Albert Sailing Club is run on a volunteer basis.

The Committee consists of the Flag Officers (as defined in the Club Rules) and General Committee members.   The Committee is elected for a term of one year commencing from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting.

The Committee for the 2024-2025 year is set out in the table below.   A brief profile of each committee member can be found below the table.

Committee Member Profiles

Greg Ryan:  Commodore:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

• Place of birth: Sydney                                                                                                                                         
• First sail:  Middle Harbour Yacht club (Sydney) - training course
• First boat: Laser, at ASC
• Now sailing: Laser full rig
• Joined ASC: 2005
• Work: Water Services Association of Australia
  
  

Rod Thomas:  Rear-Commodore

• Place of birth: Adelaide
• First sail:  Holdfast Trainer junior class boat as a crew in Adelaide
• First boat: Mirror "Bushfire", which I sailed with my wife Mandy
• Now sailing: Laser Radial at ASC and in Laser Association events
• Joined ASC: late 1978, when Mirrors were the Class on the Lake (and throughout Australia).
• Work: Retired, after 30 years in Human Resources

Paul Farrell:  Club Captain

• Place of birth: Hospital, (No I'm not an illegal alien.)
• First sail: Corsair, 1 time only as a 12yo.
• First boat: 125
• Now sailing: Impulse. I also have a Furmula 15 Skiff but it very rarely gets wet. 
• Joined ASC: 1988 as a winter member, never left but had a couple of breaks for a few years but maintained associate membership. Haven't had a break from the lake since 2003 when I sailed a Mosquito Cat at Altona after we had to stop sailing at the lake due to low water.
• Work: Jack of all trades, Telecomunications Tech. by trade.

Tim Falkiner

• Place of birth: Melbourne
• First sail: about 1985
• First boat: Mirror
• Now sailing: Sabre and Mirror
• Joined ASC: about 1985
• Work: Hypnotherapist

Joe Chircop

• Place of birth: St Pauls Bay, Malta
• First sail: 1980 at Albert Park Lake. Only for a few months, did not sail again until late 2019.
• First boat: Mirror
• Now sailing: Sabre
• Joined ASC: 2020
• Work: Senior maths/physics teacher. Now retired.

Cindy Tilbrook:  

• Place of birth: Port Augusta, SA
• First sail: As a young teenager staying at Lake Menindee, NSW First boat: Sabre
• Boats:   Have done lots of Tall Ship sailing, crewed for a racing keelboat in Western Port, and owned a 29 foot keelboat for a few years.  Mainly do Race Management these days.
• Joined ASC; March 1998
• Work:   Now retired. Previously Senior Management in the NFP sector.  But still seem to work as hard --- I just don't get paid any longer.

Peter Bennell

• Place of birth: Melbourne Victoria
• First sail: 1979 Sorrento Sailing Club
• First boat: Mirror
• Joined ASC; October 2018
• Background ; 
• Career: Currently business consultant,  previously CEO of large retail group: furniture manufacturer
• and management consultant US, Canada and Australia.
• Qualifications: B Civil Eng. Prof Engineer Ohio (US)
• Previously Board member public companies, Government agencies

Don McKenzie

• Born: Bright Victoria
• First Sailed:  1975
• First Boat:  Red Witch
• Current Boat:  Sabre
• Joined A S C 1993
• Work history: Human Resources, Industrial Relations, director.

Bettina Azzopardi

• Place of Birth:  Echuca
• First Sail: Training with ASC
• Current Boat: : ASC Zest
• Joined ASC: 2021
• Work: Royal Freemasons Aged Care Head Office 

Danny Matthews: 

• Place of birth: Melbourne
• First sail: 2018... when one of the ASC guys thrust a pamphlet in front of me while I was on a walk around the lake.
• First boat:  ASC Zest
• Now sailing: Generally an ASC Zest.
• Joined ASC: 2018.... after doing the Learn To Sail course a week after that pamphlet landed before me.
• Work: Digital media