Committee Members

Rebecca Sinclair(Chair)
Kendall Gilding
Graham Astbury
Claire Henkey
Rebecca Randazzo (CEO)

as of May 2026

Current Members

As At 1st January 2026

Jeff Lancaster (Chair)
Peter Searston (HP Representative)
Lisa Morgan (Coaching Director Representative)
Amy Ryan (General Member)
Aaron Kenny (RCD Representative)
Margaret Dilger (HQ Education & Pathways Representative)
Jordyn Wilson (HQ Athlete Development Representative)

JEFF LANCASTER – CHAIR

Jeff is Hockey Queensland’s mental performance and wellbeing coach, a state selector and premier league coach.

His main interest in becoming involved with the coaching committee is to support the development of coaches across the state, to aid the growth of our athletes and our game. His primary focus is supporting remote and regional coach development.

PETER 'SEO' SEARSTON

Peter Searston has a long history of involvement in hockey in Queensland particularly in high performance. He has held positions in coaching, managing and selecting in Men's and Women's including: 

• Coaching: Brothers Club in Townsville, Townsville Teams, Assistant Coach Queensland U21 Men, Queensland Men Development Team Coach, and Queensland Blades Assistant Coach
• Managing: Townsville Men's Teams, Qld Country Men, Qld U21 Men, Queensland Blades and Brisbane Blaze, and Australian Kookaburras

• Selecting: Townsville Teams, Qld Country Men, Qld U21 Men, Queensland Blades and Brisbane Blaze, and HA Futures Men

As an athlete he competed for his hometown and for Queensland across Indoor, Country, U21 and Open age groups. 

LISA 'BASSY' MORGAN

Lisa Morgan is currently based in Rockhampton and wears many coaching hats from grass roots to State Teams. 

She is involved with the Rockhampton Under 7 Quikstix program and coaches Senior Men and Women club teams. At a Queenland level she coaches U18 and U21 Women. 

"I joined this committee as I am passionate about our sport and want to help in providing the support to increase the standard of coaching and the number of coaches at all levels of participation across Queensland." - Lisa. 

AMY RYAN

Amy Ryan re-joins the Hockey Queensland Coaching Committee in 2026. Amy has a long coaching record with Qld teams and is an approved FIH Trainer. Amy coaches University Men in the Brisbane competition and continues to extend her coaching through relevant opportunities.

AARON KENNY

Aaron is the current Maryborough RCD/Development Officer. He oversees the Maryborough Junior Program (Tomahawks) and do squad sessions for representative players. Aaron has coached for over 30 years at club and representative level in the Fraser Coast (13’s to Senior Men and Women).

At the Hockey Queensland level he has been involved at trials (15’s, 18’s and 21’s) and at a few development camps (16’s and 18’s).

As a player he has represented Queensland U21, Queensland Open & Australian Country. 

"As part of this committee I aim to assist in building a bank of coaching resources and the network to assist all coaches in Queensland, particularly in the regional centres." - Aaron

The HQ Officiating Committee (OC) supports the delivery, education and continuous improvement of officiating (Umpiring and Technical) across both Outdoor and Indoor Hockey in Queensland. The committee was created in 2026 combining the previous Umpire Appointment Panel and Technical Officiating Committee.

Current Members

As At 6th January 2026

Adam Barry (Chair)
Julie Ashton-Lucy
David Black
Kerryl Brown
Carol Chiu Chong
Melanie Craig
Cathy Platts

Current Members

Jan Walker (Chair)
Natalie Pember
Catherine Riggs
Lyn Tucker
Clarke Tunstall

Women's Masters

As At January 2026

Belle Davis – Chair
Kathy Anderson – Events
Deb Creighton – Secretary
Toni Day
Sue Howard – State Teams
Linda Hunter – Performance
Amanda Paech – Culture
Kathy Rogers – Social Media
Karin Walduck – Logistics

 (Profiles at the bottom of the page)

2025 Position Descriptions

• 2025 PD Contingent Coaching Coordinator 
• 2025 PD Contingent Leader
• 2025 PD Statistician
• 2025 PD Team Leader
• 2026 Team Coaches Handbook
• 2026 Team Managers Handbook
• 2026 Women's Masters Policy

Profiles 

BELLE DAVIS  – CHAIR

HQWMC Membership 2022 - 2026

Belle and her two brothers have played hockey since the early 1970s and were all still playing until the close of the 2021 season when she retired. Hockey has always been an important and constant part of life. Belle was Club Captain of both Bulimba and Kedron Wavell Hockey Clubs and competed in the BWHA for many years.
She discovered Masters Hockey in 1998 and began playing in the Gold Coast Hockey Association Competition. Belle has represented at Club, District, State and National levels. She is currently a member of the Gold Coast Women’s Master’s Committee holding the portfolio of Logistics. With her recent retirement from active play she now is able to direct her interest and knowledge to the administration and promotion of Women’s Master’s Hockey.
Belle was a physiotherapist working in the fields of rehabilitation and aged care. She was the Director of a large multidisciplinary Team and hopes to bring a range of organizational skills to her position on the HQWMC.

LINDA HUNTER

HQWMC Membership 2012 – 2026

In the mid-1980s, Linda resumed her professional career as a primary school teacher and later became a school principal. Promotions in this role through schools of increasing complexity saw her managing a total staff of 90 odd and working with government officials and community leaders. During this time, she developed skills in strategic planning, policy development, operational planning, budgeting and financial management, people management, and resource management. Until her career took her to locations in which hockey was not played, she was a regular member of Qld Vets/Masters teams. Linda was an accredited AA Umpire and is a Level 2 Technical Official and Level 2 Coach. She is a Masters Coach at Queensland and Australian levels. Linda is currently a member of World Masters Hockey’s Events Committee, HA Masters Committee and Operational Group (Women), HQ Women’s Technical and Masters Committees and is contributes to Sunshine Coast Hockey Association as a Technical Official and Women’s Masters selector.

DEB CREIGHTON

HQWMC Membership 2018 – 2026

Deb played hockey from age 11 to 17 years.  She then had 30 years break and returned to the game at the age of 47. Deb has represented Gympie, Maryborough and Gladstone over the years in various age divisions.  She has also represented Queensland in the 55 and 60s age division.
As long as she can remember she has volunteered in many committee roles for her local Club and Association and now is an active member of the Qld Women’s Masters Committee. She has Coached and Managed various teams of all ages as well during this time.
Professionally Deb has worked in the insurance industry for many years. Along with her husband she has been owner/operator of various small businesses ranging from Wall and Floor Tiling to Traffic Control.
Deb loves what hockey brings to her including the wonderful friendships along the way.

SUE HOWARD 

HQWMC Membership 2022 – 2026

Sue was a primary school teacher for 37 years prior to her retirement in 2016. During that time she coached and managed many Mackay primary school and Capricornia district school hockey teams.
Sue started playing hockey at primary school under the expert tutelage of well known local Mackay coach Lena Saunders. She continued playing until having her children, and then resumed hockey, and then played Masters Hockey in Mackay. Sue has been a player, volunteer, Treasurer and Manager for her local association.
Sue started managing Queensland Womens Masters teams when her husband worked out of town for weeks at a time. She has managed Qld teams since 2007. She has also managed Australian Womens Masters teams in 2016 and 2018 and 2019.
Sue retired with her husband to Redcliffe 6 years ago, and has been playing in the BWHA Monday Masters fixtures, and has managed teams from both Redcliffe and BWHA Womens Masters.

KARIN WALDUCK 

 HQWMC Membership 2010 – 2026

Karin trained as a pharmacist and has a postgraduate qualification in pharmacology. She worked for 10 years in the Queensland hospital system where she had experience in managing staff and attending to the needs of stakeholders. Her professional career in the service sector continues as manager of the information technology unit at the State Library. She has almost unparalleled experience in sports’ leadership, management and administration having spent 20 years as a Board member of HQ, the last eight (8) years as President. Concurrently Karin was, and still is, President of Brisbane Women’s Hockey Association. She has skills in corporate governance and management in the government and not for profit sectors as well as a long history in hockey operations, from the canteen to the board room and all places in between. Karin has represented Queensland in Masters both as a field player and as a goal keeper. She has also worn the green and gold as a member of an Australian team.

KATHY ANDERSON

HQWMC Membership 2024 - 2026

Kathy started playing hockey at the age of 8 and has been playing in Veterans/Masters since 1992. She is passionate about everything hockey, being involved at club & association level with grassroots hockey, competition, judiciary and President. She feels she has been very lucky to have a wonderful hockey life.

KATHY ROGERS 

HQWMC Membership 2024 - 2026

Kathy along with her late sister Terry, were founding members of the Tinana Hockey Club in Maryborough in 1968. Their sister Mary McKell was the coach.  All 3 girls along with another sister Carmel (Meyer) represented Qld in Masters during their hockey days.

Kathy went on to play for Australia in Masters (as did Mary and Carmel).  Although not able to play any more, she still coaches, umpires and selects.  She is currently Treasurer of the Maryborough & District Hockey Association (a position she has held since 1996).  She is a Life Member of Tinana and the MDHA.  She enjoys being creative and has taken on the Social Media portfolio for the HQWMC.

TONI DAY 

HQWMC Membership 2026

Toni started playing hockey at the age of 4 in Moranbah. She played her junior hockey for Pine Rivers Hockey Club and her senior years at Kedron Wavell, Park Avenue Brothers (Rockhampton) and Caloundra Seahawks. She has represented Brisbane, Rockhampton and Sunshine Coast in both Indoor and Outdoor Hockey. After taking some time away from hockey whilst having children and working around Queensland as a teacher and principal, she has returned to hockey and is loving being back around teammates. Toni has recently represented Queensland at the 2025 National Masters Tournament and will represent Australia at the 2026 Indoor World Cup.

She has finally talked her 16-year-old daughter into playing hockey and they spend most winter weekends at Ballinger Park. Toni is the co-vice president for Seahawks Hockey Club on the Sunshine Coast and enjoys giving back to the sport that has given her so much.

AMANDA PAECH - 

HQWMC Membership 2026

Amanda has been involved in hockey since 1995, beginning her playing career in Wagga Wagga before relocating to Brisbane. She has played Division 1 hockey in Brisbane since 2015, accumulating over 319 Division 1 games, and commenced her Masters hockey journey in 2018 representing Brisbane, Queensland and Australia.

Alongside her on-field achievements, Amanda brings extensive professional experience from her career in the mining industry. She has held senior leadership roles as a Senior Commercial Manager, overseeing more than $800 million in revenue across multiple mine sites. Her responsibilities included procurement, accounts receivable and payable, management accounting, and strategic commercial oversight across five operations.

With a strong background in governance, financial management and high-performance environments, Amanda brings a practical, strategic and disciplined approach to administration. She is passionate about supporting the continued growth, professionalism and sustainability of Masters Hockey and contributing her experience to the ongoing development of the sport.

Current Members

As at January 6th 2026

Brent Kinnane (Chair)
Ian Knights (Treasurer)
Paul Hardie (Secretary)
Ray Langler
Trevor Johnson
Brett Rollason
Brad Mathers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Brad Galgon
Chris Leeder

Committee Members

Chris Thomson
Joseph Rudolph
Steven Stewart
Liam McWhinney