Earnsdale Farm, Riding, Equitation, Pony Club and Horse Riding
Riding, dressage, equitation, schooling and riding horses at Earnsdale farm Riding School
Horse Riding in an Indoor Arena, Floodlit Outdoor Menage with full
Livery, Equestrian, Stable and Teaching facilities
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Earnsdale Farm
Riding School
Duddon Avenue
Darwen
Lancashire
BB3 OLB

 

 

Mrs Janine Crook, BA (Hons) Education

BHSAI, Int. Stable Management ND(HM).
Yard Manager. First Aider. Deaf translator.
Janine is joint proprietor of Earnsdale
Farm Riding School and has over 25 years
experience in lecturing in horse
management and teaching riding to
career students. She qualified from
Crooklands Riding Establishment with
her BHSAI and then Warwickshire Agricultural
College with a Diploma in Horse Business
Management in 1984.

She also teaches part time at Pendleton College where she is a lecturer for BTEC 1st Diploma in Horse Care and BTEC National Diploma in Horse Management. Janine lectures on Monday and Tuesdays at Pendleton and the rest of the week at Earnsdale Farm.  
She is a qualified NVQ Level 3 Assessor and has recenty gained an Honours Degree in Education.


Miss Jenny Crook, BHSAI
HEAD GIRL

Jenny is Janine's daughter, and another family member to join Earnsdale Farm Riding School. Jenny has ridden ponies since she could walk and has competed in showing and dressage at Pony Club, local showing and national level. Jenny has also hunted with Pendle Forest.

Jenny has competed for many years on her ponies, taking some of them to the Horse of the Year Show and the Royal International at Hickstead. She is also a member of British Dressage and competed her pony, Tyn-y-Cae Gold Kite (Walter) to Medium level. She has been very successful in breaking and schooling horses and bringing on her own horses for competition. Jenny is very good at schooling and improving horses to competition level.

Jenny is seen here competing Vagabonde in the Open Working Hunter Inter-Club Championships, September, 2008
Jenny was also Equitation Champion at the same show. Jenny and Vagabond are starting eventing this year. Jenny has broken 4 year old Absolute and is schooling her at present. She is now competing Abbie in affiliated dressage classes.


for short video clip of Jenny riding Absolute click link below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muTKxgIfa

 

Miss Vicky Crossley
ASSISTANT HEAD GIRL

Vicky riding Pingu

Vicky is a qualified Riding Instructor and has been with Earnsdale for twelve months now. Vicky is training and studying for her BHS Stage III Riding & Care, having already qualified for her PTT Teaching Certificate. Vicky has been teaching for several years and has her own horse, which she has broken and schooled herself. Vicky is a popular choice of Instructor, bringing a calm approach to her clients. She was recently made
Assitant Head Girl and takes charge of the yard in Jenny's absence.

 

Miss Diana Counsell

Diana is another popular member of our teaching team,
taking novice groups and private lessons. Diana has a
quiet, even temperament and is very good with nervous individuals and beginners. Diana completed her BHS NVQ Level 2 in the summer of (2005) and is now working towards her BHS PTT for 2010.

Seen here riding Apollo. 16.2hh chestnut gelding.

Diana has now taken over the organising and teach of the
Centre Pony Club, gaining several extra members since her
new approach in September, 2009.
She has also changed the time
for the Pony Club sessions to 11.30 am on Sunday mornings.

 


Trainee Riding Instructors

Miss Vicky Wiggans
BHS NVQ Level 2. Preparing for NVQ Level 3
and BHS Stage III Care
Vicky is in her third year with Earnsdale and is now undertaking her
instructor training.
Vicky is kind and considerate and
helps her clients with their confidence. She is very good with nervous children and adults.


 


 


Miss Amber Kilshaw

BHS NVQ Level 2. Preparing for BHS Stage III

and PTT Teaching Certificate

Amber started her career at Earnsdaleand is now
in her 3rd year of training
having joined the Yard from
leaving school to take up a career
in horses.

Amber is enjoying her work and particularly likes teaching
those with special needs as well as young people and adults
in
their early riding lessons

 

Miss Becc Neville

BHS NVQ Level 2. Preparing for BHS Stage III
and PTT Teaching Certificate

Becci started riding at Earnsdale in the Riding School, as a young girl and learned for several years before joining the Yard as a
Level 2 student as she left school.

Becci is very keen to improve her teaching skills and pass on her learning to clients.
She also likes to compete in dressage and showing with Bowland Red whenever
possible.

Bowland Red is a riding school
horse and is improving his own skils with Becci.

Becci riding Bowland Red

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

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