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)
Dr Christopher J. R. Thorne (Cambridge)
Mark S. Steed (Cambridge)
John P. 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)

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

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

ACHILLES SCHOOLS RELAYS
Lucy Simson (Cambridge)

SUB-COMMITTEES:

Fundraising & Outreach
Chair: Hugh Shields (Cambridge)
Clerk to the Achilles Trust: Alan James (Cambridge)
Fundraising: Bonnor Sullivan (Oxford) & Shanker Singham (Oxford)
Outreach: Alice Kaye (Cambridge)
Inclusivity: Polly Maton (Oxford) & Conrad Will (Oxford)

Transatlantic Series
Directors: Dr Ben Ellis (Cambridge) & Sarah Owen (Cambridge)

Membership
Membership Secretary: Bilen Ahmet (Cambridge)
Webmaster: Anuraag Vazirani (Oxford)
Welfare Officers: Lucy Spray (Oxford) & Jack Paget (Oxford)
Kit: Matthew Buck (Cambridge)

Fixtures
Team Managers: Miles Weatherseed (Oxford), Martha Bevan (Cambridge), Martha Stevens (Cambridge)
Reporting: Caspar Eliot (Oxford)
Match Officials: Thomas Renshaw (Oxford), OUAC & CUAC Fixtures Representatives
Social Secretaries: Adahna Ekoku (Oxford), Bridget Fryer (Cambridge)

Martyn Bowen (Oxford)
Alice Harray (Oxford)
Dr Andrew Hodge (Cambridge) - Hon. Photographer

EX OFFICIO
Natalie Groves- President OUAC
Jess Poon - President CUAC
Cayen Wang - Hon. Sec. OUAC
Leonie Brunning - Hon. Sec. CUAC
Catherine Gallagher - Past President OUAC
Johanna Schoenecker - Past President CUAC
Dr Robert Harle (Cambridge) - Senior Treasurer, CUAC
Dr Chris Martin (Oxford) - Senior Treasurer, OUAC

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
Air Commodore John G. De'Ath MBE (Oxford) -2023

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