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 2025-2026 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

Jamie Wilson:  Club Captain   

• Place of birth: Melbourne                                                                                                                                     
• First sail:  Hartley TS 18 Lake Wellington 1975
• First boat: Mirror Dinghy I built with my dad in 1983 in Dampier, Western Australia
• Now sailing: International Fireball, Ben Lexcen Mini 12, Impulse
• Joined ASC: 1992 as a winter member
• Work: Senior Technical Specialist with Victorian State Government

Tim Falkiner:  Secretary

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

Jason Clark:  Treasurer:  

• Place of birth: Melbourne
• First sail: Mirror at Albert Park Lake
• First boat: Minnow
• Now sailing: Mirror
• Joined ASC:  in 1980’s
• Work:  Analyst

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 

Peter Bennell

• Place of birth: Melbourne Victoria
• First sail: 1979 Sorrento Sailing Club
• First boat: Mirror
• Joined ASC; October 2018
• 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

John Capewell:  info to come.

• Place of birth: Melbourne Victoria
• First sail: Learn to Sail course 2022
• First boat: Paceer
• Joined ASC:  2022
• Background:  Still sailing the Pacer and also crew on a 40.7 Benetaeu out of Hobsons Bay Yacht Club.
• Career: Now retired from various areas within the Victoria Police Force.

Michael Horvath :   info to come

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

Steve Milton:  

• Place of birth: UK. Arrived in Australia when 6
• First sail:  2017 - trained on Pacers with RMYS
• First boat:  Heron, housed on Phillip Island
• Now sailing: Club Pacers and Zests
• Joined 2020
• Work: Retired Secondary Teacher

Rod Thomas:  

• 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

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.