Honour Roll

The NSW Cichlid Society – Honour Role

This is a full list of the people that have served on the committee of the NSW Cichlid Society

Fellows: George Wright (August 2017).

Life Members: Robert Metcalf 1989; Geoff Thompson 1989 (Posthumous); Douglas Gow 1992; Albert Myer 1993; Charlie Wright 2005; Bruce Moore 2005; Bill Drew 2005; Tony Moran 2006; John Smits 2006; Peter Collier 2006; Steve Thompson 2006; Chris Davis 2007; Kevin Sorensen 2007, Michael Keating, Paul Ocwieja 2022.

Year 1 1982 – 1983:
Year 2 1983 – 1984:
President

Norm Halliwell
President

Norm Halliwell
Vice President

Robert Metcalf
Vice President

Robert Metcalf
Secretary

Anita Reismann
Secretary

Anita Reismann
Treasurer

Shayne Jones
Treasurer

Shayne Jones
 
Editor

Paul Volkart
Councillors

Chris Davis
Paul Jones
Danielle Halliwell
Councillors

Paul Jones
Chris Davis
Margaret Talma
Douglas Gow
Kevin Sorensen
Paul Talma
Danielle Halliwell
Year 3 1984 – 1985:
Year 4 1985 – 1986:
President

Douglas Gow
President

Douglas Gow
Vice President

Bernard Parker
Vice President

Charlie Halasz
Secretary

Norm Halliwell
Secretary

Anita Reismann
Treasurer

Beth Bradley
Treasurer

Danielle Halliwell
Editor

Paul Volkart
Editor

Paul Volkart
Librarian

Margaret Talma
Librarian

Ron Cocksedge
Councillors

Br. Henry
Anita Reismann
Benno Reismann
Paul Talma
Danielle Halliwell
Andrew Parker
Councillors

Carl Peterson
Peter Wooderson
June McKenzie
Lester McKenzie
Claus Wolthers
Ron Antonsen
Year 5 1986 – 1987:
Year 6 1987 – 1988:
President

Douglas Gow
President

Norm Halliwell
Vice President

Charlie Halasz
Vice President

Douglas Gow
Secretary

Peter Wooderson
Secretary

Rodger Lawrence
Treasurer

Danielle Halliwell
Treasurer

Danielle Halliwell
Editor

Norm Halliwell
Editor

Peter Maczi
Librarian

Geoff Thompson
Librarian

Andrew Kalinski
Councillors

June McKenzie
Lester McKenzie
Marilyn O’Connell
Tom O’Connell
Carl Guy
Andrew Kalinski
Councillors

June McKenzie
Lester McKenzie
Debra Maczi
Geoff Thompson
Albert Myer
John Dawson
Year 7 1988 – 1989:
Year 8 1989 – 1990:
President

Norm Halliwell
President

Peter Gallagher
Vice President

Douglas Gow
Vice President

Douglas Gow
Secretary

Peter Gallagher
Secretary

Donna Lee Ruggiero
Treasurer

Albert Myer
Treasurer

Albert Myer
Librarian

Anne Gallagher
Librarian

Anne Gallagher
Editor

Hugh Stewart
Editor

Douglas Gow
Councillors

Danielle Halliwell
Andrew Kalinski
June McKenzie
Lester McKenzie
Geoff Thompson
Peter Weir-Smith
Councillors

Stephen Harmer
Bruce Moore
Andrew Kalinski
Dominic Ruggiero
Year 9 1990 – 1991:
President

Peter Gallagher

  
Vice President

Chris Davis

  
Secretary

David Gething

  
Treasurer

Albert Myer

  
Librarian

Steven Lavis

  
Editor

Douglas Gow

  
Councillors

Stephen Harmer
Stewart Clarke
David Gething
Charlie Halasz
Tom O’Connell
Andrew Gregory

  
Year 10 1991 – 1992: (Illawarra Sub-Branch Formed)
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

Stewart Clarke
President
Vice President

Shane Frost
Vice President
Secretary

David Gething
Secretary
Treasurer

Albert Myer
Treasurer
Librarian

John Marquette
Librarian
Editor

Douglas Gow

  
Councillors

Tom O’Connell
Gareth Welsh
Steven Lavis
Andrew Gregory
Rod Wallace
Councillors
Year 11 1992 – 1993:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

Stewart Clarke
President
Vice President

Shane Frost
Vice President
Secretary

Hugh Stewart
Secretary
Treasurer

Albert Myer
Treasurer
Librarian

Rod Wallace
Librarian
Editor

Douglas Gow

  
Councillors

Tom O’Connell
Gareth Welsh
Steven Lavis
Peter Gallagher
John Marquette
Dave Russell
Councillors
Year 12 1993 – 1994:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

Charlie Wright
President
Vice President

Bruce Moore
Vice President
Secretary

Alan Clark
Secretary
Treasurer

Albert Myer
Treasurer
Librarian

Rod Wallace
Librarian
Editor

Douglas Gow

  
Councillors

Tom O’Connell
Bill Drew
Ed Munday
Sebastian Ferrari
Grant Terry
Craig Bennett
Colin Pirie
Councillors
Year 13 1994 – 1995:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

Charlie Wright
President
Vice President

Bruce Moore
Vice President
Secretary

Alan Clark
Secretary
Treasurer

Albert Myer
Treasurer
Librarian

Colin Payne
Librarian
Editor

Douglas Gow

  
Councillors

Tom O’Connell
Grant Terry
Ed Munday
John Smits
George Wright
Peter Gallagher
Bill Drew
Councillors
Year 14 1995 – 1996:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

Charlie Wright
President

Steve Thompson
Vice President

Bruce Moore
Vice President

Peter Collier
Secretary

Alan Clark
Secretary

Kathy Murray
Treasurer

Albert Myer
Treasurer

Tony Moran
Librarian

Colin Payne
Librarian

Dave Holmes
Editor

Douglas Gow

  
Councillors

Terry Lowe
John Smits
Ed Munday
Brett Williams
George Wright
Peter Gallagher
David Lowe
Councillors

Brian Whitehead
Steven Parker
Year 15 1996 – 1997:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

Bruce Moore
President

Tony Moran
Vice President

Peter Gallagher
Vice President

Garry Bromley
Secretary

George Wright
Secretary

Brian Whitehead
Treasurer

Albert Myer
Treasurer

Steven Parker
Librarian

Colin Payne
Librarian

Dave Holmes
Editor

Douglas Gow

  
Councillors

Bill Drew
Terry Lowe
Charlie Wright
Miriam Lowe
John Smits
Daniel Lowe
Councillors

Steve Thompson
Ronald Willis
Year 16 1997 – 1998:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

Bruce Moore
President

Tony Moran
Vice President

Peter Gallagher
Vice President

Garry Bromley
Secretary

George Wright
Secretary

Brian Whitehead
Treasurer

Albert Myer
Treasurer

Steven Parker
Librarian

Colin Payne
Librarian

Dave Holmes
Editor

Douglas Gow

  
Councillors

Bill Drew
Terry Lowe
Charlie Wright
Tony Wilkins
John Smits
Daniel Lowe
Councillors

Steve Thompson
Ronald Wills
Year 17 1998 – 1999:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

Bruce Moore
President

Steve Thompson
Vice President

John Smits
Vice President

Steve Gallagher
Secretary

George Wright
Secretary

Brian Whitehead
Treasurer

Tony Wilkins
Treasurer

Alan Decker
Librarian

Colin Payne
Librarian

Loraine Schiodtz
Editor

Douglas Gow

  
Councillors

Mark Coleman
Bill Drew
Sabine Wilkins
John Franken
Charlie Wright
Brett Williams
Councillors

Jason Blaker
Peter Collier
Anita Reismann
Phil Montgomery
Year 18 1999 – 2000:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

Tony Wilkins
President

Anita Reismann
Vice President

John Smits
Vice President

Tony Moran
Secretary

George Wright
Secretary

Jason Blaker
Treasurer

Bruce Moore
Treasurer

Alan Decker
Librarian

Mark Coleman
Librarian

Kevin Sorensen
Editor

Douglas Gow

  
Membership Officer

Sabine Wilkins

  
Councillors

Bill Drew
Chris Davis
John Franken
Chris Semmens
Charlie Wright
Margaret Wright
Councillors

Steve Gallagher
Steven Parker
Phil Montgomery
Peter Collier
Loraine Schiodtz
Year 19 2000- 2001:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

Tony Wilkins
President

Peter Collier
Vice President

John Smits
Vice President

Tony Moran
Secretary

George Wright
Secretary

Scott Bait
Treasurer

Bruce Moore
Treasurer

Alan Decker
Librarian

Mark Coleman
Librarian

Jack Schouten
Editor

Douglas Gow

  
Membership Officer

Sabine Wilkins

  
Councillors

Bill Drew
Peter Heaslip
David Grady/Lee Miller
Anthony Ramsey
Charlie Wright
Margaret Wright
Councillors

Steve Gallagher
Anita Reismann
Steve Thompson
Jason Blaker
Steven Parker
Neville Matheson
Year 20 2001 – 2002:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

Sabine Wilkins
President

Peter Collier
Vice President

John Smits
Vice President

Tony Moran
Secretary

George Wright
Secretary

Scott Bait
Treasurer

Bruce Moore
Treasurer

Alan Decker
Librarian

Mark Coleman
Librarian

Jack Schouten
Editor

Douglas Gow

  
Membership Officer

Connie Balazs

  
Councillors

Bill Drew
Kelly Johnson
Charlie Wright
Margaret Wright
Lee Miller
Anthony Ramsey
Councillors

Steve Gallagher
Anita Reismann
Steve Thompson
Jason Blaker
Steven Parker
Neville Matheson
Year 21 2002 – 2003:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

Anthony Ramsey
President

Tony Moran
Vice President

John Smits
Vice President

Mark Pulley
Secretary

George Wright
Secretary

Karen Hennessy
Treasurer

Charlie Wright
Treasurer

Steven Parker
Librarian

Brett Williams
Librarian

Dave Smith
Editor

Douglas Gow

  
Membership Officer

Connie Balazs

  
Councillors

Bill Drew
Margaret Wright
Andreas Zynikow
Daryl Fleetwood
Shane Berwick
Councillors

Loren Brokenborough
Brian Whitehead
Tim Tutureski
Ben Hokin
Ian Fahey
Year 22 2003 – 2004:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

Anthony Ramsey
President

Ian Fahey
Vice President

Gus Sowmi
Vice President

Peter Collier
Secretary

George Wright
Secretary

Karen Hennessy
Treasurer

Anita Reismann/Jasilla Tarr
Treasurer

Ken Harvey
Librarian

Mark Coleman
Librarian

Mark Pulley
Editor

David Midgley

  
Membership Officer

Chris Davis

  
Councillors

Bill Drew
Jessica Drake
Charlie Wright
Matthew Begaud
Craig Poulton
Aline Sinclair
Councillors

Kevin Sorensen
Lisa Whitehead
Debbie Collier
Steve Thompson
Year 23 2004 – 2005:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

Anthony Ramsey
President

Alex Varga
Vice President

Mark Coleman
Vice President

Peter Collier
Secretary

George Wright
Secretary

Debbie Collier
Treasurer

Jasilla Tarr
Treasurer

John Russell
Librarian

Roland Tarr
Librarian

Ian Fahey
Editor

David Midgley

  
Membership Officer

Aline Sinclair

  
Councillors

Bill Drew
Andrew Clark
John Franken
Kevin Sorensen
Nicole Sawyer
Jessica Drake
Councillors

Anthony Boyton
Mark Keech
Jeff Cox
Kerry Smith
Karen Smith
Lisa Whitehead
Year 24 2005 – 2006:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

John Smits
President

Joshhua Stewart
Vice President

Aline Sinclair
Vice President

Debbie Collier
Secretary

Sue Goodier
Secretary

Scott Falzon
Treasurer

Jasilla Tarr
Treasurer

John Russell
Librarian

Brett Williams
Librarian

Ian Fahey
Editor

Matthew Begaud

  
Membership Officer

Roland Tarr

  
Councillors

Bill Drew
John Franken
Nigel Miller
George Wright
Coni Smits
Darryl Fleetwood
Craig Poulton
Warren Smith
Councillors

Aline Sinclair
Peter Collier
Tony Moran
Kerry Smith
Karen Smith
Alex Varga
Year 25 2006 – 2007:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

Aline Sinclair
President

Joshua Stewart
Vice President

George Wright
Vice President

Peter Collier
Secretary

Matthew Begaud
Secretary

Anthony Boyton
Treasurer

Mark Coleman
Treasurer

Tony Moran
Librarian

Kevin Sorensen
Librarian

Mark Keech
Editor

Cassandra Greer

  
Membership Officer

Warren Smith

  
Councillors

Bill Drew
Gus Sowmi
Colin Baldry
Joe Cafai
Joe Dalli
Daniel Galea
Councillors

John Russel
Alex Vagra
Kerry Smith
Karen Defires
Peter Gamble
Craig Scott
Year 26 2007 – 2008:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

Aline Sinclair
President

Peter Collier
Vice President

George Wright
Vice President

Craig Scott
Secretary

Matthew Begaud
Secretary

Alex Varaga
Treasurer

Mark Coleman
Treasurer

Tony Moran
Librarian

Joe Dali
Librarian

Scott Falzon
Editor

David Smith
Liaison

Josh Stewart
Membership Officer

Colin Baldry

  
Councillors

Bill Drew
Kevin Sorensen
Daniel Galea
Youseff El Mohamad
Stacy Schaedler
Kemal Tulpar
Councillors

Evelyn Stewart
Peter Gamble
John Russell
Anthony Boyton
Kerry Smith
Stephen Cooper
Year 27 2008 – 2009:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

George Wright
President

Alex Varga
Vice President

Michael Keating
Vice President

Steve Thompson
Secretary

David Buchanan
Secretary

Scott Falzon
Treasurer

Youseff El Mohamad
Treasurer

Tony Moran
Librarian

Joe Dali
Librarian

Reece Kawalla
Editor

Aline Sinclair
Liaison

Peter Collier
Membership Officer

Peter Cassetari

  
Councillors

Bill Drew
Peter Baron
Mark Coleman
Neil Gault
Steven Pye
Councillors

Craig Scott
Peter Gamble
Josh Stewart
Glenn Payne
Michael Glisic
Matthew Begaud
 
Year 28 2009 – 2010:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

George Wright
President

Alex Varga
Vice President

Michael Keating
Vice President

Steve Thompson
Secretary

David Buchanan
Secretary

Scott Falzon
Treasurer

Andreas Zyznikow
Treasurer

Tony Moran
Librarian

Angela Hill
Librarian

Reece Kawalla
Editor

Alina Sinclair
Liaison

Peter Collier
Membership Officer

Lionel Gomez

  
Councillors

Bill Drew
Steven Pye
Peter Baron
Neil Gault
Max Hill
Jannette Gomez
Councillors

Craig Scott
Peter Gamble
Josh Stewart
Glenn Payne
Michael Glisic
Matthew Begaud
Year 29 2010 – 2011:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

George Wright
President

Alex Varga
Vice President

Aline Sinclair / John Smits
Vice President

Steve Thompson
Secretary

Michael Keating
Secretary

Scott Falzon
Treasurer

Vic Neskoski
Treasurer

Tony Moran
Librarian
Librarian

Reece Kawalla
Editor

Andrew Peterson
Liaison

Peter Collier
Membership Officer

Helen Cantrill

  
Councillors

Bill Drew
Lionel Gomez
Jannette Gomez
Kevin Sorensen
Bill Mcneil
Kelly Vasington
Councillors

Craig Scott
Peter Gamble
Josh Stewart
Glenn Payne
Michael Glisic
Matthew Begaud
 
Year 30 2011 – 2012:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

John Smits
President

Mark Pulley
Vice President

George Wright
Vice President

Peter Collier
Secretary

Michael Keating
Secretary

Josh Stewart
Treasurer

Coni Smits
Treasurer

Alex Varga
Librarian
Librarian

Leroy Peck
Editor

Andrew Peterson
Liaison

Deb Collier
Membership Officer

Trent Hopkins

  
Councillors

Bill Drew
Lionel Gomez
Jannette Gomez
Ben Howard
Kellie Vasington
Eadin Vasington
Vince Ng
Councillors

Ken Gordon

Michael Roberst

Peter Gamble

Tony Moran

Greg Barlow

Anthony Tugrul

Steve Thompson
 
Year 31 2012 – 2013:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

George Wright
President
Vice President

John Smits
Vice President
Secretary

Michael Keating
Secretary
Treasurer

Coni Smits
Treasurer
Librarian
Librarian
Editor

Andrew Peterson
Liaison
Membership Officer

Ben Howard

  
Councillors

Lionel Gomez
Jannette Gomez
Kevin Sorensen

Vince Ng

 
 
Councillors
 
Year 32 2013 – 2014:
Sydney
Illawarra Sub-Branch
President

George Wright
President
Vice President

John Smits
Vice President
Secretary

Michael Keating
Secretary
Treasurer

Paul Ocwieja
Treasurer
Librarian
Librarian
Editor

Coni Smits
Liaison
Membership Officer

Ben Howard

  
Councillors

Lionel Gomez
Jannette Gomez
Vince Ng

Robert Johnstone

Paul Lemist

Richard Russell

Anthony Chahda
Councillors
Years served on the committee 1982 – 2009
23
 George Wright
21
 Douglas Gow.
20
  
19
  
18
  
17
  
16
  
15
 Bill Drew,
14
  
13
 John Smits
12
  
11
 Albert Myer, Charlie Wright.
10
 Bruce Moore.
9
 Mark Coleman.
8
 Peter Gallagher.
7
 Danielle Halliwell, Coni Smits,
6
 Aline Sinclair, Norm Halliwell, Tom O’Connell.
5
 Anita Reismann, Anthony Ramsey, Chris Davis, Colin Payne,Michael Keating
4
 Kevin Sorensen, Matthew Begaud, Brett Williams, John Franken, Andrew Kalinski, June McKenzie, Lester McKenzie, Margaret Wright,

Sabine Wilkins, Tony Wilkins, Lionel Gomez, Jannette Gomez,
3
 Joe Dalli, Jasilla Tarr,Alan Clark, Charlie Halasz, David Gething, Ed Munday, Geoff Thompson, Paul Volkart, Rod Wallace, Steven Lavis,

Stewart Clarke, Terry Lowe
2
 Youseff El Mohamad, Colin Baldry, Daniel Galea, Gus Sowmi, Warren Smith, Roland Tarr, Craig Poulton, Lee Miller, Andrew Gregory,

Anne Gallagher, Connie Balazs, Daniel Lowe, David Midgley, Gareth Welsh, Grant Terry, Hugh Stewart, Jessica Drake, John Marquette,

Margaret Talma, Paul Jones, Paul Talma, Peter Wooderson, Robert Metcalf, Shane Frost, Shayne Jones, Stephen Harmer,Paul Ocwieja,

Andrew Peterson,Vince Ng,Paul Ocwieja,David Buchanan, Neil Gault
1
 Peter Cassetari, Peter Baron, Steven Pye, Kemal Tulpar, Stacy Schaedler, David Smith, Joe Cafai,

Cassandra Greer, Nigel Miller, Darryl Fleetwood, Sue Goodier, Andreas Zynikow, Andrew Parker, Benno Reismann, Bernard Parker,

Beth Bradley, Br. Henry, Carl Guy, Carl Peterson, Chris Semmens, Claus Wolthers, Colin Pirie, Craig Bennett, Daryl Fleetwood,

Dave Russell, David Grady, David Lowe, Debra Maczi, Dominic Ruggiero, Donna Lee Ruggiero, John Dawson, Kelly Johnson,

Marilyn O’Connell, Miriam Lowe, Nicole Sawyer, Peter Heaslip, Peter Maczi, Peter Weir-Smith, Rodger Lawrence, Ron Antonsen,

Ron Cocksedge, Sebastian Ferrari, Shane Berwick,Anthony Chahda,Michael Figiel,Richard Russell,Paul Lemist,Robert Johnstone,

Bill Mcneil
Years on the Illawarra sub-branch committee 1995 – 2009
10
 Peter Collier, Tony Moran.
7
 Steve Thompson, Steven Parker.
5
 Brian Whitehead.
4
 Kerry Smith, John Russell, Ian Fahey, Alan Decker, Anita Reismann, Jason Blaker, Steve Gallagher.
3
 Anthony Boyton, Debbie Collier, Dave Holmes.
2
 Peter Gamble, Joshhua Stewart, Scott Falzon, Alex Vagra, Craig Scott, Mark Keech, Alex Varga, Karen Smith, Garry Bromley, Jack Schouten, Karen Hennessy, Kevin Sorensen, Mark Pulley, Neville Matheson, Phil Montgomery, Ronald Willis, Loraine Schiodtz, Scott Bait.
1
 Stephen Cooper, Evelyn Stewart, Karen Defires, Ben Hokin, Dave Smith, Kathy Murry, Ken Harvey, Lisa Whitehead, Loren Brokenborough, Tim Tutreski, Aline Sinclair.

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