AGM – Bathurst Wallabies Triathlon Club6th of May 2026 – 5:30pm Stanley St Clubhouse
Executive Reports for 2025/26
Presidents Report – Below
Treasurers Report – Attached
Election of 2026/27 Office Bearers
2025/26 Treasurers Report – Submitted
2025/26 Presidents ReportBeen a very successful year – Our stated objectives over the last two-year was to increase Participation in both Junior and Senior Events and secondly establish some back up courses.
We have successful in achieving both these objectives - With over 200 competitors in the Australia Day Triathlon, including 50plus juniors the event was one if the biggest Triathlons ever held in Bathurst.
After plenty of discussion with council we have been successful in running a separate event (a Duathlon) on a new course at Harris Park. While the format of this event was not as popular as our Stanley Street events, it does allow a backup venue in the future.
Other success included –
Safe and largely problem free racing in the current season, I do believe there was a lot of experience officials managing the racing in 2025/26
Further establishment of our brand and profile in Bathurst – including the further development of the four main Triathlon events at the Stanley street site, with themes developed for each of the events, and inclusion on the Bathurst Tourism and What’s On Calendars
Plenty of club activity away from Bathurst, including World & National Age Representation and Podiums.
Problems – included extra expenses this year – which involves difficultly in retaining cash sponsors. Also a growing problem with more congestion at the Stanley Street Venue and official membership only growing slowly, (ie plenty of ODL as opposed to taking out full membership)
SPONSORSThe Bathurst Wallabies Triathlon Club could not function without its major sponsors.
For the last three years we have had three major naming sponsors for our events -
D2F Cityfit – (Dedicated to Fitness and Cityfit Gyms)
Bathurst Physiotherapy and Sports Injuries Centre
Capital Chemist.
Bathurst Wallabies Triathlon Club strives to provide opportunities for everyone in our community to participate in healthy, safe, and inclusive Triathlon/Multisport activities in a fun and family orientated environment. We are proud that we have been backed by three organisation that share our objectives of making Bathurst a healthier city.
AWARDSWomen’s Champions Series:1st Amelia Kirby 142, 2nd Kate Mulligan 124, 3rd Jane Bennett 116, 4th Kath Stutsel 116, 5th Danielle Patterson 106, 6th Nikki Thurtell 100, 7th Matilda Wylie 100, 8th Jessie Adams 100, 9th Isabel Crosland-Hamer 82, 10th Jenelle Starkey 54. - Junior Women’s Series Winner - 1st Amelia Kirby – Junior Achievement Award – Hannah Wylie
Men’s Champions Series:
1st Mark Windsor 143, 2nd Tom Hannrahan 130, 3rd Richie Hobson 125, 4th Gary Hamer 114, 5th Darren Fenton 110, 6th Luke Patterson 106, 7th Michael O Connor 103, 8th Blair Windsor 75, 9th Matthew Demaere 40, 10th Luke Gillmer 27. --- Junior Women’s Series Winner - 1st Dustin McFarland.
Central West MVP award - 1Mark Windsor 40pts, 2Amelia Kirby 34pts, 3Kate Malligan 28pts
Bathurst Wallabies Club Age Champions (Carroll Scott Tri) Women - 10-19yrs Women - Kirby Amelia, Runner-Up Matilda Wylie, 20-29yrs Women - Kate Malligan, 40-49yrs Women – Nikki Thurtell, Runner-Up Anna Blackie, 50-59yrs Women - Jane Bennett, Runner-Up Danielle Patterson
Men - 30-39yrs Men – Thomas Hanrahan, 40-49yrs Men – Michael O’Connor, 50-59yrs Men – Rich Hobson, Runner-Up Gary Hamer, Bronze Darren Fenton, 60-69yrs Men – Mark Windsor
2025/26 Annual Carroll Scott Memorial Trophy Women: - 1 Amelia Kirby, 2 Nikki Thurtell, 3 Jane Bennett.
Men: - 1 Mark Windsor, 2 Thomas Hanrahan, 3 Rich Hobson
20year Anniversary DuathlonOverall Solo – 1st Mark Windsor, 2nd Richie Hobson, 3rd Luke Gillmer
Women Solo – 1st Shannon Short, 2nd Amelia Kirby, 3rd Jenelle Starkey
Teams – 1st Hannah/Alyssa Women’s Team, 2nd Horspool Team & O'Connor Team.
Juniors - Boomers – Max, Levi, Senior Joeys - Archie, Cooper, Jordan, Junior Joeys - Charlie, Beau
Central West Interclub Duathlon Pilot Series (Dubbo (Aug) & Orange (Sept) Rounds) -
Overall Points - 9pts Mark Windsor (Bx), 8pts Daniel Roberts (Dub) Thomas Hanrahan (Bx), 6pts Craig Shannon (Org), 4pts Tim Howlett (Dub), Ian McNeill
Female Overall - 1 Julia Mannix (Dub), 2Isabel Crosland-Hamer (Bx), 3 Cathy Harvey (Dub)
MEMBERSHIP:We have increased our club membership to 46 in 2026 - However given we had 150 separate individuals from the Bathurst Region racing (ODL) during 2025/26 less than 30% of Bathurst District Racers fully joined the Club.
PERFORMANCE6 Athletes representing at World Championships – 3 Podiums
3 National Championship Podiums – 2 titles
4th in the 2025/26 Central West Championships – Bathurst 311’s points was an increase on recent years however our low “full” club membership was the major factor why we did challenge for the title this year.
Result - 1 Orange Piranhas 506, 2 Mudgee Red Devils 490, 3 Dubbo Hippos 484, 4 Bathurst Wallabies 311, 5 Cowra Cobras 71.
PARTICIPATION Senior Racing –
70 separate Women raced in Bathurst events from 2795 Postcode in 2025/26
80 separate Men raced in Bathurst events from 2795 Postcode in 2025/26
Raceresults.com Data
Raw Data in RaceResults suggests a record year for Participation in 2025/26
440 entries in Raceresults for 2025/26 Season
Summary by Year / Season
AVERAGE PARTICIPATION
2025/26 Average Participation each Triathlon – 93 Average
2024/25 Average Participation each Triathlon – 88 Average
2023/24 Average Participation each Triathlon – 51 Average
2022/23 Average Participation each Triathlon – 61 Average
2021/22 Average Participation each Triathlon – 69 Average
2020/21 Average Participation each Triathlon – 91 Average
PARTICIPATION AUSTRALIA DAY TRIATHLON – RACERESULTS.COM DATA
2025/26 Australia Day Tri – 184 (doesn’t include all juniors & Teams Data)
2024/25 Australia Day Tri – 147
2023/24 Australia Day Tri – 120
2022/23 Australia Day Tri – 133
2021/22 Australia Day Tri – 134
2020/21 Australia Day Tri - 144
2019/20 Australia Day Tri – 151
Meetings A lot was achieved in the Bathurst Wallabies Triathlon Clubs 20th Year.
The Club Administration attempted to be accessible and responsive with 10 meetings held during the 2025/26 season, (although the 19th May 2025 was electronic and didn’t prove to be that successful on dealing/managing decisions). The 9 meeting at the Clubhouse are listed below. The minutes can be found at the clubs Meeting Details site at --
https://www.nswcycling.com/forum/index.php?board=11.0 GENERAL MEETING No 1 - 2025/26 season (after the AGM) - 6:00pm 16/04/2025 - Stanley St Clubhouse
E-MEETING – Emails and discussion lead by President - May 19, 1:56 PM
No2 - Wednesday 16th July 2025 – Stanley St Clubhouse – 5:30pm
No3 – Wednesday 06/08/25 - Clubhouse - 5:30pm
No4 – Wednesday 30/10/25 - Clubhouse - 5:30pm
No5 – Wednesday 10th Dec 2025 at the Clubhouse 5:30pm
No6 – Wednesday 14th Jan 2026 at the Clubhouse 5:30pm
No7 – Wednesday 11th March 2026 at the Clubhouse 5:30pm
No8 – (Reunion/Meeting) Wednesday 18/03/2026 Stanley Street Clubhouse 7pm
AGM for 2025/26 season Wednesday 06/05/2026 Clubhouse 5:30pm
Conclusion The Figures clearly show that the Bathurst Wallabies Triathlon Club 2025-2026 season was an unprecedented success in participation and the development of new racing venue possibilities in the future. Big thank you to the whole club Administration Team who are all listed below - everyone has worked hard and offered the club great support in our twentieth year.
Special mention to Luke Patterson and Kath Stutsel who had to sit the events to ensure everything ran smoothly, while Gary Hamer was great support for me during the year. However, I could list everyone in the management team for their great support this season.
Clubwomen and Clubmen awards were won by Jessie Adams and Darren Fenton who both were outstanding in their support of the club’s programs.
Jessie Adams the clubs Junior Coordinator had a record-breaking season with the junior racing.
Darren Fenton is a workaholic on the Setup Committee and was an obvious candidate for the Clubman Award.
Club Champions Series – Very Exciting to have 150 athletes scoring points in the Club Championship series in 2025/26 – winner where Men Mark Windsor and Amelia Kirby the Womens Champion for 2025/26. It was exciting to watch Amalia this season dominate the women’s championship series this years after coming through the clubs junior program.
Moved Mark Windsor President 2025/26 - Carried Gary Hamer
2025/26 Treasurers ReportNotes to Profit and Loss presented.Membership income: reduced from $1151.60 to $193.64. The odd numbers are caused due
to fees using the stripe payment system through Triathlon Australia. That aside the
reduction is due to the decision in 2025 to reduce the Club Membership Portion of fees
from $20 per adult to $5.00. This is possibly the easiest way to increase club income as
people that are going to join are probably not going change their decision to join over $15.
We currently have 3 premium members, 1 social and 41 standard members. As a club we
need to continually encourage people to join by sharing the membership benefits of
insurance while training and competing, the reduced/free cost of competing in the interclub
events and something that is often overlooked the partner benefits available through
Triathlon Australia, Discounts on Garmin, Form and other fitness brands along with pre-
entry for some sought after events like T100 on the Gold Coast. It would also be good to
see TA lobby large event providers like Ironman and Elite Energy to provide discounted
entry to members to at least offset the ODL part of entry fees those businesses charge all
competitors.
Race Entries -inflated in 2025 due to most of the Race Entry money in 2024 sitting in square
balance.
Sponsorship - is very hard to obtain, as the economic environment continues to be hard it is
hard to see where sponsorship money will come in from. It would be great to see a club
sponsorship coordinator to be able to follow up on possible avenues like the RSL Club,
Leagues Club, Bathurst Council Sporting Grants etc.
FLNFT grant – Follow up required.
Timing Income – Will have to double check that line.
Council Expenses - expected to be billed in next few months which will impact the current
year loss.
Expect the end of year loss to be closer to $2000 or $3000 by the time the above factors are
taken into account.
Summary – Biggest factors impacting position going forward are
memberships and the club membership component
sponsorship income
cost of putting on events and the need to charge enough to recoup at a minimum
ODL, Pool and Traffic Management Fees, Especially Australia Day Triathlon. We get
charged pool entry even though the pool is free entry all day after the event. We
currently provide free entry to Aus Day Tri for TA members. Other clubs particularly
in the Sydney areas include commercial events like Husky, in their interclub leagues
which come with heavy entry fees, why are we so adverse to charging enough to
cover our costs. Fair enough that Dubbo, Orange and Mudgee run their events cost
free but that is not the situation we are in.
Council Fees – apparently some relief is available through the Bathurst Sports
Committee needs to be investigated and followed through.
Other event opportunities – our event patronage is increasing, assuming that
continues is there the opportunity to return to a 5-triathlon season, or are their
opportunities to run other events or build on the duathlon events.
All things considered with a closing bank balance of $16828 we are in strong financial shape
for the next few years, but if we continue to lose $2-3k per annum that will diminish quickly.
Need to look at, at least breaking even as a club.Treasurers report accepted -- Windsor/GillmerElection of 2026/27 Office BearersPresident – Luke Gillmer, Vice-President – Rich Hobson, Treasurer – Gary Hamer, Secretaries – Kirsten Weal, Management Committee Secretary/Race Director – Luke Patterson
Management & Planning Committee: - Luke Patterson (secretary), Kath Stutsel (Assistant Sec), Gav Borg, Anne Blackie (Women Committee), Hollee North (Women Committee), Jenelle Starkey (Women Committee).
Setup & Projects Committee: - Darren Fenton (Senior Member), Nick North, Nikki Thurtell, Luke Thurtell, Mark Windsor (History Proj.)
Junior Development Committee: - Jessie Adams, Kerryn Windsor.
