2019 WAOC Report with Bleed

2018 ANNUAL REPORT Front cover & this page: i and Lucas Mata in the 2-Man Bobsleigh at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games her many events at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games CONTENTS Corporate Directory 3 Olympic Team Appeal Committee 4 About Us 6 7 State Manager 9 Olympians and the Community 10 Youth Olympic Team 15 2018 Winter Olympic Games 16 Fundraising 17 Stakeholders 18 History and Heritage 19 Governance 20 Olympians Club of WA 21 Olympic Medallists 24 Olympic Representatives 25 Member Sports 30 Financial Report 31 Australian Olympic Committee Partners & Suppliers 49 2 CORPORATE DIRECTORY PATRON His Excellency the Honourable Kim Beazley AC, Governor of Western Australia VICE PATRONS Hon. Mark McGowan MLA, Premier of Western Australia Hon. Dr Mike Nahan MLA, Leader of the Opposition Hon. Mick Murray MLA, Minister for Seniors and Ageing; Volunteering; Sport and Recreation Mr John McGrath MLA, Shadow Minister for Racing & Gaming; Sport and Recreation Dr Brad Pettitt, Mayor of Fremantle WESTERN AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC COUNCIL EXECUTIVE Mr Greg Kaeding, President Ms Allana Slater OLY, Vice President Mr Sam Castiglione, Vice President Mr David Guest, resigned 3 October Mr Paul McCann AM Ms Melanie Tantrum Ms Liane Tooth OAM OLY Mrs Danielle Woodhouse OAM OLY OLYMPIANS CLUB OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA EXECUTIVE Ms Liane Tooth OAM OLY, President, Hockey, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 Mrs Danielle Woodhouse OAM OLY, Secretary, Water Polo, 2000 Mr Shane Tonkin OLY, Treasurer, Baseball, 1996 Ms Natalie Bale OLY, Rowing, 2008 Mr Stephen Bird OLY, Canoe / Kayak, 2012, 2016 Mr Adam Lucas, Swimming Ms Kobie McGurk OLY, Hockey, 2008, 2012 Mr Paul Oberman OLY, Water Polo, 1992, Assist. Coach 2012, 2016 Mr Jesse Phillips OLY, Canoe / Kayak, 2012 Ms Allana Slater OLY, Gymnastics, 2000, 2004 Ms Belinda Stowell OAM, Sailing 2000, 2012 Ms Amie Thompson OLY, Synchronised Swimming, 2016 LIFE MEMBERS Mr Robert Hemery JP Mr Jack Howson OBE JP * Mr Keith Gaisford AM Mr Cyril Kanair * STAFF Mrs Lisa Lilleyman, State Manager * Deceased 3 OLYMPIC TEAM APPEAL COMMITTEE CHAIR Position Vacant COMMITTEE MEMBERS Andrew Vlahov OAM OLY Lifepark | Deputy Chair Allen Burtenshaw Primeflow Wilson Casado Visagio Martin Cattalini Challenge Chemicals Paul Eteen-Bliss Community Newspaper Group David Fardon Linneys Brian Miller K2Fly Graham Moss Consultant Sunil Narula Chemist Warehouse Chris O'Brien Liquor Barons Kate O'Hara Hawaiian Jean Stewart Woodside Eamon Sullivan OLY Bib & Tucker, May Street Larder, Goody Two's Karen Teong Perth Convention Exhibition Centre Jay Walter JWH Group Blair Evans and Stephen Bird at the Japan Business Breakfast 4 5 ABOUT US OUR VISION To be the leading organisation in delivering Olympic Games activity to the Western Australian community by forging long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with business and athletes. OUR MISSION To share the Olympic Games experience with as many Western Australians as possible including athletes, corporate, Government and the wider community. OUR VALUES • To be a transparent, responsible and sustainable organisation. • To be a market leader in corporate partnerships and events. • To be the sole agency that manages relationships with the Olympic Alumni. • To act in a professional manner in all organisational activity. Western Australia enjoys an outstanding Olympic history that dates back to 1912. The achievements of our Western Australian athletes at the Olympic Games are a source of pride for all Western Australians. The Australian Olympic Team is the embodiment of our nati The Team links the faces and names of past and present athletes across the boundaries of time and distance. The Olympic Games provide opportunities for Western Australian competition that promotes a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play. The Australian Olympic Movement promotes to the youth of Western Australia values such as respect, commitment and team work. As proud custodian of the Olympic Movement in Western Australia, the Western Australian Olympic Council is committed to: • promoting the Olympic ideals and values to all Western Australians; • supporting and commemorating Western Australian athletes and officials aspiring to and achieving selection in the Australian Olympic Team; • maintaining and celebrating the statistical and historical achievements of these outstanding Western Australians; • ensuring an Olympic legacy for Western Australia 6 REPORT It gives me much pleasure to welcome you and the start of our fundraising campaign for the Summer Olympics of Tokyo Japan in 2020. We are well within an 18-month window before the Games and just embarking on our major fundraising campaign to assist Western Australian athletes attend the 2020 Olympics as members of our Australian Olympic Team. Funding to get our athletes to an Olympic Games is entirely independent of Federal Government funding, and this responsibility is willingly championed by the WAOC as the representative body for the Olympic movement in Western Australia. Our WA Team Appeal Committee has now commenced raising our share of the State Olympic Councils funding target towards the Australian Team Appeal, after having successfully conclu Commonwealth Games. Fundraising remains a key performance outcome for the WAOC, and as such we will again promote and deliver high class events and activities with the assistance of a motivated and dedicated Olympic Team Appeal Committee WA (OTACWA) consisting of prominent Perth business men and women. I would like to acknowledge a refreshed Team Appeal Committee currently under the direction of Deputy Chair Andrew Vlahov OAM and I look forward to the initiatives and of course the standard of events this Committee delivers on our behalf. update of our 2016 Strategic planning document during 2018, and through our office. The re- er WA, is also intended to reflect and highlight the closer had the pleasure of hosting 2 visits of AOC staff including CEO Matt Carroll and James Edwards Director National Fundraising, Community, and Athlete Services. We have worked closely together in reviewing our State practices and indeed strategic direction to not only ensure better alignment with the AOC strategic plan but also decrease our administrative burden and reflect the increased support from the national office. That administrative and technical support has extended to cloud based storage of our files and also addressed security and privacy measures. It has also been rewarding to see further AOC engagement of the State Olympic Council Presidents, including myself, directly at the AGM and subsequently with State based meetings. This has afforded the opportunity to provide clarity and understanding in terms of our unique Joint Executive operating philosophy in Western Australia and also the sharing of ideas, concerns and visions of the WAOC Executive and the broader membership. In regard to finances we welcomed the removal of the capped % allocation philosophy towards our office funding, replaced by a stand-alone AOC budgeted amount which reflects the operating costs of WA based representation of the Olympic movement. Funding for the WAOC remains predominantly from the AOC especially with the WA Government decreasing their level of direct financial support. However, the location and availability of our office facilities at WAIS and the State financial contribution is much appreciated and reflects a long-standing partnership with successive WA governments and now through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries. We are equally appreciative of the office hosting relationship with the WA Institute of Sport (WAIS) and thank Steve Lawrence and his team. We will continue to work with the WA Government to ensure they are aware of the impact we have in the community and the unquantifiable benefits we leave as a legacy. 7 Examples of this also extends to a number of initiatives from the AOC office which are now seeing the increased engagement of the states in the delivery and management of nationwide programs such as the Youth Olympic Mentor Program which is being managed and implemented by the WAOC office. Olympian Services have also been ensconced in day to day activities of the AOC with the engagement of Olympian Daniel Kowalski, and it was so refreshing to hear him speak to the Joint executive earlier this year and his vision for the Olympians Services Program. We continue of course to promote, support and prepare our athletes on their Olympic representation journey and continue to maintain the WA Olympians database, ensuring Western Australians are more informed and more aware of the success of our WA athletes. Again, this year we were proud to deliver activities with our Australian Olympians benefitting the WA Community, the Champions 2 Country Regional Tour, this year to the Kimberley, the Pierre de Coubertin Awards, concluding with the Academy here at WAIS, and of course Olympic Day activities. All are further detailed under the Olympians and Community section of this report Our office, through Lisa, continues to support our Olympic alumni through the WA Olympians Club and I again thank forward to more direct support through the AOC Olympians Services Program. Commonwealth Games activity in the Western Australian community by forging long-term mutually beneficial the pursuit of similar levels of support with our WA Commonwealth Games colleagues and Commonwealth Games Australia to ensure we reflect a true collaborative partnership in the support of athletes in Western Australia take this opportunity to thank a number

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