Group Leadership and Trustee Board
Peter Hutton (Skip) – Group Lead Volunteer
Peter joined the Group as Scout Leader in February 1976 and has not found a way out yet! As Group Lead volunteer he has overall responsibility for the 13th Wimbledon Scout Group. This includes ensuring each section is properly led, trained and supported and that the Group follows rules laid down by the Scout Association. Apart from undertaking this role he is still actively involved in the 13th Scout troop, and holds positions at District and County level.
Ashley Coups – Group Chairman
Ashley was appointed Group Chairman in 2016. In this role he chairs the Group Trustee Board which is responsible for the ensuring that the Group operates in accordance with its constitution and in compliance with the rules of the Scout Association.
Patrick Daly – Group Treasurer
Patrick joined the Group as its treasurer in 2015. Despite having been confined to a wheelchair following a stroke 3 decades ago, he has provided an invaluable service to the Group, with great humour, since his appointment. His role is to keep track of the income and expenditure of the 13th Wimbledon Scout Group and compile the annual accounts for approval at its Annual General Meeting.
Helen Whitfield – Group Secretary
Helen took on the role of Group Secretary in 2023. This involves taking the minutes of the Trustee Board, the AGM and the Section Team Leader meetings.
Beavers
Steve Lyon (Owl) – Beaver Team Leader
Steve joined as an Assistant Beaver Scout Leader in 2012 then switched to run the Cub Pack in 2015 before returning to the Beaver section as Beaver Scout Leader in 2020. As Beaver Team Leader his role is to plan and implement the weekly Beaver meetings and involve them in other Group and district activities. His flexibility in adopting different roles has helped us maintain vibrant and engaging programmes across all our sections over many years.
Fiona Miles (Piglet) – Beaver Team Member
Like her husband, Malcolm, Fiona has been a Section Assistant, now renamed Beaver Team Member, this time with the Beaver Scouts, since 1992. In that time, she has been responsible for much of the background administration of the Colony, ensuring records are kept and the Beavers all get the badges and recognition they have earned, while also inputting into the programme. As Beaver leaders have joined then moved on, Fiona has provided a much-needed consistency to ensure a smooth transition and continued survival of the Colony.
Cubs
Graham Coverdale (Chil) – Cub Team Leader
Graham joined as Assistant Cub Scout Leader in 2013. In 2021 he took on the role of Cub Scout Leader with overall responsibility for organising the Cub Pack’s weekly programme and participation in other events and activities. The ‘crossover’ camps for older cubs and new scouts he established in 2016 have become an annual event. He also coordinates the Group’s very successful Young Leader Scheme and is training to lead Scouts on our mountain trips.
Guy Rostron (Bagheera) – Cub Team Member
Guy started out helping on camps, then meetings and then became an Assistant Cub Scout Leader in 2016. In that role he assists the Cub Team Leader in implementing the weekly programme and other activities. He also acts as an independent examiner of the accounts for the Wimbledon and Wandle Scout District.
Paul Carse (Baloo) – Cub Team Member
Paul joined us at the beginning of 2022 as a section assistant but was quickly promoted to Assistant Leader. He has become an integral part of the cub team, as well as maintaining the website for the Group.
Lisa Busuttil (Rikki Tikki) – Section Assistant
Lisa joined the leadership team as a Section Assistant with the Cubs in April 2022 having previously assisted a group in another district. She converted to an Assistant Cub Leader in 2024.
Scouts
Anthony Chilcott – Scout Team Leader
Anthony joined the Scout Troop as a Section Assistant in 2016, became an Assistant Scout Leader in 2017 and Scout Leader in 2021. The Scout Team Leader’s role is to plan and implement the Scouts’ weekly meetings and events such as camps, mountain trips and participation in district and county competitions. His partnership with Skip has ensured that the 13th is one of the most active Scout Troops in the district.
Nick Harper – Assistant Scout Leader
Nick joined the Scout troop as Assistant Scout Leader in 2019 and is best known for his inspiring charity cycle ride with his family from Land’s End to John O’Groats in the summer of 2020! As ASL his role is to assist in implementing the programme and supporting the wide range of activities of the troop. He working on qualifying to lead groups of Scouts on our mountain trips.
Malcolm Miles – Scout Team Member
Malcolm joined the troop as a Section Assistant in 1992 and, like Skip, still has not found a way out! Until he was laid low for a few weeks with a bout of sciatica, his attendance at the weekly meeting had been near to 100%. We are pleased to say he is now back to normal as a mainstay of our weekly meetings.
Explorers
Nigel Swain – Explorer Scout Leader
Nigel joined as a helper with the Beavers when his son joined the Colony in 2007, then moved with him to assist with the Cub then Scout sections before helping to set up the St Saviour’s Explorer Scout Unit (SSESU) in 2011. As joint ESL his role is to organise the weekly programme and other activities for the Explorer Unit
Tom Jones – Explorer Scout Leader
Tom joined as an Assistant Scout Leader when his son joined the Cub pack in 2015. In 2019 he switched to the Explorer Scout section and, with Nigel Swain, oversaw its growth to be probably the biggest senior section the Group has ever had. In 2019 he organised the Explorers to run an Activity Day for Cricket Green School which has become a much-appreciated annual event for its pupils.
Mark Delaney – District Explorer Team Member
Mark was introduced to mountaineering when he was a Scout. He became a Group Occasional Helper in 2014 when his children joined Scouts and his particular contribution stems from his vast experience as a mountaineer who has made several trips to the Himalayas. Since 2014 he has accompanied the Scouts and Explorers on their annual trips to Snowdonia, the Brecon Beacons/Peak District.
Alix Coups – Explorer Team Member
Alix is responsible for managing the Unit’s bank account, and was also a regular parent helper at the annual Scout summer camps from 2017 to 2022.
