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Success on the World Stage 2009–2010 2009–2010 Annual Report 2009 IAAF world championships medallists Dani Samuels (), () and ()

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Runners hit the road for the 4 From the President 2010 City to Surf 6 From the Chief Executive Officers 10 From The Australian Sports Commission 12 High Performance 16 High Performance Pathways Program 18 High Performance AWD Inclusion and Paralympic Preparation Program 20 Competitions 22 Marketing and Communications 30 Transition 32 Development 34 Coach Development 36 Life Governors/Members and Merit Award Holders 44 Australian Honours List 46 Vale 48 Australian Records 49 Australian Medallists 50 Registration & Participation Figures 2009-10 52 Athletics ACT 54 Athletics New South 56 Athletics 58 Athletics 60 Athletics 62 Athletics 64 Athletics 66 Athletics 68 Australian Olympic Committee 70 Australian Paralympic Committee

72 Financial Report 74 Chief Financial Officer’s Report 80 Directors’ Report 82 Auditors Independence Declaration 83 Income Statement 84 Statement of Comprehensive Income 85 Statement of Financial Position 86 Statement of Changes in Equity 87 Cash Flow Statement 88 Notes to the Financial Statements 103 Directors’ Declaration 104 Independent Audit Report 106 Trust Funds

107 Staff 108 Commissions and Committees

2 AthleticS AuStRAliA AnnuAl RepoRt 2009-2010 | SucceSS on the WoRlD StAGe : JuSSTIN teffenANLEZARKSen piRR eneeCOLLIS SteineBIRMINGHAMRt Steven hookeBRENDAN R tRCOLEiStAn thoMATT MASDAVIES MAR k M tuckeARTIN R DENT Mitchell CHRIS WAERICKSONtt SeAn WR RyoeAN MGREGSONARtin Dent 1133 From the President

Thank you to our Board Members for their skilled The IAAF controlling body has been a and considered input over the past 12 months. tremendous help during the year and I would like to specifically thank the IAAF President, The Board of Athletics Australia continues Lamine Diack, General Secretary Pierre Weiss to work closely with Athletics Australia and IAAF Councillor and Area Representative management to ensure that budgets are met – , Bill Bailey for their support to and the financial stability of Athletics Australia me personally and to Australian athletics continues to improve. throughout the year. Thank you to the staff and management team A special thank you to all the coaches, parents, at Athletics Australia, who work tirelessly to keep officials, volunteers and supporters who do so the wheels in motion toward our common goals. much to help our athletes achieve their goals. Australian athletics has had a successful year with many victories on and off the track. Our sport Our new CEO, Dallas O’Brien, is settling in Athletics is often overlooked as the foundation continues to grow with a large number of athletes benefiting from both our junior and senior very well, learning the many and numerous sport for nearly all sports: running, jumping programs. During the year several significant meets were held and our athletes proved yet again functions of his position with skill, patience and and throwing. We struggle, along with other that they were among some of the best in the world. competence. , to keep and develop our Performances of significant note this year included: A special thank you to our outgoing CEO, share of talented young Australians against Danny Corcoran. Danny has been a great the financially strong, powerful and influential servant to Australian athletics for nearly six years. professional sports in Australia. 1. 6th IAAF world youth championships 4. 13th IAAF world indoor championships Athletics’ challenge is to remain relevant in – July, 2009 – Bressanone, – March, 2010 – , I would like to thank all committee members for their time and expertise provided to the today’s fast-changing world with so many The Australian team for the IAAF world World and Olympic champion Steve Hooker organisation. options open to our young. youth championships held in Bressanone, led a small contingent of five athletes to the Italy, from July 9-12, 2009, consisted of 22 world indoors. It was Australia’s best-ever Thank you to our eight Member Associations It is important we all work together, in a spirit athletes. This competition enables athletes performance, ranking fifth on the medal who work enormously hard and are a pleasure of harmony, to improve the in the Under 18 age group to benefit from table with two gold (Steve Hooker – pole to work with. Your dedication to the sport of throughout Australia. competition on the international stage. vault and – long jump) and athletics does not go unnoticed and I genuinely Finally, I wish all our athletes great success Our only medalist at the championships, one bronze (Mitchell Watt – long jump). thank you for your commitment and hard work. in the 2010-11 season and in their future Amy Pejkovic, won silver in the athletics goals. whilst setting a new personal best of 1.85m. 5. 38th IAAF world cross country championships I would like to sincerely thank the Australian Claiming a total of nine top-eight finishes – March, 2010 – Bydgoszcz, Sports Commission for its consistent and growing across the five days of competition, Australia Australia was represented by 17 athletes support of athletics. placed 15th overall. at the world cross country championships. Also our thanks to the Australian Olympic The championships, which comprised of Committee, the Australian Paralympic 2. 12th IAAF world championships individual and teams events, saw Australia – August, 2009 – , Committee and the Australian Commonwealth place eighth in the women’s team; 15th in Games Association. Rob H Fildes OAM 2500 athletes from 202 nations congregated the men’s team; and 14th in the junior boys. President in Germany’s capital to contest the biggest was our best performer, placing Thanks to our footwear and apparel sponsors, Athletics Australia event on the 2009 international athletics 17th in the women’s event. Asics and 2XU and our hotel supporter, calendar. Australia fielded a team of 47 Erdi Group. athletes, one of our largest ever teams to a 6. World University Cross Country Championships world championships. For 27 of the team, it – April, 2010 – Kingston, was their debut at the championships. With Nine athletes (four men and five women) 17 top-16 finishes, including two gold (Steve travelled to Canada to compete in the Hooker – pole vault and Dani Samuels – event run by World University Sports. Liam discus throw) and two bronze (4x400m men’s Adams ran a stellar race to win a silver relay and Mitchell Watt – long jump), it was medal in the men’s race, helping the team our best result at a world championships since to sixth place overall. The women won silver the commencement of the meet in 1983. in the teams event, with Melinda Vernon the Australia ranked 11th on the medal table. best placed female in seventh position. Our objective is to be a top-10 nation by the 7. 24th IAAF World Race Walking Cup world championships in 2013. – May, 2010 – Chihuahua, 3. 16th IAAF world half led a team of 15 athletes in championships – October, 2009 Chihuahua, Mexico in May 2010 by finishing – , with a bronze medal in the 50km event, Athletics Australia sent two athletes to the the best placed Australian at the Cup. The championships, each making their debut on men’s team finished fifth overall. Jessica the international stage. In a championships Rothwell was the best placed Australian dominated by the African nations, Jeff (ninth) in the women’s 20km walk. The junior Hunt and Cassie Fien crossed the line 43rd boys learnt valuable lessons when two of the and 31st respectively. We look forward to three competitors were disqualified, whilst following both athletes as they gain more the junior girls team finished an impressive The inaugural Australian Flame at the 2009 IAAF world championships in Berlin (GER) international experience in future half sixth overall, showing an impressive depth in . the walking fraternity.

4 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Jody HENRY Steven HOOKER Patrick JOHNSON Fabrice LAPIERRE Tamsyn LEWIS Donna MACFARLANE David MCNEILL 5 From the Chief Executive Officer Danny Corcoran

Steve Hooker meets fans at the 2010 IAAF Track Classic

Farewell and thank you The Running Festival is a success story in its own right and provides significant funding In signing off as CEO after almost six years, there assistance to Athletics Australia which in turn are many to thank and acknowledge and I supports our internal programs. Special thanks would like to take the opportunity to do so in to SRF Managing Director Wayne Larden and my final report. his dedicated team, who have made this a Athletics Australia today is a very different special event on Australia’s running calendar. organisation than the one we took over in 2004 Thanks to our footwear and apparel sponsor and we have many people to thank for the years Asics, our compression partner 2XU and of hard work, which often goes unrecognised. television partner Network Ten/One HD. Special Firstly, I warmly thank our President, Rob Fildes thanks to the Oceania Athletics Council and in OAM, and the Athletics Australia Board for their particular President Geoff Gardner, Executive dedication and support over past years. I have Director Yvonne Mullins, IAAF Australian Area said before that the sport is very fortunate to representative and Athletics Australia Director Bill have a President and Board who work tirelessly Bailey and my fellow Councilors on the Oceania to improve the sport and who now have a Athletics Council. The great work that takes place thorough understanding of the sport. It was a in the Oceania Region often goes unnoticed, so pleasure to work with a group of people who we take the opportunity to say thank you! are passionately committed to improving the Finally, I would like to sincerely thank Athletics sport of athletics. Australia’s management team and staff for I would like to thank the Australian Sports their efforts in administering the sport. This small Commission and the ASC Executive team for but passionate team has worked tirelessly to their support. In particular I pass on my special bring the sport together and really deserves our thanks to Greg Nance, Peter Fricker and Peter special thanks. The results they have achieved Sharpe. I would like to welcome incoming CEO have been quite spectacular and I wish them Matt Miller, and wish him all the very best as he all the best as they take our sport through to takes charge of the ASC and the many sports and . that depend on the support of the ASC. Now a final and special thanks to the unsung Also special thanks to all our Member heroes – the coaches, officials and volunteers Associations for their commitment to athletics at for the countless hours they donate to assist in a grassroots level and their support of Athletics the running of our sport. Without your support Australia. Without the substantial support of we could not run the sport as effectively as we the Member Associations our sport could not do and in particular we thank you for assisting possibly function in the manner it does and host us in hosting the world-class athletics meetings the number of events we run each year. that Athletics Australia hosts each year. Thanks also to our State Institute of Sport We now look forward to the 2010-11 athletics and Academies of Sport partners who have season, a new home for Athletics Australia and supported our High Performance plans and who again watching our Australian athletes take on have been instrumental in their implementation the world as we accept the challenges that the through to the Berlin world championships. sport of athletics continually presents us. We recognise the invaluable support of the Australian Olympic Committee and the Australian Association and look forward to a collaborative effort in preparing the Australian athletics teams for Delhi in 2010 and London in 2012. In particular I would Danny Corcoran like to thank John Coates and Perry Crosswhite for their invaluable support and counsel. Chief Executive Officer (to May, 2010) Athletics Australia

6 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Kimberley MICKLE Caitlin PINCOTT Joshua ROSS 7 From the Chief Executive Officer Dallas O’Brien

Thousands participate in the 2010 Sydney Running Festival

I thought it appropriate I introduce myself as We need to look closely at commercial the new CEO of Athletics Australia and share opportunities, create new opportunities some of my vision and desire to continue the and get involved in all aspects of the sport, great work of my predecessor and the Board supporting our Member Associations and of Athletics Australia. their clubs, using their support base to grow numbers and develop athletes of all ages. There are many challenges that confront this We need to be leaders and work closely with great sport of ours, none the least to unite all all our stakeholders in the sport, including stakeholders that play an important role in the Little Athletics, the Australian makeup of . They all have Coaches Association, school sport and a contribution to make and must feel they recreational running. are part of the big picture in creating a more vibrant and successful sport. At the pointy end of our sport, the restructuring of the High Performance pathways will Athletics Australia’s vision is for a vibrant and continue to be a primary focus. The additional successful sport of athletics in Australia, with funding will enable us to work more closely its fundamental purpose to lead coordinated with the Australian Institute of Sport and state efforts to achieve this vision. The following ‘five institutes, and develop athlete contracts pillars’ form the backbone of our strategic plan: that will form the basis of support for our elite High Performance, Leadership in the Athletics athletes in reaching their full potential and Community, Coaching, a Junior Program and capabilities in our major championships. Financial Capability. I look forward to working with the Board and Each area is as important as the others, staff of Athletics Australia in providing good however we must be realistic in what we governance of the sport for 2010-11 and can achieve depending very much on our beyond. We are in a great position to establish financial capabilities. Athletics Australia has a sound foundation for the future of athletics become very dependent on funding from a in Australia. number of sources, primarily the Australian Sports Commission, the Commonwealth Games Association, the Australian Olympic Committee and the Australian Paralympic Committee. We have recently received confirmation that we will be receiving additional funding in the High Performance area from the ASC for the Dallas O’Brien next quadrennial and are hopeful of a share Chief Executive Office (from June, 2010) of the funding dedicated to the ‘new’ area of Athletics Australia ‘participation’ that focuses on the grassroots areas of the sport. There has been some great work done in restructuring the makeup and focus of Athletics Australia to best use the funding support made available. However, we have been given a clear direction that ‘the sport must run the sport’. It has become apparent that we need to take ‘ownership’ of our sport, from the ‘kids to the clubs’ to establish a strong and viable foundation for the future.

8 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Jessica ROTHWELL Aaron ROUGE-SERRET Dani SAMUELS Pirrenee STEINERT Jared TALLENT Mark TUCKER 9 From the Australian Sports Commission

It is an honour to serve as the new Chair of the This is an exciting time for all of us involved in Dani Samuels signs Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Board at Australian sport. With significant new funding autographs for young this challenging and exciting period for our from the Australian Government, sports will be fans at the 2010 national sporting system. better positioned than ever before to lead the drive for higher participation levels and strong The ASC and national sporting organisations success on the sporting field by promoting the (NSOs) have long spoken of a shared ambition unique nature of their sport, creating a legacy to strengthen relationships between all system and a lasting impression for communities across partners involved in Australian sport. the country. Aligned with this ambition, the Australian The ASC will continue to work with all NSOs, Government is now encouraging a whole-of- the state and territory institutes and academies sport reform agenda, aimed at establishing a of sport and state and territory departments more collaborative, efficient and integrated of sport and recreation, reinvigorating access sports system. to, and participation in, sport across the Through new direction for sport ‘Australian community and driving Australia’s continued Sport: the Pathway to Success’, the ASC will sporting success. work closely with sport to achieve its main objectives; boost sports participation and strengthen sporting pathways while striving The Hon. Warwick Smith AM for international success. Chairman The reform agenda seeks for the ASC to assist Board of the Australian Sports Commission in providing stability and support for all sporting organisations in their pursuit of a shared, common purpose; creating a better sporting pathway for all Australians, from the grassroots up. The ASC will implement the new direction, and this includes collaboration with all NSOs to allocate a record amount of new sports funding – committing an extra $195 million over the next four years. This funding is in addition to the current ongoing baseline funding for NSOs. Also, the ASC will assist sporting organisations with access to coaching and officiating programs, governance support, planning and education opportunities and assistance with becoming more inclusive – particularly in the areas of Indigenous sport, sport for people with a , sport for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and women’s sport development programs. This is the first time key sport partners, such as state and territory institutes and academies of sport and state and territory departments of sport and recreation, have collaborated on a Commonwealth funding decision in the interests of Australia’s sporting future.

10 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Mitchell WATT Lisa WEIGHTMAN Youcef ABDI Luke ADAMS Anthony ALOZIE 11 High Performance

Introduction European season 2010 Team results The high performance program in 2009-10 has The European circuit has seen the rebranding FISU World Sean Wroe: Gold – 400m Best ever Australian medal result had a very successful year both in terms of of the old Golden League into the new University Games in the event’s 72-year history. performances at major championships and . It is a credit to the standard Madeleine Pape: Gold – 800m the behind-the-scenes administration of the of Australian athletics that so many Australian , SRB Tristan Thomas: Gold – 400m hurdles program. athletes were able to secure spots in these July 1-12, 2009 Tristan Thomas, John Burstow, Clay Watkins, meets and be successful with podium finishes. , Chris Troode, Sean Wroe: The strategy outlined in last year’s Annual Report Gold – 4x400m relay is starting to take root and is being developed Administration Dani Samuels: Gold – Discus throw to its full potential based on new investment from the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) The administration of the high performance Kaila McKnight: Silver – 1500m and the development of a new National department is arriving at its culmination of 18 IAAF world youth Amy Pejkovic: Silver – high jump Finished 15th on the placing Talent Identification and Development plan months of strategic work. The implementation championships tables with 27 points, only three (NTID). Ultimately this will see a unified high stages are well under way. The final submissions points off a top-10 finish. performance pathway and provide a seamless to the ASC are being completed with the ASC Sudtirol, ITA pathway to success. bid process nearing its conclusion. July 8-12, 2009 Our athletes, coaches and administrators are The addition to the previous strategic plan is an IAAF world Steve Hooker: Gold – pole vault Australia finished 10th on the becoming familiar with the new systems and NTID plan to be signed off by the ASC. The key championships Dani Samuels: Gold – discus throw medal table and 11th on the protocols being developed and molded to tenets of this plan include: Berlin, GER Mitchell Watt: Bronze – long jump placing table with 45 points from the particular circumstances of athletics in nine top-eight finishes with a • Elite coaches to guide predictive criteria August 15-23, 2009 Sean Wroe Joel Milburn, Ben Offereins, Australia. team of 45 athletes. • Identification aligned to targeted events/ John Steffensen, Tristan Thomas: Bronze – men’s 4x400m relay Championships disciplines The year has seen Australia produce its most • Full integration with the Australian Institute Chiba Ekiden Relay Once again we sent a mixed team to this event, with a seventh-place finish of Sport, State Institutes of Sport and State successful IAAF world championships indoors Chiba, JPN the final result. Academies of Sport (AIS/SIS/SAS) over the and outdoors (see team results). New world November 23, 2009 At the IAAF world championships in Birmingham, GBR, on champions in Steve Hooker (outdoors and delivery of best practice services within NTID October 11, 2009, a team of two athletes represented Australia. indoors), Dani Samuels (outdoors) and Fabrice • Integration of athletes with a disability into Lapierre (indoors) were crowned. the NTID system IAAF world indoor Steve Hooker: Gold – pole vault Australia finished fifth on the championships medal table with a team of five • Focused support for sub-elite athletes Fabrice Lapierre: Gold – long jump Alongside these champions other fine Doha, QAT Mitchell Watt: Bronze – long jump athletes. • The program to maintain an Indigenous performances have been registered, for March 12-14, 2010 example Mitchell Watt’s world championships component bronze medal and Australia’s 4x400m relay • Close partnerships with stakeholders IAAF world We sent a team of 16 athletes, with the best-performed result the eighth bronze medal. These performances bring • NTID program imbedded in the high cross country place finish of the senior women’s team. significant recognition to Australia and performance program championships Australian athletics. Finally, the overall climate in Australian sport has Bydgoszcz, POL These performances highlight the ability of led to a more collaborative engagement with March 28, 2010 Australia’s coaching fraternity to produce our high performance stakeholders. All is set for FISU World University Liam Adams: Silver – men’s cross country champions with particular mention to Alex the final push toward the in Cross Country Parnov, Denis Knowles, Gary Bourne and London 2012. Emily Donker Melinda Vernon, Eliza Stewart, Ian Hatfield. Championships , Carly Griffith: Kingston, CAN Silver – women’s team cross country The national championships held in Perth April 11, 2010 were a great success. The new stadium will be a tremendous asset to performance in the coming years. Congratulations to all those involved in creating a great championships. IAAF World Race Jared Tallent: Bronze – 50km walk The best-placed team was the Walking Cup men’s 50km team in fifth place. Chihuahua, MEX May 15-16, 2010

12 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Brendan COLE Matt DAVIES Benn HARRADINE Patrick JOHNSON Jody HENRy Steven HOOKER Alwyn JONES 13 High Performance Continued

National Youth Program Steve Hooker leaps to world championships gold in Berlin A more detailed account of Youth programs (GER) in August, 2009 is provided in the Youth section of this report.

Paralympic Preparation Program 2010 has seen the loss of , the cornerstone of the program and an amazing contributor to disability sport. Athletics Australia would formally like to thank Scott for his years of service to high performance and the incredible performances achieved by the Paralympic team under his stewardship. Athletics Australia wishes Scott all the best in his future endeavours. This has been a quiet year on the championships front with no major championships. It has been a year of preparation and taking stock for athletes and coaches. Athletics Australia has also appointed a new Paralympic Preparation Program manager in Rohan Short. Athletics Australia would like to wish him all the best in his new role. Rohan is in the process of reviewing all aspects of the program and at the same time busy preparing for the IPC World Championships in in January, 2011. Athletics Australia’s relationship with the Australian Paralympic Committee has matured over the last year and is mirroring the processes and protocols engaged with Athletics Australia and the Australian Sports Commission. This can only be a good thing for this section of the sport.

Eric Hollingsworth High Performance Manager Athletics Australia

14 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Fabrice LAPIERRE Andrew LETHERBY Tamsyn LEWIS Donna MACFARLANE David MCNEILL Scott MARTIN Kimberley MICKLE Joel MILBURN Ben OFFEREINS Madeleine PAPE 15 High Performance Pathways Program

The High Performance Pathways Program for Target 2012 Squad Dane Bird-Smith in action 2009-10 was indeed a busy one. Athletes were at the national 20km road The Target 2012 squad met for a competition- selected in four separate squads. Each came walking championships in based camp in , competing at the together for camps-based programs with in February Brisbane Track Classic. Medical screenings, involvement of personal coaches, mentors, information on touring Europe, individual National Youth Event Coaches, various high meetings with High Performance Manager Eric performance coaches and sports scientists Hollingsworth and a strong mentor program from our valued SIS/SAS network. made this an informative and enjoyable camp. The opportunity to compete in a village-based National Under 17 Development Squad program is never lost, even on some of our most Fifty-two vibrant young athletes bounced into experienced athletes. the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in May. This was our fifth Under 17 squad program since its 2009 IAAF world youth championships inception in 2006 and proved to be one of the Twenty-two athletes were selected to compete best. Coaching sessions with the National Youth in Bressanone, Italy in July, 2009. The team was Event Coaches (NYEC), education sessions selected based on top-eight performance with sports scientists from the AIS and guest standards from the previous four world youth speakers and Kevin Moore, both championships. The team achieved nine top- junior program graduates, made for a terrific eight and 13 top-12 performances. These results experience for all. Personal coaches were also are a great start for these young athletes who catered for with all enjoying their professional will hopefully continue in the sport to become development opportunity. future Australian Flame members. National Under 19 Talent Squad Special thanks Talent squad athletes joined together on Athletics Australia would like to thank our two occasions. One training camp at the AIS National Youth Event Coaches (NYEC) for all and the second a competition-based camp, their help, support and guidance throughout the linking in with the Briggs Athletics Classic in year. These coaches work tirelessly to support Hobart as part of the Australian Athletics our developing juniors and are always available Tour. The competition opportunity was very to any coach if assistance or support is needed. valuable as most athletes had not competed Thank you to Sharon Hannan (sprints and relays), on the Tour before. The mentor component -Cearns (400m), Matty Beckenham of both programs was enjoyable and well (hurdles), Nicky Frey (distance), Brent Vallance received. Stories of the ups and downs of (walks), (), John international competition whilst juggling Minns (/discus throw), Lindsay Burgoyne study, work and family lives were not lost (), -Stewart (long/ on this squad. Coaching and assistance by ), Mark Stewart (pole vault), Sandro the National Youth Event Coaches, medical Bisetto (high jump) and Peter Hannan (multi screening, psychology, nutrition, recovery and events). Our Pathways medical staff in Dr Dan international travel were all covered. Bates and Dr Adam Castricum, physiotherapists Kylie Holt, Laura Bacquie, Merryn Aldridge and National 21’s Squad Ben Liddy. Our world youth championships staff A new program this year, put in place to of Jodi Lambert, Rosie Ditton, Nicky Frey, Sandro support and encourage those athletes coming Bisetto, Terri Cater, Karyne Di Marco, Craig out of the Under 20 junior age group, this Fountain and Dr Craig Panther. program was a huge success. The squad Special thanks to Athletics International for travelled to , New Zealand, and the wonderful financial support given to our enjoyed the challenge of competition against Pathways programs. Also to the 30 mentors who New Zealand’s brightest young stars. The assisted at our camps, sharing their time, their program was well led by four mentors from insights and their lives with us all. Athletics International in Charlene Rendina, , and Peter Thanks again to the Commonwealth Games Bourke. Discussions on transition from junior to Association, 2XU and Asics for their terrific senior athletics, concurrent careers, resilience financial support during this year. We would and their burning desire to represent Australia struggle to fund each of our important assisted this squad greatly. programs without your support.

Sara Mulkearns National Junior High Performance Manager Athletics Australia

16 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : John STEFFENSEN Pirrenee STEINERT Claire TALLENT Jared TALLENT Tristan THOMAS Mark TUCKER Mitchell WATT Cheryl WEBB Lisa WEIGHTMAN Scott WESTCOTT 17 High Performance AWD Inclusion and Paralympic Preparation Program

During the 2009-10 reporting period, Athletics Athletics Australia AWD Advisory 2009 INAS Global Games, Liberec, Australia’s commitment to the inclusion of Commission , July 4-16 athletes with a disability (AWDs) has been Athletics Australia established an AWD Advisory Australia sent a small but competitive team further enhanced through: Commission in 2007. In March 2009 the Athletics of seven female and five male athletes to 1) The running of the 10th combined AWD and Australia Board appointed the following people the 2nd INAS Global Games for athletes with ‘able-bodied’ national championships in to its AWD Advisory Commission: an . The team consisted Perth, April 16-18, 2010; mostly of younger and emerging athletes • Janelle Eldridge (Chairman 2009) with the objective of gaining valuable 2) The appointment of Mark Pettifer in • Michael Thomson (Chairman 2010) experience and motivation for future teams. January 2010 as the AWD Development The team functioned well, and performed Coordinator to focus on the development • Sally McGrady to expectation, finishing 11th on the athletics of the competition and training pathways at • David Gynther medal table. interclub, regional and state level provided • by Athletics Australia Member Associations; Key performances included: • Neil Fuller 3) Closer links between the Athletics 1) Lindsay Sutton: – men’s hammer Australia High Performance Manger, • Scott Goodman throw, 45.01m (T20 world record) Eric Hollingsworth, and senior Australian The Commission is not a high performance or 2) Lindsay Sutton: bronze medal – men’s discus Paralympic Committee (APC) staff including AA-PPP Advisory Commission, although there throw, 37.48m (PB) Jason Hellwig (CEO), Michael Hartung are often crossover issues. The Commission (Manager of Sport) and Chris Nunn (High meets two times per year face-to-face and 3) Men’s 4x100m relay team (Colin Abbey, Performance Manager); when required by conference call, however Zackery Findlay, Andrew Matthews and 4) Continued AWD coverage in all national communications and discussion flows on an Darren McFaul): fourth – 45.01(AR) series meets; almost daily basis. 4) 50 per cent of the athletes achieved a PB during the competition 5) The maintenance of open and underage Mark Pettifer (AWD Development Coordinator) AWD records by our Athletics Australia AWD provides administrative support to the Thank you to the following staff who regularly statistician Neil Fuller (Note: Over 120 open Commission and plays a key role in ensuring assist with AA-PPP teams and made a and underage AWD records have been that it functions effectively. wonderful contribution to ensure the success processed over the last 12 months); of the overall 2009 Global Games team: The key roles of the Commission are to: 6) Consolidation of the Athletics Australia • Michael Thomson (team manger and Global Paralympic Preparation Program Emerging • Provide Athletics Australia with advice to Games coordinator) Talent (AA-PPP ET) squad under the enhance the inclusion of AWDs in the sport guidance of coordinator Brett Jones in of athletics in Australia; • Brett Jones (head coach) consultation with the key staff that deliver • Strengthen inclusive practices within • Panias Negropontis (throws coach and soft the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) Athletics Australia and its Member tissue therapist) Talent Search Program. As a result of this Associations for the benefit of AWDs; • Anula Costa (sprints, jumps and relays approach over 15 ‘athletes’ (i.e. 25 per coach) cent of the team) have been nurtured for • Address and drive a number of AWD-related the 2011 IPC Championships matters that are outside the scope of the • Louise Mogg (chef de mission) team in , January 23-28, 2011; AA-PPP; and • Dr David Millons (medical team leader) • More evenly spread the responsibility for 7) Consolidation of ‘inclusive’ coach Without the commitment of people such as education practices and materials led by inclusion throughout the Athletics Australia network. these, and of many others just like them, the Alison O’Riordan in consultation with the AA-PPP would not be the success that it is! ATFCA and Michael Poulton to increase the For further information regarding the role pool of competent coaches to adequately of the Commission or to raise AWD-related support the AA-PPP ET squad and AWDs matters, please contact any of the Commission Scott Goodman generally. members or Mark Pettifer at: mark.pettifer@ athletics.org.au Paralympic Preparation Program Manager (to May, 2010) Athletics Australia

18 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Sally PEARSON Caitlin PINCOTT Petrina PRICE Jeff RISELEY Jeremy ROFF Joshua ROSS Jessica ROTHWELL Aaron ROUGE-SERRET Adam RUTTER Dani SAMUELS 19 Competitions

2009-10 was a very exciting year for domestic For 2009-10 the domestic one-day meets were Below is a list of the competitions organised or supported by Athletics Australia over the 2009-10 competition and one characterised by two re-branded as the Australian Athletics Tour, athletics season. new and very successful arrivals; the Australian with meets staged in , Brisbane, Junior Championships and the Western Hobart, Sydney and Melbourne (IAAF World 2009 2010 Australian Athletics Centre. Athletics Challenge). The Australian Athletics Tour is in many ways the backbone of the Sunday 7 June Saturday – Sunday 9-10 January From March 11-14, 2010, Sydney Olympic Park sport, providing opportunities for elite and Australian 100km Championships Australian Underage AWD Championships played host to the first edition of the Australian sub-elite athletes alike. We again saw some Junior Championships, with 1600+ athletes great athletic performances over the series as Gold Coast, Qld Blacktown, NSW aged Under 14 to Under 20 converging on athletes looked to qualify for the pending Delhi Sunday 7 June Sunday 17 January the capital for four days of Commonwealth Games and IAAF world junior Australian Mountain Running Championships World Cross Country Selection Trials exciting competition. The Australian Junior championships. In Melbourne the highlight was Ferntree Gully, Vic Brimbank Park, Vic Championships is a key component of the new running the fastest 800m ever on athletics pathways project, providing a critical Australian soil, the Kenyan going on to become Saturday 29 August Saturday 30 January and direct link between school-based athletics, the fastest man in history later in the season. Little Athletics and Athletics Australia Member Australian Cross Country Championships Australia Cup Association programs. We believe that future The Athletics Australia competitions department & Australian All Schools Cross Country AIS Track, ACT Championships years will see this competition become one again supported athletes’ travel to Australian Saturday 6 February of the largest and highest-standard under- Athletics Tour meets. In total $150,000 in flights Cambden (Nowra), NSW Brisbane Athletics Classic age competitions worldwide, providing a real was available for athletes who met specific Sunday 30 August foundation block for our sport. It is a measure performance standards. QSAC, Qld Australian Road Walking Championships & of the success of this event that we will need to Friday 12 February It is appropriate to recognise the outstanding Australian Junior Road Walking Championships add an extra day to the competition schedule Briggs Athletics Classic in 2011. efforts of Australia’s athletics officials, who Parramatta Park, NSW Hobart, Tas continue to be of world-class standard and Sunday 20 September 2009-10 also saw the opening of the new and who exhibit an invaluable dedication to Saturday – Sunday 13-14 February much-anticipated Western Australian Athletics the sport. Our athletes and events benefit Australian Half Marathon Championships Centre and what a fantastic new facility it is; considerably from, and indeed rely, on their Sydney, NSW Australian Combined Events Championships Hobart, Tas in my view, perhaps one of the most ‘athletic continued contribution. It is these people, Sunday 11 October performance-centric’ facilities in the world. whose workload extends from club to state and Saturday 13 February Every feature of this new track has been national levels throughout the year, that we turn Australian Marathon Championships Australian 20km Road Walking Championships focused on athletic performance, with even to in order to conduct our competitions. Melbourne, Vic (IAAF WWC Level C) the grandstand facing into the setting sun to Sunday 22 November allow for the best use of the famous Fremantle On behalf of the sport of athletics, all athletes Hobart, Tas and coaches, we extend our congratulations Australian 50km Road Walking Championships doctor for fast times. Combined with Saturday 27 February typically ideal Perth weather conditions in the on maintaining world-standard expertise Fawkner Park, Vic and sincere appreciation for your ongoing Sydney Track Classic summer evenings, this facility is set to be a real Sunday 29 November contribution. Sydney Olympic Park, NSW bonus to the Australian domestic calendar. Australian Championships Thursday 4 March Thanks to the hard work of WA Athletics and Melbourne, Vic (IAAF tour meet) the support of the WA State Government, we Friday – Monday 4-7 December saw a memorable 88th Australian Athletics Melbourne Olympic Park, Vic Australian All Schools & Youth Athletics Championships staged at the new Western Thursday – Sunday 11-14 March Australian track over three days in mid-April, Championships Australian U14 – U20 Athletics Championships the first time we have staged the open Hobart, Tas Sydney Olympic Park, NSW championships in WA since 1988. The event was Thursday 10 December an outstanding success with great conditions, Friday – Saturday 9-10 April Schools Knockout National Final big spectator numbers and some fantastic Australian Combined Events Selection Trials performances, capped off on the last day by Melbourne Olympic Park, Vic Gold Coast, Qld Fabrice Lapierre’s wind-assisted 8.78m effort in Thursday 13 December the long jump. Friday – Saturday 16-18 April Zatopek:10 Classic Melbourne Olympic Park, Vic 88th Australian Open & AWD Athletics Championships & Selection Trials Perth, WA

David Gynther Competitions Manager Athletics Australia

20 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Sean WROE yOucef ABDI Luke ADAMS Anthony ALOZIE Justin ANLEZARK Collis BIRMINGHAM Brendan COLE Matt DAVIES Martin DENT Chris ERICKSON 21 Marketing and Communications

With two world champions and a total of The Australian Flame Led by captain Steve Hooker, the team As a pathway to international representation the eight medallists from the 2009 IAAF world requested that they were each given a unique junior pathway is imperative, with these squads For me this year, the highlight was unequivocally athletics championships in Berlin (GER), Flame number in a similar fashion to . and teams forming the core of our future senior the launch of the Australian Flame, the new athletics in Australia is now developing a range This was implemented in Berlin and each teams. For this reason it is important that we build name for the Australian athletics team. This was of faces and ambassadors who are known athlete was allocated a number randomly in the team culture from the junior ranks and that an incredibly long and challenging process that to the general public and the media. With a team-only ceremony on the night before athletes clearly understand the expectations raised a number of contentious issues but the dramatic and wonderful stories of success competition started. This will continue at each placed on them as elite athletes and that they team was finally christened in Berlin at the world and achievement, consolidating the team’s championships for the new team members and can stand together under an identity as they are championships as planned. We firmly believe excellent performances in (CHN) and a Flame number will, in time, identify an athlete nurtured along the pathway. the Australian Flame is a strong cultural and the subsequent increase in profile, the interest as an elite Australian representative. Further commercial platform that will benefit the sport in athletics and our athletes is slowly but surely to this it was the team’s belief that the Flame A huge thank you must go to the team name for many years to come. increasing. should only be awarded to representatives at subcommittee who worked enthusiastically on the Flame project alongside the Athletics Why the Flame? The search for a name was the highest level and it was agreed between In Australia today there are few international Australia marketing team. To John Crennan and extensive. We began with key qualities that the team and Athletics Australia management athletes who are more recognisable than Simon Hayman, your expertise, guidance and we believed the name had to portray, such that only members of the world championships, our own, outside the inimitable . commitment to the project were outstanding as Australia, patriotism, emotion, athleticism, Olympics or Commonwealth Games teams World champions Steve Hooker and Dani and on behalf of Athletics Australia and the strength, leadership, teamwork, aggression, would be recognised as Flame athletes. To Samuels, long jumpers Mitchell Watt and Flame, we couldn’t have done it without you! determination, single-mindedness, success and recognise team athletes, a Flame pendant Fabrice Lapierre, Sally Pearson, Jared Tallent health. We were influenced by the summer, the engraved with each athlete’s Flame number and the 400m contingent to name just a few, THE AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS TOUR AND NATIONAL Athletics Australia brand and the Australian and has been designed and produced as a lifelong continue to grow in popularity and are now the CHAMPIONSHIPS BRANDS world sporting landscape and developed a memento of their membership of the team. cornerstone of our domestic promotional and broad range of possibilities. The impetus for the Flame project and the marketing strategies. THE AUSTRALIAN SPARK new Australian season brand can be largely After extensive consultation and testing the Further to this it is heartening to see that As an extension of the Australian Flame project, attributed to our response to the Gemba Flame was chosen for its nature, its strength and athletics continues to receive coverage based a sub-brand was created for the Australian Report, which identified a need for new its simplicity. The Flame is strong, hot, ambitious on excellent performances and I would like to junior athletics team to begin to develop a consumer-driven brands. In considering our and brings to mind success; it is one of the thank each and every athlete who steps on to clear pathway to the Flame. competition offerings we established that there strongest visuals from any Olympic Games. the track or field and performs for Australia, and were two core products; the one-day meets If there is one symbol that can unite athletics, in Australia, and their tireless coaches. Thank The objectives of this sub-brand of the Flame and our range of championship events, which it is the flame. you for being willing and able to assist us to reflect the aims of the parent brand and to we set about developing and branding. expand on the team-related work done in the promote and publicise your sport, be it through A modern take on the naming process, the Athletics Australia junior programs to create In an effort to begin to tie the domestic one- your performances, media appearances, singular nature of the Flame unites all members value in being part of the team. day meets together in a united marketing and attending functions or clinics, in ambassadorial of the team under one inspirational icon. The promotional effort, the Australian Athletics roles at junior events or in other ways . I am is a global symbol of aspiration Since the launch of the Australian Flame in Tour brand was developed with the position humbled to work with such dedicated, and inspiration and embodies the motto of August, 2009 there has been considerable statement ‘the best athletics you’ll see in your passionate and driven individuals and I am higher, faster, longer and stronger. interest from junior athletes to have an identity state’. For the 2010 season this was applied to confident that with role models such as you the for their team. The New South Wales team at the Australia Cup (Canberra), Brisbane Athletics The Flame is not just about branding the sport has an excellent future. the Australian Junior Championships in March Classic, Briggs Memorial Athletics Classic team, it is about growing the team culture, christened themselves the Blaze and, modeled (Hobart), Sydney Track Classic and Melbourne From a marketing and communications giving athletes something to aspire to, telling on the Fame, had branded team newsletters Track Classic. perspective the year has been challenging, the athletics story to the public, creating a and began the development of a real team exciting and rewarding, with a number of more visible athletics pathway, giving athletes culture. Led by Flame athletes Scott Westcott A championships brand was also developed incremental wins and a lot of groundwork the recognition they deserve, developing and Cheryl Webb, this indicated the value that and applied to the junior and open achieved. Adopting a champion of the sport commercial opportunities and uniting the current athletes see in this investment in team championships as well as the national position, which sees grassroots, state member whole sport. identity and culture, but also the importance of walks and cross country titles. Going associations and Athletics Australia aligning forward this brand will be expanded across Most importantly, the Flame was well received this to juniors. strategies to produce what is best for the whole state championships to create a visual by the team and garnered much support of the sport now and into the future has been During the Under 19 Talent squad camp in representation of the pathway for athletics. throughout the Berlin campaign. As hoped, the a key priority for the organisation. This charges September, 2009 a discussion was held after team took the name and began to develop the marketing team with the responsibility to a media and marketing seminar. The squad These brands are now the centrepiece of their own culture and traditions around it which support our pillars of Transition, Coaching and athletes were inspired and excited by the the domestic season and, like the Flame, are will strengthen their bond with the name and Leadership as well as Financial Capability, Flame and wanted a junior version. They the cornerstones of property creation and therefore its relevance and appeal in the wider without compromising our commitment to High considered this important on their journey commercialisation. markets. Performance to achieve greater support and and thought it would help to give them recognition for the Athletics Australia brands recognition for their achievements and help within our key audiences. build a pathway to the Flame. After discussing many options for the team name, with the only direction from staff that it needed to relate to the Flame, they agreed on the Australian Spark and that they would be ‘Igniting the Flame.’

22 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Ryan GREGSON Benn HARRADINE Jody HENRY Steven HOOKER Patrick JOHNSON Alwyn JONES Fabrice LAPIERRE Andrew LETHERBY Tamsyn LEWIS Donna MACFARLANE 23 Marketing and Communications Continued

Australian Athletics Tour crowd figures Go for 2 & 5 Australian Athletics Steve Hooker is named Male Athlete of the Championships and Selection Trials Year, Flame Athlete of the Year and Athletics Canberra Athletics Classic 1,600 International – International Athlete Crowd – 18300 (three days) of the Year at the 2009/10 Brisbane Athletics Classic 2,100 The 2010 Australian Championships could awards celebration Briggs Athletics Classic 3,200 arguably be held up as the most successful in Perth in recent history. Good performances, large Sydney Track Classic 6,180 crowds, strong sponsorship support from the Melbourne Track Classic 7,250 Western Australian Government and local businesses, outstanding local media coverage and good national coverage ensured that The inaugural Australian Athletics Tour was a the meet was enjoyed by athletes, spectators clear example of alignment and congruence and other stakeholders. The success of the between Athletics Australia internal strategies nationals has opened up further opportunities and that of the state member associations. in Western Australia to continue working with Steady crowds, media coverage consistent the government and Athletics Western Australia with the level of performance and the to deliver a high-level meet in Perth annually. development of some new faces of athletics Wayne Loxley and his team at Athletics Western were highlights of the first edition. Standout Australia did an excellent job of the on-the- performances from world discus champion ground negotiations and lead-up media and Dani Samuels, Olympic silver medallist Sally worked tirelessly for the event. McLellan (now Pearson), middle distance superstar Ryan Gregson and a host of others The Australian Junior Athletics were the highlights. Championships Leveraging strong results from the 2009 season, The inaugural Australian Junior Athletics most notably the all-stars clinics and fan Championships was a real success, with zones, the move to Network Ten and effective approximately 1,600 competitors making collaboration with the state associations, one the journey to Sydney. Promotions for this of the principle aims of the 2010 Australian meet were held at the Australian All Schools Athletics Tour was to create a long-term Championships, Schools Knockout Final, the sustainable series with a relevant and clear Australian Primary School Championships and outcome that supported the performance state junior meets. Members of the Australian objectives of our elite and developing athletes, Flame were on hand to raise awareness of the that provided recognition for the athletes Flame and to encourage the young athletes and created an aspirational window to to join a club and get involved in athletics. showcase athletics to supporters, participants The 2XU chill zone was a hit, providing a space and potential partners. It is important that the where athletes could watch athletics DVDs, highest quality athletics is accessible to as DJ with their iPods, browse 2XU merchandise much of Australia as possible and to provide and again engage with some of the country’s opportunities for state member associations to leading athletes. A ‘name the Flame’ host these events; for this reason we increased competition was held to help raise the profiles the number of recognised Tour meets to five. of our national team members and visitors to Marketing the Tour and competing in Australia’s the chill zone were surveyed on a range of highly developed sporting arena is an athletics-related topics. ongoing challenge. Creating cost-effective channels that contribute back to grassroots Media and Communications athletics and support Athletics Australia and Across the board the media coverage state programs was one of our key priorities, achieved by athletics in the past year has alongside introducing a wider audience to been strong. Assisted by outstanding results athletics through catchment groups such as at the world championships, world indoor schools, other sporting clubs and fun runners championships and throughout the Australian and more broadly, through the media. We Athletics Tour, there have been plenty of good remain committed to ensuring the end point of news stories to tell. Aiming to increase the our marketing spend is for the long-term benefit traction of athletics in a broader range of the sport through state member associations, of media platforms a strong focus on PR clubs and direct to athletes and coaches. A activities in addition to the results-based huge thanks to Alex Gosman and Greg Gilbert editorial activities have assisted in delivering in Canberra, Grant Cremer in Queensland, more rounded coverage. Richard Welsh in Tasmania, Greg Meagher in Sydney and Nick Honey in Victoria for their support and collaboration. We look forward to an even better season in 2011.

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We are fortunate to have such outstanding and Broadcast For the first time a causal barbecue was Athletics Australia remains one of the priority willing media talent within our senior ranks. World held after the Sydney Track Classic enabling sports for the Australian Government and Television has again been identified as an champions Steve Hooker and Dani Samuels athletes, coaches, officials, VIPs and friends the Australian Sports Commission throughout important marketing project. Our programs are outstanding role models and present to mix in the Novotel bar after the meet. This 2009-10 has continued to provide excellent must be used to access and educate a themselves in the media as they do on the field, was created to build a link between athletes, support across a number of platforms. We have wider audience, to build new and develop prepared and ready to do their best. Continued coaches and officials and to provide an worked closely with Peter Sharpe and Janice existing heroes and to promote participation education of our athletes through junior opportunity for VIPs to mix with athletes; it was Lo to continue to grow the recognition the in grassroots athletics. With this as a focus we development camps and during team tours enjoyed by all who attended. Australian Sports Commission receives through produced and delivered two programs in 2009- ensures that we are developing more capable their association with athletics and thank them 10. Working with our broadcast suppliers Jump spokespeople who understand the importance The finale for the athletics season was the for their support. Media and Marketing (for the IAAF Melbourne of the media, which will assist in gaining further Athlete of the Year Awards held in Perth after Track Classic) and Outwest Productions (for the the Australian Athletics Championships. Bringing positive media attention for the sport. Asics Go for 2 & 5 Australian Athletics Championships), together athletes, coaches, officials and the Athletics Australia’s media and and with our broadcast partners Network Ten athletics family to celebrate the achievements A leader in its field, Asics are innovative and communications is now solely handled in-house and OneHD, the meets were filmed and edited of the year and to acknowledge those who continue to assist the sport of athletics to by the Communications and Marketing team into one-hour magazine-style programs and have made a significant contribution to the develop through their outstanding uniform and I would like to whole heartedly thank our included athletics interest and destination sport over its history, the 2009-10 Athlete of the technology and creative branding. In 2009 Communications Manager Erin Carter, who components. The cumulative reach of the Year dinner was a fantastic evening with 360 we launched the new team uniform in Berlin has done an outstanding job. Erin’s writing programs was just under one million viewers, guests in attendance. The inaugural Australian alongside the new team brand the Australian is excellent and her thoughtful approach to which was the strongest audience since 2007, Flame athletes were acknowledged and Flame, an evolution of the 2007 uniform. The media strategy is a great asset to Athletics when we broadcast four programs. A huge received their Flame pendants and the first changes were universally applauded and Australia and the sport. thank you to both Jump and Outwest for your round of nominations for the Commonwealth Australia and Asics certainly stood out on the excellent productions, and to Network Ten and Games team was announced. world stage. Thank you to Sam Chew and Website OneHD for your ongoing support. his team for their ongoing and outstanding Partnerships support, we greatly appreciate their flexibility With the website now in its third year and Events and hospitality and assistance with the wide variety of requests after much feedback regarding the ease For this year’s report I have changed the we put forward. of navigation, event promotion and other With a full hospitality program again in 2009- heading ‘sponsorships’ to partnerships because web features, developmental changes 10, which included two excellent we are incredibly fortunate to work closely with 2XU were undertaken. Linkable subsites for the Lunches in Sydney and Melbourne, VIP functions a wide range of organisations and companies World University Games, the world youth at the Sydney and Melbourne Track Classics, who support and understand the value of our A burgeoning brand in the space, Athletics championships and the Australian Junior a post meet barbecue at the Sydney Track sport. They are passionate and generous and I Australia’s compression partner 2XU provides Athletics Championships were designed to Classic, a joint function with Atheltics WA in Perth would like to thank them on behalf of Athletics our squads with high-quality compression create a one-stop shop for results, news, for the Australian Athletics Championships and Australia and the entire athletics community. garments which aid in recovery after training, photographs and other event-specific content. the Athlete of the Year Awards, also in Perth, performance and travel. 2XU proactively For the Australian Athletics Tour and the world there were plenty of opportunities for friends of • The Australian Sports Commission – Principal promote their products at many Athletics athletics championships, home page subsites the sport to catch up with their athletics friends Partner Australia events and recognise and promote were designed to overlay the home page so and the news in the sport. • Asics the partnership on their packaging. I would that the major event information was easily like to thank Aiden Clarke, Brett Voss, Hayden The Landy Lunches featured addresses from • 2XU accessible. Like the linkable subsites, the home Rydberg and the 2XU team for their great world champions Dani Samuels (Sydney) and • OneHD page subsites housed all the event information support, especially of the chill zone at the Steve Hooker (Melbourne) as meet previews in one easy-to-find format. A simplification of the • Erdi Group Australian Junior Championships, which was an and a sneak peak at some of the international menu items has also been undertaken to more outstanding success. talent. Thanks must go to Big Fish Your Pond, • Athletics International easily communicate Athletics Australia projects especially Melissa Dunbar, who put these • Australian Commonwealth Games in line with the strategic plan. These changes OneHD events together for us and to the volunteer Association have been well received with the site visitation committees in both Melbourne and Sydney for Again for the 2010 season our television increasing exponentially especially during • Australian Olympic Committee garnering support and table sales. programs were aired and promoted on the world championships where there was • Australian Paralympic Committee Network Ten and OneHD. Thanks to the an average of 2941 unique browsers per day. We were fortunate at the Melbourne lunch at the • IAAF Network Ten and OneHD teams for their The domestic season also saw huge increases MCG to sip on delightful wines matched to each support of athletics, especially in the lead-up Season partnerships in website use, with an average increase in course from Brown Brothers. A sincere thank you to the Commonwealth Games; this has been visitation of 30% from January to April. to Cameron Sherry and Brown Brothers for their • outstanding. generosity. We look forward to working with you New media too was a strong focus for this year across more events in the future. • Healthway – Go for 2 & 5 with links to facebook, Twitter and YouTube Erdi Group • Vivid Wireless established and developed. We now have VIP functions in Melbourne, Sydney and With properties in Melbourne, Sydney and • The Australian Sports Commission – Principal a fan base on facebook of more than 1,400 Perth serve as an excellent way to introduce Brisbane led by their own Urban Hotels brand, Partner fans and regularly talk to this audience with corporates to the sport and to recognise those Erdi Group provide us and our community live results, comments and photographs. who contribute and support athletics. Informal with convenient and well-appointed We regularly and effectively tweet and are functions at the stadium before the action accommodation when we are away from beginning to truly harness and trust the strength begins allow these people to experience home. Thank you to Ricky Jeffs and all the team of social media. athletics in a comfortable and appealing at Erdi for their interest in athletics. environment. Recognition of our greats, such as life members and Australian Flame athletes, also took place in this forum, adding to the specialness of the occasion.

26 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Jeremy ROFF Joshua ROSS Jessica ROTHWELL Aaron ROUGE-SERRET Adam RUTTER Dani SAMUELS John STEFFENSEN Pirrenee STEINERT Claire TALLENT Jared TALLENT 27 Marketing and Communications Continued

Athletics International The design of the season and collaboration Jared Tallent, Dani Samuels and with state member associations has successfully Sally Pearson at the John Landy Bringing a wealth of experience, common enabled us to access state-based government Lunch Club event in Sydney in sense and passion, Athletics International, and commercial partnerships for individual February a group of former Australian representative events such as the Australian Athletics athletes, works closely with our junior high Championships, which were supported by performance department to support and Western Australian Government’s Department mentor our developing athletes. This is a of Health, utilising their Go for 2 & 5 brand, and fantastic partnership that enables us to educate Vivid Wireless, a Perth-based internet company and support young athletes and provide an who were presenting partners of the meet. opportunity for former athletes to stay actively The All Schools Championships in Tasmania involved in their sport. Many thanks to all of the also garnered individual support from the mentors and especially to Bob Lay and Maxine University of Tasmania. These partnerships and Corcoran, who oversee the program. the support of state governments through their and events corporations remain an IAAF important source of funding for the sport. The support of the Australian athletics season by the IAAF shows a strong commitment by the Running Australia international federation to athletics in Australia Our commitment to recreational running and and Oceania and allows us to bring in the our involvement in this area continues to thrive international talent and provide significant with 178,068 registered recreational running prizemoney for the athletes. Thank you to the members in Australia in June, 2010. With state IAAF for this support and to Athletics Australia member associations now administering the President Rob Fildes, who continues to present Running Australia program, Athletics Australia our case to the IAAF with excellent results. is working on strategies to better engage these members of the sport by providing meaningful Other partners offerings to this market. From the Herald Sun and SEN, who support our IAAF Melbourne Track Classic, Healthway Conclusion and Vivid Wireless, who supported the Go It has again been a privilege and a pleasure to for 2 & 5 Australian Athletics Championships serve the sport of athletics and its people over and Selection Trials and the University of the last year. I appreciate the guidance and Tasmania, which supported the Australian All experience many of the athletics community Schools Championships through to our fun run share with me and the passion that is this partnerships including the Sydney Running sport. A huge thank you to my current team of Festival, , Melbourne Erin Carter, Cody Lynch and Andrew Wilson – Marathon, City to Bay in , City to Surf in your talent, enthusiasm and willingness to do Perth and the Gold Coast Marathon, we have whatever comes along is much appreciated by a wide-ranging group of partners who support me and all within the athletics community. us in both communicating our messages and bringing people to the sport. We will continue to We are aware of the challenges of marketing expand these networks and to work on growing and promoting this sport and also of the great the athletics community to make athletics a truly opportunities that exist. We look forward to vibrant offering in the sporting marketplace. greater achievements as we move toward delivering clearer and more strategic Special thanks must also go to the Australian communication, building more attractive Olympic Committee, Australian Paralympic sports properties, presenting dynamic products, Committee and the Commonwealth Games developing a greater understanding of the Association, who provide support and funding athletics audience and building a united for our teams’ preparations. and growing sport with happy and satisfied stakeholders. Sponsorship Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the organisation is the procurement of new Nicole Roache sponsorship. After countless reviews and strategic plans, finding and building new Marketing Manager partnerships, and competing with other sports Athletics Australia for commercial support, there are objectives we have not been able to deliver. We are, however, proud of the small wins we have been able to achieve in this area, signing Erdi Group as an accommodation partner, re-signing Asics as our apparel partner and working with Brown Brothers for the John Landy Lunch Club.

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Beginning in July 2009, the Transition program Schools Knockout consistently attracts the Off and racing at the has focused on athletics participation among strongest school teams from the government inaugural Australian secondary school-age students and the and non-government sector in all states, Junior Athletics development and implementation of strategies with nearly 100 schools and 1700 athletes Championships in to improve the recruitment and retention of involved annually. A high degree of enjoyment Sydney in March members in this age group. While new initiatives is reported from the experience, while the have been implemented by the competitions Australian final provides an action-packed department to increase opportunities for under- competition. The changes introduced will age athletes at the national level, the junior now allow even more schools, including those transition strategy is also aimed at delivering in rural and remote areas, the chance to be improvements to grassroots participation involved in this unique teams track and field through assistance to clubs and schools. format in the years ahead, while the potential Additionally, we are working cooperatively exists for the program to evolve and grow even with Little Athletics Australia and the state further with greater support. and territory Member Associations to highlight initiatives such as dual-registration membership. For primary school students, the development Long-term athlete development is critical to of the Athletics Play manual for the Australian the transition strategy, and programs must be Sports Commission’s Active After Schools athlete-centred and have the capacity to Communities program is an important initiative. provide a supportive, inclusive, challenging, The manual was developed in conjunction progressive and age-appropriate athletic with Little Athletics Australia, by a working party training or competition experience. coordinated by the Athletics Australia National Coaching Manager Michael Poulton. Adapted The new National Junior Championships, held from the IAAF Kids Athletics activities, the focus over four days in Sydney in March, proved is on the development of the fundamental highly successful with more than 1500 Australian skills of running, walking, jumping and throwing competitors in the Under 14 to Under 20 age through organised play and team games, groups, and a further 100 athletes from New and allows children to engage with athletics Zealand and other Oceania nations taking at a level that is appropriate for their age and part. It is anticipated that this event will competency. continue to grow in size and reputation and attract the best young track and field talent The next 12 months should allow us to extend from around the country, while gradually even greater support to these programs, and encouraging them towards open-age the state and territory Member Associations competitions. For some, the chance to trial who are largely responsible for delivering them. for positions in youth or junior representative Increased funding for participation from the teams exists, while for the majority, national Australian Sports Commission is anticipated, events allow them to experience interstate based on a submission targeted towards those travel, the friendships and camaraderie of programs that deliver an exposure to the a team environment, the chance to push sport, and from that, the greatest likelihood for themselves towards a new personal best and engaging members. While the development of the encouragement to continue improving. programs that encourage active participation in Along with changes to the Australian All Schools athletics among teenagers is the primary focus, it Championships, which will now be a state- is planned that the long-term retention strategies versus-state teams competition, there are and exposure to the variety of offerings that terrific opportunities for well-performed young athletics provides, will lead to increased numbers athletes to progress from their club or school of coaches, officials and administrators in both meets to state and national championships. paid and volunteer positions. Also having undergone change in this, its twentieth year, is the highly popular Schools Nick Bowden Knockout competition. Adjustments were made to the team size and scoring for the Transition Manager intermediate and senior age groups, while Athletics Australia the trial of a new junior category will see it introduced to the national program next year.

30 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Collis BIRMINGHAM Brendan COLE Matt DAVIES Martin DENT Chris ERICKSON Ryan GREGSON Benn HARRADINE Jody HENRY Steven HOOKER Patrick JOHNSON 31 Development

In its third year the Jump Start to London Not to be outdone, the junior athletes in the The Jump Start to London program has This year we had teams from South Australia, program has seen a marked increase in the Jump Start to London program were also out discovered a whole new generation of talented Western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, number of Indigenous athletes participating in in force at the Australian Junior Championships Indigenous athletes. Also good to note is the the Northern Territory and far north Queensland. track and field, with its largest ever contingent held in Sydney. increase of Indigenous athletes at events such Communities such as Arnhem Land, Millingimbi of athletes to compete at a national as the Australian Junior Championships but also and Ramangining, Broome, Fitzroy Crossing and championships. Twenty athletes qualified and The Jump Start program had 25 athletes that more athletes are being invited to compete Kununnurra , Normanton and Armidale were after many discussions with coaches of some of compete at this new championships and at major meets. The recent championships represented at the camp. the younger athletes, we made the journey to between them they secured 14 medals – five proves that Australia has a new generation of Perth with 13 athletes set to compete at what gold, three silver and six bronze. The program Indigenous athletes willing and able to step into Other activities included visits to remote South is the toughest meet of the year. With perfect also had 12 athletes place in the top-eight in the shoes of Patrick Johnson, Kyle Vander Kuyp, Australia and far north Queensland. a variety of events. conditions predicted and a brand new track and . The Athletics for the Outback program is to compete on, athletes had every opportunity Queensland athletes were dominant, winning supported by the Department of Health to do their very best. Note – From July 1, the Jump Start To London seven of the 14 medals, followed closely by WA program will no longer be a targeted and Ageing (DoHA) and also the Australian The group came away with six medals and a with four medals, the Northern Territory with two Indigenous program, with talent identification Sports Commission (ASC). It is in its fourth further three top-eight finishes. Jacob Groth and South Australia with one. now falling under the high performance year of operation and shows no signs of started collecting medals in the men’s 100m, umbrella. slowing down; in fact the program is gaining Among the talented Jump Start athletes was a strong reputation and will be expanding coming third in a very exciting race. Patrick Raheen Williams from Western Australia, who Johnson placed fourth and Jump Start athlete The Athletics for the Outback is a wonderful the communities to be visited in this current after a disappointing 110m hurdles finals where participation program that continues to grow. financial year to the Torres Strait Islands and the Liam Gander placed eighth in his first national he came third, showed great strength of final. The girls once again proved that they are This year saw the biggest participation numbers, Northern Territory. character and with a few words of advice from with camps held in Armidale (NSW), Scotts a force to be reckoned with, collecting four mentor Kyle Vander Kuyp, ran a blistering 400m Students from the program have shown that medals across the weekend. Laura Whaler was Head (NSW) and at the AIS (Australian Institute hurdles to take out the event in a very quick of Sport). The biggest camp was held at the through sport, life opportunities can develop. in great form following a successful Australian time of 52.74, almost a second in front of the Some have taken the Level 1 coaching course, Athletics Tour series and came second in both AIS with 40 athletes from the Athletics for the second placegetter. Outback program in November. providing more knowledge in the communities, the 100m and 200m, collecting B-qualifiers and we have had several students relocate to along the way. Shannon McCann capped Khaele Bowen (Qld) took out the Under 17 Athletes from six states arrived in the nation’s metropolitan areas for schooling. off an amazing domestic season by smashing men’s long jump in style, jumping a personal capital on Wednesday, November 11 to the B-qualifier in the women’s 100m hurdles best 6.90m. Joining Raheen and Khaele on the compete at an Athletics ACT interclub meet. and taking a , unfortunately hitting winners’ dais was Kertisha Thompson (QLD) in the Before competing they were involved in a Sally McGrady the sixth hurdle which may have cost her the Under 20 women’s triple jump, Anika Gillespie variety of activities that showed them how elite national title and a berth in the Commonwealth (WA) in the Under 14 women’s javelin and Josh athletes at the AIS live and prepare for their Development Manager Games team. Both girls have had sensational “Robbo” Robinson (QLD) in the Under 15 men’s sport. Amongst other things a tour of the AIS Athletics Australia seasons and should be very proud of their 400m with a big personal best of 51.79. took place and they heard from Australia’s elite efforts. The surprise medal of the weekend Silver medallists were Dylan Risk (NT) in the Indigenous track and field stars on how they came from local girl Casey Narrier, who after Under 18 javelin, Cameron Hooker from achieved at the highest level. a disrupted training season came third in the Abergowrie College (QLD) in the Under 17 women’s high jump. Tenika Demamiel jumped Joining the athletes was Kyle Vander Kuyp, a men’s triple jump and Josh “Robbo” Robinson long-time mentor and advisor to the program for her life in the triple jump qualifying round. in the Under 15 200m. With a big personal best she made it through and Benn Harradine, who had recently her pool and placed a very creditable eighth Bronze medals went to Kertisha Thompson in returned to Australia after a year in Germany in the final. the Under 20 women’s long jump, Wasie Toolis and the USA, where he set a new Australian (QLD) in the Under 17 javelin, Kyana Collard record in the discus. Other elite athletes giving Whilst the Jump Start athletes did very well it (WA) in the Under 16 400m, Dylan Risk in the their time to the youngsters were Robbie must not be forgotten that also competing Under 20 javelin, Michael Brusnahamn (SA) in Crowther and Patrick Johnson. Our elite were Indigenous athletes Robbie Crowther the Under 18 200m and Raheen Williams in the Indigenous athletes are very supportive of the from the AIS and Benn Harradine from Victoria. Under 18 110m hurdles. Athletics for the Outback program and are After a long season of being injured, one of the always a hit with the interstate athletes. They best things was to see Robbie back jumping Eighteen of the 25 athletes had attended a stay with the athletes and provide leadership as and taking the bronze medal in a fantastic camp in Canberra at the AIS five weeks prior well as friendship. competition that saw men’s long jumping go to the junior national championships. They were to another level. taken through a variety of education sessions all designed for the athletes to have the best Benn Harradine probably had his best preparation going into the championships and weekend for a long time. Stepping into the to give them a mental edge. discus circle for the first time Benn threw a mighty 60.06m with his first throw to record a Commonwealth Games A-qualifier and place him as firm favourite for the final the following day. Benn showed his dominance of men’s discus by taking the Australian title with another Commonwealth Games A-qualifying throw of 62.26m. Later at the Awards dinner Benn was named Athletics Australia Indigenous Athlete of the Year.

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The coaching pillar of the Athletics Australia As part of coach education, Athletics Australia In 2009-10 the challenge is to fully implement I thank the state Member Associations and strategic plan 2009-12 is realising significant has also developed a network of Endorsed the accreditation program and develop their staff and the ATFCA and its State Branches progress in key project areas. Coach Education Providers, endorsed to deliver the curriculum and the resources that will for the work they have all done this year to coach education programs around the country. supplement the program. Further, relationships enhance the development of coaches. The message of mandatory accreditation for Endorsed providers are now in all states (except with the ATFCA and Little Athletics Australia coaches continues to be promoted through the ACT and NT), and combine state Member need to be consolidated to ensure all coaches Finally, on behalf of Athletics Australia, I sincerely the sport’s vast networks and the system now Associations, ATFCA State Branches and private across the sport are recognised under one thank the thousands of coaches around the requires that all Accredited Athletics Coaches providers. All providers are required to meet accreditation system. country who continue to inspire participants of all are registered with Athletics Australia. This strict criteria covering the delivery of quality ages to enjoy the sport of athletics. registration requirement, together with the education programs, extending the capacity demonstration of current coaching competence, to offer coach education in each state. member protection and code of conduct, will Michael Poulton enhance the credibility of our coaches and the Coach development workshops have contribution they make to our sport. continued in 2009-10 in event-specific areas National Coaching Manager and with the elite junior programs for Under 17 Athletics Australia For the first time in our history, Athletics Australia and Under 19 athletes. Workshops have also has a comprehensive database of Accredited been held in conjunction with the Member Athletics Coaches, all of whom have met the Associations, ATFCA State Branches and minimum standards of coaching as required Institutes and Academies of Sport. These by the National Coach Accreditation Scheme. activities continue to be successful in bringing This allows us to engage with all coaches together coaches to share ideas and enhance around the nation, across all areas of the sport. coaching knowledge and skills. The formalisation of the member protection provisions and the code of conduct for all Athletics Australia hosted the third National Accredited Athletics Coaches promotes best Throws Workshop in November 2009 at the AIS, practice and gives greater confidence to all featuring world discus champion Dani Samuels participants. and coach Denis Knowles. In addition, Hannu Kangas () presented on javelin and Pole vault coach The Athletics Coach Accreditation Framework conducted several clinics around the country Alex Parnov with star has developed significantly in 2009-10. The prior to the workshop. This event has become athlete Steve Hooker identification of three parallel coaching a much-anticipated annual event for throws pathways, each with specific educational coaches and provides the template for other programs, provides greater development event-based national workshops. opportunities for coaches working with club/ school, junior and performance-level athletes. A program called Athletics Play, developed in The framework provides greater choice and partnership with Little Athletics Australia and opportunity for the coach and more relevant the Active After School Communities (AASC) learning outcomes that are consistent with the was in its final stages of development during environment in which the coach is working. this reporting period. The eight-week program is designed to provide 5-12 year olds with an The entry-level program to accreditation is opportunity to develop the skills of running, the new Level 1 Beginning Coach, launched jumping and throwing through a range of play in May 2010. This has been followed by the and games experiences. Modelled on the IAAF piloting of the Level 2 Club Coach and Kids Athletics program, once it is completed Event Group Coach and, whilst still in their it will provide a world-best practice model for development phase, early feedback has been learning the sport and will be delivered through encouraging, especially with regard to the the AASC and more broadly through the clubs, practical assessment of a coach’s skills. centres and by endorsed private providers. In addition to the development of the Athletics Australia and the Australian Track and framework, new resources have been Field Coaches Association continue to work produced in both DVD and booklet form. together to develop coaching and signed a Another exciting first for the sport is the Memorandum of Understanding in December development of the DVD resource: Run, Jump, 2009, demonstrating both organisations’ Throw: The Fundamental Skills of Athletics commitment to working together. – A Guide for Coaches. This resource helps coaches understand the basic skills of the sport before they try to understand the event- specific movements.

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HONORARY LIFE GOVERNORS HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS

† Mr Hugh R Weir CBE (1957) † Mr Julius L Patching AO OBE (V) (1968) Mr P Wayne Fletcher (T) (2006) † Miss Gwen Bull OAM (1962) Mrs Phyllis Andersson OAM (V) (1971) Mr Maurie Plant (V) (2006) † Miss Nellie Gould OAM BEM (1962) Mrs Jean Harmey (N) (1971) Mr Christopher Wilson (T) (2006) † Mrs Doris I Magee AM MBE (1962) Mrs Noella M Greenham OAM (S) (1973) Mr Peter Bowman (N) (2007) † Miss Lillian M Neville OAM (1962) Mrs Pat Peters AM (S) (1973) Mr Patrick A Clohessy AM (Q) (2007) † Mrs Doris Mulcahy-Willson (1964) Mrs Amy Burow (V) (1974) Mr Ronald J Crawford OAM (N) (2007) † Mr C Ronald Aitken CBE (1965) Mrs Jean Gell OAM (V) (1974) Mrs Lynette M Foreman (W) (2007) † Mr Arthur J Hodsdon MBE (1965) Mrs Joyce Davis MBE (V) (1975) Mrs Patricia A Kinnane (Q) (2007) † Mrs Mavis M Ebzery OAM (1967) † Mrs Elva Schulz (Q) (1978) Mr Alan G Launder AM (S) (2007) † Mr Leonard B Curnow OBE (1968) Mrs Joan M Cross OAM (Q) (1985) Mr Anthony L Rice (Q) (2007) † Mr Robert E Graham OBE (1968) Mr Everard Bartholomeusz (Q) (1986) Ms Pam Ryan AM MBE (V) (2007) † Mr Norman G Hutton (1968) Miss Marion J Patterson OAM (V) (1986) Mr Neville Sillitoe (V) (2007) † Mr George Soper (1969) † Mrs Joyce M Petfield OAM (Q) (1987) Mr Trevor A Vincent OAM (V) (2007) † Mr F Theo Treacy OBE (1969) Ms AO (N) (1988) Dr John F Boas OAM (V) (2008) † Mrs Maisie McQuiston BEM (1971) Mr Robin K Hood AM (T) (1989) Mr (S) (2008) † Mrs Margaret Cahill OAM (1972) † Mr Peter W Lucas (N) (1989) Dr Robert J (Bob) Cruise (S) (2008) † Mrs Mabel E Robinson MBE (1973) Mrs Eileen D Murphy OAM (Q) (1990) Mr Peter I Duras (V) (2008) † Mr C Herbert Gardiner QJM (1974) Mr Murray R Aitken (S) (1993) Mr Rodney J (Rod) Gibb OAM (N) (2008) † Mr H George Carruthers MBE (1977) Dr John A Daly OAM (S) (1993) Mr H Fletcher McEwen OAM (S) (2008) Mrs Joyce P Bonwick OAM (1978) Mr Laurie A Hutton (N) (1993) Ms Glynis L Nunn Cearns OAM (Q) (2008) † Mr Thomas C Blue AM BEM (1980) Mr Donald W Jowett OAM (Q) (1993) Mr Kenneth J (Ken) Roche AO (V) (2008) Mr Clive D Lee AM (1984) Mr Daryl P Cross (Q) (1994) † Mr Raymond (Ray) Smith (V) (2008) † Mrs Flo Wrighter OAM BEM (1986) Mr Ian Galbraith (A) (1994) Mr Harold J (Harry) Summers (V) (2008) Mr Noel J Ruddock AM (1989) Dr Brian Hodgson (V) (1994) Mr John Atterton (N) (2009) † Mr Graeme T Briggs AM (1990) Mrs Pamela Turney OAM (V) (1994) Mrs Nancy Atterton (N) (2009) Mrs Stella McMinn AM (1992) Mr L Roy Boyd OAM (V) (1995) Mr William (Bill) Bailey (Q) (2009) † Mr Frederick W Napier OAM (1992) Mr Peter I Hamilton (N) (1996) Mr Ian Boswell (S) (2009) Mrs Brenda J Pearl OAM (1992) Mrs Rosemary Owens OAM (N) (1996) Mr Richard Carter (S) (2009) Hon Allan W McDonald QC (1993) Mr Dave B Cundy (A) (1997) Mr Owen Heness (A) (2009) † Mr George W Tempest (1994) Ms Lorraine Morgan AM (V) (2002) Mr James K (Jim) Minehane (Q) (2009) Mr John D Bailey AM (1995) Mr Greg Gilbert (A) (2003) Mr Norman R Osborne OAM (V) (2009) Mr Paul Jenes OAM (1995) Mr Geoffrey Martin OAM (N) (2003) Mr Colin Stubbings (Q) (2009) Mrs Margaret L Mahony OAM (1997) Ms Janelle Eldridge OAM (N) (2004) Mr Michael Thomson (A) (2009) Mr Denis P Wilson AM (1997) Mr Ian RP White (N) (2004) Mr Raymond H Weinberg OAM (V) (2009) † Mrs Gwen Chester (1998) Mr David Culbert (V) (2006) Ms Ronda M Jenkins OAM (2002)

Mrs Jill Huxley (2003) The Athletics Australia honours system was broadly revised in 2008. Then Life Members became Life Mr Reginald H Brandis (2005) Governors and all then living recipients of the Merit Award (who had not previously become so) were invited to become Life Members. Mr David A Prince OAM (2008) Mr Brian S Roe (2008)

† Deceased † Deceased

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RECIPIENTS OF THE MERIT AWARD OF (Elected by the Australian Women’s Amateur (Elected by Athletics Australia 1979-2007) THE AWARD ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA Athletic Union 1971-1978) (Awarded by Athletics Australia to an athlete (Elected by the Amateur Athletic Union of † Mr Harold L Ralph OAM (N) (1979) who has rendered distinguished service to † Mrs Gladys Armstrong (V) (1971) Australia 1968-1978) † Mr CA (Froggy) Wise (T) (1979) athletics) Mrs Joyce P Bonwick OAM (Q) (1971) † Mrs Molly Heffernan OAM (S) (1980) † Mr JB (Jim) Barlow (Q) (1968) Max Binnington (V) (1982) † Mrs Doris Clarke (N) (1971) † Mr Graeme T Briggs AM (T) (1981) † Mr EW (Bill) Barwick MBE (T) (1968) MBE (V) (1983) † Mrs Zora Fibbins OAM (N) (1971) † Mr Douglas G Ferrier (V) (1984) † Mr Reginald Clemson (V) (1968) Helen Searle OAM (N) (1984) † Mrs Edna Godfrey (N) (1971) † Mr J D (Jack) Forrest (Q) (1984) † Mr TB (Tom) Dodds (S) (1968) Glynis Nunn OAM (S) (1987) † Miss Nellie Gould OAM BEM (N) (1971) † Mr Donald F Bell OAM (V) (1985) † Mr HJ (Harry) Eastaughffe (Q) (1968) (W) (1989) † Mrs Lillian Kavanagh (S) (1971) † Mr Henri J Schubert MBE (V) (1987) † Mr JK (Keith) Faulkner (S) (1968) (V) (1990) † Mrs Aileen Kennedy BEM (V) (1971) † Mr George W Tempest (W) (1990) † Mr CH (Bert) Gardiner QJM (V) (1968) Paul Narracott (Q) (1991) † Mrs Yvonne Lanyon-Owen (Q) (1971) † Mr Frank J Day OAM (W) (1991) † Mr TF (Ted) Hantke (W) (1968) (V) (1992) † Mrs Emily McBeth (V) (1971) † Mr ES (Sam) Martin (Q) (1991) † Mr Charles HF Morgan (S) (1968) Susan Hobson (A) (1993) Mrs Stella McMinn AM (Q) (1971) Mr Paul Jenes OAM (V) (1992) † Mr AE (Alf) Robinson (V) (1968) Christine Schultz (V) (1995) † Mrs Doris I Magee AM MBE (N) (1971) † Mr RW (Rick) Pannell (V) (1992) † Mr FA (Fred) Rose (T) (1968) (N) (1996) † Miss Lillian M Neville OAM (V) (1971) † Mrs Wendy M Ey BEM (S) (1993) † Mr Victor B Sharp MBE (S) (1968) Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (N) (2001) † Mrs Mabel E Robinson MBE (V) (1971) † Mr AK (Scotchy) Gordon OAM (S) (1994) † Mr WC (Bill) Thompson (Q) (1968) Kerry Saxby Junna AM (N) (2002) † Mrs Gladys Rose (V) (1971) † Mr Jess Jarver OAM (S) (1994) † Mr FT (Theo) Treacy OBE (W) (1968) (V) (2003) † Mrs Grace Sheldon (N) (1971) Mrs Margaret L Mahony OAM (V) (1994) † Mr PS (Phil) McCavanagh (S) (1969) Catherine Freeman OAM (V) (2004) † Mrs Dorothy Spittles (Q) (1971) Mr Denis P Wilson AM (A) (1994) † Mr H George Carruthers MBE (N) (1970) Stephen Moneghetti (V) (2005) † Mrs Doreen Stanton (V) (1971) Mrs Jill Huxley (N) (1996) † Mr RC (Dick) Corish BEM (N) (1970) † Kerryn McCann (N) (2006) † Mrs Flo Wrighter OAM BEM (N) (1971) Mr Brian S Roe (T) (1996) † Mr Herbert J Lowe OBE (S) (1970) Nicole Boegman (N) (2007) † Mrs Margaret Cahill OAM (S) (1972) Mr Reginald H Brandis (Q) (1998) † Mr George B Stringer (V) (1970) Kylie Wheeler (W) (2008) † Mrs Mavis M Ebzery OAM (T) (1972) Ms Ronda M Jenkins OAM (V) (1998) † Mr Raymund PB White (N) (1970) (N) (2009) † Mrs Gwen Chester (W) (1973) † Mr JE (Jack) Draper (V) (1971) † Mrs Nea Edwards (N) (1973) ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA HALL OF FAME † Mr PD (Pat) Walsh (N) (1971) † Mrs Martha Fraser (V) (1973) † Mr JH (Jack) Hanman (N) (1972) MBE (2000) † Mrs Phyllis M McWillie (W) (1973) † Mr JW (Jack) Cook (Q) (1973) AM MBE (2000) † Mrs Iris Bennett (V) (1974) † Mr WW (Wally) Huxley (Q) (1973) AC MBE (2000) † Mrs Lena Berzinski (V) (1974) † Mr Eric R Goodwin (Q) (1974) † Edwin Flack (2000) † Mrs Doris Davis (V) (1974) † Mr Eddie Moore (V) (1974) Marjorie Jackson Nelson AC CVO (2000) † Mrs Nancy Keily (V) (1974) † Mr Ray C Frith OAM (N) (1975) † AO MBE (2000) † Mrs Maisie McQuiston BEM (V) (1974) Mr Noel J Ruddock AM (T) (1975) AM MBE (2004) † Miss Evelyn Morris (V) (1974) Mr John D Bailey AM (Q) (1976) AM (2004) † Mrs June Saunders (V) (1974) † Mr Alex H McIvor (S) (1976) John Landy AC CVO (2004) † Mrs Faye Venn (V) (1974) † Mr FJW (Fred) Budge (S) (1977) † Anthony (Nick) Winter (2004) † Mrs Errol Clay (W) (1975) † Mr Frederick W Napier OAM (W) (1977) Robert de Castella MBE (2008) † Mrs Marjorie Fitzgibbons (N) (1975) † Mr ED (Ted) Eastham (V) (1978) Debbie Flintoff King OAM (2008) † Mrs Doris (Dot) Barnes (S) (1976) † Mr ER (Ray) Graham OAM (S) (1978) Ryan AM MBE (2008) Mrs Brenda J Pearl OAM (S) (1976) † MBE (2008) † Mrs Nell Davey (N) (1977) † (2008) † Mrs Yvonne Neasbey (N) (1977) † June Maston Ferguson MBE (2009) † Mrs Gerida Bergman (N) (1978) † Mrs Marion Cuthbert (N) (1978) † Deceased † Deceased

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HENRI SCHUBERT MEMORIAL AWARD PLATINUM SERVICE AWARD Denis Wilson AM (A) (2003) Margaret Fisher (V) (2007) (Awarded by Athletics Australia on (Awarded by Athletics Australia to technical Sylvia Abbott (V) (2004) Graeme Nicholls (V) (2007) recommendation from the ATFCA to an officials and club, branch and association accredited coach who has rendered administrators who have provided service William Allamby (V) (2004) Frank Nott (T) (2007) distinguished service to Australian athletics in to the sport of athletics for 40 years or more. Phyllis Andersson OAM (V) (2004) Jean O’Neill (V) (2007) different ways, but particularly in the field of Instituted in 2003) coach education) Daryl Cross (Q) (2004) Marion Patterson OAM (V) (2007) † Donald Bell OAM (V) (2003) Joan Cross OAM (Q) (2004) † Joy Soanes (V) (2007) Norm Osborne OAM (V) (1994) Peter Bethell (V) (2003) Heather Doherty (Q) (2004) Ron Stobaus (V) (2007) Tom Hancock (V) (1995) † Jack Biggins (V) (2003) Kevin Dynan (V) (2004) Don Allen (N) (2008) † Jack Pross OAM (N) (1996) Murray Bird (T) (2003) Jean Gell OAM (V) (2004) † Peter Lucas (N) (2008) † Frank Day OAM (W) (1997) Geoffrey Boon (T) (2003) JH (Bruce) Grummitt (Q) (2004) Geoffrey Martin OAM (2008) Tony Rice (Q) (1998) Frank Brennan (V) (2003) Judith Grummitt (Q) (2004) Ellen McGrath (N) (2008) Pam Turney OAM (V) (1999) Amy Burow (V) (2003) Joan Hines (V) (2004) James (Jim) McGrath (N) (2008) Alan Launder AM (S) (2000) † Maxwell Cherry OAM (T) (2003) James (Jim) Minehane (Q) (2004) Bette O’Neil (S) (2008) Craig Hilliard (A) (2001) Robert (Bob) Cruise (S) (2003) Brian Moore (V) (2004) Ron O’Neil (S) (2008) L Roy Boyd OAM (V) (2002) Joyce Davis MBE (V) (2003) † Joyce Petfield OAM (Q) (2004) Brian Wyld (S) (2008) Tom Kelly (V) (2003) Peter Dempsey (S) (2003) Ron Petfield (Q) (2004) Fay Denholm (T) (2009) John Boas OAM (V) (2004) Phillip Donelan (N) (2003) Grant Sargent (V) (2004) Wayne Mason (T) (2009) Max Debnam (N) (2005) † Royce Foley (V) (2003) † Ray Smith (V) (2004) David Phillips (T) (2009) † Max Cherry OAM (T) (2006) Noella Greenham OAM (S) (2003) Tom Stead (A) (2004) Margaret Dunbar (V) (2010) Peter Lawler (N) (2007) † Robert (Bob) Hamilton (T) (2003) Harold Stevens OAM (V) (2004) Robert (Bob) Fossey (V) (2010) Eric Brown (Q) (2008) John Harding (A) (2003) Edward (Ted) West (T) (2004) Geoffrey Grant (V) (2010) Lyn Foreman (W) (2009) Vern Hough (N) (2003) Arthur Whitchell (V) (2004) Alan Johnson (V) (2010) (N) (2009) † Kath Hoskin (V) (2003) † Frank Woods (V) (2004) Donald Jowett OAM (Q) (2010) Robert (Bob) Hussey (S) (2003) Ken English (A) (2005) Patricia Kinnane (Q) (2010) Margaret Mahony OAM (V) (2003) Wayne Fletcher (T) (2005) Ivan Kitt (V) (2010) Alan Minter (V) (2003) Ken Hall (V) (2005) Patricia Robinson (V) (2010) Rex Morriss (T) (2003) Tony Keynes (S) (2005) Stuart Robley (V) (2010) † Fred Napier OAM (W) (2003) † Frank Knight (Q) (2005) Brian Smith (Q) (2010) Des Paul OAM (S) (2003) Dot Mills (A) (2005) Pauline Stevens OAM (Q) (2010) John Pearce OAM (S) (2003) Geoff Moore (A) (2005) Cathreen Thompson (V) (2010) Brenda Pearl OAM (S) (2003) Edward (Ted) Simmons OAM (N) (2005) Geoff Peters (S) (2003) Ian White (N) (2005) Patricia (Pat) Peters AM (S) (2003) Pat Agg (V) (2006) John Purdie (S) (2003) Eric Arnold (N) (2006) Margaret Ruddock (T) (2003) Kingsley Curtis (V) (2006) Noel Ruddock AM (T) (2003) Lola Downes OAM (V) (2006) Basil Thompson (V) (2003) Jean Harmey (N) (2006) † Peter Waddell (A) (2003) Kevan Hook (W) (2006) Ruth Weber (S) (2003) Valmai Loomes (N) (2006) Robin Whyte (A) (2003) Allan Stewart (V) (2006)

† Deceased † Deceased

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GOLD SERVICE AWARD Dora Dosser (V) (2005) David Hobson (A) (2008) (Awarded by Athletics Australia to technical Steven Downes (V) (2005) Laurie Keaton (A) (2008) officials and club, branch and association administrators who have provided service Greg Gilbert (A) (2005) Roslyn Mitchell (N) (2008) to the sport of athletics for 30 years or more. Vilis Gravitis (N) (2005) Betty Moore (N) (2008) Instituted in 2003) Lorraine Haddrick (N) (2005) Mary Saunders (V) (2008) Ellen Crane (V) (2003) Stephen Hampstead (N) (2005) Irene Williams (V) (2008) † Edward (Ted) Crisp (S) (2003) Bev Jaye (N) (2005) Tony Williams (V) (2008) † Donald (Don) Dohnt (S) (2003) Jan Knox (N) (2005) John Yarranton (V) (2008) Siegfield (Siggy) Grimm (S) (2003) Rosemary Owens OAM (N) (2005) Dorothy Donald (T) (2009) Jill Huxley (N) (2003) Gerard Ryan (A) (2005) Kimba (Kim) Eyles (T) (2009) Persephone (Sef) Lazarakis (W) (2003) Robert (Bob) Ryan (N) (2005) Jennifer Lennon (T) (2009) Alan Mills (N) (2003) Trish Thomas (A) (2005) Lyn Miles (Q) (2009) Valerie (Val) Prescott (W) (2003) David Carr (W) (2006) Vern Collings (V) (2010) Kathleen Rikus (N) (2003) Margaret Devine (W) (2006) Lee Derby (W) (2010) Theo Rikus (N) (2003) Brendan Ferrari (V) (2006) Barry Dobson (Q) (2010) Jeanette Robertson OAM (W) (2003) Terry Mahoney (T) (2006) Nancy Emblin (V) (2010) Brian Roe (T) (2003) Bryan McCarthy (A) (2006) Veronica Foard (V) (2010) Andrew Willis (T) (2003) Barry Saxby (N) (2006) Geoff Garnett (W) (2010) Diana Barnett (V) (2004) Janice Saxby (N) (2006) Harry Giles (Q) (2010) Joy Bradbury (V) (2004) Margaret Thompson (V) (2006) Ivan Harding (V) (2010) † Shirley Brasher (T) (2004) Michael Thomson (A) (2006) Brent Hundloe (Q) (2010) James (Jim) Ferrari (V) (2004) William Williams (V) (2006) Kathy Hundloe (Q) (2010) Ian Galbraith (A) (2004) May Burling (V) (2007) Richard Lawysz (V) (2010) Paul Jenes OAM (V) (2004) Patricia (Pat) Gartside (V) (2007) Norman Mackie (A) (2010) Lorraine Morgan AM (V) (2004) John Gomez (V) (2007) Hugh McKechnie (V) (2010) John Moss (V) (2004) Ronda Jenkins OAM (V) (2007) William (Bill) McLennan (V) (2010) Charles Nolan (V) (2004) Ruby Lambden (V) (2007) Heather Mitchell (N) (2010) Judith Phillips (T) (2004) Diane (Di) Lowden (V) (2007) Pamela Noden (V) (2010) Ian Rickard (V) (2004) Allan Mathews (V) (2007) Barbara Rumble (V) (2010) Joan Ryan (V) (2004) Elaine McLeod (V) (2007) Lorraine Smith (V) (2010) Margaret Smith (Q) (2004) Ron Miller (V) (2007) William (Bill) Toohey (V) (2010) Geoff Soanes (V) (2004) Margaret Nunn (V) (2007) Beth Vize (V) (2010) † David (Dave) Stevens OAM (Q) (2004) Diane (Di) Pain (V) (2007) Geoff Warren (V) (2010) Hazel Vaughan (V) (2004) Ron Palmer (V) (2007) Bruce Wilson (W) (2010) Marlene Warren (V) (2004) Ellen Perry (V) (2007) Lyndall Warry (Q) (2004) Simon Phillips (T) (2007) Ian Williams (V) (2004) Nancy Pollard (V) (2007) Allen Bain (Q) (2005) Laurie Preston (V) (2007) Wilma Bain (Q) (2005) Sandra Davison (T) (2008) Jo Cherry (T) (2005) John Hamann (S) (2008)

† Deceased † Deceased

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The Australian Honours List is an official record Australia takes bronze in the men’s containing over 240,000 entries of Australians 4x400m relay at the IAAF world titles who have been honoured since Federation, in Berlin, 2009 excluding those who have been recognised for military campaign service and with military long service awards. The Order of Australia was created in 1975 and since then, more than 14,000 Australians have been recognised for service to their country or humanity. This year the following members of the Australian athletics fraternity received an award in recognition of their service.

Australia Day Honours – January 26, 2010

Phyllis Anderson OAM (Vic) Medal (OAM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia, for service to athletics as an official and administrator.

Geoffrey Martin OAM (NSW) Medal (OAM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia, for service to athletics and to surf .

Queen’s Birthday Honours – June 14, 2010

Janelle Eldridge OAM (NSW) Medal (OAM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia, for service to athletics.

44 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Jeff RISELEY Jeremy ROFF Joshua ROSS Jessica ROTHWELL Aaron ROUGE-SERRET Adam RUTTER Dani SAMUELS John STEFFENSEN Pirrenee STEINERT Claire TALLENT 45 Vale

George W Tempest Shirley Brasher Verna McIntosh George Tempest is best remembered by Shirley was an inspiration not only to her own Verna represented Australia at the 1952 Western Australian athletes as a track generation but to all Tasmanians. Shirley took Olympics where she finished eighth in the long referee and if it had not been for George’s up athletics later than most, when her four jump with 5.74m and was a member of the employment in the army he may never have children became involved. Club athletics was world record-breaking 4x100m relay team that become involved with athletics at all. It was always the base, but she gradually added dropped the baton at the last change whilst in after his win at the Defence Forces athletics national veterans’ competitions and then took the lead to finish fifth. Verna also represented carnival in the mid-1940s that George was on the best in the world at the International Australia at the 1950 Auckland encouraged to run competitively. He joined Masters Event. Shirley was a state, national and Games (Commonwealth Games) where she the YMCA Club and enjoyed success in middle World Masters champion and record-holder on finished third in the 100 yards (11.1) and fifth distance events. In 1948 he was selected for multiple occasions. As an athlete, Shirley was a in the 220 yards (25.3), fourth in the long jump the national championships. In 1950, George quiet achiever, never wanting to seek publicity (5.54m) and was a member of both 440 yards began a remarkable career as an athletics for her own performances. Shirley was always and 660 yards gold medal medley relay teams. official. His first international meet was at the involved in athletics for schools, club, state or She was the national long jump champion British Empire and Commonwealth Games in national events as an official or a volunteer. She in 1952 and was also a minor medallist in the 1962, with his last being the Sydney Olympics was also conscientious, reliable and always on sprints and long jump between 1948 and 1952. in 2000 where he served as a track umpire. time. Shirley was bestowed with the Merit Award He was an active contributor to the work of of Athletics Tasmania in 1984 in recognition of Ian Sinfield the Athletics Australia Officials Committee, her dedicated service to the sport. Ian represented Australia at the 1960 and for many years filled the role of Officials Olympics where he finished 43rd in the Education Liaison Officer in WA. George was Ted Cavanagh marathon with a time of 2:34.16. He also also a successful coach of middle distance Ted was an Area Manager with Athletics SA competed at the 1962 Perth British Empire and athletes. During his 53 years of involvement in for a number of years. He was a National Commonwealth Games in the marathon but the sport, George received Life Membership Technical Official, having officiated at the did not finish. He won the Australian Marathon of the Melville Athletics Club, the AAWA and Commonwealth Games in Brisbane in 1982. Championships in 1960 with a time of 2:25.14. Athletics Australia. In 2000 he was recipient Ted was also involved with coaching. Ted was Ian passed away after a long illness in Western of the and in 2008 a Life Member of Athletics SA. Australia. the ultimate recognition, Life Governorship of Athletics Australia. Maurie Drew Fred Lester Elva Schulz Maurie competed for the East Melbourne Served during World War II and in 1947 joined Harriers and was the Victorian Triple Jump the YMCA AAC as a distance runner. For Elva’s involvement as an official with Australian Champion twice in 1963 and 1967. He finished nearly 30 years he was the secretary of the athletics granted her Life Membership of third twice in the national championships in Victorian Marathon Club and one of the main Athletics Australia in 1978, Queensland Athletics 1963 and 1967. His personal best was 15.87m, organisers of the annual Zatopek 10,000m race in 1965 and the Mayne Harriers Club. Initially she where he finished in third place at the 1967 in Melbourne. Fred ran in the World University was an Executive Member of the Queensland national championships. That year, he also Games in Moscow in 1957 but failed to finish Women’s Athletic Association and continued ranked in the world’s top 100. Maurie was the marathon. He finished seventh in the her service to the sport until the amalgamation amongst our leading triple jumpers during 1962 Australian marathon in 2:37.12. His best with the Men’s Athletic Association in 1983. a period of world-class jumpers in Australia, recorded time was 2:34.20. Elva was generous, giving, kind-hearted and which included the likes of , John caring, which led to her being given the title of Baguley, Graham Boase, and Mick ‘House Mother’ to many of the junior athletes McGrath. Maurie was a great competitor but at junior development camps conducted also a very kind and friendly person who was by the state association. These athletes went always willing to help. on to represent Queensland and Australia in competition. Elva was fondly remembered by Ray Smith all of these athletes, as she always arranged the farewell concert on the last night of Ray was one of the most well-known and deeply camp. Always willing to help where possible, respected members of the Australian race she opened up her home and billeted many walking community and of the Victorian Race athletes and coaches over the years. She was Walking Club. He finished sixth in the 50km race a tireless worker and earned the respect of walk at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. fellow officials and athletes with the accuracy He was the Australian 50km champion and of her recording, time-keeping and overall former 50km record-holder. He was the IAAF administration. She continued her athletics race walk judge (1975-2001). He was an IAAF work right up until the year 2000, when failing Race Walking Committee Member. A Life health caused her to retire, but she continued Member of the Coburg Harriers Athletics Club, a keen interest in the sport. Victorian Race Walking Club, Athletics Australia and Athletics Victoria. He held a 50-year Membership and Officiating Award with Athletics Victoria and was awarded the Merit Award for the Australian Sports Medal in 2000.

46 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Jared TALLENT Tristan THOMAS Mark TUCKER Mitchell WATT Cheryl WEBB Lisa WEIGHTMAN Scott WESTCOTT Sean WROE Youcef ABDI Luke ADAMS Anthony ALOZIE 47 Australian Records Australian Medallists

Australian records from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 IAAF world youth championships, Bressanone (ITA), July 8-12, 2009 Men Amy Pejkovic 2nd High jump

David Rudisha KEN AUS all-comers 800m 1:43.15 Melbourne 4/03/2010 World University Games, Belgrade (SRB), July 1-12, 2009 Sam Baines Vic AUS U20 110m hurdles 13.53 Brisbane 26/06/2010 Sean Wroe 1st 400m Collis Birmingham, AUS national 4x1500m relay 14:46.92 (BEL) 4/09/2009 Madeleine Pape 1st 800m Ryan Gregson, Mitch Kealey, Tristan Thomas 1st 400m hurdles Men’s 4x400m relay 1st (John Burstow, Brendan Cole, Tristan Thomas, Chris Troode, Clay Watkins, Sean Wroe) Mitchell Tysoe, AUS U18 1000m sprint 1:54.49 Bressanone (ITA) 11/07/2009 Dani Samuels 1st Discus throw Cameron Hyde, medley relay Alex Beck, Kaila McKnight 2nd 1500m Jordan Williamsz IAAF world championships, Berlin (GER), August 15-23, 2009 Qld AUS U20 Discus throw 62.56m Brisbane 26/06/2010 Steve Hooker 1st Pole vault (1.75kg) Dani Samuels 1st Discus throw Women Mitchell Watt 3rd Long jump Sally Pearson Qld AUS national 100m hurdles 12.50 (MON) 28/07/2009 (McLellan) Men’s 4x400m relay 3rd (Joel Milburn, Ben Offereins, John Steffensen, Tristan Thomas, Sean Wroe) Chloe Jamieson ACT AUS U16 100m hurdles 27.27 Hobart 5/12/2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, Thessaloniki (GRE), September 12-13, 2009 Liz Parnov WA AUS U20 100m hurdles 4.40m Perth 18/04/2010 Fabrice Lapierre 1st Long jump Liz Parnov WA AUS U18 100m hurdles 4.40m Perth 18/04/2010 IAAF world indoor championships, Doha (QAT), March 12-14, 2010 Wasie Toolis Qld AUS U16 Javelin throw 47.41m Hobart 6/12/2009 Steve Hooker 1st Pole vault Indoor Fabrice Lapierre 1st Long jump Ryan Foster Tas AUS national 800m 1:47.48 Pennsylvania 30/01/2010 Mitchell Watt 3rd Long jump (USA) World University Cross Country Championships, Kingston (CAN), April 11, 2010 Ryan Foster Tas AUS national 1000m 2:19.60 Pennsylvania 16/01/2010 (USA) Liam Adams 2nd Men’s cross country Fabrice Lapierre NSW AUS national Long jump 8.19m Doha (QAT) 12/03/2010 Women’s team 2nd (Emily Donker, Carly Griffith, Eliza Stewart, Jessica Trengove, Melinda Vernon)

David McNeill Vic AUS national 5000m 13:36.41 Fayetteville (USA) 12/03/2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Chihuahua (MEX), May 15-16, 2010 Colin Pocklington, AUS national 4x200m relay 1:51.99 Kamloops (CAN) 6/03/2010 Jared Tallent 3rd 50km walk Robert Pearce, (masters race) John Fienieg, Stuart Paterson

48 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Justin ANLEZARK Collis BIRMINGHAM Brendan COLE Matt DAVIES Martin DENT Chris ERICKSON Ryan GREGSON Benn HARRADINE Jody HENRY Steven HOOKER 49 Registration & Participation Figures 2009-10

Totals Totals 2008-09 ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Totals 2008-09 ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Totals Athletes Coaches Senior Male 4312 54 1283 204 730 141 219 1449 184 4264 Level 1 Male 591 12 181 7 191 28 19 189 36 663 Female Female 2369 30 679 159 559 94 119 601 214 2455 Female 461 11 169 4 217 14 6 94 22 537 Under 20 Male 659 18 210 2 92 38 31 218 59 668 Level 2 Male 730 16 205 2 202 35 13 156 49 678 Female Female 489 13 159 5 64 18 15 161 52 487 Female 361 7 87 0 130 14 2 44 32 316 Under 18 Male 1123 18 330 14 208 71 53 412 87 1193 Level 3 Male 80 1 18 0 8 2 1 8 7 45 Female Female 881 22 261 7 172 45 34 268 84 893 Female 21 0 3 0 6 0 0 2 2 13 Under 16 Male 1140 31 292 19 243 69 56 388 89 1187 Level 4 Male 222 8 76 0 49 16 10 46 10 215 Female Female 1146 21 364 13 234 68 63 327 97 1187 Female 72 1 19 1 15 6 2 14 5 63 Under 14 Male 850 25 265 39 221 24 74 300 73 1021 Level 5 Male 71 2 16 1 14 3 1 29 2 68 Female Female 996 23 319 44 243 27 86 279 84 1105 Female 14 2 3 0 2 2 0 3 5 17 Under 12 Male 789 – 165 164 594 3 – – – 926 Total coaches 2644 60 777 15 834 120 54 585 170 2615

Female Female 812 – 178 179 594 2 – – – 953 Participation programs Total Male 8873 146 2545 442 2088 346 433 2767 493 9260 Schools Knockout 3512 0 297 0 360 270 459 1422 154 2962 Female Female 6693 109 1960 407 1866 254 317 1636 531 7080 Australian 2237 30 360 3 404 71 84 347 81 1380 Total athletes 15566 255 4505 849 3954 600 750 4403 1024 16340 All Schools (inc. PSG) Running Australia 116,470 0 42,305 0 31,369 28,643 7,866 27,425 40,460 178,068 Officials Total participation 122,219 30 42,962 3 32,133 28,984 8,409 29,194 40,695 182,410 Male 633 42 175 25 38 26 80 120 29 535 Female 528 28 128 36 22 23 55 71 38 401 Total officials 1161 70 303 61 60 49 135 191 67 936

Active Life Members Male 34 11 38 14 21 19 6 8 9 126 Female 19 2 18 9 23 13 2 9 10 86 Total active life 53 13 56 23 44 32 8 17 19 212 members

50 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Patrick JOHNSON Alwyn JONES Fabrice LAPIERRE Andrew LETHERBy Tamsyn LEWIS Donna MACFARLANE David MCNEILL Scott MARTIN Kimberley MICKLE 51 Athletics ACT

Strategic direction There remain many challenges to the sport of athletics in the ACT and Australia and whilst The Executive Committee took the decision there have been some positive steps in the right that in accordance with the agreed strategic direction, there are a number of areas that are direction, increased resources need to be of concern, including: directed into development activities. As a result, the then-Executive Officer position was • Declining numbers of particpants redrawn as an Administrative Officer position. • Continuing competition for our potential This was so the Association could proactively athletes of the future from other sports provide more resources to development, to promote the sport of athletics at the secondary • The support provided by the club network. It school and tertiary level within the region and would appear that having nine clubs across recognise that the success of athletics in the 300 members is too many and that most 2009-10 has been a successful year for Develop a coaching structure that provides clubs are struggling to communicate with Athletics ACT, with highlights including nine coaching services to all levels of athletes. ACT will be dependent on the continuing entry of talented youth. We are also appreciative their members. The sport needs to make ACT athletes selected for the Commonwealth some decisions around whether we need to Games, a return to financial surplus, AACT has established a good rapport with of the relationship established with LA to work Dennis Goodwin, President of the ACT branch together in the transition area of juniors and to consolidate club numbers so as to reduce improved relationships with our sister athletics duplication. organisations and an increased focus on of the ATFCA, who has brought a new level recognise their areas of coverage. development. of energy to the coaching fraternity and is AACT also welcomes the support provided by proactive in promoting the development of the AACT was particularly lucky in engaging Wendy Pinkerton in late 2009 as our new Athletics Australia of our association during the The key priorities and results for Athletics ACT coaching fraternity in the ACT and the region. year and the awarding of Owen Heness and in 2009-10: The future of athletics depends very much on Administrative Officer. With a background in sports administration Wendy has very effectively Michael Thomson life membership of Athletics the coaching fraternity to develop ‘promise’ Australia. Re-structure of Athletics ACT into a single entity, into performance and Canberra has a unique managed the office, provided a new focus on representing and providing programs and coaching independent structure, whereby supporting our volunteers and established new services to all track and field members. coaches are not affiliated with clubs. office procedures – all in a modest but positive and proactive manner. Great job Wendy. Alex Gosman During the season we instituted a new competition format, which received positive Athletic performance Greg Gilbert stepped down from the Board President Athletics ACT feedback from members. Increased resources 2010 has again resulted in a strong year of during the year and it would be remiss of me were placed into the development arena not performances by ACT athletes at both senior not to provide a tribute to his many years of only to support the next generation of athletes and junior competition and nine ACT athletes assistance with event set-up and management but also at the tertiary level. Unfortunately, have been selected for the Commonwealth at both the ACT and national level. Greg did a results were not what were expected and the Games team. Melissa Breen, Lauren Boden manful job in running the national Australia Cup Board needs to focus further on this area. The and Brendan Cole all won national titles during meet in Canberra in late January. Board recognises this is a long-term investment the year and set a series of world for results. records in the area of AWD throws. Develop formal agreements with ACT Cross There was strong representation by the ACT at Country, ACT Veterans and ACT Little Athletics junior and school-level competition as well. to work together where appropriate and to combine the administration location for all four A particular congratulations must go to Matt organisations. Beckenham, who achieved a number of major coaching successes during the past year AACT took the lead in 2009 in re-establishing including the selection to the Commonwealth relationships with our sister athletics associations. Games team of Melissa, Lauren and Brendan. 100m athlete Melissa Breen Not only did this include a series of one-on-one Matt also coached Tom Burbidge, the winner races to victory at the Briggs meetings but also the hosting of an informal of this year’s . Athletics Classic in February athletics council for the four associations to get together and discuss common issues. Financial performance AACT has established MOUs with all three Under a very professional and disciplined associations, defining areas of responsibility and treasurer AACT returned to surplus in 2009, support. AACT has also increased its liaison with which provides the Executive with considerable the ACT Government and we again extend our more confidence and certainty in running the appreciation of the ongoing funding support association. provided.

52 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Joel MILBURN Ben OFFEREINS Madeleine PAPE Sally PEARSON Caitlin PINCOTT Petrina PRICE Jeff RISELEy Jeremy ROFF Joshua ROSS Jessica ROTHWELL 53 Athletics New South Wales

Athletics needs to focus on building relationships at all levels of the community and government. There is interest within the general community to be ‘tapped’ into so that athletics can become a more prominent sport in Australian homes. The marketing of our sport is still weak and it is the responsibility of all levels to have an active plan that will lift the profile of athletics, not only in NSW, but also in Australia. Sincere thanks are extended to the management team at ANSW, led by CEO Greg The 2009-10 year surpassed the gains made Our athletes continue to perform well at both a Meagher and the Board of Directors, for what in the previous year in terms of athletes, their national and international level. The President’s was one of the busiest and most successful performances, clubs and in the sport in New report details many of the achievements of years for ANSW since the 2000 Olympics. South Wales. The plan put in place the previous our athletes but it would be remiss of me not Thank you also to the officials, coaches and year has now started to produce results. to congratulate Dani Samuels on her world administrators who work behind the scenes championships gold medal and also Fabrice to make the individual athletes and their Registrations have increased, which resulted in Lapierre on his success at the international level clubs successful. Finally, thank you to Athletics higher participation for both winter and summer over the last 12 months. A large group of NSW Australia, NSW Institute of Sport, Sydney competitions. This has occurred at all levels, competitors will take part in the Commonwealth Olympic Authority and ANSW’s local sponsors from local to the more elite areas of the sport. Games in later this year. It is also for their continued support and commitment. Athletics New South Wales’ commitment to the encouraging to see the levels of participation also provided competition increasing at both the youth and junior levels of to all levels of competitors over 30 years of age the sport with Amy Pejkovic winning silver at the Peter Bromley 2009 world youth championships. who wished to participate in athletics. Chairman Again this year the premier events included the The Board has appointed a working Athletics New South Wales 10km Road Race, with over 860 entries, and the committee to review the current competition Sydney Track Classic, which produced many structure and provide a report with Dani Samuels becomes the youngest outstanding performances. The former event recommendations as to how ANSW should world discus champion in history at was well recognised across the international organise competition in the future. We expect the 2009 IAAF world titles in running community and will provide Athletics to have the report later this year with the aim Berlin (GER) New South Wales (ANSW) with the credentials of adopting the recommendations in the 2011- to host more events like this in the future. 12 competition year. The Newcastle Track Classic was a great success The continued development of our sport is thanks to the efforts of Regional Coordinator critical and the Board of ANSW has made this Scott Westcott, cooperation of local organising a priority. This includes building on the learning groups in the Hunter and the support received and success experienced with the regional from athletes, coaches and officials. This success program in the Hunter Region. Over the next 12 provides ANSW with the opportunity to further months, ANSW expects to increase the role of develop this style of event to bring entertaining development and integrate activities into local athletics to the people of NSW. It is my aim athletic communities. It is hoped that through to further develop this type of event beyond the support of the Federal Government, Little Newcastle and to ensure that we have the Athletics and Athletics Australia, ANSW will be involvement of local clubs and organisations as able to deliver in this area. part of these events. ANSW will continue to work Strong local clubs are the key to growing our with Athletics Australia to ensure we develop sport as they not only produce opportunities a comprehensive calendar of events that will for athletes but also provide a base for the provide athletes with as many opportunities as development of coaches and officials. This, possible to compete at a high standard. combined with getting local businesses involved, will help grow our sport at a grassroots level; critical to the long-term success of athletics. ANSW’s financial position continues to remain strong and while the organisation has had several challenges during the year, including the change to the registration period which affected the receipt of fees, we are able to continue to allow new initiatives to be considered.

54 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Aaron ROUGE-SERRET Adam RUTTER Dani SAMUELS John STEFFENSEN Pirrenee STEINERT Claire TALLENT Jared TALLENT Tristan THOMAS Mark TUCKER Mitchell WATT 55 Athletics Northern Territory

As has been the case in previous years, both School Sport NT and Broome Athletics Club (Little Athletics WA) competed at the NT Championships as associate members. Congratulations to all competitors who took part,whether a medallist or not. Thank you to the officials and volunteers who made the event possible, locals, visitors from WA and to our very own from Katherine and Alice Springs. We trust everyone enjoyed the temporary location of the meet and the country fair Greetings from the ‘Top End’, Darwin, Northern 2010 also saw Athletics Northern Territory assist setting at Alawa Ovals. Territory of Australia. with the Rotary Pedal Power event held at the Hidden Valley Motorsports complex, home of The 2011 will be held from May Athletics in the Top End and central Australia, the V8s in Darwin. Darwin Runners and Walkers 7 to 14 inclusive. Check the Arafura Games Alice Springs and the Katherine regions has Club set up the timing/chip system. Used during website for regular updated information. remained stable with a minor increase in the day to record bike riders during a variety of Volunteer registrations will be detailed online athlete member numbers. Pedal Power events. for those interested in visiting Darwin at the We have seen an increase in qualified start of our dry season. Warning: Book flights Arafura Athletics Stadium is currently a and accommodation early as it has been volunteer officials as a result of conducting construction site as it is being fully upgraded with officials courses in Darwin, and anticipate new confirmed that at the present time, 11 countries many thanks to the NT Government and a $4.2m will be attending the Games. volunteer officials becoming available from the funding agreement to upgrade the facility. Katherine region. Alice Springs is being targeted Sponsors: Without sponsors some athletics functions to increase volunteer officials in that region. The new stadium facilities will see pole just do not happen. We acknowledge the vault and steeplechase events once again We are continuing our endeavour to conduct Northern Territory Government, Sports and contested in future events at the stadium. Recreation (NT Government), McDonalds, coaching accreditation courses from within the Lighting is being fully upgraded and will include Territory and for courses to be conducted in Athletes Foot, NT News, Coca Cola, Powerade two new light towers on the outside of the and Southern Cross Broadcasters (NT). Alice Springs and Darwin, with the anticipation bends north and south of the track. A new of Katherine candidates attending courses east/west pole vault runway is being installed in Darwin. To this end, our new Office to further enhance stadium capability. The Administration Manager Mrs Donna English has refurbishment is on target for the new track John R Williams been making contact with Athletics Australia surface to be down by mid-November (just President for such courses to be conducted in the early before the wet season), with the infield, lighting Athletics Northern Territory part of 2011. and equipment to be fully replaced before the Mr Mick Outhred resigned as General Manager 2011 Arafura Games in May. to move interstate to further his Due to construction work at the stadium it ventures after serving several years with was necessary to find a temporary home to Athletics Northern Territory. We wish him well conduct the Northern Territory Championships with his future prospects in his new employment held September 3-5, 2010. and triathlon feats. The championships were located at the Alawa Athletics Northern Territory has kept moving Ovals off Lakeside Drive and adjacent to forward and after a short period of volunteers Charles Darwin University, an old athletics site attending the office and its associated from years gone by. administration we were able to secure the services of our new Office Administration Our special thanks to Charles Darwin University Manager, Mrs Donna English. for assisting in making the area available, including the relocation of AFL goal posts and Donna has settled in very well as a novice ground preparation. to athletics but her prior knowledge from previous sporting interests (hockey and events We constructed a joint long jump and triple administration at Freds Pass Reserve) has given jump pit, three concrete base throws rings and her a good grounding in her move into the had a portable AWD throws ring, all 250kg of it. world of athletics. Along with the main oval, an eight-lane 400m Our major events have been out-of-stadium track with a 110m eight-lane straight, we based this year due to track refurbishment . marked a training track that was 100m with These included the Australia Day Fun Run, NT a 200m curve and a javelin throw area. The News City 2 Surf, 10km Road Race Series and in circular track was based on a 70m straight so conjunction with Darwin Runners and Walkers it could fit inside the Australian Rules Football Club, the ABC Half Marathon. and cricket arena.

56 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Cheryl WEBB Lisa WEIGHTMAN Scott WESTCOTT Sean WROE Youcef ABDI Luke ADAMS Anthony ALOZIE Justin ANLEZARK Collis BIRMINGHAM Brendan COLE 57 Queensland Athletics

Finally, I would like to thank the Queensland Mitchell Watt takes bronze at Athletics and Athletics North Queensland Board the 2009 IAAF world titles in members. These individuals’ enthusiastic and Berlin (GER) sound advice, governance and direction have enabled the sport of athletics to move forward and achieve success in a range of areas. Thank you also to the dedicated QA and ANQ staff members, who work above and beyond the call of duty for our sport. Their remarkable efforts and skills often go unrecognised, yet are vital to the everyday success of athletics in Queensland. After a year of many changes and challenges, In the winter, Brisbane cross country I am delighted to report that the 2009-10 participation continues to be strong. In I look forward to another successful year athletics year has seen further improvements particular, the Queensland All Schools Cross of operation and growth for athletics in in the growth of the sport of athletics in Country Championships experienced huge Queensland in 2010-11. Queensland. gains, with an increase by more than 300 participants from the 2009 championships. During the 2009-10 year Queensland Athletics The entry numbers, which were well over Grant Cremer has seen continued growth in membership 1600, were the biggest experienced in many Chief Executive Officer numbers, participation rates and market years and are a good indication of how this Queensland Athletics penetration. Queensland Athletics also returned competition is once again being embraced a solid financial surplus for the year 2009. by the school community. The 2009-10 athletics year has also been most It is clear that recreational running numbers successful for athletics in North Queensland, continue to increase and that the popularity where Athletics North Queensland operates as of fun runs keeps on growing. The Running an integral part of Queensland Athletics in the Australia program, launched in 2008, is delivery of athletics. continuing to expand with over 15 events Athletics North Queensland performed very signed up to the program in 2009. This saw strongly, with excellent growth in members over 30,000 Queensland runners take part in and competition participants. Athletics North the national program, which has boosted our Queensland continued to provide a full range recreational running membership numbers of competitions and opportunities for its substantially. It would seem that this program members via its extremely dedicated Board, has huge potential for future years and this staff and volunteers. The ANQ season was looks likely to continue to increase in the as usual busy, with the highlights being the years ahead. In 2010 this program is proving North Queensland Games, the Athletics North to be even more successful and Queensland Queensland Championships and the successful Athletics see recreational running as an Oz Squad development camp. One of the untapped market for future membership. ongoing challenges for both Athletics North Queensland Athletics was proud to continue Queensland and Queensland Athletics is to its growth in membership. The impressive figure work together to coordinate the activities of of 4345 total membership represents a 10-year both organisations into one streamlined sport. high for Queensland; this was aided especially The year 2009-10 continued the exciting by the large gains achieved by Athletics North interclub Shield Meet concept and Queensland Queensland. Queensland Athletics’ goal is Athletics is pleased with how the competition to become the member association with the format is continuing to be embraced. Many largest membership of any Australian senior clubs are viewing these meets as a great way athletics state sport organisation. We will be to invigorate their clubs and to build a sense of looking to break through the 5000-member club pride. mark next year and look towards a figure over 10,000 in the not-too-distant future. The Shield Meets directly contributed to an increase of 24 per cent in the Brisbane Track Queensland Athletics continues to build strong and Field Competition participation numbers and productive alliances with other athletics from the 2008-09 season. bodies within Queensland. Queensland Masters, the Queensland branch of the Track and Field Championship numbers also ATFCA and Little Athletics Queensland, as increased by 6.5 per cent over 2008 entry well as our national governing body, Athletics numbers. Although the increase was not Australia, have all worked co-operatively and huge, it mostly came from participation in the productively with Queensland Athletics at younger age groups which is encouraging. different times throughout the year in order to provide better products and services to our customers.

58 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Matt DAVIES Martin DENT Chris ERICKSON Ryan GREGSON Benn HARRADINE Jody HENRY Steven HOOKER Patrick JOHNSON Alwyn JONES Fabrice LAPIERRE 59 Athletics South Australia

Despite the recent decrease in hours afforded The next 12 months promise to be very to development, the ASA development challenging for ASA. The Santos Stadium track program is achieving good results thanks to the redevelopment is scheduled to commence in continuing efforts of Toby Medlin. At the new September and be completed by the end of National Junior Championships in March, the February, 2011. As Santos Stadium is the only South Australian team was the best performed synthetic athletics track in South Australia, ASA of all states and territories per capita for medals will be forced to move its operations to a club won. The team brought home 41 medals with a venue. Despite appeals from ASA, it is highly team of only 77 athletes, which is a credit to all probable that a portion of the membership involved. Strong leadership, new team policies, base will see no benefit in registering during a young management team and a renewed 2010-11, resulting in a loss of revenue. Present sense of pride and optimism made a significant budget estimates suggest that this, coupled It has been a good year for Athletics South Summer and winter competition structures contribution to these results. with the loss of revenue through the Santos Australia (ASA), with progress being made remained fairly similar to those of the previous Stadium canteen, will leave a budget shortfall in a number of key areas. The Board and season. The Track and Field Commission made The introduction of a new Athletics SA upwards of $25,000 based on the 2009-10 result. Management Team continue to seek ways some changes to the timetabling in response state uniform turned heads at the junior In essence, the upgrade could potentially result to improve the administration and delivery of to feedback from the membership survey. championships and reignited a sense of team in a loss of revenue of as much as $50,000, athletics in South Australia. The development This included condensing the program and pride. This significant investment also created a highlighting the need for ASA to lobby state of a new strategic plan was an important resulted in events not being available every new revenue stream for ASA. and local government to develop another step forward. ASA’s engagement of key week. Overall attendance figures at weekly 2009-10 also saw some positive steps forward synthetic track and field facility in Adelaide. stakeholders in the development of the new competition were slightly down on those of for the unification of South Australian athletics On a more positive note, it’s an exciting time strategic plan was important. The end result is previous seasons, which was also a reflection of with strong progress made towards the a plan that represents the thoughts and vision reduced membership numbers. It is clear that a to be involved in the administration of athletics implementation of a dual registration policy in Australia. There are some positive moves of the sport’s chief partners. ASA now has a thorough review and revamp of the track and with SA Little Athletics and a move towards a clear direction with which it can move forward field season will be needed in the near future right around the country to address many key partnership with the SA branch of the ATFCA issues and challenges that confront the sport. to confront the many challenges and threats for ASA competition to remain relevant. to collaboratively deliver coach education in athletics faces in South Australia. This is accompanied by a sense of optimism The Adelaide Invitational Series again proved to South Australia. ASA is committed to continuing and a willingness to collectively move the Financially, ASA is in a strong position, posting be popular with an increase in sponsorship and to pursue the development of partnerships with sport forward. At ASA, we look forward to another healthy surplus of $22,327 during the attendance. The organising committee took other athletics organisations in South Australia. being a part of the continued development of 2009-10 financial year. Graham Billett as the the event to a new level by funding a limited Another key project that commenced in 2009- Australian athletics over the next 12 months. Finance Director, and Melinda Andrews as the number of athletes from interstate to attend. 10 was the move towards the development Administration Officer have once again done This significantly increased local media interest of a new constitution that more adequately a fantastic job in this area. Graham’s diligence in the series and provided a welcome boost reflects the current operations of ASA. It is Adam Bishop in overseeing the finances has led to a strong to competition for our members. Athletics in anticipated that the new constitution will be Executive Director accumulation of member funds. The Board and South Australia desperately craves the return implemented early in 2011. Management Team will be looking to utilise of an elite-level national meet to assist its Athletics South Australia some of the accumulated funds to responsibly development and high performance structures invest in a number of exciting projects during the and boost interest in athletics in the state. next 12 months. The Santos Stadium canteen continues to be an important asset to ASA. The winter cross country, road and walks program remained fairly similar, however Athletics SA During season 2009-10, ASA changed its introduced two new funs runs into the winter venue hire arrangements and as a result, its season, which proved popular. Fitzy’s 5 received membership fee structure. This resulted in an a vast amount of exposure and was well increase in the annual membership fee, but supported. It is hoped this event will not only removed weekly stadium gate fees. Whilst become an annual tribute to the memory of the feedback indicated that this was well received legendary and raise funds for by the membership base, registrations were cancer research, but also increase ASA’s financial down slightly for the period. It is hard to know capacity and brand exposure as it grows. whether this was a result of an inability or reluctance to pay a lump sum or whether 2009-10 also saw a change in the staff structure this was a result of the summer and winter at ASA. The Board decided to make the competition structure or even the lingering position of Executive Director full time (up from impact of the Global Financial Crisis. 0.6) and the Development Officer position was reduced from a full time role to 20 hours a week. Unfortunately ASA is not in a position at present to employ both staff on a full time basis. Having a full time Executive Director will be important in order to work towards achieving this and meeting a current shortfall in paid staffing resources. ASA must continue to seek additional income to employ more paid staff and counter an over-reliance on volunteer labour. The Board and Management Team are working hard to achieve this.

60 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Andrew LETHERBY Tamsyn LEWIS Donna MACFARLANE David MCNEILL Scott MARTIN Kimberley MICKLE Joel MILBURN Ben OFFEREINS Madeleine PAPE Sally PEARSON 61 Athletics Tasmania

Sponsorship levels reached an all-time high Tasmanian athletics faces challenges in many during 2009-10, with the ongoing involvement respects, both ongoing and new. In particular, in our programs by many ongoing and new we must find ways to increase numbers supporters, led by IGA Supermarkets, our coaching at all levels and in all disciplines, Principal Commercial Partner, and the one- including in the traditional aspects of ‘pro off significant contribution by the University running’. The encouraging achievements made of Tasmania to the National All Schools and by our young stars must be nurtured but equally Youth Athletics Championships. The Hobart we must be cognisant of making our sport more City Council’s support for this event and attractive to, and rewarding for, club athletes the IAAF Walk Challenge is also particularly and recreational participants. We continue to acknowledged. push our national body for more development programs and tools and innovative competition The 2009-10 season provided high points Athletics Tasmania’s major ‘domestic’ events, Coach and officials education courses were models that will be relevant in the Tasmanian on many fronts for Athletics Tasmania, from the IGA Tasmanian All Schools Cross Country again successfully staged during the report environment. Tristan Thomas’ superb European season to an and the Cadbury Marathon Festival, grew period. Our appreciation is extended once outstanding hosting of the UTAS Australian All again during 2009-10, with encouraging results, again to the ATFCA (Tasmanian branch) and We acknowledge the Tasmanian media for its Schools and Youth Athletics Championships, to both in terms of the organisation and the return Darrel Harington, in particular, for their key roles continued willingness to provide a high level the opportunity to stage our first international to the sport athletically and financially. in delivering the coach education courses. of exposure for our sport – without question the circuit competition. Shaun Wilson (officiating) and Rosemary best in the country. As always recognition is The year’s financial successes, largely through Coleman (walk judge) were selected to made of the roles of the Central Coast, Hobart The staging of a range of significant events surpluses from these events, have enabled the successfully participate in the IAAF Level II and Launceston Councils that continue to was the primary activity for Association staff, Association to expand its program delivery Diploma Courses during the year. make provision for our track and field facilities, volunteers and officials during the report year. and inventory in the period since. A chip and of Macquarie Accounting, our accounting Whilst taxing, the benefits have been diverse, timing service was acquired for out-of-stadium Our unique state performance program support partner. including the opportunity for all to acquire competitions, which is used for enhancing our supported so substantially by Athletics Australia new and develop existing individual and own events and servicing the recreational and the Tasmanian Institute of Sport began The Tasmanian athletics family lost one of its corporate skill bases; the enhancement of the running market. to deliver on the field ‘big time’ in 2009-10, most treasured members, Shirley Brasher, in 2009 Tasmanian athletics family’s growing reputation with outstanding results at junior and youth – a champion masters athlete and an ever- for delivering events of high quality; increased For the first time AT has also been able to take levels in national championships. Europcar AT/ willing official and volunteer. Commonwealth media awareness; promotion of the sport on two full-time trainees, with the assistance of TIS Development Squad members featured Games representative (1950) and ultra runner to potential members locally and increased the Tasmanian Government’s support programs. prominently on the national victory dais of distinction Bill Emmerton passed away at 90, revenue streams. This not only provided us with the chance to train throughout the year. in the new report year. two of the sport’s significant young contributors It is not possible, or wise, for an organisation in a workplace environment but also to increase The Board considers recognition of current On behalf of the Association I record our thanks which relies heavily on such a talented and the services we can provide to members. We and past service to the sport in Tasmania to and appreciation to fellow Board members hard-working volunteer base to undertake a acknowledge the partnership support provided be one of its most important responsibilities. To and to our tireless staff, Fiona Plummer, Richard program such as this every year. The Board will by AFL Tasmania to provide office space and this end it commissioned a review of its awards Welsh, Peter Fortune, more recently Simon continue to ensure that opportunities to stage services for us in Launceston. system and the way in which recipients are Bennett and Mark Smith and State Team events are carefully considered and only taken recognised. This will be reflected through some Manager, Rosemary Coleman. To each and on board when they can provide both reward The Board continues to develop our links with special recognition of past contributors and every athlete, volunteer, coach and official through satisfaction to the volunteers and an the Tasmanian Athletic League, Tasmanian the inclusion of ‘honour rolls’ on the Association who was part of the Athletics Tasmania appropriate financial return to the sport. Masters and the Tasmanian Branch of the website. The review of Tasmanian records was community in 2009-10 we say thank you and ATFCA, each of which now has a much closer also completed this year. look forward to more of the same in the future, The All Schools and Youth Athletics relationship with us as the governing body. perhaps with a family member or friend along Championships was by every measure an Service delivery to the school community also Tasmania was well represented on international for the ride. outstanding success – due to a massive effort continues to increase in many ways. Special athletics tracks in 2009-10, led by Donna on behalf of so many but particularly Helen Lee, attention will be paid in 2010-11 to working MacFarlane, who was selected for her second Gary Sayer, Craig Griggs and Richard Welsh. with the TAL to consolidate carnival running in world championships, Huw Peacock, who was Brian Roe The accolades forthcoming from quarters Tasmania as it faces challenges on a number an impressive fifth in the hammer throw at the far and wide were testament to the skill and of fronts. The dual registration system with world youth championships and Tristan Thomas, President dedication demonstrated in both planning and Tasmanian Little Athletics continued to work who was World University Games champion in Athletics Tasmania delivery. This standard was maintained for the well, with increased numbers of athletes in the the 400m hurdles and a member of the bronze 2010 edition of the Briggs Athletics Classic, the Under 14 age group a notable feature of the medal-winning 4x400m relay team at the world Australian Combined Events Championships year’s participation figures. championships in Berlin. and particularly the unique delivery of the IAAF Race Walk Challenge/Australian 20km Road We have continued to raise the issue of support Walks Championships on the Hobart foreshore. for schools programs with the State Departments There is no doubt that Tasmanian athletics took of Education and Sport and Recreation, but best advantage of the chance to stage a leg there remains no positive response to date. Sadly of an IAAF event. the reply is similar in relation to our requests for assistance towards our office re-development. On the other hand, we can report increased activity through the ASC’s Active After School program. However the Tasmanian Government, through its DSR and Events Tasmania grant programs, remains a most valued partner of, and advisor to, the Association.

62 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Caitlin PINCOTT Petrina PRICE Jeff RISELEY Jeremy ROFF Joshua ROSS Jessica ROTHWELL Aaron ROUGE-SERRET Adam RUTTER Dani SAMUELS John STEFFENSEN 63 Athletics Victoria

National 10,000m record-holder Collis Birmingham hits the track at the 2009 IAAF world championships in Berlin (GER)

Once again I am delighted to report that We have now concluded the final year of Athletics Victoria has sustained its consistently our three-year funding arrangement with the high levels of growth and member service. Victorian government as part of the 2006 In 2009-10 there has been further growth Commonwealth Games legacy. I commend the in membership numbers (not including Government for its support and note this funding recreational runners) to reach a record level of has proven that if you invest in the business of 5,118. This represents a new high for Athletics athletics you can successfully grow the business. Victoria since the amalgamation of the men’s Clearly, our challenge now is to continue to grow and women’s associations in 1982. Athletics without the injection of the Government’s seed Victoria has also, once again, returned a solid capital. We will continue to explore potential financial surplus – approximately matching that sources of alternative revenue and, hopefully, of last financial year – of $31,888.00. This is the will be able to exploit some of the opportunities sixth consecutive surplus figure recorded. that will be present when we relocate operations from Olympic Park to the new stadium being built Our development strategies have proven at Albert Park in 2011-12. successful over the past few years and Athletics Victoria is enjoying the rewards. Not only have Finally, I would like to thank the members athlete registration numbers improved, but we of the Athletics Victoria Board, especially also have record numbers of coaches and our President, Anne Lord. Anne commits officials registered. The additional coach and hundreds of voluntary hours to working for official education programs offered have also better outcomes for athletics and her efforts proven very popular and we will continue to are recognised and appreciated by us all. pursue these initiatives next year. Similarly, the countless hours given each year by the dedicated Athletics Victoria officials and One of the reasons we aim to grow and coaches are vital to the ongoing operation develop the sport is so that we can have more of our sport and must be commended. To participants involved in our competitions. This the Athletics Victoria staff, who show great year has seen club and member competition dedication in working towards the constant continue to thrive. The statewide track and improvement of Victorian athletics, I offer my field club competition, AV Shield, includes over sincere appreciation, admiration and thanks. 75 meets of athletics throughout the season. This, combined with another outstanding and I am looking forward to another successful ever-popular 2009 XCR series (cross country year of operation and growth for Athletics and road), confirms Victoria as the dominant Victoria in 2010-11. athletics state in Australia. Moreover, I believe these competitions are being achieved in a more efficient and innovative manner and at a Nick Honey consistently high standard. In this way, Athletics Victoria has continued to pursue its primary President goal of producing the most desirable products Athletics Victoria for its customers. Another strategic imperative that has been vigorously pursued this year is the continued fostering of our relationship with the Victorian Little Athletics Association. Athletics Victoria has never had a more open, cooperative and mutually beneficial understanding with the VLAA. My thanks and congratulations to the VLAA President, Gordon Major, and the VLAA CEO, Dean Paulin, for their willingness to work co- operatively with our organisation for the greater benefit of Victorian athletics. We look forward to another year of excellent cooperative outcomes with Victorian Little Athletics.

64 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Pirrenee STEINERT Claire TALLENT Jared TALLENT Tristan THOMAS Mark TUCKER Mitchell WATT Cheryl WEBB Lisa WEIGHTMAN Scott WESTCOTT Sean WROE 65 Athletics Western Australia

Jody Henry strides out at the Brisbane Athletics Classic in February

Athletics Western Australia (AWA) reported AWA’s move to night competition under lights last year on our achievement of finalising the at the new stadium has contributed to a dream and goal of a new athletics facility for significant increase in competition numbers WA. Following on from this, we now have the during the season. Athletics competition pleasure of reporting that with the support of numbers have now increased over 200 per the WA Government, WA hosted the 2009-10 cent since the 2007-08 season. To maintain this Go for 2&5 Australian Athletics Championships level of growth presents a real challenge for and Commonwealth Games selection trials. WA the future. It is rewarding to see the fulfilment last hosted the Australian Championships of our goal of making athletics attractive and 22 years ago! accessible to all members of the community. The championships were held over three days During the athletics year, AWA and WA Little at the end of the normal athletic season in Athletics (WALA) continued to progress towards glorious weather, during April. Consistent with achieving the ‘Athletic Alliance project our goal of making athletics a more attractive goal’. This has resulted in the employment of spectator experience the first two days were Development Officers, providing a link for the twilight meets, which attracted great crowds. athletes between the two groups. The Board The events were exciting and of a very high recognises the need for a strong transitional standard. The last day of the competition was link between WALA and AWA, which has also conducted earlier in the day and unfortunately resulted in the employment of staff to co- the weather was very warm for April, but the ordinate the talent identification program. crowd numbers were again very pleasing. The past athletics year has been very exciting The new WA athletics facility was flooded for and rewarding. This has been possible due to these three days with athletes, spectators and the support of the athletics fraternity, which officials. However, it must be acknowledged has responded positively to the challenges that without the support of the officials, over presented by the new stadium, competition 150 from all around Australia, the event would schedule and Australian championships. not have been such a success. Planning for this event began many months before and the Whilst AWA has achieved many goals Board of AWA wishes to publicly acknowledge during the past athletics year the Board and the efforts of our CEO, Wayne Loxley, management team are actively seeking and the planning committee. It has been new opportunities to provide national and acknowledged the event was an outstanding international athletics competitions in Perth with success for all involved and from all reports the the WA Government and Athletics Australia. best for many a long year. On behalf of the Board of AWA, I wish to formally Adding to the highlight of hosting the acknowledge the efforts of the AWA staff, in championships was the performance of our particular the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Wayne athletes. WA athletes were great ambassadors Loxley, whose efforts during the past year have of the sport and for WA. Outstanding been noteworthy in providing the WA athletics performances by WA athletes are too many to community with such a memorable year. mention within this report but it would be remiss In concluding, the AWA Board wishes to not to make special mention of Jody Henry acknowledge and recognise the support of the and Ben Offereins for their blockbuster efforts in WA Government and the Minister for Sport, The winning the 400m events. Honourable Terry Waldron MLA, for their ongoing At the conclusion of the championships AWA commitment to the sport of athletics and AWA. athletes were selected to represent Australia The Board of AWA is confident the 2010-11 at the Commonwealth Games and Youth athletics year will be exciting and rewarding Olympic Games. for all the athletics community. During 2009-10 the Board endorsed life membership upon Margaret Saunders and Anne Stingemore, which were presented during Stephen Stingemore the Go for 2&5 Australian Championships. Chairman Athletics Western Australia

66 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Youcef ABDI Luke ADAMS Anthony ALOZIE Justin ANLEZARK Collis BIRMINGHAM Brendan COLE Matt DAVIES Martin DENT Chris ERICKSON Ryan GREGSON 67 From the Australian Olympic Committee

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) In addition, the AOC’s current budgeting to Dual Olympic medallist has the exclusive responsibility for the send the 2012 Olympic Team to London is Jared Tallent representation of Australia at the Olympic $14.2 million. Games. The AOC’s planning for the London Olympic To help achieve Australian Olympic Team Games is well advanced and throughout objectives, the AOC provides funding (AOC the remainder of 2010 and during 2011 and Funding) to its member National Federations 2012 we look forward to working in close (NFs) and their athletes. collaboration with Athletics Australia to ensure that our track and field athletes are well AOC Funding is derived from income supported in their Olympic campaigns. distributions from the Australian Olympic Foundation, grants from the International The AOC is proud to be able to support Olympic Committee (IOC), the licensing Australian athletes to realise their Olympic and sponsorship activities of the AOC and dreams. fundraising by the AOC, State Olympic Councils and their Corporate Appeal Committees. The success of the AOC’s licensing and Craig Phillips sponsorship activities and, in turn, its ability Secretary General to fully fund Australian Olympic Teams and Australian Olympic Committee provide funding support to its member NFs is largely due to the exclusivity it provides to its commercial partners. AOC Funding for the 2012 Olympic Team preparation is determined in accordance with its Program and Funding Guidelines for the 2012 Olympic Games, London (Guidelines). Specifically, AOC Funding is provided through one of three programs: • Australian Youth Olympic Festivals (AYOFs) • AOC Funding for International Competition • adidas Medal Incentive Funding For the calendar year 2009, the AOC provided the following support to Athletics Australia and its athletes:

2009 Australian Youth Olympic $394,922 Festival AOC Funding for International $142,500 Competition adidas Medal Incentive Funding $35,000

68 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Benn HARRADINE Jody HENRY Steven HOOKER Patrick JOHNSON Alwyn JONES Fabrice LAPIERRE Andrew LETHERBY Tamsyn LEWIS Donna MACFARLANE David MCNEILL 69 From the Australian Paralympic Committee

The Australian Paralympic Committee helps Partnerships with governments, business, Three-time Paralympian Australians with participate in sport national sporting organisations and disability rolls on and compete at the groups are critical to the APC in delivering a through partnerships with governments, successful Paralympic team to the Games. business, sporting bodies and the community. The APC also believes participation in sport Australia has a proud record of success in provides positive social and physical benefits to athletics at the Paralympic Games, a record people with disabilities, and plays an important further enhanced by the performances role in changing community perceptions of of the 2008 Australian team at the Beijing people with disabilities. Paralympic Games and the continued world- class performances of Australian athletes at Our athletes are at the heart of what we do international competitions since. as they strive to compete at an elite level and uphold the ideals of the Paralympic movement. The Australian Paralympic Committee is as The APC and Athletics Australia must continue committed as ever to ensuring Australia’s to work closely if Australia is to remain Paralympic athletes succeed on the world competitive on the world stage. stage. Through our ongoing partnership with Athletics Australia and their delivery of I am excited by the journey and challenges the Paralympic Preparation Program, we ahead and look forward to continuing to work remain focused on providing the support and closely with Athletics Australia to help deliver opportunities necessary for Paralympic Games Australia’s athletic success into the future. success.

The 2011 International Paralympic Committee Jason Hellwig Athletics World Championships in Christchurch will be the next major indicator of how the Chief Executive Officer Paralympic Preparation Program is progressing. Australian Paralympic Committee The APC is responsible for preparing the Australian Paralympic summer and winter teams for the Paralympic Games, which we have done successfully since we were established in 1990. At the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, Australia was placed in the top five countries in the world and at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, Australia finished 13th on the medal tally, ahead of several traditional winter sport powerhouse nations. The four medals won by Australians in Vancouver doubled the two won at the Torino Paralympics in 2006. Disability sport at the grassroots level is increasingly important to Australia’s success at future Paralympic Games. Through our Toyota Paralympic Talent Search Program, the APC continues to identify and develop potential Paralympic athletes aiming to represent Australia at London 2012, Sochi 2014, Rio 2016 and beyond. At the 2008 Paralympics, 27 athletes identified within the APC Talent Search Program represented Australia and returned home with 14 medals. Furthermore, 136 athletes have received national-level classification for the sport of athletics through the APC’s Classification Program.

70 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Scott MARTIN Kimberley MICKLE Joel MILBURN Ben OFFEREINS Madeleine PAPE Sally PEARSON Caitlin PINCOTT Petrina PRICE Jeff RISELEy Jeremy ROFF 71 Athletics Australia Financial Statements For the Year Ended June 30, 2010

72 73 Chief Financial Officer’s Report

It is with pleasure that I present to The shareholders at the Annual The surplus was achieved following a CONSOLIDATED TRADING RESULTS FOR THE YEAR TO June 30, 2010 (12 months / audited) you the Chief Financial Officer’s General Meeting in essence gave the number of factors, both favourable (CFO) report and the audited annual approval to the Board to decide on and unfavourable, from various Full Year to Full Year to Financial Statements for the year the audit tender. In total six audit firms departments, and will be described 30/06/2010 30/06/2010 ended 30/06/2010, this being the third were invited to tender, these being: below. (Budget) (Actual) Variance CFO report that I have presented since I commenced service. • Two ‘big-four’ firms: Ernst & Young Total revenue for the year was (our current auditors) and Price $7,688,798 against a budget of Revenue $7,280,000 $7,688,798 $408,798 The 2009-10 financial year can be Waterhouse Coopers $7,280,000,therefore some $408,798 Expenses $7,210,000 $7,562,320 -$352,320 described as a challenging but • Two second-tier firms: Pitcher better than budget. This income successful year. An audited final Partners and Grant Thornton, and includes additional unbudgeted Operating surplus/(deficit) $70,000 $126,478 $56,478 reported surplus was achieved of ASC and APC grants for various $126,478 ($18,626 in 2008-09) against • Two mid-size / small firms: Whelan programs. However, with these an approved budget surplus of & Cook and Lachlan Partners additional grants come additional Specific departmental results are as follows: $70,000 ($54,000 in 2008-09). The For some reason, both Ernst & Young expenditure requirements. net result was a positive variance and Grant Thornton chose not to Income amount of $56,478 (-$35,374 variance Total expenditure for the year was submit a tender, therefore leaving $7,562,320 against a budget of in 2008-09) better than budgeted. four firms to decide upon. The Board’s Administration $261,000 $275,271 $14,271 There are a number of specific areas $7,210,000, therefore some $352,320 final tender decision was to appoint higher than budget. Competitions $842,000 $539,334 -$302,666 that contributed to this result that Mr. Jim Sidon of Lachlan Partners will be explained later, but the most for a number of reasons, not only The results of our departments Coaching /Development $280,000 $362,905 $82,905 pleasing aspect is that a financial financial. Mr. Jim Sidon of Lachlan (cost centres) have been divided Indigenous $495,000 $655,000 $160,000 surplus has again resulted for the sixth Partners is an experienced specialist into the following: Administration, consecutive year. The preparation in auditing not-for-profit organisations Competitions, Coaching / High Performance $3,956,000 $4,182,452 $226,452 and analysis of monthly financial such as ours. In addition, being a Development, Indigenous, High N E S C $441,000 $441,000 $0 management reports and their mid-size company that we are, it was Performance, NESC, Paralympic and thorough monitoring and comparison also deemed appropriate that we Marketing. Paralympic $678,000 $914,318 $236,318 to budget ensured that the financial appoint a mid-size audit firm. Marketing $327,000 $318,517 -$8,483 results and position were constantly being reviewed. This action would We once again this year welcome TOTAL $7,280,000 $7,688,797 $408,798 therefore mitigate any potential the receipt of an un-qualified audit cash flow risks. Once again all report over our annual financial departmental managers are to be statements. Expenses commended on their own divisional A brief financial summary of our Administration $1,106,000 $1,052,650 -$53,350 financial results and in particular, their audited financial results is as follows: attitude and responsibility to their Competitions $1,446,000 $1,353,775 -$92,225 income and expenditure items. As you can see in our financial and management reporting below we Coaching /Development $422,000 $443,706 $21,706 This financial year we have separate all income and expenditure Indigenous $495,000 $801,310 $306,310 welcomed our new auditor, Mr. Jim lines into their various cost centres Sidon of Lachlan Partners (2008-09 / departments. We can therefore High Performance $1,771,000 $1,956,678 $185,678 Mr. Robert Dalton of Ernst & Young). determine what each department N E S C $441,000 $434,647 -$6,353 The transition to our new audit contributed to the bottom line. All firm has progressed very smoothly departments were reported on their Paralympic $678,000 $744,530 -$66,530 and we have had a good working month’s results (and comparison to Marketing $851,000 $775,024 -$75,976 relationship with their audit team. As budget), and on their year to date is always the case, we welcome any results (and comparison to budget). TOTAL $7,210,000 $7,562,320 $352,320 suggestions from the audit firm of any Such monthly reporting was submitted changes and improvements in order to each department manager and that we can produce meaningful to the Chief Executive Officer. Also Surplus / (Deficit) reports that are fully compliant and reported was the Consolidated best practice. Following the 2008- Profit and Loss report for the month Administration -$845,000 -$777,380 $67,620 09 Annual General Meeting it was (and comparison to budget) and Competitions -$604,000 -$814,441 -$210,441 agreed that, as is the case with all our year to date (and comparison to suppliers every three years, we call for budget). Finally a Balance Sheet is Coaching /Development -$142,000 -$80,801 $61,199 a tender of our audit services. also produced at each occasion. In Indigenous $0 -$146,310 -$146,310 addition, comments/explanations on any significant variations to budget High Performance $2,185,000 $2,225,774 $40,774 were also produced. These financial N E S C $0 $6,353 $6,353 and management reports were regularly submitted to the Board as Paralympic $0 $169,788 $169,788 well as to our main funding body, the Marketing -$524,000 -$456,507 $67,493 Australian Sports Commission (ASC). TOTAL $70,000 $126,478 $56,478

74 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | FINANCIAL REPORT 75 Chief Financial Officer’s Report Continued

A number of significant income and INDIGENOUS DEPARTMENT The Australian Olympic Committee will be quite challenging to operate be to operate our cash flow in the In summary, we are currently expense items include: (AOC) grant income was $40k less on a break-even basis in the future. future without having to utilise our fortunate to have comfortable net Apart from the $495k ASC grant, we than expected, at $2.5k per athlete The CFO will provide the department fixed term deposit. In addition, as equity position of $2.126m. We own were fortunate enough to secure ADMINISTRATION department and official; we had budgeted for manager whatever assistance is a last resort we have access to our own premises, have $1m of an additional unbudgeted grant 73 where only 57 were selected. needed in order to achieve this our $500k overdraft limit from the investment and we were not at all Insurance income invoiced to of $160k from the Department Wage expenses exceeded budget position. Commonwealth Bank. Our bank exposed to the fluctuations of the Member Associations was $17k of Housing and Ageing (DOHA). by some $34k, which was mainly facilities with the Commonwealth world equity markets. Our cash flow higher than expected as the number Indigenous project expenses due to the employment of a MARKETING department Bank include the $500,000 overdraft continues to be positive with the of registered athletes has increased. include both the Outback Athletics specialist throws coach. General limit plus the company corporate only challenge we face to continue Travel costs were $19k higher than Staffing expenses were $43k above project and the National Talent and High Performance project expenses credit cards monthly limit of to trade without breaking into our expected due to the unbudgeted budget due to the employment of Identification (NTID) project. These resulted in being $133k in excess of $200,000. These $700,000 of lending bank fixed term deposit or using our CEO conference and CEO flights an additional staff member following projects were some $300k higher budget essentially due to the August facilities are secured by the bank approved $500,000 overdraft limit. to world championships. Audit and the non-renewal of the media than budget although $160k was 2009 world championships additional with a mortgage over our business Due to the seasonal nature of our legal costs were $9k lower than management contract. General funded from the additional DOHA costs, as well as various athlete premises. funding and our business, this is often budgeted due to the recent audit marketing program expenses were grant above. This $140k over-spend, preparation unbudgeted funding. a significant challenge. tender savings. Other expenses were $136k below budget. As mentioned whilst identified in early April, had This excess over budget was well Debtor collections are being $63k less than budgeted for due to above, the saving in the media some committed components that and truly covered by the additional received regularly and we are not the “CEO contingency” expense not management contract contributed could not be later withdrawn. The $235k ASC and ACGA funding aware of any doubtful debts. Our being utilised. to a large amount of these savings. previous CEO was also notified. above. trade creditors are also being paid Notwithstanding that these are In addition, substantial savings were within their term arrangements. Our COMPETITIONS department vital and important projects for made in television production costs other liabilities including taxation, NESC department for this year’s season meets. The IAAF grant income was originally the Indigenous community, the staff leave entitlements and All other income and expenditure budgeted to be USD $443k at an department manager was made superannuation liabilities are all fully lines were essentially as per budget. SUMMARY exchange rate of $0.75c. Funding aware of this shortfall. The manager provisioned for and are being paid was subsequently substantially had since submitted her resignation. as they fall due. Staff superannuation PARALYMPIC department reduced by the IAAF and added A thorough investigation was (Statement of financial performance) payments are being remitted to to the exchange rate increases completed by the High Performance We were fortunate to secure On the whole, we had quite a the various funds on a monthly to around $0-90c, resulted in Manager and Chief Financial Officer grant income from the Australian successful year with a financial basis. Notwithstanding that the law an actual grant of around AUD with nothing untoward discovered, Paralympic Committee (APC) that surplus of $126,478 against budget requires only quarterly payments, $217k being received which was except a strong desire to deliver the was $236k in excess of budget, of $70,000. When we were made we have taken the moral view that some AUD $336k below budget. projects in a very thorough fashion. provided for various Paralympic aware that the promised IAAF this is the staff’s money, it is not our Competition entry fees / grants The High Performance Manager then projects. Following on from this funding was to be substantially money, and therefore we should not / gate receipts from our season assumed total managerial control of additional $236k grant income, reduced, we were forced to make be holding onto their money for such and Australian Championships this department, the final assessment Paralympic project expenses were wholesale expenditure reductions. periods of time. being a deficit result of $146k higher were $24k higher than expected. only $61k in excess of their original Some departments were more The amount of ‘unearned income’ The main reason for this was the than budgeted for. A comprehensive budget. In essence the additional successful than others at achieving written report and explanation of $612k that resides on the balance sponsorship secured by Athletics APC grant was unspent, therefore this. However, on the whole, we still sheet as a liability comprises of Western Australia. Prizemoney, was subsequently submitted to the showing this department’s results to delivered an excellent domestic Board President. Following on from income received that relates to appearance fees, international be some $170k in surplus against a season as well as delivering on all future accounting periods. The athletes and operational costs were this, further financial accountability break-even budget. The department our important athlete/coaching changes have now been introduced carryovers of these amounts are to substantially reduced following the manager had attempted to seek programs. satisfy the proper accounting / audit above reduced IAAF grant funding. in the form of tracking sheets. The out additional projects to undertake The above financial result is the treatment. Details are listed below. Savings of $89k were achieved requirement of this change is that to utilise this additional funding confirmed final audited result. We Accrued expenses, also shown as across the board whilst at the same each department’s project line will but with limited success. It was have worked hard to ensure that a liability on the balance sheet of time producing a successful season be backed up by this tracking sheet the intention of the department all our transactions fully comply $103k and predominantly relate to (Sydney and Melbourne meets plus which is, in effect, a mini budget manager to attempt to pre-pay with proper current accounting audit fees that will be payable soon, Perth nationals). for that project. This document will various project expenses that related be updated by the department standards. and athlete preparation funds yet to to future accounting periods. Proper be paid. COACHING / DEVELOPMENT manager and accountant regularly. accounting treatment did not allow Balance Sheet as at June 30, 2010 department This will have the effect of an early these prepaid costs to be ‘expenses’ Prepaid expenses of $301k shown warning if any project looks like in the current financial year and We are in a comfortable net equity as an asset on our balance sheet The Australian Sports Commission exceeding its budget allocation nor do the Accounting Standards position of $2.126m. This position comprise of expenses already paid (ASC) grant income was some and corrective action will be taken allow these unspent funds to be has strengthened by $225k since for but relate to the future months $62k higher than expected with immediately. carried forward into subsequent June 30, 2009. This includes our cash and future financial years. These additional coaching grants financial years. Therefore, it was position as at June 30, 2010 that amounts are also detailed below. received. Coaching accreditation HIGH PERFORMANCE department explained by the Chief Financial shows a strong total cash reserve Provision for employee entitlements and course development costs were Officer (CFO) to the department of $1.847m. In addition to our $1.0m include fringe benefits, annual leave some $59k higher than expected. ASC grant income was $82k more manager that any unspent funds fixed bank term deposit of 5.25%, and long service leave are fully This was essentially as a result of the than budgeted for due to additional in that financial year would not we have a nominal amount of provided for on our balance sheet additional $62k ASC grants received, throws and Pathways 2 Podium equate to additional spending $47k (net) in our normal trading as a liability. These provisions, whilst enabling more being spent on grants. Australian Commonwealth allowances in subsequent years. As account (at 2.5% at call). We also fully accurate, conservative and quality accreditation course Games Association (ACGA) a result of this departmental surplus have a further $800k invested in accounted for, actually exceed development. grants received include additional unbudgeted grants of $153k for Delhi and accounting restriction, the our Cash Investment account (at the minimum requirements of the preparations and junior squads. department’s five-year budget plan 3.5% at call). Our challenge will Australian accounting standards.

76 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | FINANCIAL REPORT 77 Chief Financial Officer’s Report Continued

SPECIFIC BALANCE SHEET DETAILS Unearned income funding may be granted on a conditional project that we already Unearned income at June 30, 2010 perform, which will therefore Trade debtors amounts to $612,000 consisting of: As at June 30, 2010 the trade debtor balance of $225,769 is aged as follows: free up this existing funding for • ASC $235,000 – Gemba report other worthwhile projects to be determined and/or contribute to our TOTAL Jun 10 Current May 10 30 Days Apr 10 60 Days Mar 10 and prior 90+ Days commercialisation funding over a two-year period of 2009-10 year end surplus. $225,769 $79,868 $11,043 $42,296 $92,563 and 2010-11 financial years. The current financial year portion has Summary 100% 35.4% 4.9% 18.7% 41.0% already been taken up in the The Board and Chief Executive accounts. The remaining $235,000 Office continue to monitor on Major outstanding balances over 90 days: now relates only to the 2010-11 a monthly basis our financial financial year. • $84,700 – ACGA (Grant junior squad) results, comparisons to budget, • World juniors levies $107,000 – • $4,631 – Athletics New South Wales (Capitations) our financial position and our Some levies were collected from ongoing cash/liquidity position and • $3,040 – Peter Stubbs Management (M Watt flights) athletes who travelled to the requirements. Such regular and world juniors meet in July, 2010 We believe that none of these debtors are uncollectable and we are therefore not recommending any write-offs. ongoing reporting ensures that any • AOC International grant $147,500 financial risks of the organisation are Sundry Debtors – Next financial year’s grant has mitigated. This proactive financial already been committed to and monitoring ensures and assists in Sundry debtors of $3,182 include: paid to us by the AOC who work the organisation operating soundly • Bank interest owed on our Fixed term Deposit of $2,182 on a calendar year instead of a and being prepared for future financial year. challenges. • Alf Robinson Trust grant $1,000 • ACGA grant $122,500 – Delhi 2010 I look forward to a challenging Prepaid Expenses team preparation grant which will but successful 2010-11 not only be utilised in October, 2010. in a financial capacity, but more Prepayments of $301,451 consist of the following balances: importantly, one that continues to • $105,233 Prepaid insurance premiums Other grow the sport of athletics. • $194,093 Various flights for athletes (include world junior championships) already paid for but relate to future Employee provisions comprising accounting periods annual leave, long service leave • $2,125 Accommodation for Oceania competition and fringe benefits allowances total $265,225. All staff entitlements are fully provisioned and up to date. Joe Brugliera FCPA Trade Creditors Chief Financial Officer and As at June 30, 2010, the creditor balance of $142,625 is aged as follows: 2010-11 Financial Year Budget Company Secretary The 2010-11 financial year promises Athletics Australia TOTAL Jun 10 Current May 10 30 Days Apr 10 60 Days Mar 10 and prior 90+ Days to be another challenging year $142,625 $103,046 $6,214 $29,619 $3,746 financially. At this early stage we are predicting a small end of year 100% 72.2% 4.4% 20.8% 2.6% surplus of $20,000 and is based on only known/confirmed income sources. Accruals and Sundry creditors Accrued Expenses and Sundry Creditors at the end of June, 2010 include major balances as follows: At the time of writing we are hopeful of receiving our share of additional ACCRUED EXPENSES government funding from the ASC. Presentations have been made and • $11,000 – Audit fee we are hopeful of receiving at least • $78,000 – Athlete preparation funding $2 million annually over the next four years in the form of: • $13,750 – Queensland Academy of Sport, fourth quarter funding • $70,000 – Paralympic uniforms • Additional High Performance Funding $1.5m • $42,476 – Member Association coaching accreditation share • Participation Funding (unknown) • $215,223 TOTAL • Additional Paralympic Funding SUNDRY CREDITORS (unknown) • $15,900 – Funding from the Victorian Government to assist with the establishment of the Foundation Directly attached to this funding • $2,447 – Club Forty grant donations comes parameters of how this new funding must be spent. These • $7,630 – Ron Clarke foundation donations funding allocations will assist us in • $25,977 TOTAL delivering our programs better and more comprehensively. Additional

78 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | FINANCIAL REPORT 79 Directors’ Report

Your directors present their report on During the financial year the the company for the year ending company conducted national June 30, 2010. championships in various disciplines of athletics and sent representative The names of directors in office at teams to compete in the 6th any time during or since the end of IAAF world youth championships, the year are: 12th IAAF world championships, R H Fildes OAM (President) 16th IAAF world half marathon championships, 13th IAAF world W F Bailey Robin (Rob) H Fildes OAM Jane C Hansen Matthew B Mahon Noah (David) Grace QC Bronwyn L Thompson indoor championships, 38th IAAF – President Qualifications Qualifications Qualifications Qualifications J C Hansen World Cross Country Championships, Qualifications Bachelor of Economics, Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Economics Bachelor of Physiotherapy E J McGuire AM World University Cross Country Masters of Business Championships and 24th IAAF World Fellow Australian Institute of Bachelor of Law (Hons) M B Mahon Management (F.A.I.M.) Administration Experience Experience Race Walking Cup. General Manager of Royce Masters of Laws Member of the national M J Smellie Experience Experience During this financial year there were Communications Experience athletics team (long jump) N D Grace Investment banking in New no significant changes in the state of Executive Chairman of Fildes More than 15 years’ Athletics coach Group York, London and Australia 30 years’ experience as a N R Moore affairs of the company. experience in marketing legal practitioner Senior paediatric Over 40 years’ commercial Former Board Member of communications, corporate B L Thompson Extensive involvement with physiotherapist No matters or circumstances have experience and financial advisory sporting organisation at all Lecturer – paediatric arisen since the end of the financial Trust services and sport Meetings of Directors 2009-10 Senior Vice President/ levels physiotherapy and year that significantly affected International – Young Former Board Member of Public Company physiotherapy and the elite There were five Board Meetings held Presidents’ Organisation State Sports Centres Trust Directorships held in the past Arbitrator on the Court of or may significantly affect the Arbitration for Sport athlete during the 2009-10 financial year. three years N/A operations of the company, the Trustee of the Melbourne Public Company Motivational speaker results of those operations or the Olympic Park Trust Directorships held in the past President of Athletics Director attendance is as follows: three years N/A Australia tribunals Ambassador for Queensland state of affairs of the company in Chairman of the Australian Little Athletics future financial years. Masters Games Team advocate for the Board Member Attended Australian Olympic Team Public Company The company will continue with Director – AFL Publications in Directorships held in the past Robin H Fildes OAM 5 Board its normal activities of conducting Public Company three years N/A William F Bailey 1 national championships and Order of Australia (OAM) Directorships held in the past organising various teams to compete recipient for sports three years N/A Jane C Hansen 4 administration in the world championships and Edward J McGuire AM 3 other international events. Public Company Directorships held in the past three years N/A Matthew B Mahon 5 The company’s operations are Michael J Smellie 4 not regulated by any significant environmental regulation under a Noah (David) Grace 3 law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory. Nicholas R Moore 4 Bronwyn L Thompson 5 Directors The total number of Directors’ Directors have been in office since meetings held during the financial William (Bill) F Bailey Edward (Eddie) J McGuire AM Michael J Smellie Nicholas (Nick) R Moore Joe Brugliera the start of the financial year to the year was five. Qualifications Experience Qualifications Qualifications – Company Secretary date of this report. Bachelor of Arts President of the Collingwood Bachelor of Business Bachelor of Arts Qualifications The principal activity of the Football Club (1998 to (Accounting) Bachelor of Business company in the course of the Experience present) Experience (Accounting) Experience financial year was the organisation Executive Director of Appointed a Member in Head of Online Fellow member of CPA of athletics. No significant change in the Oceania Athletic the General Division of the Chief Operating Officer of Development for MLC & Australia Limited (FCPA) the nature of the activity occurred Association, Order of Australia in the 2005 Sony BMG NAB Wealth during the year. Competition Manager Queen’s Birthday Honours List Chief Executive Officer of Over 25 years’ Experience Athletics, Sydney Organising Chairman of the Trevor MMA Group management, business Over 15 years’ Accounting The net profit of the company for Committee for Olympic Barker Foundation Group Managing Director / consulting and technology and senior management Games experience experience including the financial year was $126,479.00 Board member of the Finance Director – Polygram ($18,626.00 in 2009). Over 30 years’ teaching Victorian Major Events Group President of Sydney Finance Manager / Business and sports management Committee University Athletics Club Manager – YMCA Australia Directors do not recommend the Over 25 years’ corporate experience experience (1991-2000) payment of a dividend. Australian Sports Medal Finance Manager, Public Company (2000) for services to Public Company Member of organising Chief Investment Officer No dividend has been paid or Directorships held in the past Australian Rules Football Directorships held in the past committee for the 1996 and Fund Administrator three years N/A World Junior Athletics – The Australian YMCA declared since the commencement Centenary Medal (2000) three years N/A Championships Superannuation Fund of the financial year. for services to media and Australian Rules Football Public Company Finance and Administration Directorships held in the past Manager – Ansett Air Freight Television host and sports three years N/A commentator Finance and Administration Manager – Colorific Pty Ltd Public Company Directorships held in the Credit Manager – Westpac past three years N/A Banking Corporation

80 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | FINANCIAL REPORT 81 Chartered Accountants, Business & Financial Advisors

Lachlan Partners Audit Services Pty Ltd Athletics Australia Income Statement Level 35, 360 Collins Street Melbourne, VIC 3000 For the Year Ended 30 June 2010 PO Box 215 Collins Street West, VIC 8007

T: 03 9605 9200 F: 03 9605 9249 Consolidated Parent E: [email protected] Note 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ W: www.lachlanpartners.com.au Revenue 2 7,601,731 7,522,422 7,601,731 7,522,422 ACN: 124 221 656 Other income 2 87,070 94,606 87,070 94,606 Competition Expenses (1,244,710) (1,249,641) (1,244,710) (1,249,641) High Performance Expenses (3,456,280) (3,409,034) (3,456,280) (3,409,034) Development Expenses (1,034,802) (1,010,122) (1,034,802) (1,010,122) Athletics Australia Marketing Expenses (772,837) (883,331) (772,837) (883,331) Administrative costs (1,053,693) (1,046,274) (1,053,693) (1,046,274) Auditors independence Declaration under Section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001 To the Board of Income before income tax 126,479 18,626 126,479 18,626 Directors Athletics Australia and Controlled Entities Income for the year 126,479 18,626 126,479 18,626 I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, during the year ended 30 June 2010 there have been: (i) no contraventions of the auditor independence requirements as set out in the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the audit; and (ii) no contraventions of any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit.

Lachlan Partners Audit Services Pty Ltd Chartered Accountants

James J. Sidon

7 September 2010

82 83 Athletics Australia Statement of Comprehensive Income Athletics Australia Statement of Financial Position For the Year Ended 30 June 2010 30 June 2010

Consolidated Parent Consolidated Parent 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ Note 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ Net income for the period 126,479 18,626 126,479 18,626 ASSETS

Total comprehensive income for the year 126, 479 18,626 126,479 18,626 CURRENT ASSETS Total comprehensive income attributable to: Cash and cash equivalents 4 847,345 588,733 847,335 588,723 Members of the parent entity 126,479 18,626 126,479 18,626 Trade and other receivables 5 1,228,951 1,172,948 1,228,951 1,172,948 126,479 18,626 126,479 18,626 Other assets 6 301,451 464,614 301,451 464,614 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2,377,747 2,226,295 2,377,737 2,226,285

NON‑CURRENT ASSETS Investments accounted for using the – – 10 10 equity method Property, plant and equipment 7 909,742 916,715 909,742 916,715 TOTAL NON‑CURRENT ASSETS 909,742 916,715 909,752 916,725 TOTAL ASSETS 3,287,489 3,143,010 3,287,489 3,143,010

LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES Trade and other payables 8 995,349 963,103 995,349 963,103 Provisions 9 200,295 214,573 200,295 214,573 TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 1,195,644 1,177,676 1,195,644 1,177,676

NON‑CURRENT LIABILITIES Long‑term provisions 9 64,930 64,898 64,930 64,898 TOTAL NON‑CURRENT LIABILITIES 64,930 64,898 64,930 64,898 TOTAL LIABILITIES 1,260,574 1,242,574 1,260,574 1,242,574 NET ASSETS 2,026,915 1,900,436 2,026,915 1,900,436

EQUITY Distributable reserve 2,026,915 1,900,436 2,026,915 1,900,436 TOTAL EQUITY 2,026,915 1,900,436 2,026,915 1,900,436

84 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | FINANCIAL REPORT 85 Athletics Australia Statement of Changes in Equity Athletics Australia Cash Flow Statement For the Year Ended 30 June 2010 For the Year Ended 30 June 2010

2010 Parent Consolidated Parent Retained Earnings $ Total $ Note 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ Balance at 1 July 2009 1,900,436 1,900,436 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Profit attributable to members of the entity 126,479 126,479 Receipts from customers 7,878,223 8,497,299 7,878,223 8,497,299 Balance at 30 June 2010 2,026,915 2,026,915 Payments to suppliers and employees (7,662,985) (8,588,067) (7,662,985) (8,588,067) Net cash provided by (used in) 2009 Parent 15 215,238 (90,768) 215,238 (90,768) operating activities Retained Earnings $ Total $ CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Balance at 1 July 2008 1,881,810 1,881,810 Interest received 87,070 94,606 87,070 94,606 Profit attributable to members of the entity 18,626 18,626 Acquisition of property, plant and Balance at 30 June 2009 1,900,436 1,900,436 (43,696) (53,920) (43,696) (53,920) equipment Establishment of Subsidiary – – (10) – 2010 Consolidated Payment to term deposits – (250,000) – (250,000) Retained Earnings $ Total $ Net cash provided by (used in) 43,374 (209,314) 43,364 (209,314) Balance at 1 July 2009 1,900,436 1,900,436 investing activities Profit attributable to members of the entity 126,479 126,479 CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Balance at 30 June 2010 2,026,915 2,026,915 Repayment of borrowings – (14,629) – (14,629) Net cash provided by (used in) – (14,629) – (14,629) financing activities 2009 Consolidated OTHER ACTIVITIES Retained Earnings $ Total $ Net increase (decrease) in cash held 258,612 (314,711) 258,602 (314,711) Balance at 1 July 2008 1,881,810 1,881,810 Cash and cash equivalents at Profit attributable to members of the entity 18,626 18,626 588,733 903,444 588,733 903,444 beginning of financial year Sub‑total 18,626 18,626 Cash and cash equivalents at end of 847,345 588,733 847,335 588,733 Balance at 30 June 2009 1,900,436 1,900,436 financial year

86 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | FINANCIAL REPORT 87 Athletics Australia Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2010

The financial report include the In preparing the consolidated either the unexpired period of the be exchanged or a liability settled, personnel on a fair value basis in assets, except for those which consolidated financial statements financial statements, all inter‑group lease or the estimated useful lives between knowledgeable, willing accordance with a documented are expected to mature within and notes of Athletics Australia and balances and transactions of the improvements. parties. Where available, quoted risk management or investment 12 months after the end of the controlled entities (the Group) and between entities in the the The depreciation rates used for prices in an active market are strategy. Such assets are reporting period. the separate financial statements Group have been eliminated on used to determine fair value. In subsequently measured at fair value each class of depreciable assets (v) Financial liabilities and notes of Athletics Australia as consolidation. Accounting policies are: other circumstances, valuation with changes in carrying value an individual parent entity (Parent), of subsidiaries have been changed techniques are adopted. being included in profit or loss. Non‑derivative financial liabilities incorporated and domiciled in where necessary to ensure Class of Fixed Asset Amortised cost is calculated as: (excluding financial guarantees) Australia. Athletics Australia is a consistency with those adopted by (ii) Loans and receivables are subsequently measured at company limited by guarantee. the parent entity. Buildings 2.5 % a) the amount at which the Loans and receivables are amortised cost. financial asset or financial Plant and Equipment 10% to 33% non‑derivative financial assets with 1 Summary of Significant (c) Comparative Figures liability is measured at initial fixed or determinable payments (vi) Net assets attributable to Accounting Policies When required by Accounting recognition; that are not quoted in an active unitholders The assets’ residual values and Standards, comparative figures b) less principal repayments; market and are subsequently Units are redeemable at the (a) Basis of Preparation have been adjusted to conform useful lives are reviewed, and measured at amortised cost. option of the unitholder and are adjusted if appropriate, at the end c) plus or minus the cumulative The financial statements are a to changes in presentation for the Loans and receivables are therefore classified as financial of each reporting period. amortisation of the difference, general purpose financial report current financial year. included in current assets, except liabilities. Redemption of units if any, between the amount that have been prepared in When the Group applies an An asset’s carrying amount is for those which are not expected obligates the company to deliver initially recognised and the accordance with Australian accounting policy retrospectively, written down immediately to its to mature within 12 months after cash to the unitholder based on maturity amount calculated Accounting Standards makes a retrospective recoverable amount if the asset’s the end of the reporting period. the fair value of the units at the using the effective interest (including Australian Accounting restatement or reclassifies items carrying amount is greater than its (All other loans and receivables are date of redemption. The liability at method; and Interpretations) and the in its financial statements, a estimated recoverable amount. classified as non‑current assets.) balance date is measured at fair Corporations Act 2001. value with changes recognised statement of financial position as Gains and losses on disposals d) less any reduction for through profit or loss. Australian Accounting Standards at the beginning of the earliest are determined by comparing impairment. (iii) Held‑to‑maturity investments set out accounting policies that comparative period will be proceeds with the carrying Held‑to‑maturity investments are Fair value the AASB has concluded would disclosed. amount. These gains and losses The effective interest method is non‑derivative financial assets that result in financial statements are included in the income used to allocate interest income or have fixed maturities and fixed Fair value is determined based on containing relevant and reliable (d) Property, Plant and Equipment statement. When revalued assets interest expense over the relevant or determinable payments, and current bid prices for all quoted information about transactions, are sold, amounts included in the period and is equivalent to the rate it is the Group’s intention to hold investments. Valuation techniques Property ‑ cost basis events and conditions. Material revaluation surplus relating to that that exactly discounts estimated these investments to maturity. They are applied to determine fair value accounting policies adopted in Freehold land and buildings are asset are transferred to retained future cash payments or receipts are subsequently measured at for all unlisted securities, including the preparation of these financial measured on a cost basis. earnings. (including fees, transaction costs amortised cost. recent arm’s length transactions, and other premiums or discounts) reference to similar instruments and statements are presented below Held‑to‑maturity investments Plant and equipment (e) Financial Instruments through the expected life (or when option pricing models. and have been consistently are included in non‑current this cannot be reliably predicted, applied unless otherwise stated. Plant and equipment are assets, except for those which Initial recognition and the contractual term) of the Impairment The financial statements have measured on the cost basis less are expected to mature within measurement financial instrument to the net been prepared on an accruals depreciation and impairment 12 months are the end of the At the end of each reporting Financial assets and financial carrying amount of the financial basis and are based on historical losses. reporting period. (All other period, the Group assess whether liabilities are recognised when asset or financial liability. Revisions costs modified, where applicable, The carrying amount of plant and investments are classified as there is objective evidence the entity becomes a party to to expected future net cash flows by the measurement at fair value equipment is reviewed annually current assets.) that a financial instrument has the contractual provisions to the will necessitate an adjustment of selected non‑current assets, by directors to ensure it is not in been impaired. In the case instrument. For financial assets, to the carrying value with a If during the period the Group financial assets and financial excess of the recoverable amount of available‑for‑sale financial this is the equivalent to the date consequential recognition of an sold or reclassified more than liabilities. from these assets. The recoverable instruments, a prolonged decline that the Group commits itself to income or expense in profit or loss. an insignificant amount of the in the value of the instrument is amount is assessed on the basis of held‑to‑maturity investments (b) Principles of Consolidation either the purchase or sale of the The Group does not designate any considered to determine whether the expected net cash flows that before maturity, the entire asset (i.e. trade date accounting is interests in subsidiaries, associates an impairment has arisen. The consolidated financial will be received from the asset’s held‑to‑maturity investments adopted). or joint venture entities as being Impairment losses are recognised statements incorporate the assets, employment and subsequent category would be tainted and Financial instruments are initially subject to the requirements of in the income statement. liabilities and results of entities disposal. The expected net cash reclassified as available‑for‑sale. controlled by Athletics Australia at flows have been discounted to measured at cost on trade date, accounting standards specifically Derecognition the end of the reporting period. A their present values in determining which includes transaction costs, applicable to financial instruments. (iv) Available‑for‑sale financial assets when the related contractual Financial assets are derecognised controlled entity is any entity over recoverable amounts. Available‑for‑sale financial assets rights or obligations exist. (i) Financial assets at fair value where the contractual rights which Athletics Australia has the through profit or loss are non‑derivative financial assets power to govern the financial and Depreciation Subsequent to initial recognition to receipt of cash flows expires Financial assets are classified at ‘fair that are either not suitable to be operating policies so as to obtain The depreciable amount of all these instruments are measured as or the asset is transferred to value through profit or loss’ when classified into other categories benefits from the entity’s activities. fixed assets including buildings set out below. another party whereby the entity they are either held for trading for of financial assets due to their Control will generally exist when the and capitalised leased assets, no longer has any significant Classification and subsequent the purpose of short‑term profit nature, or they are designated parent owns, directly or indirectly but excluding freehold land, is continuing involvement in the measurement taking, derivatives not held for as such by management. They through subsidiaries, more than half depreciated on a straight‑line risks and benefits associated with hedging purposes, or when they comprise investments in the equity of the voting power of an entity. In basis over the asset’s useful life to Financial instruments are the asset. Financial liabilities are are designated as such to avoid of other entities where there is assessing the power to govern, the the Group commencing from the subsequently measured at either derecognised where the related an accounting mismatch or to neither a fixed maturity nor fixed or existence and effect of holdings of time the asset is held ready for of fair value, amortised cost using obligations are either discharged, enable performance evaluation determinable payments. actual and potential voting rights use. Leasehold improvements are the effective interest rate method, cancelled or expired. The where a group of financial assets Available‑for‑sale financial assets are also considered. depreciated over the shorter of or cost. Fair value represents the difference between the carrying amount for which an asset could is managed by key management are included in non‑current value of the financial liability

88 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | FINANCIAL REPORT 89 Athletics Australia Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 June 2010 Continued

extinguished or transferred to (h) Employee Benefits (k) Income Tax (n) New Accounting Standards for another party and the fair value Provision is made for the No provision for income tax has Application in Future Periods of consideration paid, including company’s liability for employee been raised as the company is The AASB has issued new and the transfer of non‑cash assets or benefits arising from services exempt from income tax under Div amended accounting standards liabilities assumed is recognised in rendered by employees to the 50 of the Income Tax Assessment and interpretations that have profit or loss. end of the reporting period. Act 1997. mandatory application dates Employee benefits that are for future reporting periods. the (f) Impairment of Assets expected to be settled within (l) Revenue and Other Income Group has decided against early At the end of each reporting one year have been measured Grant revenue is recognised in adoption of these standards. period, the Group reviews the at the amounts expected to be the income statement when the A discussion of those future carrying values of its tangible and paid when the liability is settled. entity obtains control of the grant, requirements and their impact on intangible assets to determine Employee benefits payable it is probable that the economic the Group follows: whether there is any indication later than one year have been benefits gained from the grant will • AASB 124: Related Party that those assets have been measured at the present value flow to the entity and the amount Disclosures (applicable for impaired. If such an indication of the estimated future cash of the grant can be measured annual reporting periods exists, the recoverable amount outflows to be made for those reliably. The income is recognised commencing on or after 1 of the asset, being the higher of benefits. In determining the over the periods necessary to January 2011) the asset’s fair value less costs to liability consideration is given match the grant with the related sell and value in use, is compared to employee wage increases costs it is intended to compensate. This standard removes the to the asset’s carrying value. Any requirement for government and the probability that the If conditions are attached to the excess of the asset’s carrying related entities to disclose employee may not satisfy vesting grant which must be satisfied value over its recoverable amount details of all transactions with requirements. Those cash outflows before it is eligible to receive is expensed to the income the government and other are discounted using market the contribution, the recognition statement. government related entities yields on national government of the grant as revenue will be and clarifies the definition of Where it is not possible to estimate bonds with terms to maturity that deferred until those conditions are a related party to remove the recoverable amount of match the expected timing of satisfied. an individual asset, the Group cashflows. inconsistencies and simplify Donations and bequests are the structure of the standard. estimates the recoverable amount Contributions are made by recognised as revenue when No changes are expected to of the cash‑generating unit to the company to an employee received. materially affect the Group. which the asset belongs. superannuation fund and are Interest revenue is recognised Where the future economic charged as expenses when • AASB 2009‑4: Amendments using the effective interest rate benefits of the asset are not incurred. to Australian Accounting method, which, for floating rate primarily dependent upon the Standards arising from the (i) Provisions financial assets, is the rate inherent asset’s ability to generate net Annual Improvements Project in the instrument. cash inflows and when the Provisions are recognised [AASB 2 and AASB 138 and company would, if deprived of when the Group has a legal or Revenue from the rendering of AASB Interpretations 9 & the asset, replace its remaining constructive obligation, as a a service is recognised upon 16] (applicable for annual future economic benefits, value result of past events, for which the delivery of the service to the reporting periods commencing in use is determined on the it is probable that an outflow customers. from 1 July 2009) and AASB depreciated replacement cost of of economic benefits will result All revenue is stated net of the 2009‑5: Further Amendments an asset. and that outflow can be reliably amount of goods and services tax to Australian Accounting Where an impairment loss on a measured. (GST). Standards arising from the revalued asset is identified, this is Provisions recognised represent Annual Improvements Project (m) Goods and Services Tax (GST) debited against the revaluation the best estimate of the amounts [AASB 5, 8, 101, 107, 117, surplus in respect of the same required to settle the obligation Revenues, expenses and assets 118, 136 & 139] (applicable class of asset to the extent at the end of the reporting are recognised net of the for annual reporting periods that the impairment loss does period. amount of GST, except where commencing from 1 January not exceed the amount in the the amount of GST incurred is not 2010). (j) trade and other payables recoverable from the Tax Office. revaluation surplus for that same These standards detail Trade and other payables In these circumstances the GST class of asset. numerous non‑urgent represent the liability outstanding is recognised as part of the cost but necessary changes (g) Cash and Cash Equivalents at the end of the reporting period of acquisition of the asset or as to accounting standards Cash and cash equivalents for goods and services received part of an item of the expense. arising from IASB’s annual include cash on hand, deposits by the Group during the reporting Receivables and payables in the improvements project. No held at call with banks, other period which remain unpaid. The statement of financial position are changes are expected to short‑term highly liquid investments balance is recognised as a current shown inclusive of GST. materially affect the Group. with original maturities of three liability with the amounts normally Cash flows are presented in months or less, and bank paid within 30 days of recognition the cash flow statement on a The Group does not anticipate overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are of the liability. gross basis, except for the GST early adoption of any of the shown within short‑term borrowings component of investing and above accounting standards. in current liabilities on the financing activities, which are statement of financial position. disclosed as operating cash flows.

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2 Revenue and Other InCOME 4 Cash and Cash Equivalents

Revenue from Continuing Operations Consolidated Parent

Consolidated Parent 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ Cash on hand 500 500 500 500 Sales revenue Cash at bank 46,845 88,233 46,835 88,223 Athlete and team levies 140,420 210,655 140,420 210,655 Short‑term bank deposits 800,000 500,000 800,000 500,000 Australian Commonwealth Games 847,345 588,733 847,335 588,723 559,500 208,250 559,500 208,250 Association Australian Olympic Committee 142,500 8,250 142,500 8,250 5 tRADE and Other Receivables Australian Paralympic Committee 869,318 777,500 869,318 777,500 Australian Sports Commission 4,659,987 4,704,000 4,659,987 4,704,000 Consolidated Parent Domestic Competitions 222,937 211,952 222,937 211,952 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ Entry Fees 82,599 35,201 82,599 35,201 CURRENT IAAF 220,135 458,139 220,135 458,139 Trade receivables 225,769 166,914 225,769 166,914 Indigenous Funding 160,000 125,000 160,000 125,000 Provision for impairment of receivables – – – – Sponsorship 66,900 55,000 66,900 55,000 225,769 166,914 225,769 166,914 Sponsorship ‑ VEK – 232,000 – 232,000 Other receivables 3,182 6,034 3,182 6,034 Other 477,435 496,475 477,435 496,475 Term deposits 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 7,601,731 7,522,422 7,601,731 7,522,422 Total current trade and other receivables 1,228,951 1,172,948 1,228,951 1,172,948 Other revenue Interest revenue 87,070 94,606 87,070 94,606 (a) Provision for Impairment of receivables 87,070 94,606 87,070 94,606 Credit sales are on seven day terms Total Revenue 7,688,801 7,617,028 7,688,801 7,617,028 At balance date there was no provision for impairment of receivables.

(b) Credit risk The Group has no significant concentration of credit risk with respect to any single counter party or group of counter 3 ExpenSES parties other than those receivables specifically provided for and mentioned within Note 5. The class of assets described as Trade and Other Receivables is considered to be the main source of credit risk related to the Group. Consolidated Parent 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ Depreciation and Amortisation Buildings 17,908 24,346 17,908 24,346 Plant and Equipment 32,761 24,184 32,761 24,184 Total Depreciation and Amortisation 50,669 48,530 50,669 48,530 Interest paid – 572 – 572 Bad or Doubtful Debts 1,336 1,785 1,336 1,785 Salaries 2,094,026 1,868,900 2,094,026 1,868,900 Audit Remuneration Auditing or reviewing the financial 12,000 23,500 12,000 23,500 report Total Audit Remuneration 12,000 23,500 12,000 23,500

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The following table details the Group’s trade and other receivables exposed to credit risk with ageing analysis and 7 Property, Plant and Equipment impairment provided for thereon. Amounts are considered as ‘past due’ when the debt has not been settled, with the terms and conditions agreed between the Group and the customer or counter party to the transaction. Consolidated Parent Receivables that are past due are assessed for impairment by ascertaining solvency of the debtors and are 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ provided for where there are specific circumstances indicating that the debt may not be fully repaid to the Group. LAND AND BUILDINGS Freehold land Consolidated – Past due but not impaired (days overdue) At cost 340,000 340,000 340,000 340,000 Gross Past due and < 30 31‑60 61‑90 > 90 Total land 340,000 340,000 340,000 340,000 amount $ impaired $ $ $ $ $ Building 2010 At cost 633,811 633,811 633,811 633,811 Trade and term receivables 225,769 – 84,550 11,043 42,296 87,880 Accumulated depreciation (141,010) (123,102) (141,010) (123,102) 2009 Total buildings 492,801 510,709 492,801 510,709 Trade and term receivables 166,914 – 113,629 6,520 14,252 32,513 Total land and buildings 832,801 850,709 832,801 850,709 Parent – Past due but not impaired (days overdue) PLANT AND EQUIPMENT Gross Past due and < 30 31‑60 61‑90 > 90 amount $ impaired $ $ $ $ $ Furniture, fixture and fittings 2010 At cost 65,327 72,698 65,327 72,698 Trade and term receivables 225,769 – 84,550 11,043 42,296 87,880 Accumulated depreciation (46,716) (46,797) (46,716) (46,797) 2009 Total furniture, fixture and fittings 18,611 25,901 18,611 25,901 Trade and term receivables 166,914 – 113,629 6,520 14,252 32,513 Office equipment At cost 23,429 16,908 23,429 16,908 Neither the Group nor parent entity holds any financial assets with terms that have been renegotiated, but which Accumulated depreciation (6,508) (3,626) (6,508) (3,626) would otherwise be past due or impaired. Total office equipment 16,921 13,282 16,921 13,282 6 Other Assets Computer equipment Consolidated Parent At cost 52,442 41,898 52,442 41,898 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ Accumulated depreciation (18,750) (18,026) (18,750) (18,026) Current Total computer equipment 33,692 23,872 33,692 23,872 Prepayments 301,451 448,934 301,451 448,934 Computer software Accrued income – 15,680 – 15,680 At cost 12,015 4,525 12,015 4,525 301,451 464,614 301,451 464,614 Accumulated depreciation (4,298) (1,574) (4,298) (1,574) Total computer software 7,717 2,951 7,717 2,951 Total plant and equipment 76,941 66,006 76,941 66,006 Total property, plant and equipment 909,742 916,715 909,742 916,715

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(a) Movements in Carrying Amounts 9 Provisions Movement in the carrying amount for each class of property, plant and equipment between the beginning and the end of the current financial year: Consolidated Annual Leave $ Long Service Leave $ Total $ Opening balance at 1 July 2009 180,274 99,197 279,471 Parent Additional provisions 157,544 – 157,544 Furniture, Fixtures and Office Computer Computer Amounts used (160,264) (11,526) (171,790) Land $ Buildings $ Fittings $ Equipment $ Equipment $ Software $ Total $ Balance at 30 June 2010 177,554 87,671 265,225 Balance at the 340,000 510,709 25,901 13,282 23,872 2,951 916,715 beginning of year Additions – – 5,963 7,855 22,387 7,491 43,696 Parent Depreciation Annual Leave $ Long Service Leave $ Total $ – (17,908) (13,253) (4,216) (12,567) (2,725) (50,669) expense Opening balance at 1 July 2009 180,274 99,197 279,471 Carrying amount Additional provisions 157,544 – 157,544 at the end of 340,000 492,801 18,611 16,921 33,692 7,717 909,742 30 June 2010 Amounts used (160,264) (11,526) (171,790) Balance at 30 June 2010 177,554 87,671 265,225

Consolidated Analysis of Total Provisions Furniture, Fixtures and Office Computer Computer Consolidated Parent Land $ Buildings $ Fittings $ Equipment $ Equipment $ Software $ Total $ 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ Balance at the 340,000 510,709 25,901 13,282 23,872 2,951 916,715 beginning of year Current 200,295 214,573 200,295 214,573 Additions – – 5,963 7,855 22,387 7,491 43,696 Non‑current 64,930 64,898 64,930 64,898 Depreciation 265,225 279,471 265,225 279,471 – (17,908) (13,253) (4,216) (12,567) (2,725) (50,669) expense

Carrying amount 10 Members’ Guarantee at the end of 340,000 492,801 18,611 16,921 33,692 7,717 909,742 30 June 2010 The company is incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001 and is a company limited by guarantee. If the company is wound up, the constitution states that each member is required to contribute a maximum of $20 each towards meeting any outstandings and obligations of the company. At 30 June 2010 the number of members was 8 (2009: 8). 8 tRADE and Other Payables 11 Financial Risk Management Consolidated Parent Athletics Australia’s financial instruments consist of deposits with banks, accounts receivable and payable. 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ The totals for each category of financial instruments, measured in accordance with AASB 139 as detailed in the CURRENT accounting policies to these financial statements, are as follows: Unsecured liabilities Consolidated Parent Trade payables 142,625 175,108 142,625 175,108 Note 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ Sundry payables and accrued Financial Assets 240,724 86,495 240,724 86,495 expenses Cash and cash equivalents 847,345 588,733 847,345 588,733 Unearned income 612,000 701,500 612,000 701,500 Loans and receivables 1,228,541 1,172,948 1,228,541 1,172,948 995,349 963,103 995,349 963,103 Total Financial Assets 2,075,886 1,761,681 2,075,886 1,761,681 Financial Liabilities Financial liabilities at amortised cost – Trade and other payables 383,369 261,505 383,369 261,505 Total Financial Liabilities 383,369 261,505 383,369 261,505

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Financial Risk Management Policies financial loss to the Group. • managing credit risk related to Financial liability and financial asset maturity analysis Athletics Australia’s does not enter Credit risk is managed through financial assets; into or trade financial instruments the Athletics Australia’s policy of Total Contractual • only investing surplus cash with Consolidated Within 1 Year 1 to 5 Years Over 5 Years Cash Flow for speculative purposes. only dealing with credit worthy major financial institutions; and The company manages its counter parties. Trade receivables 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ consist of grants and funds arising • comparing the maturity profile exposure to key financial risks in Financial liabilities due for payment accordance with the company’s from contractual arrangements of financial liabilities with the with state and Commonwealth realisation profile of financial Trade and other financial risk management policy 383,369 261,505 – – – – 383,369 261,505 set by the Board, as the objective Governments and other assets. payables organisations. Receivables are of the policy is to support the The tables below reflect an monitored and followed up on Total contractual delivery of the company’s undiscounted contractual maturity 383,369 261,505 – – – – 383,369 261,505 an ongoing basis to reduce any outflows financial targets while protecting analysis for financial liabilities. Bank potential for bad debts. There is future financial security. overdrafts have been deducted Total expected no significant concentration of 383,369 261,505 – – – – 383,369 261,505 The primary responsibility for in the analysis as management outflows credit risk to any single party or the identification and control does not consider that there is group. The credit risk in respect of Financial assets ‑ cash flows realisable of financial risks rests with the any material risk that the bank will cash and cash equivalents and Chief Financial Officer under terminate such facilities. The bank Cash and cash term deposits is considered limited 847,345 588,733 – – – – 847,345 588,733 the authority of the Board. The does however maintain the right equivalents because counter parties are Board reviews and sets policies for to terminate the facilities without reputable banks with high credit Trade, term and managing each of the risks set out notice and therefore the balances 1,228,541 1,166,914 – – – – 1,228,541 1,166,914 ratings assigned by Standard and loans receivables below, including the investment of overdrafts outstanding at year Poors. Total anticipated exposure, setting of limits on end could become repayable 2,075,886 1,755,647 – – – – 2,075,886 1,755,647 inflows reserves and future cash flow (b) Liquidity risk within 12 months. Financial forecast projections. guarantee liabilities are treated Liquidity risk arises from the Net (outflow)/ as payable on demand since the possibility that the Group might inflow on financial 1,692,517 1,494,142 – – – – 1,692,517 1,494,142 Specific Financial Risk Exposures and Group has no control over the encounter difficulty in settling its instruments Management timing of any potential settlement debts or otherwise meeting its The main risks the Group is of the liabilities. obligations related to financial exposed to through its financial liabilities. Athletics Australia Cash flows realised from financial instruments are credit risk, liquidity Total Contractual manages risk through the following assets reflect management’s risk and market risk consisting of Parent Within 1 Year 1 to 5 Years Over 5 Years Cash Flow mechanisms: expectation as to the timing interest rate risk, foreign currency of realisation. Actual timing 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ • preparing forward looking risk and commodity and equity may therefore differ from that cash flow analysis in relation to Financial liabilities due for payment price risk. disclosed. The timing of cash flows its operational, investing and presented in the table to settle Trade and other financial activities; 383,369 261,505 – – – – 383,369 261,505 (a) Credit risk financial liabilities reflects the payables Exposure to credit risk relating • monitoring undrawn credit earliest contractual settlement Total contractual 383,369 261,505 – – – – 383,369 261,505 to financial assets arises from facilities; dates and does not reflect outflows the potential non‑performance management’s expectations that • maintaining a reputable credit Total expected by counter parties of contract banking facilities will be rolled 383,369 261,505 – – – – 383,369 261,505 obligations that could lead to a risk profile; forward. outflows Financial assets ‑ cash flows realisable Cash and cash 847,345 588,733 – – – – 847,345 588,733 equivalents Trade, term and 1,228,541 1,166,914 – – – – 1,228,541 1,166,914 loans receivables Total anticipated 2,075,886 1,755,647 – – – – 2,075,886 1,755,647 inflows Net (outflow)/ inflow on financial 1,692,517 1,494,142 – – – – 1,692,5171,494,142 instruments

(c) Foreign exchange risk Athletics Australia has no exposure to foreign exchange risk at the end of the period but is exposed during the period when awaiting the payment of outstanding grants committed from IAAF. This may result in the fair value or future cash flows of the receivable fluctuating due to movement in foreign exchange rates of currencies.

(d) Price risk

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Price risk relates to the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of (a) Reconciliation of Cash Flow from Operations with Profit after Income Tax changes in market prices largely due to demand and supply factors for commodities. Consolidated Parent Athletics Australia is not exposed to commodity price risk as none of its investment portfolio is currently exposed to equity securities. 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $

(e) Sensitivity analysis Net income for the period 126,479 18,626 126,479 18,626

Interest Rate Risk Sensitivity Analysis Cash flows excluded from profit attributable to operating activities At 30 June 2010, the effect on profit and equity as a result of changes in the interest rate, with all other variables Non‑cash flows in profit remaining constant would be as follows: – Depreciation 50,669 48,530 50,669 48,530 Consolidated Parent – Loss on disposal of property, plant and – 16,282 – 16,282 equipment 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ Less amounts reclassified as investing Change in profit – – – – activities Increase of 100 basis points 18,473 7,460 18,473 7,460 – Interest received (87,070) (94,606) (87,070) (94,606) Decrease of 50 basis points (9,237) (3,730) (9,237) (3,730) Changes in assets and liabilities, net of the effects of purchase and disposal of subsidiaries Change in equity – (Increase)/decrease in trade and 107,160 (169,601) 107,160 (169,601) Increase of 100 basis points 18,473 7,460 18,473 7,460 term receivables Decrease of 50 basis points (9,237) (3,730) (9,237)(3,730) – Increase/(decrease) in trade 32,246 37,395 32,246 37,395 payables and accruals 12 Interests of Key Management Personnel – Increase/(decrease) in provisions (14,246) 52,606 (14,246) 52,606 Refer to the Remuneration Report contained in the Directors’ Report for details of the remuneration paid or 215,238 (90,768) 215,238 (90,768) payable to each member of the Group’s key management personnel for the year ended 30 June 2010. The totals of remuneration paid to key management personnel of the company and the Group during the year are as follows: (b) Reconciliation of cash

2010 $ 2009 $ Consolidated Parent Short‑term employee benefits 1,049,677 864,337 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ Post‑employment benefits 80,501 124,753 Cash at the end of the financial year as shown in the cash flow statement is reconciled to items in the balance sheet as follows: 1,130,178 989,090 Cash and cash equivalents 847,345 588,733 847,335 588,723

13 Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets 847,345 588,733 847,335 588,723 No potential financial effect of contingent liabilities has been identified by management or the Board.

14 Related Party Transactions 16 Company Details The registered office of the company is: Subsidiaries Athletics Australia Consolidated Parent Suite 22, Fawkner Towers 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ 431 St Kilda Road Melbourne VIC 3004 Host City Marathon Ltd – – – – Team AA Ltd – – – – Australian Athletic Federation Ltd – – – – These companies are limited by guarantee and were incorporated in Australia 13 July 2001. Athletics Australia exercises a controlling influence over these companies. On becoming a Director of Athletics Australia, that director then automatically also becomes a director of these 3 related companies.

Australian Flame Pty Ltd 10 10 – – The above company was incorporated in Australia 13 May 2009 The directors are Dallas O’Brien, Nicole Roache and Joe Brugliera. These four companies did not trade during the period.

15 Cash Flow Information

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Athletics Australia Directors’ Declaration Lachlan Partners Audit Services Pty Ltd Level 35, 360 Collins Street Melbourne, VIC 3000 PO Box 215 Collins Street West, VIC 8007

T: 03 9605 9200 The directors of the entity declare that: F: 03 9605 9249 1. The financial statements and notes, as set out on pages 7 to 34, are in E: [email protected] accordance with the Corporations Act 2001 and: W: www.lachlanpartners.com.au (a) comply with Australian Accounting Standards; and ACN: 124 221 656 (b) give a true and fair view of the financial position as at 30 June 2010 and of the performance for the year ended on that date of the entity. 2. In the directors’ opinion, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the entity will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable. This declaration is made in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Athletics Australia Directors. Independent Audit report to the members of Athletics Australia

Report on the Financial Report

We have audited the accompanying  nancial statements of Athletics Australia and Controlled Entities, which  Director ...... comprises the statement of nancial position as at 30 June 2010, and the income statement, statement of comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity and cash  ow statement for the year ended on that date, a summary of signi cant accounting policies, other explanatory notes and the directors' declaration of the consolidated Dated ...... 07/09/2010 entity comprising the company and the entities it controlled at the year’s end or from time to time during the  nancial year.

Director's Responsibility for the Financial Report

The directors of the company are responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the  nancial statements in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards (including the Australian Accounting Interpretations) and the Corporations Act 2001. This responsibility includes: designing, implementing and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of the  nancial statements that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.

Auditor's Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the  nancial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. These Auditing Standards require that we comply with relevant ethical requirements relating to audit engagements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the  nancial statements is free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the  nancial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the  nancial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the company's preparation and fair presentation of the  nancial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the company’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the  nancial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is suf cient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

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Chartered Accountants, Business & Financial Advisors Chartered Accountants, Business & Financial Advisors Lachlan Partners Audit Services Pty Ltd Lachlan Partners Audit Services Pty Ltd Level 35, 360 Collins Street Level 35, 360 Collins Street Melbourne, VIC 3000 Melbourne, VIC 3000 PO Box 215 PO Box 215 Collins Street West, VIC 8007 Collins Street West, VIC 8007 T: 03 9605 9200 T: 03 9605 9200 F: 03 9605 9249 F: 03 9605 9249 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.lachlanpartners.com.au W: www.lachlanpartners.com.au ACN: 124 221 656 ACN: 124 221 656

Athletics Australia Independent Audit report to the members of Athletics Australia Athletics Australia

Independence For the Year Ended 30 June 2010

In conducting our audit, we have complied with the independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001. We Disclaimer con rm that the independence declaration required by the Corporations Act 2001, provided to the directors of Athletics Australia on 10 September 2010, would be in the same terms if provided to the directors as at the date of this auditor's report.

Auditor's Opinion The additional  nancial data presented on pages 38 - 40 is in accordance with the books and records of the Group which have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our statutory audit of the Group for the year ended  In our opinion the nancial statements of Athletics Australia and Athletics Australia and Controlled Entities is in accord- 30 June 2010. It will be appreciated that our statutory audit did not cover all details of the additional  nancial data. ance with the Corporations Act 2001, including: Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on such  nancial data and we give no warranty of accuracy or reliability in respect of the data provided. Neither the  rm nor any member or employee of the  rm undertakes responsibility  (a) giving a true and fair view of the company and consolidated entity’s nancial position as at 30 June 2010 and in any way whatsoever to any person (other than Athletics Australia) in respect of such data, including any errors of of their performance for the year ended on that date; and omissions therein however caused. (b) complying with Australian Accounting Standards (including the Australian Accounting Interpretations) and the Corporations Regulations 2001. Lachlan Partners Audit Services Pty Ltd Lachlan Partners Audit Services Pty Ltd Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants

James J Sidon James J. Sidon

Melbourne Melbourne 7 September 2010 . 7 September 2010

The accompanying notes form part of the  nancial statements

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Trust Funds Staff

Chief Executive Officer / General Secretary Competitions Coordinators Consolidated Parent Thomas ‘Danny’ Corcoran Clare Burton 2010 $ 2009 $ 2010 $ 2009 $ (to May 2010) Lorraine Morgan ALF ROBINSON MEMORIAL RACE WALKING FOUNDATION Dallas O’Brien (from June 2010) Statement of Income and Expense National Development Manager Chief Financial Officer / Company Secretary Sally McGrady Opening Balance of Distribution 9,794 8,543 9,794 8,543 Joe Brugliera Account as at 1st July National Talent Identification and Development Plus Interest (net of bank charges) 696 1,251 696 12,511,251 Accountant Coordinator Transfer from capital accounts Travis Nicholls (to August 2009) Ben King (to September 2009) Closing Balance of Distribution Kristine Banks-Smith (from August 2009) 10,490 9,794 10,490 12,519,794 Account as at 30th June Marketing Manager Personal Assistant to CEO Nicole Roache Mary-Lou Silveira Balance Sheet Communications Manager Cash At Bank 25,325 24,385 25,325 24,385 Receptionist Erin Carter Capital and Reserves Carol Grant Marketing and Projects Officer Capital Account 14,835 14,591 14,835 14,591 National High Performance Manager Rebecca Healey (to October 2009) Distribution account 10,490 9,794 10,490 9,794 Eric Hollingsworth Marketing Coordinator 25,325 24,385 25,325 24,385 National Junior High Performance Manager Andrew Wilson (from November 2009) Sara Mulkearns Public Relations Coordinator National Distance Coordinator Cody Lynch (from November 2009) Tim O’Shaughnessy Solicitor High Performance Administrators Peter Fitzgerald Rosie Ditton – Youth 19th Level, Nathan Sims – Teams 500 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Transition Manager Nick Bowden (from July 2009) Bankers Commonwealth Bank of Australia Business Paralympic Preparation Program Manager Banking Centre Scott Goodman (to May 2010) Level 1 Rohan Short (from June 2010) 2-4 Pascoe Vale Road Moonee Ponds VIC 3039 AWD Administration Coordinator Auditors Mark Pettifer (from January 2010) Lachlan Partners AA-PPP Sprints and Jumps Coach and Emerging 360 Collins St Talent Coordinator Melbourne VIC 3000 Brett Jones National Statistician Coaching Manager Paul Jenes OAM Michael Poulton National Records Officer Competitions Manager Ronda Jenkins OAM David Gynther

106 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | FINANCIAL REPORT Justin ANLEZARK Collis BIRMINGHAM Brendan COLE Matt DAVIES Martin DENT Chris ERICKSON Ryan GREGSON 107 Commissions and Committees

Anti-Doping Commission Athletes with a Disability Advisory Committee International Tours Advisory Committee Special Awards Committee Dr Tim Barbour (Chair) Janelle Eldridge (Chair to March 2010, Dean Barton-Smith Anne Lord Dr Chris Bradshaw remained on Committee) Carol Grant Bill Bailey Dr Peter Larkins Neil Fuller Brian Roe Simon McDonald Dave Gynther David Tarbotton Dallas O’Brien Sally McGrady Eric Hollingsworth David Grace (Chair) Danny Corcoran (to May 2010) Louise Sauvage (Chair and Athletics Australia contact) Marg Mahony Dallas O’Brien (from June 2010) Michael Thomson (Chair from Paul Jenes March 2010) (Athletics Australia contact) Officials Advisory Committee Reg Brandis Scott Goodman (to April 2010) Reg Brandis (Chair) Rob Fildes Athletics Australia / Australian Little Athletics Mark Pettifer (from January 2010) Janelle Eldridge Committee Rohan Short (from June 2010) Lorraine Morgan Track and Field Advisory Committee Adam Wallish (Athletics Australia contact) Brian Roe Dean Barton-Smith Brian Newton David Gynther Peter Hamilton Coaching Advisory Committee (Athletics Australia contact) Andrew Matthews Glynis Nunn-Cearns Derek Fineberg Grant McKay Robert Medlicott Dallas O’Brien Selection Committee Brian Roe Nick Moore (Chair) Jane Hansen Peter Fitzgerald (Chair) Khan Sharp (Chair) Alison O’Riordan Nick Bowden Melinda Gainsford-Taylor David Gynther Barbara Stephens Nick Moore (Athletics Australia contact) Peter Sharpe Lindsay Watson Dion Russell Rob Fildes (Chair) Kylie Wheeler (to September 2009) Eric Hollingsworth Ross Burridge Sarah Jamieson (from September 2009) (Athletics Australia contact) Dianne Huxley (to December 2009) Athletics Australia Tribunal Tudor Bidder (to February 2010) SMACME Committee Ian Hill QC (Sponsorship, Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Media and Events) Jamie Nettleton Distance Running and Walking Advisory Committee Andrew McKenzie Paul Connolly Jason Agosta Ben Gilbert Mark Rosenberg Dave Cundy Dallas O’Brien The Hon. Justice Tricia Kavanagh Anne Lord (Chair – Distance) David Gynther Danny Corcoran (to May 2010) Sonia O’Sullivan Erin Carter Dallas O’Brien (from June 2010) Pam Turney Jason Richardson (Athletics Australia contact) John Connellan Athletes’ Commission Luke Adams John Crennan (appointed September 30, 2009) Bob Cruise Kate Craig Luke Adams Tim Erickson (Chair – Walks) Kate Smith Justin Anlezark Brent Vallance Matt Mahon (Chair) David Gynther Nick Honey Sarah Jamieson (Athletics Australia contact) Nicole Roache Bronwyn Thompson (Chair) Rob Fildes Katrina Webb Facilities and Equipment Advisory Committee Simon Hayman Kylie Wheeler David Barfoot Danny Corcoran (to May 2010) Graham Dwight Dallas O’Brien (from June 2010) Robert Mitchell (Chair) (Athletics Australia contact) Joe Stevens Denis Wilson David Gynther (Athletics Australia contact)

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110 Athletics Australia Annual Report 2009-2010 | SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : Aaron ROUGE-SERRET Dani SAMUELS John 2009 IAAF world championships medallists Dani Samuels (discus throw), Steve Hooker (pole vault) and Mitchell Watt (long jump)

Runners hit the road for the 2010 Perth City to Surf

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Success on the World Stage 2009–2010 Athletics Australia 2009–2010 Annual Report