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Club Committee
CLUB CAPTAIN - TAMSIN JONES
Tams is the club's Welsh dragon. She is small, fiery and almost impossible to understand. This makes her perfectly suited to chair committee meetings as our Club Captain. Known as Mussolini to her friends, Tams is respected by the whole club for her original ideas and organisational ability. The club should continue to be driven forward as a result, although we are slightly worried that she will have our freshers singing hymns and arias by the end of their first training session!
Tams brings a wealth of experience to the captaincy. She started lifesaving at the tender age of nine, and never looked back. Tams joined us in 2006 as a fresher at RVC. In addition to being uber-keen, quickly proved herself as a competent Club Secretary. In fact, she enjoyed writing up minutes so much, she took the job on again the following year! In 2008, Tams switched to studying for an M.Sci. in Mathematics at RHUL. At the same time, she was elected as Competitions Secretary, overseeing our most successful season since 2004-05. Tams has competed a World Championship, and captained the A team to medals in the BULSCA league. She has been awarded a Full Purple for her outstanding sporting achievements, as well as Club Colours and a Laurel for her contribution to the running of the club. With such an impressive CV, we all expect great things from this lass from Swansea.
TREASURER - SUANNE WONG
Suanne is currently in her second year of a medical degree at KCL, working towards her second degree (some people just can't leave the student life behind!). She joined us last year, never having experienced lifesaving before. By the end of her first session, Suanne was just about ready to be rescued herself. Since then she has improved so much that she won a trophy for 'Most Improved Lifesaver' at our Christmas social last year! Always enthusiastic, Suanne sets a high standard for anything from training and socials to fancy dress - a certain pumpkin outfit springs to mind. A stickler for detail and invariably well organised, Suanne has assured us that she is proficient with a calculator.
SECRETARY - IAIN LONG
Iain is one of the core pillars of the lifesaving club, watching over its growth since the Stone Age (well, 2002). Having experienced many trials and tribulations with the club, Iain is the best resource for anyone wanting to get a (usually long and rambling) overview of the progress of the club through the years. Being a pillar, Iain claims to be of normal height, around 6'5", and is easy to tow! Having said this, Iain is also an extremely qualified individual in all aspects as a working student. As a full club member, Iain devotes a huge chunk of his time and effort in club activities ranging from his work as club secretary to assessing members in courses such as the NPLQ, and creating more spreadsheets and proforma than you can shake a stick at. He has also been one of the driving forces behind the club's training revamp, and assures us there is more to come.
With such enthusiasm and initiative, Iain still finds time to do a PhD in Economics in the LSE, teaching and lecturing undergraduates in the meantime. As Iain loves beer, he also manages to find the time to prop up the bar with our Training Coordinator, Martin. Among other achievements, Iain is a consistent member on the A team since he joined. This is due to his speed and experience. He has achieved numerous awards (being dubbed ULU's war hero for the number of prizes they have given him) and did the club proud in many competitions (with the highlight of winning the BULSCA league in 2004-2005). Iain has held several committee positions over the years, including club captain, and is an excellent example to those who are new to the club. Iain is currently the secretary and has to keep his sweetheart (the captain) on track. With this is mind, the club is sure to make a lot of progress in the upcoming year.
TRAINING COORDINATOR - MARTIN MAY
Martin is the club's resident clinical medical student, based at UCL. He is very committed, and takes all aspects of his degree extremely seriously. In his first year, someone told him the old joke, "How do you know that you are an alcoholic? You drink more than your doctor". For some unknown reason, he seems especially keen on ensuring this element of his training is not forgotten. Consequently, he can often be found having a quiet pint with the club secretary. Given that he swims every morning, we don't begrudge him the 'fluid replacement'.
Before taking up medicine, Martin completed an M.Math. at Warwick. He was part of their lifesaving club, and as a result brings a tremendous amount of experience to the role of training coordinator. He was an integral member of ULU's team at the World Lifesaving Championships in 2008, and has been one of the driving forces behind the complete revamp of training this year. A qualified RLSS Lifesaving Trainer/Assessor, Martin is incorporating dryside training into his remit. Expect lots of interesting and unusual medical conditions to treat. He also organises and runs community courses, including Community Life Support and Save A Baby's Life. A consummate professional, Martin has been a steadfast member of our 'A' team for the last three seasons. He is fast, keeps a very cool head in SERCs, and trains extremely hard.
A firm believer of an exponential relationship between amount of training and speed - we can expect lots of horrible mornings-after (training) this year.
COMPETITIONS SECRETARY - STEPHANIE WILSON
As an ex-Nottingham student, Steph is another member who has become hooked on lifesaving. A consistent member of the B Team in 2008-09, Steph never misses a competition. This makes her a great choice for competition secretary.
Currently in her second year doing medicine at Kings, she likes to balance the books with a few lengths of the pool. Friendly and outgoing, she seems to have an endless supply of energy and the toughest vocal chords known to man.
SOCIAL SECRETARY - CHARLES DUPONT
Charles is our social secretary, in charge of ensuring that the club plays as hard as it works. He joined lifesaving half way through last year after we poached him from the water polo club, but has already shown himself to be a valuable addition to the club. He immediately threw himself into competitions, rapidly joining the committee and organising his first few socials. Charles' enthusiasm should see a wide variety of interesting and exciting socials in the coming year.
Charles is originally from France (or the US if we want to go into the details - but best ask him about it, he's one of the members with an international history too complicated to remember and an accent to hide it all), but is currently a third year at UCL. Expect many fun socials from him, involving delicious food (the French influence), copious amounts of tea (because Britain has had some effect on him) and general merriment (the lifesaving in him!).
COMMUNITY OFFICER - JAKUB CHALUPCHAK
Jakub is our new community officer, and he's just the man for it. You'd think statistics and economics would damn a man to the treasury or other number/analytical things, but you'd be wrong, at least in Jakub's case. Sure he's got the calculating look and all the technical skills but what mostly defines him is his ideas. He has a lot of ideas, it's probably one the first things you notice about him. We're all looking forward to seeing how many ideas we can put into practice, to make the club a better place, and hopefully to benefit the community.
OFFICER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO - JEDIDIAH LEE
Jedi (pronounced Jay-Dee) is currently in his final year of studies at the LSE for a degree in Actuarial Sciences. Since joining the club in September 2007, he has continually proven himself to be a strong and competent lifesaver in all respects. From qualifying for the A Team to doing an amazing job as 08-09 Treasurer to achieving a prestigious Full Purple this past year, Jedi always does us proud! But beware - Jedi's Wednesday training sessions are not meant for the faint of heart! His quiet determination and high standards of training will whip you into shape in no time! If you survive, that is ... And he does have this odd tendency to confuse certain individuals with sheep ... not to mention the pink-spotted, three-legged, and lopsided varieties of haggis! But that's a different story altogether.
OFFICER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO - WATSON TEO
Watson is a former Captain of the Club, and has been a valued member of the Club for over four years. As Captain, Watson introduced the four core pillars of lifesaving (competitions, awards, socials and community; CP1 through CP4 respectively). He has a wealth of experience in all areas of the Club including competitions and awards. Watson graduated in 2008 from the LSE and is now working as an actuary for PwC. However, he assures us that the 'Watson Teo (beer) fund for impoverished ULU Lifesavers' is still a long way off.
Before coming to university he trained as a medic in the Singapore Army, giving him experience with triage under pressure. This year Watson, as an Officer Without Portfolio, is going to put all of his experience together to help train the Club's Development Squad.
INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY - BOB
Nobody is sure exactly when Bob joined the club. Some say he has been around since time immemorial, since before ULU itself. Others say he was admitted to UCH after a horrible accident involving a vat of fake tan. All we know is that he is a vital member of the team.
A well known and occasionally feared member of the club, his appearances from the cage often inspire a sinking feeling in our members. Bob is never one to miss a social. His capacity for fluids is legendary, although he often ends up completely legless. He is invariably carried home. Bob is, put simply, one of a kind.
