Poles and Obstacles Camp - May 17/18th 2025 - Berriewood Farm, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Name: Poles and Obstacles Camp - May 17/18th 2025 - Berriewood Farm, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Start: 2025-05-17T09:00:00+01:00
Location: Berriewood Equestrian

Schedule

Sat, 17 May, 2025 at 09:00 am

UTC+01:00

Location

Berriewood Equestrian | Shrewsbury, EN

Poles and Obstacles Camp at Berriewood Farm Equestrian Centre, Condover, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY5 7NN.
Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th May 2025 (arrive Friday 16th afternoon/evening or Saturday morning)
Spend the weekend camping with your horse while horsemanship instructor Sally Brett coaches you in groups, with a mixture of pole work sessions in the arena and obstacles in the playfield. - putting horsemanship principles to purpose
Pole work in the arena - consisting of a variety of different pole patterns and formations to add purpose to arena exercises and improve rhythm, balance, focus and precision. Sally will adjust exercises to suit each horse and rider.
Obstacles in the grass playfield - consisting of a range of different obstacles to help add purpose and variety to your horsemanship. These can be completed on the ground and/or ridden. Sally will guide you through each obstacle and explain how to complete it to progress your horsemanship and maintain your horse’s confidence.
Arriving afternoon/evening Friday 5pm onwards or Saturday morning ready for 9am start.
Each participant will have a ‘Pole work’ session in the arena in the morning and ‘Obstacles’ session in the playfield in the afternoon, each day. 4 sessions in total over the camp.
Berriewood ‘Farm ride’ available to use in free time on Saturday and Sunday. 5km off road mixture of woodland & grassland.
Berriewood Farm’s is a large site - the Obstacle field is approx 1km walk/ride from the main yard.
Camping onsite in own tent/lorry/caravan/trailer etc on designated hard standing area, or arrange own accommodation offsite. Hook up available at extra cost - enquire with booking - first come first served basis. Fenced grass paddocks or stable for horses.
Pre-requisites – This is a ridden camp, riding in a group with others. Minimum requirement = happy to ride at ridden walk and trot in arena over poles, and at ridden walk in an enclosed grass field (pole work is based on ridden work, but obstacle sessions in field can all be done both ridden & from the ground).
While horsemanship is at the forefront of this camp, this camp is aimed at putting purpose to ridden exercises, rather than a troubleshooting/problem solving camp. We request that the ridden and groundwork basics are in place to attend this camp. If you are unsure about the suitability, please get in touch with Sally.
The venue has all weather arena and also a grass playground with obstacles. There is a separate camping area for humans, and fenced paddocks for horses.
Arrive Friday afternoon/evening to get settled. Bring your tent, caravan, trailer or lorry to sleep in (or make your own arrangements to stay offsite). Toilet, shower, fridge, kettle & microwave available. Provide your own drinks & meals - takeaway option Saturday evening.
Bring extra hay/haylage & feed as needed plus water buckets and poo picking equipment.
Cost - £275 for the weekend, including 2 days tuition, facilities use & camping.
£140 non refundable deposit required on booking to secure place. Remaining balance due 6 weeks before camp date.
For more information about the camp or to book your place contact Sally Brett [email protected]
Who is Sally Brett?
Sally is an experienced horsemanship instructor with 15+ years of coaching experience, having undertaken years of training in the UK, USA and Australia. She herself has been invited to teach in the USA, Australia & Middle East, although most of her teaching now is in the UK. She is based in Shropshire.
She specialises in coaching people to better understand their horses, to improve their communication and relationships, & help them reach their goals. She has trained her own horses up to Advanced level dressage, and has competed in a variety of disciplines including eventing, showjumping & TREC.
She currently has 2 horses, Taylor a 12 year old New Forest x TB and Moss a 5 year old Connemara.