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2006 Rhinish Evening
Rhineland Honouring Its Heroes of 2006
November 3, 2006
For a few years now the Rhineland Equestrian Association has honored its "heroes" with a nice party at the end of the season, but
they've never seen a turnout like this time. Presenting medalists at the
World Equestrian Games as well as the pony, junior and young riders'
European Championships in dressage as well as several national and
international eventing and vaulting champions, the Rhineland is
Germany's most successful regional association of the year.
So the house was packed at the Landes-Reit-und-Fahrschule in Langenfeld
when FN vice president Friedrich Witte and Rhinish vice president Heiner
Nachbarschulte took turns awarding silver plates and the prestigious
needles of honor to their many, many successful athletes.
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Witte and Isabell Werth: If she continues like this, Friedrich Witte
will be at a loss next year, because Isabell Werth's needle of honor has
been upgraded with diamonds and saphires (representing the Rhineland
colors white and green) so many times now that there simply isn't room
for more. (Of course Nadine Capellmann was honored as well for her WEG
team gold, however, she had excused herself and was absent.)
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Heiner Schiergen with Carlotta and Claudius Söffing.
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Lydia Camp, individual and team gold at the EC in Saumur. She also won
the German championships aboard Dulcia and is now moving on to the
junior division (her award was presentede by Heiner Nachbarschulte). |
Carolin van der Linde won team gold at the European Championships & became German champion. |
Susanne Rimkus, manager of the state-owned stud farm in Warendorf which
owns Feinsinn NRW thanked the taxpayers in the room for giving Carolin
van der Linde the chance to compete on this horse. |
The room was really packed
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Annabel Frenzen, EC pony team gold, winner of the German Pony Derby and
the Rhineland Championships. She is moving on to the Junior division as
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Louisa Lüttgen won team gold at the European Pony Championships and claimed individual silver aboard the breeding stallion Dornik B. |
Three Young Dressage Riders (and one jumper, Jens Hofrogge) are moving
on to "real" life now: Marion Engelen, Carolin van der Linde and Bianca
Lüttgens with their chef d'equipe Heidi van Thiel.
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August Schulte-Quaterkamp, the rider of the hilarious draft horse comedy at
the Bundeschampionate, recited a couple of horse-related poems. He hits the nail so
squarely on the head -- maybe they should invite him to the Global
Dressage Forum. He'd be sure to make people laugh ... or swallow their
laughter.
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Party girls: Miriam Licinio, who won the Preis der Besten this year on
FS Don't Worry, and Nicole Kux, who competed with Valido's Contrast at
the German Championships in Freudenberg.
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Katja and August Camp |
All photos copyrighted Barbara Schnell
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Related Links
2006 World Equestrian Games
2006 European Junior/Young Riders Championships
2006 European Pony Championships
2006 German Dressage Championships
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