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2 Shareholders - 

The ultimate decision making power lies 

with the shareholders, they ensure that 

the company is run in the best interest of the members. 

James 'JP' Potten

Sarah 'Spleena' Gebbett

3 Directors: 

The directors take legal responsibility 

for the decisions made and the running 

of the SWA. It is their responsibility to attain 

RYA affiliation, public liability insurance, to 

deal with the Inland Revenue and Companies 

House. 

President: 

Phil co-ordinates the SWA committee to ensure 

that the day to day running of 

the organisation goes without hitch and that 

everyone knows their jobs and 

responsibilities. He leads the committee and

 presidents. 

Phil Cutter

Vice President: Beaker helps Phil to co-ordinate 

the SWA committee, he 

also co-ordinates the web team to ensure that the 

techy side of the organisation 

know what the score is. He is also the first 

point of contact for presidents. 

Anthony 'Beaker' Lindley

Company Secretary: Sarah takes the 

responsibility for communicating 

with the RYA, Inland Revenue, Companies

 House and makes sure that our 

public liability insurance policy is up to date. 

She is also the windsurfing industry 

and outside industry contact with regards to 

sponsorship and PR. 

Sarah Cotton

Treasurer:

Emily makes sure that the SWA accounts

 are all present and correct and takes 

responsibility for submitting our annual 

returns to the Inland Revenue.

Emily Shaw

Web Consultant: 

Michael is called upon in any web-type 

emergency for much needed help and 

gives advice and assistance to our web 

team 

Michael Crisp

Media Consultant: 

Caz provides us with advice with 

regarding to the Media and Marketing 

aspects 

of the SWA. She is also invaluable in 

helping to launch press campaigns before 

big events such as the Aussie Kiss 

Caz Rigby

Merchandise Consultant: 

Henry thinks of new merchandise ideas 

and sees them through from their initial 

inception to selling them to students. 

His ultimate aim is to build up the brand 

name 

of the SWA. 

Henry Rock-Evans

Events Team: 

Southern Events Officer: 

Sam co-ordinates and offers advice

 to presidents of the Southern windsurfing 

clubs. Both in anticipation of Southern 

events, and also answering any and all 

questions, he is the SWA ambassador 

for the South. Sam is also the results 

officer and generally on hand at all events 

to provide assistance. 

Sam Stevens 

Northern Events Officer: 

Jamie is the Sam for the North, our 

Northern ambassador, promoting 

the SWA 

and windsurfing in colder quarters. 

Jamie Willets

SWA-Team Officer: 

Bob co-ordinates the 2006/07 SWA-Team 

ready to storm the UK competition scene. 

For more information on the SWA-Team 

click here. 

Bob Shelmerdine

XSWA Officer:  

James organises events and attendance 

by ex-windsurfing students to SWA and 

unique XSWA events. For more information 

on the XSWA click here. 

'Liability' James Morton

Web Team: 

Front End Officer:  

Warren makes sure that all is running

 smoothly at the front end of the SWA

 website, 

working hard to keep the website

 interesting for students. 

Warren Inniss

Middle Earth Officer:  

Aron deals with the content of the 

SWA website from the back end, 

ensuring that 

there are no hiccups in the running 

of the website. 

Aron Tsang

Back End Officer: 

Dougie is in charge of our email lists 

and groups, he is essential for keeping 

lines of communication open in the 

SWA. 

Dougie

Creative Design Officer: 

Ali creates the logos and graphic designs 

for our website and merchandise. 

Ali Hardy 

Media & Marketing Team: 

Windsurf Industry Media Manager: 

Chris is responsible for the articles 

sent to Windsurf, Boards and Boardseeker.com 

magazines. He ensures that we have a 

regular coverage and writes and sources 

articles to go in the magazines. 

Chris Beng 

External Marketing Manager: 

Jen works alongside Sarah to attain 

new corporate sponsors for the SWA. 

Jen Moran 

Media Officer: 

Emily works to keep the content of the

 website fresh and exciting, adding new 

articles and putting fresh spins on the usual banter. 

Emily Koch 

Merchandise Officer: 

Simon helps Henry to carry out 

merchandise ideas and sell the products when 

they have been produced. 

Simon Bostock 

Film Officer: 

Scotty is helping us to compile a film 

of the SWA year 2006/2007, watch this 

space for the resulting DVD. 

Scotty

Photographers:  

Jav and Lucy mercilessly attend every single 

SWA event and catch your most 

embarrassing moments on camera for the 

SWA website and promotional purposes.

Jav and Lucy