queensland Page 2 SWIMMING QUEENSLAND (Founded 1898) (Affiliated to Swimming Australia Limited) STATE OFFICE The Sleeman Centre Cnr Old Cleveland & Tilley Rds, Chandler, Brisbane, QLD 4155 PATRON His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC Governor of Queensland BOARD President: Mr. M. Cox Directors: Mrs. M. Watson, Mr. M. Nichols (Treasurer), Mrs. E. Collis, Mr. M. Twyford, Mr. K. Martin, Ms. R. Vickery Chief Executive Officer: Mr. K. Hasemann LIFE MEMBERS Dr. D. Theile AO, Mr. G. R. White OAM, Miss P. C. Wright OAM, Dr. D. Bendeich, Mr. B. Short, Mr. E. Randle, Mr. J. Keppie OAM, Mr. G. Burke, Mrs. M. Pugh OAM, Mrs. L. Tanner, Mr. W.F. Sweetenham OAM, Mr. J.T. Major, Mr. G. Bigg, Mr. P. Crane, Mr. B. Welch OAM, Mr. D. Millard, Mr. R. Kretchmann OAM, Mr. D. Cotterell, Mr. K. Wood, Mrs. J. McGinley OAM, Mr. L. Lawrence, Mr. D. Urquhart, Mr. P. Diamond, Mr. M.Bohl OAM, Mr. P. Plumridge, Mrs. W. Ryan, Dr. S. Hooton, Ms. S. Hardie, Mr. A. Johnston, Mr. B. Stehr, Mrs. J. Hicks, Mrs. J. King, Mr. D. Milburn, Mrs. M. Watson, Ms. L. Day, Mr. T. Curtis, Mrs. M. Squires, Mrs. S. Brown, Mrs. K. Macleod, Mrs. G. Williams, Mrs. J. Ryan, Mr. G. Shepherdson, Mr. W. Grainger, Mr. K. Martin, Mr. J. Wallace, Mr. D. White, Mr. D. Towner, Mrs E. Collis, Mr. D. Gregory, Mrs. G. Smail, Mrs. T. Manning, Mrs. D. Daw HALL OF FAME Mr. G. Lalor AM, Mrs. N. Welch (nee Lyons), Mr. S. Holland OAM, Mr. J. King AM, Dr. D. Theile AO, Mr. L. Lawrence, Ms. T. Wickham OBE, Mrs. L. Short OAM, Mr. K. Perkins OAM, Mr. D. Armstrong OAM, Ms. S. O’Neill OAM, Mr. J. Carew, Mr. J. Sieben OAM, Mr. W.J. Willis OAM, Mr. A. Cusack, Ms. S. Riley OAM, Dr. B. Burkett OAM, Mr. D.S. Carter, Mr. J. Hardy OAM, Mr. A. A. Steinbeck OBE, Dr. T. Barrett OAM, Ms. C. Wolfenden OAM, Ms. G. Rooney OAM, Mrs. H. Lewis OAM, Mr. G. Hackett OAM, Ms. J. Edmistone, Ms. J. Henry OAM, Mr. J. Santacaterina, Mr. B. Capell, Mr. D. Cotterell, Mr. K. Wood, Ms. L. Jones OAM, Mr. G. Huegill, Mr. J. Keppie OAM, Mrs. M. Pugh OAM, Mr. M. Bohl OAM, Mr. B. Rickard, Mrs. L. Trickett OAM, Mr. S. Widmer OAM, Ms. J. Schipper OAM, Ms. S. Rice OAM, Mr. S. Rollason, Mr. B. Sweetenham AM, Dr. S Hooton, Mr. C. Sprenger, Ms. M. Gorman, Ms. A. Coutts OAM Auditor: Phil Davis & Company Hon. Legal Advisors: McInnes Wilson, Lawyers queensland CONTENTS OUR ROLE 1 PRESIDENT’S & CEO’S REPORT 2 TREASURER’S REPORT 5 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT 6 AFFILIATED CLUBS 2017-18 18 REGIONAL REPORTS 22 AWARDS 36 TEAMS AND SQUADS 41 SUCCESS IN THE WATER 58 SUB-COMMITTEE MEMBERS 97 APPOINTED POSITIONS 98 SPONSORS 99 OUR ROLE Swimming Queensland is the peak body for the administration of swimming activities in Queensland. It conducts, encourages, promotes, advances, controls and administers swimming activities throughout the State through a number of distinct functions, including: • Administering the rules of swimming • Registering members • Educating and developing athletes, coaches, and Technical Officials • Administering the sport’s funding • Representing Queensland swimming at the national level and with Government • Conducting and co-ordinating swimming competition • Formulating and implementing policies and programs • Acquiring and managing sponsorship Front Cover Emily Seebohm OAM - 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze Medals, 2017 World Championships Emma McKeon OAM - 4 Silver and 2 Bronze Medals, 2017 World Championships Page 1 queensland PRESIDENT’S & CEO’S REPORT We are pleased to submit to members this report on Swimming Queensland’s activities during the 2017/18 financial year. 2017 FINA World Championships At the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Queensland swimmers won a total of four medals in individual events, with the best performance being recorded by Emily Seebohm, who won the Women’s 200m Backstroke, a repeat of her accomplishment at the 2015 World Championships. Emma McKeon was the other Queensland medallist, with two second placings. Queensland swimmers also featured strongly in the relays, in which Australia won two silver and two bronze medals. Erin Collis was appointed as a Starter for the Championships. 2018 Commonwealth Games Queensland swimmers comprised 59% of the Australian swimming team at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games (67% of able-bodied swimmers and 38% of para swimmers) and amassed the lion’s share of Australia’s medal haul in the pool. In the individual events, our swimmers claimed 68% of Australia’s medals. Queensland’s able-bodied competitors won 13 of Australia’s 15 gold medals, and three-quarters of its relay gold medals, while their para team mates claimed 57% of Australia’s para medals. Our most successful swimmer was Mitch Larkin, who won four individual events. Cate Campbell, Lakeisha Patterson and Ariarne Titmus all won two gold medals in individual events, while Shayna Jack, Bronte Campbell, Emma McKeon, and Cate combined to break the world record in winning the Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay. Lakeisha set a new world record in the Women’s S8 100m Freestyle. Ten of the team coaches were Queenslanders, and Erin Collis had the honour of being appointed a Starter at the Games. 2017 FINA World Junior Championships Both Zac Stubblety-Cook and Elijah Winnington won bronze medals in individual events at the 2017 World Swimming Championships in Indianapolis. 2018 Australian Age Championships Our youth swimmers continued Queensland’s proud record of success by winning 64 individual events and a total of 183 medals at the 2018 Australian Age Championships. Queensland’s 34 gold medallists were prepared by 24 coaches. Stand-out performers for Queensland were Michaela Ryan, with six gold medals; Jenna Forrester, the winner of five events; and Thomas Hauck, Lani Pallister, and Elijah Winnington, each of whom won four gold medals. They were strongly supported by triple gold medallists, Samuel Short and Kai Thomas, and by dual event winners, Connor Brackin, Elizabeth Dekkers, Madeline Gough, Flynn McGregor, Thomas Neill, Mollie O’Callaghan, Georgia Powell, and Laura Taylor. 2018 Australian Age Multi Class Championships At the 2018 Australian Age Multi Class Championships, Katja Dedekind, Jack Ireland and Madeleine McTernan excelled by each claiming four gold medals. Page 2 queensland PRESIDENT’S & CEO’S REPORT 2018 Australian Open and Age Open Water Championships Queensland swimmers won 13 gold medals at the 2018 Australian Open and Age Open Water Championships. Both Hayden Cotter and Chelsea Gubecka won two events. 2017 Australian Short Course Championships Queensland was the leading State at the 2017 Australian Short Course Championships. Emily Seebohm underlined her longevity in the high performance ranks of our sport by winning four gold medals, which were matched by David Morgan. Cate Campbell and Grant Patterson claimed three events each. 2017 State Teams Championship The Queensland team prevailed again at the 2017 State Teams Championship. As well as winning Champion Team trophy, Queensland was named Champion Male Team, Champion Female Team, Champion Male Team 14/15 years, and Champion Female Team 13/14 years. 2017 Queensland Championships Major award winners at the 2017 Queensland Championships were Ariarne Titmus (McDonald’s Swimmer of the Meet); Thomas Hauck (McDonald’s Age Group Swimmer of the Meet); Lakeisha Patterson (McDonald’s SWD Swimmer of the Meet); and Ty Hartwell (McDonald’s Country Swimmer of the Meet). St Peter’s Western won the President’s Trophy and Hancock Prospecting Trophy for Champion Club. Athlete and Coach Development SQ’s ability to deliver coach and club development services has been greatly enhanced over the past few years. Its team now comprises a Coach Development Director, a Coach Development Officer, two Coach and Club Development Officers, a Sport Scientist, an Athletic Development Officer, and a Para Development Officer. Major activities included Paulus Wildeboer Scholarships for emerging coaches to attend the 2017 FINA World Championships and 2018 Commonwealth Games to observe international swimming competition first hand and learn from the experience under the guidance of the SQ team. The scholarships enabled six Queenslanders to make the journey to Budapest, and another 16 coaches to the Gold Coast Games. Nine of our swimmers and four of our coaches participated in the Japan Open, while two swimmers and a coach attended an Open Water Swimming World Cup. Fifteen coaches attended a workshop delivered by international sport science expert, Jan Olbrecht. Two talent ID camps and a stroke camp were held in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast, while nine inter-regional clinics were held at local level, catering for 324 swimmers, 52 coaches and 237 parents. A camp for SWD members attracted 22 swimmers and seven coaches. One-on-one mentoring, education and support was provided to coaches across the State. Technical Official Development The annual Referees Forum was attended by 34 Technical Officials, and 18 officials participated in an Assessor and Mentor Workshop. Mentoring of Technical Officials was conducted at both the State Teams Championships and the Queensland Championships. Membership Development Clinics conducted by SQ for children with special needs, indigenous children, and children from culturally and linguistically diverse communities totalled 85, with 7,926 children participating. Workshops for teachers Page 3 queensland PRESIDENT’S & CEO’S REPORT and clinics for school and learn to swim teachers attracted 824 attendees. 85 swim schools conducted Macca’s Mini Meets. Awards New inductees into the SQ Hall of Fame were Alicia Coutts OAM, Jodie Henry OAM, and Christian Sprenger. SQ Life Membership was conferred on Erin Collis (NQ), Theresa Manning (NQ), Diane Daw (GC), David Gregory (Bne), and Gail Smail (DD). Recipients of the SQ Award of Excellence were Sarah Emery (CQ), Garry Gibson (DD), Tim Hiller (NQ), Trevor Williams (NQ), and Edelene Koplick (Bne).