Our Committee
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Bill Haskell
Bill Haskell is the Chairman of our 2012 Pacrim Committee and attended last year's event at Victoria Canada. He is the current Honarary Secretary of the Port Stephens Yacht Club and is a regular sailor in our events.
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Ted Tindall
Ted is the current 2011 Port Stephens Citizen of the Year, and is the Chairman of the Port Stephens Sister Cities Association. He has had several trips to Japan and Bellingham on behalf of the Association.
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Arthur Heiler
Arthur has been the secretary of the Port Stephens Sister Cities Committee since 1996 and a member of the Volunteer Marine Rescue since 1999
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Ken Buckingham
Ken has been associated with the Pacrim events for many years and is an active member of the Lake Macquarie Yacht Club which will be supplying one of our Etchells yachts for the 2012 Challenge.
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John Smith OAM
John Smith OAM is a member of the Marine Rescue Service and is on the committee of the Port Stephens Sister Cities Association.
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John Way
John is the Commodore of the Port Stephens Yacht Club which is hosting this event. He currently sails one of the Etchells yachts which will be part of the fleet in 2012.
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Deirdre Roberts
Deirdre is the Chairperson of the Social Committee of the PSYC and will be in charge of the Social side of the Pacrim Challenge
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Jeanine Wilson
Jeanine has participated in every Pac Rim Regatta since 1996, having crewed in Bellingham in 2002.She was able to assist in the organisation of homestay for the 2000 Challenge here in Oz and She is happy to do so again and to be part of the Committee for our upcoming event in 2012. Jeanine is looking forward to making your stay with us a comfortable and enjoyable experience.
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Bill Armstrong
Bill will be known to many of you having sailed in the Pacrim Series since 1996 and he helped us run the series here in 1992. He is an experienced offshore yachtsman having competed in the Melbourne - Osaka race, several Lord Howe Island Races to name just a few. He currently crews on one of our local yachts here in Port Stephens