ANZACC is proud to Honor...
Wayne Kraska
 A
veteran of over 380 Australian Rules Football (ARF) games,
Wayne Kraska is one of the sports leaders in the
Australian community in Atlanta. Wayne serves as
President of the Atlanta Kookaburra's ARF Club..
His experience as a coach and umpire has taken him all
over the USA, and achievements include introducing and
managing the most successful USAFL National
Championships on record, that featured 27 teams and some
750 players.
Currently the USA National Head Coach for Women’s ARF
and Women’s Team Coach for the Kookaburras, Wayne is
also establishing Aussie Rules locally, with 4 teams in
the Atlanta ARF League.
Wayne is currently employed in the mining industry as a
Production Manager for IMERYS in North Georgia. IMERYS
is a global leader in Performance Minerals and Wayne has
been with them for 5 years, in various management roles
in production and quality. IMERYS mines some of the
whitest marble in the world, an industry that has
supported the surrounding Pickens County for well over
100 years.
As head Coach of the USAFL National Womens team Wayne
will lead the team on an inaugural tour of Australia in
2008 as the USA finally goes down under to maybe beat
the Aussies at their very own game. As leader of the
Atlanta team and National Champions in the past two
years it is expected that he will have with him several
of his current Atlanta squad on that tour of a lifetime
to Melbourne and other parts of Australia.
Wayne's other interests lead him online where he
develops and manages websites for several community
groups, including
www.atlantafooty.com,
www.aarfl.com and
www.eventingga.com. Wayne runs his own website
design company
www.georgiadownunder.com from his home office in
Alpharetta.
Wayne has been married to Mary Ellen for 5 years and has
two children from a previous marriage. He visits them
yearly in Australia while ensuring he soaks up the
sporting culture in his home town of Melbourne,
Australia.
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