Past and Present County Presidents
Paul Chillingworth was inaugurated as the new Somerset ASA County President.
Paul moved to Somerset in 2012 from Hong Kong where he had been President of Mantas Swimming Club. His children initially joined Cheddar Kingfishers and Street Swimming Clubs, and he become treasurer of Street within a couple of weeks of joining. He went on to become Chair in two different spells, and trained as a coach, and then an official, progressing to become a swimming referee in 2019.
Paul continues to regularly coach, and act as a referee at swim meets for a variety of different clubs. He has recently taken on the role of referee training for the county, alongside Chris Metcalfe, and is also the county’s welfare officer, drawing on his experience in this field in education.
His children have swum with a number of clubs in the region, and his daughter has recently started Masters Swimming in Bristol, and his son has represented his native Hong Kong at three World Championships.
| 1902 J S Walker | 1903 J S Walker | 1904 M Jones | ||
| 1905 J C Richardson | 1906 H H Newport | 1907 F W Wright | ||
| 1908 G Warne | 1909 G H Holway | 1910 J Rowsell | ||
| 1911 Dr L Meade-King | 1912 L W Carder | 1913 W H Weeks | ||
| 1914 A J Clare | 1915 N J Reynolds | 1916 – 1918 No Elections | ||
| 1919 H Collins | 1920 K Pople MC | 1921 F G Warwick | ||
| 1922 P Moffat | 1923 D Perry | 1924 P S Huggins | ||
| 1925 R G Jordan | 1926 T H Thould | 1927 P J Sutton | ||
| 1928 A E Meyer | 1929 H C Foote | 1930 F J Stone | ||
| 1931 F C Banwell | 1932 W E Maynard | 1933 T J Coles | ||
| 1934 Sir C Miles | 1935 Lt Col H C Metcalfe | 1936 L Lott | ||
| 1937 F Care | 1938 C J Young | 1939 G F Luttrell | ||
| 1940 – 1944 No Elections | 1945 C G Burrows | 1946 C G Burrows | ||
| 1947 Miss D Harrison | 1948 F Bennett | 1949 J C Hoyal | ||
| 1950 Ald W E Maynard | 1951 Mrs C M Mitchell | 1952 C Squire | ||
| 1953 G E Allen | 1954 G Newbury | 1955 L Mills | ||
| 1956 E K Williamson MBE | 1957 E D Lewis | 1958 A S Ralph | ||
| 1959 Supt. C S Ford | 1960 Ald W Couch | 1961 H E Hallett | ||
| 1962 Mrs A G Browne | 1963 Mrs E E Cookson | 1964 C/Supt H K James | ||
| 1965 D T O’Brien | 1966 S Bale | 1967 J Derrick | ||
| 1968 Miss J Davis | 1969 Mrs D J Vincent | 1970 T Elsom-Rhymes | ||
| 1971 Mrs P F Salter | 1972 R Bray | 1973 J Hamblett | ||
| 1974 Miss P Densum | 1975 R A E Blackburn | 1976 H H May | ||
| 1977 G Cutting QPM | 1978 M Heath | 1979 Mrs J Findlay | ||
| 1980 D V Toogood | 1981 G K Savory | 1982 A J Lyons | ||
| 1983 Mrs D J Vincent | 1984 G Hoyland | 1985 P Wilson-Chalon | ||
| 1986 B R Bewley | 1987 Mrs J Ford | 1988 R Harrison | ||
| 1989 R V Holman | 1990 J Hamblett | 1991 D White | ||
| 1992 D T O’Brien | 1993 T Jeal | 1994 Dr J M Cooper | ||
| 1995 Mrs A Reynolds | 1996 R Warren | 1997 Mrs G Lyons | ||
| 1998 G Lock | 1999 J Merritt | 2000 P Brake | ||
| 2001 U Ruutel | 2002 R Reed | 2003 Mrs R Johnson | ||
| 2004 Mrs B Cutting | 2005 Mrs S Dors | 2006 B G W Batley | ||
| 2007 Mrs K Savory | 2008 Miss S Pusill | 2009 A Withers | ||
| 2010 P Gonsalves | 2011 J Farrant | 2012 G Cockill | ||
| 2013 Mrs F Bowen | 2014 M G Coles | 2015 L Debenham | ||
| 2016 P Sartain | 2017 Mrs A Bashford | 2018 C Christmas | ||
| 2019 Mrs K Podbury | 2020 Mrs K Podbury | 2021 D Beament | ||
| 2022 N Chambers | 2023 N Purslow | 2024 P Chillingworth |