‘A beautiful individual’: farewell to teach who was a good friend to many

Lengthy-standing-standing coach and good friend to many Susan Nelson died on 17 December, aged 66.

Sue, also called Nellie, was born in Morecambe on 5 February 1957. She had one brother, John, and was educated at Bentham Grammar Faculty.

Sue didn’t come from a horsey household however all the time beloved horses and began driving as a teen. On the age of 15 she had a fall and fractured her pelvis. This required weeks in hospital in traction, however it didn’t put her off and when she left faculty she adopted her dream to work with horses.

In 1977 she went to Harrogate Using Centre and certified as a BHSII. The next 12 months, Casterton Faculty, at Kirkby Lonsdale, marketed for a driving teacher and Sue bought the job. She mixed this position with that of aid housemistress for properly over 30 years. Sue was a devoted member of employees and extremely popular with the scholars. She immersed herself at school life, in addition to working the driving division, instructing and organising equestrian actions, outings and occasions. She ran gymkhanas, enjoyable rides and the Pony Membership centre.

The Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme for horseback expedition was one other exercise through which she inspired the women to participate and he or she accompanied one pupil to St James’s Palace to gather her gold award from Prince Philip, a proud second.

In 2013 when Casterton and Sedbergh faculties merged, Sue wrote about her time on the faculty, noting that she had labored there for 101 phrases.

She was a beautiful loyal individual and a terrific good friend to many. She was all the time prepared to assist out and would fortunately journey all around the nation serving to her associates at varied horse exhibits. A giant spotlight was watching her good good friend Emma Burrow win the Welsh part D Horse of the 12 months Present ultimate in 2019 with Dyffryngwy Sir Piccasso adopted by a win at Olympia, the London Worldwide Horse Present. Sue was a daily helper for Emma and a priceless member of “Staff EJB”.

In her youthful days she labored at Camp America for a number of years, with horses. She beloved to ski and loved travelling. A favorite was Positano, the place she had associates. Sue additionally loved images and was good at taking images around the exhibits.

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