People · Founding line-up
Meet the Founding Squad
The 31 founders of Football Lodge South West, presented in the founding programme as a squad and substitutes.
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Football Lodge South West began with 31 founders.
For the Consecration programme, the traditional list of founding officers and members was presented as a football team sheet. Twenty founders appeared as The Squad, carrying the Lodge offices, and 11 appeared as The Subs.
It was a playful treatment with a serious purpose. Each founder had contributed to bringing the new Lodge to its Consecration on 4 June 2025, and the team-sheet design placed that collective effort at the centre of the story.
The roles and names below reproduce only the public name-and-role information from the approved founding programme. They record the line-up at the Consecration and should not be read as a list of current Lodge officers.
4 June 2025
The Squad
- Worshipful Master: Craig Cox
- Immediate Past Master: Charles Yelland
- Senior Warden: Mark Bowes-Cavanagh
- Junior Warden: Ian Southcott
- Chaplain: Barry Page
- Treasurer: Wayne Liddle
- Secretary: John Hipwell
- Director of Ceremonies: Lee Taylor
- Almoner: David Bennett
- Charity Steward: Gordon Richards
- Membership Officer: Julian Turner
- Mentor: Nicholas Ware
- Senior Deacon: Jonathan Chalk
- Junior Deacon: Mike Haworth
- Assistant Director of Ceremonies: Robert Govier
- Assistant Secretary: David Hodson-Whittle
- Inner Guard: Chris Jones
- Tyler: Adrian Bolton
- Senior Steward: Christopher Sidwell
- Steward: Richard Sadiq
4 June 2025
The Subs
- Chris Chillcott
- Clive Eden
- Dave Ottley
- David Purdie
- Edward Martin
- Geoff Smith
- Julian Bowley
- Keith Lobb
- Matthew Tyne
- Nick Chapman
- Pete Southwell
Historical context: These names and roles record the founding line-up on 4 June 2025. They do not represent the Lodge’s current officers or membership.