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South Australian Baseball League Inc. 2012 South Australian Baseball League Inc. 2012 - 2013 Annual Report Board of Directors Elected Board Meetings Attended Shayne Bennett President 2011 10 Mark Snelgrove Marketing (VP) 2010 11 Bob Neiswander Youth 2010 10 Ben Dixon Finance 2012* 11 Nathan Davison Performance 2011 10 Mark Brougham Operations 2011 11 Kevin Shepardson Affiliates 2011 11 *Invited Staff Renae Roach CEO Paul Chandler General Manager - Baseball Nyrell Davison Administration Jess Sneath Administration Warwick Marks High Performance Manager Patron Terry Evans Vice Patrons Dr. Roger Capps Howard Norman Ron Chandler Ken Wesslink Ron Wright Heritage Committee Alan Waldron, AM (Chair) Phil Burgess Robert Laidlaw (League Historian) Gordon Penhall Ron Chandler 2012 - 2013 Annual Report South Australian Baseball League Inc. 2 Index President Report 7 CEO Report 11 Finance Director Report 14 GM Baseball Ops 22 Performance Director Report 25 High Performance Manager Report 26 Affiliated Director Report 30 Operations Director Report 31 Marketing Director Report 33 Winterball President Report 34 Youth Director Report 35 Chairman BUASA Report 40 Chair Heritage Committee 41 President SABSA Report 42 SA BITE Youth Teams Reports 44 Head Coach Adelaide South 56 2012 - 2013 Annual Report South Australian Baseball League Inc. 3 Affiliations Corporate Support 2012 - 2013 Annual Report South Australian Baseball League Inc. 4 Sponsors Print Partners Charity of Choice 2012 - 2013 Annual Report South Australian Baseball League Inc. 5 4 Strategic Pillars Synergies To build strong alliances with key influencers which will assist in the growth of our Sport. To work with all Government departments, Baseball’s strategic partners on a National and International level and our key stakeholders. Participation To actively promote the game of Baseball through grass roots and school programs. To implement high performance programs to allow our Athletes to achieve their highest goals. Growth To provide a clear pathway for all Athletes to participate and progress positively in the game of Baseball. Governance & Finance To build sustainable revenue streams to assist in the development, participation and enjoyment of the game of Baseball. 2012 - 2013 Annual Report South Australian Baseball League Inc. 6 PRESIDENT Our steering Committee has met with ideas and Shayne Bennett brave decisions being made to ensure our clubs become sustainable for many years to come. This process will take some time to finalise and this decision we will not rush into. Some of the criteria may seem WHAT A YEAR ! at this point difficult to achieve but all criteria are based on the longevity of our league. I ask all the clubs to This year I want to inform the baseball fraternity the believe in what is best for our league and work with area of focus which our board has strived to achieve. us to achieve the minimum criteria on what is suitable Self-sustaining business, the ability to run the BSA to be a long term club of BSA. business without the requirement of State or Federal funding. Over the last few years our funding has I want to thank my board; they have all worked dropped from ORS due the economic climate. extremely hard over the past year and will continue to do so. As all the other volunteers around the This year we have been informed by the ABF further league we all give many unaccounted hours to our funding from Australian Sports Commission (ASC) will be beloved sport. reduced due to their new criteria’. The funding criteria A special thanks to all Club Boards, coaches and is based on the results gained from the Olympics’ , volunteers for all the effort you provided to your clubs Commonwealth Games and World Championships & to ensure our players have a place to play. participation. We are not participating in 2 of the 3 main selection categories. To our staff at BSA, congratulations on a big year and we look forward to another great year ahead. Our Board took a brave step in re organising BSA to achieve a Self- Sustaining business. We have made All I can say is WE GOT IT. Thanks to the state changes over the past 2 years to our structure to government & the Minister for Sport the HON. Minister ensure we start to build towards this goal. Bignell and ORS for their support and grant which has provided BSA a platform for our future players. I believe we can achieve this with further moves into the sponsorship/marketing area in conjunction In closing, I wish to thank my family for their support. with the Adelaide BITE and further streamlining our business. We need to think outside the square to Shayne Bennett achieve these goals and take the necessary risks. President 2012 - 2013 Annual Report South Australian Baseball League Inc. 7 Gordon Fidock Goodwood Indians Bob Brock Norwood Redsox Brian Hill Goodwood Indians Max Harris Norwood Redsox Bob Edmeades Goodwood Indians Dave Roberts Norwood Redsox Kingsley Wellington Goodwood Indians Don Roach Norwood Redsox RJ Marshall Goodwood Indians Bruce Harris Norwood Redsox SA Haynes Goodwood Indians Colin Wirth Norwood Redsox William Hart Goodwood Indians Peter Box Norwood Redsox Ken Frost Goodwood Indians Gerry Roberts Norwood Redsox Ray Mules Goodwood Indians Col Jones Norwood Redsox Jim Kostoglou Goodwood Indians I Henderson Norwood Redsox Robert Jennings Goodwood Indians John Langley Norwood Redsox P Bednall Port - Varsity Geo Fenwick Norwood Redsox Doug Biddell Port - Varsity Brian Wirth Norwood Redsox W Charles Port - Varsity Harry Cresswell Sturt Tigers WR Fuller Port - Varsity W Jeanes Sturt Tigers Alan McNeil Port - Varsity Doug Fidock West Torrens Eagles Ken Mitchell Port - Varsity R.J (Ted)Ramsay West Torrens Eagles Bob Watts Port - Varsity Alan Leslie West Torrens Eagles EA Tamlin Port - Varsity G.T. Harrison West Torrens Eagles M Mensforth Port - Varsity Rob Stewart West Torrens Eagles Doug Othams Port - Varsity Max Sserch West Torrens Eagles Russell Page West Torrens Eagles Brian Moore North Adelaide D Martin North Adelaide Jack White North Adelaide Norm White North Adelaide Jack O’Connor North Adelaide Peter Soloman North Adelaide Peter Vaughton North Adelaide Kerry Moore North Adelaide Rolly Vaughton North Adelaide 2012 - 2013 Annual Report South Australian Baseball League Inc. 8 LIFE MEMBERS: 1922 Geo Chapman* 1989-90 Ken Wesslink 1922 Claude Ewers* 1990-91 Dave Roberts 1922 Frank Ewers* 1991-92 Don Rice* 1922 Rue Ewers* 1992-93 Ron Wright 1926 Syd Smith* 1992-93 Max Puckett* 1930 Norrie Claxton* 1993-94 Ron Morgan* 1932 Wally Buchanan* 1994-95 Bert Haynes* 1937 Len C Poole* 1995-96 Gordon Penhall 1938 Perce Doolan* 1995-96 Alan Waldron AM 1938 Paddy Ohlstrom* 1996-97 Peter Dixon 1938 Bill Wiles* 1998-99 Hugh Franke* 1944 Charles Catt* 1999-2000 Ron Chandler 1948 Alby Bartlett* 1999-2000 Lionel ‘Nobby’ Clark* 1949 Ron Sharpe* 2000-01 Kevin Jennings 1950 Fred Mann* 2000-01 Peter Kemp 1951 Martin Kriewaldt* 2001-02 Paul Begg 1956 Ron Scott* 2002-03 Peter Fischer 1958 Henley Jones* 2003-04 Bob Abbey 1959 Andy Buuchanan* 2003-04 Arthur Macdonald 1960 Bryon Ascione* 2004-05 Greg Bradshaw 1961 Laurie LeCornu* 2004-05 Ron Harvey AM 1963 Bill Stephens* 2005-06 Brian Addison 1965 Alan Branstrom* 2005-06 Jim Wilton 1966 Claude Thorpe* 2006-07 David Mundy 1967 Bill Moody* 2007-08 David Hutton 1969-70 Roy Page* 2008-09 Norm ‘Chalky’ White 1970-71 Stan Scarman* 2009- 10 Bob Neiswander 1971-72 Bobb Finn* 2010- 11 Brian Cakebread 1972-73 Max Stone 2010- 11 Ken Kobayashi 1973-74 Max Galloway* 2011- 12 Kevin Greatrex 1974-75 Kingsley Wellington 2012- 13 No one elected 1975-76 Jim Garrick* 1976-77 Lou Bressler* 1978-79 Arthur Rathbone* 1979-80 Don Klaebe* 1980-81 Gordon Ross* *Deceased 1981-82 Brian Brooks* 1982-83 Tom Rice* 1983-84 Claude Pearce* 1984-85 Harry Hunt* 1985-86 Warren Charles 1986-87 Colin Rowe* 1987-88 Ms. Pat Beatty* 1988-89 Ray Thorne* 2012 - 2013 Annual Report South Australian Baseball League Inc. 9 2012 - 2013 Annual Report South Australian Baseball League Inc. 10 CEO Michelle Harvey was appointed to PPT Admin Position due to heath reasons, which saw Christyna Williams, come on Renae Roach board within a casual administration position. Ron Harvey resigned after many years within the league. Nyrell Davison appointed to a part time Administration What an exciting but challenging time it has been for Role, when Christyna Williams left our team. Baseball in South Australia. I was appointed as a part time Business Development Role, newly created role (Off Field). Paul Chandler - GM Baseball Operations (On Field). First and foremost congratulations to all the efforts from the Warwick Marks appointed to HP Manager (ABF position). Office of Recreation and Sport, Adelaide Shores, the Hon Minister Bignall, SABL staff and Board for securing a home for It was identified in the later part of the year that there was baseball in Adelaide. Diamond Sports SA Inc. at West Beach a need to have a direct report for the entire structure and I will become a hub of activity for our sport over the next 12 was then appointed to the role of CEO. The second stage to 18 months, which will create lots of exciting opportunities of changes occurred when the following joined/left our for our players, stakeholders and strategic partners. team; Stuart Millar (Aussie T-Ball) who left us to continue his studies in his chosen field. Dani Sapio – Casual Administration Another exciting announcement for our sport was officer. Lorraine Dunn, retired after many years with the the announcement of the MLB opening series coming Baseball SA team and we thank her dearly for all the to Australia in March 2014. Sydney will be hosting the efforts and time she put into her love of baseball. Nyrell Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers in a Davison and Jessica Sneath have both been employed two game series, which already has proven to increase as a permanent part-time administration officer ‘s looking our membership base for the ABL teams by 60%.
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