The OSC Committee
Oxford Sailing Club is a members club, which means all aspects of the club are run or managed by volunteer members for the enjoyment of other club members.
Please contact a member of the Oxford Sailing Club committee if you would like to add your support in any way, experience is not an essential requirement.
OSC Committee Members
Commodore
Colin West
The Commodore leads the Oxford Sailing Club and chairs the OSC Committee.
Vice Commodore
Richard Hall
The Vice Commodore chairs the OSC sailing sub-committee and is deputy for the Commodore.
Rear Commodore and House Manager
Miles Roebuck
The Rear Commodore is responsible for all aspects of the club off the water.
The House Manager oversees the maintenance and order of the OSC buildings and facilities.
Sailing Secretary
David Humphries
The sailing secretary takes minutes of the OSC committee meetings and the sailing sub-committee meetings.
David maintains the events list for all events at the sailing club, including all racing and open events; David also maintains the members duty allocation on Sailing Club Manager.
Treasurer
David Oughton
This role is key to the sustainable running of Oxford Sailing Club, balancing income from membership and events against the cost of maintaining a well run club with planned development, David is also the Club Welfare officer
Bosun
Julian Pearson
The Bosun's key responsibilities are to ensure club dinghies, windsurf equipment and power boats are maintained and available as needed for club and open events.
This role is supported by other volunteers, especially with regard to the maintenance and replacement of windsurf equipment (Russ Canning & Kerry Hastings) and the power boats (Alistair Weston).
Wingfoiling Secretary
Andrew Preece
The Wingfoiling Secretary represents the interests of all wing foiling members on the OSC committee. This includes organising all club wing events.
Windsurf Secretary
Seb Haigh
The Windsurf Secretary represents the interests of all windsurfing members on the OSC committee. This includes organising all club windsurfing events.
The Oxford Zoomers co-ordinator and others also support this role.
Harbour Master
Tess McKenney
The Harbour Master manages the allocation of berths in the boat park and oversees the use of allocated spaces.
Youth Representative
Tom Cochrane
Co-ordinates the activities of the Oxford Pirates youth sailing group)
Affilliates Representative
Russ Howarth
There are several group and organisations that are affiliated to the Oxford Sailing Club, and Russ represents their interests.
Member Liaison
Paul Kettle
Member Liaison is a key role in introducing new members to the Club to ensure they are introduced to the right groups / people to fulfil their membership needs.
General Committee Members
General Committee Members support all aspects of running the sailing club.
Henry & Susie Bright - Henry and Susie are also our social and social event secretaries
Andrew Richards
Alistair Weston (Powerboat Bosun and Event support)
Tom Cochrane (Training Principal)
Nominated Officials
Zoomers (T15) Co-ordinator
Lesley Hunt
Plans and co-ordinates the activities of the Oxford Zoomers (T15) Club.
Results Secretary
John Lee
Maintains records of club dinghy racing events and publishes these on the OSC website.
Last updated 12:11 on 14 June 2025