Achilles Club: Committee

Most of the organisational structure which gives continuity to the Varsity match and other events in the OUAC/CUAC calendar is provided by the Achilles Club. The President and Hon. Sec of OUAC/CUAC, and their immediate Past-Presidents, are all ex officio members of the Achilles Club committee.

CURRENT OFFICERS

PATRON:
Dr Dewi W. Roberts MBE DL (Cambridge)

PRESIDENT and Archivist:
Paul D. T. Willcox (Cambridge)

VICE-PRESIDENTS:
Timothy M Taylor (Oxford)
The Hon Michael J Beloff QC (Oxford)
Air Commodore John G. De'Ath MBE (Oxford)
Dr Christopher J. R. Thorne (Cambridge)
Mark S. Steed (Cambridge)
John Crosse (Oxford)
Humphrey J. Waddington (Cambridge)

CHAIR
Bridget H. R. Wheeler (Cambridge)

HON. TREASURER:
Peter G. Crawshaw MBE (Oxford)

HON. ASSISTANT TREASURER:
Lisa Teverson (Cambridge)

HON. SECRETARY:
Hugh Baker (Oxford)

AMERICAN ACHILLES FOUNDATION:
Thomas N Blodgett (Cambridge & Harvard)
Dr Geoffrey B. Hill (Cambridge & Princeton)

COMMITTEE:
Alan James (Cambridge) - Clerk to the Achilles Trust
Bilen Ahmet (Cambridge) - Membership Secretary
Thomas Renshaw (Oxford) - Match Officials
Matthew Buck (Cambridge) & Bonnor Sullivan (Oxford) - Kit
Lucy Simson (Cambridge) - Welfare Officer & Schools Relays
Jack Paget (Oxford) - Welfare officer
Anuraag Vazirani (Oxford) - Webmaster
Dr Andrew Hodge (Cambridge) - Hon. Photographer
Miles Weatherseed and team (Oxford) - Team Managers
Martha Bevan (Cambridge) - Team Manager
Martha Stevens (Cambridge) - Team Manager
Dr Robert Harle (Cambridge) - Hon. Treasurer, CUAC
Dr Chris Martin (Oxford) - Hon. Treasurer, OUAC
Hugh Shields (Cambridge)
Martyn Bowen (Oxford)
Alice Harray (Oxford)
Caspar Eliot (Oxford) - Reporting
Catherine Gallagher - President OUAC
Johanna Schoenecker - President CUAC
Isaac Rushworth - Past President OUAC
Angus Harrington - Past President CUAC
Sammy Baker-Jones - Hon. Sec. OUAC
Leonie Brunning - Hon. Sec. CUAC

ACHILLES TRUSTEES:
Dr. C.J.R. Thorne, B.H.R. Wheeler, P.D.T. Willcox, J. Cripps, A. Wallace


PAST OFFICERS

Patrons:
The Rt Hon. The Lord Noel-Baker PC 1979-1982
Sir Thomas Macpherson of Biallid CBE, MC, TD, DL 2013-2014

Presidents
The Lord Desborough of Taplow KG, GCVO 1920-1945
The Rt. Hon. P.J. Noel-Baker 1946-1979
Sir Thomas Macpherson of Biallid CBE, MC, TD, DL 1979-2013
Dr D. W. Roberts MBE DL 2013-2019
Mr P. D. T. Willcox 2019-

Vice-Presidents
Col. E. A. Hunter 1949-1953
R. St. G. T. Harper 1951-1989
H. M. Abrahams 1961-1978
K. S. Duncan 1987-2006
Dr. R. K. I. Kennedy 1987-2005
D. G. Steel 1987-2008
J.P. Ford 1990-2007
H. R. H. Stinson MBE 2005-2013
D.C.E.Gorrie OBE 2006-2012
T.M. Taylor 2006-
The Hon M.J. Beloff 2013-
Air Commodore J.G. De'Ath MBE 2013-
Dr C.J.R. Thorne 2014-
Sir Roger Bannister CH CBE 2016-2018

Chairmen
The Hon. Sir Montague Shearman 1920-1929
P. J. Noel-Baker 1930-1936
Bevil D.D'U. Rudd MC 1937-1946
H. M. Abrahams CBE 1947-1961
R. T. S. Macpherson 1961-1979
Dr. R. K. I. Kennedy 1979-1987
H. R. H. Stinson 1987-2005
Dr. D.W. Roberts 2005-2013
B. H. R. Wheeler 2013-

Honorary Treasurers
A. E. D. Anderson 1920-1923
W. G. Tatham 1924-1930
R. St. G. T. Harper 1931-1947
J. P. Ford 1948-1957
D. G. Steel 1958-1987
P. G. Crawshaw 1987-

Honorary Secretaries
P. J. Noel-Baker 1920-1921
B. G. D. Rudd 1921-1923
E. A. Hunter 1924-1947
K. S. Duncan 1948-1987
P. D. Talbot Willcox 1987-2020
H. J. Waddington 2020-


Directors of the Transatlantic Series (by Tour Year)
Lees Knowles (1901)
Rex Salisbury Woods (1921)
Evan Hunter & Rex Salisbury Woods (1925, 1929, 1933, 1937)
Rex Salisbury Woods & Roly Harper (1949)
PT Sinker (1953)
Sandy Duncan (1957)
Arthur Selwyn (1961)
Eduard Freitag (1965)
Robert Stinson (1973)
Rob Kennedy (1977)
Tim Taylor (1981)
Donald CE Gorrie (1985, 1989)
Dai W Roberts (1993, 1997, 2001)
Dai Roberts & Paul Willcox (2005)
Mark Steed (2009)
John Crosse (2013, 2017)
Emma Hooper, Bridget Wheeler & Martyn Bowen (2023)


Directors of the Achilles Schools Relays
D. Donaldson & D.C.E. Gorrie
T.M. Taylor
M. Steed
L. Spray