riders of the European Tent Pegging Association were represented by both the British and the German team at the international tent pegging competition in Abu Dhabi, which took place from 19 February to 24 February 2019.
3rd German International Tent Pegging Championship
From 7th to 9th September 2018, the 3rd German International Tent Pegging Championship was held in Crawinkel, Thuringia. Beside three German teams, the British national team took part in the tournament.
Gold medal for Tentpegging Germany
The team of Tentpegging Germany once again participated successfully in an international tournament. From 28th to 30th September 2018, the International Netherlands Championship took place in Muiderberg, Amsterdam.
German Tent Pegging Union successful once again
The German Tent Pegging Union team successfully participated in a tournament from 14th to 16th September 2018 in Asker, Norway, and was able to stand out from the other teams.
3. Deutsche Internationale Meisterschaften im Tent Pegging
Vom 7. bis 9. September 2018 fanden die 3. Deutschen Internationalen Meisterschaften im Tent Pegging in Crawinkel, Thüringen, statt. Neben drei deutschen Mannschaften nahm auch die englische Nationalmannschaft an dem Turnier teil.
German tent peggers in South Africa
Six riders from the German Tent Pegging Union took part in the South African Tent Pegging Competitions from 24th September to 6th October 2018 in Newcastle, South Africa.
Equestrianism: British national team attracts thousands of visitors
Tent Pegging – originally a skill sport of the cavalry. This year, for the first time, the German Tent Pegging athletes will have the opportunity to prove themselves opposite the UK, where the sport has the longest tradition in Europe, at the 3rd German International Championships in Crawinkel, Thuringia.
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Results German Championships in Tent Pegging 2018
German Championships in Tent Pegging 2018
Aileen Froitzheim is German Champion, the squad “Tentpegging Germany” is the best team.
ITPF Annual General Meeting 2018, Khasab, Oman
From 24 to 29 January 2018, two representatives of Tentpegging Germany (Peter Kramer and Christian Dietzel) travelled to the fourth Annual General Meeting of the global tentpegging association ITPF seated in Oman. Tentpegging Germany already took part in the inaugural meeting of the ITPF in 2013.
World Cup Qualifier 2018, Khartum, Sudan
Third place for Germany. Tentpegging Germany takes part in the ITPF qualifier in Sudan from 19 to 23 January 2018 where the participants for the Tentpegging World Cup in the second half of 2018 are chosen. For Tentpegging Germany the following members participate: Christian Dietzel, Ilka Evers, Peter Kramer and Anna Schmidt-Pauly. The tournament is completed together with riders from the Deutscher Tent Pegging Verband (German Tent Pegging Association) that were represented by Dr. Angela Breme and Steffen Kukral.
Founding of the German Tent Pegging Union
With the World Cup qualifier at Khartum in Sudan in sight, representatives of Tentpegging Germany and the Deutscher Tent Pegging Verband (German Tent Pegging Association) decided on 2 January 2018 to found the German Tent Pegging Union (GTPU). From now on, the Union is the German national governing body and represents the German tentpegging riders at the ITPF General Meeting on 27 January 2018. It also organises the German national team and sends it to ITPF tournaments.
National Tentpegging Tournament, George, South Africa
For a South African tentpegging tournament from 11 to 14 January 2018, around 70 riders and their horses travelled to George, Western Cape province, ca 430 km east of Cape Town. The horses were set up in outdoor paddocks; the human participants at a nearby holiday park. Benny Heckroodt provided Tent Pegging Germany rider Ilka Evers with one of his tentpegging-tried Lipizzaners.
Muiderberg 2017
This year, Tent Pegging Germany once more participated successfully in the tentpegging tournament at Muiderberg in the Netherlands from 23 to 24 September. The following riders represented Germany:
Christian Dietzel
Isabel Kühnel
Talina Lorei
Anna Schmidt-Pauly
Faszination Pferd Nuremberg
On 3 and 4 November 2017, Tent Pegging Germany riders were invited to show their skills at the trade fair Faszination Pferd (Fascination Horse) in Nuremberg for the first time. Ilka Evers, Aileen Froitzheim, Anna Schmidt-Pauly, Larissa Scheiwein and Frank Seidel demonstrated the sport of tentpegging, that is still little known in Germany, during the TOP GALA-Shows 2017 that are the annual crowning of the popular trade fair Faszination Pferd.
IInd German Tentpegging Championship
From 8 to 10 September, the second German Tentpegging Championship after 2016 took place in Crawinkel, near Gotha, as well as an international tentpegging tournament that ran at the same time. There were countless participants from South Africa, the UK, the US, the Netherlands and Germany. Special mention goes to the South African ladies national team that were hosted by Tentpegging Germany for ten days. Germany provided two teams – a ladies team and a mixed team – as well as further individual riders.
Announcement: IInd German Tentpegging Championship
From 8 to 10 September, the second German Tentpegging Championship takes place in Crawinkel, near Gotha. The tournament serves as the qualifier for the German national team that takes part in the 2018 World Cup hosted by the International Tent Pegging Federation (ITPF).
Tentpegging Competitions in Pakistan 2017
In February and March 2017, the German team took part in several national and international tentpegging championships in Pakistan. The team enjoyed incomparable hospitality and was welcomed very warmly. Christian Dietzel, Ilka Every, Jenny Horvath and Peter Kramer rode for Germany.
The “Penta Grand” in India 2017
From 9 to 16 April 2017, the sports event “Penta Grand”, an international tournament for U23 riders, took place in India. This year there was a delegation from Tent Pegging Germany. At temperatures of about 45 degrees Celsius, riders Larissa Scheiwein and Talina Lorei completed the different disciplines either individually, as a pair or as part of a team of four together with two members of the South African tentpegging association. They participated in Individual Lance, Individual Sword, Half Section Lance, Half Section Sword, Full Section Lance, Full Section Sword as well as Indian File, Lemons and Pegs and Rings and Pegs.
South African Championships 2016
Team Germany spent almost two weeks in South Africa. One week of practise was followed by the South African provincial championships, the South African club championships and a derby between the national teams of Germany, South Africa and Saudi Arabia. With four silver and three gold medals, the German team was quite successful.
Interland Tentpegging Competition Muiderberg 2016
The Dutch tentpegging association DVBW St. Georges hosted the annual Interland Tentpegging Competition from 7 to 9 October 2016. Sunshine, white clouds, light wind once more delighted the teams from England, Germany and the Netherlands. England and the Netherlands provided two teams. That made competition much harder for the German team.
NTPF Competition Oslo
The German tentpegging team was at a tournament at Oslo, Norway, from 3 to 5 June 2016. For the German national team the tournament was particularly successful: they achieved several second place finishes (Full Section Lance, Indian File and Half Section Lance) as well as a first place (winner of the overall tournament). Peter Kramer, Christian Dietzel, Mohammad Shafeeq and Mårten Isaksson were part of the team.
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