2020/2021 COMMITTEE

President- Krysta Bricknell

Secretary- Avril Harris

Treasurer- Amanda Howell

Registrar- Krysta Bricknell

Assistant Registrar- Robert Hewitt

Canteen Conveyor- Helen Anderson

Canteen Assistant- VACANT

Grounds & Equipment Officer- Robert Hewitt / Simon Hinton

Officials Officer- Simon Hinton

Program Officer- Simon Hinton

Nominations Officer- Krysta Bricknell

Carnivals Officer/ Team Manager- VACANT

First Aid Officer- Amanda Howell / Simon Hinton

Coaches- Kobe Hinton / James Clarke / Andrew Arkinstall

Covid Safe Officer- Krysta Bricknell

General Committee- Fab Miller / Jacqui Miller / Jaz Blackburn / Simon Hinton

 

MEET THE COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT / REGISTRAR:    KRYSTA BRICKNELL

Krysta has been a parent of the club for 7 seasons and currently has 2 children at the club. She was age manager of her son’s group for 3 seasons before joining the committee in 2017/2018. She has always had a passion for athletics and enjoys being involved in the running of the club. It’s important to her that the club is an inclusive and supportive environment, where athletes of all abilities are given the opportunity to have fun, gain confidence and improve their skills.

SECRETARY:     AVRIL HARRIS

Avril has one child at the club, who has been here since 2016/2017. Avril made the decision to join the committee in 2019/2020 as a way of supporting the club that brings so much enjoyment to her child and to become more actively involved in his sporting interests.

TREASURER:  AMANDA HOWELL

Amanda has 2 children at the club. She took on the role of treasurer in the 2019/2020 season. She is passionate about fundraising and dedicated to being involved in her children’s sporting endeavours.

ASSISTANT REGISTRAR:  ROBERT HEWITT

Robert has been a parent at the club for 7 years and has always been ready to lend a hand in his child’s age group. He stepped up and joined the committee in the 2017/2018 season and also took on the role of maintenance person. Robert also assists with set up and pack down each Saturday.

COACH:     ANDREW ARKINSTALL

Andrew has been part of Mudgeeraba Little Athletics since the beginning where he was a competing member of the athletics club. From here he developed his skills from his understanding of track competition and honed in on the coaching aspect as well. He learnt as an 18 year old about the aspects of coaching and has combined his love of teaching children how to become better runners with his extensive knowledge of athletics. Andrew not only coaches other athletes to be better runners but is also continuing to compete in various running events around the world. He has a running squad which trains on Mondays and Fridays.

COACH:     JAMES CLARK

James was new to the club in 2018 and has a passion for coaching athletics, particularly Sprints/Hurdles/Relays and the horizontal jumps (Long Jump & Triple Jump) . He holds a Sports Science degree from Bond University and is a Level 4 Athletics Australia Coach, a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength & Conditioning Association, Level 2 Youth Conditioning Specialist with the International Youth Conditioning Association and was the Australian delegate for the association in 2010. He has have been fortunate enough to coach numerous State and National champion athletes.

CANTEEN CONVENOR: HELEN ANDERSON

Helen’s youngest daughter is very athletic and after hearing positive things about the club all 3 daughters joined in 2016 making great friends and actively participating in club and LAQ carnivals. This will be Helen’s forth year as canteen conveynor.

GENERAL COMMITTEE:   SIMON HINTON

Simon is a former club President and now general committee member. He has been involved in Mudgeeraba Little Athletics for around 12 years with both of his children participating at the club over that time. Simon was President from 2012 to 2018. Simon enjoys being involved in the smooth running of the club as well as working tirelessly behind the scenes at Regional meetings and as the club groundsmen. Simon’s passion for athletics has lead him to being elected onto the Board of Little Athletics Queensland in 2018. He also officiates for LAQ at a Regional and State level as well as for QA.

GENERAL COMMITTEE: FABRICE MILLER

GENERAL COMMITTEE: JACQUIE MILLER

GENERAL COMMITTEE: JAZ BLACKBURN