Sutherland District Basketball Association
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
&
ANNUAL REPORT
For year ended 31st December 2018
SUTHERLAND DISTRICT BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION A.B.N. 90 205 641 490
Waratah Park, Rawson Avenue (Off Old Princes Highway), Sutherland 2232 Telephone 9542 1999 Email: [email protected] www.sutherland.basketball.net.au
INDEX
PAGE CONTENTS
4 Notice of Annual General Meeting / Agenda
5 Life Members, Board Members and Staff
6 President’s Report
7 Association Manager’s Report
9-10 Representative Report / Representative Awards
11 2018 Special Achievements
12-13 Senior Competitions Report / Junior Competitions Report
14-15 Senior Competition Winners
16-17 Junior Competition Winners
18 Referee & Officials Report
18 Tribunal Report
19 2018 Sharks Referee Awards
19 2018 BNSW Appointments
20 Our Vision & Goals
21 Our Strategic Priorities
22 Sponsors Acknowledgements
23 Financial Statements for Year Ended 31st December 2018
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VOTING
To be eligible to vote, an attendee at the AGM must be a fully financial, registered adult member of the Association as at the date of the AGM.
NB: Parents of junior members are not entitled to vote unless they are themselves registered members of the Association.
NOMINATION FORM
A nomination form for director’s positions is included and is to be returned to the stadium at least 7 clear days before the AGM; i.e., 18/06/2019.
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION
A list of candidates together with the proposer’s name, shall be posted on the notice board at the stadium at least 7 days before the AGM; i.e., 18/06/2019.
LIFE MEMBERSHIP
Names of nominees for life membership were invited to be submitted to the Secretary at least 21 days before the AGM; i.e., 04/06/2019.
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE is hereby given that the 31st Annual General Meeting of Sutherland District Basketball Association will be held at Sutherland Basketball Stadium, Waratah Park, Sutherland, on Tuesday, 25th June 2019, commencing at 7.30 p.m.
AGENDA
1. Declare the meeting opened. 2. Apologies. 3. Confirm the Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting. 4. Business arising from previous Annual General Meeting. 5. Receive and consider the reports submitted. 6. Receive and consider the Financial Accounts and the Report of the Auditors. 7. Receive and consider any Life Membership nominations submitted. 8. Elect four (4) Members of the Committee consisting of seven (7) members. 9. Transact any other business that may be properly brought before the meeting.
By Order of the Board.
Julie Doyon Public Officer
Dated 6th June 2019
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LIFE MEMBERS
Br Luke Beltran (deceased), Steve Bell, Michael Carlisle, Isabel Cohen, Trevor Cook, Gus Cooper, Colleen Corkeron, Colin Dewhurst (deceased), Don Eastaway, Howard Francis, Colin Hodge (deceased), Peter McIntosh, Barrie Meadows, Neville Nicholson (deceased), Francis Oakman, Ken O’Donnell, Irene Rumsey (deceased), Alan Rumsey (deceased), Robert Wilcox, Geoff Walkom
BOARD OF DIRECTORS - JANUARY TO JUNE 2018
President: Tony Laarakkers Finance Director: Martin Jones Committee Members: Colleen Corkeron, Dianne Murtagh, , Denis Murarotto, Michael Noakes, Adam Smith
BOARD OF DIRECTORS - JUNE TO DECEMBER 2018 President: Tony Laarakkers Finance Director: Martin Jones Committee Members: Colleen Corkeron, Dianne Murtagh, , Denis Murarotto, Michael Noakes, Adam Smith
STAFF
Association Manager: Julie Doyon Participation & Development Manager: John Suva Junior Competitions Manager: Annette Heard Junior Competitions Assistant Manager: Rhyse Marshall Senior Competitions Manager: Maureen Clelland Registrar: Kay Meadows Accounts Manager: Sue Wilson Administration Manager: Christiane Markos Canteen Manager: Nadine Dunn Referees Manager: Michael Bills Court Supervisors: Maureen Clelland Referee Supervisors Linda Malone, Deb Pinfold Matt Suann, Roger Shiels Cleaners: Robert & Angela Haniff
AUDITOR SOLICITOR Bruce Wood & Associates Walkom Lawyer
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2018 PRESIDENTS REPORT
Presidents Report
In my view 2018 was an outstanding year for our Association. At our junior grassroots level, the highlight was the establishment of our Saturday mini-ball competition with 26 teams and 200 participants ranging from under 8’s to under 12’s. These were by far and away, new players to basketball and sourced from local schools through the hard work of Daniel Fisher, Darlene Saxby and other volunteers who gave so much of their time. It was an exceptional effort by all of those involved. The challenge for our Association now, is to retain these new players, transition them through our development programs such as Aussie Hoops , Learn to Play, Pink Ball, Dolphin League and Future Sharks, into our domestic competitions and then into our representative program. We have recognised that to be successful, we need to sustain this effort and build upon this in the years to come. In 2018 our Association also had increased success with both our Junior and Senior representative programs. With our juniors, we had 7 of our 16 teams make semi-finals, 3 teams made the grand final and our 18M4 won their competition. Our 12B1 team played at the NSW State Championships and ending up in 2nd place. With our senior representative program, our Championship women made the grand final only to lose to a superb Norths squad. Chelsea Schweers was named the MVP and Maddie Norris Youth Players of the Year with both named in the All Star 5. Also, our Division 1 Men made the Grand Final only to lose to a quality St George team in a tightly fought game. Our Head Coach Simon Gleeson was named Coach of the Year and our own Reece Cragie MVP along with All Star 5 Forward. It was an exceptional result for both teams.
In terms of outstanding individual achievements of our players, there were many but I mention in particular the following:
Shyla Heal played for Australia at the under 17 World Cup coming away with the Bronze medal. Shyla was selected in the All Star 5; Maddie Norris was selected by the Sydney Uni Flames development squad and also won the 3-point shootout at the Uni Hustle Lachlan Hutchinson was selected in the Sydney Kings development squad; Mia Bruce, Jordyn Dewhurst, Emily Garland, Tyrese Proctor, Izac Taylor were all selected in the State Performance Program (SPP); and Gabriella Nancarrow, Jackson Ezbery, Mark Tennant, Oliver Smith, Aislinn Walker, Neve Bruce, Jesse Edwards and Jesse Garabedian were selected in the Developing Athletes Program (DAP); an Brendan Winstanley and Ethan Laudato were selected as reserves in the NSW under 20’s state team.
I wish to thank all of our sponsors and especially our major sponsor, The Tradies for their continuing support. In 2019, our aim is to develop other partnerships with businesses and use the income to effect improvements to our facility.
Thank you to all our Sharks Families , our many volunteers, stadium staff and my fellow Board members for your support in 2018.
Tony Laarakkers
President
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2018 ASSOCIATION MANAGERS REPORT
2018 was an energy filled year for the Association .
The focus for the year was again on building our grass roots numbers, in particular female participation.
The “I Am a Girl “committee was formed under the leadership of our highly motivated volunteer Representative coach, Darlene Saxby. The first event for the year was a very successful ,Girls Only 3x3 Gala day which introduced at least 50 girls to the sport, several of which continued in our basketball programs throughout the year.
In support of the goals to lift the profile of female participation in our sport and to improve the competitiveness of our Representative teams, the Board appointed Shane Heal as Head Coach of the Women’s program. The Board also supported having a female import in our Championship Women’s team. As part of his agreement, Shane ran Coach the Coach training sessions for all of our representative coaches and established his Elite Training Academy for our junior players. With the support of Shane, who provided employment for our import, Chelsie Schweers, an experienced and talented American player was brought in to complement the talents of our young Sharks team. The investment in the import paid off and the young team progressed to the Grand finals of the Waratah League under Chelsea’s leadership. With extra support from uniform sponsors, Soul Sports and an additional grant over three years from our major sponsor, Tradies we were able to introduce a new playing uniform for all of our Representative Teams in 2018
In May, the Board engaged the consultancy services of Daniel Fischer from Step Up Basketball. Daniel came to us with a solid reputation for club building and player development and his role here was to help the Development Manager build numbers in our development programs and at the same time improve the quality of the programs offered. Daniel’s first task was to reach out to the basketball community to establish a Club Building Committee and the “I am a Girl “Committee members, quickly became the backbone of this committee. Very quickly ,4 new school based clubs were formed and these clubs entered teams in to our first ever Saturday Miniball competition. Daniel also introduced Rep Ready Camps for aspiring representative players to prepare them for trials and also introduced the Focus groups program. This program identifies and runs activities for potential talented players for the future.
In keeping with our goals to improve and maintain the facility the Association secured two government grants . The first grant provided a state of the art sound system to replace our crackly, antiquated system and the second grant provided for the continued replacement of our seating and scoreboards. A new scoreboard for court 2 and additional bench seating were purchased in 2018 with the remaining grandstands and Court 3 scoreboard ordered for 2019.
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Following several years of persistence from our sponsor, Bubba Gump Pest Control ,the stadium finally became free of its ongoing possum problem. Extensive cleaning of the roof space and ledges around the courts was undertaken to remove many years buildup of possum detritus. It will take a long time for the odour to disappear completely but we look forward to a sweeter smelling future.
2018 saw us introduce some online payment collections, the online registration process and the increased use of the Sports TG system for communication paving the way for a complete conversion to this more efficient technology in 2019.
2018 also saw the transition into retirement of long serving staff member, John Suva and the departure of part time all round employee Rhyse Marshall. While we will miss them both in 2019 we wish them all the best in their future endeavours.
I would like to thank the Board for their support during 2018, the Association staff for their ongoing commitment and all of our members for their continued support of Sutherland Basketball this past year.
I would especially like to pay tribute to our amazing volunteers, no matter how big or small a contribution you make we are extremely grateful for the difference that the generosity of your time makes to our organisation.
I look forward to working together again with all of our key stakeholders in 2019 to ensure that SDBA’s vision” To be a successful Basketball Association that promotes basketball as the sport of choice in our community” is achieved .
Julie Doyon Association Manager
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2018 REPRESENTATIVE REPORT
Our Sharks Junior Representative program in 2018 was filled with highs and lows.
Every year we select coaches who are so positive, hyped up and full of optimism for the upcoming season. We choose the most talented players from our club system and try to nurture and mould them into teams of which our club can be proud. I constantly receive feedback from parents who are happy and excited that their youngsters are excelling in the sport of basketball. It is a real kick to see these players evolve, mature and grow.
This year we had a mixture of results, some teams had excellent results, while others had more challenging seasons. We need to keep in mind that the Sydney Metro League is a highly regarded competition filled with enthusiastic coaches, talented athletes, and some of the most highly ranked teams in the state.
I would like to extend my congratulations to all of our Representative basketball families. It is always a pleasure to work with those invested people. The positive conversations regarding our program far outweigh the negative. I am confident that we will improve as the years go by We have capable and talented people trying to help right the ship. Next year we are hopeful to have those coaches, managers, players and parents working together to take another step in bringing the “Sharks” back to the top. Our unique training exercises will assist in this endeavour. Some of these new initiatives include “Rep Ready”, “Focus Groups” and the Elite training sessions and camps with Shane Heal.
Team Achievements in 2018 Under 12 Boys 1 Semi finalist Sydney Metro and 2nd in the State Championships Under 12 Boys 3 Semi finalist Sydney Metro Under 12 Girls 2 Semi finalist Sydney Metro Under 14 Boys 4 Semi finalist Sydney Metro Under 16 Boys 2 Grand finalist- 2nd in Sydney Metro and 3rd in the State Cup Under 16 Boys 4 Blue Grand finalist 2nd in Sydney Metro Under 18 Boys 4 Grand final Champions in Sydney Metro
John Suva
Coach and Player Development Manager
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2018 SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE AWARDS SENIOR COACH OF THE YEAR: Shane Heal
SENIOR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Callum Norris
KEVIN JOHNSON AWARD-MOST INSPIRATIONAL PLAYER: Jason Freshwater
BNSW WARATAH YOUTH LEAGUE MVP: Jai Thomas
2018 JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVE AWARDS MALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Tyrese Proctor
FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Emily Garland
COACH OF THE YEAR: Loretta Passerini
ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR: Rebekah Fisher
MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Lisa Williams
TEAM OF THE YEAR: 12M1
BEST U/14W GUARD OF THE YEAR: Madison Kerry
COLIN HODGE MEMORIAL TROPHY FOR PLAYERS PLAYER: Ronan Elorri
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2018 SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS NSW SELECTIONS UNDER 16 Tyrese Proctor Emily Garland Mia Bruce NSW PSSA Jesse Edwards COMBINED HIGH SCHOOLS Jarred Murarotto Emily Garland Brendan Winstanley IVOR BURGE Michael Wren Nicole Harris INAS Kim Perry Nicole Harris AUSTRALIAN SELECTION Shyla Heal Australian Sapphires NSW COACHES Paul O’Neill Lauryn Curtin State Performance Program SPP Noah Barnett Mia Bruce Tyrese Proctor Jordyn Dewhurst Isaac Taylor Emily Garland Developing Athlete Program DAP Oliver Smith Gabriella Nancarrow Jackson Ezbery Aislinn Walker Mark Tennant Neve Bruce Jesse Edwards Jesse Garabedian
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Senior Competitions 2018
Winter 2017 72 Summer 2017/18 73 Winter 2018 64 Summer 2018/19 66
Senior Registrations 2018
Registrations 2017 2018 Senior Players 679 764 (Male 592) (Female 172) Senior Affiliates 49 23 Others 53 74 Total 781 861
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Junior Competitions 2018
Winter 2017 96 Summer 2017/18 (incl. Dolphin League) 98 Winter 2018 96 Summer 2018/19 (incl. Mini Ball) 119
Junior Registrations 2018
Registrations 2017 2018 Junior Players (12-17) 612 831 (Male 693) (Female 138) Junior Players (8-11) 172 450 (Male 363) (Female 87) Junior Players (under 8) 320 294 (Male 82) (Female 27) (Incl. AH, LTP, Pinkball) Total 1104 1575
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Summer 2017/18 Senior Competition Winners
MONDAY WINNERS RUNNERS UP
A Men HONEY BADGERS KIRINARI BROS
B Men ODB’S SOUTHERN POWER
B Women SAPPHIRES BOYLES HOTEL
C Women NO FRILLS BITS N PIECES
TUESDAY Div 1 Men MAVS MENAI DAWGS
Div 2 Men OLD SKOOL BLACK MENAI
WEDNESDAY
A Men KOBE ONE KENOBI JANNALI JUMBUCKS
B Men RAPTORS BOSCO MAGIC
A Women MENAI MIXTURES JANNALI JAYSTARS
Over 35 Men A YOUNG GUNS DINOSAURS
Over 35 Men B ROGUES HYPER LEGENDS
THURSDAY
A Men FRONT ROW DIESELS
B Men OZ REJECTS KAWHI SO SERIOUS
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Winter 2018 Senior Competition Winners
MONDAY WINNERS RUNNERS UP
A Men KIRINARI BROS BOSCO BRAVES
B Men WALKERS SUNS
B WOMEN HOTSHOTS BITS N PIECES
C WOMEN GYMEA OT’S NO FRILLS
TUESDAY Div 1 Men MAVS WAYNES WARRIORS
Div 2 Men PARTELS BACON & LEGLESS
WEDNESDAY
A Men RAPTORS JAN JUMBUCKS
B Men GORILLAS BOSCO BAD BOYS
A Women JANNALI JAYSTARS JANNALI COMEBACKS
THURSDAY
Men SUNS JETS
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Summer 2017/18 Junior Competition Winners
TEAMS WINNERS RUNNERS UP U12 BOYS STORM MARTIANS
U14 B DIV 1 KINGS TAIPANS
U14 B DIV 2 CELTICS BOSCO BULLS
U14 B DIV 3 MENAI MARLINS LEGENDS
U16 B DIV 1 TAIPANS KINGS
U16 B DIV 2 BREAKERS GORILLAS
U16 B DIV 3 TEAM GREENY BULLETS
U16 B DIV 4 BOSCO BULLSHARKS ROCKETS
U16/18 B DIV 1 MENAI EAGLES MEVERICKS
U16/18 B DIV 3 MENAI BOBCATS BANTER SQUAD
U16/18 B DIV 4 DLB’S HEAT
U16/18 B DIV 5 BLUE BULLZ
U12/14 G BOOMERS RANGERS
U16/18 G BLUE YELLOW
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Winter 2018 Junior Competition Winners
TEAMS WINNERS RUNNERS UP U12 B DIV 1 MENAI LIGHTNING THUNDER
U12 B DIV 2 JANNALI JAGUARS RAPTORS
U12/14 B DIV 1 TAIPANS HAWKS
U12/14 B DIV 2 GYMEA EAGLES BOSCO BANDITS
U12/14 B DIV 3 BOSCO BASKETS MARTIANS
U16 B DIV 1 A PURPLE GYMEA COUGARS
U16 B DIV 1 B YELLOW JANNALI JIANTS
U16 B DIV 2 HEAT TANKS
U16 B DIV 3 BOSCO BULLSHARKS ROCKETS
U16/18 B DIV 1 JAZZ MENAI JAGUARS
U16/18 B DIV 2 BLUE JACK’S TEAM
U16/18 B DIV 3 MENAI TAPS SLAMMING SEAGULLS
U16/18 B DIV 4 BLACK DLB’S
U16/18 B DIV 5 GREEN WEABOOS
U12/14 G DIV 1 KINGS BOOMERS
U12/14 G DIV 2 RANGERS FIRE
U16/18 G YELLOW BLUE
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2018 Referee and Officials Report
Referee, Scoretable and Statistician education was a high priority for Sutherland Basketball, with a number of courses run throughout the year.
Referee numbers in our domestic competitions have increased with 11 new junior referees starting in 2018.
I would like to thank our Domestic Competition supervisors ,Roger Shiels, Linda Malone, Matt Suann and Deb Pinfold.
We had 15 referees attend Action Days that were run at Metropolitan venues to prepare for the representative season
We had 23 referees officiate Junior Representative Games over the season
Thanks to Senior Referees, Roger Shiels and Michael Bills who officiated in the Senior Leagues. Roger Shiels and Deb Pinfold were also appointed as Senior referee instructors.
Sutherland had 2 referees accepted into the JDP (Junior Development Program). This program is for talented junior officials ; preparing them to transition into Senior League. Congratulations to Peta Collard and Nikita Cosgrove on their selection to this program
Marcus Hayden was selected to referee in the D-League competition.
Deb Pinfold was selected to attend ACJBC (Australian Junior Country Basketball Championships) in Albury as a referee instructor in the Under 14s age group.
Thanks to Rhyse Marshall for coordinating our Statistics team for Championship games Congratulations to senior statistician , Andrew Napper who received his level 3 certificate and to Peta and Craig Collard who completed their level 1 certificate.
Thanks to our scoretable officials Snezana Tanoff, Robin Glennan, Merv Nairn, Nat Murarotto and Bryan Witchard for their support through the Senior representative season and congratulations to Merv Nairn for achieving 20+ years service as a scoretable official.
Michael Bills Referee Manager
2018 TRIBUNAL REPORT In 2017 we had 6 reports of unacceptable behavior in our domestic competitions which resulted in five Administrative Tribunals and one Disciplinary Tribunal.
In 2018 only one report of unacceptable behavior was received and handled by an Administrative Tribunal
We attribute the decline of reportable offences to the introduction of the technical foul timeout rule and the improvement in the game management skills of our senior referees under the leadership of our Senior referee supervisors , Roger Shiels and Matt Suann.
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2018 Sharks Referee Awards Senior Referee of the Year – Linda Malone
Youth Referee of the Year – Nikita Cosgrove
Junior Referee of the Year – Tetian Madfouni
Junior Encouragement Award – Oliver White
Female Encouragement Award – Paige McKeown
Representative Referee of the Year – Peta Collard
2018 BNSW APPOINTMENTS
Senior Referee Instructors Roger Shiels
Deb Pinfold MJL Appointments AJ Tanoff – 16M3, Peta Collard 14M2 SF, 14W3 PF 12W State Cup GF
Nikita Cosgrove – 14M2, Grace Cameron 12M3, Taylah Harper 12M3
JDP Selection Peta Collard
Nikita Cosgrove D-League Marcus Hayden
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OUR VISION 2017-2020
To be a successful Basketball Association that promotes basketball as the sport of choice in our community.
OUR MISSION 2017-2020
To provide basketball activities and competitions to cater for all ages and abilities To provide development pathways for all participants in the sport of basketball To provide a safe well maintained multi-sport and leisure venue available to all sectors of the community
OUR VALUES
Teamwork – we will work together to achieve our best for the person, the team, the association and the community Inclusiveness – we will operate without judgment or discrimination to include all members of our community Integrity – we will be accountable for our words and actions and will ensure we do the right things at all times Safety – we will provide a safe environment that protects and considers everyone's physical and emotional well being
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OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
1. Participation and Growth 3. Supporting the Community OUR GOAL OUR GOALS To increase participation in all Maximize the opportunity for local local Junior and Senior basketball schools / community groups to use competitions / development the venue for a variety of sports and programs activities.
Full use of the venue during day and 2. Representative night to reasonable hours.
Competitiveness OUR GOALS To have competitive Junior teams 4. Financial Discipline representing Sutherland in Division 1 and 2 in all age groups. OUR GOALS To maintain a sound financial To have competitive Male and position with strong governance. Female Senior League teams representing Sutherland in Youth To increase revenue from non League , Division 1 and basketball activities i.e. sponsorship Championship competitions. and grants.
The development of qualified To have sufficient funds to maintain Coaches and Officials to support the facility. teams at each representative level. To seek opportunities for building improvement / expansion.
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2018 SPONSORS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to acknowledge the following sponsors and thank them for their support
TRADIES
SOUL SPORTS
BUBBA GUMP
SUTHERLAND OFF ROAD
SCHWEPPES
QUICK RESPONSE COMPRESSION & CUSTOM CLUB WEAR
FRANK & BLANCO
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