The Club works through the contribution of Members with their time expertise and Labour but also acknowledges the significant contributions by it’s Members who go above and beyond reasonable expectations and make significant contribution to the Club through Life Membership of the Club.
Mike assisted in finding the legal firm that successfully sought compensation for the loss of
Carinya.
Many of his photos grace the bunkrooms in the club’s lodges.
Mike organised Kids’ and Ladies’ Weekends and a cross-country touring calendar. He was
junior club champion in 1974, men’s club champion in 1994 and raced for the Club numerous times.
Mike led the Business Planning Subcommittee that developed financial principles and booking rules still in use today, helping transform the club from its darkest days after the loss of Carinya and through the temporary closure of old Tiobunga. He worked to broaden the appeal of the club with initiatives resulting in over 60 new members.
At this time he had served 9 years on the committee as Ski Development Officer, Information Officer, Club Captain and VP Management and President.
James negotiated accommodation for members in other Thredbo clubs for several years after the Thredbo landslide. He assisted in managing the planning and construction of Waragun.
On the Business Planning subcommittee, he helped formulate several of the financial and
operational principles and the booking rules by which the club still operates today.
James has undertaken numerous projects in the lodges while staying on holiday, including
speaker installations in Waragun and Tiobunga.
James organised teams and raced for the club in numerous races. He ran and promoted club championships as well as organising multiple ski development activities each year.
Heather was president for 4 years during a very challenging period for the Club and particularly for the committee - i.e. the planning for and construction of the new Tiobunga.
As well as president Heather also served on the Tiobunga Building Subcommittee. Heather overcame numerous significant challenges to deliver an excellent outcome for the Club as evidenced by the completion of Tiobunga on schedule.
Heather was also on the rebuilding subcommittee for Thredbo and served 2 years as Events
Manager on the committee.
Heather has represented the club over a long period of time in ski competitions including when she was an Australian representative.
At the time of his appointment, Richard had served for 10 years on the Committee. Richard was Club Captain in 1996 and 1997.
Between 1996 and 1998, Richard was deeply involved in the Club’s protracted negotiations with the Canberra YMCA. regarding the Club’s relationship with the YMCA This resulted in the Club’s break with the YMCA in 1997 and it formally becoming the Brindabella Ski Club in May 1998.
Richard was primarily responsible for the drafting of the 1997 Club Rules, seeing them adopted by the Club and approved by the Registrar of Incorporated Associations, the NPWS and Kosciuszko Thredbo.
From 1997 to 2004 Richard acted as Legal Officer during the Club’s compensation case against the NSW Government for Carinya’s loss in the Thredbo landslide in July 1997 and in negotiations with Kosciuszko Thredbo for a new lodge site.
Richard was President in 1998 and 1999 and again between 2001 and 2004, and VP Thredbo in 2005. Richard played a significant role in the planning, associated with the construction of the Club’s new lodge at Thredbo.
Besides serving on the Committee on several occasions, he was engaged in construction work in the latter stages of the first major redevelopment of Tiobunga in the early 1960s. In the late 1960s he was seconded to the sub-committee planning the construction of Carinya.
He was also very heavily involved in the actual construction of the first stage of Carinya. Later he was involved in building of the northern extension of Kyilla and the major refurbishments of both Kyilla and Tiobunga. He was responsible for the project management of the extension of Carinya.
Kurt’s even temperedness and pleasant disposition enabled him to resolve many difficult situations particularly in his negotiations on behalf of the Club with various government authorities.
Rasa was President of the Club between 1994 and 1997.
Rasa made significant contributions to the Club during the renovations of Carinya prior to the Thredbo landslide and in her support for members during the difficult 1996, 1997 and 1998 years which involved the dispute with the Canberra YMCA followed shortly thereafter by the landslide which destroyed Carinya and Bimbadeen Lodge.
He steered the Club through some difficult times and in spite of the demands of a senior position in the Australian Public Service devoted many hours to his duties as a Club Administrator. He was also very active in the construction of Carinya between 1969 and 1971, and also organised the various mandatory fire upgrades of all the Club's lodges.
Paul has occupied the positions of President, Club Captain, Vice-President (Guthega).
During the major extension of Tiobunga in 1962-63 Paul served on the sub-committee set up to redevelop the lodge and was also heavily involved in the construction work associated with the project.
Between 1968 and 1969 Paul was also a member of the sub-committee set up to build Carinya and was heavily involved in the construction work on the first stage of the building providing his many skills as a plumber and in other areas of the construction work.
In his time as Vice-President (Guthega) Paul was involved in the substantial project of extending Kyilla and in the upgrading both Kyilla and Tiobunga.
Dorothy served as Membership Secretary in 1961 and 1962, as Booking Officer during the period of the major extension of Tiobunga whilst also being involved in actual construction work, as Assistant Treasurer in 1965 and 1966 and Publicity Officer in 1967.
Dorothy was a member of the Sub-Committee appointed to investigate the construction of a lodge in Thredbo.
Dorothy was involved in the design of the kitchen plan for Carinya and she handled the arduous task of maintaining the member's loan register for the Carinya project. Dorothy also served on many sub-committees.
Although Keith was a non-skiing member (it is doubtful if Keith ever put on a pair of skis), Keith was a very great supporter of the Club right from its early beginnings.
Keith was always impressed by the Club's enthusiasm and sense of independence, its ability to run it affairs efficiently and to raise its own finance and to meet its obligations.
Keith saw the Club as a 'do-it-yourself' self-help organisation - a belief which was confirmed many times in later years.
Keith was instrumental in assisting the Club in obtaining finance from our bank to undertake construction of the first stage of Carinya.
Wal was also heavily involved in the organisational and actual construction work on the lodge.
It is understood that Wal spent over 20 weekends at Guthega during the extension of Tiobunga.
Wal later worked on the construction of Carinya between 1968 and 1969.
Harry had inspired the early enthusiasts, convened the first meetings, arranged the finance to buy the first bus and served on the Committee for the first 6 years, when he was the driving force in the Club.
Harry is thus the founder of the Club and has continued his membership and interest through the years. The Club has changed considerably since those early days but of Harry Black one could say that without him there would have been no Club.
Since 1965 Bob's name has been synonymous with the Club's maintenance and building activities.
Bob's great contribution was the organisation and building of Carinya lodge at Thredbo spending over 30 weekends on the job in late 1968 and the first half of 1969.
Bob has also been President once, Vice-President three times and Club Captain twice.
He has occupied the positions of President, Secretary, Bookings Officer and Vice-President, and has been active in all fields of Club activities.
His major contribution was in the planning and organisation of the major extension of Tiobunga in 1962 to 1963.
He has also represented the Club in langlauf.
Gene was Secretary for one year, President for two and Publicity Officer for 2½ years.
Gene's advice, ideas, drive and organisational ability played a key role in the expansion of the
Club. As the inspirer of the Kyilla project, Gene spent practically every weekend in the summer of 1960 in the mountains and most of the week doing the organisational work associated with construction.
No other person has done so much to make the Club what it is today.
Audun's great contribution was the technical knowledge and supervision of the construction of Kyilla in 1960.
Audun also planned the extension to Tiobunga (1959) and helped with the reconstruction (1963).
Without Audun's contribution the lodges at Guthega would not exist.
He was Vice-President of the Club in 1957 and represented the Club for many years in langlauf.
Brindabella is very proud to have two Winter Olympians represent Australia
Jarryd has competed at X Games where he became the first Australian Male to win a Winter X Games Gold Medal in 2016
At the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games Jarryd won the Silver Medal. This was the first medal for Australia in the Snowboardcross Discipline.
Jarryd has won two World Cups, is the youngest Australian to ever win a World Cup and the youngest person to be World #1 on the FIS Snowboardcross World tour at 16years of age.
Jarryd has also won Gold and Silver Medals at the FIS Junior World Championships
The Canberra resident recorded her best results on the international circuit at the 1996 World Championships where she finished 15th in the Combined event. She qualified for the Olympic Winter Games by recording a 27th place in the slalom at the World Championships in St Anton.