Nsw Olympic Council 2015 Annual Report
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NSW OLYMPIC COUNCIL 2015 ANNUAL REPORT CONTENTS The New South Wales Olympic Council is pleased to present the 2015 Annual Report on the occasion of the Annual General Meeting, Wednesday 20th April, 2016 at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Kirribilli. 1 / NSW OLYMPIC COUNCIL 2015 ANNUAL REPORT ........................... 1 1.1 MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE .............................................. 3 1.2 2015 PRESIDENT’S REVIEW ..................................................... 4 1.3 LIFE MEMBERS & ORDER OF MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS .. 7 1.4 2015 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REVIEW.................................. 8 1.5 LILLEHAMMER YOUTH WINTER OLYMPICS ......................... 10 1.6 OLYMPIC EDUCATION ............................................................ 11 1.7 2016 AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TEAM APPEAL (NSW) ............. 12 1.8 2015 NSW OLYMPIC COUNCIL ATHLETE GRANT RECIPIENTS .................................................................................................. 13 1.9 OLYMPIANS CLUB OF NSW: PRESIDENT’S REVIEW ............ 14 1.10 AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TEAM PARTNERS AND SUPPLIERS .............................................................................................. ....15 1.11 NSWOC MEMBER ORGANISATIONS ..................................... 16 1.12 NSWOC 2015 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS ......................... 19 CONTACT: New South Wales Olympic Council Museum of Contemporary Art Level 4, 140 George Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 PO Box R1788 ROYAL EXCHANGE NSW 1225 Tel. 02 9247 2000 www.olympics.com.au/nsw ABN 69 861 556 748 NEW SOUTH WALES OLYMPIC COUNCIL 2015 ANNUAL REPORT 2 | PAGE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT Helen Brownlee OAM VICE PRESIDENTS J. Doug Donoghue AM Geoff Davidson EXECUTIVE BOARD Shane Alvisio Peter Hadfield OAM Peter Lozan Betty Moore Carolyn Toh EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR James Edwards EVENT MANAGER Sarah Burston Australian Women’s Basketball Team, London 2012 Bronze Medallists NEW SOUTH WALES OLYMPIC COUNCIL 2015 ANNUAL REPORT 3 | PAGE 2015 PRESIDENT’S REVIEW This last year has been extremely busy for the NSW Olympic Council, for as well as our fundraising and education activities, the team has rolled out the IGNITE series of athlete seminars to prepare our athletes for the Rio Olympic Games. All prospective Rio athletes and their coaching and management personnel were engaged in presentations highlighting the history of the Australian Olympic Team involvement since 1896, and outlining the expectations of the 2016 Team Management to create a unity of purpose -“one team” – in achieving a life best experience for each athlete. These sessions incorporated many Olympians from past Games who shared their stories and inspired our prospective athletes to ‘ignite the passion’ to be the best that they could be! Late last year, as a follow-on from IGNITE, we were again involved in two of the ASPIRE athlete seminars, with the third and final NSW session held earlier this month. These sessions covered team processing and uniform sizing, but importantly, the athletes were presented with a ‘snapshot’ of what to expect in Rio from their Olympic Village accommodation, transport, security and health matters to how to interpret the AOC Team Agreement, anti-doping requirements and the management of social media. For the first time ever, Australia and New Zealand were invited to participate in four sports at the Pacific Games, held in Port Moresby from 4-18 July, 2015. Under the leadership of our own gold medal Olympian, Malcolm Page, as Chef d’ Mission, Australia won 47 medals with only 43 athletes – 16 from NSW, in the sports of Rugby 7’s, Sailing, Taekwondo and Weightlifting. These young athletes made such a positive Women Rugby 7’s Team impression that the Pacific Games Council (PGC) is 2015 Pacific Games proposing that Australia and New Zealand be included in future Games, with an increase in sports. This decision will be made at the PGC Annual Meeting in Vanuatu in May, 2016. A highlight of the PNG experience was a visit to the Bomana War Cemetery, and welcoming Ezekial Tindeppa, grandson of the original Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel (battle of Buna-Gona) as the Australian Team’s driver. The Athlete Grant Program, introduced in 2014, has gone from strength to strength which indicates the depth of talent amongst young athletes, as well as their need for financial assistance. In 2015 five scholarships were awarded to athletes from Sailing, Water Polo, Athletics, Fencing and Triathlon, from a total of 196 applications. With a significant increase in applications this year (411), the recipients of the 2016 Athlete Grants will be announced at the 2016 Annual General Meeting. At the AOC 2015 Annual Meeting, the Constitution was changed to recognise Australia’s Indigenous heritage by the addition of a clause “To recognise the heritage, culture and contribution of our nation’s first people, and to give practical support to Indigenous reconciliation through sport”. To this end the AOC supported the Indigenous Marathon Project – a 10km indigenous Relay run around the base of Uluru by sending five athletes (including three indigenous Olympians) and three staff members – forming two relay teams. The weekend was an outstanding success, and rated as one of the most historical and culturally significant events ever witnessed. NEW SOUTH WALES OLYMPIC COUNCIL 2015 ANNUAL REPORT 4 | PAGE On the education “front” we continued with on-line nomination forms for the Pierre de Coubertin Award, noting an increase in take-up by schools to reach 306 applications. We were delighted to involve the Olympians who shared their journeys with our students at the Academy Day and Award Presentation – our thanks to Scott Kneller (Ski Cross), Stephanie Magiros (Snowboard), Youcef Abdi (Athletics) and Kitty Chiller (Modern Pentathlon) and Chef de Mission of 2016 Australian Olympic Team. A number of athletes celebrated the 2015 Olympic Day in June by visiting schools and sharing their Helen Brownlee, 2015 Pierre de Coubertin experiences. Olympians Bec Rippon (Water polo) State Presentation and Stephanie Magiros (Snowboard) visited All Hallows Catholic Primary School; Jarryd Hughes (Snowboard) inspired students from Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College and Michelle Jenneke (Athletics) visited North Epping Primary School. In addition Cycling Australia, in conjunction with Cycling NSW, supported Olympic Day by running a “Let’s Ride” session at North Narrabeen Public School, tripling the participation numbers from previous weeks. Continuing the Olympic Day Celebrations in July, the AOC attended the inaugural National Primary Games, held in Tamworth and hosted by the Northern Inland Academy of Sport. Olympians Lyndsie Fogarty (Canoe/Kayak) and Stephanie Moorhouse (Gymnastics) promoted Olympism to some 1500 young athletes as well as sharing their Olympic journeys. The Pierre de Coubertin International Youth Forum was held in Piestany, Slovakia in late August, followed by a week of homestay in Austria. Harry Shaw (Pittwater House) and Jack Newman (Maitland Grossman High) represented NSW, with Sarah Burston joining the management team for this unique experience. In 2015, Jindabyne Central School was linked with the Norwegian School at Gaudsal, prior to the Youth Olympic Winter Games, held in Lillehammer from 12 – 21 February, 2016. Details of Australia’s success in Lillehammer features later in this Report. We are grateful for the financial support of the AOC and NSW Sport & Recreation for office administration and the conduct of our core programs, which has enabled so much to be achieved over the past year, particularly in the field of education. NSWOC again gifted $50,000 to the Australian Olympic Foundation on the basis of receiving a quarterly cash grant from the AOC. A special thank you to the AOC President, John Coates for his continuing support and the AOC staff who so generously assist NSWOC on a daily basis. Our Fundraising Committee, under the leadership of John Conde, is continuing their quest to raise $2.2M for the Olympic Team Fund. The ‘One Year to Go’ Dinner held on Wednesday 5 August, 2016 was a great success, and the Rio 2016 Athlete Farewell dinner is scheduled for Wednesday 18 May, 2016. Further fundraising initiatives are detailed later in this Report. At the 2014 Annual General Meeting the Order of Merit was awarded to Mrs Lynn Parker (Paddle NSW) and Matthew Dunn (NSW Swimming) for their outstanding voluntary contribution to their respective sports, and the significant impact they have made at a ‘grass roots’ level. As you know, our work in NSW relies heavily on the commitment of our member sports. The organisation of exemplary programs across the state is a credit to your personal dedication, along with the large number of volunteers who so cheerfully support your respective organisations in the delivery of sport. Your dedicated efforts enable so many athletes to realise their dreams. NEW SOUTH WALES OLYMPIC COUNCIL 2015 ANNUAL REPORT 5 | PAGE It is with sadness that we acknowledge the passing of our Life Member, Arthur Tunstall on 11 February, 2016 at 93 years of age. Arthur spent more than five decades as a sport administrator for Boxing, including 30 years as the Secretary-General of the Australian Commonwealth Games Association. Despite his often outspoken comments, Arthur was loved and respected around the world. Along with his late wife Peggy, they formed a formidable team which shaped the future of sport in Australia. Arthur was in so many respects a great Australian pioneer. Many of us knew him personally as a lovable larrikin who bounced through