Board of Management
North Bondi SLSC is a non-profit volunteer organization, run by it’s members, for it’s members. The Board of Management are voted in at the club Annual General Meeting, and serve for that current season on the “Board”. The Club has other office bearers & sub committees that report through to the Board positions. The Board meets at least monthly and the minutes are available on the members area of this website.
Andrew Christopher
President
Andrew is a long service member and has been Club President since 2019 after serving as the Club’s Vice President and Head of Surf Sports for many years. Andrew was also a Nippers Age Manager, a member of the Nippers Executive and Masters Captain. His 4 children are active members and competitors, and wife Angela is a community member. Andrew is a regular Masters competitor and enjoys the regular Sunday surf race and other Club activities. Andrew is closely involved in the local Bondi community as a long service swimming member of the Icebergs for over 25 years and as a Life Member of the Ben Buckler Amateur Fishing Club
Nick Sone
Head of Life Saving
Since joining the club Nick has been involved in the Education section, is an IRB driver, a Jet Ski Operator and is a Patrol Vice Captain. He held the position of Club Vice Captain for 2 seasons and is also a Masters competitor. Nick is responsible for all Lifesaving activities, including the management of Patrol operations, equipment and membership compliance to ensure our North Bondi volunteers can keep the beach safe, prevent drownings, save lives and ultimately enjoy all that the Australian way of life and surf lifesaving offers as a movement.
Matt Hamilton
Head of Youth
Matt is second generation North Bondi, his father Tony being a long time life member. Matt has always been involved in the club first as a nipper himself, then as a junior doing his Bronze in 1988 and into the senior ranks, He has had an active involvement in competition side of the club throughout his youth and recently got back involved as a masters competitor. He is North Bondi’s longest serving swimmer in the Stan & Bas McDonald relay. Matt has three children all coming through the nippers. In this time he has been involved in nippers as an Age Manager, Nippers coach and is currently Nippers President.
Danny Ekins
Head of Finance
Danny is a long service member who re-entered Surf Life Saving joining North Bondi in 2005 when his three children started Nippers. He did his bonze medallion in 1980 with Southport Surf Life Saving Club (South Australia). He is a masters competitor, regular surf ski paddler and a lover of ocean and surf. He has done water safety and bus driving, and assisted with documenting club financial procedures. Danny’s three children James, Luca and Charlotte are patrolling and competing members at North Bondi. His wife Tina is part of the Clubs merchandise team, a beach official and club competition administrator. Danny’s professional background is in finance and commercial real estate. He is responsible for oversight of the Club’s finances.
Jonathan Golan
Head of Administration
Jonathan joined North Bondi in 2014, gaining accreditation first as a Foundation Coach and later as a Development Coach in Surf, Board and Running disciplines. After undertaking his Bronze Medallion Jonathan went on to manage 2 different age groups in the Club. Jonathan is passionate about increasing women’s participation in Surf Sports and regularly puts on development clinics for both adult and youth members. Jonathan’s athletes have competed at Club, Branch, State and National level. Jonathan is also an active patrolling member, who has attained Long Service at North Bondi. Jonathan is responsible for the day to day administration of the Club and ensuring that the needs of club members in all sections are met in an efficient and timely manner.
Phil Suriano
Head of Sponsorship
Phil is a long service member of North Bondi having joined when he enrolled his daughter Jess in Nippers. He was actively involved in the nipper program as an age manager and later as head of water safety. He remains an active patrolling member being part of the IRB team and is on the clubs gym committee. As a current board member of North Bondi he is Head of Sponsorship & Marketing responsible for managing the clubs sponsorships and fund raising events. The surf club plays a big part in Phil’s life with the club and its members being the start of his daily routine. He and his family continue to be involved in surf club activities.
Rob White
Head of Education
Rob was elected Head of Education in 2021 having been the club’s SRC co-ordinator for the past 3 seasons. He has taught SRC and Junior Bronze for the last 5 years. Rob is a Long Service Member and his 2 kids are also members. Rob is also a Crew in the IRB team and one of his most enjoyable club memories is having a front row seat in the Judging Boat watching Nth Bondi claim the Men’s Open Taplin title at State in 2021.
Raille Galgut
Head of Operations
Raille was elected Head of Operations in August 2022., having first attained the status of Life Membership at North Bondi for his many contributions to the Club and its members. Raille has been a member for 32 years starting out by looking after 35 nippers from the age of 5 to 13 and then again with his daughter for another 3 years. Both his children, Kiva and Yael are active members of the surf club. Raille still does patrols so that he can be with his family. His brother and son in Law are also active members of the club. Raille was IRB captain for 26 years and has trained so many drivers and crew. Raille still drives, assists the IRB captain, helps with IRB education and provides water safety to all major North Bindi events. When he’s also not fixing the outboard motors, Raille enjoys nothing more than getting out on the IRB and showing the next generation of drivers how it’s done! Raille runs the Sunday Surf Swims as well as the weekly Biathlons.
The Surf club plays a large part of Raille’s life and he loves starting his days with either a run on the soft sand or joining a swim session.
John Clothier
Head of Surf Sports
After moving to Sydney in 2005 John joined North Bondi first competing a master and then as an age manager as all three kids went through nippers. He still has twins competing in the under 17s and enjoys getting active himself. He is head of the surf sports and loves every aspect of seeing North Bondi going head to head with the best in our sport. John and his family live locally and love being in and around the club and what it offers. Outside of surf lifesaving he works in the financial services industry. He has been on the Board since 2017.
