REGIONAL NEWS
BHS NEWS EAST MIDLANDS
SALLY ANDREWS
Diary Dates 2013
EAST MIDLANDS REGIONAL TRAINING DAYS
Carriage Driving
We had a terrific Carriage Driving day hosted by Bennington Carriages. Led by Sue Mart, Bennington’s UKCC Level 3 coach and her team, the group of 14 BHS members enjoyed an overview of Carriage Driving. This consisted of driving Bennington’s experienced ponies, long-reining, putting harness on and off a horse, rein handling, driving a cones course and having a go at back-stepping. Finally, and of particular interest to the gentlemen, we had a tour of the impressive workshops where the Bennington carriages are built before being shipped all around the world. This was a great day with some excellent feedback with quote of the day being “Finally my husband was persuaded that horses are fun!” BHS Fellow, Jo Winfield presented an inspiring regional training day at Derby College’s Broomfield Hall. The day was aimed at trainers and exam
candidates intending to take their BHS Stages 1-3 exams and mainly concentrated on flatwork, lungeing and jumping. Comparisons between the standards required and expected at each stage were discussed and very capably demonstrated by willing student riders from the college. Pictured with the BHS jump, which was sponsored by BHS Derbyshire are Jo Winfield, FBHS with Broomfield Hall’s Equine Centre Manager and lecturer, Stephanie Meadows along with some student riders, training day attendees and equine students from the College. Other regional training events have included a PTT Exam Training day and a PTT Portfolio Training day, presented by Becky Johnson, BHSI. Both these well-attended days were aimed at students who are working towards joining the BHS Register of Instructors. Claire Burrow’s talk on how NLP (Neuro Linguistic
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For more details of any events, please look on the East Midlands section of the website www.bhs. org.uk/eastmidlands . To be included on our contact list for regular Enews updates contact Sally Andrews E: s.andrews@ bhs.org.uk ; T: 01780 764187; M: 07881 956459; Facebook: British Horse Society East Midlands Region
22 October: Continual Professional Development (CPD) Training day at Brampton Stables, Church Brampton, Northampton NN6 8BH ‘Developing
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Programming) can be used to boost a rider’s confidence proved popular and was a sell-out event for BHS South Lincolnshire. Claire gave the audience an introduction to a few simple techniques to use either before or whilst riding to help inc rease confidence. Everyone enjoyed the evening and hopefully took away at least one technique to help them. The talk was followed by a raffle with lots of prizes including feed vouchers donated by Allen and Page and Spillers.
6 July: ‘Have a Go’ …at Carriage Driving, at The Bennington Carriage Driving Academy, Long Bennington, Nottinghamshire NG23 5GA - £40. An Introduction to carriage driving by Sue Mart and her qualified coaches at their purposebuilt carriage driving academy. A packed day learning hands-on harnessing, rein handling, basic dressage, drive a cone course and have a tour of the Bennington Carriages workshop. 9 October: PTT Portfolio Day at Rearsby Village Hall, Rearsby, Leicestershire LE7 4YS - £30. Whether you’re close to completing your portfolio or haven’t yet started it, this day will help. Becky Johnson, BHSI and a Portfolio Assessor will be guiding you through what’s required for the PTT and Level 2 Certificate in Coaching (UKCC endorsed) we will arrange for completed portfolios to be signed off.
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