da gbg bet： The new President of Queensland Cricket is Brisbane barrister DamienMullins following tonight’s Annual General Meeting at Queensland CricketHeadquarters.
Queensland Cricket13-Aug-2002The new President of Queensland Cricket is Brisbane barrister DamienMullins following tonight’s Annual General Meeting at Queensland CricketHeadquarters.The delegate council elected 41-year-old Mullins, one of Queensland’stwo directors on the Australian Cricket Board, to the newly createdposition that will combine the previous dual roles of President andChairman.Test cricket legend Allan Border was also appointed as an ACB director,taking the spot left vacant by the retirement of Dr Cam Battersby after14-years on the national body. Border, a national selector, joined theQC board last year following the death of Peter Burge.Mullins, an ACB director since 1993, paid tribute to former QueenslandCricket President John McKnoulty who was the other nominee for thePresidency.”I must thank John for his passionate service to the game and hiswhole-hearted work as a Queensland Cricket board member and as Presidentof the organisation since 1994," he said.In a night of change, former Norths president Bryan Phelan was electeddeputy chairman; businessman Peter Evans is the new Finance Directorwhile Queensland Junior Cricket President Kerren Smith and WarehouseCricket identity John Forrest are the new members of the QueenslandBoard.Mullins applauded the decision to elevate Border to the AustralianBoard.”I’m looking forward to having the chance to work with Allan on the ACBand the delegate body deserve credit for recognising that theopportunity of having someone of his stature in the game who hascontemporary knowledge of the players was too good to pass up,” hesaid.Long-serving Queensland Country Cricket President and QC Board MemberGary Madsen was made a Life Member.The AGM was told that QC made a loss of $403,197 for the 2001-02 year,the result of a difficult financial climate exacerbated by such factorsas the corporate collapse of Ansett and signage contractors Sportsworldand the rain-affected Test match against New Zealand.The Queensland Cricket Board for 2002-03 is: Damien Mullins (President,ACB Director), Bryan Phelan (Deputy President), Peter Evans (FinanceDirector), Allan Border (ACB Director), Gary Madsen, Peter Easton, GregGrant, Kerren Smith, John Forrest.