2015-2016 Annual Report BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND LIFE MEMBERS BOARD OF MANAGEMENT President Mr Mark Lorrimer Directors Mr Michael Sage, Mrs Raelene Ryan, Mr Shaun Crow, Mr Paul Jones, Mr David Lush Ex-officio Mrs Trudee Stafford (Branch Administrator) LIFE MEMBERS Mr Joe King*, Mr Laurie Lawrence, Mr John Carew*, Mr Paul Quinlan, Mr Phil Macleod*, Mr Arthur Cusack*, Mr Reginald Francis*, Mr Ken Wood, Mrs Jan King, Mr David Urquhart, Ms Pat Wright OAM, Mr Denis Cottrell, Mr Ross Gage * - Deceased AUDITOR A M Giles & Co 1 PRESIDENT’S REPORT It is with great pleasure that I present this report to members of asctaQLD for the 2015/16 financial year. During 2015/16, the excellence of asctaQLD coaches was again recognised by their selection to lead and assist with Swimming Queensland and Swimming Australia teams. It is due to the success of such coaches that Queensland and Australia were well represented on both a National and International platform. Following Queensland’s success at the 2015 Australian Open Championships, 9 Queensland coaches were selected on the 2015 FINA World Championship Team and IPC World Championship Team. These were: Michael Bohl, John Wallace, Simon Cusack, Michael Sage, Chris Mooney, Vince Raleigh, Richard Scarce, Harley Connolly (IPC) and Jan Cameron (IPC). Queensland Coaches were also represented at the Junior level, with Chris Nesbit being selected on the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Team and Dean Boxall on the 2015 Junior Commonwealth Games Team. These coaches have proven that Queensland continues to produce world class coaches and athletes. It is the efforts of these coaches that saw Queensland swimmers bring home 71% of Australia’s medals achieved at the 2015 FINA World Championships, 53% of medals achieved at 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, and 62% of medals achieved at the 2015 Junior Commonwealth Games. Once again, Queensland maintained their track record of excellence at the 2016 Australian Age Championships, with 36 Queensland coaches producing gold medal winners, earning Queensland the Premier State Award. asctaQLD recognised the outstanding achievement of these coaches by awarding them an asctaQLD Age Champion shirt. This year asctaQLD introduced a new initiative at the 2016 Australian Age Championship, that recognised up-and-coming coaches who achieved good results. This year’s recipients of this new recognition program were: Lachlan Staples, James Boyce, James Critoph, Steve Miller, Chelsea Orbell and Elisha Hunt. 2 Queensland once again took out the Male and Female Team awards at the 2016 Australian Open Championships along with 39 gold medals for individual events. Queensland maintained its perfect record at the 2015 State Teams Short Course Championships, taking out the championships for the seventh consecutive year under the following coaches: Shaun Crow (Head Coach), David Lush (Male Head Coach), David Proud (Female Head Coach), Elisha Hunt, Josh Smith, Mark Lorrimer, Kyle Samuelson, Tom Harris, Damien Jones and Tsuyoshi Kimura. This year, the annual asctaQLD Coaches Christmas Lunch was held on the first day of the Queensland Championships at the Sleeman Sports Complex. During the lunch, the 2014/15 Coaching Awards were presented, recognising the success of Queensland coaches and celebrating their outstanding achievements. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Swimming Queensland and asctaQLD sponsor Vorgee for once again generously supporting this function. At the conclusion of the 2015/16 financial year, the Association retained a surplus of $46,082. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all who have contributed to the success of asctaQLD in offering their support throughout the year. Our gratitude goes to the asctaQLD Board for their contributions in this voluntary role, with a special mention to David Lush for helping to re-establish the asctaQLD website to facilitate more effective communication with our members. I would also like to make note of the continuation of sponsorship from Vorgee, together with the support provided from the Queensland Academy of Sport and Swimming Queensland, whose commitment and support vitally contribute to the success and development of our Queensland coaches. Mark Lorrimer President asctaQLD 3 AWARDS COACH OF THE YEAR AWARDS Coach of the Year (World Championships) Michael Bohl OAM Outstanding Achievements World Championships Simon Cusack David Lush Vince Raleigh Richard Scarce IPC World Championships Jan Cameron Harley Connolly Andrew Howard Age-Group Coach of the Year Dean Boxall Open Water Coach of the Year David Proud SWD Coach of the Year Harley Connolly Club Coach of the Year Michael Bohl OAM Australian Championships ‘Silver Licence’ Coach of the Year Chris Mooney Australian Championships ‘Silver Licence’ Assistant Coach of the Year Dean Boxall Australian Championships Coach of the Year (Qld Athlete of the Meet) Chris Nesbit Australian Age Championships ‘Silver Licence’ Coach of the Year Dean Boxall Australian Age Championships ‘Silver Licence’ Assistant Coach of the Year David Proud Australian Age Championships Coach of the Year (Qld Athlete of the Meet) Ken Sabotic Qld Championships ‘Bronze Licence’ Assistant Coach of the Year James Critoph Qld Championships ‘Bronze Licence’ Coach of the Year (Qld Athlete of the Meet) Tom Harris 2016 Age Champion Coaches Dean Boxall Elisha Hunt Ken Sabotic Michael Bromley Damien Jones Michael Sage Troy Chandler David Lush Richard Scarce Denis Cotterell Steve Miller Richard Sleight Shaun Crow Chris Nesbit Josh Smith Sean Eels Chelsea Orbell Lachlan Staples Marcus Elder David Proud Rob Van Der Zant Samuel Fisher John Rodgers John Wallace Tom Fronek Raelene Ryan Ken Wood 4 DEVELOPMENT AWARDS Qld JX Club of the Year – Rackley Swim Team Justin Bell Liam Fisher Mackenzie Speechley Qld Regional Association JX Club of the Year Far North Qld – Saints Kirk Donaldson Mandella Parmenter North Qld – Townsville Tourist Keenan Wockner Central Qld – Gladstone Gladiators Terry Fellows Tom Fronek Wide Bay – Pelican Waters Caloundra Josh Harris Naomi Harris Darling Downs – Toowoomba Grammar Richard McLean Tamara Quinn Darren Stewart Gold Coast – TSS Aquatic Liam Du Feu Chris Nesbit David Thomas Brisbane – Rackley Swim Team Justin Bell Liam Fisher Mackenzie Speechley Qld JX Pro-rata Coach of the Year – Noosa Graeme Brewer Sally Evens John Rodgers Development Program Support Sam Armstrong Michaela Pattinson Emerging Age Championships Coach Michael Bromley Steve Miller Chelsea Orbell Lachlan Staples Rob Van Der Zant Emerging Age Championships Coach (SWD) Samuel Fisher Tom Fronek Emerging National Championships Coach Barry Kime David Lush Emerging National Championships Coach (SWD) Michael Sage 5 National Team Coach Michael Sage John Wallace Coach of a Swimmer on a National Team Michael Sage Qld Team Coach Tom Harris Elisha Hunt Kyle Samuelson Josh Smith Coaches Coach Award Jon Cook James Boyce 6 RECORDS The following coaches, coached swimmers to the records listed below. WORLD RECORD Jan Cameron Braedan Jason 800m Freestyle S13 WORLD JUNIOR RECORD Rob Hindmarsh Shayna Jack 4x100m Freestyle Relay, 4x200m Freestyle Relay David Lush Minna Atherton 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke, 4x100m Freestyle Relay Josh Smith Gemma Cooney 4x100m Freestyle Relay, 4x200m Freestyle Relay COMMONWEALTH RECORD Michael Bohl OAM Mitch Larkin 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke Emma McKeon 200m Freestyle Simon Cusack Cate Campbell 50m Freestyle David Lush Emily Seebohm 200m Backstroke Richard Scarce Cam McEvoy 100m Freestyle FINA CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD Michael Bohl OAM Emma McKeon 4x100m Freestyle Relay Simon Cusack Bronte Campbell 4x100m Freestyle Relay Cate Campbell 4x100m Freestyle Relay David Lush Emily Seebohm 4x100m Freestyle Relay FINA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD David Lush Minna Atherton 200m Backstroke OCEANIA RECORD Michael Bohl OAM Mitch Larkin 200m Backstroke Jan Cameron Lakeisha Patterson 4x100m Medley Relay 34PTS Rick Pendleton 100m Breaststroke SB9 Vince Raleigh Jessica Ashwood 400m Freestyle 7 AUSTRALIAN RECORD Jan Cameron Michael Anderson 200m Backstroke S10 Guy Harrison-Murray 800m Freestyle S10 Braedan Jason 400m Freestyle S13 Rick Pendleton 100m Breaststroke SB9 Harley Connolly Lakeisha Patterson 200m Freestyle S8 David Heyden Katja Dedekind 50m Backstroke S13 Rob Hindmarsh Daniel Fox 200m Freestyle S14, 50m Backstroke S14 Rachael Watson 100m Freestyle S4, 200m Freestyle S4, 50m Butterfly S4 Andrew Howard Grant Patterson 50m Freestyle S3, 50m Breaststroke SB2 Vince Raleigh Jessica Ashwood 800m Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle Michael Sage Liam Schluter 400m Freestyle S14, 800m Freestyle S14, 1500m Freestyle S14 Rick Van Der Zant Rowan Crothers 400m Freestyle S10 AUSTRALIAN ALLCOMERS RECORD Michael Bohl OAM Mitch Larkin 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke Simon Cusack Cate Campbell 100m Freestyle David Lush Emily Seebohm 100m Backstroke AUSTRALIAN CLUB RECORD Michael Bohl OAM Madison Wilson, Bronte Barratt, Madeline Groves, Emma McKeon, 4x100m Freestyle Relay Madison Wilson, Georgia Bohl, Madeline Groves, Emma McKeon, 4x100m Medley Relay AUSTRALIAN AGE Jan Cameron Braedan Jason 17yrs 50m Freestyle S13, 17yrs 100m Freestyle S13, 17yrs 50m Butterfly S13, 18yrs 50m Butterfly S13, 17yrs 100m Butterfly S13 Nathan Jason 13&U 50m Freestyle S13, 13&U 100m Freestyle S13, 13&U 400m Freestyle S13, 13&U 50m Backstroke S13, 13&U 100m Backstroke S13, 13&U 50m Breaststroke SB13, 13&U 100m Breaststroke SB13, 13&U 50m Butterfly S13, 13&U 100m Butterfly S13, 13&U 200m IM SM13 8 Lakeisha Patterson 16yrs 400m Freestyle