2020 CBA Annual Report
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ANNUAL REPORT 2020 CANTERBURY BASKETBALL INC. ASSOCIATION Patron: Maurie Henshall Chair: Barry Dent Board Members: Lisa Davison; Murray Kennedy; Fee Chapman; Diane Fenika; Ben Sheat; Alan Wenmoth Life Members: Maurie Henshall; Tina Cook; Peter Crowhen; Darrel Flynn-Thompson; John Grocott; Raewyn Willocks; Paula Wilkinson; Terry Brunel; Faith Harrison; Sandra French; Piet Van Hasselt; Cathy Hyland; Jamie Graham Staff: Clive Beaumont – General Manager James Lissaman – Community Basketball Manager Nicky Jagger – Finance Manager Lori McDaniel – Community Coach and Women’s Development Officer Rebecca Moon – Community Events Officer/Junior Referee Manager Photos front and internal cover: Hamish Hobbs – Vantage Media ANNUAL REPORT 2020 CONTENTS Canterbury Basketball Association Inc. 220 Pages Road, PO Box 24-063, City East, Christchurch 8141 www.canterbury.basketball CONTENTS MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN 4 GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT 6 CLUB BASKETBALL REPORT 7 WINTER CLUB BASKETBALL 8 MAJOR AWARDS WINNERS 15 MIDWEEK COMPETITION 16 MCDONALD’S HIGH SCHOOL 17 COMPETITIONS WILDCATS REPORT 20 COACH DEVELOPMENT AND 22 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL REFEREE MANAGER’S REPORT 23 LINCOLN UNIVERSITY 24 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME INDEPENDENT AUDIT 25 & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OUR SPONNSORS 42 FUNDING PARTNERS 43 Canterbury Basketball Association Incorporated 49th Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 2020. Presented at the Annual General Meeting, 13th April 2021 at 7.00pm at the Metropolitan Lounge, the Tannery, Garlands Road, Woolston. 3 CANTERBURY BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION INC. 2020 BOARD REPORT CHAIR’S REPORT CHAIR’S Barry Dent BOARD 2020 I present my Report for the year ended 31 STRATEGIC PLAN: December 2020. Our Strategic Plan for the three year period from 2019 In last year’s report I said ‘change is a never ending to 2022 remains unchanged. The Plan, containing the process’. What I never envisaged were the significant Strategic Goals and the Outcomes has been published changes that we would be forced to make in 2020 at the web site so all participants can be aware of to actually survive. But survive we have and, in its contents. my opinion, we exited the year in a much stronger The Plan sets out four areas in particular to achieve. position than envisaged. What we need to do now is They are to be resilient, adaptable, to be growing and to use that position as a ‘stepping stone’ to bigger and to be vibrant. It is fair to say that this Strategic Plan will better things. be a significant challenge for us to achieve. The Board makes no apologies for this. OUR PEOPLE: Basketball is a fast growing sport, especially at school Whilst the 2020 Annual General Meeting was delayed, level and in youth age groups, and we need to be the Appointments Panel process had been completed ‘ahead of the crowd’ to ensure we can cater for this for a March AGM. Tim Bennetts resigned his position unrelenting growth. More effort is required to grow the and Ben Sheat was co-opted to the Board on 07 April women’s game at all levels and we offer no apologies 2020 in accordance with the Constitution. Murray for this pursuit. Kennedy’s position as an Appointed Board Member The General Manager has developed an Annual continued until the AGM was held on 13 October, at Operational Plan based on the Strategic Plan and this which time Murray Kennedy and Ben Sheat were was approved near the end of 2020. Clive will report appointed to the Board. My heartfelt thanks to Tim to the Board each meeting on meeting the contents of for his unselfish action and for his outstanding efforts this Operational Plan. whilst on the Board and involved in Canterbury basketball. Welcome back to Murray and welcome ALLOYFOLD CANTERBURY WILDCATS: on board Ben! The Wildcats are a very important step in the Clive Beaumont completed his first year with us as pathway for Canterbury women and a great branding General Manager in December. Clive has literally been opportunity for the future. The 2020 season saw thrown in at the ‘deep end’ and his leadership of the the creation of a very different Women’s National operational side of Canterbury basketball has been Basketball League competition because of Covid-19. outstanding. Marty Davison resigned his referee The tournament was held entirely in Auckland with coordination position during the year. All the best to the Women’s National League picking up a significant Marty for the future! proportion of the costs. The Women’s National 4 ANNUAL REPORT 2020 Development League did not proceed. However a 3x3 income sources with more vigour going forward. did and was held in Invercargill. An area of satisfaction to the Board is the level of We need to get back to a home and away competition reserves held by the CBA. At year’s end our reserves for the Women’s National Basketball League and had increased to approximately 50% of the year’s reinstate the Women’s National Development League. expenditure - an increase from last year and nearer to This will mean we can actively promote these games to the Strategic Plan goal set in this respect. our loyal sponsors, fans and developing players. OTHER ISSUES: The Scholarships for our young women which are tied to Wildcats players and their sponsors were not able As a consequence of bringing the Representative to continue last season because no sponsors funding programme in house a Basketball Development Plan was received. We are hopeful of reinstating these (BDP) was approved and the position of a Basketball Scholarships for our budding Wildcats in 2021. Development Manager was created to oversee all elements of the sport in Canterbury. The appointee will KEY PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION: commence in 2021. In order to achieve those outcomes set out in the As a consequence of Covid-19 the Sports Minister Strategic Plan we need to work alongside a number has created a number of funding opportunities for of other organisations. Those we work alongside sport and recreation – and in particular basketball. include Basketball New Zealand (BBNZ), Women’s BBNZ has consulted widely over the ‘Strengthen and National Leagues (Women’s NBL), Canterbury Regional Adapt’ Review. The finalisation of the Report and Basketball Foundation (CRBF), North Canterbury subsequent action will not occur until 2021 but I expect Basketball, Sport Canterbury, School Sport Canterbury that the CBA will have significant involvement in any and our local Clubs. redevelopment of the sport as a result of this Review After a review of and significant discussion by the The ‘Girls Got Game’ programme was created in 2019 Board over many months it was decided to not and I expect it to be rolled out to a greater number of renew our Agreement with the Canterbury Regional Canterbury participants in 2021. Basketball Foundation (CRBF) from 31 December THE FUTURE: 2020 and return our Representative programme in-house from 2021. This decision was not based The CBA will be 50 years old in August 2022. The Board on performance – indeed the performance of the will be looking to celebrate our fiftieth birthday in a programme over the previous six years was nothing fitting manner then. less than wonderful – but on balance it was the Board’s view that the programme was a community one and THANKS! should be administered in-house. Hand-over of the There are many people who give their time voluntarily programme to us was basically complete at year’s end. to enhance the sport of basketball in Canterbury. The Board thanks you for the time you give to our OUR FINANCES: sport. Thanks! A review of the Annual Finance Report shows our Thank you to the team at the office, Nicky, James, financial position remains sound despite the Covid-19 Lori, Rebecca, and Clive for your efforts over the last pandemic. Our surplus for the 2020 year is slightly year for the betterment of basketball. Your personal larger than 2019 and our net asset value has increased commitments to the organisation during some over 2019 as a result of this surplus. very trying times in the first half of the year were outstanding. Your ongoing commitment is very much During the lockdown and for two months after it appreciated! there were no funds available to any organisation from Community Grant funders. This highlighted Thank you also to our supporters, partners and Board concerns that our Community Grant funding, at sponsors who assisted us during the year. Without approximately 42% of total income, would create a risk you we would not be able to provide the community to the CBA should this amount either reduce quickly with the opportunities they currently have. A list of or significantly. There is a need to diversify our income our sponsors, partners and supporters is set out sources. The CBA has Charitable Status with the Inland elsewhere in this Report. Revenue. The Board intends to explore the ability to To anyone else who assists us in any way thanks to you utilise our Charitable Status to assist to diversify our all as well. 5 CANTERBURY BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION INC. GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT REPORT MANAGER'S Clive Beaumont GENERAL Having started in my role in December 2019, I guess programme with other initiatives to be bolted on to it is fair to say that the first full year in the role was this in due course. and will be unique to my tenure as GM of Canterbury A special thanks to all the CBA staff this year for their Basketball Association, and I hope that it will remain contribution and efforts in a challenging year. The CBA so and we can have a ”normal” year in 2021, if there is office operate as a genuine team and share a common such a thing.