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Information for European and World Teams

Team Open Trials will be held 18th/19th May in Bunclody Polo Grounds.

The under 12 and under 14 Home Internationals will be held at the U.K.Masters on the Newark and Nottingham showgrounds on the 25th and 26th May.
https://mgagb.co.uk/events/under-12-home-international-2/

The under 17 and Open Home Internationals will be held at the Northern Challenge on the Leicestershire Showgrounds on the 8th and 9th of June.
https://mgagb.co.uk/events/open-under-17-home-international/

The European Team and Individual Championships will be held in Millstreet Co. Cork from the 8th to the 14th July
https://imgaeuros2019.com/

The World Championships will be held will be in Carmarthen Wales from 15th to 21st July.
https://www.wtchamps2019.com/install2/

Anyone who needs information on Ferries or arranging travel to any of the above competitions can contact Trish on 0872523803 or Fiona on 0878217614.

under 12 under 14 and under 17 Irish teams for 2019

UNDER12 UNDER14 UNDER 17
Lily O Reilly Aine Sharry Matt Sinnott
Max O Reilly Niamh O Leary John Nolan
Tomas Sharry Cora Quigley Grace Queally
Danny Reavey Caleb Schofield Cara Monaghan
Joey Reavey Yegar Kaar Sadie Hyland
Laura Simmons(Reserve) Kerri McDonald(Reserve) Ali Mc Phillips(Reserve)
Ewan Phillips(Worlds)

U17 All Ireland League 2018

Congratulations to the Armagh Team winners of the Under 17 All Ireland league

OPEN. Easter. NI Champs. Cork show. EOS. Total best 3/4
ARMAGH 4. 2. 0. 4. 10

TYRONE/ 3. 4. 0. 2. 9
LAOIS.

DERRY. 2. 3. 0. 1. 6

CORK. 0. 0. 0. 3. 3

Open All Ireland League 2018

OPEN. Easter. NI Champs. Cork show. EOS. Total best 3/4
KILDARE. 5. 5. 5. 0. 15

CORK. 4. 1. 4. 4. 12

CO.DOWN
BLUE. 3. 2. 4. 0. 9

ARMAGH. 2. 3. 3. 3. 9

CO.DOWN
GREEN. 1. 0. 0. 0. 1

Congratulations to Kildare Open winners of the All Ireland League

A look at our amazing achievements in 2017

Congratulations to our Open World Team Champions on winning the World Team Championships in South Africa. The team consists of Tony Whooley, Craig O'Connor, Mark Devitt, Graham Beirne and Ben O'Connor. Trained by Jerome O'Connor.

A look back at 2016

2016 was a busy year and saw the first ever running of the all Ireland league. The league was run over five weeks and the open winners were Kildare while the U17 title was won by Co.Cork. Many of our members traveled to the UK and Europe for International Competitions however the main event of the year was the hosting of the WTC which was held in the Green Glens Arena in Millstreet Co.Cork.

Ben O'Connor Silver medalist European Individuals in Germany.
Irish under 17 team Silver medalists World Team Championships.
Irish Open Team fourth in World Team Championships.
Leo & Stevie Kieran winners in the U17 British Pairs.
Aishling O'Leary and Ian Hyland U17 World Pairs finalist.
Sadie Hyland and Saoirse Wynn U14 World Pairs finalist.
Other World Pair finalists include: Mark Devitt, Mackenzie Taylor and Jake O'Connor.
World Individual Finalist and fourth placed was Jake O'Connor.

These are only some of the achievements of Irish riders competing abroad this year. The numbers of riders competing at the top level continues to grow every year with 26 Irish riders competing at the World Individuals this year, 25 riders travelling to the Welsh Team Championships (Making up teams across all age groups), 16 riders competing at the World Pairs, as well as 2 teams and numerous Individual riders travelling to Germany to compete at the European championships.

2014 as a whole

Its been a great year for Mga Ireland with both European and world titles being won by Irish riders!

- U17 World Individual Champion (Peter McCarthy)
- European Individual Champion (Alan Keoghan)
- Reserve U12 World Individual Champion (Darragh Carolan)
- Reserve Open World Individual Champion (Craig O'Connor)
- U17 World Pair Champions (Philip Weldon & Peter McCarthy)
- European Open Team Champions (Kate, Craig, Jake & Ben O'Connor & Mark Devitt)
- Reserve Open World Team Champions (Jamie Reavey, Alan Keoghan, Craig, Kate & Jake O'Connor)

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