Tuhia he tohumate mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakataetae a Sillitoe mō te Coburg Athletic Club. Whai muri i tana reti, ka tiimata ia ki te whakangungu hakinakina ka awhina i te whakatakoto i nga turanga mo tetahi o nga waa angitu o te rere o Ahitereiria me te East Melbourne Harriers Athletic Club. Ko nga mema o Ahitereiria i whakangunguhia e Sillitoe ko Peter Norman, Gary Holdsworth, Greg Lewis, Aaron Rouge-Serret, Colin McQueen, Denise Boyd, Richard James, Bruce Frayne, Tamsyn Lewis me Ken Hall. Ko ia te kaiako o te 1982 Commonwealth Games
I mahi ia hei kaiako i te kapa hākinakina me te mahi whakangungu hākinakina me te Caulfield Grammar School i Melbourne mai i te 1983 ki te 2014.