Meet The Team
mANAGEMENT TEAM
We have a crew of amazing people that work behind the scenes and down at fields to make your experience second to none. Here’s a few familiar faces. If you haven’t shared a drink with any of these lovely folk, you’re not doing it right 😉
DONALD THOMAS – General MANAGER,
co-founder, CANBERRA
Donald is our main guy in Canberra. He comes to UR with years of experience building and running his own companies. He is a customer service KING and also has a wealth of knowlege around sales and marketing. He is originally from New Zealand and a fierce All Blacks fan, taking every opportunity he can to smack talk about the Wallabies.
MADELEINE WILKIE – MANAGING DIRECTOR
Mads is the Aussie founder of Urban Rec and has spent the last 5 years growing the club to where it is today. Her passion is bringing people together, and organising kick ass events. She is also, ironically… terrible at sports. She was never encouraged to play as a kid, and as a result, pretty much sucks at most sports, but loves trying.
Leish Charters – BUSINESS Manager, CANBERRA
Leish is a household name in Canberra, she loves sports – especially Netball – and is super passionate about making sport accessible for all of our members. Leish is eveyone’s bestie and will always go out of her way to make everyone’s league nights epic. With a background in adminstration, Leish is the queen of keeping HQ organised, but thrives with being at one with the people.
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KATE WALKER – OPERATIONS MANAGER, CANBERRA
Kate joined us in 2026 with heaps of experience in events and a massive love of sport especially the GWS Giants. Kate is passionate about the experience we provide for our players and making every game something to rave about.
Tom NEWMAN – league SUpERVISOR, canberra
Tom brings all the energy to leagues in Canberra. By Day he’s a student at ANU by night he’s making sure everything is going swimmingly at Urban Rec.
Don Leanage– league SUpERVISOR, canberra
Don is the happiest man on earth and we love it, he’s always happy to help and go the extra mile for a team. You’ll find him out each night at leagues making sure things are running smoothly and bringing the vibes.
EVENT HOSTS
On top of that, we have a wonderful team of Event Hosts who make Urban Rec league nights an epic experience. Here are just a few familiar faces!
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