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Athletics Australia Success on the World Stage Athletics Australia Annual Report athletics.com.au Success on the World Stage 2009–2010 Athletics Australia 2009–2010 Annual Report 2009 IAAF world championships medallists Dani Samuels (discus throw), Steve Hooker (pole vault) and Mitchell Watt (long jump) Contents Runners hit the road for the 4 From the President 2010 Perth 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 Wales 56 Athletics Northern Territory 58 Queensland Athletics 60 Athletics South Australia 62 Athletics Tasmania 64 Athletics Victoria 66 Athletics Western Australia 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 : Youcef ABDi luke ADAMS AnthonY AloZie JuSSTIN teffenANLEZARKSen piRR eneeCOLLIS SteineBIRMINGHAMRt Steven hookeBRENDAN R tRCOLEiStAn thoMATT MASDAVIES MAR k MtuckeARTIN 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 – Oceania, 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. Olympic sports, 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, Italy – March, 2010 – Doha, Qatar 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 sport of athletics 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 Fabrice Lapierre – 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 high jump 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, Poland 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 – Berlin, Germany 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 Benita Willis 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, Canada 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 Moscow world championships in 2013. – May, 2010 – Chihuahua, Mexico 3. 16th IAAF world half marathon Jared Tallent led a team of 15 athletes in championships – October, 2009 Chihuahua, Mexico in May 2010 by finishing – Birmingham, England 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 marathons. the walking fraternity. 4 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 5 From the Chief Executive Officer Danny Corcoran Steve Hooker meets fans at the 2010 IAAF Melbourne Track Classic FAREWEll AnD tHAnK yOU The Sydney 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.

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