Area Councils Committees

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Chairman	Mr. Charles Giles
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Directors/Administrative Stewards	Mr. Mick Collier Mr. Chris Evans MP Mr. Charles Giles Mr. John Handelaar Mr. Matthew Harris Mr. Ron Pavett Mr. Guy Williamson BEM QPM Mr. John Williamson MBE
Directors/Representative Stewards	Mr. Kenneth Basford Mr. Dean Hollington Mr. Anthony Kirkby Mrs Suzanne Potts Mr. Aaron Screen Mr. John Swanson Mr. Owen McMahon
Honorary Stewards	The Baroness Golding Charlotte Leslie Lennox Lewis CM, CBE Mary Peters DBE CH QL Mr. Billy Walker
Stewards of Appeal	Mr. Timothy Langdale KC (Chairman) Mr. Andrew Barrow Mr. Geoffrey Finn Mr. Robert Kidby Mr. Ian Mill KC Ms. Jane Mulcahy KC Mr. Selva Ramasamy KC Mr. Neil Saunders Mr. Benedict Sefi Mr. Robin Simpson KC Mr. Nicholas Valios KC Mr. David Williams KC Mr. Robert W. Smith (Secretary)
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Contacts Committees

Area Councils

Welsh Area Council

Area Secretary	Mr. Jeffrey Williams welsharea@bbbofc.com 07960 531 965
Chairman	Mr. Nicky Piper MBE
Administrative Steward Director	Mr. Ron Pavett
Representative Steward Director	Mr. Aaron Screen
Chief Inspector	Mr. Kevin Fulthorpe
Chief Medical Officer	Dr. Peter Fitzgerald
Representative on Referees' Committee	Mr. Paul Gooding
Council Members	Dr. Peter Fitzgerald Mr. Kevin Fulthorpe Mr. Paul Gooding Mr. Will Gooding Mr. David Page Mr. Kevin Seal
Dates of Council Meetings	27th February 2025 27th March 2025 24th April 2025 29th May 2025 19th June 2025 31st July 2025 11th September 2025 30th October 2025 27th November 2025

Southern Area Council

Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Channel Islands, Isle of Wight, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, Herefordshire, Greater London, Norfolk, Suffolk, Oxfordshire, East and West Sussex, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire

Area Secretary	Mr. Dennis Gilmartin Tel. No: 02920 367 000 southernarea@bbbofc.com
Chairman Administrative Steward Director	Mr. Michael Collier
Representative Steward Director	Mr. Dean Hollington
Chief Inspector	Mr. Nigel Thomas
Representative on Referees' Committee	Mr. Richard Barber
Chief Medical Officer	Dr. David O'Callaghan
Council Members	Mr. Richard Barber Mr. Michael Collier Mr. Barry Freeman Mr. Ben Harmsworth Mr. Dean Hollington Mr. James Keeley Mr. Leon McKenzie Dr. David O'Callaghan Mr. Des Rees Mr. Nigel Thomas Ms. Lisa Wilde
Dates of Council Meetings	3rd January 2025 5th February 2025 5th March 2025 2nd April 2025 7th May 2025 4th June 2025 2nd July 2025 6th August 2025 3rd September 2025 1st October 2025 5th November 2025 3rd December 2025

Scottish Area Council

Area Secretary	Mr. Barry-John Marsden scottisharea@bbbofc.com
Chairman Representative Steward Director	Mr. John Swanson
Chief Inspector	Mr. Robert Craig
Chief Medical Officer	Dr. Lee Riddell
Council Members	Mr. Robert Craig Mr. Brian Fitzpatrick Mr. Paul Graham Mr. Martin Hughes Mr. Martin O'Brien Dr. Lee Riddell Mr. Daniel Robertson Mr. John Swanson Mr. Derry Treanor
Dates of Council Meetings	28th January 2025 25th February 2025 25th March 2025 29th April 2025 27th May 2025 29th July 2025 30th September 2025 28th October 2025 30th November 2025

Northern Ireland Area Council

Area Secretary	Mr. John Gray northernirelandarea@bbbofc.com
Chairman Administrative Steward Director	Mr. John Williamson MBE
Representative Steward/Director	Mr. Owen McMahon
Chief Inspector	Mr. Jim Gamble
Chief Medical Officer	Dr. Martin Duffy
Council Members	Dr. Martin Duffy Mr. Jim Gamble Mr. Kieran McGeary Mr. Owen McMahon Mr. Chris Nutt Lady Mary Peters LG DBE QL CH (Also Honorary Steward) Mr. John Williamson MBE
Dates of Council Meetings	27th February 2025 6th March 2025

Northern Area Council

Northumberland, Cumbria, Durham, Cleveland, Tyne and Wear, North Yorkshire (north of a line drawn from Whitby to Northallerton to Richmond)

Area Secretary	Mr. Peter Wicks northernarea@bbbofc.com
Chairman	Mr. Andrew Venn
Representative on Referees Committee	Mr. Andrew Venn
Chief Inspector	Mr. Anthony Kirkby
Chief Medical Officer	Dr. Michael Kipling
Representative Steward Director	Mr. Anthony Kirkby
Council Members	Dr. Peter Evans Ms. Emma-Louise Flood Mr. Lee Garnett Mr. Niall Hickman Dr. Michael Kipling Mr. Anthony Kirkby Mr. Reg Long Mr. Gareth Nixon Mr. Paul Tranter Mr. Andrew Venn Mr. David Venn
Dates of Council Meetings	23rd January 2025 27th February 2025 27th March 2025 24th April 2025 22nd May 2025 26th June 2025 24th July 2025 28th August 2025 25th September 2025 23rd October 2025 27th November 2025

Midlands Area Council

Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Salop, Staffordshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Leicestershire, South Humberside and Northamptonshire

Area Secretary	Mr. Warren Churchill 07478 734 830 midlandsarea@bbbofc.com
Chairman Administrative Steward Director	Mr. Matthew Harris
Representative Steward Director	Mr. Kenneth Basford
Chief Inspector	Mr. Tony Hedges
Chief Medical Officer	Dr. Sultan Hassan
Referees Committee Representative	Mr. Tony Hedges
Council Members	Mr. Kenneth Basford Mr. Matthew Harris Dr. Sultan Hassan Mr. Tony Hedges Mrs Sarah Lee Mr. Jamie Reynolds Mr. Liam Shaw
Dates of Council Meetings	19th January 2025 16th February 2025 9th March 2025 13th April 2025 25th May 2025 8th June 2025 13th July 2025 23rd August 2025 14th September 2025 19th October 2025 16th November 2025 14th December 2025

Central Area Council

North Yorkshire (with the exception of the part included in the Northern Area), Lancashire, West and South Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire, Isle of Man, North Humberside

Area Secretary	Mr. Les Potts 07973 533 835 centralarea@bbbofc.com
Chairman	Mr. Ian Metcalfe
Representative Steward Director	Mrs Suzanne Potts
Chief Inspector	Mr. Josh Sadler
Referees Committee Representative	Mr. Josh Sadler
Chief Medical Officer	Dr. Kaz Farooq
Council Members	Mr. Alan Alster Mr. Ian Cragg Mr. Ian Metcalfe Mrs Suzanne Potts Mr. Josh Sadler Ms. Sally Sey Dr. John Soothill. Mr. Brian Sproston Mr. Matthew Verity
Representative Steward Director	Mrs Suzanne Potts
Dates of Council Meetings	19th January 2025 16th February 2025 16th March 2025 13th April 2025 4th May 2025 22nd June 2025 13th July 2025 17th August 2025 14th September 2025 12th October 2025 16th November 2025 14th December 2025

Contacts Areas

Committees

Referees Committee

Chairman	Charles Giles
Secretary	Dennis Gilmartin
Scottish Area Representative	Paul Graham
Northern Ireland Area Representative	Owen McMahon
Welsh Area Representative	Paul Gooding
Northern Area Representative	Andrew Venn
Central Area Representative	Josh Sadler
Southern Area Representative	Richard Barber
Midlands Area Representative	Tony Hedges
Active Referees	Michael Alexander Mark Bates Reece Carter Philip Edwards Lee Every Howard Foster Steve Gray John Keane Ron Kearney John Latham Victor Loughlin Mark Lyson Kieran McCann Marcus McDonnell Terry O'Connor Kevin Parker Darren Sarginson Bob Williams

Charitable Trust

Chairman	Richard Barber Simon Euan-Smith Philip Sharkey
Secretary	Robert. W. Smith (General Secretary)

Committees Area Councils