About Us

At Club Builder, we are driven by our passion for community sport

Sporting Clubs and Institutions have the ability to unite, empower, and bring people together and are some of the most important pillars of our communities.  Sporting Clubs are community organisations and their success relies on the hard work and dedication of people - volunteers often work tirelessly to keep their Clubs successfully operating, but their efforts oftentimes only address short term needs, and the strategic direction of many Clubs are undefined. 

All too often we see Clubs with great vision that never reach their potential, and this is often due to a number of common problems that many Clubs face such as a high turnover in committee personnel; planning horizons that only address short term needs; difficulty in effectively mobilising and motivating volunteers; an inability to effectively engage sponsors and government representatives, and many others. These common patterns amongst Sporting Clubs are what spawned Club Builder into existence.

Our dedicated team has the experience and passion to help your Club to be its best. Whether you’re a Club President, Committee Member, Participant, Parent, or anything in-between, we are here to help your Club plan for the long-term, ensuring its sustained success for your generation, the next, and the children of our children.

Our Mission

“Building sporting clubs today for the children of our children”

The Club Builder program provides a structure and environment for sporting club committees to engage in a strategic planning process that delivers lasting benefits not just for this year, and next year, but for the next generation.

Building a sporting Club is not something that should ever be a short-term view. It can be a difficult and long journey, but if our generation can leave our sporting institutions in a better place for future generations, we consider that a success.

Our Philosophy

We pride ourselves on providing Clubs with exceptional and lasting solutions. Too often, Clubs settle for short-term and rigid solutions that don’t work for them in the long term. We work with Clubs for the months and years that it takes to achieve lasting and tailored solutions for sustained success. That’s the Club Builder Difference.

Meet the team

 

ANTHONY NICHOLLS

founder & Chief strategist

Anthony is one of the founders of Club Builder and is an Experienced Strategic Advisor with a demonstrated history of working in the Sporting Industry. For over 5 years, Anthony has led the Club Builder team to complete projects for hundreds of Sporting Clubs & Leagues, Community Organisations, Local Businesses, and everything in between. He has a proven track record in Sporting Club Development and Strategic Planning, helping Clubs to grow and develop sustainably.

SUZY ROGERS

founder

Suzy is one of the founders of ARWK Management PL and Club Builder and has been consulting with various diverse businesses for over 10 years. She loves getting things done, creative thinking, and strategic planning. She is also one of the rare people who actually enjoys documenting processes and drafting tender documents. Her other interests include getting outdoors, chasing two small children, spending time with friends, and culinary exploration.

GINA PAPAMICHAEL

Office manager

Gina turns concepts and ideas into meetings and action items. As Club Builder’s Office Manager, Gina is the first point of contact for our clients, and she manages their needs with the complex schedules of the Club Builder team to help ensure projects are completed as efficiently and quickly as possible.

For Gina, it all starts with an open mind, a blank sheet of paper, and a calendar.

Kai Jones

Director of Communication & Engagement

As Club Builder’s Director of Communication & Engagement, his responsibilities include drafting & sending Club Builder’s trademark weekly Newsletter and Grant Alert emails.

Kai has played soccer at a representative level and overseas in the United States, and has also worked as a Referee, Coach, Tournament Coordinator, and Administrator. Kai’s experiences with community sport allow him to understand sporting Clubs and how to help them.

 

Siddesh (Sid) Sarathy

Management Consultant

As Club Builder’s lead consultant, Sid oversees the high-quality delivery of projects including Strategic Plans, Club Development Plans, and Survey Reports.

Sid pairs his experiences of coaching, directing, and managing at soccer Clubs around the world with his Master’s Degree in Sports Management (Deakin University) to help sporting Clubs. Sid’s knowledge and experience help him to deliver exceptional results as a source of knowledge for Clients.

Shekhar (shak) Nand

As one of Club Builder’s Project Managers, Shak ensures that projects such as Strategic Plans, Club Development Plans, and Survey Reports are completed and delivered to a high quality.

Shak has coached, refereed, and played Basketball at the representative level. Shak has also completed a Bachelor of Business (Sport Management), and a Bachelor of Exercise & Sports Science from Deakin University.

Shak’s extensive business and sporting experiences ensure help him to improve Australian Sporting Clubs each and every day.

AIKOLYNEE (aiko) ESTUISTA

project assistant

As one of Club Builder’s Project Assistants, Aiko works with the Club Builder team to deliver and finalise projects including reports and plans.

Aiko has experience in the behind-the-scenes work at sporting Clubs, having helped many Clubs with systems relating to staff, communications, registrations, payments, and many others, and she uses this experience in her work at Club Builder.

grace mandeya

project assistant

As a Project Assistant, Grace works with the Club Builder team to deliver and finalise projects including reports and plans.

Grace utilises her experiences as a soccer player and Sport Management student to help Sporting Clubs to be their best.

Our Clients