Meet the IHSGB TRUSTEES
Chairman
Ian Pugh lives in
Worcestershire.
Ian has been a member of the IHSGB
committee for 8 years. He started as the treasurer, and
in 2000 became chairman. Ian is interested in growing
all aspects of the society's activities while retaining
the friendliness that seems to be engendered amongst
people by the Icelandic horse. He is also keen to see
the society's financial reserves strengthen so that
eventually the society can afford national competition
facilities.
Secretary
Elaine
Rannie lives in North Shields in the North East of
England. She met and fell in love with the Icelandic
breed a few years ago while on vacation in Canada and
became the proud owner of Sara fra Hestar in July 2007.
[under construction]
 As
Breeding Leader
Tim
Hutchinson co-ordinates the organisation of IHSGB
Breeding Assessments and Seminars, and liaises with the
FEIF Breeding Group.
Tim started riding in his late twenties, but he has
evented, show jumped and competed at endurance,
completing the Golden Horseshoe ride in 1984. Together
with his wife Janice they have been breeding horses for
over twenty years. The love for the Icelandic horse only
started in the early 90’s but now they have over 30
Icelandic horses at their home in Cumbria, including the
highest judged British bred stallion Flytir from Siamber
Wen
His aim is to encourage everyone to learn more about
this unique breed of horse and to share the excitement
of breeding.
 Mike Edwards is the IHS Studbook
Director. He has been doing the studbook for about 6
years now. He registers and produces passports
for all the IHSGB horses, records stallion covering and
subsequent foaling, ownership transfers, exports, and
deaths. All of the data has to be kept in hard and soft
copy, plus updating the horse's details in WorldFengur
(the global internet database for Icelandics) and the UK
National Equine Database.
Professionally, he works full-time as the Head of
Investigations for the UK Air Traffic Control System.
Aged 53 going on 4, he has owned and bred Icelandics for
15 years. He lives in Burridge, Hampshire and now keeps
just 3 Icelandics, wife and kitten.
 Leisure
coordinator
Gundula Sharman farms in Scotland and bought her
first Icelandic mare in 2003. To date eight horses live
on the farm and there is no limit is sight - yet.
Gundula has been leisure riding coordinator since
January 2005. She runs the performance award scheme,
organises national and regional events other than sports
competitions, and is always open to support or initiate
new ideas.
In the longer term, Gundula's
responsibility includes the establishment of regional
riding clubs which, on the one hand, will run events and
training for leisure riders at a regional level, and on
the other promote competition riders in preparation for
regional and national events.
 Moira
Wedel is the editor of the IHSGB Newsletter 'Sleipnir'.
She has been a member of the Society since about 2000
and has owned her own Icelandic horse since 2001. As she
was warned, you may start with one but it doesn't
usually stay that way and she now has a beautiful colt
foal from her too.
Moira´s job as an IT Consultant takes her away from home
frequently so she has to keep her horses at Livery. She
loves doing new things with her horse and has tried
competition, trail riding and even horse-ball with Fluga.
Moira tried to get to as many events as possible, either
to take part or as roving reporter for the newsletter.
If you have anything that you’d like to include in the
newsletter: photos, articles etc. please get in touch.
The newsletter is published every two months and is a
great way for members to keep up to date with what’s
going on across the UK.
 Julia
Reeves is the IHSGB Youth Leader, trying to
accommodate what all the youth would like to do within
IHSGB and to ensure their safety and wellbeing.
After owning mainstream horses from the age of 6, Julia
got interested in Iceys after seeing them with her
daughter at HOYS in 2004. There soon followed a trip to
iceland and bringing back one horse. This soon led to 2
and then 3. Julia takes part in oval track events as
well as long distance rides and recently has taken up Le
Trec which both her and Ţúla think are great fun. The
family sold their dressage horses and changed over
totally to Icelandics in just over 12 months from first
ever seeing one.
Julia and her family live in Worcestershire.
Laura Curran
is responsible for Press & Publicity. She has been
involved in horses since the age of seven, but
discovered Icelandics only four years ago. After riding
a few Iceys she imported Skjór frá Króki from Iceland,
and this was followed by the acquisition of the stallion
Kraftur frá Strönd.
She has been a journalist, then media and public
relations adviser throughout her professional life and
now hopes to work with the Society to raise the profile
of the Icelandic Horse in Britain.
Website Manager
Mic Rushen lives in Pembrokeshire, West Wales,
where she breeds Icelandic horses and sheep, sells sweet
itch blankets and works as an artist specializing in
silk painting.
Mic has
been involved with Icelandic horses for around 20 years
and has served on the IHS board in the past as Sports
Leader, Breeding Leader and Newsletter Editor. She has competed with Icelandics
at all levels (including several World Championships)
and is a qualified judge.
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