Helena Sherwood

About me

I came to riding coaching the long way round. Before setting out on my own I spent the best part of twenty years as a specialist sports coach in independent schools, sixteen of them at Wycliffe College and most recently at Westonbirt.

That's a career built on pastoral care, on knowing children and on the daily work of helping someone believe they can do the thing they were sure they couldn't. Confidence is what I care about most, because everything else a rider learns is built on top of it.

I have been coaching now for 20 years. I mainly coach for pony clubs in the Gloucestershire area and was lucky enough to be awarded Coach of the Year at the Pony Club coaching Conference in 2019. I teach from beginners through to adults with my strength being the teenage years! I have and do coach pony club teams and attend plenty of area and championship competitions.

I am a B test examiner and coach candidates up to that level. Coaching is my hobbie and passion but not my full time job. I teach at a school so most of my coaching is done during school holidays and some weekends.

20 years in the saddle

18 years coaching in schools

BHS accredited

DBS checked and safeguarding trained