Phone: 1300 232 398
Paddle Australia Contact Information
National Office
General queries: info@paddle.org.au
Education queries: education@paddle.org.au
Membership queries: membership@paddle.org.au
Postal Address
PO Box 6805
Silverwater, NSW, 2128 Australia
Street Address
Paddle Australia
Level 3 South East, Accor Stadium
15 Edwin Flack Avenue
Sydney Olympic Park
NSW 2127
Account Name:Â Paddle Australia Limited
Bank: Commonwealth Bank
BSB: 062 172
Account Number: 10087818
ABN: 61 189 833 125
PayPal Account: paypal@canoe.org.au
National Office Staff
- Chief Executive Officer
- National Performance Director
- Finance Manager
- Sports Operations Manager
- Business Operations Manager
- Participation & Training Manager
- Special Projects Manager
- National Events & Teams Coordinator
- Executive Assistant
- Membership & Insights Coordinator
- National Integrity Manager
- Media and Communications
Phil Jones
Chief Executive Officer
Email: ceo@paddle.org.au
Phone: 1300 232 398
Address:Â PO Box 6805, Silverwater, NSW, 2128
Phil comes to Paddle Australia having successfully led two of Australia’s leading
National Sporting Organisations, spending 17 years at Yachting Australia (now Australian
Sailing) and running Athletics Australia from November 2014 through to July 2017.
Kim Crane
National Performance Director
Email: kim.crane@paddle.org.au
Address:Â PO Box 190, Robina, QLD, 4226
Kim is a highly respected transformational leader within the Australian high performance sport system with 30 years experience in both sport and business. Kim brings a significant level of experience to Paddle Australia having held leadership and management roles in the National Institute Network including Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) and Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) as well as serving as the National High Performance Director of Surfing Australia.
Kim’s role is to lead the coaches and high performance staff and athletes to deliver a world class performance environment and maximise athlete performance potential.
Aaron Lane
Finance Manager
Email: cfo@paddle.org.au
Phone: 1300 232 398
Address:Â PO Box 6805, Silverwater, NSW, 2128
Annabelle White
Sport Operations Manager
Email: annabelle.white@paddle.org.au
Phone: 1300 232 398
Address:Â PO Box 6805, Silverwater, NSW, 2128
Kate Cohen
Business Operations Manager
Email: kate.cohen@paddle.org.au
Phone: 1300 232 398
Address:Â PO Box 6805, Silverwater, NSW, 2128
Kate joined the Paddle Australia Team in November 2018 and brings with her a strong business management background, having spent 14 years with Australia Post in management roles ranging across customer experience, staff engagement, strategy and eCommerce. For the past two years Kate has been the General Manager, Customer Experience and Operations at Relationships Australia.
Early in her career, she was a High School Teacher before time with NSW Health Department (Health Promotion and Marketing) and the Royal Blind Society (Marketing and Special Events).
Mark Thurgood
Participation & Training Manager
Email: education@paddle.org.au
Phone: 1300 232 398
Address:Â PO Box 6805, Silverwater, NSW, 2128
Mark has been with Paddle Australia since January 2014. Mark has over a 25 years of experience in paddling and instructing, is a Paddle Australia qualified Assessor, Advanced Sea Instructor.
His role is to manage and develop the Paddle Australia Qualification Scheme and work with the PA education and safety technical committee and our National Training Providers.
Carly Milina
Special Projects Manager
Email: carly.milina@paddle.org.au
Phone: 1300 232 398
Address:Â PO Box 6805, Silverwater, NSW, 2128
Tara McElduff
National Events & Teams Coordinator
Email: tara.mcelduff@paddle.org.au
Phone: 1300 232 398
Address:Â PO Box 6805, Silverwater, NSW, 2128
Cassie Mitchell
Executive Assistant
Email: cassie.mitchell@paddle.org.au
Phone: 1300 232 398
Address:Â PO Box 6805, Silverwater, NSW, 2128
Michelle Pitman
Membership & Insights Coordinator
Email: michelle.pitman@paddle.org.au
Phone: 1300 232 398
Address:Â PO Box 6805, Silverwater, NSW, 2128
Liam Bourke
National Integrity Manager
Email: integrity@paddle.org.au
Phone: 1300 232 398
Address:Â PO Box 6805, Silverwater, NSW, 2128
Beyond The Break
Media and Communications
Email: info@paddle.org.au
Phone: 1300 232 398
Paddle Australia Office
Email: info@paddle.org.au
Phone: 1300 232 398
Address: PO Box 6805, Silverwater, NSW, 2128
Member Protection
Martyn Clancy-Lowe
Email: mpio@paddle.org.au
Phone: 1300 232 398
Athletes Commission
Curtis McGrath
Jaime Roberts
Email: athletes@paddle.org.au
Phone: 0488 995 846
Canoe Sprint Program
Contact Details
National Centre of Excellence – Canoe Sprint
24 Pizzey Drive
Mermaid Waters, QLD, 4218
Canoe Sprint Staff
- NCE Facility and Operations Manager
- Athlete Wellbeing & Engagement Manager
- General Manager Performance - Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe
- Manager, Performance Support
- Performance Operations Coordinator
- National Performance Pathways Lead
- NCE Women's Sprint Kayak Coach
- NCE Men's Sprint Kayak Coach
- NCE Assistant Sprint Kayak Coach
- National Paracanoe Pathways Coach / Coordinator
- National Paracanoe Coach
Emma Moffet
NCE Facility and Operations Manager
Email: emma.moffet@paddle.org.au
Matt Murphy
Athlete Wellbeing & Engagement Manager
Email: matt.murphy@paddle.org.au
David Foureur
General Manager Performance – Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe
Email: david.foureur@paddle.org.au
Kieran Young
Manager, Performance Support
Email: kieran.young@paddle.org.au
Eden Williamson
Performance Operations Coordinator
Email: eden.williamson@paddle.org.au
Ken Wallace
National Performance Pathways Lead
Email: ken.wallace@paddle.org.au
Rene Olsen
NCE Women’s Sprint Kayak Coach
Email: rene.olsen@paddle.org.au
Jimmy Owens
NCE Men’s Sprint Kayak Coach
Email: jimmy.owens@paddle.org.au
Laurence Fletcher
NCE Assistant Sprint Kayak Coach
Email: laurence.fletcher@paddle.org.au
Anna Wood
National Paracanoe Pathways Coach / Coordinator
Email: anna.wood@paddle.org.au
Shaun Caven
National Paracanoe Coach
Email: shaun.caven@paddle.org.au
Canoe Slalom Program
Postal address
PO Box 4246
Penrith, NSW 2750
Telephone: +61 2 4729 4256
Canoe Slalom Staff
Sara Latham
Performance Operations Manager – Slalom
Email: sara.latham@paddle.org.au
Phone:Â 02 4729 4256
Myriam Fox
National Senior Slalom Coach
Email: myriam.fox@paddle.org.au
Julien Billaut
National Senior Slalom Coach
Email: julien.billaut@paddle.org.au
Robin Jeffery
National Coach – Canoe Slalom
Email: robin.jeffery@paddle.org.au