Lizzel Winter F.BHS

Lizzel, is one of the co-owners of Severnvale. She is a Fellow of the British Horse Society, and an International Junior Event Team Trainer (she was British Junior Team Trainer for five years and is now Junior Team Trainer for Portugal).  Lizzel has a broad experience in teaching exam students as well as all levels of competition riders, and is also a British Eventing accredited trainer.

Patrick Print, chairman of the BHS, commenting on Lizzel’s success at becoming a Fellow, said: “Elizabeth has a fantastic all-round general knowledge of, and enthusiasm for, equestrianism, coupled with being a first-class coach.”

She is also a listed BHS examiner, a past winner of the coveted Pat Smallwood Trainers Award, and an international event rider, having represented her country on several occasions.  She competed at Badminton in 1992 and has ridden at Intr 1 and PSG in dressage, as well as competing at national championships.

Eric Winter

Eric is one of the co-owners of Severnvale. He started his career in show jumping, winning major classes at the Horse of the Year Show, Royal International and Hickstead. In 1986 he turned his attention to Eventing. He competed at Badminton & Burgley in 1989 and 1990. He has represented England at International Level II in Holland and France (where he rode on the team).

Eric is a British Eventing accredited coach and has been able to apply his wide range of experience to improve safety in the sport of Eventing by sitting on the British Eventing Cross Country Safety Advisory Group. Additionally, Eric is an FEI International Course Designer and FEI Technical Delegate (TD), as well as an A-list Course Designer and Technical Advisor (TA) for British Eventing. Recently, Eric has been instrumental in delivering much of the training of Course Designers and TA's in the UK.

He is using his knowledge by acting as the course designer for 10 events on the international circuit, including Blenheim, Longleat, Chepstow International, Somerley Park, and the Belmont Horse Trials.

Eleanor “Ellie” Halsey BHS.IIT.

Ellie looks after the yards  at Severnvale.

She holds a BHS. AI. Certificate, having trained at Hartpury College, where she successfully completed a BTEC National Diploma in Equine Business Management. 

She also holds the Advanced National Certificate in Equine Business Management, which she took at Warwickshire College. 

Until starting at Severnvale, she worked as Head Groom/Instructor at Porlock Vale Horse Hotel and Riding Centre on Exmoor, where she taught all levels of riders in flatwork, jumping and cross-country. 

Juliet Fowler BSc(Hons) BHS.PTT.

Juliet is an established member of the Severnvale team.

She has many years of experience with nervous adults and children. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Equine Science from Hartpury Collage as well as a preliminary certificate in Intelligent Horsemanship.

Juliet is well known for her much loved and fantastic approach to children’s coaching. She looks after the Pony Club activities at the Centre, and runs a wide range of activities and camps for children during the school holidays.