President's Report
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ANNUAL REPORT 2006 President’s report The ACT Women’s AFL (ACTWAFL) in 2006 has continued to expand on the foundations built by the committee in previous years and have continued to strengthen relationships within the AFL Community ensuring exposure of women’s football in Canberra. During 2006, the ACTWAFL continued to grow with new players, including junior girls as young as 14, participate in key positions within the teams. Other highlights this year included the Kangaroos hosting a training session for women. All who attended received personal coaching on techniques and gained an insight into the player’s weekly routine for game preparation. The ACTWAFL again participated in a pre-season game against NSW in Dubbo, fielding a stronger side under the guidance of the Representative Coach, Joe Box. The opportunity given to those who played on the day was welcomed by all those involved and will continue to provide women who are thinking of trying out for the ACT representative team an opportunity to play in a representative practice match. The ACTWAFL pre-season carnival and Open day again provided an opportunity for all teams to play prior to the season being undertaken. This also provided an opportunity for new players to ease themselves into the game. Congratulations to Eastlake for winning the Denny-Divett pre-season Shield. This day was a great success with guest appearances from ACT MLA Mr John Hargraves and Debbie Lee, President of the Victorian Women’s Football League (VWFL) to assist in promoting women’s football in the ACT. The ACTWAFL continued its support for raising awareness of breast cancer and held a triple header of round games, with proceeds raised going to the Breast Cancer Council, with Guest appearance by our patron, the Hon. MP Ms Annette Ellis for the coin toss for the main game. The ACT representative team headed to Sydney for the 2006 Women’s AFL National Championships with new coaches Joe Box and Nathan Costigan. The trip was financially supported by the Canberra Labor Club, ACT Government and the Sportsmans Warehouse. The ACT had mixed results in this year’s Championships however we defeated our rivals NSW in a closely fought match in muddy conditions under lights. The ACT came away more determined than ever to improve in 2007. Congratulations to Riverina’s Kristin Ireland and Eastlake’s Emma Hender who were both selected to try out for the Australian Women’s International Rules team. Emma was selected and travelled to Ireland in October/November 2006 to play against Ireland’s gaelic football team. Sadly the team lost both matches against the strong Irish team. The ACTWAFL sees the opportunity to be selected to play and travel for an Australian team as something for players in the ACT to strive towards in their sport. This year’s ACTWAFL Grand Final was played on Manuka Oval between the two most dominant teams over the last few years- Eastlake and Tuggeranong. Eastlake proved to be too good for Tuggeranong in what was classed as typical football weather. The ACTWAFL looks forward to 2007 as we will host the Women’s AFL National Championships and also celebrate 10 years of women’s football in the ACT. The ACTWAFL will continue to promote women’s football in the ACT region through these events in an effort to increase participation in the game and further relationships with key stake holders. Finally, I would like to extend my thanks to the ACTWAFL committee, patrons and volunteers, whose commitment and application have contributed to yet another successful year for women’s football in the ACT region. Joanne Foster ACTWAFL President ACTWAFL President Jo Foster with Andrew Barr, ACT Minister for Sport and Recreation at Manuka oval Treasurer’s report 2005/06 has been a year of much effort and change in the Finance area. In December 2005, the ACTWAFL lodged the outstanding 2003/04 and 2004/05 financial statements with the ACT Registrar General. During 2006 the ACTWAFL migrated all financial information to MYOB, a professional accounting package, which can be used to complete the annual financial statements and record an annual budget. Adoption of this package is an important step for the ACTWAFL as it will enable: • further consistency and controls around the financial reporting process; • easier tracking of accruals; • better reporting to the Executive; and • better separation of the Rep Team and League funds. MYOB will automatically generate financial reports so that the Director of Finance can monitor progress against budget throughout the year. These reports will be presented at the monthly Executive meetings for the information of all Directors. A further significant change made in the Finance area by the ACTWAFL during 2006 was to change the financial year from July – June to November - October. This more closely aligns to our competition season and simplifies the accounting process as fewer accruals will be required at year end. The combination of the following factors: • unreliable comparative information; • the fact that no accruals were processed for the comparative year; and • a 15 month (rather than 12 month) current year (during transition); mean that detailed analysis of current year financial statements is difficult and relatively meaningless. However, the ACTWAFL can confidently say that we have maintained a cash balance of approximately $13,000, managed the ACT Representative Team expenditure effectively and captured detailed financial information for the league in 2006, which will allow better analysis in the future. The ACTWFL is in a solid financial position to continue operation of the league and efficient management of funds as well as accurately record and monitor expenditure for the hosting of the 2007 National Championships. Melissa Backhouse ACTWAFL Treasurer 2005-06 Financial Statements Actual Actual 1/7/2004 - 30/06/2005 1/7/2005 - 31/10/2006 Income 40,895.28 66,724.28 Membership Fees 21,755.14 25,783.28 Rep Team Player Contributions 12,645.94 23,336.10 Sponsorship & Grants Received 3,300.00 7,350.00 Grants Received 3,300.00 3,000.00 Sponsorships Received 0.00 4,350.00 Donations Received 113.75 503.60 Events & Fundraising Revenue 3,080.45 9,751.30 Event Revenue 0.00 3,640.00 Fund Raising Revenue 3,080.45 3,328.40 Presentation Night Revenue 0.00 2,782.90 Expenses 35,956.10 66,273.63 Bank & Government Fees 130.50 226.60 Rep Team Expenses 16,867.66 22,554.83 Competition Expenses 17,633.39 25,695.80 Ground Hire Expenses 3,005.44 2,090.50 Trophy Expenses 368.95 1,189.30 Umpire Expenses 7,210.00 9,120.00 Insurance 7,049.00 13,296.00 Events & Fundraising Expenses 1,222.55 14,132.00 Event Expenses 0.00 5,799.41 Fundraising Expenses 1,022.55 1,795.29 Presentation Night Expenses 200.00 6,537.30 Overhead Expenses 102.00 3,664.40 Advertising 0.00 550.00 Donations Paid 0.00 1,067.50 Post Box 102.00 107.00 Stationery & Postage 0.00 10.00 Website 0.00 499.80 Networking 0.00 408.35 Memorabilia 0.00 670.00 Presents 0.00 351.75 Operating Surplus/(Deficit) 4,939.18 450.65 Current Assets 13,251.18 14,741.83 Cash 13,251.18 13,732.90 General Account 11,785.51 8,975.89 Nationals Account 0.00 0.00 Rep Team Account 1,465.67 4,440.01 Petty Cash 0.00 317.00 Account Receivable 0.00 1,008.93 Liabilities 0.00 1,040.00 Accounts Payable 0.00 1,040.00 Closing Retained Profits 13,251.18 13,701.83 Opening Retained Profits 8,312.00 13,251.18 Accumulated Results 4,939.18 450.65 2005-06 Audit Report 2006 – The Year at a Glance The season The ACTWAFL had 248 registered players during the 2006 season, who were broken up as follows: Club No. of Members ADFA Football Club 36 Ainslie Football Club 40 ANU Football Club 33 Belconnen Magpies Football Club 36 Eastlake Football Club 30 Riverina Lions Football Club 37 Tuggeranong Football Club 33 Total 248 Age in years No. of Members 14 - 19 56 20 - 24 78 25 - 29 75 30 - 34 30 35 - 39 5 40 - 44 2 45 - 49 2 Total 248 Tuggeranong finished minor premiers after a strong season only losing the one game to Eastlake, the eventual premiers. Eastlake finished a close second after the end of the home and away season, with away loses to both Tuggeranong and Riverina. Riverina, ANU, Ainslie and Belconnen all fought it out for the remaining two finals spots. With only two games to play in the season, all four teams were locked on16 points. Riverina and ANU ended up taking third and forth position respectively. Riverina easily accounted for ANU in the first semi-final while Tuggeranong looked in good form beating Eastlake. The following week Eastlake bounced back from their loss to defeat Riverina and set up a rematch of the 2004 grand final. Team P W L B For Ag PC Pts 1 Tuggeranong 14 11 1 2 1117 134 833.58 44 2 Eastlake 14 10 2 2 975 166 587.35 40 3 Riverina 14 6 6 2 473 431 109.74 24 4 ANU 14 5 7 2 276 525 52.57 20 5 Ainslie 14 4 8 2 315 826 38.14 16 6 Belconnen 14 4 8 2 230 759 30.30 16 7 ADFA 14 2 10 2 189 734 25.75 8 2006 ACTWAFL final ladder The Grand Final The 2006 ACTWAFL grand final was held at Manuka oval on Sunday 3 September.