Coaches and Accredited Trainers and Accredited Clubs
BR also holds a list of accredited Clubs, download the form here Download
UKCC - Coaches and accredited clubs
Level 3 UKCC coaches 
| Name | Address | Tel. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Borland | Borland Quarter Horses Coverwell Farm Pilleton Hersey Warwickshire CV35 0QA |
01789-740119 or 07825509636 | info@borlandquarterhorses.com |
| Lee Rutter | Oakridge Quarter Horses Holme Farm Swinderby Road Collingham Newark Nottinghamshire ENGLAND NG23 7NZ |
07736 430111 | enquiries@oakridgequarterhorses.co.uk |
| David Deptford | Sovereign Quarter Horses Horse Creek Farm Coldham Bank Stags Holt March Cambridgeshire PE15 0BS |
Office: 01354 651944 Mobile: 07798 523464 |
david@sovereignquarterhorses.com |
| Mary Larcom | 8 Barnview Road Coggeshall Colchester Essex CO6 1RF |
07932 187778 | maryelarcom@gnet.com |
| Susie Anderson | Knowle Mayfield East Sussex TN20 6RD |
01435 831656 | susie@ridewestern.co.uk |
| Pauline Brimson | 276 Tonbridge Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TN12 5LA |
07860868022 | Affiliated Club - Fallowbrook Western Riding Club - check their Facebook page for more info of all events fallowbrookWRC@aol.com |
Level 2 Western 
| Name | Address | Tel. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Deptford | Sovereign Quarter Horses Horse Creek Farm Coldham Bank Stags Holt March Cambridgeshire PE15 0BS |
01354 651944 07798 523464 | sarah@sovereignquarterhorses.com |
| Geoffrey Bicknell | Bradpwll Castle Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 9AZ |
01938 850646 | |
| Victoria Burger | 7 Greatness Lane Sevenoaks TN14 5BD |
01732 455331 | |
| Sue Woods | White Rocks Farm Underriver, Sevenoaks, Kent.
TN15 0SL |
07778 156513 | Affiliated Club -Whiterocks Farm Junior Western Riding Club - check their Facebook page for more info of all events - Club Mark Registered Whiterocks Junior Western Riding Club |
Level 1 Western 
| Name | Address | Tel. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Burger | 7 Greatness Lane Sevenoaks TN14 5BD |
01732 455331 | |
| Derek Williams | 3 Poplar Close High Cross Herts SG11 1AY |
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| Erwin Van Looy | Old Place Granary North Bodiam Road Sandhurst Kent TN18 5NX |
0779404331 | |
| Luke Phillimore-Kelly | Little Paddock Felcourt Road Surrey RH19 2JX |
01342 870506 | |
| Trudy Cranfield | Briar Lea Newdigate Road Beare Green Dorking Surrey RH5 4QE |
07919 403597 | |
| Jonathan Browne | 1 Pine Lodge Birkin Lane Wingerworth Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 6LL |
07743108192 | |
| David Brimson | 276 Tonbridge Road East Peckham Tonbridge Kent TH12 5LA |
01662 872301 |
UK Coaching Certificate Qualifications
The UK Coaching Certificate came out of a review of coaching and coaching qualifications within all major sports across the UK.
Key findings:
- There are many capable and experienced people involved in coaching/teaching and instructing
- There is a lot of variation in the quality of coaching and coaching qualifications across sports
- There is a lot of good work but that sports are inward looking and don’t work together
- We can all learn from each other and looking at other sports
- Significant Government support for coaching
The BEF is endorsed to deliver (in partnership with the member bodies, including British Reining) at UKCC Levels 1, 2 and 3 and equestrian is a priority sport being supported to implement the UKCC.
UKCC Principles
- Puts Riders at the heart of what we do.
- Flexible qualification for all in all coaching environments; technical pathways for riding, driving, vaulting and
- discipline specific such as endurance, RDA, dressage, show jumping and eventing at different levels.
- Builds on existing good practice and provides a career structure.
- Ongoing opportunities for training and development.
- Aspiring Coaches can be assured of standardised qualification.
An idea of what is expected at each UKCC Level:
- The role of the Level 1 coach is to: Assist more qualified coaches, delivering aspects of coaching sessions, normally under direct supervision
- The role of the Level 2 coach is to: Prepare for, deliver and review coaching sessions
- The role of the Level 3 coach is to: Plan, implement, analyse and revise annual coaching programmes
- What is common to coaching at all levels?
- Plan (Planning process)
- Do (Conducting coaching sessions)
- Review (Review the coaching session/process)
Outcomes at Level 1
- Prepare for activities in a safe working environment
- Establish working relationships with the participants and others
- Prepare and support participants
- Deliver prepared activities
- Conclude the activities
- Review the activities to help others
- Continuously develop personal practice
Coaching Outcomes at UKCC Level 2
- Review participants’ needs
- Produce plans for a series of sessions that support
- Participants’ development in a safe coaching environment
- Prepare participants for the series of coaching sessions
- Establish and maintain working relationships
- Deliver coaching sessions
- Develop participants’ performance
- Conclude sessions
- Evaluate participants’ performance and the sessions
- Monitor personal coaching practice
Coaching Outcomes at Level 3
- Fully autonomous coach; role model at County/Regional level.
- Can plan, deliver, analyse and review annual programmes of rider development
- Goal Setting
- Prepare for, deliver and review coaching sessions
- Plan a series of coaching sessions
- Prepare the coaching environment
- Deliver a series of sessions
- Monitor and evaluate coaching sessions and personal practice
Please contact Vix Borland, Coaching Development Officer for more information about the right UKCC for you!
British Equestrian Federation triumphs at Coaching Awards
The British Equestrian Federation (BEF) has won the Governing Body of the Year at the UK Coaching Awards 2009.
The glittering awards ceremony which is hosted by Sports Coach UK, was held in London on Tuesday 8 December and presented by John Inverdale. The awards honour the success of coaches and coaching organisations over the last 12 months. It was a highly competitive category which included the Rugby Football Union and British Swimming with the BEF coming out on top.
The accolade, supported by Sports Structures incorporating jobswithballs.com, is awarded to a governing body that has made a significant contribution and impact on the development of a coaching system and individual coaches across the UK.
Andrew Finding, the BEF’s Chief Executive, says: ‘We are delighted to have won this award – it’s fantastic to be recognised as a leading sport in this area. The lottery funding we receive has been instrumental in allowing the Federation as a whole to professionalise the sport. Last night the judges also recognised our collaborative work. The great thrill has been to see our broad community working together, be they from Vaulting, Driving, Show Jumping, the British Horse Society, the RDA or the Pony Club, from England, Scotland or Wales. It is the effectiveness of this collaboration of equals that has made the difference.
‘It’s a tribute to the hard work and dedication of everyone, but particularly Colin Wilson, who started the work in a consultancy role for us, and then Head of Sports Development, Suzanne Genery who has provided the leadership in coaching within our Federation. I want also to pay tribute to the leaders of our 16 member body organisations that make up our Federation – these are the people who have made it happen on the ground – thank you all.’
Joanna Jones, Equestrian Coaching Systems Manager at Sports Coach UK, said: ‘The BEF truly deserve to be recognised for this award. They have placed coaching at the heart of their delivery and significant work has taken place through the BEF Coaching Development Action Team to create a clear vision for coaching for the forthcoming years.’
The BEF is the recognised governing body of horse sports in the UK. It exists to provide leadership, vision and purpose in steering the direction of equestrianism.
Equestrian is one of the priority sports working with Sports Coach UK to develop the UK Coaching Framework. The framework highlights how Sports Coach UK plans to work in close partnership with governing bodies of sport to enhance the quality and quantity of coaches at all levels, leading to increased and sustained participation and improved performance.
