Historic List of Council Members

Current Council members, together with Life Members and Vice Presidents, can be seen here.

There are no records for Council membership prior to 1968, although John Barrs was President since the foundation of the BGA (in 1953?).

Year	President	Treasurer	Secretary
1968-1969	John Barrs	Bob Hitchens	Derek Hunter
1970	John Barrs d 71-01-31	Bob Hitchens	Derek Hunter
1971-1975	Francis Roads	Bob Hitchens	Derek Hunter
1976	Bob Hitchens	Alison Cross	Derek Hunter
1977	Andrew Daly	Alison Cross	Derek Hunter
1978	Brian Castledine d 79-02-28 Francis Roads a 79-03-31	Sharon Cohen	Matthew Macfadyen
1979	Toby Manning	Tim Hazelden r 79-08-16 Brian Philp c	Matthew Macfadyen Vincent West a 80-03-01
1980	Toby Manning	Brian Philp	Matthew Macfadyen
1981	Toby Manning	Brian Philp r 81-12-31 Bob Thompson c	Matthew Macfadyen r 82-03-08 Norman Tobin c
1982	Toby Manning	Bob Thompson	Norman Tobin
1983	Richard Granville	Bob Thompson	Norman Tobin
1984	Richard Granville	Jeff Ansell	Norman Tobin
1985	Norman Tobin	Jeff Ansell d 85-05-18 Andrew McPherson c 85-06-16	Tony Atkins
1986-1990	Norman Tobin	T.Mark Hall	Tony Atkins
1991	Norman Tobin r 91-07-28 Alex Rix c 91-09-15	T.Mark Hall	Tony Atkins
1992-1998	Alex Rix	T.Mark Hall	Tony Atkins
1999	Alison Jones m Bexfield 00-03-11	T.Mark Hall	Tony Atkins
2000	Alison Bexfield	T.Mark Hall	Tony Atkins
2001	Simon Goss	T.Mark Hall	Tony Atkins
2002-2003	Simon Goss	T.Mark Hall	Tim Hunt
2004-2005	Simon Goss	T.Mark Hall	Bill Streeten
2006	Ron Bell	Steve Bailey	Fred Holroyd
2007	Ron Bell	Steve Bailey	Stephen Bashforth
2008	Ron Bell	Steve Bailey	Edwin Brady
2009	Jon Diamond	Simon Mader	Edwin Brady
2010	Jon Diamond	Simon Mader	Jonathan Chin
2011-2013	Jon Diamond	Toby Manning	Jonathan Chin

Year	Council members
1968	Les Bock	John Tilley	Geoffrey Gray	John Diamond	Francis Roads
1969	Les Bock	John Tilley	Geoffrey Gray	John Diamond	Francis Roads	Tony Goddard	Andrew Daly c
1970	John Robinson	Andrew Daly	Geoffrey Gray	John Diamond	Francis Roads	Neil Stein c	Graham Priest	Dave Brooks c	Roger Hays c
1971	John Robinson	Andrew Daly	Geoffrey Gray	John Diamond	John Tilley	John Sweeney c
1972	Chris Barton	Andrew Daly	Geoffrey Gray	John Diamond	John Tilley
1973	Chris Barton r 73-05-01	Andrew Daly	Geoffrey Gray	John Diamond	John Tilley
1974	John Allen	Andrew Daly	T.Mark Hall	John Diamond	John Tilley
1975	John Allen	Alison Cross	T.Mark Hall	Paul Prescott	Jim Bates
1976	John Allen	Toby Manning c 76-11-12	Brian Castledine	John Pusey c 76-11-12	Jim Bates	John Fairbairn	Paul Prescott r 76-10-19
1977	David Mitchell	Toby Manning	Brian Castledine	John Pusey	Matthew Macfadyen	Sharon Cohen c
1978	David Mitchell	Toby Manning	Richard Hunter r 78-11-01	Dave Johnson	Brian Philp	Frank Pratt c 78-09-01 r 79-02-02
1979	Vincent West c 79-10-19	Andrew Grant c 79-10-19	Stuart Dowsey	Dave Johnson	Brian Philp	George Adie	David Mitchell r 79-06-24
1980	David Goto	Andrew Grant	Stuart Dowsey	Jim Bates	George Adie r 80-09-20	Nick Webber c 80-12-05	Sue Barnes c 80-12-05
1981	David Goto	Andrew Grant	Stuart Dowsey	Nick Webber c 81-08-05	John Hobson c 81-10-30	Bob Thompson c 81-10-30	Norman Tobin c 81-11-28
1982	Mike Cockburn	Andrew Grant	Stuart Dowsey	Matthew Macfadyen	Richard Granville
1983	John Hobson	Ian Carson	Toby Bailey	Matthew Macfadyen	Mike Harvey
1984	John Hobson	Ian Carson r	Andy Finch	Stephanie Perks	Mike Harvey	France Ellul c
1985	France Ellul	Andrew McPherson	Mark Cumper	Justine Lattimer	Mike Harvey r
1986	Francis Roads	Andrew McPherson	Mark Cumper	Justine Lattimer	Tim Hazelden
1987	Francis Roads	Andrew McPherson	Mark Cumper	Alex Eve c 87-12-06	Michael Carr c 88-02-07
1988	Francis Roads	Andrew McPherson	Alex Rix	Alex Eve	Steve Draper
1989	Francis Roads	Hugh Williams c	Alex Rix	Alex Eve	Steve Draper
1990	Andrew Jones	Hugh Williams	Alex Rix	Alex Eve	Alison Franklin m Jones 90-04-21
1991	Andrew Jones	David Woodnutt c 91-11-10	Alex Rix	Alex Eve	Alison Jones
1992	Andrew Jones	David Woodnutt	Simon Rudd	Alex Eve	Alison Jones
1993	Andrew Jones	David Woodnutt	Simon Rudd	Paul Smith c 93-09-12
1994	Andrew Jones	David Woodnutt	Mark Wainwright	Paul Smith	Keith Osborne
1995	Andrew Jones	David Woodnutt	Mark Wainwright	Paul Hankin	Colin Adams r 96-03-23
1996	Andrew Jones	Adam Atkinson	Mark Wainwright	Paul Hankin
1997	Andrew Jones	Adam Atkinson	Kevin Drake c 97-07-06	Marcus Bennett c 97-07-06	Charles Matthews	Alison Jones c 97-11-16
1998	Steve Bailey	Bill Streeten	Kevin Drake	Marcus Bennett	Charles Matthews r 99-02-07	Alison Jones c 99-02-07
1999	Steve Bailey	Bill Streeten	Kevin Drake r 99-09-12	Marcus Bennett r 99-09-12	Simon Goss	Tim Hunt c 00-03-05
2000	Steve Bailey	Bill Streeten	Tim Hunt	Chris Dawson	Simon Goss
2001	Steve Bailey	Bill Streeten	Tim Hunt	Jackie Chai c
2002	Steve Bailey	Bill Streeten	Les Bock	Jackie Chai r 02-09-29	Natasha Regan c	Anna Griffiths c 03-01-07
2003	Steve Bailey	Bill Streeten	Les Bock r 03-11-29	Anna Griffiths
2004	Steve Bailey	Tim Hunt	Anna Griffiths	Fred Holroyd	David Ward r 04-09-26	Stephen Bashforth c 04-07-18
2005	Steve Bailey	Tim Hunt	Anna Griffiths	Fred Holroyd	Stephen Bashforth	Brian Brunswick c 05-11-27	Ron Bell c 05-11-27
2006	Tim Hunt	Anna Griffiths	Stephen Bashforth	Brian Brunswick
2007	Tim Hunt	Anna Griffiths	Fred Holroyd	Brian Brunswick	Xinyi Lu	Geoff Kaniuk c 08-01-05
2008	Anna Griffiths	Brian Brunswick	Xinyi Lu	Geoff Kaniuk	Joss Wright	Toby Manning c 08-04-27	Jon Diamond c 09-02-07
2009	Brian Brunswick	Xinyi Lu	Geoff Kaniuk	Toby Manning	Graham Philips	Joss Wright c 09-05-09
2010	Brian Brunswick	Geoff Kaniuk	Toby Manning	Edwin Brady	John Collins	Jenny Radcliffe c 10-05-08
2011	Brian Brunswick	John Collins	Jenny Radcliffe	Colin Maclennan	Paul Smith
2012	Brian Brunswick	John Collins	Colin Maclennan	Paul Smith	Maria Tabor
2013	Brian Brunswick	John Collins	Colin Maclennan	Roger Huyshe	Fred Holroyd

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a = acting, c = co-opted, d = died, m = married, r = resigned

Council changes above are effective from the AGM, usually held in March or April.

Gerry Mills (deceased 2011) was also a Life Member.

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