free webinar for country sports clubs

(Conducted and recorded on Tuesday 21st October 2025)

A free webinar designed for volunteer committee members of regional and rural sporting clubs of any code, from anywhere around Australia.

View a recording of the webinar here.

On Tuesday 21st October, experienced strategic planning facilitator Troy Forrest ran a free webinar for volunteer committee members of regional sporting clubs from all around Australia. Over 90 minutes, Troy shared a series of practical tips, tools and ideas on building effective strategies for volunteer-run country sporting club.

Whether your club is AFL, rugby, netball, soccer, bowls, cricket, basketball, swimming, tennis, bocce or pickleball, the methods and principles Troy discussed are relevant to helping you build, implement and govern a useful strategic plan.

Troy Forrest is one of Australia’s most experienced strategic planning facilitators. He’s facilitated hundreds of strategic planning processes for hundreds of diverse organisations. From big corporates and government, to small community groups and NFPs. Troy has dozens of clients in regional communities all around Australia, and he understands the role and importance of healthy, vibrant sports clubs as a key community asset. Originally from regional SA, country sport has been a big part of Troy’s life (even if he played it quite badly). This is Troy’s small but practical way of adding some value to communities doing it tough in and beyond 2025. Please feel free to share this video.

If you would like more tailored help developing a strategic plan for your club, your regional association, or the peak body of your sport in your region, state or Australia, please reach out for a free confidential discussion with Troy. troy@strategyroad.com.au