Brian, who was inspired by a teacher at Launceston Grammar, qualified as a lawyer and commenced a career of sports administration. This led to him being named  Athletics Australia Official of the Year for 2016.

Brian is a member of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Technical Committee and has drafted many policies for world sport.

We all saw Brian at the Tokyo olympics on the athletics track adjudicating false starts, where athletes careers ended without argument, respecting Brian’s supreme global Authority.

Anecdotes of Olympics and athletes, current concerns with shoe design, gender re- identification and testosterone levels of athletes were presented.

A fascinating first hand insight into the behind the scene workings of sports administration.