expoweb/folk/expo-leaders.csv

1	Date	Name of leader on GPF	Age at time of leading	Name of co-leader	Age at time of leading	Comment
2	2024	Jonathan Lester	27
3	2023	Sarah Parker	27	Nadia Raeburn-Cherradi	28
4	2022	Nathanael Dalton	27
5	2021	Lyds Leather	23	Mike Butcher	29	No Austria expo but there was considerable planning in the hope that there could be; there was instead a small trip to N Ireland that Mike organised, Lyds did not go on that
6	2020	NO EXPO DUE TO COVID but Lyds Leather and Mike Butcher were leaders for planning until it had to be cancelled	NA			NO EXPO DUE TO COVID but Lyds Leather and Mike Butcher were leaders for planning until it had to be cancelled
7	2019	Crossley	20
8	2018	Ruairidh McLeod	19	Haydon Saunders	25
9	2017	Elaine Oliver	27
10	2016	David Walker	22	Matthew Watson	37	David Walker was co-opted at a late stage when Matt decided not to come
11	2015	Matthew Watson	36
12	2014	Matthew Watson	35
13	2013	Alex Crow	25
14	2012	Serena Povia	31			First woman leader (at least back to 1989 – probably ever) and first leader in their 30s
15	2011	Christopher Smith	early 20s			First non-CUCC Expo leader
16	2010	Martin Jahnke	early 20s
17	2009	Edvin Deadman	25
18	2008	Oliver Stevens	early 20s
19	2007	Aaron Curtis	20
20	2006	Mark Shinwell	26
21	2005	Stuart Bennett	early 20s
22	2004	Oliver Madge	early 20s
23	2003	David Loeffler	20
24	2002	Steve Bishop	early 20s
25	2001	Martin Green	22
26	2000	Mark Shinwell	20
27	1999	Paul Hammond or Andrew Ketley	early 20s			Paul Hammond (based on GPF form) or Andrew Ketley (from CUCC email Olly found)
28	1998	Tim Vasby-Burnie	19 or 20 (first year)
29	1997	Julian Haines	26
30	1996	Julian Haines	25
31	1995	Steve Bellhouse	21
32	1994	Nicholas Proctor	21 approx	Anthony Day, Pete Lord, Ali Morris, Mike Pigram		Nick Proctor was the leader but he got glandular fever a month before Expo started so he was replaced by an Expo committee (Anthony Day, Pete Lord, Ali Morris, Mike Pigram)
33	1993	Wookey	20s
34	1992	Olly Betts	21
35	1991	Tony Rooke	26
36	1990	Wookey	early 20s			Last year with online GPF application which was used to specify the Expo leader unless anyone remembered a different leader (true in quite a few cases) – earlier years leaders are inferred based on CUCC Journal reports
37	1989	Mark Dougherty	22
38	1988	Keith Millar	20s
39	1987	Mike Richardson	20s
40	1986	NO EXPO	NA
41	1985	Mike Martin	20s			Based on main report and Descent article
42	1984	Mike Richardson or Pete Lancaster	20s			Mike Richardson based on him writing the main report or Pete Lancaster as he wrote Caves and Caving
43	1983	Dave Brindle	23			Dave Brindle – wrote Caves and Caving
44	1982	Pete Lancaster	22			Dave Brindle – wrote Caves and Caving – Phil Townsend wrote main piece in report
45	1981	Tim Parker	24 approx			Pete Lancaster – wrote Caves and Caving - Phil Townsend wrote main piece in report
46	1980	Collective	early 20s			Nick Thorne – Descent article; Julian Griffiths and Steve Perry both wrote UBSS articles
47	1979	Collective	early 20s			Nick Thorne – Descent article & Andy Waddington – wrote Caves and Caving
48	1978	Collective	early 20s			Nick Thorne – Descent article & Andy Waddington – wrote Caves and Caving
49	1977	Jont Leach	25			Vic emailed that Jont did most of the organising as he was the only German speaker. Mike Perryman wrote the Descent article
50	1976	Jont Leach	24	Rod Leach	26	Vic emailed that Jont and Rod Leach were organisers; Jont was the only German speaker. Initial recce trip