Annual Report 2013/2014 Our whole community wins To the Hon Terry Waldron MLA, Minister for Sport and Recreation: In accordance with the Financial Management Act 2006 (Section 61), I hereby submit for your information and presentation to Parliament the Annual Report of the Department of Sport and Recreation for the period 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014. Ron Alexander Director General September 2014 Department of Sport and Recreation 246 Vincent Street LEEDERVILLE WA 6007 Availability and accessibility of this report: This report can be downloaded in PDF format from the Department of Sport and Recreation’s website at: www.dsr.wa.gov.au/annualreport Alternative formats are available on request. Phone: (08) 9492 9700 Fax: (08) 9492 9711 Email:
[email protected] Front cover photo: Minister for Sport and Recreation Terry Waldron celebrates the announcement of Organisational Sustainability Program (OSP) funding with some of the recipient sports. To read more about OSP, go to page 7. Pictured left to right: Kate Gill (football), Shaun Marsh and Gemma Triscari (cricket), Rory O’Brien (AFL), Kate Denning (hockey), Pascal Hutchinson (surfing), Carlyn Blair (lacrosse), Harry Williams (skating), Blair Evans (swimming) and Michael Freiburg (track cyclist). Contents Annual Report 2013/2014 The work we do 1 Department of Sport and Recreation team structure 2 Mission statement and priorities 3 Director General’s report 4 Industry Development 7 Activity highlights 7 Participation 13 Recreation 20 Facilities 22 Regional Services 26 Recreation Camps 31 Policy