Our Team
There are lots of people involved in making this 2012 Attempt a success, from organisers, volunteers, sponsors and skiers. We'll make a mini bio of the ones who want to be on the site here.
2012 Skiers - more will be added to this list soon
Our youngest skier is 11yo and the oldest is nearly 60yo!
- Howard Addison
Haylee Alderson
Tony Aspinall
Brad Aylett
Matt Badcock
Andre Barisic
Stevie Barisic
Zander Barisic
Scott Batchelor
Andrew Bennett
David Bennett
Lynne Bennett
Madeline Bennett
Thomas Bennett
Kelly Berggren
Tom Brooks
Dayna Broun
Kirsty Broun
Tara Broun
Linda Burgess
Sid Burgess
Cameron Bush
Erin Bye
Alyce Callander
Marty Campbell
Jo Cane
Alistair Capp
Ben Clark
Kate Clark
Vaughan Cruickshank
Annie Davies
Caleb Davies
Liam Davies
Travis Davies
Steve Dell
Mark Dobson
Nick Elmer
Ben Elliott
Karen Ford
Stuart Ford
Justin Gerke
Nicola Gerke
David Gillespie
Lauren Gillespie
Zane Good
Maddi Guilbert
Grant Hagemann
Emma Hall
Zane Harman
Amy Hind
Greg Hind
Karen Hind
Peter Hind
Kylen Homan
Mark Hurley
Tania Hurley
Terry Hurley
John Inglis
Maggie Inglis
Adam Johnson
Dean Johnson
Gael Johnson
Hayley Johnson
Shaun Johnson
Tim Johnson
Doug Johnson
Lynne Jones
Tim Jones
Robert Kelty
Trudi Kingston
Scott Knowles
John Knowles
Luke Lamprey
Chris Lane
Liam Langford
Sam Langford
Jess Last
Nigel Lee
Bob Lindgren
Michael Ling
Simon Ling
Todd Lipscombe
Douglas Loane
Jason Lunn
Steve Lunn
Tamika Lunn
Bruce Mansfield
Mikaela McDermott
Tahlia McDermott
Jacob McNab
Andrew McNab
Kent Medwin
Kristy Mee
Suzanne Menzie
Jonathan Morgan
Jaikeb Morice
Sherrydan Morice
Andrew Morse
Daniel Morse
Eddie Morse
Justin Morse
Lucinda Murfet
Josh Nast
James Newett
Sam Nicolson
Drew Oakden
Rob O'Connor
Chris O'Halloran
Dan Pfeiffer
Marek Porter
Glen Porter
Caitlyn Reid
George Rigney
Dean Riley
Katelyn Riley
Rebecca Riley
Natlie Ryan
Emma Schouten
Perry Schouten
Tina Schramm
Alexandra Seaton
Alex Shadbolt
Taylor Shadbolt
Daniel Shephard
Steven Shephard
Troy Sheridan
Bob Skirving
Steve Smedley
Alyce Smith
Karen Smith
Liam Smith
Roger Smith
Tim Smith
Sam Southwell
Amy Springer
Scott Springer
Ryan Stallard
John Taylor
Kurt Taylor
Raegan Taylor
Mathew Tedeschi
Mark Templar
Melissa Templar
Andrew Tonks
Chris Treloar
Alex Triffit
Stevie Triffit
Ben West
Morgan West
Anthea White
John Wiggers
Bruce Wilson
Clare Wilson
Luis Wilson
Ben Wood
Reserves
Hagemann, Natalie
Jones, Lynne
Lewis, Seton
Wilson, Clare
Committee
Brad Aylett HWC 49yo
"Focus, let's get the job done again !!"
Brad is also a skier on the team and has put together most of the movies from training and from 2010. He has the helmet cam ready to go!
Jess Last HWC
Jess is sking and also on the committee. She is keeping us all organised!
Lucinda Murfet HWC
"I had such a fantastic time working behind the scenes and being involved in something so big and spectacular!
As a (skier) team leader, I was so proud of each of my team members making it across the line! It was just amazing seeing the 145 skiers and all the volunteers and sponsors working towards the common goal! Thank you!!"
Skiers
Dayna Broun HWC 24yo
"I was so proud to be a part of this the world record again. My family has been involved in the club since the beginning, so we are very proud of the club, its members, and our world record achievement."
John Wiggers HWC 59yo Skier R15
Wigg was in the successful 2010 team. One of the more experienced skiers, being a HWC member for decades, Wigg will be one of the heavy-weights near the wake in the line-up.
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Kelly Berggren HWC 34yo Skier L45
"I'm really looking forward to getting in the water and gripping it! I missed out in 2010 since I was 9mths pregnant at the time. I was also in the 2009 team."
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Natalie Ryan Sydney
"I think this is such an incredible event that is taking place that involves an amazing team of people and a true demonstration of what the True Aussie Spirit is! I am a Sydney city chick who flew in to try out for this event and been priviledge to be accepted as part of the the team, through their dedication and coaching! The amount of dedication, hours, volunteers, engineering and planning that goes into this event is phenominal. It's not every day the get the chance to break a world record and with such an awesome team of Aussies."

2012 Committee, Volunteers & Catering
The effort and contributions of these people is enormous. Thanks to everyone who has helped get us to where we are!
Volunteers
Aspinall,Lorraine
Barisic, Peter
Broun, Cathy
Broun, Peter
Bush, Steve
Dobson, Kathy
Dutton, Peter
Hind, Jan
Howe, Dominic
Lane, Adam
Lane, Marguerite
Morice, Jamie
Morse, Jacki
Murfet, Becky
Murfet, Phil
Seaton, Mark
Riley, Christine
Simpson, Scott
Stallard, David
Stones, Helen
Turner, Bill
Wilson, Clare
Wilson, Nic
Wilson, Andrew
Winkler, Jane
Wood, Simon
Committee
Nic Wilson
Roger Smith
Greg Hind
David Bennett
Brad Aylett
Eddie Morse
Marty Campbell
Terry Hurley
Peter Dutton
Nick Elmer
Drew Oakden
Lucinda Murfet
Jess Last
Catering
Becky and Phil Murfet ( multi tasking specialists)
Ann Last (multi tasking specialist)
Gretchen McCoy ( multi tasker )
Sarah Elliott ( multi tasker )
Josh Hast chef extraordinaire, can ski as well
Tiffany
Hayley Elmer
Mrs Skirving - jacket potato specialist
Mrs. Seaton
Amy Hind - one busy lady and multi tasker.
Geoff and Barbara Winspear – bbq specialists and catering sponsors
Jane Winkler - Multi Tasker extraordinaire
Heidi Broun – Barista and all round kitchen hand
Dana Cetkovic-Barisic - Jet ski lady from Meadow Bank – Multi tasker
Terry and Tanya Hurley
Molesworth Fabulous Foods – donation of bottled water
Linda and Sid Burgess – cakes, slices and lovely people from Meadowbank.
Hannah O’Connor
Jamie and Denise West ( spit roast carving specialists)
Peter Broun and family for their donation of apples ( couldn’t have a ski record without Broun apples to munch on)
This is a list of some extraordinary willing people to whom I am very thankful for their support in pulling off an unbelievable catering attempt of unconfirmed numbers of world record skiers and groupies at one venue in testing conditions. THEY ARE LEGENDS!!!!
A big thank you to those who cooked cakes, slices and salads. A special thank you to Nic Wilson who put the call out for help when asked by bossy caterer. I know I will forget somebody but I am grateful to anyone who helped in any way.
Cheers, Marguerite.
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