John became involved in the ACT Little Athletics in 1984, joining the Association’s Board in its formative years when it split from the Monaro Zone.

Since that time and up until 2009 when he retired, John was an active member of the Board, always contributing to Board deliberations and was never afraid to put forward a different point of view to ensure the board considered all important aspects before making a decision.  John brought to the Board an intimate knowledge of the regulatory environment and a tremendous depth of experience within the athletics community in general.

John’s involvement with (Corroboree North Canberra) Little Athletics began in 1988 when his son joined our club.  Since this time John has been on the Corroboree committee for almost every year since then (only handing over the reins in 2011) and his tenure included many years as Club President.

At Club level, John has also been heavily involved in coaching and has represented the Club officiating at just about every ACT Little Athletics carnival, as either Field Referee or Chief Official for Jumps for as long as anyone can remember.

Many of our older athletes (Under 8’s and above) who commenced Little Athletics in Under 6’s will have their skills initially developed by John when her took responsibility for the On-Track Program.  John, as Head Coach, has also taken responsibility for running the Monday and Wednesday training sessions for many years to the benefit over 100’s of Little Athletes.  His results are best demonstrated by the many personal bests achieved by the children under his tutelage each year.

John is also extremely well known to all in the broader ACT athletics community.  Coaching high jump is John’s passion and the children under his tutelage look up to and respect him as a person with great knowledge of the event. John has coached most young high jumpers in the ACT at some point at his Sunday training sessions at the AIS Track. John is acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent high jump coaches in the ACT.

Apart from being awarded Life Membership of the ACTLAA a few years ago, John was awarded a Thanks Award by the ACT Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation, Mr Andrew Barr MLA, in October 2010 for his contribution to athletics in a voluntary capacity.

John has also been recognised by our Club by having our Club Person of the Year Award named after him.