The ACT School Sports Council Incorporated (the Council) organises and manages the 2008 Pacific School Games, with financial support from the ACT Government through the ACT Department of Education and Training (DET).

The Council is a representative body with members from School Sport ACT, the ACT Primary and Secondary Schools Sports Associations, DET, the Catholic Education Office and the Association of Independent Schools.  Other bodies represented are the parent associations for each of these three education sectors; the ACT Branch of the Australian Education Union; the Independent Education Union; and Sport and Recreation Services, the ACT government sport agency.

2008 PSG Steering Committee

The Council established the 2008 PSG Steering Committee comprising members of the Council plus two representatives of School Sport Australia.  Chair of the Steering Committee is Council Chair, Annette Harasymiv.

A sub-committee structure supports the 2008 PSG Management:

1. Finance Committee

Membership consists of Steering Committee members from the Council, an ACT DET representative and the General Manager and Finance Manager of the 2008 PSG.

2. Sport Committee

Membership consists of representatives of the ACT School Sports community, ACT community sporting organisations for each of the four 2008 PSG sports, the 2008 PSG General Manager and Sport Manager. The Committee will address issues that concern more than one sport and ensure that the 2008 PSG is an integrated multi-sport event.

3. Sport Working Parties

Five Sport Working Parties will undertake specialised functions required to organise and conduct the competitions in their respective sport.  The structure of the Working Parties reflects the structure of the Sports Committee with a combination of school and community based expertise in each sport.

Other sub-committees will be established as required.

2008 PSG Advisory Board

The ACT Government established the Advisory Board to provide high level advice to the 2008 PSG Steering Committee and the 2008 PSG Management Team.

Members are:

Dr Michele Bruniges	CEO ACT Department of Education & Training (Chair)
Ms Annette Harasymiv	Chair ACT School Sports Council
Mr Steve Kalend	Executive Officer, School Sport Australia
Mr Mark Hogan	Deputy CEO, Catholic Education Office
Mr Jeremy Irvine	CEO Diocesan Schools Coucnil representing the Association of Independent Schools
Mr Gavin Macdonald	CEO ACT Sport, the ACT sports industry association
Ms Sue Marriage	Director, Sport and Recreation Services, ACT Department of Territory and Municipal Services
Ms Sushila Sharma	Acting Director, Finance and Facilities, Department of Education & Training
Ms Trish Wilks	Director, Curriculum Support and Professional Learning, Department of Education & Training
Mr Ron Burns	General Manager, 2008 Pacific School Games

The Advisory Committee established an intra governmental committee to coordinate the ACT Government services to be provided to the 2008 PSG by the various ACT Departments and agencies (all will be represented on the committee).  The 2008 PSG General Manager and the Operations Manager will not be members of this committee but will attend its meetings.

2008 PSG Management

General Manager	Mr Ron Burns
Administration Manager	Ms Jane McCarty
Sport Manager	Mr Jo Campbell
Communications Manager	Ms Rei Seah
Operations Manager	Mr Neal Redmayne
Services Manager	Ms Kirsten Drower
Functions Manager	Mr Kevin Bawden
Volunteer Manager	Ms Trish Thomas
Assistant Administration Manager	Ms Katy Dwyer
Assistant Communications and Functions Manager	Ms Pam Cullen
Assistant Operations Manager	Mr Julian Woods
Assistant Services Manager	Mr Daniel Higgins
Production Coordinator	Ms Rachel Gould

 

Download the 2008 Pacific School Games Governance diagram (32kb PDF)

 

Last updated on 17 September 2008