British Carriagedriving & BDS Dinner Dance

 incorporating the

National Carriage Driving Awards 2025

British Carriagedriving are again joining forces with the BDS to celebrate all forms of carriage driving.

Saturday 22nd November

at the Mercure Daventry Court Hotel

The British Carriagedriving AGM and Members' Conference will take place in the afternoon. Attendance is free for BC members.

The dinner and Carriagedriving Awards will follow in the evening. Tickets are priced at £60 per person for a 3 course dinner and can be purchased via BDS Entries .

You will be able to indicate your menu choices at the time of booking.  

If you are booking for a group of friends, please add all of the group onto ONE booking so that you are on the same table. The maximum number per table is 10 people.

Once you have entered the first person, then click on “add entry” and repeat this for all people in your group.

Please make sure that you book your menu choices for every person in your party.

Book your tickets by Monday 3rd November.

MENU FOR THE DINNER  

STARTER:  

  • Spiced roast squash soup, toasted pumpkin seeds (v/ve/gf)
  • Ham hock and pea terrine mustard mayo, dressed leaves (gf)
  • Gin and beetroot cured salmon, radicchio, orange, pomegranate, watercress, feta, honey & mustard dressing (gf)  

MAIN COURSE:  

  • Slow braised beef short ribs, chive mash, roast roots, red wine just (gf)
  • Grilled salmon, wilted greens, fondant potato, beurre blanc (v, gf)
  • Spiced carrot wellington, rosemary roast new potatoes, roast roots, veggie gravy (v,gf)  

DESSERT:  

  • Chocolate and salted caramel tart, honeycomb, Chantilly cream (v)
  • Rhubarb and ginger cheesecake, poached rhubarb, ginger crumb (v, ve, gf)
  • Warm treacle tart, creme anglaise (v)

Room bookings

Mercure Daventry Court Hotel, Sedgemoor Way, Daventry Northamptonshire, NN11 0SG. See it on Google maps.

A number of rooms at the Mercure hotel have been reserved a preferential rate and can be booked by phoning 01327 307000. You will need to quote “BDS Dinner” to obtain the discounted room rate.