Canberra Alpine Club Inc Annual Report for 2018

CANBERRA ALPINE CLUB INC

ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2018

TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AUDITED ACCOUNTS SUPPLEMENT

Canberra Alpine Club

The Club was formed on 31 July 1934 at the Alpine Hotel, Kiandra and was incorporated on 29 June 1955 (registration number A.19). The motion to form the Club was put by Tim Ingram and Tom Campbell at a meeting chaired by H.J. Lamble, then Director of the NSW Government Tourist Bureau. The inaugural general meeting was held at the Hotel Canberra on 11 October 1934 to elect office bearers and a committee and to ratify the provisional operating arrangements. The Club is governed by a written Constitution, By-laws and the Associations Incorporation Act 1991. The present Constitution, which has been subject to minor amendments, was adopted in 1996 and the By-laws are revised annually and circulated each June. The objects of the Club include promoting snowsports and bushwalking, fostering the conservation of the alpine environment and the interest of members in matters of historical or heritage significance to skiing or bushwalking including the preservation of buildings, sites and objects. The Club is a corporate member of Snowsports ACT. The Club is also a member of SLOPES (Ski Lodges of Perisher, Guthega and Smiggins Inc) and of the Kosciuszko Huts Association. The Mount Franklin Chalet was constructed for the Club in 1938 with bunk accommodation for 32 on leased land. The Chalet reverted to the Government when Namadgi National Park was created in 1984 and was destroyed by bushfires in January 2003, with a new shelter being erected by the ACT Government in 2007. The Mount Franklin precinct is the subject of memoranda of understanding made in 1989 and 1998 between the Club and the ACT Parks and Conservation Service. The A-frame Perisher lodge was constructed by Club labour in 1961 on land leased from the State of New South Wales. A new lease executed late in 2008 runs until 31 December 2028 – with three 10 year options exercisable after that. This lodge is licensed to accommodate 46 persons and was extended and substantially upgraded in 1983. The bedroom wing was added in 1999, together with wheelchair accessible facilities. The original Jindabyne lodge was constructed in 1968 on leased land in Banjo Paterson Crescent, adjacent to Lake Jindabyne. Freehold title was acquired in 1992. The original lodge was demolished in late 2013 and a new lodge built, opening in 2014.

CONTENTS

PART 1 – PRESIDENT’S REPORT ...... 1 PART 2 - OPERATIONS ...... 4 FINANCES ...... 4 GOVERNANCE ...... 6 LODGES ...... 8 BOOKINGS ...... 13 SNOWSPORTS ...... 14 SOCIAL ...... 16 MEMBERSHIP ...... 17 PUBLIC RELATIONS ...... 18 STRATEGIC PLANNING ...... 19 PART 3 – MEMBERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE ...... 20 MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS ...... 20 OTHER MANAGEMENT ISSUES ...... 21 APPENDIX 1 ...... 23 APPENDIX 2 ...... 24 APPENDIX 3 ...... 25 APPENDIX 4 ...... 27 APPENDIX 5 ...... 28 APPENDIX 6 ...... 29 APPENDIX 7 ...... 31

Introduction

This report covers the 2018 calendar year, which coincides with the financial year of the Club. It should be read together with the audited financial statements for the Club’s financial year ending 31 December 2018 which have been published as a supplement.

While the report formally covers the calendar year, some information is also provided regarding events between the beginning of 2019 and preparation of this report.

PART 1 – PRESIDENT’S REPORT

It is my pleasure to report on the operations of the Canberra Alpine Club during the year ending 31st December 2018.

I am pleased to report that the Club has delivered another strong financial result in 2018. After another excellent snow season, the annual result was a surplus of almost $90k. While slightly lower than the 2017 result, this is still a very healthy surplus, and puts the Club in a strong position for 2019. Importantly, we continue to make significant reductions to our Jindabyne Redevelopment Loan, which now stands at $550k (reduced from $1M in four years). Full details of our financial position are contained in the Treasurer’s report and audited accounts.

Membership at the end of 2018 was 538 (of the maximum of 600 allowed by constitution), with a waiting list of 64. Both of these numbers are increased from 2017, and it is pleasing to see a reversal in the trend of declining membership numbers, combined with so many new nominations in 2018. The ability to attract and retain members is vital to the long-term success of the Club, and this will continue to be a key focus for the committee.

Lodge bookings reached an all-time high in 2018, with over 6,500 bed / nights in total (an increase of 9% on 2017 levels). It was particularly pleasing to see excellent occupancy in both peak and off-peak periods, across both lodges, which were close to capacity throughout the peak season. Please refer to Appendix 2 for further details.

A number of social events were held during the year in Canberra and at the lodges. These included the Pre-Season Cocktail Party held at Vertikal Indoor Snow Sports, and the Club Championship Dinner and Brumby Cup Dinner, both held at the Perisher Lodge. The Annual Dinner and Trophy Presentation was held at Gryphons in Griffith in October and was yet another very successful night.

The Club sporting calendar was again full with Brumby Races, XC Championships, Balmain Cup and Perisher Cup, not to mention Interschools Races, ACT Schools Cup, Youth Week and Family Week. Congratulations to all the competitors who participated in these events, particularly the Club Juniors who achieved fantastic results in Interschools and ACT Schools Cup (see Snowsports report for details). Well done to the Balmain Cup team, who achieved second place in this year’s competition. It was also particularly pleasing that in 2018 the Club was able to enter

2 two teams in the Perisher Cup (after not entering a team for the last two years). It was worth the wait, with the teams achieving great results, achieving 3rd and 7th places.

Outside of Australian competition, we were very excited to see performances from Laura Peel, who achieved an outstanding result of 5th in the Aerials Finals in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics at the start of 2018, and was nominated for the 2018 Athlete of the Year at the 2018 Australian Ski and Snowboard Awards in May. Valentino Guseli also had an amazing year on the international circuit, placing first overall in his age group for the 4th year running, and winning the Rising Star award at the 2018 Australian Ski and Snowboard Awards. Congratulations to both of you for your fantastic results in 2018, you are both great ambassadors for the Club.

Work parties were conducted throughout the year to continue our important maintenance programs at Jindabyne, Perisher, Mt Franklin and O’Keefes Hut. In particular, this included completing a significant program of work at the Perisher Lodge (required to comply with the 2007 Fire Order), along with the second set of stairs from the Manager’s flat down to the second level. Completing this work was extremely important, as the Perisher Lodge could have been closed for Winter otherwise. In particular, I would like to thank Peter Richards (recipient of this year’s Lane-Poole Trophy) as well as Amanda East, Peter Cunningham, and Sam de Lorenzo for their hard work and commitment in getting these activities completed before the NSW Department of Planning deadline, and ensuring that the Perisher Lodge remained available to members during the peak season.

I would also like to thank Club Captain Kristen Guseli, Perisher Lodge Coordinator Peter Richards, Jindabyne Lodge Coordinator Peter Cunningham, Franklin Coordinator Ian McLeod and O’Keefe’s Hut Coordinator Paul Oboohov for their continued hard work throughout 2018. In addition, I would like to thank all the volunteers who attended work parties, as well as those who have volunteered as social and sporting event organisers, and as lodge leaders.

I would also like to acknowledge and thank our Administrative Officer, Sarah Forsdyke, who has continued to ensure our bookings and membership functions proceed smoothly, along with providing informal snow reports via the Club’s Facebook page. I would also like to thank Jill and Ken French for their ongoing management of Perisher Lodge during Peak season. I would also like to make a special thanks to Judy Lejins who, as Editor of Frozen Acres, is forced to chase many of us (and myself in particular) for our contributions to Frozen Acres. Your hard work is very much appreciated.

I would also like to thank the Committee for their support over the past year. While we have had some heated debates at times, and have addressed some challenging issues, we have worked very well together, with the common goal of improving the Club for all members. I would like to thank both Allister Polkinghorne and Mark King who have advised that they will be stepping down from the committee at the next AGM. I would like to make particular note of Mark King’s contribution in the role of Treasurer, a role he has been in since 2011, during which time he has provided a vital service to the club.

I have nominated to continue in the role of President for the next year, and I hope that in this role that I am able to continue to support the long-term development and success of the Club.

Jon Wilson

President

PART 2 - OPERATIONS The Club’s operations are directed generally by the Committee, assisted by sub- committees and working groups convened by Committee members or interested members.

FINANCES (Treasurer: Mark King)

2018 Result It is pleasing to once again report that good snowfall has provided a good financial result. Cost Centre net results, after allowing for depreciation and amortisation expenses of $75,500 and matching income and expenditure to the applicable year, were: Administration $8,954 Perisher ($20,730) Jindabyne ($5,619) Social ($3,140) Capital Fund $110,264 Net Profit $89,729

(The Club recorded a Net Profit of $97,806 for the 2017 year.) Capital Contributions and Entrance Fees

The contribution to the net result from Capital Contributions and Entrance Fees continues to remain critical to the Club’s financial performance and its ability to pay down the Jindabyne Redevelopment Loan. For 2018 these totalled $110,264. Trading Total income attributable to the Administration cost centre was $55,976 comprising subscriptions of $54,006, interest income of $107, cancellation fees and sundry other income of $1,863. The administrative expenses of the Club for the year were $47,022 with major items of expenditure being the Club’s Administration Officer wages proportion of $9,227,

Frozen Acres production and distribution costs of $7,204, audit and bank fees of $8,401, and Booking System running costs of $5,947. The Club contributed $6,659 to ski development and training programs for its members throughout the year. Perisher total receipts were $208,404 and did not cover the running costs of this lodge. This was due in large part to the accrual at year end of a $35,535 final electricity invoice from Origin Energy. Origin had been estimating the meter readings for most of the year and much of the previous year. Refer to the Balance Sheet section below for the Fire Upgrade costs for the Perisher Lodge. Jindabyne accommodation receipts contributed income of $113,368. Expenses were $118,987 inclusive of Loan Interest of $26,616, the Loan Line Fee of $8,743 and Building Depreciation of $42,784. Balance Sheet

There was a net decrease in cash held for the year of $21,682. Cash held at 31 December 2018 was $134,349. Property values are included in the Balance Sheet at cost less accumulated depreciation. At last independent market valuation (24 September 2007) the Perisher property was valued at $1,920,000. The Jindabyne Lodge is in the accounts at $1,434,133 less Accumulated Depreciation of $158,428.

Costs for the Perisher Fire Upgrade are captured on the Balance Sheet and total $87,653. This building work is being depreciated over the next 40 years.

Jindabyne Redevelopment Loan The details of the Jindabyne redevelopment loan with Westpac bank are (at time of writing this report): Type Bank Bill Business Rate, variable rate, 90 day reset Limit $818,000 Base Rate 1.84% Margin rate 1.54% Resultant rate 3.38%

Facility Fee 1.05%

Inclusive of the 1.05% Facility Fee, the total cost of this finance is 4.43%.

We are required to reduce the principle on this loan by $91,000 per annum.

At 31 December 2018 the Club had paid the initial drawdown of $1m down to $550,000.

Auditor Mr Patrick Salter, Chartered Accountant, has provided an unqualified audit opinion on the Club’s 2018 financial report. Insurance Cover The principal policies provide the following cover at each of the lodges: Perisher Jindabyne Building $2,794,000 $1,400,000 Contents $127,339 $39,000 Public Liability $20,000,000 $20,000,000 The policy excess amounts are (generally) $1,000. The policies provide cover to specific sub-limits for accidental damage, burglary, theft, and a range of other risks. The Club maintains a group accident policy providing limited cover for members and persons attending organised Club work parties and other functions. Persons representing the Club at sanctioned snow sports events or participating in Club events are generally covered under a policy maintained by Ski and Snowboard Australia. This policy also provides Public Liability cover of $20,000,000, Professional Indemnity cover of $2,000,000 and Management Liability cover of $1,000,000. The Club maintains a Voluntary Workers insurance policy which, in broad terms, covers members on and travelling to working bees. Workers Compensation insurance was maintained for NSW during the year to cover employees of the Club.

GOVERNANCE (Convenor: Peter Cunningham)

General Meeting

The 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) was conducted at the Canberra Bridge

Club in Deakin on Wednesday 21 March 2018.

Committee

The members shown below served on the Committee during the 2018 calendar year. The AGM at which they retired or at which their term is due to expire is shown and is current as at the time of preparation of this report. Positions shown are as at the time of preparation of this report.

AGM Retire President Jonathan Wilson 2019 Immediate Past President Peter Cunningham 2019 Vice Presidents Allister Polkinghorne * 2019 Will Comensoli 2020 Fran Sanders 2018 Secretary Jenny McLeod 2020 Treasurer Mark King 2019 Ordinary Committee Members Phil Bell 2019 Monika Binder 2020 Denelda Bolt 2018 Judy Lejins 2018 Margaret Mahoney 2020 Mandy Savery 2020 Colleen Turner * 2019

* Filled casual vacancy

Committee Meetings

Details of attendances at Committee meetings are set out in Table 1. All meetings in 2018 were held in Canberra.

Meeting Attendance

  Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec  Of Bell    8 11 Binder NANA      5 9 Bolt  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 2 Comensoli         6 11 Cunningham  10 11 King        7 11 Lejins NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2 2 Mahoney       8 11 McLeod 11 11 Polkinghorne      5 11 Sanders NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2 2 Savery NA NA         8 9 Turner NA NA         8 9 Wilson          7 11 8 5 9 8 8 8 9 6 8 9 7

NA denotes not a member of the Committee at the time of the meeting Table 1 - Attendance at 2018 Committee Meetings Committee Changes

Margaret Mahoney was elected to a vacant ordinary Committee position on 12 February.

Denelda Bolt, Judy Lejins, and Fran Sanders retired at the 2018 AGM.

At the close of the 2018 AGM one vice-president position and one ordinary Committee position remained unfilled. On 9 April, Allister Polkinghorne was elected by the Committee to the vacant Vice-President position, and Colleen Turner was co- opted to the vacant ordinary Committee position. This left one vacant ordinary Committee position which remained unfilled.

LODGES (Convenor: Peter Cunningham)

Perisher (Lodge Coordinator: Peter Richards)

The year 2018 was pivotal for the Perisher Lodge. The NSW Department of Planning (NSW Planning) issued a Fire Notice on 11 April where we were required to comply

9 with all the final 2007 Fire Order outstanding issues. The Fire Order also incorporated our plans to install a second set of stairs from the Manager’s flat down to the second level plus remove the column from the basement central room. The initial Order completion date was 30 May however this was adjusted after our appeal to the more realistic date of 30 June. It was an extremely tight program as we had limited time to re-appoint a builder, organise materials and complete all the work by the due date.

The project had had a false start in early 2018 when we misunderstood the NSW Planning process. After a Fire Safety Engineer’s design and fire report was completed by J2 Fire Safety Engineers in November 2017 we appointed a builder (Ecoseal) who commenced work in January. However after commencing work we were ordered to cease work by NSW Planning as they wanted to consolidate all outstanding activities and had concerns with the Fire Report. We then worked through the issues with NSW Planning over the next two months and this resulted in their Fire Order on 11 April.

After the appointment of a new builder (Mick Hudson), as the initial builder was unavailable, the majority of the outstanding work was completed by mid-June, just beating the snow. This was in accordance with the Fire Order deadline. The builder returned to finish some minor plastering in October and will be completing the basement beam installation and pole removal before the 2019 winter.

The works completed were:

• Installation of a new internal stairwell to the Manager’s flat, constructed from the southern end of the flat into the loft of bedroom 1 and from there access into the locker area. • The lockers were re-arranged and the locker area store relocated to the loft of bedroom 2. The bedroom 2 loft was closed off to accommodate the new store. • A mezzanine floor was installed above bedroom 1 and its stairs removed. • The area above the bedroom 1 mezzanine is now a large, useful store room for the Manager’s flat. • Installation of fire rated plaster between the mid-level (kitchen & lounge level) and the Manager’s flat to achieve full fire separation. • Installation of a fire sprinkler system in the basement. • Completion of all outstanding fire rating projects required under the 2007 Fire Order. • Expansion of the manager’s flat by pushing back the flat’s western walls (by 600mm to 1500mm) into the old void. This gained a very large amount of extra room

10 space and has considerably improved the utility of the flat. The kitchen was also re- arranged. • Plaster relining of the existing manager’s flat access stairwell.

Compliance with the Fire Order was a very serious matter and had to be achieved by the due date as it would have been very likely that NSW Planning may have closed the lodge until full compliance was achieved. This would have totally disrupted our 2018 winter and caused the cancellation of all Member’s bookings. Because the Fire Order and construction timing was so late, finding alternative accommodation would have been problematic.

The whole exercise took over a year and had been a particularly frustrating time because of the slowness of dealing with the fire safety engineers, liaising and negotiating with NSW Planning, finalising the designs and required modifications, securing builders and tradesmen at short notice and organising the required materials. The Lodges sub-committee handled the project and many thanks must be given to Amanda East, Peter Cunningham, Sam de Lorenzo and particular credit must be given to Peter Richards who gave up a lot of his time to project manage on-site over seven weeks.

The NSW Planning Fire Order, while onerous, was the catalyst for a combined project with our lodge improvement plans to produce a more functional and safer lodge.

The 2017 AGM had endorsed the expenditure of $55K to complete all the outstanding work, the final expenditure was $87K.

Simultaneously on 12 April, NSW Planning also issued a Notice of intention to issue an order - External Wall Cladding. This required us to undertake a Fire Safety Engineers investigation of the external cladding of the Perisher Lodge for compliance with the NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. Most, if not all lodges in Perisher and Smiggin Holes were issued with similar notices. These Notices were the end result of the fire prone cladding issues that had resulted in major fires in Australia and overseas.

The target date was 22 June which was a very tight timetable. We engaged Fire Engineers AED who produced a report – Building Code of Australia Facade Compliance Assessment which reported our full compliance. The report was submitted to NSW Planning in late June.

In parallel, normal work parties did proceed with a good roll-up of willing hands at each of the four work parties held during 2018 (10/11 February, 3/4 March, 7/8 April and 10/11 November), these included members, waiters, friends and children who undertook the various tasks at hand.

A major incident during winter was the breaking of a flexible water pipe in the ground floor bathroom in the new wing. This caused extensive damage to the hallway carpets and caused the underfloor heating zone in that area to be taken out of service for the remainder of winter until it dried out and could be safely operated again. Many thanks to Ken French who did temporary repairs and cleaned up the damage. All plumbing flexible leads have now been replaced and the carpet was replaced on 15th February 2019.

Other work carried out during the year included general maintenance, painting, general cleaning, checking bedding, replacing pillows, bed lamps and globes as needed, removing exotic plants from our lease and the purchase of new items. No major projects were completed during the year except the Fire Order work.

The future Perisher capital works program tendered at the 2017 AGM will progress when finances allow and after consultation with Members as to their priorities. The extension of the dining room has been previously highlighted by Members as the first preferred project.

Jindabyne (Lodge Coordinator: Peter Cunningham)

Two working bees were conducted during 2018 - 17/18 February and 3/4 November. Both work parties were very successful and well attended.

Besides the normal maintenance activities and lodge upkeep the major projects completed were:

• Retaining walls built on east and west sides, tan bark installed. • Garden area created on west side. • Completed the new end parking bay by erecting timber retaining wall and replacing granite rocks. • New drying rack installed. • New dryer installed • The front driveway was concrete ground at the top to increase the vehicle clearance distance. This will benefit the many low and normal cars that have had access troubles since the new driveway was constructed in 2014.

• Car stops were installed in the car park to assist drivers when parking, particularly against the rock wall. • An extra car spot was created on the north side by realigning the car spaces. We now have increased the car parking from 11 to 13 car parks. • A bin wall was erected on Banjo Paterson street, this doubles as a driveway guide. • All bedroom window shades stripped and painted. The next stage will to have them protected by metal colourbond.

Major projects planned for 2019 are to install a lockable bike shelter, installation of a front retaining wall at the bottom of the driveway and continued investigation of a permanent decking awning.

Members should be aware that a couple of years ago the upstairs lounge area was dedicated to our two-time Olympian Laura Peel. A plaque has been relocated to the top of the stairs to highlight this. We are very proud of Laura’s achievements and the room dedication is a very appropriate way to recognise her international sporting achievements.

Mount Franklin (Coordinator: Ian McLeod)

Three work parties were held during the year; one, on 21 April, before the Canberra and Region Heritage Festival, the others on 20-21 January and 10-11 November. Most of the work was vegetation control. The April work party also replaced the frost-shattered bricks marking the footprint of the chalet and split and stacked in the shelter the load of firewood left by the ranger. For variety, the group walked to Ginini Flats, a Ramsar site (migratory birds and corroboree frogs) northwest of Mount Ginini on 11 November. Despite showery weather, the open day saw about 25 visitors; these included four members of the Franklin family of Brindabella fame.

A group making a documentary film of Namadgi National Park filmed activities at the January work party and on 21 December filmed lengthy interviews of several club members about their Mount Franklin experiences.

O'Keefe's Hut (Coordinator: Paul Oboohov)

Members Paul Oboohov, Kathy Saw, Patrick See and Helen Jennings participated in an O’Keefe’s Hut workparty on 10 to 12 March 2018. Work done included replacing a broken window pane with a new one in the main room; wallpapered 1930’s newspapers to the back room walls and fixed perspex sheets over them with screws;

13 sanded and scraped old paint from the rear door, applying undercoat and Solarguard paint; and collected a supply of wood. On Sunday 11th March we climbed to the alpine grass on Mt Jagungal, near the weather station, on a creek found to be navigable through the scrub, after analysing Google Earth imagery and using a handheld navigation device.

BOOKINGS

(Convenor: Jon Wilson)

Lodge Usage

As can be seen from the figures reported in Appendix 2, 2018 was another excellent year for the club in terms of bookings. Total bookings exceeded 6,500 bed / nights across both lodges, representing growth of more than 9%, and setting yet another new record for the club. This growth was particularly remarkable, as some areas of the Perisher Lodge were unavailable in the first half of the year, due to the works required to comply with the 2007 Fire Order (see Lodges report for more details).

While usage of the Perisher Lodge remained largely consistent with previous years, the growth in bookings was driven by the Jindabyne Lodge, which recorded just over 2,900 bed / nights (almost a 30% increase on 2017 levels). It was great to see significant off-peak usage, and this is a trend that the Bookings sub-committee will look to encourage.

With excellent snowfall early in the season, and regular top-ups throughout, 2018 provided a fantastic Winter season. It was also encouraging to see plenty of periods, outside of peak weekends when the lodges were either at, or very near, capacity.

For a comprehensive summary of bookings information for this year, and comparison with previous years, please refer to Appendix 2 of the report.

Online System

The club has now completed its second full year of operation with the CBDWeb system as its centralised membership and booking system. The feedback on the system continues to be very positive. Most feedback centres of the ability to see forward booking levels, and that the system makes booking and paying very easy.

We note that during 2018, CBDWeb have started to introduce a new design which will make the system even easier to use, particularly on phones and tablets. Most

14 changes currently only affect administrative areas of the system, however we hope to see member areas also being updated in 2019.

If you have any feedback that you would like to share about the online system, please feel free to contact the Admin Officer.

Booking Privileges

A number of members and guests were granted booking privileges (complimentary accommodation and early confirmation of Saturday nights) which are approved by the committee. A list of these is included in Appendix 3.

These privileges are extended to the coordinators of lodge events (such as Family and Youth Weeks, and the Brumby and Championship Dinners) as well as members representing the club during races (e.g. Balmain Cup, Perisher Cup) and participating in Snowsports development programs. The club highly values all of these contributions, and these privileges represent a small “Thank You” from the club for the contribution that these members and guest have made.

The club also continued to support Nordic Shelter work parties by offering complimentary accommodation to participants at a number of these events in 2018. We are proud to support this group, who have objectives which are closely aligned with those of the club.

Members of the subcommittee in 2018 were: Jon Wilson, Jenny McLeod and Sarah Forsdyke.

SNOWSPORTS

(Convener: Colleen Turner, Club Captain: Kristen Guseli)

The club actively supports the development of Snowsports by offering development grants and some complimentary accommodation to those who apply and are approved in accordance with the Snowsports guidelines. This process is undertaken by the Snowsports sub-committee.

The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, saw club member Laura Peel finish with an outstanding 5th in the Aerials finals. Many members were glued to the late night Olympic television broadcasts of Laura’s performance, cheering her on from Australia. Her parents Teresa and Bill, and several Club members travelled especially to watch her compete in South Korea. Prior to the Olympics she won back

15 to back to bronze at Lake Placid World Cup. In 2019 so far, she has won gold at the first Europa Cup in Finland, silver at the US Nationals, came 4th at the World Championships, and won silver at the Moscow World Cup.

Well done Laura, your club is very proud of you.

Valentino Guseli also had a good year internationally, taking out USA National Age Champion for the 4th year, and a 2nd in the US Open Junior Jam, qualifying for the men’s final and coming in at 22nd. More recently he has competed in his first junior World Championships in Half Pipe, and was the youngest to make the finals, finishing up in 10th.

Both received nominations for the Ski and Snowboard Australia Awards held in Melbourne in May; Laura was nominated for 2018 - Athlete of the Year, and Valentino - 2018 Junior Athlete of the Year and Rising Star, taking home the Rising Star award. Alex Bell also attended the awards night with other Club members and was happy to collect the School of the Year award on behalf of Canberra Grammar School.

Interschools

Many junior Club members compete in the Interschools Competitions throughout the Winter and when the Nationals are hosted at Perisher it is especially good fun.

Notable achievements include:

Australian Interschools Championships Ali Guseli 1st Boardercross and 1st GS Valentino Guseli 1st GS and 3rd Slopestyle Jet Lange 2nd Boardercross Winter Lange 4th Boardercross

ACT Schools Cup Magnus Bell 1st Andrew Kerr 1st Brayden Purvis-Smith (waiting list) 1st Lachlan Herring 5th

Club races and events

Articles have been published throughout the season re-capping the Club races and

16 other events. See Appendix 5 for winners of Club trophies. When members compete for the Club in events such as Perisher Cup and Balmain Cup they can seek reimbursement for any associated costs (lift tickets, gear hire etc) and also receive complimentary accommodation (see appendix 3). Information on development grants is available on the website.

Alpine and Snowboard Club championship entries were low this year (a total of 7 competitors across both disciplines), although the Club had 2 teams enter the Perisher Cup. It seems that clashes with other events may be one of the contributing factors to our reduced numbers of competitors.

SOCIAL (Convenors: Mandy Savery/Colleen Turner)

The social aspects of Club life kicked off in 2018 with the pre-season Cocktail Party being held at Vertikal Indoor Snow Sports. The enticing spread of cocktail food was enhanced with the entertainment of watching fellow members who were brave enough to sample the activities on offer. Several wait-listers attended and enjoyed the opportunity to meet members before the season kicked off. It was great to see so many Junior members in attendance.

During the season, two social events were held at Perisher, the Club Championship Dinner on 11 August and the Brumby Cup Dinner on 28 July. The Club Championship dinner was ably organised by Amanda East and was enjoyed by all. The Brumby Cup Dinner was catered by HQ Cuisine based in Cooma. Everyone had a great time and there was certainly plenty of lovely food. Feedback from those who attended was very positive. Thanks go to Amanda East for the Club Championship Dinner and Melissa Randall who took over the delivery aspects of the Brumby Cup Dinner.

The Annual Presentation Dinner was held on 27 October at Gryphons in Griffith. Members who attended really enjoyed the evening and the chance to mingle.

The social sub-committee would like to extend a huge thank you to Melanie Callaghan who organised both the pre-season Cocktail Party and the Annual Presentation Dinner and is always on the lookout for new and interesting venues to hold our functions.

As always, the social sub-committee is always keen for new members to join the fun and help keep the social side of the Club interesting.

MEMBERSHIP (Convenor: Jenny McLeod)

The membership decline of recent years has been arrested in 2018, with a net increase of one member. The number of people on the waiting list increased again, with over half of those on the waiting list having nominated in 2018.

As usual for recent years, membership offers were able to be made through the year as waiters became eligible. In many cases this meant waiters progressing to provisional status early in the year as they attended work parties, and then being offered full membership late in the year, or with their subscription renewals.

Members Associates Honorary Life 8 Waiting List – Adult 37 Life 22 Waiting List – Youth 7 Ordinary 408 Waiting List – Junior 20 (50 yr) (12) Associated Ex-Members 28 (Gold) (69) Total Associates 92 Youth 49 Junior 40 Provisional 11 Total Members 538

Table 2 - Membership by Category 2018

The register of members (including the year elected to membership) and lists of associated persons form Appendix 7. Any errors should be notified to the Secretary or Administrative Officer.

Information on membership demographic trends is available in Part 3 of this report.

Obituaries

The Committee records with regret the death, in 2018, of Jessie Bennett (Life member), Ted Brennan (associated ex-member), and Tanya Gendle (Provisional member).

Re-admission to Membership

During 2018, the Committee re-admitted one person whose membership had lapsed.

PUBLIC RELATIONS (Convenor: Jenny McLeod; Frozen Acres editor: Judy Lejins; Assistant Editor: Monika Binder)

External advertising continues to provide focussed face to face, often informal information on the Club. Business cards with contact details for the Club continue to be well used – pick some up from the lodges, or contact the Admin Officer or Secretary; quite a few members have kept a couple in their pocket and found them useful when talking to people on lifts who are interested in joining a club. This has directly led to several new members. The Club’s stall at the Snowsports ACT Ski and Snowboard Sale and Expo generated several membership queries. A batch of Club logo stickers printed late in 2017 were snapped up by members for use on skis, boards, helmets and elsewhere.

During 2018 we published nine issues of Frozen Acres. As previously, Stella McLaughlin proofread most items. FreshCreative printed the issues, Jon Wilson batched and posted them and Jenny McLeod arranged distribution to those members who receive them online. Monika Binder, assistant editor, wrote a number of interesting articles, all of which were accompanied by photographs, relating to the various ski tours she had undertaken throughout the year in Australia and overseas. Other members also sent in articles recounting their skiing and hiking trips. Readers found these articles most interesting and informative. Other items published included race results, juniors’ pages, announcement of coming events and letters to the editor.

Thanks go to all those who contributed articles or helped in other ways with the production and distribution of Frozen Acres.

20 Skimail emails were sent in 2018, including urgent updates such as short notice work parties, registration information for Club races, and unfortunately, funeral information, as well as more routine information on NPWS activities and other events. The Club's Facebook group has reached 250 members, including some people who are not CAC members but have expressed an interest in the Club, or are ex-members. Members shared information and photos on ski technology, Perisher conditions, work parties, social events, race photos and results, and of course plenty of photos of members enjoying skiing and snowboarding.

The Club website was updated during the year with Club race results and other information.

The Club's Personal Locator Beacon was borrowed seven times in 2018, with two loans for Club events and five for private trips. The PLB is available for loan to any member at no cost for bushwalking, skiing, or other expeditions, in order to improve safety for members on Club or private trips.

STRATEGIC PLANNING

(Convener: Allister Polkinghorne)

The Strategic Planning sub-committee continued the process of producing a ten (10) year strategic plan which will encompass all future lodge development as its central focuses. It plans to issue a discussion report during 2019.

The fourth year of operation of the new Jindabyne Lodge was successful and again with positive feedback from all users. Booking numbers and revenue were in excess of the original projections which is very satisfying. The low interest rate on our Westpac loan facility has further benefited the Club’s financial position and enabled us to be ahead of our planned loan reduction target.

The Club’s planning emphasis has been on the Jindabyne redevelopment for the past 5 to 10 years. At the 2017 AGM the membership indicated that their preferences moving forward for the next few years was to concentrate on the reduction of the Jindabyne loan debt as quickly as possible to put the Club back on a sound financial footing. The loan has now been reduced from $1M to $495k as at January 2019.

The future planned Perisher Capital works program will encompass major projects such as the extension of the dining room into the rebuilt southern deck (stage 1 completed in 2013 with the decking rebuild), refurbishment of the basement, refurbishment of the old wing bedrooms, possible installation of ensuites in the new wing lower bedrooms (plumbing and wall layout pre-installed in original construction) and a number of other smaller projects.

PART 3 – MEMBERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE

MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS

Details of the number of persons in each membership and associates category in recent years are shown in Table 3. Membership changes are notified periodically in Frozen Acres.

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Hon. Life 6 7 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 Life 35 34 30 28 26 26 23 22 23 22 Ordinary 438 435 426 416 424 410 406 403 405 408 (50 yr) (5) (4) (5) (9) (11) (11) (12) (12) (14) (12) (Gold) (43) (46) (46) (46) (49) (58) (61) (64) (63) (69) Youth 44 46 48 53 57 60 52 54 54 49 Junior 71 72 75 69 70 63 55 47 41 40 Provisional 1 6 10 13 9 5 12 8 6 11

Total members 595 600 597 587 593 571 556 542 537 538

Waiting list total 72 54 56 46 24 28 38 28 45 64 Junior 34 24 24 21 9 9 18 12 14 20 Youth 4 2 4 2 1 3 2 3 6 7 Adult 34 28 28 23 14 16 18 13 25 37 Associated 23 24 30 39 35 41 39 34 28 28 Ex-members Table 3 - Membership by Category 2009-2018

Table 4 shows the approximate age profile of the membership. As dates of birth are not routinely available for members joining prior to about 1970, and are also missing for some later members, the data has a significant amount of uncertainty, in particular for older age groups.

<10 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80+ Members (all classes) 3 52 73 32 68 130 97 54 29 Waiting list (all classes) 6 20 1 4 16 11 5 1 0 Table 4 - Membership by Age 2018

The Constitution prevents the Committee from offering membership to persons resident more than 160 kilometres from the Canberra GPO (other than a partner or child of a member) whenever more than one third of the total membership is or would be residing more than 160 kilometres from the Canberra GPO. “In area” membership increased noticeably in 2018, and is now slightly more than 72%.

Table 5 shows residence and gender trends over the previous decade.

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 % “In Area” 69.2% 68.5% 68.8% 69.0% 69.8% 69.2% 70.8% 70.4% 70.4% 72.1% % Male 53.9% 53.2% 52.4% 52.5% 52.3% 52.6% 52.1% 51.8% 51.6% 52.4% Table 5 – Membership trends

Membership Changes in 2018

The following persons were deleted from the register of members during 2018 (year of joining shown in parentheses):

Jessie Bennett (1955) Rosalind Ransome (2006) Ted Brennan (1986) Edmund Ransome-Gilding (2008) Sharron Bright (1997) Daanja Rensen (2013) Pip Daley (1996) Shauna Rigby (2001) Andrew Davies (2005) Bill Russell (1996) Tanya Gendle (2017) John Stephens (1986) Stephen Hyles (1964) Luke Stone (2005) Sterling Kitchings (2011) Ashleigh Tennant (2003) Sophie Lukersmith (2000) Peter Tormey (1968) Tiernan McNamara (1987) Sally Tormey (1961) Guy Pagano (2002) Zoe Veenstra (2005) Frank Parsons (1969) Nicholas Welch (2004) Rae Prosser (1962)

Twelve adults and three juniors were added to the register of members during 2018. These members are listed in the register of members in Appendix 7 with a joining year of 2018.

OTHER MANAGEMENT ISSUES Executive Office Holders

During the year, the Committee appointed the following Executive Office holders: Club Captain: Kristen Guseli Editor of Frozen Acres: Judy Lejins

22 Public Officer

Lindy Down was elected at the 2018 AGM as Public Officer until the 2020 AGM.

Auditor Patrick Salter, of Salter Associates, was appointed at the 2017 AGM as auditor until the 2019 AGM.

Staff The following staff were engaged on behalf of the Club during the year: Administrative Officer: Sarah Forsdyke Perisher Manager/Caretaker: Jill French Club Records The Club’s records are presently stored at the residences of the Secretary and at the Jindabyne Lodge. The few records held documenting Club activities and membership until the move to Perisher are generally fragile, in poor condition and incomplete. Records held include photographs, construction drawings, minutes, Frozen Acres, membership records, accounting records and year books.

Affiliations The Club is a corporate member of SLOPES (Ski Lodges Organisation of Perisher, Smiggins and Guthega Inc), Snowsports ACT, and KHA (Kosciuszko Huts Association). SLOPES represents all 88 private lodges in the Perisher, Smiggins and Guthega area, and participates in a wide range of matters involving the governance of the Perisher area. Until 31 October CAC was affiliated with Snowsports ACT who was the peak body governing competitive snowsports in the ACT. On 1 November Snowsports ACT and NSW Snowsports merged with SSA (Ski & Snowboard Australia), the nationally and internationally recognised authority governing competitive snowsports in Australia. CAC is now a corporate member of SSA. KHA assists with the conservation, management, and construction of huts and homesteads within Kosciuszko National Park and Namadgi National Park. Canberra Alpine Club is the KHA caretaker club for O'Keefe's Hut in the northern part of Kosciuszko National Park.

23 APPENDIX 1

WORK PARTY PARTICIPATION - 2018

The following members and non-members attended a work party at a Club lodge, O’Keefe’s Hut, or the Mount Franklin Chalet Precinct

Brian Agnew William Hannaford Femke Rensen Grace Barber Scott Hardcastle Peter Richards Greg Barber Andrew Herring Buddy Ross Kylie Barber Ashlee Herring Gene Ross Olivia Barber Lachlan Herring Sunny Ross Doug Boast Piper Herring John Sanders Lynette Boast Will Herring Andrew Saw Alan Booth David Hislop Kathy Saw Adele Bottom Helen Jennings Joachim Schoen Tania Brown Paul Kelly Audrey Severino Anne Campbell Emmet Lamb Dylan Severino Peter Cunningham Scott Lamb Luis Severino Rhonda Cunningham Andrew Lander Nathan Shepherd Andrew Cupit Carey Lander Annabelle Taggart Jenny Cupit Judy Lejins Callum Taggart Paul Davis Margaret Mahoney Ken Taggart Leon Down Tanya Mark Lucas Taggart Lindy Down Andrew McIntyre Ben Tyhouse Amanda East Bev McLeod Willi Tyhouse Gavin Fox Ian McLeod Kathleen Waddell Gabriella Fox-Randall Jenny McLeod Caroline Walker Joshua Fox-Randall Colleen Moore Marilyn Wall Sophia Fox-Randall Jason Moore Kathryn Wingett Garry Fry Lexi Moore Doug Wright Louise Fry Olivia Moore Ben Young Jenny Gallagher James Muldowney Chrissie Young Stan Goodhew Rory Muldowney Mason Young Harry Hannaford Alison Polkinghorne Ryder Young Nick Hannaford Melissa Rendell

Apologies to anyone who participated, but is not listed above.

24 APPENDIX 2

LODGE OCCUPANCY DATA 2011-2018

(Bed/nights occupied per month) Jindabyne (capacity 12 beds from 2007 – 30 beds from 2014) 17-18 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 variation

Jan 72 53 66 0 198 172 142 208 66 Feb 94 105 50 0 90 177 86 63 -23 Mar 91 81 137 0 58 313 122 212 90 Apr 79 130 109 0 123 148 229 278 49 May 32 62 67 0 60 42 1 77 76 Jun 70 135 71 0 150 65 138 109 -29 Jul 288 295 288 0 459 525 470 598 128 Aug 274 235 225 296 375 388 505 594 89 Sep 115 149 58 150 119 148 240 313 73 Oct 3 35 0 38 27 32 51 25 -26 Nov 5 17 0 135 146 130 49 199 150 Dec 30 144 0 220 268 100 216 237 21 1,153 1,441 1,071 839 2,073 2,240 2,249 2,913 664 29.5%

Perisher (capacity 44 beds) Jan 119 163 282 86 311 647 174 148 -26 Feb 179 311 172 259 247 152 62 135 73 Mar 403 232 368 165 184 224 252 190 -62 Apr 246 132 70 331 229 48 81 20 -61 May 42 0 21 63 85 0 20 10 -10 Jun 86 290 176 156 229 90 220 127 -93 Jul 1085 1243 1266 1287 1025 1011 1041 1030 -11 Aug 1048 988 1061 1064 889 891 1118 1075 -43 Sep 229 566 296 367 313 266 509 619 110 Oct 181 68 0 61 2 2 88 82 -6 Nov 141 102 60 40 21 7 12 0 -12 Dec 166 143 129 78 145 93 137 158 21 3,925 4,238 3,901 3,957 3,680 3,431 3,714 3,594 -120 -3.2% Both Lodges Totals 5,078 5,679 4,972 4,796 5,753 5,671 5,963 6,507 544 9.1%

25 APPENDIX 3

COMPLIMENTARY ACCOMMODATION

Recipient Purpose Location Night(s)

Caroline Walker Family Week Coordinator Perisher 6 Nina Lange Family Week Coordinator Perisher 6 Erica Lejins Youth Week Coordinator Perisher 6 Caroline Walker Youth Week Coordinator Perisher 6 Colleen Turner Brumby Dinner Coordinator Perisher 1 Amanda East Championships Dinner Coordinator Perisher 1

Lee Bygrave Balmain Cup (Competitor) Perisher 2 Tuva Bygrave Balmain Cup (Competitor) Perisher 2 Seve DeCampo Balmain Cup (Competitor) Perisher 2 James Hansen Balmain Cup (Competitor) Perisher 2 Will Comensoli Balmain Cup (Competitor) Jindabyne 2 James Gibson Balmain Cup (Competitor) Perisher 2 Alec Bell Balmain Cup (Competitor) Perisher 2 Chrissy Young Balmain Cup (Competitor) Perisher 2 Ben Young Balmain Cup (Competitor) Perisher 2 Shannon Breen Balmain Cup (Reserve) Jindabyne 2 Will Herring Balmain Cup (Reserve) Jindabyne 2 Kristen Guseli Balmain Cup (Organiser) Perisher 2

Steve Bygrave Perisher Cup (Competitor) Perisher 1 Lee Bygrave Perisher Cup (Competitor) Jindabyne 2 Tuva Bygrave Perisher Cup (Competitor) Jindabyne 2 David Hislop Perisher Cup (Competitor) Perisher 2 Alec Bell Perisher Cup (Competitor) Jindabyne 1 Alec Bell Perisher Cup (Competitor) Perisher 1

Total 59 Notes:

Approximately 48 complimentary bed-nights were also provided for participants in Nordic Shelter work parties (mostly non-members).

26 Early Confirmation of Saturday Night Accommodation

Recipient Purpose Night(s) Peter Cunningham TD/Organiser XC races 6 Rhonda Cunningham Organiser XC races 6 Alec Bell Winter Sports Club Program 9 Magnus Bell Winter Sports Club Program 9 Phil Bell Accompanying parent 9 Sasa Maybury Winter Sports Club Program 8 Virginia Maybury Accompanying parent 8 Jenny McLeod Blue Cow Masters 6 Olivia Moore Winter Sports Club Program 7 Jason Moore/Colleen Turner Accompanying parent 7 Josh Fox-Randall Freeski team 8 Melissa Randall Women’s Masters and Acc. Parent 8 Steve Smith Blue Cow Masters 8 Kathryn Wingett Women’s Masters 7

Total 106 Note: The above table shows the approvals that were granted, not the accommodation that was booked. Not all approvals of early confirmation of Saturday night bookings were necessarily booked due to injury or other reasons. In general, flexibility for the accompanying parent of juniors was explicitly approved, and in these cases the individuals may have changed from those listed above.

27 APPENDIX 4

LODGE PARTY LEADERS The Committee records its appreciation to the following members who served as leaders at the Lodges during the 2018 Peak Season. Apologies to any members who have been missed from the list:

Andrew Baker Robert Eddy Graeme Jolly Monika Binder Andrew Frain Nina Lange Doug Boast Warwick Greville Erica Lejins Lee Bygrave Kristen Guseli Judy Lejins Louise Bygrave Ric Guseli Margaret Mahoney Hamish Cameron Andrew Hahn Andrew McIntyre William Comensoli James Hansen Jenny McLeod Andra Crowe Teresa Harrington Mandy Savery Peter Cunningham Andrew Herring Stephen Smith Rhonda Cunningham Ashlee Herring Colleen Turner Lindy Down Paddy Hodgman Caroline Walker Paul Dugdale Peter Holmes Linda Wells Amanda East Lynette Johns-Boast Jon Wilson

28 APPENDIX 5 2018 TROPHIES AND AWARDS Club Champions Alpine Men (Don Olbry Slalom Cup): William Brake Women: Amanda East Boys (Hewson Trophy): William Brake Girls: Not awarded

Cross Country Men (Casey Trophy): Tim Greville Women: Jenny McLeod Boys (Dalheim Trophy): Tommee Cunningham Girls (Dalheim Trophy): Harriet Greville

Snowboard Men (Wilson Cup): Not awarded Women (Collins Cup): Ali Guseli Boys: Not awarded Girls: Ali Guseli

Awards Lane-Poole Trophy: Peter Richards Adam Boling Youth Award: Not awarded Peter Wilson Trophy: Angus Hatch-McKendrick Outstanding Contribution Trophy: Dean Lange U-Need-A-Plumber Junior Encouragement Cup: Sasa Maybury Club Events President's Cup Men: Steve Bygrave; Women: Jenny McLeod Brumby Cup: Jenny McLeod / Steve Bygrave Social Slider: Not Awarded; Social Glider: Ali Guseli Brocklehurst Parent/Child: Andrew Herring/Lachlan Herring Wombat Cup (most improved female athlete): Melissa Randall Wombat Cup (most improved male athlete): Dougal Cameron Novice Cups: Lachlan Herring, Harriet Greville Veterans Trophy (Men): Lee Bygrave ; (Women): Louise Rose 29

APPENDIX 6 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 2018 GRANTS Note: Grants for 2018 were not finalised in the 2018 financial year – there may be changes to these figures Individual Development Programmes 2,500 Individuals at Elite Level 1,000 Expenditure on Group Activities 3,617 (Budget $8,500) TOTAL 7,117

Competition level Individuals Bed nights Perisher Jindabyne Value Grant Magnus Bell - - - $500 Alec Bell - - - $500 Dougal Cameron - - - $500 Josh Fox-Randall 14 - $504 $500 Olivia Moore 3 6 $258 $500 17 6 $762 $2,500 Note: value of bed nights (shown in italics) is not a Snowsports Development budget item and is not included in grant totals. Elite Level Individuals Valentino Guseli 14 - $504 $1,000

Group Activities 2018 2017 Balmain Cup 100 650 Brumby Cup 1,879 1,822 KAC (Cross-country Championships) 275 250 Snowy Mountains Classic 115 - Perisher Cup (Entry fees, ski hire, lift tickets) 598 - Night Relays (Entry fees) 160 80 Club Championships (ACT Citizens Race) 490 480 Totals for Group Activities 3,617 3,202

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROVIDED 2009-2018 Total Value of Benefits to Individuals (includes value of accommodation)

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Total

Alec Bell 500 500

Magnus Bell 500 500

Katie Calder 1,500 1,500 Dougal Cameron 500 500 Bridgette Cunningham 400 400 Josh Fox- Randall 1,004 1,004 Valentino Guseli 822 836 948 1,462 2,476 1,504 8,048

Andrew Kerr 560 822 812 892 948 962 4,996

Jennifer Kerr 780 580 822 788 892 948 962 5,772 Jet Lange 948 940 976 2,864 Winter Lange 742 942 1,684

Olivia Moore 758 758

India Murphy 780 780 Katya Murphy 780 780 Laura Peel 750 1,000 2,500 2,500 3,000 2,500 3,000 15,250

Shauna Rigby 470 780 1,250

Ben Sim 1,500 1,000 2,500

Elliott Sutton 780 780 Caitlin Wilson- Bygrave 822 836 892 2,550 Lauren Wilson- Bygrave 720 822 836 2,378

subtotals 4,620 5,900 4,360 6,610 7,108 5,176 3,792 5,068 7,394 4,766 54,794

Group Events 3,371 3,280 4,961 4,260 3,425 4,610 4,120 1,510 3,202 3,617 36,356

Totals 7,991 9,180 9,321 10,870 10,533 9,786 7,912 6,578 10,596 8,383 91,150

APPENDIX 7 REGISTER OF MEMBERS at 31 December 2018 Year preceding name indicates when elected to membership Errors should be brought to the attention of the Secretary

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS 1950 BAGNALL, Alan 1980 HATCH, Lyndall 1996 CUNNINGHAM, Peter 1959 MCLEOD, Ian 1986 DELORENZO, Sam 1977 SMITH, Ross 1972 EAST, Amanda 1972 TILLEY, John

LIFE MEMBERS + denotes no recent contact and therefore not included in count of members 1960 ALLEN, William + 1968 KILPINEN, Paddy + 1960 AUJARD, Jennifer 1958 LANIGAN, Margaret 1955 BAGNALL, Barbara 1955 LEDGER, David 1964 BRENT, Peter 1960 MAY, Simon + 1964 BRENT, Ronald 1960 MCCONNELL, Albert + 1960 BURFIELD, Tren 1964 MCKEOWN, Robin 1961 CHAFFER, Lin 1956 MILLER, Rob 1960 COLLINS, Corinne 1961 OVERALL, Andrew 1964 DAVIS, Jeanette + 1961 OVERALL, Michael 1960 DOWLING, David 1961 OVERALL, Tim 1960 DOWLING, Peter 1959 ROUTLEY, Althea 1956 FRAME, Fred + 1958 THOMPSON, Esther + 1961 GORMAN, Joan 1956 THOMPSON, Ian + 1960 HARVIE, Bob 1958 WATSON, Colin 1962 HAYWOOD, Patricia 1959 WHITNALL, Barbara + 1961 HAYWOOD, Phil 1959 WHITNALL, Warren + 1955 HILLS, Elaine + ORDINARY MEMBERS 50 Year Members 1965 ARNOTT, Pam 1965 GIBSON, Trevor 1962 BANBURY, Geoff 1955 GOODHEW, Stan 1956 BARNETT, David 1960 MCLEOD, Bev 1956 BARNETT, Michael 1956 PROSSER, David 1964 FOLEY, Geraldine 1961 WHITE, Geoff 1961 GARLICK, Marina 1966 WHITE, Sally

Gold Members 1966 ANDERSSEN, Jennifer 1975 COLMAN, Bill 1967 ARNOTT, Bob 1973 COOK, Margaret 1972 ASTON, Margaret 1966 DALHEIM, Carl Sterling 1982 BAIN, Alan 1965 DALHEIM, Halvard 1982 BRENNAN, Jenni 1967 DAWSON, David 1964 BROCKLEHURST, Richard 1967 DAWSON, James 1972 BYGRAVE, Tricia 1975 DOWLING, Margie 1972 CAIN, Ted 1964 DOWN, Lindy

1967 DUNN, Jane 1964 MOLAN, Heidi 1972 EAST, David 1970 NORTHROP, Diane 1972 EAST, Michael 1977 O'NEILL, Helen 1970 ELVIN, David 1977 O'NEILL, Terry 1980 ELVIN, Ian 1964 PALL, Leslie 1974 GAME, David 1977 PASCALL, John 1972 GRETTON, Paul 1977 PASCALL, Laurel 1982 GUSTAVSEN, Philip 1968 PEARSON, Betty 1970 HANSEN, Diane 1977 PEARSON, Warwick 1965 HARRIS, Karina 1973 PETERSON, Bruce 1977 HAWKES, Debbie 1973 PETERSON, Victoria 1967 HINGEE, Cedric 1968 REOCH, Clare 1975 HODGMAN, Louise 1972 RICHARDSON, Rebecca 1971 HOLMES, Kathryn 1967 SAUNDERS, Gray 1965 HOLMES, Peter 1973 SEE, Miranda 1977 HORNE, Rodney 1975 SNEDDEN, Andrew 1968 IVANOVICI, Angela 1974 SOLAGA, Ted 1973 JENNINGS, Helen 1978 STENHOUSE, Tony 1977 JOHNS-BOAST, Lyn 1971 STEWART, Angus 1974 KENYON, David 1966 STEWART, Anne 1975 KENYON, Richard 1982 TREBECK, David 1969 LEDGER, Andrew 1965 WALLNER, Bruce 1967 LEDGER, Charles 1967 WHEELER, Jillian 1964 LOCKWOOD, Sally 1970 WILLHEIM, Ernst 1964 LUKERSMITH, Susan 1970 WILLHEIM, Mary Louise 1964 MACPHILLAMY, Christopher 1973 WOOLACOTT, Sandra 1970 MCLENNAN, Christine

+ indicates provisional member

2004 ABRAHAM, Brett 2007 BARNETT, Bruce 1999 ABRAHAM, Peter 2007 BARNETT, Jane 2000 ABRAHAM, Thomas 1984 BARNETT, John 2018 AGNEW, Brian 1984 BARNETT, Paul 1999 AGNEW, Laura 2016 O'TOOLE, Dominique 1986 AGNEW, Nevin 2014 BEATTY, Angela 1993 AGNEW, Styliani 2006 BELL, Andrew 2013 ALIDENES, Nina 2001 BELL, Dominic 2015 ANDERSON, Lorraine 2015 BELL, Phillip 2002 ARNOLD, Linda 2000 BERESFORD-WYLIE, Adrian 1989 ARNOLD, Ron 2001 BERESFORD-WYLIE, Nicholas 1990 ASHTON, Anthony 2014 BERESFORD-WYLIE, Serena 1973 ATKINSON, Susan 1999 BINDER, Monika 2012 ATTREED, Sue 1999 BOARDMAN, Jane 1997 BAKER, Andrew 2013 BOARDMAN, Robert 2008 BAKER, Bronwyn Anne 2003 BOAST, Brigette 2002 BAKER, Lucy 2003 BOAST, Claire 1983 BANBURY, Nicholas 1995 BOAST, Douglas 1995 BARCLAY, Gregg 1985 BOLLARD, Anthea

2000 BOLT, Alice 2008 CROWE, Andra 2000 BOLT, Denelda 1996 CUNNINGHAM, Rhonda 2000 BOLT, Sarah 1996 CUNNINGHAM, Sally 2000 BOLT, Tony 1996 CUNNINGHAM, Scott 2017 BOOTH, Alan 1995 DALHEIM, Brenda 1999 BOSLER, John 2017 DAVIS, Paul 2003 BOTTOM, Craig 1978 DAWSON, Andrew 2013 BRAKE, Roger 1984 DE PLATER, John 1987 BRAY, Debbie 2018 DE RIDDER, John + 1972 BRAY, Fiona 2001 DEAN, Annette 2006 BRAZENOR, Cheryl 2012 DICKENS, Lesley 1990 BRENNAN, Christopher 2007 DICKS, Cathy 1997 BRIGHT, Craig 2007 DICKS, Daniel 2015 BRISTOW, Ed 1979 DOW, Sarah 1973 BROCKLEHURST, Adrian 1996 DOWN, Jessica 1988 BRODRICK, Natalie 1996 DOWN, Katie 1991 BUDD, Dianna 1983 DOWN, Leon 2000 BUDD, Hamilton 2011 DOWNES, Peter 1999 BUDD, Henry 2006 DUGDALE, Kate 2000 BURFIELD, Margaret 2001 DUGDALE, Paul 1976 BYGRAVE, Lee 1974 DULHUNTY, Annabel 1977 BYGRAVE, Louise 2004 DURNELL, Jeffrey 1976 BYGRAVE, Stephen 2000 EAST, Declan 1983 CAIN, Andrew 1991 EAST, Lesley 1997 CAIN, Callan 1995 EDDY, Robert 1983 CAIN, David 1984 EGAN, Christopher 1997 CAIN, Jason 2004 EGAN, Patricia 1985 CAIN, Kathryn 2005 ELVIN, Sybilla 1996 CALDER, Katie 2012 EMMERSON, Ashley 1980 CALLAGHAN, Melanie 1983 FINLAYSON, Gordon 2016 CAMERON, Hamish 1980 FINLAYSON, Richard 1981 CAMERON, James 1995 FORBES, Dennis 1976 CAMPBELL, Andrew 2002 FOSTER, Alexander 2007 CAMPBELL, Anne 1999 FOSTER, Deborah 2014 CAMPOS MAHECHA, Leo 1999 FOSTER, Michael 1986 CAMPOS-PASCALL, Amanda 2002 FOSTER, Solomon 1996 CARR, Judith 1996 FRAIN, Andrew 2004 CAVENAGH, Gillian 1996 FRAIN, Emily 2011 CHALMERS, Kate 2012 FRY, Garry 1987 CODY, Jackie 2009 GALLAGHER, Jennifer 2006 COLL, Anne 2012 GAME, Claire 1971 COLLINS, Sarah 2013 GANNON, Tim 1999 COLQUHOUN, Peter 1996 GILES, Fil 2000 COMENSOLI, Brendan 2006 GRACZYK, Julia 2011 COMENSOLI, Georgia 2015 GRAYSON, Josie 2000 COMENSOLI, William 2002 GREEN, Edward 1986 COOK, Robert 1985 GREVILLE, Sandra 2009 CORE, Bruce 1986 GREVILLE, Tim 2009 CORE, Katina 1984 GREVILLE, Tony 2012 CORE, Nash 1984 GREVILLE, Warwick 2017 CRAWLEY, Kim + 2010 GUPTA, Nittin

2007 GUSELI, Kristen 2018 LANDER, Andrew + 2007 GUSELI, Ric 2010 LANGE, Dean Douglas 2000 HAHN, Andrew 2010 LANGE, Nina Karolina 2007 HAHN, Christopher 1978 LANIGAN, Peter 2014 HALL, Jill 1976 LANIGAN, Sandra 1991 HALTON, Jane 1983 LAWRENCE, Hugh 1986 HANSEN, Geoff 1993 LAWRENCE, Katrina 2015 HANSEN, James 1989 LAY, Laurne 1998 HARDING, Gwen 1999 LEJINS, Erica 2007 HARDY, Amanda 1990 LEJINS, Judith 1997 HARRINGTON, Teresa 2005 LEJINS, Yvette 2001 HASSALL, Alison 1995 LEVINGSTON, John 2001 HASSALL, Mark 2000 LEVINGSTON, Roderick 1988 HASSALL, Sue 2012 LEVINGSTON, Sun-A 1983 HATCH, Hal 1980 LEWIS, Sarah 1990 HATCH, Lachlan 2013 LINEEN, Jonathon Roland 2018 HERRING, Andrew + 2008 LUCAS, Jeremy 2018 HERRING, Ashlee + 2000 LUKERSMITH, Oscar 2006 HODGMAN, James 2010 MAHONEY, Margaret 1998 HOOTON, Bob 2003 MARK, Tanya 1989 HORNE, Margaret 2001 MARTIN, Chelsey 1995 HORSNELL, Leon 2014 MAYBURY, Virginia 2012 HOWLAND, Joe 2015 MCCARTHY, Geoff 2007 IVANOVICI, Ariel 2015 MCCARTHY, Sally 1996 JAMIESON, Anthony 1989 MCCAWLEY, Margaret 1996 JAY, Diane 2001 MCDONALD, Janette 2009 JOHANSON, Darren James 2001 MCDONALD, Stanley 1984 JOHNSON, Helen 2004 MCINTYRE, Andrew 1991 JOHNSON, Richard 2006 MCINTYRE, Shirley-Anne 2015 JOLLY, Graeme 2006 MCKENZIE, Lachlan 2015 JOLLY, Isabella 2010 MCKENZIE, Zachary 2011 JONES, Brian 1977 MCLEOD, Jenny 2011 JONES, Jane Roberta 1992 MCQUIRE, Robert 2015 JOVANOVIC, Rosemary 2013 MILLER, Amanda 1993 KELK, Fiona 1998 MILLER, Graham 2010 KELLY, Kieran 1995 MITCHELL, Stuart 2012 KELLY, Paul 2016 MOORE, Jason 2011 KELSO, Robert Edwin 2008 MORGAN, Bronwyn 1984 KEMP-BISHOP, Arriarne 1993 MOTEN, Sally 1983 KENEALLY, Kerry 2010 MURPHY, Katya 2001 KENYON, Angus 2007 MURPHY, Peter 2000 KENYON, Bethany 1983 MURRAY, Lana 1995 KENYON, Janet 1996 MYLEK, Mark 2001 KENYON, Thomas 2011 NORTHROP, Elissa 2001 KERR, Ross 2014 O'DONNELL, Matt 2001 KING, Ben 2016 O'TOOLE, Matthew 2001 KING, Jessica 2013 OBOOHOV, Paul 2000 KING, Kathy 2007 OSWALD, Deborah 2000 KING, Mark 2016 PARKER, Nick 2007 KONGSHARN, Karin 1987 PASTUSZAK, Victor 2018 LAMB, Scott + 2006 PEARSON, Jane

2000 PEEL, Bill 1997 SOUTHGATE, Clare 1997 PEEL, Dominic 1996 SOUTHGATE, Darryl 2000 PEEL, Laura 1996 SOUTHGATE, Jean 1999 PEEL, Stephen 2001 SPRY, Annabel 1972 PITCHFORD, Rohan 2004 SPRY, Rosemary 2006 POLKINGHORNE, Allister 2004 SPRY, Sophie 2007 POTTS, Margaret 1972 STEWART, Malcolm 1973 POTTS, Marion 1971 STEWART, Susan 1987 QUACH, Michael 2015 STEWART-THOMPSON, Dana 1986 QUACH, Paul 1997 STONE, Daniel 1995 QUADRACCIA, Luciano 1977 STOREY, Rachel 2001 RAMSAY, Jane 1999 SUTTON, Elliott 2018 RANDALL, Melissa 1996 SUTTON, Morgan 2012 RASHID, Amin 1991 SUTTON, Trevor 2013 RENSEN, Femke 2018 TAGGART, Annabelle + 1994 RICHARDS, Peter 2018 TAGGART, Ken + 2002 RIGBY, Colin 2001 TENNANT, Aidan 2005 ROSE, Louise 1999 TENNANT, David 2001 RUSSET, Damien 2003 TENNANT, Leeanne 2001 RUSSET, Martine 2013 THOMAS, Kay 2018 RYAN, John + 2015 THOMPSON, Jeremy 2018 RYAN, Lesa + 1981 TILLEY, Helen 1995 SANDERS, Frances 1978 TILLEY, Simon 1988 SANDERS, John 1978 TRAIL, James 2000 SANDERS, Richard 1986 TREBECK, Cameron 2010 SARAF, Niti 1983 TREBECK, Jeanne 1983 SAVERY, Mandy 1986 TREBECK, Katherine 2012 SAVERY, Mark 2011 TREWARTHA, Will 1987 SAW, Andrew 2016 TURNER, Colleen 1986 SAW, Kathy 2005 VEENSTRA, Peter 2014 SCHOEN, Joachim 2012 WADDELL, Kathleen 2015 SCHWARZ, Jeanette 2013 WALKER, Caroline 2000 SECCOMBE, Alanna 2013 WALL, Marilyn 2000 SECCOMBE, Christopher 2013 WALL, Mitchell 2008 SECCOMBE, Emma 1996 WALLACE, Dean 2001 SECCOMBE, Margaret 1975 WALLNER, James 2008 SECCOMBE, Nick 2000 WELLS, Linda 1996 SECCOMBE, Philip 2003 WHITFIELD, Michael 2007 SEE, Isabella 2003 WHITFIELD, Patrick 1999 SEE, Patrick 1995 WILLIAMS, Geoff 2007 SEE, Philippa 2006 WILSON, Anne-Marie 2013 SEVERINO, Audrey 2012 WILSON, Jonathan 2013 SEVERINO, Luis 1994 WILSON, Sally 2018 SHEPHERD, Nathan + 2001 WINGETT, Kathryn 2015 SMITH, Glenn 2001 WOOD, David 2014 SMITH, Lynda 2004 WOOD, John 2005 GANNON, Michelle 1987 WOOLACOTT, Barry 2005 SMITH, Stephen 2012 YOUNG, Tom

YOUTH MEMBERS 2003 ABRAHAM, Michael 2003 AGNEW, Nicola

2008 AGNEW, Thomas 2006 HODGMAN, Elizabeth 2010 BAKER, Max 2015 KELLY, Briege 2010 BAKER, Zoe 2008 KENYON, Alice 2010 BALDWIN, Nicholas 2001 KENYON, Lindsay 2016 BEATTY, Olivia 2005 KERR, Jennifer 2013 BOARDMAN, Arthur 2008 KIRKLAND, Daniel 2013 BOARDMAN, Sam 2006 LEDGER, Annabelle 2012 BRENNAN, Fiona 2006 LEDGER, Duncan 2001 BROCKLEHURST, Megan 2017 MCCARTHY, Rory 2003 BROCKLEHURST, Sarah 2013 MCKENZIE, Kelsey 2013 CASH, Liam 2010 MURPHY, India 2009 CROWE, Alexandra 2014 O'DONNELL, Sam 2009 CROWE, Phoebe 2008 RYAN, Patrick 2009 CROWE, William 2007 SEE, Frederick 2000 CUNNINGHAM, Bridgette 2011 TREWARTHA, Lucy 2008 DAVIES, Luke 2006 VEENSTRA, Jake 2012 DAWSON, Hamish 2012 WELCH, Cailah 2006 DUGDALE, Isaac 2007 WHITFIELD, Emma 2002 EAST, Madison 2007 WHITFIELD, Sarah 2016 EAST, Marcella 2006 WILSON-BYGRAVE, Caitlin 2002 GREEN, William 2006 WILSON-BYGRAVE, Lauren 2011 GUPTA, Rohan 2004 WOOD, Travis 2002 HASSALL, Patrick 2004 WOOD, Tyson 2017 HEALY, Erin JUNIOR MEMBERS 2008 AGNEW, Lara 2015 HATCH-MCKENDRICK, Jess 2007 AUSTIN, Elyse 2014 HOWLAND, Eloise 2017 BELL, Alec 2017 JOLLY, Conrad 2018 BELL, Magnus 2017 JOLLY, Sebastian 2013 BRAKE, Sarah 2009 KERR, Andrew 2013 BRAKE, William 2013 LANGE, Jet 2017 CAMERON, Alice 2016 LANGE, Winter 2017 CAMERON, Dougal 2014 MAYBURY, Sasa 2014 CAMPOS-PASCALL, Natalia 2013 MILLER, Amelie 2009 CROWE, Dimity 2017 MOORE, Olivia 2011 DAVIES, Maija 2016 PARKER, Ella 2010 DAVIES, Otto 2007 RASHID, Mia 2012 DAVIES, Rachel 2008 RASHID, Zara 2012 DAWSON, Lily 2012 SAVERY, Kieran 2018 FOX-RANDALL, Gabriella 2012 SAVERY, Neve 2018 FOX-RANDALL, Joshua 2013 SEVERINO, Dylan 2011 GUPTA, Priya 2011 TILLEY, Natasha 2013 GUSELI, Alessandra 2013 TILLEY, Rebecca 2012 GUSELI, Valentino 2013 WILSON, Mirabel 2015 HATCH-MCKENDRICK, Angus 2013 WILSON, Sabina

LISTS OF ASSOCIATED PERSONS

WAITING LIST + youth * junior

BARBER, Greg GREVILLE, Lucien * MOORE, Alexis * BARBER, Kylie GRIFFITHS, Michael MULDOWNEY, James BELL, Iris * GRIFFITHS, Hayley MULDOWNEY, Rory * BRENNAN, Sean HANKINSON, Murray NUTTALL, Meg BROCKLEHURST, Elise + HANNAFORD, Harry * PHILLIPS, Ladner BROWN, Tania HANNAFORD, Nick PURVIS-SMITH, Geoff CUNNINGHAM, Tommee * HANNAFORD, William * PURVIS-SMITH, Bailey * CUPIT, Andrew HERRING, Lachlan * PURVIS-SMITH, Brayden * CUPIT, Jenny HERRING, Piper * QUADRACCIA, Gina DAWE, Hunter * HERRING, William * RYAN, Daniel DAWE, Marcus HISLOP, David SKINNER, Tristan EGAN, Harry + IKEDA, Kaori STEWART, Elke EGAN, Jack + JOHNSTON, Ben STEWART, Harper * FIRESTONE-GREVILLE, JOHNSTON, Phoenix * STUART, Greg Jemima + JOLLY, Danielle SUTHERLAND, Roderick FOLDI, Anthea KELLY, Dominic * THOMPSON, Charlotte + FOX, Gavin KELLY, Eliza * THOMPSON, Jordan + GARDINER, Andrew KELLY, Lachlan + YOUNG, Ant GARDNER, Henry KELLY, Paul YOUNG, Ben GIBSON, James KELLY, Raylee YOUNG, Chrissie GREVILLE, Emelia * LAMB, Emmet * YOUNG, Liz GREVILLE, Harriet * MCFADDEN, Sally

ASSOCIATED EX-MEMBERS

1973 BEARD, Beverley 1967 LAYTON, Bernadette 1995 STRUIK, Jadvega 1970 BRENT, Bern 1997 MILLER, Kathryn 1995 STRUIK, John 1964 BROWN, Lea 1997 PAGANO, Lou 1984 TAMBLYN, John 1973 BYGRAVE, Fyfe 2001 PAGANO, Samuel 1961 THOMPSON, Dick 1960 CARMAN, Greg 1980 PALMER, Jack 1977 TILLEY, Judy 1982 FINLAYSON, Michael 1960 POWELL, Les 1964 WARD, Tony 1958 FLOOD, Philip 1982 PREISS, Michael 1977 WATSON, Brian 1977 FREER, Michael 1986 SHORT, Monika 1977 WATSON, Margaret 1997 HENRY, Chic 1973 SLATYER, Tony 1986 KENEALLY, Patricia 1983 STEWART, Bob

THE CLUB BADGE

The distinctive Club badge is quite unlike the badges of more recently formed ski clubs and is typical of the skiing era in which it was designed.

The original badge design, shown above, appeared in December 1936 on a brochure explaining the objects of the Club ‘to the citizens of Canberra’. According to the Club’s foundation Treasurer, Mr J.C. Anderson, it was adapted from the design, shown below, which appeared on the dust cover of the 1935 Ski Year Book. That design is attributed to a Mrs de Gruchy, who was said to be a member of the Ski Club of Victoria.

This original design changed after some time to a blue diamond with the skier herring-boning in yellow, thus utilising the then national colours, which have also been those of the Club for many years. These colours were adopted by the Territory upon obtaining self-Government (but ceased to be the national colours in the 1980s when the unofficial sporting colours of green and gold were formally adopted by the Commonwealth).