Northern Ireland Branch British Driving Society

The British Driving Society is here to help and encourage you

The BDS continues to play an important role in representing the interests and needs of carriage drivers.
Northern Ireland has a long tradition and interest in carriage driving; the significant growth in the membership of the branch has continued (now over 200 members) and with this there has been an expansion in the numbers of activities.

There have been many individual successes in the past year and congratulations are due to all those who were involved in the branch activities, particularly those who have competed at major events in ROI and on mainland UK.

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New dates forTraining Testing 4th & 11th Sept

Drives

BDS Organized road drives are excellent social occasions without the formality of shows, they are useful to introduce young horses to working in company and as part of training and fitness programs. please check events page for further details.......

Look at the pics from

26th June
BDS Ballyward Drive meet at Turley Bar

22 turn out

With friends and family taking part in the scenic drive over looked by the Mourne Mountains with refreshment laid on after for all

With 22 turnouts including horses, ponies, and donkeys, singles and 5 pairs was indeed something to behold

The sponsored raffle was for Newry Diabetes Unit and Marie Curie cancer charity’s with special thanks to FS Herron of Leitrim, Country beauty of Rathfriland and Geraldine’s hair salon, Fine food centre Castlewellan, Fin Feather Pet store Castlewellan and P Turly’s hardware for their generous donations.

All BDS members are very welcome, many of the drives have shorter routes for smaller or less fit animals. The main drives are usually based on a route of 4-7 miles, mainly at a working trot