War in the Ukraine – Statement from the ETPA
Russia, together with Belarus, has started a war of aggression against Ukraine. This is a violation of the order of the United Nations. The war of aggression brings the world to the edge of nuclear war. It causes suffering for people and animals* in the affected areas.
Furthermore, it causes hunger crises that affect people and animals far beyond these areas. The vast majority of the members of the United Nations have condemned the war and its initiators. FEI and IOC – as well as many other global sports federations – have banned Russia and Belarus. The FEI recognises the ITPF as the global governing body for the equestrian sport of tent pegging. The ITPF wants to integrate tent pegging into the Olympic canon. The ETPA is a member of the ITPF. Russia and Belarus are members of the ITPF and thus automatically members of the ETPA too, even though they have not been active here.
In the face of the war of aggression, the board of the ETPA has decided to suspend Russia’s and Belarus’s automatic membership for the time that peace is violated. The ETPA does this with a heavy heart since we love our friends, the Russian and Belarussian athletes like all other tent peggers. However, they represent states whose acts of war the ETPA objects to.
The board of the ETPA
International Dutch Championships in Tent Pegging
The European Tent Pegging Association (ETPA) was founded in order to support and promote the equestrian sport of Tent Pegging in Europe, which currently receives its main support in the Arab world, on the Indian subcontinent, in Australia and in South-Africa. The foundation was the decision of the national Tent Pegging associations of Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Norway in December 2018.
German Champion 2019: Anna Schmidt-Pauly and Magdalena Grimm lead the ranking equivalently
The European Tent Pegging Association (ETPA) was founded in order to support and promote the equestrian sport of Tent Pegging in Europe, which currently receives its main support in the Arab world, on the Indian subcontinent, in Australia and in South-Africa. The foundation was the decision of the national Tent Pegging associations of Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Norway in December 2018.
28th to 30th June: International Tent Pegging Tournament in Krügersdorf/Germany
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Riders from European Tent Pegging Association in Abu Dhabi
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The Foundation of the European Tent Pegging Association
The European Tent Pegging Association (ETPA) was founded in order to support and promote the equestrian sport of Tent Pegging in Europe, which currently receives its main support in the Arab world, on the Indian subcontinent, in Australia and in South-Africa. The foundation was the decision of the national Tent Pegging associations of Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Norway in December 2018.