ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 TABLE OF CONTENTS DIRECTORY INCORPORATION NO. 2550882 CHARITIES COMMISSION NO CC475167 REGISTERED OFFICE 360 Tristram St Hamilton TRUSTEES Susan Paterson, ONZM (Chair) Rob Waddell, ONZM (Deputy Chair) DIRECTORY 2 John McDonnell, ONZM OUR TRUSTEES 3 Tony Gainsford Jennifer Palmer CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT 5 David Heald OPERATIONS REPORTS 7 Mark Gilbert - Retired 08 September 2016 SUMMARY OF TRACK USAGE 9 Gwendoline Keel 2016 - 2020 STRATEGIC PLAN 10 Brendon Bainbridge - Retired 08 September 2016 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 11 John Mason - Joined 21 March 2017 SPONSORS 26 SENIOR STAFF Andrew Matheson – General Manager Rochelle van Enter – Operations Mark Lucas – Programmes & Events Andrea Woodford – Marketing & Communications BANK Bank of New Zealand, Hamilton SOLICITORS Harkness Henry, Hamilton AUDITORS PwC, Hamilton BUILDING CONTRACTOR Livingstone Building New Zealand Ltd, Hamilton TRACK BUILDER SPORTBAU Schermann GmbH, Muenster, Germany JOHN MCDONNELL, ONZM, Dip Tchg. Dip Spec. - Trustee OUR TRUSTEES Awarded in the 2016 Queens Honours list the New Zealand Officer of the Order of Merit for his contribution to cycling. John is currently the Deputy Principal at Cambridge High School. Hails from Wanganui where he was an Assistant Principal of Wanganui High School. Has SUSAN PATERSON, ONZM, BPharm, MBA (Ldn) - Chair been a member of the Wanganui Cycling club for 49 years, a UCI international Susan has been a professional director since 1996 and her directorships include commissaire for Road and Track and has held many positions within cycling Goodman NZ, Arvida, Sky Network TV, Tertiary Education Commission, Electricity including President of Cycling New Zealand. In June 2011 awarded Cycling New Zealand Authority, Les Mills NZ Ltd and Theta Systems Ltd (Chair). Susan was made ONZM for Road & Track life membership, a life member of West Coast North Island Cycling centre services to Corporate Governance. She has a keen interest in sport, education and the and the Wanganui Cycling Club. environment, and loves cycling holidays. Her daughter Paige won medals at the Junior World Track Cycling Championships in Moscow and Invercargill. TONY GAINSFORD - Trustee Tony has lived in Cambridge for 25 years. After long service in the New Zealand Air ROB WADDELL, ONZM, BMS (Hons) - Deputy Chair Force, Tony is currently the Managing Director of Marops Ltd, a technology based Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) Honours with double major in Marketing and company specialising in interactive 3D graphics and technical surveillance projects in Japanese. Black Belt in Judo, Olympic Champion Sydney 2000 (Men’s Single Scull, the defence and commercial sector. Tony is an avid sports fan and became interested Rowing) and World Champion 1998 & 1999. Three time winner Supreme Halberg Award in track cycling after visiting the Avantidrome during the building phase. Since, he has (1998 to 2000). Key member of Team New Zealand America’s Cup team 2003 & 2007 become a regular track user and an Avantidrome Coach. (Boat Captain NZL 92). Corporate coach and speaker since 1998. Owner/operator of Tony is passionate about community involvement and loves to see mums, dads, children Riverdale farm – a horse agistment property serving local studs. Chef De Mission NZ and grandparents on the track and at the Gallagher Bike Skills Park enjoying this Olympic Games team Rio 2016 and Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014. magnificent facility. DAVID HEALD, BMS (Hons), CA - Trustee GWENDOLINE KEEL, LLB BA - Trustee Director at Staples Rodway Chartered Accountants. Specialising in taxation together with Gwen is a Senior Associate with national law firm Simpson Grierson. An experienced business advisory. He advises a diverse range of clients operating and investing in a commercial lawyer, she specialises in sales and marketing law, venue and entertainment variety of industries and markets, both on taxation and general business matters. issues, and not-for-profit governance. Gwen also has extensive experience working with David has a particular interest and specialisation in property taxation and clients to effect the sale, marketing and promotion of their products in New Zealand. agribusiness, the latter in the form of large multi-farm dairy syndications. He is Chair of St This includes advising on television, radio, print, online, and social media campaigns. Peter’s School, Cambridge. He also has a keen interest in agriculture and grew up on a She also advises on all consumer-facing issues including developing online sales small block close to Hamilton running fallow deer, sheep and dairy beef. platforms and privacy, spam, and Commerce Commission investigations. Gwen has a lengthy background in not-for-profit governance and management, and is well-versed in complex policy and governance issues including constitutional reform and disputes. She was a board member of the RNZSPCA from 2006-2013, and was awarded JENNIFER PALMER, BA - Trustee the Queen’s Jubilee Year Medal for services to the RNZSPCA in 2012. Jennifer has been the General Manager for the Brian Perry Charitable Trust since 2010 and has been associated with the establishment and operations of the Avantidrome since the project’s inception in 2011. Jennifer oversees the development of the Te Awa River Ride and Podium Sports Lodge and JOHN MASON - Trustee is also a Trustee of The Adastra Foundation and the SKYCITY Hamilton Community Trust. John is a Director of Cambridge based Construction Advantage Limited. An experienced She is a recreational track and road cyclist. construction professional, John has delivered a wide variety of commercial construction projects in New Zealand and Britain. John holds degrees in Civil Engineering and Law and specialises in development and project management. He has a passion for delivering innovative construction projects, from the idea and business plan through to the completion and hand over. Originally from Leeds, he has been based in Cambridge for the last 20 years. John is a Trustee of St Peter’s School, Cambridge and Chairman of Building and Maintenance. Events CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT An exciting National Age Group Championships were held in March 2017. Again, the venue was outstanding and Cycling New Zealand and all our volunteers delivered a superb event. The North Island Secondary Schools Championships held in July continues to grow and provides great competition for On behalf of the Board and management it is our pleasure to report school riders. on the progress of the Home of Cycling Charitable Trust and the Avantidrome for the past year. Function Spaces There has been significant growth in the hireage of Avantidrome’s meeting room and function spaces over the The $31m Avantidrome has now become one of the premier sports and recreational past year. This has been facilitated by the creation of the new Functions Coordinator role which has provided facilities in the country and is a real asset to the people of New Zealand, the Waikato and Waipa. additional resource and capacity required to service our customers, along with a concerted marketing effort to promote these services. As well as a world-class facility, opened by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2014, the Avantidrome has a wonderful team who provide exciting programmes and offerings which are meeting the needs of our Tenants community. Our state of the art track established its world class reputation after hosting a round of the UCI Occupancy of office and ancillary space has remained at 100% with demand ever increasing. The mix of World Cup in 2015 and offers the community the chance to pedal on the same track as our elite track cyclists tenants from Cycling New Zealand to HPSNZ, Tri NZ and the University of Waikato ensures a vibrant and kiwi mens sprint triple world champions and silver Olympic medallists Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and atmosphere and a ‘one stop shop’ for high performance athletes to access gyms, hot and cold baths, Eddie Dawkins. mechanics, physio, medical and research staff, and all the support they need to compete on the world stage. The Avantidrome has proved a wonderful work environment with many professionals wishing to locate to the For the past year the HOC, has utilised Cycling New Zealand as the General Manager of the Avantidrome. Waikato to enhance their careers. Likewise, I would like to recognise our other great tenants; the Avanti Bike This arrangement has given us access to the resources of a larger organisation and enabled us to Shop and The Bikery Cafe, who assist in making the Avantidrome such a special place. significantly upgrade our governance, systems and processes. Our thanks to Andrew Matheson and his team for doing this role in such a professional and competent manner. Finances Financially, with the growth in useage, careful expense management and the synergies from utilising Cycling We are hugely thankful for the ongoing support of our wonderful sponsors. Not only are we breaking even New Zealand as our General Manager, the Avantidrome has been able to break even for the year and, as financially but with their generous commitments we were able to pay down a significant amount of debt – on planned, utilise our sponsors time payments to pay down debt. The Board received a boost from the track to our target of being debt free for the original facility over the next few years. forgiveness of our $450k underwrite from the Brian Perry Charitable Trust in exchange for providing access to visitors staying in the new ‘Podium Lodge’ being developed by BPCT which we are extremely thankful for. Community Facility New grants were received from Grassroots Trust, Pub Charity, Trust Waikato and the Frances Skeets Whether stopping off for a coffee at The Bikery Cafe while riding the Te Awa trail, or meeting up with Charitable Trust. likeminded people for exercise around the concourse, the Avantidrome has become very popular as a community facility for all to enjoy. Thanks As with any charitable trust, the success of the entity is very dependent on many who give their time Track Useage voluntarily to assist us in achieving our goals and our staff who put in many hours above and beyond those Useage of the Avantidrome has increased year on year.