Under a sunny sky the first leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Devision I kicked -off today in teh French La Baule. After the first round it was Switzerland who took the lead. The team existing out of Paul Esterman (Castlefield Eclipse, v. O.B.O.S. Quality), Olympic Champion Steve Guerdat (Nasa, v. Cumano), Janika Sprunger (Pallounet D(Halong, v. Baloubet du Rouet) and Pius Schwizer (Powerplay, v. Casall) glean one point in total. Paul Estermann had one fence down, but that result was cancelled. France followed in a second position with a total of five points, while Germany and Belgium got a total of six points, ending in a third position after the first round. With Switzerland clearly on top and a minimal point difference between the countries the second round promissed to be an exciting one.
In the end it where the Dutch that took victory. The team started in a fifth position with a total of seven points. Albert Voorn (Tobalio), Hendrik-Jan Schuttert (Cerona H S), Frank Schuttert (Winchester H S) and Leon Thijssen Tyson limited the total damage to 8 points .The Swiss team had to be satisfied with a second place with 11 points leading on a shared third place between Great-Britain, Ireland and France. After the first leg so it is Swiss in the lead of the ranking of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup.
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Under a sunny sky the first leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Devision I kicked -off today in teh French La Baule. After the first round it was Switzerland who took the lead. The team existing out of Paul Esterman (Castlefield Eclipse, v. O.B.O.S. Quality), Olympic Champion Steve Guerdat (Nasa, v. Cumano), Janika Sprunger (Pallounet D(Halong, v. Baloubet du Rouet) and Pius Schwizer (Powerplay, v. Casall) glean one point in total. Paul Estermann had one fence down, but that result was cancelled. France followed in a second position with a total of five points, while Germany and Belgium got a total of six points, ending in a third position after the first round. With Switzerland clearly on top and a minimal point difference between the countries the second round promissed to be an exciting one.
In the end it where the Dutch that took victory. The team started in a fifth position with a total of seven points. Albert Voorn (Tobalio), Hendrik-Jan Schuttert (Cerona H S), Frank Schuttert (Winchester H S) and Leon Thijssen Tyson limited the total damage to 8 points .The Swiss team had to be satisfied with a second place with 11 points leading on a shared third place between Great-Britain, Ireland and France. After the first leg so it is Swiss in the lead of the ranking of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup.
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