BGA Regions

For the purposes of providing instructing and examining support, the BGA clubs are arranged in regions. Each region has an appointed BGA Senior Regional Examiner (SRE), who is a suitably qualified and experienced instructor and examiner who is appointed in the role on the recommendation of the Instructing and Examining Committee. Where requested, SRE’s provide guidance and support to clubs and CFIs.

Scotland & Borders – SRE Kate Byrne

Borders, Cairngorm, Deeside, Dumfries & District, Fulmar & Highland, Scottish Gliding Centre

N West & N Wales – SRE Ged Terry

Airways, Andreas, Bowland Forest, Denbigh, Derby & Lancs, Midland, N Wales, Shawbury, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Ulster

North East – SRE Derek Smith

Buckminster, Burn, Cranwell, Darlton, Lincolnshire, Northumbria, Trent Valley, Wolds, York, Yorkshire

East Anglia – SRE Andrew Roch 

Anglia, Cambridge, Essex, Essex & Suffolk, Nene Valley, Norfolk, Peterborough and Spalding, Rattlesden, Suffolk, The Gliding Centre, Welland

Thames Valley – SRE Ryan Berry

Banbury, Bidford, Booker, Chiltern, London, Motorglide, Oxford, Oxfordshire Sport Flying, Sackville, Edgehill, Stratford on Avon, Vale of White Horse

S West & S Wales – SRE Graham Morris

Bannerdown, Black Mountains, Bristol and Gloucester, Cotswold, Dartmoor, Devon & Somerset, Herefordshire, Heron, Mendip, N Devon, Seahawk, S Wales

South East – SRE Patrick Naegeli

Bognor, Bath, Wilts & N Dorset, Dorset, E Sussex, Kent, Kestrel, Lasham, Portsmouth Naval Gliding Centre, Shalbourne, Southdown, Surrey Hills, Wyvern