Former Socceroo Craig Foster is one of the most respected football commentators and broadcasters in Australia. He is recognised as a passionate advocate of football in Australia.

After graduating from the Australian Institute of Sport as a young player, Craig started his professional football career with National Soccer League clubs Sydney Croatia, Adelaide City and Marconi Fairfield and also played for English side, Portsmouth. He made 29 appearances for the Socceroos, including as captain, and led UK club, Crystal Palace FC, both on and off field as team and club captain in the late 90s before returning home to skipper Northern Spirit FC.

Through his work with SBS Television, Craig has played an integral role presenting football over the past decade. In 2007, Craig received a great honour when he was invited as the Australian representative to judge the prestigious Ballon d’Or, the highest award given to an individual footballer worldwide, now known as the FIFA Ballon d’Or. In 2008, Craig was invited by the Australia Day Council to act as an Ambassador. Craig is a life member of the PFA (Players Association), Patron of the PFA Craig Foster Media Scholarship and a member of the PFA Technical Committee.

Away from football, Craig is a Director of COALAR, the Council on Australia Latin America Relations through the Department of Foreign Affairs and is Ambassador for various charities including Barnardos, the Big Issue Street Soccer and Football United, a charity for refugee and disadvantaged children.

Born in Pune, India, she moved to Australia at a young age and quickly made her way into the NSW squad before advancing to the Australian team. A flamboyant all-rounder, Sthalekar is a hard hitting batter and off-spin bowler.
One of the most experienced and talented players in the squad, Sthalekar made her international debut in 2001 and has been a constant member of the squad ever since. She is recognised as the first player to score 1,000 runs and take 100 wickets in women’s One Day Internationals. She won the Australian Women’s Cricketer of the Year award at the Allan Border Medal in 2007 and 2008, and was also short-listed by the ICC for International Player of the Year.

Away from playing commitments, she has completed an Arts degree, majoring in psychology and religious studies at Sydney University. In 2011, Sthalekar was appointed to the General Executive of the Australian Cricketer’s Association (ACA), becoming the first woman to take a position in the association’s main governing body. She has been a member of the Women’s Executive for some time and spent the last eight years at Cricket NSW working in Game Development, including her current role as women’s Youth Programs Manager.

Hazem El Masri was born in 1976 in Tripoli, Lebanon and immigrated to Sydney with his family at the age of 12. He began playing rugby league in high school and is a devout Muslim. Hazem is widely respected as a role model in the Arabic community of western Sydney.
 
Hazem played his entire Rugby League career with Canterbury – Bankstown Bulldogs from 1995 – 2009. He played representative football for Australia, Lebanon, City and New South Wales. Hazem retired from football in 2009 having played 317 first grade games, and was the first Canterbury player to reach the 300 game milestone. Hazem was awarded the Ken Stephen Medal in 2002. This award recognises players who contribute to the betterment of the community away from rugby league. Other achievements include the 2009 NRL Women in League Favourite Son Award and being part of the Bulldog’s team that won the premiership in 2004.

Hazem has been actively involved in Rugby League’s One Community Program and travelled widely to help deliver One Community Programs such as: Eat Well and Stay Well, and Rugby League Reads.   Hazem came forward as a Lebanese Australian in the name of friendship and understanding after the racially motivated riots in Cronulla in 2005. He was a NSW Australian of the Year State Finalist in 2011. Never give up is Hazem’s personal motto.

Bachar Houli was born in Australia in 1988 to Lebanese parents. Through his commitment to his faith and dedication to his football career Bachar has become a primary figure in the Muslim community. Young Muslims look to Bachar as a role model and he hopes to help to gain more cultural understanding within the broader community.

Bachar was recruited by the Richmond Football Club from the Essendon Football Club in the 2011 NAB Pre-Season Selection Round. He was Richmond’s only selection from the draft and the third player to be chosen from the overall draft.  He is known as a dashing left- footer who is ideally suited to a role in the back half while adding to the depth of Richmond’s midfield. Bachar wears the number 14 Tiger’s jersey. In 2011 he played 22 AFL games and scored five goals.

Bachar began playing Australian Rules football for the Spotswood Football Club under 12’s.  In 2006, he achieved a personal goal by being drafted by the Essendon Football Club in the AFL. After a fantastic effort on the ground during the Richmond against Sydney match in round 21 of the 2011 season Bachar received three votes in the Brownlow Medal count.

Mo’onia Gerrard was born in Bathurst in 1980 and has a Tongan-Australian heritage. She organises development clinics in metropolitan and regional NSW to encourage more involvement of Pacific Islander and Indigenous girls in netball. Mo’onia aims to close the gap, make the girls feel comfortable, healthier and active and to encourage them to move through the ranks. She also arranges an annual netball tournament in Tonga to enable the girls to continue playing netball after leaving high school.

Known for her great speed, agility, strength and elevation as a defender and outstanding one to one defence, Mo’onia has played 58 International Test matches for the Australian Netball Diamonds. She has been an Australian representative since 1997 when she was selected in the 17/U teamand currently plays for the NSW Swifts in the ANZ Championship.

In 2010 Mo’onia led the Adelaide Thunderbirds to the premiership of the ANZ Championship. Mo’onia has received several awards including the 2008 Liz Ellis Diamond as the most outstanding Australian player and the 2010 Holden International Player of the Year.