{"id":168531,"date":"2025-09-25T17:09:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T17:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/168531\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T17:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T17:09:28","slug":"directors-elected-life-members-honoured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/168531\/","title":{"rendered":"Directors Elected &#038; Life Members Honoured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/general-room.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" alt=\"WACA AGM 2025: Directors Re-Elected, Cricket Legends Awarded Life Membership\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WACA AGM 2025: Directors Re-Elected, Cricket Legends Awarded Life Membership<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9WACA<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 WA Cricket Annual General Meeting, held this evening at the WACA Ground, saw four Member Elected Directors confirmed, while two icons of the game were awarded Honorary Life Membership.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Michael Gannon, Brad Hogg and John Inverarity AM MBE were re-elected to the WACA Board, with Michael Veletta making his return as a Director.<\/p>\n<p>A long-serving WACA Member and former President of the Australian Medical Association, Dr Gannon brings expertise in government relations, finance and corporate governance, along with strong advocacy for the WACA Ground Improvement Project.<\/p>\n<p>Hogg, the former WA and Australian spinner and two-time World Cup winner, continues to contribute leadership experience, community advocacy and his commitment to guiding WA Cricket through redevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>Inverarity \u2013 a former WA captain, Test cricketer and national selector \u2013 was also re-elected, providing continuity and drawing on his extensive knowledge of cricket, education and governance to strengthen WA Cricket during a time of transition.<\/p>\n<p>Veletta, a former WA and Australian batter with a successful career in business and property, rejoins the Board with valuable global cricket insight, corporate expertise and a passion for growing the game at all levels.<\/p>\n<p>WA Cricket extends its thanks to Paul Collins for his service as a Director.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/speaker-1.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" alt=\"WACA AGM 2025 Stage Presentation\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WACA AGM 2025 Stage Presentation<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9WACA<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Robert Arnold Lockyer \u201cBob\u201d Massie and Laurence Charles \u201cLaurie\u201d Mayne were recognised with Honorary Life Membership for their outstanding service to cricket in Western Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Massie, a gifted swing bowler, is best remembered for his extraordinary debut in the 1972 Ashes at Lord\u2019s, where he claimed 16 wickets, before becoming a key figure for WA in First Class cricket. Beyond his playing career, he made an enduring impact as a coach, mentor and commentator, sharing his knowledge and passion widely across generations of players and fans.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/medal-presentation-1.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Medal Presentation to Mayne\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Medal Presentation to Mayne<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9WACA<\/p>\n<p>Mayne \u2013 affectionately known as \u201cDoggy\u201d \u2013 has been a central figure in WA cricket for more than six decades. A fast bowler who represented Australia in six Tests and took 102 Sheffield Shield wickets for WA, he later dedicated himself to developing young cricketers through coaching and mentoring. His contribution extended well beyond the field, serving the WA Cricketers\u2019 Association and volunteering tirelessly at Claremont-Nedlands. Respected as both a player and gentleman of the game, his Life Membership is a fitting tribute to his extraordinary service.<\/p>\n<p>Member Elected Directors: Dr Michael Gannon, Brad Hogg, John Inverarity AM MBE, Michael Veletta.<\/p>\n<p>Honorary Life Members: Robert Arnold Lockyer Massie, Lawrence Charles Mayne.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Cricket World 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WACA AGM 2025: Directors Re-Elected, Cricket Legends Awarded Life Membership \u00a9WACA The 2025 WA Cricket Annual General Meeting,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-168531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}