Annual Review 2008
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AnnuAl Review 2008 afl victoria annual review 2008 1 2008 Annu Al Review vision, Mission and values .............................................................................4 Chairman’s Report ...........................................................................................7-9 Board of Directors .............................................................................................. 10 Advisory Board ...................................................................................................... 11 CeO’s Report .................................................................................................... 12-15 vFl ...........................................................................................................................16-21 TAC Cup ................................................................................................................22-25 Graduates to the AFl .......................................................................................26 umpires .............................................................................................................. 28-29 Administration and Regions ............................................................. 30-35 Financial Summary ................................................................................... 36-37 Marketing .......................................................................................................... 38-39 2 afl victoria annual review 2008 2008 Annu Al Review AFl victoria Development .................................................................. 40-57 Development ....................................................................................................40-43 Community Football ............................................................................................44 Multicultural program ................................................................................45-46 Coach education .............................................................................................46-47 umpire development ...................................................................................48-49 nAB AFl Auskick ........................................................................................... 49-50 Schools ............................................................................................................... 51-53 AFl Kickstart indigenous program ......................................................53-54 AFl player appearances ...................................................................................54 Female football ..............................................................................................55-56 AFl Recreational Football ........................................................................56-57 Resources ......................................................................................................... 58-59 Community Football results .............................................................60-61 AFl victoria People ...........................................................................................62 Structure of Australian Football ...........................................................63 Port Melbourne (left) and North Ballarat players stand for the national anthem before the 2008 VFL Grand Final at Telstra Dome. afl victoria annual review 2008 3 Cover photo: Emma Phillips Photography. vision, mission and values OuR VISiOn OuR vALUES Community wellbeing to be the best AFL victoria will be recognised valuing and promoting physical by the following behaviour: and mental wellbeing and state-based sporting respecting the diversity of our organisation Collaboration on and off-field participants, working collaboratively with and supporters and the wider in australia. between each other, recognising community. the contribution people make OuR MiSSiOn to football. Communication to sustain and grow listening and communicating australian football Accountability openly and honestly. taking responsibility at all times as the most played, for our actions and exercising enjoyment involved, watched integrity in making honourable Seeking to create and sustain and attended sport and informed decisions. an environment that delivers enjoyment, safety and rewarding across victoria for the excellence experiences for all participants benefit of participants, Striving to optimise performance and supporters. stakeholders and and reward excellence in all endeavours. supporters while making a meaningful innovation contribution to the nurturing and rewarding in an environment that is focused health and wellbeing on continuous improvement of all communities and innovation. throughout victoria. 4 afl victoria annual review 2008 The VAFA (C-D4) and VCFL (District Leagues) teams clash in the Cystic Fibrosis Cup at Elsternwick in June. Photo: Garry Sparke, Cyan Sporting Images. afl victoria annual review 2008 5 Some potential stars of the future prepare to take the footy field in 2008. 6 afl victoria annual review 2008 ChAirman’S RePORT C h BoB Tregear ai r chairman man ’ S Rep or teamwork ensures T victorian football remains vibrant he 2008 season was yet across victoria’s 12 football regions development projects manager, another of change and mean different solutions would be where he is responsible for a wide T challenge for the Board required in each case. range of national development of Football victoria ltd. in many cases, an emphasis projects including the monitoring at the end of our second on enhanced partnerships is of the victorian second-tier full-year trading under the preferable to full integration. review implementation stage. name ‘AFL victoria’, there is no rules governing the movement of we thank Grant for his contribution doubt victorian football is now players between the TAC cup and to AFL victoria and wish him well identified more closely with the VFL competitions will be revised in his new role. national brand. our association to enhance the development of after eight seasons in the VFL with the most successful brand elite junior players. competition, the tasmania Devils in australian sport has brought will disband in 2009 to make way obvious recognition and prestige. for a new tasmanian State league on the downside, it has made it Football’s ability to competition comprising 10 clubs. harder to differentiate the victorian assist“ governments to while the Devils’ involvement brand in order to attract potential educate and inform the in the VFL has presented many sponsors. while the Board and challenges, their presence ensured staff have met this challenge head community will become regular interstate competition on, there is no doubt we now rely increasingly important. and travel for our victorian clubs – more heavily than ever on the ” a real positive. AFL’s financial and marketing we wish Dominic Baker and support to fund our programs. his Board at AFL tasmania well as the AFL’s review of second- the coordination of the with their new State league and tier competitions entered the second-tier review’s research thank them for their friendly implementation phase in 2008, and implementation has been rivalry and comradeship during it became obvious a simple, undertaken since December 2007 their time with us. across-the-board integration by AFL victoria project officer the reshaping of community of VFL and TAC cup clubs was Grant williams, whose position football in the northern region of neither practical nor desirable. is funded by the AFL. Grant has Melbourne was completed in March a myriad of issues would arise made a significant contribution with the formal amalgamation of in any proposed VFL-TAC cup to the work of AFL victoria’s the former Diamond valley football club alignment. this includes the executive management team league corporate entity and the differing financial bases ofVFL over the past 12 months. new northern football league clubs and physical location of the in January 2009, Grant (NFL). the NFL’s enthusiastic and clubs’ shared facilities, while the transferred to a permanent competent board and strong asset vastly contrasting demographics position with the AFL as base make it well positioned to afl victoria annual review 2008 7 VFL Coach of the Year Gary Ayres addresses his Port Melbourne players during a break in the 2008 VFL Grand Final. manage the administration and took the difficult decision to and, in 2009, the transport development of the game in this disband the association, and for accident commission will have key football region. its member clubs to individually partnered australia’s leading another significant shift in move to other, larger competitions. underage football competition, community football governance congratulations are extended to the TAC cup, for 18 years since occurred in november with the all involved in this difficult process, its inception in 1992. voluntary closure of the waverley particularly long-time wJFA football’s popularity in victoria Junior football association (wJFA). administrator Bruce fox. puts it in an excellent position to after meeting the needs of junior football at all levels could not provide governments at all levels football in the south-eastern survive without the support of with opportunities to use football’s suburbs for more than a quarter of sponsors, especially in today’s network to educate and inform a century, the wJFA’s membership tough economic times. in AFL the victorian public in regard to had declined to just eight clubs,