Ballarat Basketball 2019 Annual Report
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53rd ANNUAL REPORT BALLARAT BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION • 2019 BALLARAT BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED) 53rd Annual General Meeting The Meeting has been postponed to a date to be determined due to the isolation measures being undertaken to combat the spread of COVID-19 AGENDA 1. Confi rm Minutes of last preceding Annual General Meeting held on 3/04/2019. 2. To receive from the Board reports upon the transactions of the Association during the last preceding fi nancial year. 3. To elect Association Treasurer and three (3) Directors of the Board of Management, who retire with the effl uxion of time, according to two(2) term maximum requirements. 4. To receive and consider the statement submitted by the Association in accordance with Section 30 (3) of the Act. 5. To appoint an Auditor. 6. To transact any general business which was received in writing by the advertised due date, April 1, 2020 at 4pm. BOARD EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT - Mr. David Stuchbery VICE PRESIDENT - Mr. Simon Cornwell TREASURER - Ms. Kym Cassells DIRECTORS Mr Nick Grylewicz, Ms Kim Holloway, Mr Cameron Moore, Mr Tim Walshe LIFE MEMBERS Mr. F. A. Allisey † Mrs. C. Chase Mr B. Stone Mr. L. J. Dunkley-Smith † Mr. L. C. Hotchin Mr K. Warhurst † Mr. P. Bainbridge Mr. G. Ebbels Mrs M. Potter Mr. D. N. Punshon † Mrs G. Barnett Mr M. Dunne Mr. R. H. Holmes Mr. D. Foley Mr E. Cooks Mr. M. G. Gullock † Mrs. M. Johnson Mrs P. Smeaton Mr. G. V. Coff ey Mr. P. Magee Mrs G. Nichols Mrs. D. B. Jose † Mr. B. E. Clark Mrs D. Nevett Mr. J. A. Haywood Mr J. Johnson Mr P. Cunningham Mr. P. G. Eddy Mr I. Newland Mrs R. Cleveland Mrs. S. Abele Mr P. Tudorovic Mr Nick Grylewicz HALL OF FAME Mr Ron Holmes Mr Ray Borner Ms Kym Cassells Mr Don Punshon † Mr Len Dunkley-Smith † Mr Dennis Foley Mrs Dawn Jose † Mr Frank Allisey † Ms Robyn Maher ADMINISTRATION Chief Executive Offi cer Elite Teams and Honorary Historian Mr. Peter Eddy Venue Services Manager Mr. Ron Holmes Operations Manager Mr. Glenn White Auditor Mr. Mark Valentine Minerdome Sports PPT Accounting Club Manager Mr. Malcolm Harper Chairman It is my great honour to present the 53nd. Annual Report for Many thanks to Directors Kim Holloway and Cameron Moore the Ballarat Basketball Association (Incorporated). This will for their leadership of this group. also be my last Annual Report as Chairman of the Basketball I would like to acknowledge our Club Coaches and Ballarat Board of Directors. administrators. Their sterling eff orts often go unseen and The previous 12 months have seen the realisation of a unnoticed. Despite this, the work of the many club volunteers number of goals that have been a long time in the making. I is arguably the most important work undertaken within am extremely grateful for every members’ eff orts in assisting our organisation. Their eff orts can have the most profound our Association to continue to achieve such high level goals impact on young players and their families. The hours of through perseverance and tenacity. volunteering and dedication provided to develop our young stars is a great strength of Basketball Ballarat. We also need On the court, our Senior and Junior Elite teams have to recognise the support of local company Skin Ski and Surf represented Basketball Ballarat to an extremely high for their sponsorship of our Holiday programs. These camps standard. The Miners team had an extremely successful are often the impetus for a young athlete to commence their debut year in the NBL1 competition and almost took out journey in basketball. the major goal in this competition’s inaugural year. The Rush had another slow start to their season but persevered and I would like to recognise the ongoing work of Director had a very successful second half to their NBL1 season. Their Tim Walshe and Andrew Day for their commendable prospects for the coming season appear to be extremely work in the Marketing, Social Media and Communications promising. area. The improvements in community partnerships and communications with a huge variety of club members and Both of our Youth League teams continued to provide a community organisations is greatly appreciated. Andrew has great basis for our upcoming stars to develop their skills worked extremely long hours to lock in some outstanding and prepare to move into the senior teams. The signifi cant sponsorship partnerships for a variety of areas. The work number of Youth League players who gained court time completed in the last 12 months has provided an excellent in the senior teams was testament to the processes and springboard for future improvements in this area. positive culture developed across the Senior Elite Teams. You will see in our fi nancial report that we have continued to I would like to congratulate Glenn White in his fi rst year as operate in a responsible manner over the last year. Despite Senior Elite Teams Manager. He has been able to develop experiencing a number of diffi culties, we have continued great networks within this area and his immense experience to respond proactively and have grown our business at this level has assisted all participants to be well prepared despite these issues. I would like to thank our Treasurer, Kym each week. Cassells for her wisdom and considered leadership of our The Senior Elite Teams committee is continuing to improve Finance Committee. I am confi dent that our fi nances are in player outcomes from the improved consistency and experienced and skilled hands. communications across this program. Perhaps our greatest achievement in the past year, has Our Junior Elite Teams have completed a hugely successful been the opening of our new Basketball Stadium (BSEC). We year with Ballarat players and coaches experiencing are very appreciative of the consistent hard work of Peter success at VJBL, State and National levels. Our culture of Eddy, Mark Valentine, Board Director Kym Squire and Nick “accountability, trust and togetherness” has allowed our Grylewicz over a number of years to see the building phase Junior teams to continue to attain many achievements through to completion. Our offi cial opening earlier this year under the guidance of our Director of Coaching, Brendan was the culmination of so much work by so many Basketball Joyce. Ballarat members. We are very aware that the hard work will continue as we realize the completion of Stage 2 of this great facility. I would like to acknowledge the huge support we have received from the City of Ballarat throughout this process and with the maintenance of many of our current programs. Without their support, expertise and advice we would not be in the strong position we are in now. You would be aware that, our long-serving CEO, Peter Eddy, plans to retire later this year. There will be an appropriate time later in the year for us to recognise his immense impact on our association and Basketball throughout Australia. For now, I would like to thank Peter for his indefatigable energy levels, his imaginative vision, his considered wisdom and most importantly, his ability to get the best out of all of us. Peter will be sorely missed when he retires but I know he will continue to support Basketball Ballarat in many ways long into the future. 3 The appointment process for our new CEO will be weather the “storms” that beset all sporting organisations. competently handled by Directors Simon Cornwell, Kim I trust that the processes and structures that we have put Holloway and Tim Walshe. I am confi dent they will be able to in place will allow the Association to continue to grow and identify a suitable replacement for this incredibly important prosper well into the future. role within our organisation. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and the Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank so association over the last nine years. I wish you all the best many people who have made my time on the Board so and ask that you never forget to keep the maxim, “What is fulfi lling and gratifying. When I fi rst became a member of the best for Basketball” at the forefront of your thoughts when Committee of Management in 2012, I didn’t think I would be you confront the diffi cult decisions that often come our way. a part of such a dynamic era in our organisation. Similarly, I commend this annual report to you and encourage you when I took on the role of Chairman of the Board of Directors to peruse the various reports presented. We are truly a in 2016, I certainly didn’t contemplate the rate of change we successful sporting organisation! would experience in the next fi ve years. It is quite humbling to look back and refl ect on the many great achievements David Stuchbery - Chairman we have realised in such a relatively short period of time. I trust that my time as a Director and as Board Chairman, has seen our Association grow in a number of ways. I believe that we are now a very professional organisation able to CEO I present this report, my last as CEO of Basketball Ballarat Technical Offi cials Commission Chair Terry Davies continues with a mix of pride and sadness. to guide this area of our operations and we are grateful for his support, given his heavy professional work commitments. Pride in all that we have achieved as an Association over the past 70 odd years and sadness that my time as a Director BALLARAT SPORTS EVENTS CENTRE (B.SEC) then CEO for over forty years is coming to an end in 2020.