INSPIRE 2017 ANNUAL REPORT ENJOYMENT INTRODUCTION CONTENTS Chairman and CEO Report 04 A Tribute to Lauren Boyle 08 Our Regions 10 Our Board 14 Our Staff 16 Technical Officials 18 Auditor’s Report 20 Financials 21 High Performance 32 National Teams 36 Events 40 Education & Schools 42 Para-Swimming 46 Awards & Honours 48 Our Sponsors and Partners 49 Introduction New Zealanders swim for a variety of reasons including sport, recreation, and health benefits. Swimming is New Zealand’s second most popular recreational activity with 1 million New Zealanders choosing swimming as their preferred activity (Sport NZ 2013/14 Active New Zealand Survey). Our vision is to inspire enjoyment, excellence and pride in swimming by all New Zealanders. Our mission is to grow and strengthen swimming by providing services to the members of Swimming New Zealand, supporters and the general public. With strong leadership and governance from our Board and Management Team and with the tireless dedication of our passionate staff, we deliver our vision. Swimming New Zealand provides advice and leadership to the New Zealand community on all matters pertaining to swimming. Our activities can be separated into three specific areas: education, competitive swimming and high performance. ANNUAL REPORT 2017 | SWIMMING NEW ZEALAND 1 VISION Our vision To inspire enjoyment, excellence and pride in swimming by all New Zealanders. 2 SWIMMING NEW ZEALAND | ANNUAL REPORT 2017 VISION LIFE MEMBERS > 1965 – J C Kirkland* > 1994 – Artie Shaw MNZM* 1967 – R Shakespeare JP* 1995 – Frank Greenem* > 1900 – Roland W St Clair* > > 1974 – R E Harding* 1995 – Duncan Laing OBE* > 1900 – GJC Smart* > > 1978 – Maurice Duckmanton MBE 2000 – Colin Kennedy* > 1941 – Fred G Dunn* > > 1979 – Roly Webb* 2000 – Danyon Loader ONZM > 1941 – Baxter O’Neil* > > 1982 – Stanley Williams* 2001 – Jim Cole > 1941 – Phil N Rundle* > > 1984 – Billie Fitzsimmons MBE* 2002 – Merle Jonson > 1942 – Chas Bryant* > > 1986 – Laurie Crabb* 2004 – Don Stanley OBE > 1944 – Carlyle Atkinson* > > 1988 – Ian Chadwick* 2005 – Bill Matson ONZM* > 1947 – E C Issacs* > > 1988 – Norma Williams MBE 2008 – Bert Cotterill* > 1950 – Harold T Pettit* > > 1989 – Doug Cain OBE* 2009 – Enid Wordsworth QSM > 1951 – Norman N Oldershaw* > > 1989 – Ian Russell* 2009 – John Mace > 1952 – William A Jenkins* > > 1990 – Noel Smith* 2010 – Ian McPhee* > 1957 – Doreen Brown MBE* > > 1992 – Merv Campbell* 2012 – Ross Bragg ONZM > 1957 – C Rex Moore* > > 1993 – Russell Cushen* 2015 – Dr David Gerrard CNZM, OBE > 1964 – F E M Boulton* > > 1994 – Terry Wall* 2016 – John West > 1964 – Angus Donaldson* > > * Deceased ANNUAL REPORT 2017 | SWIMMING NEW ZEALAND 3 CHAIRMAN AND CEO REPORT Chairman and 2 017 CEO Report The 2016/17 year can be best described as a year of disruption. We have had a number of changes in our executive and management team including a new National Head Coach and CEO. We have also suffered a significant In the immediate aftermath of the development of the system to make it reduction in funding from High Olympics, one of NZ Swimming’s more user friendly and available to more Performance Sport NZ which in turn led stalwarts of the last decade hung up his participants. It is interesting to note that to the disestablishment of two senior goggles. Glen Snyders has dominated the throughout the 2016/17 year, $1.2m roles within the High Performance team. breaststroke events in this country for worth of club and regional business was On the positive side, the 2016 Olympic over a decade and he has represented transacted via the database and payment Games in Rio saw New Zealand Swimming us in three Olympic Games. He retired gateway, a clear signal of the usefulness represented by a team of 9 swimmers, holding all the NZ Breaststroke records, of this vital system. six of whom were competing at their first Commonwealth Games, Pan Pacific and Our sport would not be able to function Olympics. Our swimmers achieved 7 top World Cup medals, as well as countless without the countless hours of dedicated 16 finishes and three swimmers achieved National titles. On behalf of Swimming support from our officials. Once again, we personal bests. New Zealand, we congratulate Glen on his owe our technical officials a huge vote of outstanding career and thank him for his We also had 9 swimmers compete at thanks for another outstanding year. We contribution to the sport in this country. the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming simply could not run our events at a national Championships, in Maui, Hawaii. In the Once again, we held another very regional and club level without these highlight of these championships, Gabrielle successful awards evening, thanks to volunteers who play an absolutely vital role Fa’amausili achieved a third place in the the generous support of an anonymous in the successful operation of our sport – 50m Freestyle while we had a further 8 sponsor. In this glamourous environment, a very big thank you. top 8 finishes. we were able to acknowledge those who Throughout the year, kiwis were once again have achieved throughout the year and represented at the highest level on various who have set the standard for others FINA committees and bureaus. Lesley to follow in the year ahead. A very big Huckins was on the Swimming Technical congratulations to those winners. A full Committee, Roger Eagles on the Masters list of all award winners can be found in Technical Committee and John West on the back of this report. the Open Water Technical Committee. On the administration front, we have Swimming is a global sport so it is important continued to push the integration of that New Zealand continues to have a voice the swimming database as the primary at this level and we thank those listed for membership management tool available the time and effort they put in representing to all clubs. The uptake has been pleasing our views on the international stage. and we are now seeing the majority of We also remain indebted to the coaches clubs using the database on a daily basis. and administrators, at regional and club The Participation team (formerly Events & level, who give up their time to promote, Membership) is working on the continued develop and deliver our sport. 4 SWIMMING NEW ZEALAND | ANNUAL REPORT 2017 CHAIRMAN AND CEO REPORT Chairman and CEO Report EXCELLENCE ANNUAL REPORT 2017 | SWIMMING NEW ZEALAND 5 CHAIRMAN AND CEO REPORT “ As a sport, our mission remains clear: Our goal is to see New Zealand swimmers on the podium at international events.” 6 SWIMMING NEW ZEALAND | ANNUAL REPORT 2017 CHAIRMAN AND CEO REPORT Without this large group of individuals, we their chosen sport. Even fewer swimmers couldn’t do what we do on a daily basis are able to do so. But Lauren Boyle has so Swimming NZ thanks you sincerely for been among the best freestylers of her your commitment and passion. Thriving generation, and she has an array of titles clubs delivering excellent programmes and and trophies too large to mention, to services will ensure that we are able to grow prove her undoubted status in the sport. our sport and give ourselves the greatest Her seven world championship medals opportunity to find our next Danyon Loader (including two short course), three Pan or Lauren Boyle. Pacific and four Commonwealth Games medals, make her unique, not just as a New Financially, we have returned a small Zealand swimmer, but as a New Zealand surplus which given the reduction in High sportsperson. On behalf of the sport of Performance Sport funding at the end of swimming, we salute you Lauren, and we last year has been pleasing. The reduction invite you to continue to participate in the of charity gaming (pokie machines) income sport that you have excelled at, in whatever remains a challenge and has put significant manner you may wish to in the future. Bruce Cotterill pressure on our business particularly CHAIR our education business. We continue to As a sport, our mission remains clear: Our search for new commercial income as a goal is to see New Zealand swimmers on high priority going forward. We need to the podium at international events. To see shore-up and secure new funding streams Kiwis succeeding on the international stage as a matter of priority if we are to increase benefits the entire sport, but it also involves investment in priority areas such as high everyone in the sport continuing to make performance, coach development and a collective contribution. Whether we are club and regional capability. part of the NSO, RSO or club, we all have a part to play. To all of our members, we thank To our existing group of funders and you for that contribution and respectfully sponsors, featured on page 49, thank you request that you continue to play your part, for your ongoing support of swimming in no matter how big or small. NZ. We remain extremely grateful to you all. Finally, we would like to thank the board At the time of writing this report we have of Swimming NZ for their tireless received news of another retirement. commitment to the cause. Theirs is often Although not strictly occurring during the a thankless task but one they take on with period covered by this report, it would be a real passion and dedication to making inappropriate to hold off commenting on swimming in NZ better tomorrow than it the outstanding contribution that Lauren is today. To Deputy Chair Geoff Brown, Boyle has made to the sport of swimming Simon Perry, Anna Tootill, Margie McKee, in New Zealand. As a three time Olympian, Nick Tongue and President Lesley Huckins, Steve Johns her place in the sport’s history is already thank you for your time, effort and energy.