Contacting Us

For overseas tickets please contact Scott at scott@quinssa.org.uk

 

For membership queries e-mail members@quinssa.org.uk

 

For other queries contact the Chair (chair@quinssa.org.uk) or contact the individual members of the Committee as detailed below:

The Quinssa Committee

Phil Gibson (Chair)

E-Mail: phil@quinssa.org.ukchair@quinssa.org.uk

Joined the committee at the 2019 AGM, elected as Chair at 2023 AGM

 

My first visit to The Stoop  was in the 1979 /1980 season  , I had recently moved to London and was taken by a friend who said it was a great afternoon out , beer,singing and good stuff on the pitch - some things never change.

Games were then mainly on Saturday afternoons ( who would have thought that would be popular !) , so a combination of work , playing rugby and then coaching with my local Club Chipstead RFC meant visits to The Stoop were rare but always kept an eye open for Quins results and especially the activities of Micky Skinner , who I feel epitomised the Corinthian Spirit .
 
We were all delighted with the advent of Big Game , it has became a regular Christmas outing and my whole family have embraced Quins

 

In 2014 Quins and Chipstead Member Paul Gilbert won a competition sponsored by IG to send a representative Quins team on tour to Melbourne Harlequins , 10 of us were escorted by a BT Sport film crew and played an over 50's touch game against Melbourne Geriatrics , we fought out an honourable 25-25 draw , but won the drinking  .

 

In 2015 my wife Jane and I decided to get  season tickets and have really enjoyed our time supporting Quins regularly and really enjoy away matches and especially a European weekend .

Ive been grateful to Quinssa over the last 4 years for arranging tickets and the away trips as well as some great Member events and am happy to join the Committee to offer help where I can .

Geoff Sykes (Vice Chair)

E-Mail: geoff@quinssa.org.uk

Joined the committee at the 2016 AGM

My first association with the club came through playing my schoolboy rugby on the old Harlequins Ground in Fairfax Road Teddington and trying to emulate the great Bob Hiller from the kicking tee  - fail!! My love of the game was formed and I have followed Rugby ever since. I have been a regular at The Stoop for over 12 years and a season ticket holder and Quinssa member for 5.  As well as our home games, I have attended many away and European games along with my wife who is also a member and a huge fan. 

 

I am looking forward to working with colleagues on the committee to steer the Association through its next chapter and ensure that we continue to provide benefits to fellow supporters, whilst raising money for our great club.

Lyn Gadd (Secretary)

E-Mail: lyn@quinssa.org.uk, secretary@quinssa.org.uk
Joined the committee at the 2013 AGM

I became an ardent Rugby ‘convert’ in my late teens after a ‘romantic involvement’ with a Wing Forward, and then, knowing Mr Harlequin (Chris Munton) it was no surprise that I became a Harlequins Supporter nearly 20 years ago. I joined the Quinssa Committee at the 2013 AGM and became Secretary the following season when the previous Secretary resigned. 
My enthusiasm for the Club, combined with a love of colour & a passion for making things, inspired me to develop a range of Quinssa merchandising material to raise money for the Academy. Initially, I made Bracelets, Necklaces, Earrings and Key Rings, all in Quins colours. These items were and continue to be popular with members and over the years, I have made numerous other items including ‘Owl Cushions’, ‘Match Day Bags’, ‘Personalised Bunting’. ‘Xmas Decorations’ and ‘Bottle Bags’. I’m always looking for new projects so don’t hesitate to come to our stand in the Kings Bar with suggestions and a chat. As of June 2019, the sale of merchandise has raised nearly £5,000 for the Academy.
I travel to most away matches and love the oversea trips, having been involved in managing the ticket sales and identifying meeting places for our travelling choir ! 

 

Warren Kennedy (Treasurer)
E-Mail: warren@quinssa.org.uk
I started attending Quins games regularly mid-season in 2005 when I ” inherited” my cousins season ticket when he moved to Australia  (Still seems to me, a bit of an extreme way to deal with relegation ...)
In ND1 season, as a way to meet new people I started travelling on the Quinssa coaches to away games.  A flippant comment offering to help with any logistics, meant I was almost instantaneously suckered into taking over the running of away coaches in 2007 & carried on until the Quins deal with Zeelo. 
In 2008 I joined the Quinssa committee, and am genuinely surprised there hasn’t been a vote of no confidence yet.
In 2012 I took on the role of Treasurer of Quinssa. 
Outside of rugby, I quite like cooking & entertaining.  Brunch for 45 people in my 1 bedroom flat in Barnes before last game of season one year sticks in my mind...
I have a rapidly growing red wine collection with very few bottles in the “3 for £10” category.  Am trying to build my whiskey collection, but there appear to be holes in all the bottles... Quite sadly, have recently joined the National Trust.

Pat Scott (Membership Secretary)

E-Mail: pat@quinssa.org.ukmembers@quinssa.org.uk 
Joined the committee at the 2017 AGM

 

I became a Harlequins STH in 2001 and have actively helped with Quinssa events for several years. I’m looking forward to a closer involvement in the running of Quinssa over the next few years and I’m pleased to see the growth of Ladies Rugby at club and International level. I would have loved to have played the game. I am busy outside of rugby with my family, particularly my grandchildren and I enjoy travelling especially to rugby tournaments around the world. Pat became the Membership Secretary at the 2019 AGM.

Scott Cooke

E-Mail: scott@quinssa.org.uk
Joined the committee at the 2010 AGM, Chair 2015-2023

 

I've been supporting Quins for over 20 years and have been a Quinssa member since 2006.

I joined the Quinssa committee in 2010 and have been responsible for booking tickets for our European away games in France, Italy,Ireland and Romania from the start. It's a great way to get involved and have made many friends, both from Quins and the clubs we've played against. I've also been known to organise an event or two!

I was membership secretary from October 2011 to June 2015 and it was fantastic to almost treble our membership during this very successful time for the club.

I'm very proud to be have been Chair of this great organisation from 2015 until 2023 and all the work the committee does for our members and the club.

 

Abby Barletta

E-Mail: abby@quinssa.org.uk 

Joined the committee at the 2019 AGM
My grassroots in rugby started at Richmond when they were professional and I have been hooked on the game ever since. My dad and family often call me rugby bore as once I start talking about rugby I don’t stop. Another nickname I tend to get is rugby encyclopaedia. 
I started attending Quins when they were in the championship with my dad and we have both been season ticket holders ever since for the last twelve years. Some call me a rugby fanatic as I have travelled all over the world to watch the sport including England in the Six Nations and fantastic British and Irish Lions tour to Australia in 2013. My dad and I have travelled Europe to support Quins going to Agen for the challenge cup last year and Cleremont this year in the champion’s cup. My favourite experiences with Quins include beating Exeter at a sell-out stoop last season, the previous two home wins against Saracens, the epic win in Paris against Stade in 2008 and the return fixture and the twenty eight phases and the Nick Evans drop goal against Stade Francis in 2008. I was the Harlequins super fan on BT sport rugby tonight a few years ago and enjoyed the experience.
I am hoping to contribute much to Harlequins and the committee this season and share my experiences as a Quins supporter. 
Aside from rugby I am an archivist assistant working at the Royal Society or Arts and a musician and singer, with a passion for traditional folk music. I am looking forward to working with the committee at Harlequins and continuing to be a part of this amazing club!
COYQ!  

 

Chris Munton (Match Day Support)
E-Mail: chris@quinssa.org.uk, mds@quinssa.org.uk
Joined the committee at the 2013 AGM
I joined Harlequins in 1959, when, as Secretary of my ‘Old Boys’ Rugby team, I approached the Club to introduce a prospective young player.  As a dedicated England supporter (haven’t missed a home game since 1954/55) and a committed ‘hippy’ at the time, the combination of rugby and the Quins colours proved irresistible !  I have been part of the Club ever since and featured in “Rugby World” following the 1966 Centenary celebrations.
I’m a member of HPA (Harlequins Players Association) albeit my playing career in the quartered shirt was mainly limited to the Quins Gentlemen as I was my ‘Old Boys’ Club Captain and also organised and captained the ‘Combined London Old Boys’ team throughout the 60’s.
I became an “official Supporter” in 2004,  when I signed up with Quinssa, joining  the  Committee  in 2012, with responsibility for Match Day Support. Over the years, my enthusiasm for Quins attire and a passionate commitment to the Club has led to the nick name of ‘Mr Harlequin’ and I aim to be at every match, Home or Away. I‘m currently working  with the Club to help preserve the ethos & values of rugby and develop initiatives to maintain the great traditions of the sport.

John Heigham

E-Mail: john@quinssa.org.uk
Joined the committee at the 2017 AGM

I got my first Quins season ticket, in 2002, to make me take Saturday afternoons away from my new consulting business. In the days of Andre Vos, Will Greenwood, Paul Burke et al.
 It’s been a great few years of successes and failures, but always enjoyable, including a memorable, snowy, weekend in February 2006, with a loss to Exeter (only loss of the relegated season!) followed by England’s 6 Nations defeat in the clubhouse afterwards and the return trip to Exmouth for dinner and bed. 

 

I joined Quinssa in 2004 and have enjoyed the regular events and meetings over the intervening years, particularly listening to our hero, Wayne Barnes.  

 

In 2017 I decided to give some support to the committee, instead of always leaving the work to everybody else, now that I am nearing the end of my Accounting career (at last). Luckily the Quinssa members did not know who I was, so I was elected successfully.

 

My other interests are family (3 grandsons so far) and rock and country music, so this year I am going to work with the other musos to try to increase the entertainment of the match day singing and chanting.

 

[Got my first Quins ticket
Bought it at the stoop office
Me and some boys from church (!?)
Had our seats, and we watched the games
Sitting in the Etihad stand, cheering the lads on
It was the summer of 2000 and 2
Those were the best days of my life……………
(With apologies to Bryan Adams)]

 

Kate Cole
Email
: kate@quinssa.org.uk
Joined the committee at the 2022 AGM

 

I joined the Quinssa Committee in 2022 following a very entertaining away weekend in Montpellier. A lifelong Quins fan, I have been a regular fixture at the Stoop since my Dad started bringing me in 2003 and can now usually be found with a pint in hand in the South Stand. Outside of rugby, I live and breathe sport working for the Paralympics, and spend my weekends off at Priestfield cheering on the mighty Gills. 

Kay Capon

E-Mail: kay@quinssa.org.uk
Joined the committee at the 2017 AGM

Rugby has been my passion for a very long time. At the age of six my grandfather started taking me to watch Plymouth Albion and this continued until I went to college in Bristol. I then, with my future husband, regularly attended the Bristol home games.
It was when supporting the Lions tours of 2005, 2009 and 2013 that I met Harlequins supporters who introduced me and my husband to both The Stoop and the delights of travelling to away fixtures in Europe. We soon became hooked and saw the important role that Quinssa plays. It soon became clear to me that not only did I want to be part of this rugby family but I wanted to to give something back to the club which has welcomed us so warmly,  provided us with a new set of friends, given us much fun and laughter and not least has allowed us to witness some memorable moments on the rugby field.

 

Steve Scott
E-Mail: steve@quinssa.org.uk

I joined the Committee at the 2007 AGM 
I joined Quinssa in 2003 when it was first launched and have served on the committee since holding positions as Secretary, Treasurer and Chair at various times. I became Chair in 2012 and served in that position until 2015. I am very pleased that Quinssa has continued to grow strongly and I enjoy being part of the team of dedicated Harlequins supporters who make up the committee.
I played rugby at school in South London and for a short while after for a City Firm until international travel for work got in the way. I saw Harlequins play a few times in the 70’s and 80’s but only became a regular attendee and STH in 2001. Now I attend most Quins games every season, home and away and also get to as many England games as time and funds will allow.
I have worked in the Road Construction industry for over 40 years and often bring clients and employees to games at The Stoop where they often comment on the great atmosphere and friendly environment. 

Thabo Stuck
Email
: thabo@quinssa.org.uk
Joined the committee at the 2022 AGM

 

I am a relatively new supporter of Rugby, having fallen in love with the game during a trip to South Africa in 2019. Harlequins is my local team, having grown up in Lambeth and I have been able to support the club through several initiatives, notably the annual Black History Month campaigns. I joined the Quinssa committee in 2022 and am passionate about driving diversity and inclusion. This passion comes from my past work in education, where I spent ten years as a humanities teacher across London.  

Will Humphreys
Email:will@quinssa.org.uk 
Joined the Committe at the AGM in 2021

 

I have been a supporter of Harlequins ever since my first game watching The Mighty Quins win the European Challenge Cup in 2001.  Having grown up in South-West London my whole life, seeing players like Kyle Sinckler & George Merrick (both of whom I played rugby against as a teenager through my local club, Sutton & Epsom RFC) go through the Academy to the first team strengthened my love for the Club with its ethos of caring for its local community.  One example of this is the Harlequins Community Club affiliation programme, where homegrown Sutton & Epsom players like Archie White now don the famous quarters. What an inspiration to us all!  One thing you can’t say about supporting the Jesters is that it’s an easy ride, with seeing the Club relegated to then going on to win its inaugural title in 2012, but in a way it adds to the excitement.  When the Covid-19 Pandemic hit I worked on an independent FanSite to help keep other Quins fans connected as we supported the club through the low points and of course the high points of the Miracle of Bristanbul / greatest Premiership final ever.  June 26th 2021 will always be one of the best days of my life & the fact our incredible Women’s team helped make us the Double Champions of England a few weeks earlier only make it more special.  When the Stoop finally reopened for the 2021/22 season I became a STH for the first time and got to properly know Quinssa and the great work they do for the club. Inspired I joined and am now proud to be on the committee to help Quins get the most out of supporting the Greatest Rugby Club in the World! COYQ!

Previous Committee Members

  • Melvin Baldock Was a committee member for the 2003-4 season
  • Si Bolton Committee Member for 2014/15 and 2015/16
  • Sue Clayton-Smith Committee member for 2010/11 & 2011/2012
  • Chris Clements Co-opted for the 2013/4 season
  • Simon Coleman Was a committee member from the start until the end of the 2008-9 season and had stints as Chairman and Membership Secretary
  • Stephen Engel Committee member for the 2012 season
  • Jon Forster Committee member from 2006-7 to 2009-10
  • Duncan Franklin was a member from the start until the end od the 2022-23 season
  • Cliff Funnell Was a committee member for the 2005-6 to the 2007-8 seasons
  • Sarah Gladstone Joined the committee at the 2010 AGM and was a member and secretary until 2013/4
  • John Hartley Was a committee member for the 4 years and Chair for 4 until stepping down in 2012
  • Lou Hopkins was membership secretary and ran the coaches during her time on the Committee between 2012 and 2019
  • Adrian Jobling was a committee member from 2012-2017
  • Alan Kurtz Was Secretary for the 2003-4 season
  • Emma-Jane Kurtz Was Secretary for the 2004-5 season
  • Andrew Lawton (non-Committee Member for Coaches) until 2013
  • David Perry Was a committee member for the 2007-8 season
  • Christopher Ptritchard was a committee member for the 2022-2023 season
  • Barbara Richardson Was a committee member for the 2003-4 season
  • Steve Scott was a member (2008) and Chair (from 2012) before stepping down in 2015 and being co-opted
  • Rob Steers joined in the 2015/16 season and resigned at the end of 2016
  • Emma Stewart was a member from the start until the end od the 2022-23 season
  • Will Warner Was Chairman from the start until the end of the 2005-6 season
  • Rob White Was a committee member for the 2005-6 season

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