Season 2012‐2013 nd 62 Annual Report Revision 0 - Audited Financials Z:\SA WATER POLO\AGM\2013 AGM\ANNUAL_REPORT_2013 REV 0 28-08-14.DOCX 2012-2013 Annual Report Presented for the Annual General Meeting 26/08/2013 Contents Page Number 1 2012-2013 Officials 3 2 President’s Report 5 3 Report on Operations 8 3.1 Operation Manager’s Report 8 3.2 Overview of changes and work in progress 9 3.3 Grants Overview 10 3.4 Website 10 3.5 Rec & Sport 360 Survey 10 3.6 Development 11 3.7 High Performance Program 14 3.8 SASI 15 3.9 Major Events – 14&Under National Club Championships 15 4 Finance Report 17 4.1 Overview 17 4.2 Government Grant 17 4.3 Membership Revenue 17 4.4 Auditor’s Report 18 5 State Representative Teams 24 5.1 14 & Under National Club Championships 24 5.2 14 & Under East Coast Challenge 25 5.3 16 & Under National Championships 26 5.4 18 & Under National Championships 27 5.5 20 & Under National Championships 28 6 Season Statistics & Awards 29 6.1 Domestic League 29 6.2 National League - Adelaide Jets 33 7 Membership Statistics 2012-2013 39 8 Sponsors 40 9 Governance 41 10 Media Coverage 42 WATER POLO SOUTH AUSTRALIA Page 1 2012-2013 Annual Report Presented for the Annual General Meeting 26/08/2013 WATER POLO SOUTH AUSTRALIA Page 2 2012-2013 Annual Report Presented for the Annual General Meeting 26/08/2013 1 2012‐2013 Officials LIFE MEMBERS Ron Howell Jill Glastonbury (dec) Bruce Chisholm (dec) Margaret Jones Paul Raynor Jon Harmer John Bird Lynn Martin Des Clark Gary Mavrinac Brian Knevitt Shaun Baker Peter Bayne Chris Turner Graeme Litster David Martin Alan Dowling John Medcalf HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS (SA Olympians) Charlie Turner Michael Turner Chris Wybrow Rod Owen Jones Rafael Sterk BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Mark Dayman Secretary Derek Seret Director for Finance Thomas Dayman Director for Membership Graham Barr Director for Competition Graham Barr Director for National Events Mark Dayman Director for Coaching & Carolyn Symons Development Director for Communications Carolyn Symons Director for Volunteers & Officials Kathy Sangster AWPI Delegate Mark Dayman OFFICERS & OFFICIALS Patron Vice‐Patron Public Officer John Medcalf Privacy Officer John Medcalf WATER POLO SOUTH AUSTRALIA Page 3 2012-2013 Annual Report Presented for the Annual General Meeting 26/08/2013 STAFF Operations Officer Ben Arthur (Part‐time) Development Officer Alex Murphy (Part‐time) Governance & Compliance Officer Andrew Swift (Casual) Administration Officer Michelle Corbett (Casual) State Representative Teams Coaches Managers 14 & Under Girls John Flynn Sue Grooby 14 & Under Boys Emy van Duijn Belinda Parousis and John Flynn 14 & Under Girls ECC John Flynn Sue Grooby 14 & Under Boys ECC Emy van Duijn Belinda Parousis 16 & Under Girls Emy van Duijn Carolyn Symons 16 & Under Boys Shaun Baker Daniel Parish 18 & Under Girls Marnie Jackson Carolyn Symons 18 & Under Boys Alex Murphy Tony Hall 20 & Under Women Jessica Martin Leanne Wells 20 & Under Men Alex Murphy Mark Dayman National League Coaches Men Eddie Denis/John Thompson Women Eddie Denis AFFILIATED CLUBS Adelaide Tritons Adelaide Vikings Eastern Saints Henley Sharks WATER POLO SOUTH AUSTRALIA Page 4 2012-2013 Annual Report Presented for the Annual General Meeting 26/08/2013 2 President’s Report “The Great Headlines” Record number of members‐ up by 60% – not just junior growth in juniors; Henley and Eastern Saints have shown outstanding growth. The larger clubs of Vikings and Tritons have also had great results; Highest number of international representation both in juniors and seniors; Jets women made the finals for second year running; Sensational 14&U Tournament hosted at SAALC; Record number of State teams sent away with high levels of athletes and good potential shown; Water Polo now played at 3 pools; New name and image for Water Polo; New web site for WPSA; Online registration underway Office opened at Marion with more staff to service Water Polo; Improved relationships with key stakeholders; Improved Governance – reporting and monitoring of grants and officers; Greatly improved financial position “The Great Challenges” Becoming competitive in National Championships; Increasing or at least holding our current membership levels; Having all clubs viable for juniors and Seniors; Taking Water Polo to new areas in metropolitan Adelaide and South Australia; Improving our development opportunities and systems for our athletes; Filling the SASI coaching position; Maintaining our financial viability with new cost structures; Keeping our focus on improvements that benefit our sport rather than politics; In reviewing your progress I always find it useful to look behind you and see where you have come from. I have now completed 4 years as President of Water Polo South Australia (WPSA). So, I have a bit of a record that I can review. In previous years I mentioned the significant challenges facing WPSA were the opening of South Australian Aquatic and Leisure Centre (SAALC) and our at the time tenuous financial position. It was pleasing to report last year good progress on these issues. Last year I also reported “the biggest challenge for SAWPI now is to put the best operating and governance structure in place”. We can now report outstanding progress in many areas of operations of WPSA. Especially the key areas above that we have been targeting. In particular, during 2013 we have changed from a glass half empty association into one that has a glass hall full approach to its business. Some highlights of 2012‐2013 are: SAWPI Board: As the Section 9 shows the Board again has had very good attendance at meetings. The Board not only has participated well by attendance has also provided excellent judgement in this period of significant change for WPSA. WATER POLO SOUTH AUSTRALIA Page 5 2012-2013 Annual Report Presented for the Annual General Meeting 26/08/2013 Finally in 2013 the redraft the Constitution has commenced and is substantially underway to reflect our current operating needs. To have our Constitution considered by the WPSA will require a Special General Meeting. Details will be distributed as the project nears completion. Details of this direction were contained in this report last year. The Board has also implemented a more hands on approach to the monitoring of our performance and compliance with the requirements of our grants from the Office of Rec and Sport. Management: In about May 2012 the WPSA Board reviewed the operating structure in consultation with key stakeholders. The outcome was the WPSA Board decided to change from a CEO position to an Operations Manager. The purpose of the change was to have a clearly defined set of requirements for the position and have the role directed at the day to day operations of our Association. These deliverables of the Operations Manager are monitored as part of the Board agenda. In December 2012 Jon Harmer completed his role of CEO. Andrew Swift was appointed to the role of Operations Manager in January 2013. Further structure changes were made in June 2013 with Ben Arthur taking up the role of Operations Manager and Andrew Swift taking a role as Governance & Compliance Officer. As part of this change in operations, WPSA finally occupied our office in SAALC which had been occupied by others in our absence. The move to SAALC was designed to ensure WPSA improved our presence at SAALC and took the opportunity within this “new” area of potential membership growth, which as stated in this report last year, as yet has not been grasped by WPSA. Development: Again in 2012 and 2013 development programs offered by WPSA have continued to improve both in the number of squads and the administration of those squads. Together with SASI, WPSA have established the High Performance Program (HPP). This program commenced in 2013 with Alex Murphy appointed to the role of head coach. An application by WPSA to the office of Recreation and Sport for a grant to support this squad has been successful. These programs have now fully established development pathways from U12 through to the HPP which will further feed players into the SASI athlete program. National Representation: This year our athletes achieved outstanding results with selection to National teams and squads. Players that were selected for Australian Teams included Isobel Bishop, Jess Martin, Chloe Barr, Victoria Risby, Belinda Symons, Chelsea Allen and William Dayman. State Teams: This year WPSA sent a record number of teams to participate in National events. Last year we sent 8 teams this year we sent 9 teams, plus a composite team with Victoria. In addition Vikings nominated a team at the 14& U Championships. In total water polo players in South Australia were provided opportunities in 11 teams. A very pleasing aspect of our state teams was the level of participation with a number of teams having a competitive selection process. However, due to availability, player levels were disappointing for the 18&U female age group. During the last 12 months WPSA has continued to develop their coaching ranks. An improved number of coaches are available to WPSA to choose from. WATER POLO SOUTH AUSTRALIA Page 6 2012-2013 Annual Report Presented for the Annual General Meeting 26/08/2013 Finance: Our focus on finance has continued through the 2013 financial year. WPSA are now getting into a financial position that will cope with the cash flow issues that arise when fielding multiple teams in championships. WPSA will need to continue to build our financial reserves to ensure the association is financially capable of hosting major events and the development the association to ensure we provide the opportunities our players require. The financial results for Financial Year 2013 contained in this report Revision A are draft financials.