BOARD MEMBERS

Dale Sherwood - President, Director of Commercial Operations

Dale Sherwood is a long term Aspley supporter and life member having joined the club in 1987 as an Under 13’s player. He joined the board in 2011 before being recruited to the AFL Queensland – Brisbane Juniors Board of Management for 5 years. Dale returned to the Aspley Hornets Board of Directors in 2017 as the Director of Junior Football and was appointed President in January 2018.

He continues to volunteer his time wherever required, from coaching and managing AFL and cricket teams at both club and representative levels to todays’ challenging business management and operations.

Dale has been in the International Freight Forwarding and Customs Clearance industry since 1992 and is currently the National Operations Manager at Swift Customs Services, an Australian owned company established in 2009. Swift Customs Services provides end to end global logistics solutions and facilitates the movement of goods to and from any part of the world.

Dale is dedicated to providing opportunities and guidance to children of all ages, race and religion through sport. He strongly believes by creating an environment and culture that allows for young people to achieve their goals and aspirations is a critical part of community in today’s society.

Tim Gillespie - Secretary, Director of Governance & Compliance

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.

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.

Mal Lewis - Director of Community Engagement & Player Pathways

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.