Inter Pacific Exchange
The Inter Pacific Exchange involves Canada, the US, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Hong Kong.
The rotation since the beginning has been:
| Australia | 1961 | Australia | 1991 |
| Canada | 1963 | Canada | 1993 |
| United States | 1965 | Japan | 1995 |
| New Zealand | 1967 | Hong Kong | 1997 |
| Australia | 1969 | USA | 1999 |
| Canada | 1971 | New Zealand | 2001 |
| Japan | 1973 | Australia | 2003 |
| United States | 1975 | Canada | 2005 |
| New Zealand | 1977 | United States | 2007 |
| Australia | 1979 | Hong Kong | 2009 |
| Canada | 1981 | New Zealand | 2011 |
| Japan | 1983 | Japan | 2013 |
| Great Britain | 1985 | Australia | 2015 |
| Hong Kong | 1987 | Canada | 2017
| | New Zealand | 1989
|
It is held every two years and usually involves Show Jumping and Eventing.
Brief Overview of Proposed Hong Kong IPE 2009 Events
(provided by the Hong Kong PC)
Equestrian Events
1. Nations Cup (this will be run under FEI World Show Jumping rules and will be administered by International Judges)
2. Options
a) 1 Day Event or Cross Country
b) Ride and Tie (in pairs, one will ride, the other will run from one point to the
next point, tie up their horse, swap over and continue doing
this to the end of the course)
c) Triathlon Hong Kong version
* We will conduct 2 out of 3 of these options
Social & Cultural events are very much a part of IPE and what better place to experience a touch of the Orient than Hong Kong, so start practicing with those chops sticks now and be prepared to have lots of fun when you come here.
Last but not least, we have tried to allow time for those teams traveling from a different time zone. The welcome dinner and opening ceremony will be on Sunday July 26th, thus allowing teams to arrive either on July 24th or 25th.
Hong Kong Pony Club looks forward to welcoming you all in 2009.
Application forms will be posted as soon as they are ready. This will be a fairly expensive exchange, mainly due to the airfare, so if you are interested in going, you might want to start planning now. Remember, you need to have a passport before your application will be accepted.
A detailed itinerary and further information will be posted when it becomes available.
|