Club Contact Address:
The Secretary,
Colin Davies, Wessex HGPG,
Committee
Committee Hall of Fame
Members who have served on the club committee. This is based on records of AGMs
since 2000, so runs from Mar of one year to Mar of the following year. It excludes
the valuable work done by some members in unelected positions such as Bell Hill
Management. Any errors/omissions, please contact me.
If you have never served
on the committtee, isn't it about time you did?
| Name | Post(s) | Committee Years |
| Bob Dear | Magazine 1984-2009 | 25 |
| John Blessing | Web Admin 2004-2012 Membership 2007-2012 |
14 |
| Gary Puhl | Treasurer 2016-present Chairman 1997-2000 Social 2002-2003, 2008-2009 PG Safety 2003-2005 |
13 |
| Sean Staines | Coach Co-ord 2007-2008, 2017-2020 Comps 2008-2012 PG Safety 2014-2017 Chairman 2020-present |
13 |
| Richard Mosley | HG Safety 2010-present | 12 |
| Richard Davis | Coach Co-ord 2003-2004 Webmaster 2012-present |
11 |
| Stuart Martin | Safety 2000-2001, 2008-2009 Chairman 2001-2006, 2009-2011 |
9 |
| David Daniels | Web 2000-2004 Secretary 2001-2005 |
8 |
| Roger Edwards | Secretary 2005-2008 Magazine 2009-2014 |
8 |
| Everard Cunion | HG Safety 2000-2006 Social 2017 |
7 |
| Richard Thomason | Secretary 2008-2012 Comps 2012-2015 |
7 |
| Andy Fenton | Chairman 2016-2017 Sites 2011-2016 |
6 |
| Neil McCain | Social 2010-2012 Coach Co-ord 2013-2017 |
6 |
| Pete Chalmers | Chairman 2006-2009, 2011-2014 | 6 |
| Jeremy Mortimer | Treasurer 2001-2007 | 6 |
| Ali Florence | Sites 2006-2011 | 5 |
| Gordon Crisp | Sites 2016-2021 | 5 |
| Brian Metcalfe | PG Safety 2009-2014 | 5 |
| Gary Pocock | Membership 2016-2021 | 5 |
| Pete Studzinski | Treasurer 2007-2012 | 5 |
| Ruth Kelly | Magazine 2015-2017 Secretary 2012-2016 |
5 |
| Adrian Bishop | Comps 2000-2003 Social 1998-1999 |
4 |
| Craig Byrne | Social 2000-2001 Coach Co-ord 2006-2007 Chairman 2017-2019 |
4 |
| Adrian Coombe | Sites 1999-2002 Comps 2000-2001 |
4 |
| Patrick Haughton | Membership 2012-2016 | 4 |
| Neil Hutchison | Chairman 1994-1997 Social 2005-2006 |
4 |
| John Readings | Treasurer 2012-2016 | 4 |
| Robin Wallace | PG Safety 2018-present Social 2019-2020 |
4 |
| Andy Ward | Comps 2016-2020 | 4 |
| Steve Auld | Sec 1997-2000 | 3 |
| Charles Campion-Smith | Secretary 2016-2017 Chairman 2014-2016 |
3 |
| Jane Ellis | Treasurer 1999-2001 Secretary 1998-1999 |
3 |
| Ian "Angus" Gillespie | Secretary 2019-2020 Coach Co-ord 2020-2022 |
3 |
| Martin Hayward | Sites 2002-2005 | 3 |
| Roy Menage | Coach Co-ord 2010-2013 | 3 |
| Dave Moores | PG Safety 2001-2003 Social 2003-2004 |
3 |
| John Welch | PG Safety 2005-2008 | 3 |
| Matthew Whicher | HG Safety 2007-2010 | 3 |
| John Alder | Safety 1998-2000 | 2 |
| Andy Dawson | Magazine 2019-2021 | 2 |
| Paul Escott | Secretary 2005-2006 Membership 2006-2007 |
2 |
| Gill Legras | Comps 2006-2008 | 2 |
| Sean Lovatt | Coach Co-ord 2004-2006 | 2 |
| Gary Mullins | Coach Co-ord 2008-2010 | 2 |
| George Nott-Bower | Magazine 2017-2019 | 2 |
| Tony Strickland | Social 2020-present | 2 |
| James Smith | Comps 2020-present | 2 |
| Graeme Willgress | Coach Co-ord 2001-2003 | 2 |
| Keith Wright | Comps 2004-2006 | 2 |
| Alan Webb | Secretary 2017-2019 Chairman 2019-2020 |
2 |
| Nicole Barnard | Social 2004-2005 | 1 |
| Matthew Charlesworth | HG Safety 2006-2007 | 1 |
| Jacek Generowicz | 1999-2000 | 1 |
| Nigel Kermode | Bell Hill co-ord 2003-2004 | 1 |
| Tracey King | Social 2001-2002 | 1 |
| Pob Power | Comps 1998-1999 | 1 |
| Jerry Siddle | Secretary 2000-2001 | 1 |
| Richard Westgate | Chairman 2000-2001 | 1 |
| Dave Winn | Social 2010-2011 | 1 |
| Grant Oseland | Social 2016-2017 | 1 |
| Paul Hawkins | PG Safety 2017-2018 | 1 |
| Colin Davies | Secretary 2020-present | 2 |
| Andy Donaldson | Membership 2021-Present | 1 |
| Nigel Cowley | Sites 2022-Present | 0 |
| Neil Russell | Coach Co-ord 2022-Present | 0 |
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| Name | PG | HG | Member Type |
| Adrian Bishop | AP H | L | |
| Adrian Bull | CP H | F | |
| Adrian Coombe | P H | L | |
| Adrian Leppard | P H CC T | LN | |
| Alan Birtles | AP H CC T | F | |
| Alan Booth | P H | LN | |
| Alan Bourne | CP H | F | |
| Alan Webb | P H CC | F | |
| Alan White | P H | F | |
| Alastair Florence | P H | F | |
| Alex Omar Ayad | P H | F | |
| Alister Morley | CP H | F | |
| Andrew Craig | P H T | F | |
| Andrew Cunningham | CP H T | F | |
| Andrew Holt | P H T M | EP H | F |
| Andrew Jemison | CP H | F | |
| Andrew Nowley | CP H | F | |
| Andrew Pearse | AP H D CFI T | EP H | L |
| Andrew Thorne | CP H | N | |
| Andrew Ward | AP H CC | F | |
| Andrew Warman | CP H | N | |
| Andrew Wilczur | CP H | F | |
| Andy Dawson | AP H T | L | |
| Andy Donaldson | P H | F | |
| Andy Fenton | P H M | F | |
| Andy Slater | CP H | F | |
| Andy Taylor | CP H | F | |
| Anna Markey | P H | N | |
| Anthony Stephens | AP H T | LN | |
| Anthony Woodley | CP H | CP H | F |
| Ben Bailey | CP H | F | |
| Ben Cantrell | CP H | S | |
| Bob Dear | CP H | LN | |
| Bob Hayter | P H | F | |
| Bob Jones | CP H | LN | |
| Brian Metcalfe | P H | F | |
| Brian Roscoe | P H CC M | F | |
| Brian Searle | P H | F | |
| Brian Watson | P H | F | |
| Charles Campion-Smith | P H CC | F | |
| Charlie Ellingworth | CP H | F | |
| Charlie Paterson | CP H | F | |
| Chip (Chris) Wilson | EP H | N | |
| Chris Barratt | P H | F | |
| Chris Graham | CP H | F | |
| Chris Lennon | P H | F | |
| Chris Mattocks | CP H | F | |
| Chris Smith | CP H | F | |
| Christopher Askham | P H | F | |
| Christopher Gill | CP H | CP H | F |
| Colin Williamson | P H | F | |
| Collin Horton | P H M | F | |
| Courtney Dawe | P H | F | |
| Craig Byrne | AP H D M | F | |
| Csaba Premer | CP H | F | |
| Curtis Braund | P H | F | |
| Darren Griffin | P H | F | |
| Dave Bhattachargee | P H D | L | |
| Dave Moores | AP H D CC | LN | |
| David Almond | P H | F | |
| David Clinch | CP H | F | |
| David Franklin | P H | L | |
| David Harvey | P H D CFI CC | F | |
| David Hawkins | CP H | LN | |
| David Joyce | P H | F | |
| David Mckay | P H | N | |
| David Ormerod | CP H | N | |
| David Winn | P H D CC | N | |
| Derek Banister | CP H | CP H | LN |
| Derek Hulley | CP H | F | |
| Derek Luffman | P H CC | F | |
| Domenica Lopane | CP H | L | |
| Dominic Brown | EP H | N | |
| Dorian Kent | CP H | F | |
| Dudi Ross | CP H | F | |
| Duncan Rayner | P H | F | |
| Eddie Colfox | AP H D SI T M | F | |
| Edward Eva | CP H | N | |
| Elvijs Ungurs | CP H | F | |
| Eric Pearcey | P H | AP H T | L |
| Felipe Sfreddo | CP H | F | |
| Fiona Dalzell | AP H CC | L | |
| Fritz Fink | P H | F | |
| Gary Pocock | P H | F | |
| Gary Puhl | AP H T | L | |
| Gary Vaughan | P H D | F | |
| Gavin Fitzpatrick | CP H | LN | |
| Gavin Newton | CP H | F | |
| George Copeman | CP H | F | |
| George Nott-Bower | P H | F | |
| George Shapland | AP H D CC M | LN | |
| Giles Fearn | CP H | F | |
| Gillian Legras | CP H | L | |
| Giusseppe Lund | P H T M | F | |
| Glyn Cassidy | P H CC | F | |
| Graham Eveleigh | P H | F | |
| Graham Howell | CP H | F | |
| Hamish Bradwell | CP H | F | |
| Hannah Hoare | CP H | F | |
| Harry Dike | P H CC T | L | |
| Harry Hanscomb | P H | F | |
| Helen Coombes | P H | L | |
| Helen Spall | AP H | L | |
| Henry Hookings | P H CC | F | |
| Henry Saunders | P H | F | |
| Hope Elletson | CP H | CP H | F |
| Howard Blythe | CP H | F | |
| Hugh Kennedy | CP H | F | |
| Ian Bruce | CP H M | LN | |
| Ian Gillespie | P H CC M | F | |
| Ian Mancey | P H | F | |
| Ian Mcgowan | CP H | L | |
| Ian Orpe | P H | LN | |
| James Braund | P H | F | |
| James Lynch | P H | F | |
| James Smith | P H CC | F | |
| James Spall | P H CC | LN | |
| James Tawse | CP H | L | |
| Jeff Davies | CP H | F | |
| Jeremy Calderwood | P H | F | |
| Jerry Siddle | P H T | L | |
| Jim Hall | CP H | F | |
| Jim Pendlebury | CP H | L | |
| John Alder | P H SC | P H SC T | L |
| John Bigg | CP H T | F | |
| John Blessing | P H | L | |
| John Burrows | P H | CP H | F |
| John Donovan | N | ||
| John Fletcher | P H | LN | |
| John Meredith | P H T M | F | |
| John Mitchell | P H D TI CC | LN | |
| John Pinchin | P H | L | |
| John Porter | CP H | L | |
| John Readings | P H | LN | |
| John Welch | AP H D CFI T M | L | |
| John Woodgate | CP H | F | |
| John Wreford | P H | F | |
| Jonathan Clarke | P H | F | |
| Jonathan Harrop | CP H | L | |
| Jonathan Meyer | CP H | F | |
| Josh Ellis | CP H | F | |
| Julian Pearson | P H | F | |
| Julian Phipps | CP H | CP H | L |
| Julian Yates | P H CC | F | |
| Justin Simmonds | CP H | F | |
| Justin Smith | CP H | F | |
| Kaye Escott | P H CC T | CP T M | LN |
| Keith Mordue | CP H | F | |
| Keith Wright | P H T | L | |
| Kevin Dingley | CP H | F | |
| Kevin Kirk | CP H | F | |
| Kin Cheung | CP H | F | |
| Kire Antoski | CP H | F | |
| Kit Long | CP H | F | |
| Kyle Fox | CP H | F | |
| Laura Baldry | CP H | F | |
| Luke Baldry | P H M | F | |
| Luke Grant-Jones | CP H | F | |
| Luke Hewitt | CP H | F | |
| Malcolm Such | CP H | L | |
| Marc Taylor | CP H | F | |
| Marcin Niezgoda | P H | F | |
| Marcus Tett | P H T | F | |
| Marcus Webster | P H | F | |
| Mark Edmunds | CP H | F | |
| Mark Russell | AP H D | L | |
| Mark Stow | CP H | F | |
| Mark Taylor | CP H | F | |
| Marshall Irving | CP H | F | |
| Martin Beetham | P H | L | |
| Martin Carter | CP H | F | |
| Martin Clark | CP H | F | |
| Martin Harris | P H T M | F | |
| Martin Hayward | P H | LN | |
| Martin Orr | P H | CP H | F |
| Martin Wareham | P H | F | |
| Martin Woolley | P H T | F | |
| Martin Worthington | CP H | F | |
| Matthew Burton | P H M | F | |
| Matthew Moore | CP H | F | |
| Matthew Whicher | P H CC T | L | |
| Maurice Humberstone | CP H | L | |
| Mikal Dunn | CP H | F | |
| Mike Bennett | P H D | L | |
| Mike Bretherton | P H CC T | L | |
| Mike Hibbit | P H | CP H | F |
| MikoĊaj Manolopulos | P H | F | |
| Nadia Pavlof | CP H | F | |
| Neil Harris | P H T | L | |
| Neil Kermode | CP H | LN | |
| Neil Mccain | AP H D | F | |
| Neil Russell | P H CC | F | |
| Neil Weymouth | P H | F | |
| Neill Franklin | P H | L | |
| Nic Coulson | CP H | N | |
| Nic Welford | P H | F | |
| Nick Francis | CP H | F | |
| Nicole Moores | P H | LN | |
| Nigel Bourn | P H | F | |
| Nigel Cowley | P H CC | F | |
| Nigel Rendell | P H | F | |
| Oleg Picukanov | CP H | N | |
| Oliver Smart | CP H | F | |
| Owen Latham | P H D CFI | F | |
| Patrick O'kelly | CP H | N | |
| Paul Cherry | CP H CC M | F | |
| Paul Ebert | CP H | F | |
| Paul Escott | P H CC T | CP T M | LN |
| Paul Hawkins | P H D | F | |
| Paul Maidment | P H | F | |
| Paul Wombwell | CP H | F | |
| Pete Chalmers | AP H CC T | L | |
| Peter Flynn | CP H T | F | |
| Peter Maycock | CP H | F | |
| Peter Robinson | P H | P H | LN |
| Peter Wilbourn | P H | F | |
| Phil Smith | CP H | CP H | L |
| Philip Ablett | CP H | F | |
| Philip Venn | P H | CP H | F |
| Phillip Brolan | P H CC | N | |
| Piotr Matras | CP H | F | |
| Przemyslaw Marek | CP H | F | |
| Quentin Rose | CP H M | F | |
| Rafal Talarek | P H CC T | F | |
| RENE JUNGBAR | P H | F | |
| Ricardo Costa | AP H T M | F | |
| Richard Braley | CP H M | F | |
| Richard Davis | P H | F | |
| Richard Eddington | P H M | LN | |
| Richard Froggatt | P H CC | F | |
| Richard Furneaux | CP H | L | |
| Richard Gregory | CP H | F | |
| Richard Mosley | CP H | CP H | L |
| Richard Palmer | CP H T | F | |
| Richard Riley | CP H | F | |
| Richard Taylor | P H T | F | |
| Richard Thomason | P H T | F | |
| Richard Walters | CP H | F | |
| Rob Schwab | AP H D SC T M | F | |
| Robert Boyden | CP H | F | |
| Robert Dowdell | AP H | L | |
| Robert Hamblett | P H | LN | |
| Robert Powell | P H | F | |
| Robert Smith | P H | L | |
| Robert Matthew Bougourd | CP H | F | |
| Robin Wallace | P H CC | F | |
| Rod Kedward | P H | F | |
| Roger Barber | P H T M | P H T M | L |
| Roger Edwards | P H SC | N | |
| Roy Menage | P H TI SC T | F | |
| Russell Eddington | P H | L | |
| Russell Hesketh-Roberts | AP H D SI CC T M | F | |
| Russell Winters | P H | F | |
| Ryan Mancey | CP H T M | F | |
| Sam Newington | CP H T | F | |
| Sean Marchant | CP H | F | |
| Shamus Pitts | P H | F | |
| Shane Askam | AP H D I T | F | |
| Shane Wallace | CP H | F | |
| Shaun Andrews | CP H | L | |
| Simon Dutton | P H | F | |
| Sion Roberts | P H T | F | |
| Slawomir Bartosz | P H | F | |
| Stefan Lloyd | P H | F | |
| Stephen Calland | EP H | N | |
| Stephen Maynard | CP H | F | |
| Stephen Mcphail | CP H | F | |
| Stephen Meineck | CP H | F | |
| Stephen Vaughan | CP H | N | |
| Stephen Wood | P H | F | |
| Steve Boyd | CP H | CP H | L |
| Steve Green | AP H T M | F | |
| Steve Shackleton | P H TI CC M | F | |
| Steven Cuthbert | CP H | CP H T | F |
| Stewart Williams | CP H | F | |
| Suzana Gracner | CP H | F | |
| Terence Jackson | CP H | F | |
| Terry Brannigan | CP H | LN | |
| Terry Willis | P H CC | F | |
| Thomas Webb | P H CC | F | |
| Tim Oatley | P H CC | F | |
| Timothy Chandler | CP H | F | |
| Timothy Morgan | P H | F | |
| Titus Fossgard-Moser | CP H | L | |
| Tivadar Polgar | CP H | F | |
| Tom Mcmeakin | AP H D I CC M | F | |
| Trevor Lee | P H CC | F | |
| Tristan Oliver | CP H | F | |
| Victoria Taylor | CP H | N | |
| Wieslaw Bielarz | CP H T | F | |
| Hidden Members | 57 | 5 | 60 |
| Totals | 333 | 39 | 350 |
Key:
| Membership Types: | ||||
| F-Full | L-Life | LN-Life Non-Flying | S-Student | N-Non-Flying |
| Ratings: | ||||
| EP-Elementary Pilot | CP-Club Pilot | P-Pilot | AP-Advanced Pilot | |
| TI-Trainee Instructor | I-Instructor | CFI-Chief Flying Instructor | SI-Senior Instructor | |
| H-Hill | T-Tow | D-Dual | M-Motor | |
| CC-Club Coach | SC-Senior Coach | |||
Membership Statistics
| Date | Total (measured at AGM) |
New during year | Comment |
| This Year | 23 | ||
| 2021-2022 | 375 | 68 | |
| 2020-2021 | 346 | 64 | |
| 2019-2020 | 324 | 46 | |
| 2018-2019 | 303 | 45 | |
| 2017-2018 | 285 | 29 | |
| 2016-2017 | 297 | 36 | |
| 2015-2016 | 290 | 48 | |
| 2014-2015 | 272 | 24 | |
| 2013-2014 | 278 | 32 | |
| 2012-2013 | 268 | 27 | |
| 2011-2012 | 274 | 36 | First year of BHPA membership validation, 7 members 'lost' |
| 2010-2011 | 281 | 33 | |
| 2009-2010 | 278 | 32 | |
| 2008-2009 | 280 | 31 | |
| 2007-2008 | 297 | 58 | |
| 2006-2007 | 279 | 44 |
Membership Geographical Distribution (as of April 2022)
