2018 Annual Report

2018 ANNUAL REPORT CONTENTS PRESIDENT’S REPORT 02 WACFL RESULTS AND AWARD WINNERS 18 THE EXECUTIVE AND STAFF 05 AFL & AFLW PLAYERS LIST 20 GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT 08 AFL & AFLW DRAFTEES 21 WAFC EXECUTIVE MANAGER ENGAGEMENT & LANDMARK COUNTRY ALL STARS 21 COMMUNITY FOOTBALL REPORT 10 CBH COUNTRY COLTS ALL STARS 21 HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS AND JOINT PATRONS 11 LANDMARK COUNTRY FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS 21 WACFL 2018 HIGHLIGHTS 12 COUNTRY FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD 22 WACFL EXECUTIVE 14 2018 AWARDS 23 WACFL STAFF AND OFFICE BEARERS 15 MERIT AWARDS FOR SERVICE 24 WA NEW HOLLAND STATE COUNTRY TEAM 16 FINANCIAL REPORT 25 THE WEST AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY FOOTBALL LEAGUE IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE COMMITMENT OF THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES FOR 2018 AND THANKS THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT. PREMIER PARTNERS MAJOR PARTNERS PARTNERS OFFICIAL SUPPLIERS WACFL SUPPORTS “THIS YEAR THE EXECUTIVE HAS GONE ABOUT ITS ROLE OF DELIVERING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 2017- PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2018 was my first year as President of the implement to improve the efficiency of their helping them manage the inflation and 2019 STRATEGIC PLAN WITH VIGOUR WACFL and I want to start by saying what League to help keep the Clubs sustainable. expectations around player payments. a fantastic honour it is to follow in the I’d like to continue to encourage our The bylaws continue to evolve, and we are AND WE HAVE SEEN SOME POSITIVE footsteps of a great bunch of long-serving members from all over the state to read confident that the vast majority of our Clubs WACFL presidents in Bud Byfield, John this report as it has relevance to all Country are respectful of these bylaws and abiding Lussick, Ken Baxter and Terry House. Football Leagues. by them. We feel there are significant DEVELOPMENTS.” consequences for noncompliance and hope After 10 years as the WACFL’s president, The Governance of the WACFL has been that the risk and consequence of getting Terry stood down from his position in closely looked at this year and we are caught will outweigh a Club’s desire to buy March and continued as an executive now seeking the support of Members to a premiership. member. I’m sure all members would like to endorse a new constitution for the WACFL join me in congratulating and thanking him in line with changes put in place from the 2018 also saw very deserving people for his efforts and leadership over this time Department of Mines, Industry Regulation inducted into the WACFL’s Life Members and his contribution to country football. and Safety. Club, Gary Bovell and Kellie Morley. Gary Terry has provided great leadership to received his Life Membership for his long the executive, has represented the best There will be further developments rolled and valuable involvement with country interests of country football and has been a out early in the 2019 season which are a football as assistant trainer and then head great supporter of representative football. culmination of some of the hard work of the trainer for our state programs between Executive and Staff from the 2018 season, 2000 and 2018. Kellie has been the This year the executive has gone about its and we are comfortable that the WACFL WACFL’s longest serving staff member role of delivering the recommendations is on the right track to better support our (starting in 1997) and in 2017 reached a of the 2017-2019 Strategic Plan with network. 20-year milestone the members believe vigour and we have seen some positive warranted life membership. developments in regard to Club Commercially, we had a pleasing end to Development, Governance and the Talent 2018 as we continue to have the support The country staff had a superb year and Pathway. There has been a great deal of of our loyal sponsors and have re-signed continues to provide some fantastic work done creating new and professional licencing agreements with six companies innovations to improve country football for policy and tools to support our network. for the following three years. The WACFL’s the executive to consider. financials have been audited and show a The Wheatbelt Review was a report we net profit of $40,656. Importantly this will Finally, I’d like to thank my fellow executive produced as a recommendation from the allow the WACFL to put aside an amount of members for their contribution to country Strategic Plan and something close to $40,000 at the beginning of season 2019 to football in 2018. As a collective we remain my heart, as we painted a picture of what be directed towards a new initiative named passionate about supporting grassroots we believe is happening to football in the the Player Legacy Fund to better protect football to continue the great work the Wheatbelt with less people living in towns our members in times of hardship. We look volunteers provide week to week in and playing the game. To support our forward to providing further details on this facilitating more than 3,000 senior matches anecdotal concepts, we did a census to see initiative in the coming months. that take place around country WA each year. actual trends over one weekend. The WACFL’s Salary Cap has now been Importantly, we gave each League in place for two seasons and we believe JOHN SHADBOLT suggestions on strategies they could it has been a positive for our Clubs in PRESIDENT WACFL 02 03 THE EXECUTIVE JOHN SHADBOLT IAN STANLEY MILTON MILLOY GREG BAIRD JOE BURTON President Senior Vice President Junior Vice President COLIN COX TERRY HOUSE NOEL MIGUEL BARRY TATE GRANT WOODHAMS THE STAFF JOE GEORGIADES BRENT SHERIDAN KELLIE MORLEY ROBYN PAYNE General Manager Operations Manager Administration Administration Assistant Part-time Assistant Part-time 04 05 MALE WA COUNTRY FOOTBALL LEAGUE FEMALE WA COUNTRY FOOTBALL LEAGUE 5000 VOLUNTEERS East Kimberley 5 LEAGUES West Kimberley 25 LEAGUES Central West Kimberley Kimberley 114150 CLUBS LGA’S North Pilbara Newman CLUBS Fortescue 24 Gascoyne Great Great Northern Northern Central Wheatbelt North Midlands Central Midlands Coastal Goldﬁelds Mortlock Eastern Districts Avon Esperance Districts Hills Ravensthorpe Peel Upper Great Peel Southern South West Ongerup South West & Onshore Cup Great Great Southern Southern Lower Southwest 12500 PLAYERS 750 PLAYERS 06 07 “THE 2018 SEASON SAW SIGNIFICANT STEPS TAKEN TO ENHANCE THE GOVERNANCE OF OUR COMPETITIONS.” GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT I believe the 2018 season has been the most Club Development has been another key competitions was a highlight in an area which allows our stakeholders the first real Adelaide Oval in late July. This year’s Robyn Payne, Kellie Morley and volunteer productive year of our Staff and Executive pillar of our 2018 program and, in February, of our game that continues to rapidly opportunity to make informed decisions program saw three lead-in matches against Benjamin Ralph who all continued to work since I commenced in 2011, which can the WACFL loaded a suite of videos onto expand. This, on top of the SWFL and based on relevant statistics. the WAAFL Under 23s, the WA State 18s hard for our constituents’ best interests. largely be attributed to the clear direction our website to give our volunteers easy West Kimberley which commenced female and the Goldfields FL to help commemorate Again, I think our small team had a fantastic that the 2017-19 strategic plan has given us access to club development resources in a competitions in 2017, demonstrates WACFL The Landmark Country Football 125 years since the discovery of gold in the year and I’m very proud of the staff we as a collective. digestible format. It is envisaged that this Leagues are embracing women’s football Championships returned to a one weekend region. have on board and what we’ve been able to strategy, combined with WACFL policy, with all Leagues reporting a positive flow format in Perth and appeared to be a deliver. Gratitude and congratulations must The 2018 season saw significant steps Club Manuals, the website, face to face on to the football and broader community format our network supports. This year After a fantastic lead-in and taking away also go to the members of the Executive taken to enhance the governance of our sessions such as the Regional Roadshows, from starting competitions. Whilst we don’t we were blessed with great weather and one of our strongest sides, the team for their support in the previous 12 months competitions, with five leagues adopting and regular outreach, will allow us to better envisage all our Leagues having female good grounds which, when combined with performed very admirably in Adelaide, but with some of them travelling over four streamlined competition rules in line with support our 150 Club networks with the competitions in the next few years, there the strong sides Leagues brought to town, unfortunately went down by five points. hours to attend meetings each month. WACFL bylaws and recommendations. challenges that arise for them from time to is still opportunity for more Leagues to made it one of the best Championships Congratulations to Craig Walker and his This simple process allows the WACFL to time. embrace female football in the coming in recent times. This year we hosted a team of support staff and Brent Sheridan The 2018 season was my final year as provide more comprehensive administrative years. composite Regional Allstars side in Division for his organisation of this year’s talent General Manager of the WA Country support, which we’ve found has helped Player Payments continue to be topical 3 which had players invited from non- programs. Football League as I explore other reduce duplication for volunteers, assisted around the southern half of the State and Hockey and Netball continue to be popular participating Leagues, giving all WACFL opportunities in 2019.

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