Meet the Committee 2024/25
President - Ben La Roche
Degree: 3rd year Maths & Physics
Bow Type: Recurve with 9 months experience
Favourite archery memory: Winning the individual and team novice categories at Roses!
Secretary - Katy robson (She/her)
Degree: 4th year Natural Sciences (Physics)
Bow Type: Barebow with 1.5 years of experience
Favourite archery memory: Rushing to finish the York-York before the thunderstorm hit.
TREASURER - Emily thompson (she/her)
Degree: 3rd year integrated masters in Biology
Bow Style: Recurve with 5 years (on and off) experience
Favourite Archery Memory: Having the entire team camping at my house for BUCS outdoors!
Team Captain - Jamie smith (he/him)
Degree: 2nd year PhD in Mathematics
Bow Type: Recurve with 3 years experience
Favourite Archery Memory: Either my first BUCS outdoor champs or the last British University team championships when York kept tying with Birmingham at the shoot offs and it took 4 matches to resolve the tie. The energy in the room was intense.
Health and safety/equipment officer - floss Prior (she/he/they)
Degree: MSc by research Biology
Bow Type: Barebow with 2.5 years experience
Favourite Archery Memory: This year’s Roses head to heads with the novice and experienced teams yelling supportive obscenities at each other.
Quartermaster - Tom Bark (he/him)
Degree: Chemistry PhD
Bow type: A bit of everything
Favourite Archery Memory: Winning a bow in a competition :)
Wellbeing/equipment officer - sophie williams (she/her)
Degree: MA Medieval Archaeology
Bow Type: Barebow with 1.5 years experience
Favourite Archery Memory: Friendly competitions with other unis. Meeting other archers and making friends across the country is so much fun!
Media and website/equipment officer - sydney evans (She/her)
Degree: 2nd year Marketing
Bow Type: Barebow with 9 months experience
Favourite Archery Memory: Competing in Roses and winning a lil Dino