North Eastern Driving Trials Limited

2008 Entry Forms All Available Here

Indoor Points Championship Standings Now Available

East Keswick Results Now Available

PLAY DAY Details And Entry Form Available Here

Robert Bowman negotiating the spectacular water obstacle at Allerton Park.

Brian Anderson started the planning for the NEDTL warm up event over the winter, with plans for a new water obstacle, using a pump to fill the moat like ground structure around one of the permanent obstacles. This was tried and tested the week before the event and it worked very well, creating a great water obstacle with up to five water crossings but options for the water shy!...Read more here 

TRAINING WEEKEND

This years training weekend will be held at Escrick Park on 7th & 8th June.  The weekend is aimed at further developing those drivers who participated last year as well as newcomers and novices.  Further details will be available here soon.

LET THE SEASON COMMENCE

In 2007 the North Eastern Driving Trials Group had an active year holding 19 different events ranging from a Dinner Dance to a Sponsored Drive and all things in between including a very successful weekend of individual training for several Club members that will hopefully be repeated this year....Read more here

SPONSORED DRIVE 

In early April, as a start to the 2008 Driving Season, the North Eastern Driving Trials Group will be holding their fifth Sponsored Drive at Escrick Park Estate between York and Selby. Having already raised £12,000 from previous drives, the N.E.D.T. are hoping to get many carriage drivers and their supporters out to enjoy the pleasures of driving round the beautiful Escrick Park tracks with their primroses and bluebells whilst at the same time raising substantial funds for this year’s chosen charity, the Macmillan Cancer Support

The drive, on Sunday 6 April, is a good "pipe-opener" of about 16 km with six optional, simply-flagged obstacles. As Drivers set their own pace, they can enjoy the opportunity to gently get their animals, grooms and carriages eased into fitness.

Past participants have ranged from Shires to Shetlands, some still holding onto their winter coats and resembling shaggy Thellwells rather than the sleek, immaculately groomed animals competing later in the season! All are welcome.

Further details can be obtained from Mrs S Hawking Tel. 01977 682298

Details of the drive and an entry form are available here.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT DRIVING TRIALS

There will be a great opportunity for anyone interested in learning more about all that’s involved in the sport of Carriage Driving Trials on Sunday 27 April 2008, when The British Horse Driving Trial Association and The North East Driving Club will be combining all aspects of driving and stewarding for Driving Trials at their permanent training ground at Escrick Park near York.

The British Horse Driving Trials Association, will be holding a Stewards and Helpers day. It is open to any one interested who would like the opportunity to enjoy future days or week-ends out (with their caravan if they wish) throughout the season in some beautiful estates around the country. (Please note that no training will be given on sun-stroke, frost-bite, midge repellents, picnic menus, etc. but will be given on rules, time-keeping, stewarding, obstacles judging and so on!) For those interested in getting started as a competitor it will be an ideal opportunity to talk to drivers and to look at various turn-outs.

If you are interested please phone Mrs S Hawkin Tel. 01977 682298

In parallel with the Stewards Training Day the North East Club will be holding one of their popular PLAE Days developed by the Club. These PLAE days are designed to introduce new drivers gently to the intricacies of Driving Trials without the pressures of competition. The objects of the day are to Practice, Learn, be Assessed and to Enjoy and each novice driver will be allocated an experienced driver to act as their "Godparent" for the day.

At Escrick new drivers, stewards and helpers will have the use of a dressage arena, a cones course and a mini marathon with two obstacles to practise around.

The three PLAE Days this year will be held on Saturday 22 March, Sunday 27 April and Sunday 18 May. Observers without a turn-out are very welcome to come along.

For details please telephone Douglas Strachan 01482 632170

BIKE, BOOZE AND BIN-LINER

Read all about Kieth Hampshire and family who travelled to Denmark for the World Pony Driving Championships here.

STOLEN CARRIAGE

Bennington XL silver with red wheels. Easily identifiable as this trap has been converted into a 3-phase vehicle. If you’ve been offered this trap for sale or know anything that might help to recover it please ring Belinda Rees-Evans 01724 711927 (N E Lincs)

PHOTOGRAPHS GALORE

An excellent professional photographer was present at the Titlington event this year.  Dave Thompson and his team took a massive 2,500 photographs over the weekend and all are available to see at Dave's web site www.dltphotography.co.uk David can be contacted on 07802 929 017 or (0191) 217 1860.

More photographs are available here from the recent Escrick competition.

John Hartley of jwhphotography.com has lots of photo's available at his site which is well worth a visit.

Further photographs are available from Tim Maloy of Fairview Studios on 01430 425546 or email tim@fairviewstudios.co.uk

HELP, HELP HELP!

2007 DRESSAGE TESTS AVAILABLE HERE

MEMBERSHIP

Find out how to become a member of the North East Driving Club here