Athletics Wollongong's 2025 Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday, July 8th.

The meeting included the election of members to the Committee for the 2025/26 season.  The majority of positions were filled, but some remain vacant. 

We are very keen to have a chat with anyone who holds an interest in the following open positions.  Note that we don't need you to have amazing qualifications, we're just after people that want to work towards the best possible outcomes for the club and its members.  

• Secretary - you'll need to be able to attend most monthly Committee meetings, held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 7pm 'til 8:30pm or so at the Tennis Club.  The main duties are to send the agenda out beforehand and then the meeting minutes afterwards.  
• Publicity Officer - promote the club and the feats of its members; particularly to external entities.
• Development Officer - the required duty is to ensure an accurate record is kept of coach affiliations and qualifications.  Apart from that: encourage the development of coaches, officials, helpers, and so on.
• Wednesday Competition Organiser - put the equipment out on a Wednesday with the assistance of any helpers.  Consequently, the applicant/s will need to be a frequent Wednesday attendee who's available to attend from about 4:30pm onward.  Ideally, this person, or someone they're job sharing with, can also ensure that all the gear gets put away at the end of the night.

As is clear, a club without someone performing the above roles will be a lesser one for it. 

Some of the tasks within the roles are nice-to-haves, but others are definite must-dos.  Without people in these roles, those already on the Committee will have to spread themselves even thinner to ensure that the must-dos happen.  

If you have some time to donate, please consider helping your club.

The Athletics Wollongong Committee for the 2025/26 season:

President: Michael McClelland
Vice President: Tom Schambron
Treasurer: Ros Perry    
Secretary: Vacant
Race Secretary: Ros Perry
Publicity Officer: Vacant
Registrar: Peter Kidd
Athletes’ Representative: Anthony Howlett and Donna Hiscox  
Winter Season Coordinator: Ron Perry
Development Officer: Vacant

Public officer: Ron Perry 

Junior Athletes’ Rep: Kris Lorkin
Uniform Coordinator: Adriana Van Bockel
Recorder: Michael McClelland
Wed. Comp. Organiser: Vacant    
Equipment Officer: Keiran Bartle
Chief Timekeeper: Michael McClelland
Website Administrator: Ron Perry
Wednesday BBQs Coordinator: Adriana Van Bockel 
Fundraising & Sponsorships Officers: Anthony Howlett and Tom Schambron
Grants Officer: Anthony Howlett and Tom Schambron
External Results Coordinator: Michael McClelland
Archivist: Ros Perry

The 2025/26 Season Annual Report is available to members.  If you'd like a read, please request a copy via athleticswollongong@gmail.com.