Department updates in Main Vaulting

The names of candidates vetted by the FEI Nominations Committee for the Elections & Appointments 2023 are available on Inside.FEI.org. For the positions to be elected by the FEI General Assembly 2023, the candidacy files can also be consulted.

The open positions are:

Elections 
•    Chair of Regional Group III – Board Member
•    Chair of Regional Group VII – Board Member
•    Chair of Driving Technical Committee – Board Member
•    Chair of FEI Tribunal
•    Members of FEI Tribunal
•    Member of Audit & Compliance Committee
•    Members of Nominations Committee, all Regional Groups

Appointments 
•    Member of Jumping Committee          
•    Member of Dressage Committee
•    Member of Para Equestrian Committee     
•    Member of Eventing Committee      
•    Member of Driving Committee      
•    Member of Vaulting Committee            
•    Members of Veterinary Committee
•    Member of Medical Committee
Should you have any questions regarding the FEI Elections & Appointments 2023, please contact the Director of Governance & Institutional Affairs, Francisco Lima.

The FEI Sports and Veterinary Department would like to draw your attention to the application deadline to host FEI Transfer Up or CES (FEI Competency-based Evaluation System) Maintenance Courses in 2024.

We kindly ask you to download the relevant application & budget forms, which can be accessed via the links provided below, and to send them to the FEI via the corresponding email address also provided below, no later than the 31 July 2023.

Should you have any questions regarding the administration of our courses, please contact the relevant FEI Sport or Veterinary Department who will be able to assist you.

The FEI Board held a teleconference on 2 May. The Vaulting resolution taken on this occasion is listed below.

Vaulting
Vaulting Qualification for 2024 Championships – Rules Change Proposal
The Board agreed to proposed modifications to the Qualification System for the FEI Vaulting Championships 2024 to include a qualification requirement for Squads and Horses. This proposal is the result of a survey conducted on the future on the discipline ahead of the online Vaulting Forum, held in February 2023, followed by discussions between the Chairs of the FEI Vaulting Committee and the EEF Working Group Vaulting.

The FEI will share the new Qualification System with the National Federations and Stakeholders before the remaining FEI Vaulting Rules modification proposals are published on 28 June 2023, and with the clarification that such changes would only apply if the proposed rule changes to the FEI Vaulting Rules are accepted by the FEI General Assembly 2023. The proposal will be communicated at an earlier stage because the qualification period for the FEI Vaulting Championships 2024 started on 1 January 2023.

We would like to inform the Vaulting Community that an updated version of the FEI Vaulting Guidelines has been published on the FEI website today. The changes concern the number of canter strides for static exercises (Art. 3.1 & 3.4).

Please forward this information to the Vaulting Community in your country.
For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the FEI Vaulting Department.

The FEI Board held its first teleconference of 2023 on 31 January. The main resolutions taken on this occasion are listed below.

ALLOCATION FEI NAMED SERIES, EVENTS AND FINALS

VAULTING
FEI Vaulting World Cup™ Final Rules 2024
The Board approved the Rules for the FEI Vaulting World Cup™ Final 2024.
The rules will be published here.

We would like to inform the Vaulting Community that an updated version of the FEI Vaulting Guidelines has been published on the FEI Vaulting Rules page today. The changes concern the Scissors Forward (Art. 4.2.7 1.1.1). in which the typography and description of the figure have been completed and updated.

Please forward this information to the Vaulting Community in your country.

For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the FEI Vaulting Department.

This is a reminder that the next Vaulting Forum will take place online on 3 February 2023. The forum is open to the entire Vaulting Community and registrations can be made directly in the FEI Calendar. Please note that the application deadline is on 20 January 2023.

We look forward to seeing you on this occasion.

The FEI Board held its monthly teleconference on 6 December. The main resolution related to Vaulting taken on this occasion is listed below.

FEI Vaulting World Cup™ Final 2024
The Board allocated the FEI Vaulting World Cup™ Final 2024 to Basel (SUI), 10-14 January 2024.

We would like to inform you that the FEI Vaulting Technical Committee has made some amendments to the overall qualification criteria for FEI Vaulting ChampionshipS in 2023.
 
The overall qualification for criteria 2023 are available in the FEI Vaulting Rules section.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the FEI Vaulting Department.

During the sunny weekend of 21 -23 October 2022, the vaulting world turned its focus on to the Annual in-person Seminar in Rome, Italy.

Not far from 50 participants worldwide met to discuss the recent amendments to the Vaulting Rules and Guidelines 2023 and the Future of the Vaulting discipline.

Participants also received important information during dedicated sessions on Education, by Frank Spadinger, FEI Director Education & Officials, on Legal aspects from Áine Power, FEI Deputy Legal Director and a more general FEI update from and the Director of Vaulting, Bettina de Rham.

The Vaulting Rules underwent a full revision in the edition 2022 and only a few amendments/fixes are proposed to the Vaulting Rules for 2023.

FEI General Assembly (GA) will approve the Rules on 13th November 2022 at the GA in Cape Town (RSA). The approved Rules will be published on the FEI website by the end of November 2022.

Most of the sessions, presented by Members of the Vaulting Technical Committee (VTC)*, were dedicated to the implementation of the new judging methodology using Reference scores and to the description of the compulsory and technical test exercises. Fruitful and very beneficial discussions during all Guidelines sessions were taken into consideration by VTC and presented at the Conclusion session. All agreed amendments will be implemented in the Guidelines 2023.

The 2023 Guidelines will be published on the FEI website by the end of November 2023.

The VTC also shared with the participants the outcomes of the Testing of the Free Test Concept. The Free Test Concept working group presented a reworked concept based on the feedback from the Testing phase. The working group will continue on the project, and another test will be conducted in 2023.

The idea and concept of the Catalogue for the Technical Test exercises** was very well received. The VTC got support from the participants to continue working on this project and implement it into the Guidelines once ready.

One of the last sessions was dedicated to the analysis of the Degree of Difficulty (DoD) score and possible solutions in regard to the DoD. The VTC will organise a separate online session for FEI judges to continue the work on this topic.

An important session about the discipline's future was the Seminar's highlight. The main focus of the discussion was the Squad category, the welfare of the horse, and possible solutions that could be implemented in the rules/guidelines in regards to these points.

The VTC and FEI want to thank all participants for their engagement and valuable input in all sessions, as well as the NF ITA for organising this fantastic Seminar and giving the vaulting community this great opportunity to meet, talk and discuss these important topics.

*VTC Members: Pavla Krauspe (Chair), Rob de Bruin (Deputy), Anita Flamand, Isabelle Parker, Dietmar Otto,

**Presented by Jacques Ferrari