Panel Of Expertise

“To me, respect is worth more than all the gold in the world. We will look to encourage great cricketers, but also great people. If we can encourage great people and great Australians over the next four years starting from day one, I think that’s a really important foundation for us.”

Justin Langer, Coach, Australian Men’s Cricket Team

Sport clubs seeking answers to tough questions

Club Respect’s Panel of Expertise provides sports clubs with easy access to free, qualified and highly skilled advice. A panel of sport club specialists (see below) has been assembled for their deep experience and understanding of the issues within sport clubs and will assist Club Respect in responding to your queries.

Our panellists specialise in the following aspects of club sport:
• Ethical challenges • Legal • Financial • Committees • Culture • Policy and Procedures • Gender equity • Healthy Masculinities • Risk management • Insurance • Compliance • Constitution • Duty of care • Club Processes • People • Volunteers • Fundraising • Marketing • Drug and Alcohol • Child safe • Bad behaviour • Discrimination

The simple process

Step 1 – A sports club asks a question via the online form below.

Step 2 – If a question cannot be adequately responded to or resolved by Club Respect staff, then the question will be forwarded to one of our panel members. The sports club will receive an answer to the question with useful, informative and direct advice, ideally within 1 week, though depending on any complexity it may take a little longer.

Step 3 – All questions and responses will then be published on the Panel of Expertise platform. These will be de-identified and edited before wider public release unless permission to print names of people/clubs is expressly given.

Our panel members

Club Respect would like to thank all of our panel members and their contribution to the Panel of Expertise.

Libby Mears

Peter Robinson

Pat Clancey

Joe Ball

Rana Hussain

Margot Foster AM OLY

Julia Symons

Christine Granger

Brian Phelan

Phil Cleary

Dr. Julia Walsh

Paul Zappa

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Is there something you’ve noticed in your club that’s stopping it from being safe, kind or fair? Our panel have the answers. It’s a free community resource for you and others and you can be anonymous if it is important to you.

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Latest responses

Q&A Peter Robinson

How do we motivate players through COVID uncertainty?

Anon from the Sydney suburb of Randwick plays football and asks "The club is finding it difficult to engage with players during COVID, many who have come back to playing recently. Even our really gifted players (Juniors U18s) don't seem as interested in skills development and training. How can we help them through this period of uncertainty?"

Q&A Brian Phelan

Strategies to maintain connection at your club

Patrick from a junior soccer club in Sydney asks “Our season has finished up for the year. We're thinking about our players and families who didn’t return during the season and the impact on our coaches and the committee. Pre-season should start in the next few months, what can we do to reconnect and get everyone excited for the next season?“

Q&A Julia Walsh

Retaining players during COVID: What should clubs focus on for the upcoming season?

Ian from a cricket club in Melbourne asks “The club has got a big focus on retaining players from the previous season. With the COVID impact in mind, what do you see as the most important things for committees/coaches to consider for the upcoming season?”