About GB POD Training Group

Organiser, Administration and Performance Manager

Julie began her carriage driving career in 1993 moving over from eventing.

Julie has represented Great Britain in five Combined Pony World Championships, has been involved with the GB Para Squad since 2016 and is currently Chef d’Equipe for the British Para Driving Team GB.

Julie is passionate and dedicated about integrating drivers with disabilities into mainstream competitions and as well as being CDSGdd Para Liaison Officer she also runs the GB POD Training Group, which specialises in the training of drivers and equines in the art of sports driving.  

Julie is always looking out for driving talent as well as committed to ensuring drivers at levels can access high quality training and reach their potential.  She owns 3 school master driving ponies who have played a key role in helping para drivers hone their skills.

Trainer

Trained Team GB for 2005 & 2007 World Championships with Boyd Exell. He prepares ponies and horses to successfully compete at Novice to Advanced in various disciplines (carriage driving, eventing and dressage). Robert has produced ponies for Julie Camm and has successfully competed them all over Europe.

Robert has represented GBR at the last 3 Combined Pony World Championships (team bronze medallist 2015) Robert specialises in classical correct way of going.

Trainer 

Secretary

Giselle was one of the first drivers to become a member of GB POD when it first

launched. Having attended a training day at the Unicorn Trust she was smitten and

inspired by the GB POD approach, philosophy and enthusiasm to develop drivers

and equines.

She has owned horses and ponies for most of her life and had the privilege of

exercising the Cavalry Black horses when they were sent to Germany for rest and

recuperation.

Her driving experience is with singles and pairs including BDS show classes, indoor

and outdoor driving trials. She is also Chair of the Carriage Driving Sports Group

(Drivers with Disabilities) as well as being an RDA carriage driving coach (and group

organiser) with the Cavalier Centre in Much Wenlock. She was previously Chair of

Wolverley and District Driving Group where she championed opportunities for driver

training, education and progression whilst keeping it fun, friendly and accessible.

Her passion is to make the wonderful sport accessible and attainable to all drivers

who want to train and develop within a friendly training group using a systematic

training approach for both driver and equine.

With an extensive career across many sectors (including the Armed Forces) Giselle

has many transferable skills to help GB POD develop for the benefit of its members

and support other GB POD team members in their roles.

Giselle is also a qualified Equine Facilitated Learning Practitioner and a Master

Practitioner in Linguistic Programming and runs a small coaching practice.

Group Logistics & Rules

Averina represented GB at three world championships with her pony pair. She has recently given up competing to become more involved in logistics and running of the sport to facilitate equal opportunities for broader participation.

She is a Chartered Accountant and held senior Finance and Risk positions in an international bank. Her experience includes operational risk, Board governance and industry technical committees. So, it is no surprise that she is interested in how our sport is run. She says reading Rule books is an excellent antidote to insomnia and, being a poor sleeper, she has read them many times. Her motto is “You don’t have to know everything; you just have to know where to find the answer” 

If you have a question about any aspect of the sport Averina is happy to try and find a solution. 

Social Media

Callum has been deeply involved in carriage driving since the age of 15. 

Over the years, he has gained extensive experience working as a groom, assisting with event organisation, and collaborating with international squads to promote them at International and World Championship level. He is also a proud member of the British Carriagedriving Council. 

For the past three years, Callum has been training with the GB POD Training Group and has set his sights on competing at the international level in his future. 

We are delighted to have Callum join our team, where he will manage our social media as a personal commitment to the GB POD Training Group, alongside his training with us. 

With his expertise in promotion and modern media technology, Callum is eager to enhance communication within our community, providing valuable information and updates to all our members.

Vet Advisor North 

I have always loved my job. I qualified as a vet a ( really scary) 40 years ago and ran my own practice doing equine work for most of that time. Since I sold my practice 10 years ago , I’ve been doing locums, which gives me freedom to pursue my hobbies, mostly carriage driving! 

Starting in carriage  driving was really by accident about 20 years ago when we lost both our ridden hunters and I was left with a home bred pony, Flash ,who didn’t grow big enough to ride, but I was so lucky that he developed into the most fabulous fun driving pony.

We learned together and we had many laughs. He even made it to the BC promotional banner! 

 Driving folk soon discovered I was a horse vet and I gradually got involved and invited to do FEI and GB team work. I’ve had lots of exciting times working at competitions and have been going to be team vet at world championships since 2012, and I’m a Ukcc level 2 coach.I consider myself very fortunate to be involved in our amazing sport, and with the development of training schemes I’m proud to think I can contribute more.

 As well as carriage driving I cycle, trek, keep fit, ski and mountaineer , so I take the “athlete” bit quite seriously! 

Looking forward to carriage driving season 24 and beyond. 😊

Vet Advisor South 

Steering Committee and guidance on Group Direction