ANNUAL2019REPORT CONTENTS REPORTS & GENERAL UMPIRES & OFFICIALS President’s Report 2 Umpires Committee 26 Chair & CEO Report 3 Umpire Successes 27 Netball North Harbour Board 5 Community Umpire Development 28 Directory of Staff 6 Technical Officials 29 Sponsor’s Message 7 FACILITY & ASSOCIATE GAME & PEOPLE GROUPS Membership 8 Facility & Events 30 Games Committee 9 Netball Charitable Trust 30 Club Results 10 Sports Injury Clinic 31 Secondary School Results 11 Poi Tarawhiti O Te Raki Paewhenua 32 Intermediate Results 12 Primary Results 13 Junior Netties Results 14 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Roll of Honour 15 Performance Report 34 New Zealand Representative Honours 16 Audit Report 47 DEVELOPMENT & PERFORMANCE Community Development 18 Coach Development 19 Representative Teams (Photos) 20 Highlights 25 REPORTS & GENERAL PRESIDENT’S REPORT As President of Netball North Harbour, it gives me pleasure to present the 68th Annual Report on behalf of our members. All sports organisations are facing unprecedented challenges and I wish to acknowledge the significant contribution to netball that all sectors of our netball fraternity have made. Managing an organisation of this size requires an enormous amount of work by both employed staff and voluntary personnel. As President I have been very fortunate to work closely with all the staff and many of our volunteers who contribute tirelessly to make certain Netball North Harbour runs successfully. The staff of Netball North Harbour, with Lynette Brady as our CEO, provide an outstanding service and I want to acknowledge the contribution that each staff member is making as the organisation constantly moves forward into an increasingly professional management model. Netball North Harbour must continually strive to get more people playing netball more often, to provide pathways for players, coaches, umpires and administrators, to meet the demands for increasingly higher quality facilities and to have good business models and relationships with our Zone and also with our sponsors so that the organisation remains financially viable. Netball, like all other sports, is dependent upon the hard work of our many volunteers and their contribution is highly valued. This includes the contribution of our clubs, schools, coaches, managers, umpires, technical officials and the many parent supporters who help out where possible by providing transport to games, coaching teams, umpiring or being on the side-line every week to show their support. At this point I would like to congratulate one of our very well-known coaches Yvonne Willering, who had been appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) at this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. A well deserved recognition of all Yvonne’s hard work coaching and promoting our wonderful sport. Our volunteer workforce at Netball North Harbour includes the Games Committee which, under Michelle Newton’s leadership, works hard to ensure game days run smoothly. The challenges are many, but the success is obvious by the number of teams and individuals who continue to participate in our competitions and the players who gain success by playing in Zone and NNZ teams. Also, I wish to acknowledge our Umpires Committee and Umpire Coach/Assessing Panels at all levels, who work tirelessly not only on their own individual commitment to providing up to date umpiring skills for our games, but who also coach, assess and encourage up and coming umpires at every level of competition during the season. The Technical Officials, under the co-ordination of Judith Downer, are another voluntary group at Netball North Harbour who are constantly upskilling and then using these skills when appointed to attend local, National and International games as Bench Officials or Statisticians. The Board, under the leadership of our new Chair, Natalie Tabb, is continuing to apply its considerable and broad range of skills in setting up and reviewing new and existing policies, and on governing the business of Netball North Harbour and planning for its future. In my President’s report of 2015, I stated that it was the last time the National Championships would be played. It gives me great pleasure that I can now report Netball New Zealand has changed the format of its national tournaments and will be running new NZU18 and Open Grade tournaments which will give our players who are not selected for BEKO or the ANZ Premiership teams another competition to work towards. In finishing, I wish to congratulate everyone involved in our Netball North Harbour team, led by Lynette, who planned and put into place the UNISS netball competition held here at our netball centre. It comprised 119 different schools (1428 players), 128 umpires, our own team of bench officials and statisticians and of course, staff and many volunteers including some of our life members who really enjoyed being present and able to assist at the tournament. It was certainly a proud moment when Netball North Harbour was awarded the Tass Print Sporting Event of the Year at the Massey University Harbour Sport Excellence Awards held in November. I look forward to another successful season in 2020. Helen Schulz President 2 Netball North Harbour REPORTS & GENERAL CHAIR & CEO REPORT We are pleased to present the For the first time we introduced the NNZ Player Netball North Harbour 2019 Annual Development programme for Year 7’s replacing the Report where the Board and representative programme, providing an opportunity Management have continued to for an increased number of athletes to be exposed to identify and plan the growth and a skill development programme. We also acknowledge future of the organisation. our Umpires, Bench Officials and Statisticians who continue to achieve on the National and International Our People stage. We were delighted in February at the 2019 Netball New Zealand Council Growth Meeting when Carole Maddix was We were delighted to be able to launch a new satellite elected as the Netball New Zealand competition at Glenfield College and would like to President. As a result, we sadly said acknowledge the Kaipatiki Local Board for their vision our goodbyes to Carole as NNH Board in partnering with Glenfield College and ourselves to Chair. Shortly after we welcomed Tracey upgrade the courts at Glenfield College enabling us to Mehrtens to the Board as an appointed deliver Primary School netball in the local community, Board Member. alongside the Junior Netties programme at Westlake Girls and Netball North Harbour. We have been Three of our long serving members delighted with the community support for this new were also recognised at the Netball New competition. Zealand Council meeting in February with a Netball New Zealand Service We also continue to work with Auckland Council for Award. Congratulations to Lyn Barr, North Harbour to identify sites to cater for future Marcia Hardcastle and Gail Griffiths for growth of the game as a priority project. Discussions this wonderful acknowledgement of your and planning for the development of 10 to 12 courts commitment to netball at all levels. north of the city and the future development at Greens Road, and Dairy Flat which is in the 10 to 20-year At the 2019 Netball North Harbour Annual planning. General Meeting, Jan Lundon received a Service Award recognising her contribution Our Facility to Netball North Harbour. The Building sub-committee has been committed in their research to deliver the best possible solution to Yvonne Willering was recognised for her the roof, cladding and window replacements. After a contribution to netball in the Queen’s Birthday robust investigation, and discussion on various options Honours, being awarded a Companion of presented, a unanimous decision was made to upgrade the NZ Order of Merit, a very well deserved the roof (like-for-like) with work starting in January recognition of Yvonne’s outstanding service to 2020. The decision was based on affordability, netball in New Zealand. minimal disruption to operations & hireage, and a 10-15 One of the highlights of the year for all year guarantee on the roof once repaired. This was netballers was the Silver Ferns win at the a financially conservative and prudent option which World Netball Championships in Liverpool in allowed the roof to be repaired without borrowing or July. Congratulations to Michaela Sokolich- committing resources into the long term future. This Beatson for the support role that she played and allows the other work required on the cladding and the contribution she made to their campaign. window replacement to take place over a period of 1 Netball North Harbour was further represented to 5 years. The Board ensured its decision was cost- by Fay Meiklejohn who was appointed by the effective, achievable, and did not put the organisation International Netball Federation to chair the into any debt. Management is developing a 5-10 year Umpire Appointment Panel at the Championships, asset maintenance plan to ensure our courts and an outstanding accomplishment. facility remain fit for purpose. Congratulations to Michele Wallace, who received a This year NNH also hosted the Upper North Island Sporting Acknowledgement Award at the Harbour Secondary Schools Tournament (UNISS) with 119 Sports Awards for her service to netball. schools participating during winter tournament week in September. The success of this tournament was The Game recognised by Harbour Sport at their annual Sporting We continued to have eight age-group Representative Excellences awards winning ‘Event of the Year’. Thank teams participating at the various National and local you to all who contributed for the part that you played tournaments in 2019, with the Under 15/1’s finishing in the delivery of this outstanding event. 3rd and the Year 9’s winning C Grade at the U15 tournament in New Plymouth. Thank you to the The Business coaches and managers who give their time freely to The Board is pleased to report a surplus for 2019.