Spotlight on candidates - St George and Sutherland Shire Leader
Spotlight on candidates
12 Aug, 2011 04:00 AM
Jonathan Docking
Former Cronulla first grade star; former board member; working in the gaming industry for many years.
"I can offer the Sharks' club some invaluable expertise, especially to the leagues club on raising their gaming revenue.
"The present board and previous boards have done a great job, under the circumstances, in keeping the club firing.
"The club's gaming revenue slumped from $13m to $9.5m in recent times but there are organisations who have the expertise to help lift it again."
Chris Downy
A former NSW sports minister; executive director of Australasian Casino Association.
"I want to help ensure the club is able to support the football team — a team capable of making the top eight on a continual basis.
"The club needs to expand its supporter base, too, to ensure the club has long-term viability ... as well as widespread community support for its important development plans."
Peter Kerr
OAM and a shire corporate lawyer; former Australian water polo international; Hall of Fame recipient; Australian Water Polo president.
"I saw the first Sharks' first-grade game at Sutherland Oval (1967). I played league badly at Cronulla High before another sport took me over. But I've always remained a Sharks' fan.
"Having had a great deal of involvement with state and federal government departments, I'm confident I can contribute corporate governance if I'm voted a director of the Sharks.
Peter O'Driscoll
A shire IT project manager; Cantorion Male Voice Choir member; worked in the software industry for 30 years.
"I want to reduce the club's dependency on poker machines by maximising revenue from other sources, and I support the new development as a means of providing such revenue.
"I'd work to ensure the football club's limited resources are spent wisely and not squandered; engender a shire-wide community affinity with the club and its teams to ensure the club isn't forced to privatise, and have the constitution changed to provide a fair and equitable voting system for board positions."
Dane Sorensen
The former long-serving Cronulla and New Zealand rep prop forward; former Sharks director and builder.
"I believe I have something important to offer, being one of the few board candidates with extensive football playing knowledge.
"There are no grey areas with me about what I'd recommend. I would like to be remembered for not just playing but also being part of the group that saves the Sharks and helps them get back to full financial recovery."
Phillip Tiernan
A Caringbah solicitor and business owner; played junior representative football with Cronulla Sharks; played first grade with Illawarra Steelers and Parramatta Eels.
" I believe the success of the club and the football team are intricately related.
"The plans for the commercial development will ultimately deliver a premiership for the Sharks and a successful, financially independent club with fantastic facilities."
Incumbent Sharks directors standing for re-election are:
Jim Barnett, Craig Douglas, Greg Holland, Ricky Sorace, Paul Walker and Keith Ward.
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