2019 Annual Report
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CONTENTS Chairperson’s Report .................................................................................. 4 Coach’s Report ............................................................................................. 5 Board Members ............................................................................................ 6 Goal 1: Performance .................................................................................... 8 Goal 2: Community & Fans ........................................................................ 10 Goal 3: Partners & Alliances ...................................................................... 12 Goal 4: Support Staff .................................................................................. 14 Goal 5: Business Operations ..................................................................... 15 Goal 6: Growing Our Partners ................................................................... 16 At West Coast Fever, we have the providing everyone the opportunity Massey, Kylie Chamberlain and Simon chairperson’s vision to be the best elite netball to celebrate the significant successes Taylor, bring a wealth of knowledge club on-and-off the court, while the Shooting Stars program is having. and expertise to their positions. working within our purpose of Our partners and alliances, the third The fifth and final pillar is business report inspiring and making you proud. pillar, ensure sustainable growth operations. We proudly boast These two statements are set on through long term partnerships, financial strength through growth in the foundations of the five pillars exciting events and strategic key revenue streams that continue of our strategic plan, the first being alliances. In 2019, we welcomed to support elite netball operations to performance. the largest commercial investment achieve our performance outcomes. We don’t shy away or hide from the in West Australian women’s sport From a membership perspective, fact that our on-court performance history, when the Gold Industry 2019 was a record year, with 3,568 during the 2019 season was not Group joined Netball in Western members throwing their support what we set out to achieve at the Australia. This partnership not only behind the club. A total of 44,699 beginning of the year. However, it’s saw the Gold Industry Group become people attended a West Coast Fever important to note that the belief from an Elite Partner of our Club, but also home game last season, as we again the Board couldn’t be stronger, and the Principal Partner of Netball WA made RAC Arena a fortress for our collectively, we have a great sense and the inaugural Premier Partner of opposition. For the first time we took of trust in the process. We know that Shooting Stars. We also welcomed all seven home games to RAC Arena, Stacey and her team, along with the Linley Valley Pork and HCF as Major thanks to the support of the City of playing group, are doing everything Partners of the Club, as well as Perth. RAC Arena is the best indoor they can to give our Members, fans new Partners Flight Centre, Michael venue in our State, and the best and partners, the success they so Page and PKF Perth, as well as a netball venue in the country. We are richly deserve. host of new Preferred Suppliers. incredibly proud to call it home. We All our partnerships are not simply have again continued to raise the bar The second pillar is our community transactional, they are developed across all areas of the Club, further and fans. We aim to engage, excite with our values in mind and are signifying that West Coast Fever is and inspire our community through embedded into our day to day truly a holistic operation. exceptional fan engagement. Our business. game day experience has been an As we look forward to 2020, we area of focus for our event delivery The fourth pillar is our people. We will continue to strive to inspire and team, and the results have been well have the most committed, loyal, high make you proud. We are exploring recognised by our members and fans, performing and enthusiastic athletes further opportunities to engage in as they rate our game day experience and staff, with a relationship that is Asia and the Pacific Rim. We will a nine out of ten. We continue to be built on respect and support. And look to further enhance our fan a club that advocates and leads, with here I would like to acknowledge engagement and community access. 10 strong role models in our squad, our 10 contracted athletes, train-on We will further develop and nurture whose stories continued to be shared athletes, coaching and support staff our up and coming talent both on- with our passionate community. and wider Netball WA staff, for their and-off the court with the expansion We have again continued to be tireless work in driving us toward our of our Academy program and we will prominent in the community through vision to attract, recruit, develop and look to further maximise the return DEANE PIETERS our countless player visits, while our retain talented and high performing to our partners through the use of Shooting Stars Ambassadors have staff and players. I would also like to technology. worked tirelessly with the program. make mention of Fran Lawrence, who Again, I thank you for your ongoing We were again proud to host joined our Board earlier this year. support of our Club and look forward Indigenous Round, which doubled Fran, and the rest of our Directors to seeing you at RAC Arena again in as our Shooting Stars Round, including Suzanne Ardagh, Chris 2020. 4 Being a witness to West Coast Sport invokes many emotions their 50 game milestones in Stacey COACH’s Fever’s inner sanctum for the whether it be from winning, losing, Francis, Ingrid Colyer and Shannon last five years, it is evident that drawing, umpires, opposition Eagland. Jhaniele Fowler shot her report each year brings a different set performances, individual 4000th national league goal making of challenges, new experiences, performances, team selections, her the most prolific shooter of the creates new memories and tests skilful play and errors made. Each competition, finishing the year with our coaching, our high performance of the emotions experienced are 709 goals at 94% accuracy. systems and structures, our different to all involved and are strategic vision for the club, and the reflective of one’s perceptions, We have a strategic vision of being a performance of our players both on reality, ambitions and expectations. team that consistently finishes in the and off the court. In 2019, there were areas that we fell top four and delivers a premiership short in, areas where consistency to Western Australia. We do not shy Whilst the 2019 season did not evaded us and decision making and away from this commitment. see the Club reach the heights we execution that did not enable us to Like every year we go into our desired, there is true optimism in earn the right to win. what our future can hold and the review with an uncompromising plans we put in place are thorough, One of our club’s best qualities is commitment to improve. Being holistic, realistic and aim to achieve that we confront these shortfalls, open, honest, measured, holistic and the sustained success we continue look them in the eye and then detailed in our approach ensures to strive for. develop a plan to rectify them. We that we collate the right information have certainly been reviewing and for us to be able to identify our When we achieved the heights we reflecting those in detail with the key areas of focus to enable us to did in 2018 it is only natural to have focus of ensuring we put plans in implement systems and structures the ambition and desire to go one place to improve our execution in and ensure that we invest the further. To strive for the ultimate all areas of high performance both right time and resources into the success, to win our first premiership. on and off the court. Because we most impactful areas to ignite our We had made huge gains in our are in an area of high performance, program. performance in 2018. Anything short each year we are always quick to As the leader of this club I stand of making finals was not going to review and reflect the areas of before you confirming we want the be acceptable. Unfortunately, that is improvement and find out what we reality, we want the details of our the position we found ourselves in, can do better. But with every gain, performance because we know this and for everyone involved, it was a we are trying to find a balance in will ensure we are educated, aligned hard pill to swallow. our reflections. and united in our approach to 2020. This thinking and this expectation There are also many positive areas Go Fever! that we drive from within, I that we should acknowledge and believe, reflects how far this club take a moment to appreciate the has evolved. We are now a club achievements that have been made. that demands a standard of play, The 2019 season saw the debut a game day presentation that is of two exciting products of the STACEY MARINKOVICH leading, a presence in the netball Netball WA pathway with Olivia and broader WA community that is Lewis playing 20 quarters for the continuously making people proud, season as a fully contracted player and consistently executing in our and Sunday Aryang taking the areas of expertise is demanded and court in Round 3 against Swifts as expected. You can only come to this a replacement player. Alice Teague- mentality when there is true belief Neeld stepped out onto RAC Arena and a true understanding of what in the Green Dress for the first time we are capable of. and we had three players achieve 5 board members DEANE PIETERS CHAIRPERSON An accomplished sportsman and businessman, Deane was the Board’s inaugural Chair in February 2017. A former freestyle swimmer who competed for Australia at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, Deane is a former World Life Saving Champion (1990) and has won eight Australian Surf Life Saving Titles between 1990 to 1993.