Triathlon NSW Staff

David Williams - Technical and Event (Sanctioning) Manager

Dave is responsible for the sanctioning of every club and open event in NSW as well as the ongoing development of the Technical Official program. In his words "my goals are to assist event organisers to provide safe events, and to help technical officials to be the best that they can on the Field of Play and provide consistent interpretations of the Race Competition Rules, based on the environment of each situation and the context of each event". 

In a previous life, Dave worked as an engineer, competed as an age grouper for 10 years, joined the technical program in 2005 and is now a National Technical Official.

Simon McGuinness - Communications and Marketing Manager

Simon is a recent addition to Triathlon NSW, heading up the Communications and Marketing. Simon is responsible for promoting and growing the profile of the sport of Triathlon in NSW through the website, social media channels, newsletters, media contacts, community partnerships and sponsorship.

Simon has extensive media and communications experience in his previous employment roles at the Canberra Raiders, Fox Sports, the Tongan Rugby League Test side and the NSW Institute of Sport.

He holds a Bachelor of Sports Media from the University of Canberra.

Chris joins us at Triathlon NSW from Cricket Victoria where he worked as a Regional Development Officer for 3 years.He is the main communication point for all NSW triathlon clubs and members. Chris will also distribute information and organise sport-related programs, club development opportunities and training for those who want to participate for fun and those who are interested in competition.

Chris is originally from Liverpool in the UK and has held numerous roles focused around increasing active participation rates in sport.