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Our People

Appointed at our Annual General Meeting each June our Board consists of 5 members. Our Club also has an Operations Committee with a minimum of 5 members and a Junior Committee of over 30 members working together to manage day to day operations of the Club and our programs.

Our Constitution and By-Laws are the key documents of our Club and outline the responsibilities and duties of the Board and other elected officers.

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Our Board

Our Board Members for the 2024-25 season are:

PositionName
PresidentVacant
DirectorGreg Cox
Director of AdministrationAnna Carroll
Director of FinanceScott Lyall
DirectorDanielle Stebbins

Greg Cox grew up at Burleigh Heads where he developed his love of the sea and in turn, surf life saving. Greg was a Palm Beach nipper before moving to Nobby Beach then Tweed Heads & Coolangatta during his teenage years and twenties. An accomplished athlete, Greg worked for many years at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.

Greg and his family returned to the Gold Coast in 2012 where he rejoined PBQSLSC to support his children through nippers. Greg has taken on various support roles within the club including Age Manager, Team Manager and Surf Sports Officer. In his Director role on the Board, Greg is committed to supporting the club’s growth and future development. Greg loves the water and wants our members to enjoy the wonder of the surf and is passionate about helping members develop confidence and competence, as well as providing competitive opportunities.

Anna Carroll is an experienced Board Director, CEO and Senior Executive with a background in the Australian Government and Not For Profit Sector. Anna has have been actively involved in the Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club since 2011 as a parent of three children who compete and patrol, as a Level 1 Official and since 2017 elected as the Secretary of the Club. As former CEO of Netball Queensland Anna lead the State’s largest women’s participation sport, Anna knows first hand the positive role sport and community service plays in our community. As a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors with a particular interest in governance, leadership and organisational development, Anna has enhanced the systems and member support at the Palm Beach Surf Club, for which we are extremely thankful.

Scott Lyall was appointed as Treasurer/Director of Finance at Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club in May 2022. Scott is Chief Operating Officer at Burleigh Brewing Co, Queensland’s largest independently owned brewery. Scott is a Chartered Accountant who has called the Gold Coast home since 2005. He enjoys the lifestyle southeast Queensland offers with his wife and two children. Prior to moving to the Gold Coast, Scott worked in various commercial, financial and people leadership roles in a variety of industries in Australasia, UK and Europe.

Dr Danielle Stebbins is a Workplace Consultant and Executive Coach with many years of research and professional practice and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Danielle has completed and evaluated numerous leadership and team transformation projects in public sector Education, Health & Transport and is a founding collaborator in the development of the High-Performance Teams (HPT) Program. Members would know Danielle as the Age Manager and was herself an accomplished life saver with Northcliffe in her youth. 

Our Operations Committee

Our Operations Committee meet monthly during July and April to make the operational decisions required to stage a successful lifesaving season.

Our Operations Committee elected officers are:

PositionName
Club CaptainGreg Clark
Junior Activities OfficerJosh Sealey
Chief Training OfficerVacant
Youth Development OfficerChristie Fox
Surf Sports OfficerPosition Vacant

Other officers of the club as elected at the AGM are:

Officer PositionClub Member
Vice CaptainCodey Trethewey
IRB OfficerBen Tidey
Life Saving Gear StewardColin Harvey
Surf Sports Gear StewardPosition Vacant
First Aid OfficerSharon Finucan
Grievance OfficerLeanne Major
Transport OfficerTony Rapallo
Team ManagersPositions Vacant
Grants OfficerPosition Vacant
Fundraising OfficerPosition Vacant

Our Junior Committee

The Junior Committee are elected in March and endorsed at the AGM. The Junior Committee list can be found under the Nippers section.

Junior Committee

Role descriptions for all of the above positions can be found in the Appendix of the Club By-Laws.

Our Coaches

Our Coaches can be found under the Surf Sports area of our site.

Our Coaches

Our Life Members

Our Life Members of Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club have dedicated thousands upon thousands of hours of service to their community. We cannot possibly share all their accomplishments and contributions given to our Club but we are proud to list their names and the years they were inducted below.

Frederick Aldridge † 1973    

Harry Aldridge † 1972    

Ronald Allen-Waters † 1967    

Geoffrey Bagnall 2018    

Kenneth Bagnall † 1979    

Ronald Bagnall 1993    

Trevor Bone 1980    

Reg J Carr † 1949    

John Church † 1937    

I  Cliff † 1938    

Ronald Coffey † 1961    

Ian Cowper † 1996  

Ronald Crowe 2009    

Harry Edwards † 1994    

Arnold Eussen 2016    

Richard Felton 1989    

Keith Forsyth † 1960    

Gary Fraser 2022

Andrew Frizzell OBE OAM † 1940

Bill Gallagher † 2000    

Noel Gill 2012    

Russell Gilmour 1991    

Gilbert Graham † 1968

Barry Hayward 2002    

Darrel Henry 2015    

Barry Howes † 1978   

Ross Howes 1983    

Warren Johnson 2000    

Barry Jukes † 1970    

Lloyd Kenny † 1985    

Tom King † 1936    

Graeme Kling 2009    

Troy Kling 2012    

John Landers 1997    

Ross Linnett † 2001    

Phillip Mann 2000    

George Marshall † 1975    

John McPhee † 1944    

Robert McPherson † 1971

Harry Mellor † 1948    

Sam Morgan 2024

Malcolm Nutt † 1999    

Roy Pascoe † 1952    

Colin Paterson † 1990    

Antony Rapallo 2009    

Colin Rowden † 1939    

Peter (Scott) Rawlings 2015    

Ian Sarow 1984    

Russell Schultz 2000    

Gordon Shears † 1998    

Jack Spencer † 1955    

Jeffrey Spink 2012    

Daniel Stewart OAM 1995    

John Stewart † 1943    

Robert Stewart 1992    

Graham Stockwell 2005    

Robert Stockwell 2002    

George Stone † 1956    

Cec Tweddell † 1942    

N Walsh † 1941    

Maurie Webb OAM † 1957

Note the † symbol denotes the member is now deceased.

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0493 231 435

 117 Jefferson Lane, Palm Beach QLD 4221

 www.palmbeachsurfclub.com.au

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