NEW Bendigo Gold chairman Tim Dickson has stepped into the role determined to ensure the club will be viable, sustainable and successful when it goes stand-alone from next year.
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Dickson was yesterday announced as the Gold’s new chairman, taking over from Peter Lodewijks, who has resigned after five years with Bendigo’s VFL club
Dickson is a successful businessman and passionate about football who joined the Gold’s board as a director earlier this year.
“Since I joined I’ve been very impressed with the calibre and professionalism of the board and the club’s overall operations,” Dickson said.
“Obviously, the transition to a stand-alone organisation, especially as we are basically a young club, is throwing up a wide range of challenges and issues, but these are being systematically and professionally addressed.
“Everyone connected with the club is working cohesively to ensure we continue to move forward in a progressive and positive manner and I’m determined to make a very positive contribution by helping to build a very viable, sustainable and successful VFL team that continues to provide genuine opportunities for young players in this region to achieve their goals in football.”
Lodewijks’ resignation from the Gold comes after he joined Bendigo’s VFL club in January, 2007.
Through his five years with the club, Lodewijks has served as board member, general manager, executive director and chairman.
“My time on the board of directors as general manager and then chairman and executive director has been challenging, but it’s also been immensely rewarding,” Lodewijks said.
“I’ve worked with some fantastic people who are committed in every way to developing our club into a very strong entity and in the process, strengthening the VFL presence in Bendigo because that’s going to bring huge benefits to footy in this city and surrounding areas.
“The Bendigo Football Club is a well managed, professional organisation and I’m extremely confident that Tim Dickson will lead it into a new era that will deliver some great results for football in Bendigo.”