Meet the Team

Christina De’Ath I am Bryan and Tish’s daughter. I am a qualified instructor and compete two horses in dressage, show jumping and eventing. I have been teaching since I was 16 years old and a Pony Club member. I am now a British Horse Society Assistant Instructor and have Child Protection and First Aid Certificates. As a Pony Club member I was a member of the show jumping teams and competed at Hickstead and Burghley.

Christina competing

After Pony Club I joined the local Riding Club and as a member of St. Edmunds Riding Club Show Jumping team competed at the National Championships at Malvern.

My husband Adam and I have three children William, Freya and Faith and we live at Moat Farm.

We are all involved in helping run the yard and looking after the ponies in the riding school. l also do a lot of the teaching.

Tish Adams I am a British Horse Society Intermediate Instructor and Pony Club examiner for the B test and the AH Horse and Pony Care tests. I also hold an International Coach’s Passport as well as being a NVQ Assessor and Internal Verifier. I originally trained as a teacher. Graduating from the University of London, Goldsmiths College in 1973 and teaching in a Comprehensive school in Hertfordshire for five years before having my two daughters.

After moving up to Suffolk in 1987 I worked for The Open College of Equine Studies for seventeen years as Course Advisor Tish and Tutor Team Leader marking papers for distance learning students worldwide.

I became very involved in the Pony Club when my children Christina and Joanne were members and have been Chief Instructor for the Suffolk Hunt branch for many years. I am also involved in Pony Club both at regional and national level and have written a number of books to help children pass their Pony Club tests.

I have been teaching riding to children and adults both in a riding school situation and freelance for over 30 years. During this time I have competed myself show jumping and eventing, as well running a competition and livery yard here at Moat Farm.

Together with my husband Bryan and daughter Christina we opened Moat Farm Riding Centre in 2006 and are all involved in helping run the yard and look after the ponies.

	Tish competing

Bryan Adams I retired from the Motor Industry in the year 2000 after 35 years . I first became involved in Pony Club in 1985 when my daughters Christina and Joanne joined the Enfield Chase Branch of the Pony Club and have been involved ever since. I have been on the committee of the Suffolk Hunt Branch of the Pony Club for over 20 years first organising the show jumping at their numerous events and latterly as Health and Safety Officer, not only for the branch, but also for the Pony Club Area 8. In 1998 I took over from Tish, as Pony Club Centre Co-ordinator for Areas 8 and 12. In the last 10 years I have opened over one hundred Centres and encourage, advise and help many riding schools to give their riders the Pony Club experience.

Four years ago I took up the position of Pony Club Centre Development Officer. Together with two other Development Officers I am responsible for opening Centres throughout Great Britain and Southern Ireland.

Together with Tish and Christina I help run the yard and look after the riding school ponies.