
Board Members
Kristi Mead
Kristi is our Junior Director and has held this postion since 2010.
Kristi formally had the role of Secretary from 2008 – 2011 and has been the Auskick Coach for 5 years. Her progam has won Southern Tasmanian Auskick Centre of the Year in 2010 & 2012
Kristi has been around and involved at some level at the Lauderdale Football Club for over 18 years.
Kristi is married to Dion and has 2 children (Noah & Sophie) who both play in the junior teams. She is employed by the Woolworths Finance Shared Servues as a Team Leader in Accounts Receivable.
Director of Junior Football
Vice President
Director of Infrastructure
Licensee
Michael Roberts
Director of Sponsorship and Marketing
Tony Beakley
Simon Kay
More detailed information will follow soon
President
Julie Kay
Finance Director
Julie is the assistant Principal at Ogilvie High School and loves working with young people.
She enjoys all sports and is experienced in Sport Administration, being involved for many years as a:
Board member of Tasmanian Institute of Sport, Coached representative Junior Basketball teams,
President Ulverstone Surf Lifesaving Club
Vice President of Surf Lifesaving Tasmania
Officials Co-ordinator for Surf Lifesaving Tasmania
She also enjoys reading and cooking. Being with family and friends are her most cherished moments. ​
Andrew Hopwood
currently not serving on the Board
Andrew is the General Manager of the club. He currently serves as a board member and vice president of the STJFL, was a founding board member of the University of Tasmania publisher, Quintas, has served on other arts boards including Ten Days on the Island and the Tasmanian Writers Festival.
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Andrew started his association with the Lauderdale Football Club in 1999 as the Auskick coordinator. He is passionate to help the many fine young men that represent the club for fill their potential both on and off the field.
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Andrew has been in involved in the publishing industry for 28 years running Hopwood Enterprises, a Publishers agency, Blackgum Distribution Services, a publishing wholesaling business and Wellington Bridge Press, a publisher.
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General Manager
Mick has been a board member since 2005. His involvment in the club started 15 years ago.
He is the Director of Infrastructure of the club and the Licensee of the bar.
He was active in the planning and building of our clubroom extensions.
He is the owner of MG Roberts Plumbing Ozzi Kleen Wastewater
and a major sponsor of the club.
Tony has been involved with the Lauderdale Football Club since its reformation in 1979. He is a life member of the Club.
In his time Tony has seen the club progress through different leagues to its current state league representation.
Tony played 97 games and coached the reserves for several years. He has served on committees/boards for 15 years holding numerous positions
including the Vice Presidency in recent years.
Together with his wife Michelle they run the Gaias Nest Childcare centre at Pass Road, Mornington.

Andrew McGuinness
TSL Football Director
Andrew is our TSL Football Director. He has been involved with the club for 14 years and has played a role in junior and youth teams as a team manager and assistant coach. Andrew has been involved with many volunteer roles within the club and enjoys the great sense of family and community within the club culture.
Andrew is a fire officer with the Tasmania Fire Service where he has been employed for 27 years. He has been involved in a number of senior public sector committees and inquiries. Previously Andrew was the chairperson of the John Paul II Catholic school board of management for 6 years.
Passionate about AFL football, Andrew is married to Adele and they have 3 boys Josh, Ben and Matt that play at the club