Committee
Officers and Committee Members 2023
Commodore - Paul Axbey
Vice Commodore - Colin Ramsay
Rear Commodore Sailing - Peter Davies
Secretary - Sue Hancock
Treasurer - Graham Nevard
Sailing Secretary - Ian Bunyan
Rear Commodore House - Andy Hunt (Caretaker Chair)
Assistant Secretary - position vacant
Assistant Treasurer - Adrian Mathers
Assistant Sailing Secretary - position vacant
Bosun - Keith Cushing
Race Officer - Sue Hancock
General Committee
Tony Cole --- Chris Cox --- Paul Field -- Alan Graham
Andy Hunt -- Tristan Pritchard --- Sheila Scurrey
SUB COMMITTEES
Sailing Committee
Peter Davies (Rear Commodore)
Ian Bunyan (Sailing Secretary) -- position vacant (Assistant Sailing Secretary)
Sue Hancock (Race Officer) -- Penny Lowen (Rowing Captain)
Graham Kemp (Dinghy Captain) -- Ian Burtonshaw (Cruiser Captain)
Tony Cole -- Matt Cowley -- Luc Richies
Tony Phillips -- Keith Webster -- Chris Cox -- Matt Smith
Lara Dyer (Cadet Captain) -- Isabelle Pritchard (Asst Cadet Captain) -- Diane Dyer (Cadet Leader)
Moorings and Foreshore Committee
Keith Cushing (Bosun & Chair)
Carol Best -- Peter Deeley -- Alan Gisby -- Tony Greenland
Steve Hutson -- Brian Little -- Alan Tovey -- Dave Whitby
House Administration Committee
Andy Hunt (Caretaker Chair)
Geoff Cook -- Alan Gisby -- Alan Graham -- Frank Martin
Tristan Pritchard -- Colin Ramsay -- Rob Scriven -- Richard Scurrey
Trevor Simpson -- Dave Whitby
Finance
Graham Nevard (Treasurer) --- Adrian Mathers (Assistant Treasurer)
Bert Graham -- Sheila Scurrey
Brian Wallis (Insurance)
Paul Field (Sailing Club Manager Administrator)
Entertainments Committee
Paul Axbey (Chair)
Bob Bacon -- Lesley Bacon -- Kate Davis -- Gail May -- Frank Martin
Donna Piercy -- Ann Reddings -- Jan Lawson-Smith -- Sue Schmitt
Bar Committee
Paul Axbey (Chair)
Peter Davies -- Paul Field -- Graham Nevard
BENFLEET YACHT CLUB
"PAST COMMODORE'S"
1923 - G H Oswell
1924 to 1927 - R C N Muggleton
1928 - C J Neale
1929 to 1930 - R C N Muggleton
1931 to 1933 - I G Keith
1934 to 1938J - A Amesbury
1939 to 1942 - C C Underwood
1943 to 1946 - J F Hearn
1947 - E M Atterton
1948 - C C Underwood
1949 - Will Clark
1950 to 1951 - A L Brown
1952 - Lt Col G S McNaught DSO
1953 to 1955 - John D Frye
1956 to 1957 - S F Cross
1958 to 1960 - S K Fisher
1961 - E A Parsons
1962 - S K Fisher
1963 to 1965 - D E Wilson
1966 to 1969 - P De Boltz
1970 to 1972 - R C Salmon
1973 to 1975 - M De Boltz
1976 to 1977 - D M Holt
1978 to 1980 - B C Castle
1981 to 1982 - R C Salmon
1983 to 1984 - G R D Baker
1985 to 1986 - W Painter
1987 to 1989 - D M Holt
1990 to 1991 - M S Burnay
1992 to 1993 - D F Gibbons
1994 to 1996 - A J Coleman
1997 to 1998 - S Shaw
1999 to 2001 - J E Hancock
2002 to 2004 - Wendy Webster
2005 to 2006 - A J Coleman
2007 to 2008 - Paula Bootle
2009 to 2011 - R Scriven
2012 to 2013 - S Bibby
2014 to 2016 - G Cook
2017 to 2019 - P Field
2020 to 2022 - J Hancock
2023 to - P Axbey
A gathering of past Commodores. Photo taken 2009. From left to right:
Ron Salmon || Doug Wilson || Tony Coleman || Wendy Webster || Paula Bootle || Mike DeBoltz || Dave Holt || John Hancock
The photograph below was taken during a meeting of the General Committee, conducted using Zoom video conferencing, during the 2020 COVID19 lock-down
