2025-26 Committee
The club committee meets online on the first Wednesday of each month to discuss the club’s progress, monitor events and plan future happenings.
The committee is listed here alphabetically by surname....
The committee is listed here alphabetically by surname....
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Ray Buckland
Ray is a retired IT consultant who volunteers at local schools as a STEM Ambassador, helping students learn about computing, robotics and science. Ray has been a member of Thatcham Photographic Club for many years. He manages the website and helps out with various technical requirements. He became Chairman in 2020. He enjoys all forms of photography and is happy to pass on his enthusiasm and knowledge by teaching photography and photo editing courses at the Club.
email: [email protected] |
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Ray ClarkRay helps organise our photography field trips and is the main contact with the supplier that makes the TPC merchandise. Being new to photography Ray would like to make sure the Club activities are relevant for members that are also new to this wonderful hobby.
He shares the events email address with Cathy Davies: [email protected] |
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Cathy DaviesCathy helps organise our photography field trips and events. She works full time at NVIDIA as a Sales Operations Analyst, spending most of her days looking at Excel spreadsheets. She enjoys keeping fit in her spare time, plus travelling across the globe to capture memories through photography. She is learning a lot about her new full-frame camera and is working to improve her skills in-camera and post production editing.
She shares the events email address with Ray Clark: [email protected] |
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Bob FerrymanBob is a retired electronics design engineer and now involved in volunteering. He has been a member for several years. With a background in computing and optics, including astronomy as well as photography, he brings technical skills to the club and is working to improve his artistic inspiration.
email: [email protected] |
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Sue Lloyd
Sue, is a retired teacher and has been a member of the committee since the club was started. Sue brings a lifetime of experience with her and has taken photographs in some of the remotest parts of the world.
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Debby ReynoldsDebby has taken on the role of speaker coordinator. She will be looking to find engaging speakers that will educate and inspire our members to improve their photography. Debby's main interest is the natural world, especially birds. She began learning more about photography to make better record shots and has found new possibilities beyond that exciting. Debby was the UK's Chief Veterinary Officer for several years, then moved to global capacity building on animal health and food safety in developing and former soviet countries especially Georgia, in partnership with Colorado State University. She was awarded a CB in 2008 for services to animal health.
email: speakers@thatchamphotoclub.com |
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Patrina SmithPatrina is the club treasurer who maintains a thorough control over all financial TPC matters. She brings a good financial management background to the role from her years of volunteering with a number of youth groups.
email: [email protected] |
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Trevor StallwoodTrevor is joining the committee to maintain and develop the TPC website. He is a retired Business IT Change Manager with widespread IT knowledge. He joined the club in 2021 with a long-standing interest in photography whilst using automatic settings. Since joining Trevor has expanded his skills and knowledge considerably, in both the camera and photography in general. He is a user and advocate of the micro four thirds system for digital cameras, and a keen landscape and animal photographer.
email: [email protected] |
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Alan Woolfenden
Alan, a retired “postie” who delivered in and around Thatcham for many years, is a totally committed member of the committee who can often be seen out and about taking photos at Thatcham Town Council events. He helps maintain our displays of photographs at West Berks Hospital and Thatcham Town FC as well as helping prior to every club meeting with set-up and the selling of raffle tickets.
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