ANNUAL REPORT 12|13 Sponsors 1 2 Event partners Partners Official supplier Official training base 1 EnergyAustralia contract ended 5th June 2013 2 Singapore Airlines contract ended December 2012 2 CONTENTS Foreword from the Minister for Sport 4 Teams Board Report 5 2012 Trans Tasmania 68 Chief Executive Officer’s report 6 2012 Olympic Team 69 Events 8 2012 Paralympic Team 70 Commercial 10 2012 Junior Pan Pacific Championships Team 71 Marketing & Communications 11 2012 FINA OWS World Cup Team 72 High Performance Unit 12 2012 FINA World Cup Team 72 Community Sport 16 2012 FINA World Short Course Championships Team 72 Vale 18 2013 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series Team 73 From the stakeholders Results Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association 19 2012 Australian Short Course Championships - Champions 74 Australian Swimmers’ Association 20 2012 State Teams Ahe Short Course - Champions 75 Swimming New South Wales 21 2013 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series - Champions 77 Swimming Northern Territory 22 2013 Australian Age Championships - Champions 78 Swimming Queensland 23 2013 GHSF Australian Multi Class Age Championships - Champions 82 Swimming South Australia 24 2013 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships - Champions 84 Swimming Tasmania 25 International Results - Individual Medals Swimming Victoria 26 2012 Olympic Games 86 Swimming Western Australia 27 2012 Paralympic Games 86 Organisation 2012 Junior Pan Pacs 87 Swimming Australia committee membership 28 2013 FINA World CHampionships (25m) 87 Swimming Australia governance structure as at 30 June 2013 28 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival 87 Swimming Australia Life Members 29 Records Membership statistics 30 Long Course Records 88 Financials: Swimming Australia Ltd 31 Australian Age Rocords 89 Short Course Records 91 Summary of Records created in Australia and Overseas 91 2012 EnergyAustralia Swimmer of the Year Awards Winners 92 © Swimming Australia Limited 2013 All images are the property of Delly Carr / Swimming Australia Limited ANNUAL REPORT 12/13 3 Foreword from the Minister Message from Senator the Hon Don Farrell Minister for Sport The Australian Government, through the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), is a strong supporter of swimming in Australia. In 2012/13, we invested more than $10 million to support our elite swimmers and encourage participation across the country. Swimming continues to be one of Australia’s most popular sport and recreation activities and the development of participation programs, like Ready. Set. Race, will help attract another generation of young Australians into the sport. I would like to acknowledge the large number of volunteers who make it possible for Australians to participate in their chosen sport, week in and week out. Sport in Australia relies heavily on the countless number of people who volunteer their time and effort, often working behind the scenes with little acknowledgement. The Australian Government is committed to raising the bar in high-performance sport. Australian athletes are supported by programs from talent identification and development, coaching, use of science, technology and innovation; through to management and administration. It is fundamental to success that the standards of excellence and accountability that are set in all of these areas are the same as those expected of our athletes on competition day. Through the ASC, the Government is committed to achieving the goals set out in the Australia’s Winning Edge initiative, ensuring Australian athletes can move from world class to world best, and inspiring greater levels of participation at the grassroots level. High-performance sport relies on a strong community sport sector for its talent pool, and community sport relies on high-performance success to inspire young Australians to participate in sport. Sport in our society is changing at a rapid pace. The message for sports, and many have already acted, is that sport must invest in innovation to keep their sport strong and sustainable over the long term. Finally, 2012 was an exciting year for swimming with our elite swimmers performing on the world stage at the London 2012 Olympics Games and Paralympics Games. Our Olympic swimmers won 10 medals, with Alicia Coutts’ achievement of five medals – equalling Shane Gould and Ian Thorpe as the best individual medal performances at a single Olympic Games – a standout performance. Our Paralympic swimmers were outstanding, winning 18 gold, seven silver and 12 bronze for a total of 37 medals, and finishing second on the medal tally. Jacqueline Freney was exceptional, winning eight gold medals, while Matthew Cowdrey won five gold medals to bring his overall tally to 13 gold medals, making him the most successful Australian Paralympian ever. The Australian Government looks forward to ongoing collaboration with the sport sector to encourage more people into sport and to drive Australia’s continued sporting success. Senator the Hon Don Farrell Minister for Sport 4 SWIMMING AUSTRALIA LTD. Board Report Firstly, and on behalf of the stakeholders, coaches, parents and supporters of this great sport; the Board of Swimming Australia would like to congratulate the 82 swimmers who represented Australia at the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. The Olympic and Paralympic Games is the pinnacle for any athlete or coach, and it is both an honour and a fantastic achievement to represent the Australian Swim Team and the wider swimming family on such a stage. Led by gold in the women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay, Australia won a total of 10 medals at the London Olympics, finishing seventh on the medal tally, with Alicia Coutts equalling Ian Thorpe and Shane Gould’s record of five medals at one Olympics. Alicia Coutts, Christian Sprenger, Emily Seebohm and James Magnussen all won individual silver medals, while Coutts and Bronte Barratt took home individual bronze as well, with a total of 19 countries medalling in the pool at the Games. Two weeks later at the Paralympic Games, Australia dominated in the pool to win a total of 37 medals, including 18 gold, seven silver and 12 bronze. Led by a clean sweep of eight gold medals from eight events for Jacqui Freney, and a further five gold to Matthew Cowdrey to extend his all-time total to a staggering 13, the Australian team produced their best-ever performance at a Paralympic Games in the pool. Fourteen athletes returned home with one or more medals to their name, including gold in three of the four relays to highlight Australia’s overall strength and dominance. Outside of the pool and performances on the world stage, the Swimming Australia family welcomed a new partner through the establishment of the Georgina Hope Foundation Swimmers Support Scheme (GHFSSS) in November 2012. To Mrs Georgina Rinehart, a supporter of swimming in Australia since 1992, who we approached over a year ago to assist in the support of further developing swimmers in and out of the water; thank you for answering our call. We are extremely grateful for your foresight in setting up the GHFSSS and your commitment to our athletes. This fantastic initiative will provide the necessary financial support for our swimmers to train and prepare to the best of their ability, and to meet the challenges ahead over the next four years. To the Australian Sports Commission, who was instrumental in presenting the sport with a further blueprint for success through An Independent Review into Swimming (Smith, 2013), which was released in February 2013; thank you for your continued support. Our restructured High Performance Unit is already working towards delivering on the Australia’s Winning Edge initiative designed to take our sport forward towards the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and beyond. To our partners, Speedo, Network Ten, Swisse, Dairy Australia and Be the Influence – Tackling Binge Drinking program; your support does not go unnoticed and we look forward to continuing to develop relationships and opportunities for all over the coming years. We would also like to thank EnergyAustralia for their support in 2012 and 2013. The Board would like to thank our staff for their efforts building on our three strategic pillars - Partnerships, Performance and Participation. We also note the contributions of former Presidents David Urquhart and Barclay Nettlefold and former CEO Kevin Neil. We also note the contribution of Jeremy Turner as Interim CEO for part of the period. We would also like to welcome Mark Anderson as the new CEO of Swimming Australia. Prior to joining us, Mark had a successful term as CEO of Hockey Australia and we are delighted to have him on the team. Finally we would like to acknowledge all our volunteers who are the bedrock of our sport. From all our technical officials at the bigger events to the mums and dads who keep all our member clubs operating, our sport would not be what it is without them. Thank you! Swimming Australia Board ANNUAL REPORT 12/13 5 CEO Report The start of this Olympic and Paralympic cycle has brought with it some transitional change for Swimming Australia Limited (SAL). Having commenced in the Chief Executive Officer role at the start of May, I feel very honoured to be provided with the opportunity of leading this great sport on behalf of all of our members and stakeholders. We have a proud history within our sport and I feel very positive about our future, both in and out of the pool. In my first two months in the role, I have had the opportunity to travel to every state and territory to meet with all of our key stakeholders and their boards. I thank each of you for the warm welcome I received in every location. It has become clearly evident just how much passion and pride there is for this great sport around the nation and I look forward to working with all of you over the coming months and years to continue the growth and development of our sport.