2015/2016 Annual Report
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the leader for sport in SA 2015/2016 ANNUAL REPORT Sport SA has achieved a reputation for promoting sports administration and management as a professional small business operation, for high level advocacy with government on important Sports Industry issues, is a Registered Training Organisation and has expanded a highly respected industry training program to meet the needs of our industry. FRONT COVER: 2015 Sport SA Award Winners and Award Sponsor TOP ROW, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT Community Event of the Year - Surf Life Saving SA Junior State Championships, Clare Harris, Chief Executive Offi cer, Surf Life Saving SA and Hon Michael Wright, President Sport SA Secondary School Sports Award - Brett Chalmers (representing Kyle Chalmers), Immanuel College, Swimming and Rob Greenwood, Sports Editor Messenger Community News Limited Administrator of the Year - Sue Dewing, Australian Rules Football and Renee Morris, Account Executive Arthur J. Gallagher SECOND ROW, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT Signifi cant Event of the Year - Sunday Mail City-Bay Fun Run, Joe Stevens, Race Director City - Bay Fun Run and Hon Michael Wright, President Sport SA Richard Newman Primary School Sports Award - Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz, Glenelg Primary School, Tennis, Susan Cameron, Learning Improvement Executive Director, Department for Education & Child Development Volunteer Award - James Lang, Cricket and Joe Stevens Race Director, Sunday Mail City Bay Fun Run Inc. THIRD ROW, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT Country Athlete of the Year - Georgia Seidel, Rowing and Paul Anderson, former Executive Director, Offi ce for Recreation and Sport Coach of the Year - Gareth Jones, Golf and His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le AC, Governor of South Australia Offi cial of the Year - Steve Davis, Cricket and Michael Keenan, Executive Offi cer, Club One BACK COVER: KPMG South Australian Sport Hall of Fame inductees and representatives at the Adelaide Oval Hall of Fame display FROM LEFT TO RIGHT Charlie Walsh OAM, Cycling Bob Haigh, Hockey Kerry O’Brien, Athletics Russell Ebert OAM, Australian Rules Football Rachael Sporn OAM, Basketball Loraine Eiler, Basketball Phil Smyth AM, Basketball Michelle den Dekker OAM, Netball Juliet Haslam OAM, Hockey Jenny Williams, Lacrosse 36 the leader for sport in SA Contents 2 ....................... Governance 4 ....................... 2015/16 Sport SA Members 5 ....................... President’s Report 6 ....................... Chief Executive Offi cers’ Report 8 ....................... Organisational Structure, Representation and Committees 9........................ Industry Capability 12 ..................... Advocacy 14 ..................... Infrastructure 15 ..................... South Australian Sports Museum 16 ..................... 2015 KPMG Celebration of South Australian Sport 20 ..................... Lifelong Active Participation 22 ..................... Workforce development 25 ..................... Finance Report 32 ..................... Sport SA Partners Patron His Excellency, the Honourable Hieu Van Le AC, Governor of South Australia Registered Offi ce Military Road, West Beach SA PO Box 103 West Beach SA 5024 ABN 97 454 116 317 Honorary Auditor Rod Shearing OAM (FIPA) Honorary Solicitor Brendan Golden Sport SA Staff Jan Sutherland - Chief Executive Offi cer Peter Spry - Business Manager Jodi Ryan - Training Manager Lea O’Brien - Administration and Membership Offi cer (P/T) Sharon Stephenson - Finance Offi cer / Training Administration (P/T 0.6) Eleanor Bishop - Sport Administration Trainee (Completed April 2016) Tayla Johnson - Sport Administration Trainee/Henley HS (Completed April 2016) Pictured above: 2016 Murray Bridge South Australian Masters Games 1 Governance The Sport SA Board consists of seven directors elected by members and two directors appointed by the Board. The President and Vice President are elected by the Board following the AGM each year. The Board is responsible for setting the strategic direction of Sport SA and overseeing the performance of the organisation. The Board met nine times in 2015/16 and the directors are also involved in Governance and Project Committees of the Board. Board of Directors Hon Michael Wright Mark Easton Lesley Bartlett - until September 2015 President from September 2015 Mark has been the CEO of Bowls SA since The Aquatic industry, Swimming and Michael is a former Australian Labor Party 2013 and was elected to the Sport SA Royal Life Saving have been a signifi cant member and held the seat of Lee from 1997 Board in 2015. He has a general interest part of Lesley’s life and she has been a to 2014. He was the Minister for Recreation in all sport including AFL, Bowls, Cricket Board member, volunteer, instructor and Sport and Racing from 2002 to 2011 and and Netball and has qualifi cations in and education offi cer. In 2014 Lesley retired from politics in 2014. Michael fi lled Business Management and Finance. His was elected as Deputy Chair of RLSSA the casual vacancy position on the Sport involvement in other sporting Committees (SA). A Director of Sport SA since 2001, SA Board and was appointed President have included the Kangarilla Football Club, Lesley provided valuable insight into the following the retirement of John Dicker Bowls Australia National Marketing and aquatic sports, volunteering and member APM in September 2015. Michael’s passion Branding Committee and Bowls Australia protection matters. Lesley attended 2 out for sport also sees him serve on the World National Capitation and Revenue Stream of 2 Director’s meetings prior to her term Tennis Challenge and SA Community Football Committee. Mark was instrumental to ending. Boards. Michael has attended 5 out of 6 the introduction of Open Bowls across Director’s meetings. the state. Mark has attended 6 out of 7 Director’s meetings. John Dicker APM, President – until Bronwyn Klei, Vice President Jill George September 2015 Appointed to the Board in 2014 and Vice A lifelong commitment to sport, bringing John retired from the Sport SA Board in President later that year, Bronwyn is a wealth of knowledge and expertise September 2015. His extensive experience General Manager of Sales and Commercial from roles as a teacher, administrator, in sport includes involvement as a player, at SACA as well as General Manager of player, coach, manager and umpire coach and administrator and John brought the Adelaide Strikers T20 Big Bash team. equips Jill well for the role of Director. Her excellent knowledge and background to Before joining SACA, Bronwyn spent two involvement with Sport SA commenced the role. His major involvement has been in decades in media and sales management, in 1995 as a Board member, continuing Football, the Police and Fire Games at State, including eight years in Sydney in senior to the present time, and serving as Vice National and International levels and he sales roles for Austereo. Bronwyn has President from 2002 until 2014 and volunteers for Riding for the Disabled. John been a Board member of a number of awarded Life Membership in 2008. Jill has became Director in 1998, President in 2003 sports associations and was a fi nalist in represented sport and Sport SA in many and awarded Life membership of Sport SA the Telstra Business Woman of the Year in forums readily assisting with governance, in 2010. John attended 2 out of 2 Director’s 2008 and 2013. She is President of both the projects and events. Jill has attended 7 out meetings prior to retiring. Hills Netball Association and the Aldgate of 9 Director’s meetings. Netball Club where she is a player and umpire. Bronwyn has attended 6 out of 9 Director’s meetings. 02 Mark Hubbard Andrew Rumbelow - until December 2015 Lisa Smith – from June 2016 Mark currently serves in the role as CEO of Andrew was appointed to the Board in Lisa was appointed to the Board in 2016 and Basketball SA where he took on the task of 2014 and began working in the sporting has extensive experience in Governance, building the new organisation under a new industry in 1982. Andrew was the business Finance, Tax and Accounting. She is currently state wide peak body back in October 2006. owner of Golf on the Parade for seven employed by the Australian Institute of Previous roles in sport include General years and then Golf Operations Manager Company Directors and has a Bachelor of Manager at Golf Clubs for a total of seven at the Kooyonga Golf Club for fi ve years. In Laws and Bachelor of Commerce (Major years. In that time Mark served on the Golf 2005 was appointed the High Performance Accounting). A World Champion Australian Management Australia state and national Coordinator at SACA and more recently Underwater Hockey player with a range of boards. He was fi rst appointed to the Sport Andrew has served as the General sporting interests, Lisa has been a Board SA Board in 2008 and fi lled the casual Manager of Volleyball SA from 2008 to member for a number of organisations vacancy in 2013. Mark is passionate about 2014 and Membership Manager at the including: Finding Workable Solutions, Eye sport participating in golf, basketball, tennis Adelaide Crows. Andrew attended 3 out Play Sports (formerly the Blind Sporting and cricket. Mark has attended 5 out of 9 of 4 Director’s meetings prior to his term Council) and the Himalayan Development Director’s meetings. ending. Foundations Australia Inc. Lisa has attended 1 out of 1 Director’s meetings. David Hutton Ray Scheuboeck Joe Stevens Appointed to the Sport SA Board in 2013 to Ray has been involved as an administrator Having been elected to the Sport SA Board fi ll a casual vacancy,