Driving on the marathon - the Ashfields water splash
Anne Clarke, project manager for the British Horse Driving Trials Association’s scheme to get more people involved in horse driving trials, reported a very good response by the closing date, 11 January.
“Ashfields Carriage Driving Centre’s places are full in Essex and there are betweem eight and 14 places still remaining at the other three centres, Bennington Carriages at Newark, Adlington in Cheshire and Mark Broadbent’s Fenix Carriages centre in Devon.”
This new initiative was made possible by the then Marketing Director of the BHDTA Chris Hillman and a £30,000 grant from Sport England. 200 people over 18 will be selected, 50 at each regional centre, after a day of free introductory training. They will have the benefit of four more days of training over the following weeks costing £74 in total. Top UK drivers who wil be delivering the courses include Wilf Bowman-Ripley at Ashfields, Fenix Carriages’ Mark Broadbent and Sue Mart of Bennington Carriages supported by other UKcc coaches.
You can find out more from lucy@instinctivepr.co.uk
