The Canadian Interprovincial Equestrian Championships (CIEC) is a sanctioned Equine Canada competition happening September 21-23 in Bromont and Blainville, QC.
The CIEC is a collaborative event between the national and provincial sport organizations governing equestrian competition, with the provincial and territorial sport organizations (P/TSOs) fielding combined adult/junior teams in three different disciplines dressage, jumping and reining for a total of 65 competitors from across Canada.
The following riders have been named to represent their province at CIEC.
Dressage
Rider / Hometown and Province
Alison Zabik / St Johns, NL
Heather Mitchell / Grand Falls-Windsor, NL
Abbey MacLellan / Pownal, PE
Ambre Tawil / Warren Grove, PE
Anna Osinga / South Granville, PE
Tia Tawil / Warren Grove, PE
Keirstan MacDonald / Pictou, NS
Kerri Rafuse / Chester, NS
Latisha Benoit / New Glasgow, NS
Shelly Mills / Langley, BC
Sarah Sewell / Langley, BC
Alysha Russell / Squamish, BC
Halle Nash / Surrey, BC
Renée DeGarie / Quispamsis, NB
Tiffany Hamilton / Saint John, NB
Lexie Leblanc / Shediac, NB
Haley Greenbank / Fredericton, NB
Allie Schmidt / Campbellville, ON
Mélissa Jodoin / St Hyacinthe, QC
Pascale Trudeau / Montreal, QC
Audrey Philibert / Mascouche, QC
Camille Gosselin / Blainville, QC
Tyler Chiddenton / Regina, SK
Megan Kornder / Saskatoon, SK
Twylla Newton / Yorkton, SK
Jumping
Rider / Hometown and Province
Jaime MacDonald / Charlottetown, PE
Pearl Mac Gregor / Hunter River, PE
Lexy Paynter / Richmond, PE
Katelyn Murnaghan / Charlottetown, PE
Erin Cecchetto / New Port, NS
Evan Phinney / Halifax, NS
Dara Pelkey-Field / Truro, NS
Nikki Meyer / Windsor, NS
Richelle Cornell / Langley, BC
Alex Jamael / Mactaquac, NB
Alix Schoenberger / Armstrong, BC
Patti Forgeron / Quispamsis, NB
Melissa Martin / Welsford, NB
Benjamin Eyles / Mississauga, ON
Helen Chambers / Oakville, ON
Dylan Sambasivam / Toronto, ON
Denis Sweeney / Peterborough, ON
Isabelle Casgrain / Montroyal, QC
Alexandre Gonzalez / Val David, QC
Ann-Félixe Leblond / St Redempteur, QC
Camille Lafortune / St Bruno, QC
Alicia Arnold / Saskatoon, SK
Helen Isle / Saskatoon, SK
Lanai Seigo / Edenwold, SK
Heather Brodsky / Saskatoon, SK
Alanna Marsden / Edmonton, AB
Meagan Beunder / Calgary, AB
Augusta Marit / Cochrane, AB
Kristy Mytrash / Cochrane, AB
Reining
Rider / Hometown and Province
Katrina Butler / Conception Bay South, NL
Kaitlyn Harding / Shelbune, NS
Kaleigh Bennicke / Shelburne, NS
Mary-Ann Cranton / Cape Breton, NS
Lesley Higgins-Elchuck / Trenton, NS
Whitney Watson-Wilson / Salmon Arm, BC
Darcey Woods / Barriere, BC
Laurianne Gagnon / Brossard, QC
Stéphanie Briggs / St Télesphore, QC
Marjorie Loranger / Saint Paul, QC
Raphaël Bourdeau / Napierville, QC
The 2012 CIEC event is an important pilot event building on the inaugural 2011 edition, with nine provinces now expected to field teams. “With its emphasis not only on skills but also the importance of fun, this is a quality team event providing an opportunity to test tactical as well as the psychological skills of riders as they begin to specialize and are ready to compete inter-provincially,” said Anne Welch, Chair of the Long Term Equestrian Development Competition Review Group. “We are grateful to the Fédération équestre du Québec (FEQ) for guiding this project through its early days and we look forward to it becoming an integral fixture within the competition calendar in all equestrian disciplines.”
The CIEC promises to be a key event in the development of equestrian’s next generation of national, international and world champions. In addition, it will be a platform for talent identification for athletes, coaches and officials. It also offers athletes in the Learning and Training to Compete stages within the Long-Term Equestrian Development (LTED) model, the opportunity to test their skills against their peers from across Canada. In order to facilitate participation, horses are made available for lease if shipping is too costly or too logistically difficult for a P/TSO.
Additional details on the competition, schedule, riders and their results may be found at the CIEC website at www.cec-en.ca
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