BOARD MEMBERS

Keith Hill - President

Having been involved with the Aspley Hornets for more than 35 years, Keith is one of the Hornet’s first Football Life Members.

His experience with the Aspley Hornets started in 1985 and continued as a player until 2003. Throughout these years, Keith played over 200 Senior Men’s games, being successful in many grand finals.

He also coached numerous teams at Aspley, including U10 (1992), U16 Boys (1997 and 2019), and Senior Men (1998 and 2020). In addition, Keith has been involved in the establishment of Aspley’s AusKick program (Coach, 1993 and 1994) and the U17 Girls team (Coach, 2017 and 2018). He was also awarded Club Man of the Year in both 2019 and 2020.

Over the course of his involvement with Aspley, Keith has seen many great players, coaches and administrators pass through the doors of the Hornets, despite other Brisbane clubs being bigger than the Hornets at times.

Keith believes there are three cornerstones of Aspley’s success:

The strong junior player base and successful senior teams,
Sound economic judgement,
Strong and demonstrable values of inclusion and community involvement.
He is also committed to quality coaching at all levels of football.

In his professional career, Keith has consistently proven his leadership abilities and strong management skills. Having worked as a carpenter, project manager, Senior Estimator and General Manager of large construction companies, Keith now finds himself the owner operator of his own successful small business.

Keith is committed to serving the Aspley Hornets Football Club as Club President in 2021-2022.

Tim Gillespie - Secretary

Tim has been the Company Secretary for the last 21 years. Tim has been involved on the Committee/Board since 1976 with 45 years continuous service. He has held the following positions; Junior Vice President, Senior Vice President, President, Board member and Secretary.

Tim first joined the club in 1974 when his eldest son commenced playing at the Hornets. All three sons player junior football at the Hornets and his grandson began playing in 1999.

He has also been the Secretary of the Old Boys Association/Past Players & Supports Associating since its formation in 1984. Trustee/senior Member since 1985 and Chairman of the building committee from 1995 to 2018 overseeing more than $12m of club development.

In 1986 he was awarded Life Membership.

Also of note; the Best Clubman shield was named in his honour in 1995, the AFL Volunteers Recognition Award for 25 years service in 2003, the prestigious AFL Merit Award for 40 years service in 2015, and Clubs Queensland Award Club Director of the Year 2016.

He has formal qualifications in Advanced Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, his career being in management positions in either manufacturing or sales, with international, national and major companies.

Tim has completed several club-related workshops with DWS Training and Clubs Queensland with at least three on Corporate Governance.

Tim believes organised sport for juniors and youth is beneficial for development in themselves the sport and the community. His goal has always been to develop Aspley Australian Football & Sporting Club into the best performing sporting and social club in the country.

Peter Goeldner - Treasurer

Peter has been an active member of the Aspley Hornets for over 15 years from board level to coaching and was awarded Life Membership status in 2016. He has been an active board member since 2017 and currently holds the position of Club Treasurer.

He started coaching his sons in Auskick at the Hornets in 2009. His coaching resume includes roles from Auskick, Youth (boys and girls) and Seniors (men and women). In 2017, he was awarded the AFLQ QFA Colts Coach of the Year. It has been a huge honour to see many players he coached at Auskick/Youth level now progressing into and playing Senior football at the Hornets and at higher levels.

In 2018, Peter lead the successful application for the elevation of our Women’s program into the QAFLW. This was extremely gratifying and an important milestone for the growth of female football at the Hornets.

Peter holds a Bachelor of Business degree and is an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. He has been a Chief Financial Officer for over 20 years with experience across various industries including resources, manufacturing, civil and construction, precision engineering, property and tourism.

mal lewis - director of community engagement and player pathways

Mal Lewis - Director Senior Football

Malcolm Lewis has been involved with Aspley since 2009 when his son Liam started in U11s. He has done countless volunteer duties from water carrier, assisted juniors coach to manning NEAFL scoreboard & was elected to the board this season.

He was involved at Seville FC in Victoria for almost 20 years as a player, volunteer & committee member and was awarded Life Membership in 1986. He has been heavily involved in organising the canteens at both Graham Rd Oval & Brendale for all the senior games.

Mal also chairs the sub committee for Football pathways and is very passionate about keeping Aspley a local community club & giving Aspley footballers the chance to improve themselves on and off the field. Mal has his own mowing & gardening business and has employed numerous Aspley Hornets footballers over the last decade. He previously spent over 20 years in the travel industry having travelled to over 40 countries. He is a very loyal & passionate believer in sport as by being part of a strong team culture creates a sense of belonging & discipline. He also believes that sport encourages young people to look after their team members and that this will continue in their personal life.

Bevan Dunlop - Director of Junior and Youth Football

Bevan Dunlop - Director of Junior & Youth football

Bevan Dunlop has been associated with the Hornets since his son started playing footy in 2015. He became assistant coach of his son’s under 9’s team to lend a hand to the time poor coach which developed his enthusiasm for helping kids enjoy their sport as much as possible. His daughter joined the Hornets in 2018 and he assisted the team as manager and more recently as assistant coach.

He has continued his involvement with the club by volunteering Ground Marshalling duties and as Junior Football Umpiring Program Co-Ordinator and more recently he has been appointed Director of Junior Football. In this new role, Bevan hopes to create a more inclusive relationship between junior players and parents and the football club. He also plans on focusing more resources to the junior program, particularly girls football in the hope to bring more growth in junior numbers.

Bevan has worked in his family’s small businesses since completing his Bachelor of Commerce and currently is Dealer Principal of Copylink Office Products Depot. Copylink is a business to business office products supplier, specialising in providing a single source solution for any business needs such as stationery, computers and accessories, office furniture, cleaning and janitorial products and packaging supplies.

Bevan is a dedicated family man. He organises his personal and business life to allow him to contribute greatly in his childrens’ development. He treats all children involved with his kids and the Hornets as surrogate family and strives to bring the love of participation to all.

Peter Delbridge - Director

My history with the Aspley Hornets started in 1977 with the Under 10’s that was coached by current life member Peter Eyles. I also, had brief stints with senior and master’s football over the years limited by work, study, and family. My involvement continues with my 6 sons all playing with the Hornets from six years of age. My eldest son, started in 2004 and continues playing last year with the QFA Div. 1 senior side. The other boys range from the U9’s junior football through to youth football and colts this year. During this time, I have coached most of the boys at junior level and assisted with water running, goal umpiring, raffles, and canteen where I can.

Professionally, I have owned and operated my family company Edge Concepts for the last 30 years. I started Edge Concepts in 1991 and it has grown from 1 (me) to a staff of 30. During this time Edge Concepts has become one of the leading metal works contractors in Brisbane and Southeast Queensland for town house and unit developments. We have achieved this through developing lasting mutually beneficial relationships based on honesty and integrity with our customers.

After all my involvement with the club over the years, I believe, it is time to join the board. I have over the years, lobbied (some directors will call it harassed) board members for changes on many issues. Particularly, the pathway for our juniors to senior football. I believe the direction the club is now heading is the best direction for our players and therefor the club.

I would like to join the board to help oversee the continued development of the Aspley Hornets as the ‘ONE CLUB’ family club for all our footballers young and old.

Michael Trost - Grounds Director

Mike Trost is self-employed after working within the Telecommunications industry for 42 years. After being employed by Telecom / Telstra for 21 years, Mike took a redundancy in 2002 and started his own company. Mike currently works as self-employed and is starting to wind back for retirement.

Mike has been involved at the Aspley Hornets since 1994 when he moved his family from Central QLD to Brisbane. Mike’s involvement has covered many aspects within the club over this period ranging from Team Manager, Volunteer, and Board Director. Thus, earning the role as Life Member for his continued commitment to the Apsley Hornets.

Mike has endured a 15 year ongoing tenure as a Director for the Aspley Hornets. Currently, his portfolio includes the Director of Facilities and Grounds Maintenance. Mike says “ I have chaired the Disciplinary committee for several years. I would say I am very proud of the efforts, commitment, and dedication many past and current directors have contributed towards our growing club. The changes we have seen within the club over the last 2 decades is rewarding and encouraging for the future direction and planning we are striving to achieve.

My goals at the moment are to enjoy the grandkids and do some caravanning with my wife Julie. We have been married for 42 years and it is time for her to have a bit of relaxation.”

Damien Cavanagh - Director

Damien Cavanagh has been the Managing Director of Electronic Living since 2007 as well as Project 20 and Smart Space Electrical since 2017.

Damien is also a passionate Ambassador for Zig Zag Foundation Ltd since 2011 as well as Hear and Say Foundation since 2020.

With a strong passion for giving back Damian devotes much of his time assisting several charitable organisations which includes his role as Ambassador for both the Zig Zag Foundation & Hear & Say assisting children & their families with special needs & is involved in a number of QLD small business groups.

Having played & been around AFL since he was 8 years old his love of footy has never changed & can still be found participating in the 2020 Aspley AFL 9’s competition.

In 2018 Damian was invited by the Brisbane Lions to become an honorary Lionheart member which is a small group of 32 business owners/community leaders that support the Brisbane Lions Football club & the Lions Academy.

Damian has a wife & 2 young sons with his youngest participating in the Aspley Auskick program & his eldest playing in the Aspley Roys Junior competition for the last 2 seasons.

Matthew Tucker - Director

I am a third generation Hornet, with both my father and grandfather being board members in various capacities since the club’s inception. I first started Auskick at Aspley in 1993 and have played at the club each
year for the past 27 years since this first year of football at Aspley.

I have been involved with many of the football programmes and competitions that the club has offered over recent years, with first years of senior football playing in the Pineapple Hotel Cup followed by the former QAFL Competition, QFA North, QFA Div 2, QFA Div 1 and QFA Division 5 Football. I was the coach of the 2019 Division 5 football team and the assistant coach of the 2020 QFA Division 1 side. Throughout this time, I have seen many terrific juniors develop through the program offered by Aspley, however believe that we are losing touch with what keeps these players interested in the family and culture that Aspley Hornets used to provide. We need to ensure that the soul of the club is not lost to the ambitions of few, to also ensure that the club remains not only a powerhouse of QLD Football, but nationwide.

I am currently a Construction Manager operating with a Commercial Building company who specialize in Hospitality projects. Through this work, I have been afforded the opportunity to work with other community clubs on how they develop their buildings, operations and standing within the community, which I believe will be a tremendous knowledge base to the Aspley Board to recover from some disappointing financial years of operation.

I am extremely loyal to the Aspley Football Club and want nothing more than for the club to continue to grow and develop, however I have concerns that are we are losing our identity and our standing in the QLD football community, of which we had fought for many years to establish. I believe I will bring a fresh and in-touch perspective to the board and will work hard to truly bring back a united “One Club” culture.

Brett Stenson - Director

Brett has been an active member of the Hornets over many years, coaching both his sons for more than 8 years consecutively through their Junior football into Youth. Ably supported over many years by his wife Cindy as a Junior Football Manager, Brett, Cindy, Jack and Angus are Hornets regulars both at Graham Road and the greater Brendale precinct.

Proudly awarded Aspley Hornets 2020 Junior Coach of the Year, Brett is committed to the growth and development of junior footballers and most importantly, ensuring juniors enjoy their time at the Hornets and continue to return year after year. Brett also plays Aspley Masters football, has been active for many years off the field lending a hand where necessary and continuing to advocate further growth of the Aspley Masters teams so all ages of football fanatics (and those new to the game) can still enjoy pulling on the boots. Born in Tasmania, playing junior and senior football in Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland, Brett has had decades of experience involved with football in both on and off field capacities.

After serving in the Australian Defence Force, Brett joined a major Telecommunications provider as a Network Engineer, then entering Information Technology, a career in which spanning over 17 years. Brett has held senior leadership roles across public, private and ASX listed companies such as Aurizon, DXC and ABB, currently Brett is an Executive Director responsible for Technology within a large Queensland Government Department leading over 250 team members spanning the state.

Supported by an Undergraduate Degree in Business Management, Post Graduate Degree in Business and recently qualified (2017) as a Board Director and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Brett joined the board of Aspley Hornets to actively participate and contribute to the successful, financially sustainable future direction of the Club whilst maintaining a strong focus on player growth and retention.