William Matthew Clinic
Saturday Nov 1st & Sunday Nov 2nd -Indoors, Knightswood Training Stables, 70 Moore Rd, Millendon
We are thrilled to offer our members the opportunity to have a SRD subsidised lesson with WA's own Paris Olympian William Matthew.
Lessons will be indoors at Ron & Dinah Fleming's Knightwood Training Stables.. Lessons are 45min in duration and SRD are subsidising arena hire and a % of each lesson for SRD Members - the subsidised cost for each lesson is $250.
NB:Please note this clinic in the first instance is offered to SRD Members only. If not filled spaces will be offered to non-members. If you are a non-member and interested in a place please fill in sections 10A or 22 on the Lesson Booking list.
If lessons are full do not despair - we have created a Waitlist - please make sure you put your details in and we will see what we can do for you.
Lesson Parking is on the driveway to the LEFT as you drive in adjacent to the stables. Hose for washing is also available in the stable area and toilet facilities are available in the stables. Warm up will be on the outdor arena and you will be let in t your lesson 5 min before time. If weather is inclement then warmup will possibly be in the indoor.
Article on Will from Equestrian Life:
Originally from Perth (AUS), Matthew arrived in Europe to work with horses professionally in 2011.
He first worked with Lusitano horses for Kate Mably in Cornwall, U.K, after meeting her in Perth. After 8 months in the UK he went back to Australia, did whatever work he could find and saved his money
Six months later he saved enough to return to Germany to work for Hayley Beresford as a working student. He spent one year with Hayley before working under Australian Warwick McLean in Tönisvorst, Germany, for a five-year period.
William then worked for Dutch horse dealer Leida Collins-Strijk for eight months in The Netherlands, but the daily commute was straining. William returned to his familiar area in Dusseldorf and went to work for the Hödl family under Beatrice Buchwald (now Hoffrogge). This stint lasted two years until Buchwald decided to relocate and get marrie
Matthew stayed connected to the Hödls, who opened the door to Isabell Werth.
Werth offered him a part-time job as one of her assistant riders, while he could slowly set up his own shop on the side. Since December 2019 William has been riding for Isabell in the mornings and for himself in the afternoons.
The first important horses he got to ride were Madeleine Winter-Schulze's Belantis (by Benetton Dream x Expose) and Freischutz (by Foundation x Del Martino).
It was Stephanie Goller's mare Mysterious Star (by Metall x Furst Heinrich) that unlocked new doors for Will. They made their CDI debut in March 2023 and competed at CDI's in Aachen, Tolbert, Exloo, Kronenberg, Hagen, Aachen, and Kronberg. They were selected on the Australian team for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and placed 24th in the Special with 69.711%
Matthew announced today that he has gone fully independent from coach Werth as of 1 December 2024.
"It has been a life changing 5 years thanks to the opportunities and training you have given me," he said. "I was able to achieve a lot in the last 5 years with your guidance and support, from my first Grand Prix Win with Belantis, achieving my Goldenes Reitabzeichen, a Louisdor final and now an Olympic Games. I’m forever grateful."
Update:
Will now works fully from the Hödl's Gut Kostenschlag together with Ellen Hedbys, a Swedish Under 25 rider. Together they are slowly building up a team of competition and sales horses and have recently had some talented horses for sale and in competition.