See photos of committee members in the gallery.
For several years the “Cambridge Jugglers’ Association” (CJA) had been active, with most of its membership being drawn from the University. However it had no formal constitution or rules. At the end of the 1998-99 academic year, a new society was created to give the activities of the CJA a more formal footing.
The “Cambridge University Jugglers’ Association” (CUJA) was formed by Robert Whittaker, Chris Rycroft, and Tom Price. Its aims were “to provide a forum for the practising of juggling and associated skills and to promote those skills among members of the University”. Towards the end of July 1999, The Association was registered with the Junior Proctor as an official University society. Registration ensures that a club has a recorded constitution, annually audited accounts and a current list of elected officers.
The Cambridge University Juggers’ Association is the student-run juggling society at the University of Cambridge. We are not just for jugglers, but also cover a wide range of related circus skills.
President: Adrian Goldwaser
Secretary: James Cozens
Junior Treasurer: Peter Roder
Senior Treasurer: Steven Burgess
President: William Wright
Secretary: Adrian Goldwaser
Junior Treasurer: Jack Stade
Senior Treasurer: Steven Burgess
President: Jack Stade
Secretary: James Cozens
Junior Treasurer: William Wright
Senior Treasurer: Steven Burgess
President: Julian James
Secretary: James Cozens
Junior Treasurer: Andrea Szocs
Senior Treasurer: Steven Burgess
President: Nathanael Alcock
Secretary: Jake Bland
Junior Treasurer: Alastair Houston
Senior Treasurer: Steven Burgess
Website Officer: Gwilym Kuiper
President: Gwilym Kuiper
Secretary: Chloe Hammond
Junior Treasurer: Alastair Houston
Senior Treasurer: Steven Burgess
Website Officer: Becky Couzens
Cake Officer/Camvention Officer: Katie Struthers
President: Cameron Ford
Secretary: Katie Struthers
Junior Treasurer: Vishal Patil
Senior Treasurer: Steven Burgess
Website Officer: Gwilym Kuiper
President: Alastair Houston
Secretary: Katie Struthers
Junior Treasurer: Michael Rees
Senior Treasurer: Steven Burgess
Website Officer: Joanna Neville
President: Katie Struthers
Secretary: Matt Wood
Junior Treasurer: Michael Rees
Senior Treasurer: Steven Burgess
Weekly workshops continued this year along with the traditional puns and videos in the emails. Varsity was hosted by Imperial and UCL together in London, and once again, Cambridge won. We also started plannning Camvention, the cambridge juggling convention, which is also supported by Cambridge Community Circus.
President: Mark Pender-Bare
Secretary: Brook Roberts
Junior Treasurer: Alex Dodd
Website Officer: Katie Struthers
CUJA had become quite small in the last few years, so this year Mark and Brook worked hard to improve the membership and weekly turnout of the club. They put a big effort in to recruit people at the freshers fair and the first few weeks of term, and started running workshops at the meetings every week. Cambridge also hosted varsity this year and (suprisingly) won.
President: Mark Pender-Bare
Secretary: Brook Roberts
Junior Treasurer: Alasdair Wilkins
Website Officer: Joel Colledge
President: Brook Roberts
Secretary: Paul Davis
Junior Treasurer: Joanne Perry
Website Officer: Tim Skinner
President: Andrew Walkinshaw
Secretary: Jennifer Berry
Junior Treasurer: Lloyd Smith
Website Officer: Lawrence Watson
Joint President: Harry Waye
Joint President: Rich Miller
Secretary: Tim Skinner
Junior Treasurer: Natalie Lewis
Senior Treasurer: Mrs S. Stobbs
Website Officer: Andrew Parlane
Joint President: Harry Waye
Joint President: Chris Rowlands
Co-President: Harry Waye
Co-President: Stuart Russant
Secretary: Tracy Moroz
Junior Treasurer: Richard Brierley
Website Officer: Ben Horgan
Joint President: Adam Ardron
Joint President: David Evans
Secretary: Erica Thompson
Junior Treasurer: Martin Richards
Joint President: Owen Jones
Joint President: Lucy Taylor
Secretary: David Birch
Junior Treasurer: Matthew Gunton
Senior Treasurer: Mrs. S. Stobbs
Joint President: Alastair Pilgrim
Joint President: Beinn Muir
Secretary: Sanjay Joshi
Junior Treasurer: Tom Garnett
Senior Treasurer: Mrs. S. Stobbs
Joint President: Tom Price
Joint President: Nick Smith
Secretary: Robert Whittaker
Junior Treasurer: Tom Garnett
Senior Treasurer: Mrs. S. Stobbs
The first term had got off to a good start with a record 316 poeple signing up at the Societies’ Fair. The squash was well attended, despite clashing with the England Greece football match. At the end of the year, membership stood at 102 life, 31 year, and 29 alumni.
The Lent term started off with some problems over a venue for our weekly meetings. This was eventually sorted when we managed to secure a slot at Fenner’s. We also held a successful formal hall this term. Fire nights and equipment orders continued as normal throughout the year.
Easter term saw the inevitable decline in numbers as exams took priority. However, we had great support for the Varsity Match, achieving a stunning 37-14 away win. We are now unbeaten for at least four years.
President: Iain Murray
Secretary: Robert Whittaker
Junior Treasurer: Tom Price
Senior Treasurer: Mrs. S. Stobbs
We had another good start to the year at the Societies’ Fair with over 130 people signing up. The squash went well, and attendance was very high in the first term. Though this dropped off a bit in the second term, membership had risen to 111 (88 life and 23 year) by Easter. As well as the usual weekly meetings, we also held several fire nights, and some social events.
A second application to the societies syndicate was made during the year. We received about half of what we had applied for, a total of £450. This enabled us to purchase more clubs and some glo equipment. Equipment orders continued to be very popular with members. Over the year over £2500 worth of equipment has been bought from Butterfingers.
This year it was our turn to host the annual juggling varsity match. The result was an honourable draw, and full details can be found on our website.
Joint President: Chris Rycroft
Joint President: Robert Whittaker
Junior Treasurer: Tom Price
Senior Treasurer: Mrs. S. Stobbs
The Year started off with the stall at the CUSU Societies’ Fair in Kelsey Kerridge. We collected many names, and held a very successful squash at the end of freshers’ week. By the end of the year we had a total of 84 members (64 of whom had joined for life).
One of the benefits of being registered with the university is that it allowed us to apply to the University’s “Societies’ Syndicate” for funding. We applied for a grant for various items of juggling equipment, and were awarded £433.50. This enabled us to go from owning very little of our own equipment to the large amount we own to today.
We met with more success at the annual varsity juggling match. Eight members of the CUJA travelled to compete in Oxford. We had an excellent day out, and come away with a substantial victory: 34 points to 14. A full report can be found on our website.
