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ATHLETICS WA DIRECTORY 1 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2 CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 5 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT 7

Programs and Events 2015/2016 Perth Track Classic 10 World Championships 11 Australian Athletics Championships 12 Track and Field Season 13 WA State Championships 15 Australian All Schools Championships 16 Australian Junior Championships 18

Development Target Talent Program 21 Coaching 22 Officials 22 Transition Program 24 Go for 2 & 5 Indigenous Development Program 25

Out of Stadium Road 26 Marathons 26 Walks 27 Cross Country 27 Bankwest Gallipoli Series 30

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS 2015/2016 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS 2015/2016 STATEMENT BY THE BOARD 2015/2016 INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT 2015/2016 Athletics WA directory

Life Members The following individuals have been recognised for their significant contributions to athletics in Western Australia and are Life Members of Athletics WA:

Peter Bacich Lindsay Glass Fred Napier * Fiona Brown Jackie Halberg Ed Neimanis OAM * Patricia Carr Valerie Hancock * Pamela O’Connell David Carr Joan Harris * Chilla Porter Jacquie Cattermole Robert Harris * Valerie Prescott Rick Cattermole Arthur Hindle * Jeanette Robertson OAM Robert Chalmers Ross Holland Wendy Ryan Gwen Chester * Kevan Hook * Margaret Saunders William Collier * EV Horsley * Bruce Stanton Martin Crowe Beris Johnson Anne Stingemore Frank Day * Terry Jones Stephen Stingemore Shirley de la Hunty * Don Keane Russell Stranger Margaret Devine Doug Lambert June Streeter Jacqui Dufall * Persephone Lazarakis George Tempest * Yvonne Flavel Anne Masters James Taylor Brian Foley * Ray Mawson Mavis Tempest Lyn Foreman Ellen McKenzie * Bruce Wilson Geoff Garnett OAM Steve McMahon * Deseased John Gilmour Steve Mladenis

WAAC Board Members Mal Harford (Chairman) David Van der Walt Mickey Arthur Kelly Botha (D / Chairman) Darren Wright Marissa Bechta John Forbes Teresa Blackman Tim Lyons

Staff Members Chief Executive Officer High Performance Manger Competition Manager Wayne Loxley Mel Tantrum Kylie Wheeler

Operations Manager Development Officer Administrative Assistant Stephen Stingemore Jake Trewin Sharon Brown

Social Media Consultant Accountant Consultant Book Keeper David Smith Bronwyn Christie Nicola Albrecht

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Western Australian Athletics Commission (Inc)

2015 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 6.30pm Wednesday 18th October 2015

Boardroom

WA Athletics Stadium

1. Present: D. Van der Walt (Chairman), M. Harford (D/Chairman), K. Botha, M. Bechta, J. Forbes, D. Wright, S. Stingemore and W. Loxley (CEO).

Apologies: M. Arthur

Visitors: B. Hennighan, M. Fitzsimmon, L. Glass, J. Wheatley, M. Vine, C. Punch, A. Doig and M. Willman.

The Chairman opened the meeting at 6.30 pm and welcomed all in attendance and invited each board member to introduce themselves to the visitors in attendance. He then invited the visitors to do the same and when completed he advised that they would address the agenda before opening General Business to the floor.

2. Minutes of the Previous Meeting:

It was moved M. Bechta and seconded D. Wright that the minutes be accepted as a true and accurate record of the meeting. Carried unanimously.

3. Business Arising: None

4. 2014/ 2015 Annual Report, Annual Accounts and Auditor’s Statement

It was moved J. Forbes and seconded K. Bechta that the Annual Report, Accounts and Auditors Statement be received. Carried unanimously.

5. Elect the Board Members

5.1 D. Van der Walt, M. Harford, M. Arthur and D. Wright whose terms expire at the AGM all renominated and the board endorsed their reappointment.

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5.2 S. Stingemore had forwarded his resignation and there was also a vacancy on the board. Nominations had been received from Tim Lyons and Teresa Blackman and the board endorsed their appointments to the board.

6. Elect the Office Bearers

The Chairman advised that in accordance with the constitution he was resigning as Chairman but as he had been invited to remain he would continue as a board member. He thanked all board members for their contribution as he believed the board provided a unique range of professional and personal skills.

He specifically acknowledged the contribution of Stephen Stingemore who was only resigning due to governance issues.

He asked the CEO to lead them through the election of office bearers and he was advised that a nomination for the position of Chairman had been received from Mal Harford and the board endorsed that appointment. The meeting was then advised that a nomination for the role of D / Chair had been received from K. Botha and the board also endorsed her appointment.

Mr Van der Walt congratulated both nominees and asked the incoming Chairman to assume the position for the remainder of the meeting.

Mr Harford paid special acknowledgement to Mr Van der Walt for his outstanding contribution as Chairman for the past four years and also acknowledged the contribution of S. Stingemore.

Mr Harford singled out finance as the major issue facing the organisation moving forward and the need to find a Naming Rights sponsor for the Stadium. He also commented that he was confident that Athletics WA (AWA) was one of the leading Member Associations in the country after attending a national meeting in the previous month.

7. Election of Auditors and Agree to Remuneration.

The Chairman asked the CEO to comment on the current position and he advised that Francis A. Jones had been the auditors for many years, were familiar with the systems in place and had provided a quote of $3500 (inc GST) to continue. M. Bechta commented that the quote was very competitive and the board resolved that they be re-appointed. Agreed unanimously.

8. General Business

The Chairman opened the floor to any General Business.

8.1 J. Wheatley referred to the constitution and the requirement for the AGM to be held no later than the last week in October and that it was now the third week of November. She suggested this was in breach of the constitution and while M.Harford agreed that technically it was a breach, he advised that

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the board had agreed to that decision at a recent board meeting due to the absence of the Chairman in the designated period.

Ms Wheatley also requested improved communication with the membership and this was agreed by those in attendance. She also enquired as to the status of the Athletics Council and was advised that this had been superseded by the Community Athletics Council that comprised WALA and AWA as Foundation members.

L. Glass suggested that was not consistent with the constitution and the general consensus was that this should be reinstated. D. Van der Walt commented that at the last Athletics Council meeting, he thought attendance was so poor with only UWA in attendance that it was decided not to continue.

The Chairman advised the meeting that he was cognizant of the meeting’s request for improved communication and that a general forum would be scheduled where the membership could provide feedback. However he reminded the meeting that the board was not operational and that he and the board had great confidence in the Executive Management team and they would formulate the strategic direction for the sport based on this feedback. He added that this was not the forum for that feedback.

C. Punch commented that he would welcome such a forum where key issues could be addressed.

A question was raised regarding AWA’s Strategic Plan and W. Loxley advised that AA were currently working with stakeholders to produce a 15 year vision for the sport and that AWA would review their current Plan once this was completed.

Alana Doig enquired as to whether the introduction of independent membership with Athletics WA was a national direction. She was advised that there was a long running debate on the future direction of membership and that AWA had introduced this to attract those athletes that did not wish to join a Club and had been very successful with membership doubling.

L. Glass commented that the increase was only in the transition age group and that AWA were not catering for senior athletes and that their concerns should be addressed.

There being no further General Business the Chairman thanked the visitors for their attendance and the meeting was closed at 7.15pm.

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My first year as Chairman of Athletics WA has been challenging but extremely rewarding. So much has happened in the last 12 months at a State level, at a national level and, of course, at an international level with the Rio Olympics.

‘One Sport’

The major matter progressed over the last 12 months has been the ‘One Sport’ concept in conjunction with Little Athletics Western Australia (LAWA) and with the national bodies of both Senior Athletics and Little Athletics. As mentioned in the Chairman’s Report last year, the Department of Sport and Recreation gave the Community Athletics Council of WA (CACWA) an ultimatum to consider a ‘whole of sport’ approach. With drafting instigated by LAWA, agreement between AWA and LAWA has been reached as to what will constitute ‘One Sport’ with the primary goal to ensure that both Mal J. Harford bodies retain their independence and roles but are combined for Chairman the purpose of, primarily, maximising funding opportunities and staff utilization. Real proof of the move towards One Sport is the current proposal for LAWA to move to either an office in the Stadium or, alternatively, new premises in the Stadium/HBF Arena precinct. At this stage, Western Australia is far advanced to the other States with the One Sport concept and we are hopeful that the One Sport policy developed locally may become the blueprint for the national policy of One Sport. The relationship between AWA and LAWA is one of collaboration and an understanding of the needs for the sport at all levels.

Local

At a State level, it has been an extremely busy year events wise with WA hosting the National Junior Championships in March, the annual Track Classic in March, the athletics component of the Australian University games in September and being heavily involved in the events management of the World Masters Athletics to be held in Perth at the end of October. Our stadium (which is constantly referred to as one of the best in the world) has had plenty of use over the last 12 months.

From an administrative viewpoint, the Board finalised the Strategic Plan for the next three years i.e. until 2019 and the Strategic Plan is available on the AWA website. In accordance with the new Associations Incorporation Act, the Constitution of AWA needs to be updated and to ensure a thorough and transparent process in relation to a new Constitution, AWA has engaged an independent third party to provide consulting services to assist in the preparation of the new Constitution.

At a grass roots level, we instituted this year the ‘Clubs forum’ which we are looking to hold on a, as and when needed basis, throughout the year to give clubs, coaches and officials a forum to have input into athletics in this State. From a personal viewpoint, I found the first forum which I chaired to be a significant challenge primarily because many participants in athletics are extremely focused on their particular discipline whether it be track or field or a particular aspect of track and field. For the ongoing success of athletics in this State we need all participants (being competitors, parents, coaches, officials) to have a common vision which may, of

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necessity, involve individuals needing to accept that a decision that is made in the best interests of athletics may not be in the best interests of their particular discipline or themselves personally.

National

Much has also been happening at Athletics Australia with Mark Arbib, the former Sports Minister in the Gillard government, taking over as Chairman of Athletics Australia in November last year. In conjunction with Phil Jones who became the Chief Executive at AA last year and the addition of a couple of new Board members to AA, AA is adopting, in my view, a very progressive approach to securing the future of athletics and, in particular, lifting the profile of the sport. AA is currently considering a series of innovative (think ‘outside the square’) opportunities which no doubt will be the subject of some press in coming months.

Staff

It’s appropriate that I thank our staff being our CEO Wayne Loxley, Steve Stingmore and the rest of the team. As noted above, athletics is a diverse sport and, by my calculations, there are 21 different disciplines and I’ve counselled our staff that, much as they might like the position to be different, they ‘can’t please all the people all the time’. The Board of AWA looks to our CEO and our staff to implement the strategy and vision that we’ve agreed upon and, based on my experience of organisations both business and not-for-profit, they do an extremely good job.

Board

Finally, a note of thanks to my fellow Board members. We’re extremely fortunate in having a blend of skills and experience which, when combined, means that AWA has a Board of talent and skills that is unmatched (in my biased view) amongst State Sporting Associations.

Mal J. Harford

Chairman

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It is with pleasure that I report on another successful year for Western Australian athletics by addressing five key pillars of our Strategic Plan.

Leadership

The Athletics WA (AWA) board led by Chairman Mal Harford for the first time, continued its strong governance record of recent years remaining focused on strategic issues and empowering the management team to administer the sport. The nine member board consists of a diversely skilled team with two new members in Little Athletics WA (LAWA) Chairman Teresa Blackman and lawyer Tim Lyons, elected this year.

Teresa Blackman has demonstrated excellent leadership in her tenure as LAWA Chairman in restructuring the governance and management team of Little Athletics, culminating in the appointment of Vince Del Prete as the new CEO in July. This will allow us to now work in a true partnership to pursue the recommendations endorsed by the Wayne Loxley Community Athletics Council and achieve the end goal of One Sport. Chief Executive Officer

This collaborative approach was demonstrated by the Chairman of AWA and LAWA signing a joint letter defining an agreed concept of One Sport and distributing it to the respective State Organisations and National bodies.

Our management team continues to be stable and remain fully committed and enthusiastic in their pursuit of our vision for an integrated growing sport. The team welcomed a new member in Jake Trewin this year who excelled in his role as Development Officer.

Participation

The Go for 2 & 5 Transition Program encourages an excellent introduction to senior athletics with membership in this age group higher than ever before. This has resulted in our largest teams on record competing at National Junior Championships and National All Schools.

Our coach education program has been streamlined and effectively administered by Sharon Brown coordinating a range of presenters to achieve an incredible 28% increase in the number of accredited coaches for a total of 384.

The Officials online education system coordinated by Athletics Australia has simplified the process for new officials to assume the role with some degree of confidence and as with all Member Associations, the recruitment of this invaluable resource remains a priority.

Our Go for 2 & 5 Indigineous Development Program continues to be a leader under the guidance of coordinator Lindsay Bunn and his team of young coaches that travel throughout the North West and remote areas of the state. A strength of this program is its sustainability as Lindsay develops local coaches to continue coaching after his departure and the signing of an MOU with Broome Senior High School for the provision of a Special Athletics Program.

Inclusion has been a high priority of focus for our High Performance Manager Mel Tantrum as

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part of her role and has delivered excellent results with a 15% increase in the membership of Para-athletes.

Competition and Events

The highlight of the competition calendar was undoubtedly hosting the National Junior Championships in March with nearly 2200 athletes competing including 350 West Australians. The program included the Perth Track Classic on the Saturday night which was headlined by the Olympic and World Champion and World Record Holder David Rudisha thrilling the crowd in winning the 800m. Another highlight was Brooke Stratton breaking Bronwyn Thompson’s 14 year long jump record on another perfect night for athletics at the WA Athletics Stadium.

Athletics WA’s weekly Strive summer season was again well attended with Friday nights proving popular with membership numbers nearing 1200 for the first time. We are beginning to experience the nice problem of competition numbers being too high as we face the prospect of conducting some events on another day to enable the program to be completed within a reasonable time.

The Bankwest Gallipoli Run series again proved popular with the recreational running market with more than 1500 participating in the Perth event that has now delivered more than $165,000 to the RSL and Legacy since its inception. Albany has also proved a popular venue and plans are in place to host the event in Kalgoorlie in the coming months.

Finally, our team has been concentrating on delivering one of the biggest athletics events held in WA in the World Masters which is scheduled for October. Led by Operations Manager Stephen Stingemore and supported by Jake Trewin, their organisation has been first class with the event attracting in excess of 4000 participants including 2500 internationals making it the biggest international event held in Perth. The visitors are sure to enjoy the fantastic weather conditions that are enhanced by a custom designed stadium that constantly delivers perfect performance conditions.

High Performance

In her second year in the position as High Performance Manager, Mel Tantrum is highly regarded throughout the country for her capacity to manage and deliver the Target Talent and Talent Identification programs that have produced the strongest group of talent in WA athletics for more than twenty years.

This is highlighted by a record six West Australian athletes being selected in the U20 World Championships Team on top of a record number of medals (122) at this year’s Australian Junior Athletics Championships.

Congratulations to Kim Mickle, Peter Bol and Sam McEntee on their selection for Rio and to Ella Pardy, Chad Perris, Brad Scott and Madison de Rozario who continued our quota of comprising 10% of the Paralympic team.

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Commercial

The year was significant from a commercial perspective with the gross income of just over $1 million comprising only 25% of government funding. We continue to be commercially focused on our operations aiming to strike a balance between satisfying member and community demands and building our capacity.

Notwithstanding our on – going need to reduce our reliance on government funding, the support of the Department and Sport and Recreation and Healthway is paramount to our operations. I would also like to acknowledge and thank Bankwest, Mark Topley and his team at Youngs Holden, Radio 6PR and all of the stadium sponsors for their continued support.

In closing, I would like to personally thank the board and in particular Chairman Mal Harford, for their contribution and capacity to remain strategic in their focus, encouraging the management team to administer the sport. As in previous years, the final salute is to our enthusiastic, resilient group of officials who allow us to deliver our core business of track and field competition.

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Stratton and Williams make history at 2016 Perth Track Classic

Australia boasts a new national long jump record holder after Brooke Stratton (Vic) soared to 7.05m (w: +2.0) to take victory at the 2016 Perth Track Classic.

Eclipsing the 14-year-old mark of Bronwyn Thompson, Stratton’s performance betters the then personal best of 6.94m she set at the Canberra Track Classic and adds a third Olympic Games standard to her outstanding Australian athletics season resume. The result is a world lead for both indoor and outdoor competition in 2016.

“I’m still struggling to believe it, it’s crazy. It’s been such a busy season so far, I came into the season with a PB of 6.73m and the seven metre mark was so far away, but to have been able to jump it tonight, wow, I honestly can’t believe it,” Stratton said.

“I knew the jump was there, I just had to get it all right. The conditions were perfect here. Perth put on a show and I was able to jump as far as I did. I was very excited to see the conditions here. I’ve been to Canberra a few times this year, but this track is just as good. The sun was out and the winds were amazing.”

Stratton was joined on the runway by the Olympic qualifiedChelsea Jaensch (Qld, second, 6.69m), with the duo to now turn their attention to maiden starts at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland (USA) next weekend.

The former record holder Thompson was thrilled by the news of Stratton’s performance, and looks forward to the new generation of Australian jumpers competing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games later this year.

Brooke Stratton set a new Australian long Jump record (left). Mal Harford and James Magut, the winner of the Herb Elliott Mile.

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“I’m so very pleased for Brooke. It’s great to see an Australian out past the seven metre mark. She is an exciting talent, and I can’t wait to see how she will perform in Rio,” Thompson said.

Not to be outdone in the boy’s under 20 100m final,Trae Williams (Qld) then took to the track and clocked 10.27 (w: +1.2) to break the Australian under 20 record of Matt Shirvington.

Edging out Jack Hale (Tas, second, 10.31, PB) and Nicholas Andrews (NSW, third, 10.39, PB), the performance also guarantees his automatic selection to the green and gold team bound for the IAAF World Under 20 Championships.

“I believed I could do it. Every week I’ve got closer and closer to the time, but with the boys pushing me tonight I got there. Shirvington is one of my heroes, he had a 10.04 PB and to run as quick as him at 19 is so amazing,” Williams said.

In the girl’s race, Sam Geddes (NSW) took advantage of the ideal conditions to win the 100m final in an IAAF World Under 20 Championships standard of 11.76 (w: +1.1).

On track, local favourite Alana Yukich ran a commanding race in the girl’s 400m hurdles to cross the line in a personal best and qualifying time of 59.27, her first time faster than one minute.

2015 IAAF World Championships Beijing, China

WA was represented by two athletes at the 2015 IAAF World Championships held in Beijing, China from 22-30 August. Kim Mickle placed 22nd in the women’s javelin with a best throw of 59.83m, while Nina Kennedy was one of three athletes to No Height in the women’s pole vault, from a field of 29 starters. Athletics WA High Performance Manager Mel Tantrum was selected as one of the Australian Team Managers.

2015 IPC World Championships Doha, Qatar

WA was represented by four athletes at the 2015 IPC World Championships held in Doha from 21-31 October. Madi de Rozario was crowned World Champion in the T53 800m, and won bronze in the T54 1500m. Chad Perris won silver in the T13 200m in a new Oceania Record and bronze in the T13 100m. Brad Scott claimed the silver medal in the T37 1500m, while debutant Ella Pardy placed 5th in both the T38 100m and 200m (new 200m Oceania Record). Sebastian Kuzminski was selected as one of the Australian Team Coaches.

Ella Pardy (right) enjoys competing on the international stage.

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A strong contingent of WA’s best senior athletes entered the 94th Australian Athletics Championships held over 5 days in Sydney, NSW. As well as vying for the title of Australian Champion, athletes were also aiming for selection for the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games. WA athletes finished the competition with 5 Australian Titles, 5 silver medals, 2 bronze medals plus 12 Top 8 finishes.

Sam McEntee won the Men’s 5000m against a strong field in a very tactical race, crossing the line in 13:37.95, just ahead of Victoria’s Brett Robinson and NSW’s Ben St Lawrence. The Villanova University graduate, who is now based in Melbourne, went on to gain selection for Rio by going under the 13:25 qualifying time later in Europe.

Liz Parnov secured gold in the women’s Pole Vault by clearing 4:30m on her third attempt. It was a WA hat-trick in the event with Nina Kennedy (4.20m) and Vicky Parnov (4.10m) finishing on the podium. Thomas Brennan cleared 2.17m to claim the Australian title in the high jump and proved he has the potential to match the top internationals from Australia, Malaysia and Japan.

Robyn Lambird proved she is a force to watch in the future, with the T34 wheelchair racer winning gold in the 400m and placing 4th in the 100m sprint. Meanwhile, in the shot put, Matt Cowie won the Open Men’s event with 16.98m, beating the next best thrower by over 1 metre.

There was heartache for Brianna Beahan who narrowly missed the Rio qualifier in the 100m Hurdles by 0.03 seconds. However, she will be back with a vengeance for the IAAF World Championships qualifier next season after finishing second to NSW’s Michelle Jenneke.

The full list of WA medal winners:

GOLD (5) Liz Parnov Pole Vault Robyn Lambird 400m Wheelchair Sam McEntee 5000m Matt Cowie Shot Put Thomas Brennan High Jump

SILVER (5) Brianna Beahan 100m Hurdles Zoe Timmers High Jump Nina Kennedy Pole Vault Ella Pardy100m Ambulant Madison de Rozario 1500m Wheelchair

BRONZE (2) Vicky Parnov Pole Vault Kiarra Reddingius Heptathlon

Note: Brooke Smallman-Coutts won gold in the U16 Heptathlon

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During the past track and field season Athletics WA conducted competitions virtually weekly between 2 October 2015 until 24 March 2016. These competitions include:

• Local weekly; • One off State Championships events; • All Schools Championships over three days; • State Open and Underage championships over three days; and • Combined Events Championships over two days.

Added to these competitions Athletics WA also hosted the Australian Junior Championships over six days, which included the Perth Track Classic.

It was a busy season for Athletics WA, which coincided with an increase in registrations.

However, added to this list Athletics WA also conducted numerous pre-departure competitions for our Olympic, Para Athletes and World Junior representatives. What a great effort by the AWA Team.

Rebecca Newton strides out at the WA Athletics Stadium.

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Track

Nightly competitions numbers were high during the year fluctuating between 250 – 350 athletes. It is fair to say, competition numbers are now starting to exceed our capacity to cope with all the athletes at one competition, without extending competition times. This is our option of last resort due to the strain on officials and commercial consideration. Early during the 2016 – 17 season Athletics WA will trial several new initiatives to manage the timeliness of competitions.

Official numbers during the season were also consistent and with the aid of volunteers on the busy nights, the competition ran smoothly. Several incidents caused delay, two transformer fires and parking issues at HBF Stadium, but these were outside the control of Athletics WA.

Field

Standard of performances during the season were very high, which was reflected in our performance at National Championships, but the following receive special recognition for their performance in breaking State Records:

Daniel Cruickshank competed regularly in the Long Jump.

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Records set 2015/16 season: W 100m Hurdles Open State Brianna Beahan WAIS 13.11 (w1.1) (PTC) U20 M 5000m State Matthew Ramsden 14:09.39 (19/11/2015) Open M 3000m State Matthew Ramsden 8:09.07 (5/12/2015) U20 M 1500m Allcomers Matthew Ramsden 3:46.23 (17/12/2015) U20 M 1500m State Matthew Ramsden 3:42.97 (25/6/2016) U20 M 3000m Steeplechase State & Allcomers Luke Graves 9:12.6 (h) (6/11/2015) U20 M 3000m Steeplechase State/Allcomers Luke Graves 9:02.3 (h) (15/1/2016) M U20 4 x 400m Relay State WA 3:20.72 Patrick Benetti. Francis Dete William McDonald, Seaton Puzey M U18 110m Hurdles State Callum Corbett WA 13.77 (w 1.3) U18 M 5000m Race Walk State Declan Tingay 21:08.81 (Dec Nat. Allschools 2015) M U18 5000m Race Walk State Declan Tingay WA 20:43.45. U18 M 3000m State Ben Chamberlain 8:14.18 (5/12/2015) U18 M 2000 m Steeplechase State Luke Graves 5:52.24 (Dec Nat. Allschools 2015 U16 W Shot Put State Imogen Taylor 14.09m (Dec Nat. Allschools 2015) U16 W 1500m Melany Smart State/Allcomers 4:25.48 (29/1/2016 W U16 1,500m State & Allcomers Melany Smart WA 4:22.30 U16 W 3000m State Melany Smart 9:43.36 (Dec Nat. Allschools 2015) U16 W 3000m State/Allcomers Melany Smart 9:28.8 (h) (7/1/2016) W U16 4 x 100m Relay State WA Ella Page, Jenna Bain, Isabella Reeves, Sophie White. 47.44 W U16 200m Hurdles State & Allcomers Sophie White WA 27.63 (w 1.5) U16 W Javelin (500gm) State Lara Ilievski 45.97m (1/11/2015) U16 M 2000m Steeplechase Allcomers MJ Jansen Van Rensburg 5:59.0 (h) (20/11/2015) W U14 800m Allcomers Jemima Crosby WA 2:14.72 W U14 Triple Jump Allcomers Tahlee McVee WA 11.35m (w 0.1) W U14 4 x 100m Relay State & Allcomers WA Talia Pisano, Taylah Cruttenden, Sophie Eastaugh, Tahlee McVee 49.37

The performances of our athletes during the season augurs well for the future of athletics in Western Australia.

WA State championships

More than 600 athletes competed in the State Championships on 12th, 19th & 20th February.

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The 2015 Australian All Schools Championships were held at Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne from 4-6 December 2015. Western Australia was represented by a team of 118 athletes (up from 92 athletes in 2014), 6 staff and 5 relay coaches. The competition attracted over 1100 junior athletes aged 12-17 years from across Australia, vying for the title of National All Schools Champion.

WA athletes returned from Melbourne with 12 Gold, 16 Silver and 11 Bronze (39 medals in total – up from 31 in 2014) and countless personal bests. WA finished 4th on the team point score, behind New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

The WA Team (#TeamWA2015) went to Melbourne with one very clear goal - to win the Small State Trophy and demonstrate the depth of athletics ability in WA. That goal was accomplished in style, with WA winning the trophy for the first time since 2012 by over a 100-points and collecting more medals than South Australia, ACT, Tasmania and Northern Territory combined.

Luke Graves once again demonstrated why he is one to watch, winning gold and running a new meet record in the U18 Boys 2000m steeplechase with a time of 5:52.24. Leading the race from the beginning, Graves looked comfortable from start to finish and crossed the line to break the twenty year old meet record. Sam King also ran under the six-minute mark to win bronze in the event.

WA’s middle distance team continued to collect medals with the Jansen Van Rensburg brothers putting on a show in both of their races. Jaco Jansen Van Rensburg sprinted the last 150m of his 1500m to thunderous applause from #TeamWA2015 to win silver, while MJ Jansen Van Rensburg followed suit to collect gold in the U16 2000m steeplechase in a well-executed run. Training partners Jasmine Pugh and Tia Chitty won gold and bronze medal in the U14 Girls 1500m.

The Boys U18 High Jump proved to be one of the championship’s highlights with WA jumpers Grant Szalek, John Chegwidden and Mitchell Tassicker all jumping over 2.00m. Chegwidden jumped a massive personal best of 2.06m and was unlucky to miss out on a medal. While Grant Szalek cleared 2.12m to collect a silver and continue his journey towards possible World Juniors selection.

In the throws, Lara Ilievski and Jack Stanton both threw new personal bests in Javelin to collect silver’s in the U18 competitions. Imogen Taylor also threw a new personal best to win silver in the U16 shot put.

WA’s para athletes Brayden Nazzari and Jackson Hamilton enjoyed success throughout the competition with the boys taking home 5 medals between them. Nazzari was the MVP collecting 26.5 team points, while Hamilton placed second on the MVP score with 24 points.

The junior Pole Vault Program scored well collecting 6 medals. New pole vaulter Sasha Zhoya claimed the gold in the U14 Boys event, breaking the meet record by 25cm.

With so many great performances we would like to thank all of the athletes, coaches, officials and team managers who made the trip such a successful and enjoyable one.

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GOLD Luke Graves U18 Boys 2000m Steeplechase (New Meet Record of 5:52.24) Luke Graves U18 Boys 3000m Brayden Nazzari U18 Para Boys Shot Put Lauren Hyde-Cooling U16 Girls Pole Vault Josh Hook U16 Boys 200m Hurdles MJ Jansen Van Rensburg U16 Boys 2000m Steeplechase Omeara Louange U14 Girls Long Jump Sophie White U14 Girls 80m Hurdles Jasmine Pugh U14 Girls 1500m Zahli Rose Jolly U14 Girls Javelin Dane Luitingh U14 Boys 90m Hurdles Sasha Zhoya U14 Boys Pole Vault (New Meet Record of 3.55m)

Page 17 2016 Australian Junior Athletics Championships, Perth WA

A team of 325 athletes competed in the 2015 Australian Junior Athletics Championships held at the WA Athletics Stadium, Perth from 8-13 March 2016. WA athletes compete in 602 events across the 6-day program in U14 to U20 age groups. As well as national champion status, athletes were chasing selection for the 2016 World U20 Championships to be held in Bydgoszcz, National U17 and U19 Talent / Development Squads, State TTP and Talent ID Squads, and the 2016 Friendship Games Team.

As this was a “home championships” no team accommodation was required. However, team management created an athlete hub with recovery, massage, physiotherapy and a chill-out zone at the stadium each day of competition. Chris Perkins from Body Logic Physiotherapy led the athlete servicing team, which comprised of fully qualified physiotherapists as well as students from Curtin University and Notre Dame University Physiotherapy Schools.

Athletics WA provided the services of Team Management for all WA athletes, with Mel Tantrum (Team Manager) and David Smith (Assistant Team Manager / Social Media) filling these roles. The management team coordinated all athlete entries, relay teams, social media, protests, scratchings, uniforms, bib collection, and other management duties. Team photographs were arranged during the championships and a medal winners’ photograph was arranged following the conclusion of the competition. Team atmosphere was enhanced by all athletes receiving the official WA Team t-shirts and by encouraging all WA athletes to utilise the athlete zone.

The coordination of relay teams once again proved to be a huge undertaking. Sincere thanks to the 7 WA coaches who managed and coached the 14 relay teams. WA collected 11 relay medals which was a significant improvement on the 3 relay medals won in 2015.

Social Media was heavily utilised during the competition with our #TeamWA2016. Medal winners, results and updates were communicated via our social media sites and this was well received by athletes and parents during the competition. Thank you to David Smith and Jake Trewin for their efforts in this area.

Western Australia won a total of 123 medals, up from 77 medals in 2015. In summary, WA athletes won 47 gold, 35 silver and 41 bronze medals, greatly building on the 27 gold from 2015 and 13 gold from 2014. Six State Records were broken and five All Comers Records were broken by WA athletes.

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Julian Konle, Alanah Yukich, Matthew Ramsden, Emma Philippe, Nina Kennedy, and Lachlan McDermott all qualified for the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Twelve athletes were selected for the Athletics Australia National U17 Development Squad (the largest number ever, up from 8 athletes in 2015), while 7 athletes were selected for the Athletics Australia U19 Talent Squad (also a new record). Fifty-one athletes met the qualifying standards for the 2016/17 WA Target Talent Program (TTP) Squad, while 150 athletes were selected for the WA Talent ID Squad.

The success of Team WA highlights the growing depth of Athletics WA’s junior high performance programs and the blossoming talent throughout the age groups and events. In comparison, Team WA 2016 more than doubled the number of medals won when Perth last held the event in 2013, jumping from 54 to 123 medals and 47 of them being gold.

GOLD (47) Matthew Ramsden - U20 Boys 1500m Jackson Hamilton - U16 Boys Para Javelin Matthew Ramsden - U20 Boys 5000m Jackson Hamilton U16 Boys Para Long Jump Luke Graves - U20 Boys 3000m Steeplechase Jackson Hamilton - U16 Boys Para Discus Julian Konle - U20 Triple Jump Jackson Hamilton - U16 Para Boys Shot Put Alanah Yukich - U20 Girls 400m Hurdles Tia Chitty - U15 Girls 3000m Nina Kennedy - U20 Girls Pole Vault Lubin Benedict - U15 Boys 200m Hurdles Raynor Keane - U20 Boys Para 1500m Sophie White - U15 Girls Long Jump Rayner Keane - U20 Boys Para 800m Sophie White - U15 Girls 200m Hurdles Benjamin Lamberto - U20 Boys Para Shot Put Jaco Jansen Van Rensburg - U15 2000m Steeplechase Robyn Lambird - U20 Girls Para 800m Zahli Rose Jolly - U15 Girls Javelin Callum Corbett - U18 110m Hurdles Jasmine Pugh - U15 Girls 1500m Luke Graves - U18 Boys 1500m Sasha Zhoya - U15 Boys 100m Hurdles Declan Tingay - U18 Boys 5000m Race Walk Jenna Bain - U15 Girls 100m John Chegwidden - U18 Boys High Jump Sophie White - U15 90m Hurdles Clarissa Herbst - U18 Girls 3000m Alla Parnov - U15 Girls Pole Vault Megan Hooper - U17 Girls High Jump Tahlee McVee - U14 Girls Triple Jump Lauren Hyde-Cooling - U17 Girls Pole Vault Jemima Crosby - U14 Girls 400mgi - U14 Boys 800m MJ Jansen Van Rensburg - U17 Boys 2000m Steeplechase Jemima Crosby - U14 Girls 800m Melany Smart - U16 Girls 1500m Taylah Cruttenden - U14 Girls 100m Melany Smart - U16 Girls 3000m Natasha Parnov - U14 Girls Pole Vault Sasha Zhoya - U16 Boys Pole Vault Hayden Wallace - U14 Boys Javelin Stefan Rajakovic - U16 Boys Triple Jump U14 Girls 4x100m (Talia Pisano, Taylah Cruttenden, Sophie Eastaugh, Tahlee McVee) Connor McPartland - U16 Boys Javelin

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Athletics WA Team management Mel Tantrum (Team Manager) Maria Taylor (Relay Coach) David Smith (Assistant Team Manager / Social Paul Sheppard (Relay Coach) Media) Russell Mathanda (Relay Coach) Jake Trewin (Social Media) Glenn Whitbread (Relay Coach) Amy Tolcon (Athlete Zone Assistant) Ben Catley (Relay Coach) Lyn Foreman (Relay Coach) Tony Reeves (Relay Coach)

Athletics Australia National U19 Talent Squad

Event Athlete Hurdles Alanah Yukich Distance Ben Chamberlain Hurdles Callum Corbett High Jump Clare Gibson Walks Declan Tingay High Jump Grant Szalek Distance Luke Graves

Athletics Australia National U19 Talent Squad

Event Athlete Pole Vault Olivia Caldow Pole Vault Tatjana Fischer Pole Vault Lauren Hyde-Cooling Distance Clarissa Herbst Throws Liam Gartlan Horizontal Jumps Caitlin Blackman Sprints James Gallaugher Hurdles Riley Armstrong High Jump Megan Hooper High Jump Sean Szalek Javelin Lara Ilievski Javelin Chelsea Turner

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The Athletics WA Talent ID (TID) Program is a high performance pathway program funded by the WA Department of Sport and Recreation and Athletics WA. It is strongly aligned with the activities of the Athletics Australia High Performance Department and underpins the national Target Talent Program (TTP). The TID Program has been established to:

• Be the early state-based talent identification element of Athletics Australia’s High Performance Department as part of the AIS Winning Edge strategy; • Encourage the best young athletes in the State by inviting them to be part of the Talent ID squad and participate in state development activities; • Encourage the best local coaches by giving them the status and opportunities associated with being a State Development Scholarship Coach.

By identifying and engaging Western Australia’s best junior athletes and coaches through development opportunities, the TID program aimed to encourage athletes and coaches to achieve their potential and to represent Australia at youth, junior and senior levels.

The 2015/16 TID program focused on athletes born 1996 – 2002 and included able-bodied and Para athletes. Sixteen State Development Scholarship Coaches were appointed to conduct the coaching sessions and were offered funding for professional development activities.

Throughout the 2015/16 season, 120 selected athletes and their personal coaches were invited to attend the TID Squad Days which incorporated a combination of relevant event group training clinics and both general and event-specific education workshops.

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Event Athlete Sprints / Hurdles Russell Mathanda Sprints / Hurdles Paul Sheppard Sprints / Hurdles Glenn Ross Sprints / Hurdles Maria Taylor Sprints / Hurdles Gary Ogden Middle / Long Distance Steven Purser Walks Phil Hollaway Horizontal Jumps Louise Rao Horizontal Jumps Matt Dean High Jump Albert Cianfrini Pole Vault Paul Burgess Javelin Morgan Ward Javelin Cruz Hogan Throws Allana Wignall Multi Events Ebony Talbert Mid-West Academy of Sport Jacko Whitby

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Our coach education program has been streamlined and effectively administered by Sharon Brown coordinating a range of presenters to achieve an incredible 28% increase in the number of accredited coaches for a total of 384.

The majority of the courses were condcuted at the WA Athletics Stadium with the exception being on the occasions where Little Athletics Centres requested a course be held at their venue.

We were fortunate to have a range of presenters this year as Kylie Wheeler, Maria Taylor and Graeme Watson joined Lyn Foreman in the course delivery.

In addition to coach accrediation courses, Athletics WA provided financial support to the professional development activities of 32 coaches, plus provided 10 coach education workshops throughout the year. A further three coaches were provided with funding support to attend the Australian All Schools Championships as part of the WA State Team.

OFFICIALS

During the past season Athletics Australia introduced the much anticipated Level 1 on-line officials’ education package covering all disciplines of athletics. This system is a simple on-line process, which encourages those involved either, officiating, coaching or educating athletes to participate.

The release of this process was overwhelmingly supported by our athletic community.

In conjunction with Athletics Australia the new Level 1 on line Officials’ education information was promoted and distributed to AWA, WALA and Educational practitioners resulting in the education of:

27 Regional Officials (new) in 87 athletic disciplines and 92 Metropolitan Officials.

The promotional process is ongoing and the outstanding success highlights the partnership developing between senior and junior athletic bodies. Active follow-up is required by AWA to ensure a transition of the newly qualified officials into officials participating at AWA athletic competitions. This is and will always be the challenge facing AWA.

Visitations were made by Athletics WA staff to a number of Regional Centres to promote the new on-line educational program and recruit new officials for the Australian Junior Championships (March) and World Masters Athletic Championships (October – November). It is a pleasure to report that our officials acquitted themselves at a very high standard during the National Juniors and a number have placed themselves in a very positive position for future National Representation. A total 40 WA officials participated in the National Underage and Senior Championships.

A very gratifying position for AWA as we are proud of our officials.

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Having a break.

An unintentional benefit of the new scheme is that better educated officials means better informed and trained athletes at an early age prior to entering senior athletics.

Also much anticipated was the formation in November 2015 of the WA Athletics Officials Club (Inc.). AWA is looking forward to a professional and productive partnership moving forward in the future.

Athletics WA remains strongly committed to the development of our officials and numerous educational opportunities were presented by Fiona Brown (WA Officials Educational Officer) and her team to our band of dedicated officials. This is critical to ensure WA Officials have the best opportunities to represent Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Queensland.

It is pleasing that AWA was able to support two WA officials to attend a TOECS L1 IAAF referees course in NSW. Both were successful in this demanding course and are now qualified as Level 3 officials (referees) at National and Oceania Region competitions.

AWA re-introduced the ‘Official of the year’ award last season, which was won by our starter, Mike Holmes, for his consistent professionalism and his rapport with his colleagues and athletes. Mike won a weekend in Broome at the Moonlight Bay Suite. AWA wishes to thank our sponsor Kimberley Accommodation for their ongoing support to our officials.

Our officials have accepted the challenge whole-heartily to officiate at the World Masters Athletics Championships working in conjunction with officials from around the world. This event will record another chapter in the history of WA Athletics and our officials will play a very significant part in putting WA on the world map of Masters Athletics. Over 170 officials from around the world have so far volunteered their time and service for over 4 000 master athletes

Each Annual Report I have the privilege to report on the services of our many dedicated officials and without any hesitation I can confirm that AWA appreciates and thanks them all for their ongoing support to our athletes and our sport.

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The Go for 2 & 5 Athletics Challenge Series

The Go for 2 & 5 series was back once again for the 2015/2016 season involving six Little Athletics Centres competing to be crowned champion. The aim of this series is to introduce new athletes to senior competition and allow them to compete in a relaxed environment against their friends at the WA Athletics Stadium in the 100m, Long Jump and Shot Put events.

Our first preliminary was between defending champions Bayswater LAC and Joondalup LAC and was a great competition with both teams scoring very evenly throughout the night but it was Joondalup LAC who would proceed to the Final.

The second preliminary of the Series saw Kingsway LAC take on a very small team UWALAC athletes. Although small in numbers, UWA took the fight right to the end however couldn’t overcome the size of the opposition with Kingsway LAC taking the win.

Our final preliminary involved Inglewood LAC and Southern Stars LAC where Inglewood LAC dominated the competition to take a clear victory and proceed.

The final of the Go for 2 & 5 Athletics Challenge Series was held on Thursday 17th December with over 75 athletes participating in the 100m, Shot Put and Long Jump. The points went down to the final event and taking the win for the first time was Joondalup Little Athletics Centre, with Kingsway LAC finishing a very close second and Inglewood finishing not too far behind in third place. The winner received a Go for 2 & 5 branded trophy with a novelty cheque.

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Junior Transition Clinics

Athletics WA offered seven Junior Transition Clinics throughout the season involving some disciplines that are not currently offered in Little Athletics athletes.

We again focussed on High Jump (Fosbury Flop), Block Starts, Steeple Chase, Hammer Throw, Pole Vault (completely new events for these athletes), 200m Hurdles (10 flights) and Javelin.

These clinics are scheduled prior to the start of a Senior Competition so athletes can choose to compete in the event that night or simply watch fellow athletes compete.

The Clinics will be expanded next season with more events including 400m Hurdles and Long Jump.

DATE EVENT PRESENTER PARTICIPANTS 23rd October High Jump Nenad Peisker 25 13th November Block Starts Adam Benz & Mike Holmes 22 20th November Steeple Chase Suzi Graves 22 20th November Hammer Throw Matthew Seitz 23 27th November 200m Hurdles Lyn Foreman 20 11th December Pole Vault Paul Burgess 15 15th January Javelin Cruz Hogan 25 152

Go for 2 & 5 Indigenous Development Program

It is with confidence that we can lay claim to the best development program of athletics for the indigenous in Australia under the excellent tutelage of seasoned coach and mentor to indigenous youth, Lindsay Bunn.

As has been cited previously, the unique approach of Lindsay demanding his athletes also coach, results in a close connection in the delivery of the program in metropolitan Perth and remote and regional WA.

Lindsay and his cohorts aim to deliver and support a sustainable athletics program and in the past year have targeted the Broome, Onslow and the remote communities of East and West Kimberley reaching more than 3300 children in their travels.

Closer to home they conducted clinics in Northam and have established Athletics Academies at Clontarf and Mirrabooka High School.

The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse are also catered for with 6 sessions a week at the Balga Recreation Centre and UWA Athletics track for the training of athletes and coaches.

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WA State Road Race Championships Results

Athletics WA’s partnership with the WA Marathon Club (WAMC) continues to grow resulting in some fantastic events. The event management by the WAMC team for both the State Half Marathon and Marathon Championships are exceptional. Numbers for both events remain stable, which in an overcrowded and diminishing market reaffirms the professionalism of the WAMC team.

The weather this year was not kind to the marathon runners, albeit, some good personal results were still achieved. This year the WAMC sponsored Steve Moneghetti, who acted as a race pacemaker for runners hoping to break the 3hrs 30 minute barrier. This was a great promotional success for the marathon.

This year’s event coincided with the bi-annual exchange of marathon runners from Kobe Japan sponsored by the WA State Government. The first male runner across the line was Masahiro Jujita and second female was Mei Matsuyama of Kobe. An outstanding effort. Next year the male and female State Champions will be invited to the Kobe Marathon which has over 80 000 entry nominations but only 30 000 starters permitted.

Perth Half Marathon Sunday 12 June 2016

Men: 1. Masahiro Jujita (Japan) 2 hr 28 mins 49 sec 2. Christopher O’Neill 2 hr 32 mins (State Champion) 3. Thomas Bruins 2 hr 35 mins 15 secs 4. Francisco Sanzana 2 hr 41 mins 33 secs 5. Liam Fuery 2 hr 42 mins 50 secs

Women: 1. Rochelle Rodgers 2 hr 50 mins 03 secs (State Champion) 2. Mei Matsuyama (Japan) 2 hr 55 mins 12 secs 3. Christine Oosthuizen 2 hr 57 mins 15 secs 4. Visnja Jareb 3 hr 04 mins 35 secs 5. Alice McGushin 3 hr 06 mins 26 secs

Wheelchair: 1. Nigel Young 2 hr 29 mins 23 secs

Perth Half Marathon Sunday 7 August 2016

The half marathon saw Thomas Bruins breakthrough for a win being chased home closely by Matt Smith and David Ireland. A close fought race at the end of 21 kilometres.

Men: 1. Thomas Bruins 1 hr 12 mins 33 secs 2. Matt Smith 1 hr 13 mins 48 secs 3. David Ireland 1 hr 14 mins 52 secs

The women’s race also saw a close finish with Leah Bryant also succeeding in her first half marathon State title.

Women: 1. Leah Bryant 1 hr 24 min 52 secs 2. Joanna Turner 1 hr 26 min 35 secs 3. Renee Baker 1 hr 26 min 45 sec

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Australian Half Marathon Championship

AWA supported men’s team of Francisco Sanzana, Ethan Heywood and Neil Berry finished second in the Australian team event at the Australian Half Marathon Championships – a great effort. It has been a long time since a WA team has medalled in a team marathon / half championship.

Winter Race Walks State 20 km Race Walking Championships at Shelley 31 July 2016

If walking 20 km wasn’t tough enough the walkers faced horrendous winter weather conditions of strong winds and persistent heavy rains. Officials who judged must be congratulated for their dedication and courage in such adverse weather conditions.

Entry numbers were small for this event, which must be considered a very specialised discipline within the athletic domain.

Open Women 20k: Maeve Curley AWA 1 hr 55 min 13 secs; Karyn Tolardo MAWA 2 hr 11 min 57 secs; Wendy Farrow AWA 2 hr 17 min 44 secs

U20 Women 10k: Isabella Tolardo MLV 59 min 58 secs

U18 Men 10k: Declan Tingay AWA 52 min 31 secs

U18 Women 5k: Hayley Jackson AWA 29 min 30 secs; Emily Pivac AWA DQ

U16 Men 5k: Benjamin Reid AWA 26 min 53 secs

U14 Women 3k: Amy Holland AWA 17 min 46 secs; Hannah Ireland ROCK 17 mins 47 secs; Eliza Griffin AWA 18 mins 3 secs

U14 Men 3k: Joseph Hall AWA 17 mins 56 secs

WA State Cross Country Championships

As most ‘out of stadia’ events are conducted between track seasons the event season overlaps two annual reporting periods. As such, a lot the information has been superseded by this season’s events.

Short Course - Perry Lakes Reserve 15 May 2016

It is pleasing to report a growth in Cross Country participation during the 2015-16 season. Numbers for both State Championships event exceeded previous numbers from recent years.

Once again the weather was conducive to cross country running and the results have established a very sound foundation for middle distance running success in future years. The standout performance in the Short Course were once again a repeat of those successful runners from the track season.

• Matt Ramsden in preparation for his tilt at the U20 World Junior Championship events

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(1 500 & 5 000 metres) competed separately in both the U20 and Open Men 4 km race winning both convincingly. • Luke Graves dominated the U18 men 4km race • Melany Smart dominated the U16 women 2km race. • It was pleasing to see Abby D’Sylva back in winning form after recovering from injury.

2015 -16 Results

Open Men 4k: Matthew Ramsden Bald 12.10; Josh Tedesco JTC 12.20; Chris Dale C/burn 12.32;

Open Women 4k: Tarinah Nazaroff UWA 15.26; Lauren Shelley AWA 15.37; Sharon Davis AWA 17.14;

U20 Men 4k: Matthew Ramsden Bald 12.36; Jesse Hunt AWA 12.55; Sam King AWA 12.58;

U20 Women 4k: Abby D’Sylva UWA 15.32; Gabrielle Toth JTC 15.43; Madison Good Bald 16.16

U18 Men 4k: Luke Graves UWA 12.44; Luke Pidcock AWA 13.21; Jason Ramsden Bald 13.38;

U18 Women 2k: Kiara Nazaroff UWA 7.16; Sarah Hynes AWA 7.32; Tanisha Cayley WTC 7.35

U16 Men 2k: Zac Thomas AWA 6.39; Ben Hillen AWA 6.47; Ollie Purser C/burn 6.54;

U16 Women 2k: Melany Smart AWA 6.34; Jasmine Pugh UWA 7.17; Hannah Jones SLSC 7.30

U14 Men 2k: Dylan Bailey AWA 7.26; Darcy Sallur C/burn 7.41; Fraser Bytheway AWA 7.49;

U14 Women 2k: Jemima Crosby AWA 7.03; Abigail Graham AWA 7.11; Eliza Griffen AWA 7.32

Long Course - Perry Lakes Reserve 3 July 2015

As a result of a change in the race distance by Athletics Australia the distance for the men’s open race was reduced from 12 – 10 km. The womens’ race was retained at 8km for this year but will be converted to 10km in 2017.

The open men’s race saw Michael Lori convincingly win, running away from the field, followed by Matt Smith and Joe Turner. Ever consistent Tarinah Nazaroff easily won the women’s race followed by two Masters Athletes, Rowena Buxton and Vanessa Carson, preparing for the World Masters Athletic Championships.

Other results of interest were the repeat Cross Country Championship winner, Melany Smart, Jemina Crosby and Luke Graves.

Results

Open Men 10km: Michael Lori AWA 32.58; Matt Smith Bald 34.54; Joe Turner UWA 34.55;

Open Women 8km: Tarinah Nazaroff UWA 33.09; Rowena Buxton MAWA 34.30; Vanessa Carson MAWA 34.44

U20 Men 8km: Sam King AWA 26.29; David Cecchi JTC 26.35; Kurt Wesley Bald 27.46

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U20 Women 6km: Clarissa Herbst Bald 21.46; Jasmin Long AWA 23.00; Emma Van der Meer JTC 25.01.

U18 Men 6km: Luke Graves UWA 20.29; Luke Burrows TRI 20.51; Nathan Bailey UWA 21.15

U18 Women 4km: Melany Smart AWA 13.32; Abby D’Sylva UWA 14.34; Cassia Boglio AWA 15.28

U16 Men 4km: Ben Hillen AWA 13.48; Mark Quinn Bald 13.50; Rahul Jegatheva AWA 13.52

U16 Women 4km: Mikaela Dickson AWA 14.25; Gabrielle Toth JTC 15.05; Jasmine Pugh UWA 15.18;

U14 Men 4km: Brandon Ford JTC 14.14; Charlie Watkins JTC 14.23; Cameron Quirk AWA 15.06

U14 Women 4km: Jemima Crosby AWA 14.29; Abigail Graham AWA 14.50; Lucy Longvist AWA 15.21

Although outside this reporting period it worthy to report that Matt Ramsden won the Australian U20 Cross Country Championship during August in Canberra after finishing sixth at the World Junior Championships in the 1 500 metres. Matt is the first West Australian since 1972 to win the U20 Cross Country title.

A special recognition is made to AWA’s team of cross country officials for their support during the season. This band of officials officiate all year round and cannot be thanked enough for their support on the cold wintery mornings.

Well done and thank you!

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Kings Park Sunday 17 April 2016

Early starts are now the norm for the Bankwest Gallipoli Run with officials and volunteers arriving before dawn for their attack on the start and course set-up. Torches and headlamps are all the go at 5 am in the morning on a damp grass area at the Lake.

As the sun rises the hordes of runners, joggers and walkers all start to arrive ready for a great run through one of Western Australia’s most iconic tourism sites.

The weather was not kind, with a slight drizzle before the start but certainly made for fast conditions with record breaking times being set.

Approximately 700 entrants in each race stood in silence for a very moving and poignant ‘last post and reverie’ before Race patron, Mr John Gilmore started the races.

RSL President Graham Edwards and CEO Phil Orchard receive a cheque from Bankwest’s Nicole Banks and AWA’s Wayne Loxley.

Although the number of entrants was down this year to approximately 1 400, the course and timing restriction by the local authority limits growth potential and new initiatives are being investigated to attract more participants. Albeit, the run continues to be a great commercial success for all beneficiaries and promotional opportunities for our loyal sponsor, Bankwest.

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First home was Ben Chamberlain in the 4km run just holding off the fast finishing Marc See and Matt Smith with last year’s winner Chris Dale in fourth place. Ben has been a perennial place getter in the Gallipoli Run and is a well deserved winner.

Promising young middle runner, Melany Smart, who had an outstanding track season smashed the course record and dominated the women’s 4km race to finish ahead of Kiarra Nazaroff and Abigail Graham.

The future of both Ben and Melany look very promising for athletics in WA.

4kms

Men: 1. Ben Chamberlain 12 mins 12 sec Women 1. Melany Smart 13 min 52 sec 2. Mark See 12 mins 25 sec 2. Kiarra Nazaroff 14 min 40 sec 3. Matt Smith 12 mins 31 sec 3. Katey Gibb 15 min 05 sec

But the Gallipoli Run is not all about the elite runners with many family groups competing and watching the mums and dad race their young children to the finishing line is a highlight of the day.

Following the start of the 4km the 8km entrants gathered at the start line and off they went around the 4km course twice. A cracking pace was set for this race with a new kid on the block challenging the perennial and four time winner Roberto Busi. At the finish line Matt Ramsden had done what others had failed to do and beaten Roberto in a new course record. Following Roberto was previous winner of a Bankwest Gallipoli Run, Ethan Heywood, who has won both the Albany and Bunbury race.

The women’s race saw Kate Fitzsimons dominate the race beating Lauren Shelly and Clarissa Herbst. Kate led from the start with Lauren overtaking Clarissa near the finish to take out second place. Clarissa had a great track season and her first attempt at a longer distance augurs well for her future.

8kms

Men: 1. Mathew Ramsden 24 mins 48 sec Women 1. Kate Fitzsimons 30 min 11 sec 2. Robert Busi 25 mins 17 sec 2. Lauren Shelly 31 min 52 sec 3. Ethan Heywood 25 mins 36 sec 3. Clarissa Herbst 31 min 59 sec

All place getters received a generous prize cheque donated by Bankwest.

Athletics WA relies heavily on volunteers to host events of this nature and our gratitude is extended to our loyal group of officials who give up their time to assist with this worthy cause. Well done and thank you. Sharing the load with our volunteers are the military cadets organised and marshalled by Eldon George of Legacy WA. The cadets are a pleasure to work with and they certainly brighten up the day of our officials when they arrive. Again another great effort from a team of cadets.

The efforts and ongoing support of all our sponsors is appreciated and we are looking forward to working with them again in 2017.

Bankwest is a fantastic group to work with during the hosting of the Bankwest Gallipoli Run Series and through their support Athletics WA has been able to make yearly substantial donations to WA RSL and WA Legacy.

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‘Everyone is a winner in the Bankwest Gallipoli Runs!’

Albany Sunday 1 May 2016

The Bankwest Albany Gallipoli Run is scheduled for the weekend after ANZAC Day, which sets a tough challenge for the Athletics WA out of stadia team. Vehicles are packed and we all set off for a ‘cruisy’ four and half hour drive through the picturesque south-west.

Early starts again are the order of the day – but Albany’s weather always brings out the best in the volunteers as big jackets are a common sight amongst the team.

After the ‘last post and reverie’ presented by Mr Peter Aspinall (President of RSL WA) the 5km runners take off followed 10 minutes later by the 8km runners. Both courses start in the town centre and progress around the base of Mount Clarence and Adelaide finishing at Middleton Beach. The 8km runners have a slight deviation half way up Mount Clarence with a very very steep incline. Both courses are very scenic and exhilarating for competitors.

It was pleasing to see local runners take pride of place on the podium.

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‘Winners are grinners at Middleton Beach’

The results of each race are:

8kms

Men: 1. J Dunn 26 mins 00 sec Women 1. A Campbell 33 min 20 sec 2. J Contier 29 mins 40 sec 2. N Hare 35 min 40 sec 3. P Blechynden 30 mins 40 sec 3. P Moir 37 min 10 sec

5kms

Men: 1. L Hansen 18 mins 10 sec Women 1. S Lambert 20 min 30 sec 2. O Samins 19 mins 10 sec 2. K Hancock 21 min 20 sec 3. H Mills 20 mins 10 sec 3. D Atkinson 22 min 00 sec

The Bankwest Albany Gallipoli Run continues to grow and be embraced by the local community with an increase in participants each year. Local RSL and Legacy were both beneficiaries of a donation from the Bankwest Albany Gallipoli Run in 2016.

A very special thanks again to Bankwest and the local branch staff for their sponsorship of the Series and also to the City of Albany who have come on board as a sponsor.

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Bunbury 6 September 2015

The Bunbury Bankwest Gallipoli Run is conducted on ‘Father’s Day’ to commemorate all the ‘fathers’ who left behind wives and families to defend and protect our Country. The course is set within the boundaries of the Port of Bunbury along a fast and flat section of road turning at ‘The Cut’ at the face of Indian Ocean. A very scenic course which has produced some fast results.

Race numbers have remained stable since inception but different options need to be considered in the future. Commercially the race is successful but the lack of growth in numbers is disappointing.

Support from the local Bankwest staff and the Port of Bunbury is fantastic but ongoing logistical problems at the start / finish site are frustrating growth initiatives.

The on day race results were again great with two AWA athletes taking out the major prize in the 8km event. Ethan Heywood being the past winners of both the Albany and Bunbury races again took out first place in the 8km run. It is also the second year that Rosemary Giles has won the women’s race.

The Doyle family made the day their own placing three times in the 4km race, well done. This is the spirit the Bankwest Gallipoli Run Series is aspiring to achieve around Western Australia.

8kms

Men: 1. Ethan Heywood 27 mins 14 sec Women 1. Rosemary Giles 34 min 51 sec 2. Bailey Taylor 31 mins 19 sec 2. Caroline Gibbney 42 min 45 sec 3. Gary Peace 31 mins 33 sec 3. Kerry Oakes 43 min 38 sec

4kms

Men: 1. Louie Oakes 15 mins 28 sec Women 1. Sinead Ryall 18 min 09 sec 2. Findlay Oakes 17 mins 53 sec 2. Julie Doyle 18 min 58 sec 3. H Mills 22 mins 36 sec 3. Lauren Doyle 20 min 58 sec

Overall the Bankwest Gallipoli Run Series is a great success exceeding both commercial and community expectations and commemorating the sacrifices our service men and women made to make Australia safe.

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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS COMMISSION INC.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2016

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS 2015/16 (The accompanying Notes form part of these Financial Statements)

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS COMMISSION (Inc.) BALANCE SHEET As at 30 June 2016

2016 2015 NOTE $ $ CURRENT ASSETS Cash 292 503 216 068 Receivables 2 59 330 135 302 Total Current Assets 351 833 351 370

NON-CURRENT ASSETS Motor Vehicle 3 14 669 21 647 Office Furniture and Equipment 3 3 665 4 887 Plant and Equipment 3 15 865 9 849 Total Non-Current Assets 34 199 36 383

TOTAL ASSETS 386 032 387 753

CURRENT LIABILITIES Creditors and Borrowings 83 310 106 007 Total Current Liabilities 83 310 106 007

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Provision for Long Service Leave 16 905 13 618 Total Non-Current Liabilities 16 905 13 618

TOTAL LIABILITIES 100 215 119 625

NET ASSETS 285 817 268 128

ACCUMULATED FUNDS Balance 1 July 2015 268 128 255 544 Excess of income over expenditure for the year 17 689 12 584

TOTAL MEMBERS’ EQUITY 285 817 268 128

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS 2015/16 (The accompanying Notes form part of these Financial Statements)

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS COMMISSION (Inc.) INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 June 2016

2016 2015 $ $ INCOME Administration 14 498 0 Accommodation/travel 40 845 5 455 Affiliation fees 4 055 3 727 CACWA income 82 000 73 537 Clothing and uniforms 19 725 12 754 Competition fees 143 269 175 709 Consulting income/courses 35 651 28 864 Dinner auction income 0 30 207 Equipment hire 59 540 26 935 Food/beverage 195 2 275 Government grants 225 000 158 000 Grants – Athletics Australia 50 336 109 064 Grants – General 6 200 58 235 Interest received 3 275 5 037 Levy 78 833 45 777 Management fee income 95 000 34 000 Registration fees 32 693 28 474 Spectator fees 9 257 0 Sponsorship 143 609 242 277 Sundry income 4 545 0 WALA Income 5000 0 TOTAL INCOME 1 053 526 1 040 327

EXPENDITURE Accounting/audit fees 10 850 9 390 Advertising/website 2 515 606 Athlete support 9 255 7 227 Bad debts 0 2 500 Bank charges 299 730 Coaching/Officials 33 736 13 339 Cleaning 6 851 4 751 Clothing and uniforms 25 522 15 625 Competition fees 18 935 10 556 Computing 3 994 5 463 Consultancy 68 640 86 306 Depreciation 12 607 7 317

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS 2015/16 (The accompanying Notes form part of these Financial Statements)

2016 2015 $ $ Donations 35 763 35 170 Electricity 2 927 2 755 Electronic timing 0 2 850 Food and beverage 41 536 65 980 Fringe benefits tax 19 267 17 737 Function fees 0 1 500 General expenses 2 852 7 569 Grants/Scholarships 705 14 128 Hire grounds/equipment 54 586 54 659 Honorarium 4 000 2 500 Insurances 15 010 16 076 Long service leave provision 3 287 3 853 Loss/profit on sale of asset 0 1 700 Manuals/programs/newsletters 880 210 Medical 7 643 2 367 Meetings 2 583 2 790 Motor vehicle expenses 11 048 24 017 Plant/equipment - sundry 9 264 8 824 Postage/courier fees 3 066 1 444 Printing/stationery/copier 9 969 8 317 Prize Money 182 0 Promotions 6 028 11 879 Purchases 870 345 Registration numbers/cards 8 119 12 094 Rent 9 495 8 246 Repairs/maintenance 0 110 Report expenses 1 010 865 Salaries 368 281 354 861 Sponsorship 13 390 8 015 Staff training 3 359 4 031 Subscription fees/conferences 1 260 1 006 Superannuation 37 400 35 728 Telephone/fax 13 112 11 789 Traffic management (Event) 4 177 11 840 Travel/accommodation 122 444 109 186 Trophies 6 204 5 436 Wages 22 916 14 050 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 1 035 837 1 027 743

NET INCOME 17 689 Page12 38 584 5

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS 2015/2016 (The accompanying Notes form part of these Financial Statements)

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS COMMISSION (Inc.)

NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2016

NOTE: 1

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES

These Financial Statements are a special purpose financial report prepared in order to satisfy the accounts preparation requirements of the Commission’s constitution. The Board has determined that the Commission is not a reporting entity as defined in Statement of Accounting Concepts 1: Definition of the Reporting Entity, and therefore, as there is no requirement to apply accounting concepts or standards in the preparation and presentation of these statements, none have been adopted.

The statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Commission’s constitution.

The statements are prepared on the basis of historic costs and do not take into account changing money values or, except where specifically stated, current values of non current assets.

(a) Cash on hand

Cash on hand includes cash on hand, deposits held at call with banks, and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.

(b) Plant and Equipment

The depreciable amounts of all fixed assets are depreciated over the useful lives commencing from the time the asset is ready for use. The carrying amount of fixed assets is reviewed annually by the Board to ensure it is not in excess of the recoverable amount of those assets.

(c) Revenue and Other Income

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable after taking into account any trade discounts and volume rebates allowed. For this purpose, deferred consideration is not discounted to present values when recognising revenue.

Interest revenue is recognised using the effective interest rate method, which for floating rate financial assets is the rate inherent in the instrument. Dividend revenue is recognized when the right to receive a dividend has been established.

Grant and donation income is recognised when the entity obtains control over the funds, which is generally at the time of receipt.

All revenue is stated net of the amount of goods and services tax (GST). Page 39 6

(d) Accounts Payable and Other Payables

Accounts Payable and other payables represent the liability outstanding at the end of the reporting period for goods and services received by the association during the reporting period that remain unpaid. The balance is recognized as a current liability with the amounts normally paid within 30 days of recognition of the liability.

(e) Employee provisions

Provision is made for the association's liability for employee benefits arising from services rendered by employees to the end of the reporting period. Employee provisions have been measured at the amounts expected to be paid when the liability is settled.

(f) Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST, except where the amount of GST incurred if not recoverable from the Australian Tax Office. In these circumstances, the GST is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of an item of the expense. Receivables and payables in the assets and liabilities statement are shown inclusive of GST. The net amount of GST recoverable from or payable to the ATO is included with other receivables or payables in the assets and liabilities statement.

(g) Accounts Payable and Other Payables

Accounts Payable and other payables represent the liability outstanding at the end of the reporting period for goods and services received by the association during the reporting period that remain unpaid. The balance is recognized as a current liability with the amounts normally paid within 30 days of recognition of the liability.

(h) Income Tax

The Commission is a non-profit body incorporated for the sole purpose of promoting and coordinating the sport of athletics in Western Australia. As such, the Commission is not subject to income tax in Australia.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS 2015/2016 (The accompanying Notes form part of these Financial Statements)

NOTE: 2 2016 2015 $ $

RECEIVABLES

Debtors 19 697 123 197 Prepaid Expenses 9 752 12 105 Inventory – State Uniforms 29 881 0 59 330 135 302

NOTE: 3

MOTOR VEHICLE

Motor vehicles at cost 33 094 33 093 Less accumulated depreciation 18 425 11 446 14 669 21 647

OFFICE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT

Office furniture and equipment at cost 31 051 31 051 Less accumulated depreciation 27 386 26 164 3 665 4 887

PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Athletic plant and equipment at cost 80 337 69 914 Less accumulated depreciation 64 472 60 066

15 865 9 849

Written down value 34 199 36 383

NOTE: 4

The sponsorship revenue from Healthway is $80,000

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS 2015/2016 (The accompanying Notes form part of these Financial Statements.)

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS COMMISSION (Inc.)

STATEMENT BY THE BOARD The Board has determined that the Commission is not a reporting entity as defined in Statement of Accounting Concepts 1: “Definition of the Reporting Entity” and therefore there is no requirement to apply accounting concepts or standards in the preparation of these Financial Statements. The Board Members have determined that this Special Purpose Financial Report should be prepared in accordance with these accounting standards and the basis of accounting outlined in Note 1 to the accounts.

In the opinion of the Board Members of the Commission:

(a) The accompanying Income and Expenditure Statement is drawn up so as to give a true and fair view of the results of the Commission for the financial year ended 30 June 2016; and

(b) The accompanying Balance Sheet is drawn up so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Commission as at the end of the financial year.

At the date of this statement, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Commission will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.

(a) The Commission has kept such accounting records as correctly record and explain the transactions and financial position of the Commission.

(b) The Commission has kept its accounting records in such a manner as would enable the accounts of the Commission to be conveniently and properly audited in accordance with the Constitution of the Commission.

This statement is made in accordance with the resolution of the Board Members and is signed for on behalf of the Board Members by:

______Mr Mal Harford Dr Kelly Botha Chairman Deputy Chairman

______Date Date

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