WES and ERCHA UK offer joint membership for 2025, so you can benefit from both associations with one membership fee.

Photo from the Western Equestrian Society
Photo: Western Equestrian Society

WES and ERCHA UK are proud to announce joint membership for our members: one membership fee for 2025 lets you benefit from both associations.

  • Adults can choose to pay WES or ERCHA UK Intro membership at £35.
  • If you are already a WES member, you can become an Intro member of ERCHA UK by application, with no payment. Apply on the ERCHA UK form.
  • Existing ERCHA UK members can become WES members by application, with no payment, through the new ERCHA UK membership category.

What one membership fee covers

Adult WES members

  • Intro membership of ERCHA UK, which includes ERCHA UK clinics, training days and camps, and the ERCHA UK Novice Rider and Non-Pro Herd work classes only.

Adult ERCHA UK members

  • WES membership, with the chance to join WES clinics, training days and camps, and to compete in novice level WES classes at Area or Regional events.

Joint full competition membership

  • A WES rider who wants to compete in other ERCHA approved show classes pays an extra £25 to ERCHA: £60 in total.
  • An ERCHA UK rider who wants to compete in WES classes at the WES Nationals pays an extra £25 to WES: £85 in total.
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