Impact Keynote 3: The Future of Community Sport and Leisure Facilities Management
Tracks
Aquatic & Leisure Management
| Wednesday, June 25, 2025 |
| 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM |
| Hospitality Suite 6 |
Details
Building vibrant, active communities starts with bold, future-focused thinking. To create facilities that serve communities for the next 25 to 100 years, local governments must break old models and bring together developers, funders, and operators through innovative, collaborative frameworks. Long-term success depends on understanding what drives this new approach—and the processes that turn vision into lasting impact.
Planning and investing in community facilities that foster vibrant and active communities requires a fresh mindset. Local governments must unite developers, funders, and management companies through innovative frameworks that deliver meaningful, long-term outcomes capable of benefiting communities for 25 to 100 years. Success hinges on understanding the drivers of this new approach and the processes that enable innovation.
Speaker
Richard Heinz
Private/public Commercial Partnerships
Consultant
Impact Keynote 3: The Future of Community Sport and Leisure Facilities Management
Biography
Richard is an experienced senior executive, helping organisations, such as Telstra, Scentre Group and Brisbane City Council improve their commercial outcomes.
Anthony Lawrence
CEO
Clublinks
Impact Keynote 3: The Future of Community Sport and Leisure Facilities Management
Biography
Anthony has been CEO of Clublinks since 2014 and overseen significant change in the organisation during this time.
Clublinks has expanded from golf club operations into leisure, public golf, hospitality and strata management services, securing a number of long term contracts in the process.
With close to 1000 employees in the business, Clublinks has been renowned for its culture, and staff and client satisfaction through periods of significant growth.
Todd McHardy
CEO
BlueFit
Impact Keynote 3: The Future of Community Sport and Leisure Facilities Management
Biography
Todd McHardy founded the BlueFit Group in 2007 and has been Managing Director and CEO since. His knowledge and experience in the sport, aquatic and recreation sector has enabled BlueFit to manage leisure, health, stadium and golf facilities that connect with their local communities. BlueFit now operates 65 facilities with 2,500 staff across NSW, VIC, SA, QLD and WA, focussed on Community Leisure and dedicated Learn to Swim locations, supported by internal RTO and Traineeship business units and a Foundation. BlueFit is known for pushing industry boundaries with the use of AI drowning technology and development of an industry specific operating platform. With family office backing, the company is now involved in multiple PPP's with local councils and developers.
Chair
RJ Houston
General Manager - Capability & Industry
RLSSA
