2019 WPSA Annual Report
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Season 2018 – 2019 68th Annual Report WATER POLO - An Olympic Tradition 2018 – 2019 Annual Report Contents Page Number 1. 2018 – 2019 Officials 3 2. President’s Report 5 3. Finance Report 7 3.1 Overview 7 3.2 Government Grants 8 3.3 Board of Management’s Report 9 3.4 Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (Unaudited) 10 3.5 Statement of Financial Position for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (Unaudited) 13 3.6 Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (Unaudited) 14 3.7 Notes to the Financial Statements for Year Ending 30 June 2019 15 3.8 Statement by Members of the Board 18 4. State Representative Teams 19 4.1 16 & Under Girls National Aged Club Championships 19 4.2 16 & Under Boys National Aged Club Championships 20 4.3 Australian Youth Water Polo Championships 21 5. Season Statistics & Awards 24 5.1 Premiership Tables 24 5.2 Best and Fairest 26 5.3 Water Polo South Australia Awards 26 5.4 Australian Water Polo League – FYFE Adelaide Jets 27 6. Membership 29 7. Governance 30 8. Sponsors 31 Water Polo South Australia – 2018/19 Annual Report Page 2 2018 – 2019 Annual Report 1. 2018 – 2019 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 Derek Seret HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS (SA Olympians) Charlie Turner Michael Turner Chris Wybrow Rod Owen Jones Rafael Sterk Isobel Bishop BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Peter Cleary Finance Director Kathleen McHugh Director Damon Maslen Director Simon West Director Jon Harmer Director Jessica Martin Director Michelle Barnes OFFICERS & OFFICIALS Public Officer Member Protection Officer Maritza Manojlovic STAFF Executive Officer Sarah Kelly (Resigned 18 January 2019) Mark Howells (Resigned 9 August 2019) Peter Cleary (Acting) Sports Administration Officer Melissa Beames Sports Administration Assistant Anna Porcaro Head Coach Dusan Damjanovic (contract completed 30 June 2019) Water Polo South Australia – 2018/19 Annual Report Page 3 2018 – 2019 Annual Report STATE REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS Coaches 14 & Under Boys Shaun Baker 14 & Under Girls Millie Lewis 16 & Under Boys Mark Parrish Dusan Damjanovic Stefan Porobic 16 & Under Girls Millie Lewis 18 & Under Boys Dusan Damjanovic 18 & Under Girls Eddie Denis Managers 14 & Under Boys Matt Martin 14 & Under Girls Melissa Beames 16 & Under Boys Tim Slaven Stefan Porobic Sophie Scott-Young 16 & Under Girls Melissa Beames 18 & Under Boys Kathy Friend 18 & Under Girls Sophie Munchenberg AUSTRALIAN WATER POLO LEAGUE Coaches Men Dusan Damjanovic Women Eddie Denis Managers Men Jon Harmer Women Ellen Traeger (Home) / Jon Harmer (Away) AFFILIATED CLUBS Adelaide Tritons Adelaide Vikings Eastern Saints Henley Sharks Water Polo South Australia – 2018/19 Annual Report Page 4 2018 – 2019 Annual Report 2. President’s Report This year has been challenging for many reasons, but here are the key reasons: We again recorded a loss. This year’s loss was $9,299 which was significantly less than 2017-18 but still unacceptable. Our contract with our Head Coach Dusan Damjanovic concluded on 30th June 2019 and we have been unable to agree terms for his continuance. We have been unable to retain our Executive Officers with Sarah Kelly and Mark Howells both resigning to take on bigger and higher paying roles. Thanks to the support of our coaches, we have had several athletes present at Australian under aged selection camps but we have not had any selected. The message from the National Coaches is that the athletes need more exposure to coaches (who reside mainly in Sydney) so there is a better understanding of the national game style expectations. This is needs to be addressed otherwise we will continue to lose athletes to Sydney clubs if they believe it is their best pathway to Australian selection. The sport at the Water Polo Australia level has had a tumultuous year. Dissatisfaction with the financial performance of WPA led to calls for Board resignations. This caught the attention of Sport Australia who demanded the sport engage in a governance review to create a more modern structure that in its view would be less susceptible to factions, disparate strategies, unnecessary costs and leadership churn. This matter is ongoing and until resolved will mean that participation funding from Sport Australia will be held back. SA has been represented in these discussions through Susie Smith, a WPA Board member, and me. I believe we are both working to find a solution that will bring the focus back on the sport and less on the Boardroom. On a more positive note: The Adelaide Jets continue to compete in the Australian Water Polo League. A second Brisbane team dropped out and Victoria is still unable to field a team that shows the pressures on competing at this level, particularly from a cost perspective. It costs around $130,000 to field our men’s and women’s teams. This is only possible through the support from the players and the generous sponsorship from Fyfe, Schinellas, the Office of Recreation, Sport and Racing (ORSR), the Warradale Hotel, as well as individual player sponsors. Our thanks also must go to our coaches, Eddie Denis and Dusan Damjanovic, as well as the team managers Jon Harmer and Ellen Traeger Under the leadership of Mark Howells, WPSA engaged with the Clubs and other interested people in our community on how to develop our sport, with emphasis on growing our participation numbers. Even though Mark has left, we will use his work to implement this plan over the next year. There we remarkably few Code of Conduct issues so my thanks to the whole community. We were able to send six teams to the inaugural Australian Youth Championships and Under 16 girls and boys’ teams to the National Aged Club Championships. We are investigating, with the support of WPA, the opportunity to merge our administrative functions into the WPA organisation. The aim would be to create efficiencies, provide our office staff with access to an organisation more able to provide HR, IT and financial support. This is only in its conceptual phase and no change will be implemented unless we can see significant benefits to WPSA, an ability to retain our State decision making (important to the ORSR) and at a cost, that is Water Polo South Australia – 2018/19 Annual Report Page 5 2018 – 2019 Annual Report less than other options. We will work through this slowly and seek community input throughout before any recommendation is put to our membership. I would like to thank Melissa Beames who has worked tirelessly at the office despite two changes of EO and the challenges that have kept presenting themselves. I also extend thanks to Anna Porcaro who has picked up organising our competitions; working our grants program and supporting on many other aspects that help us exist. Both women deserve our gratitude and continuing support. Thank you also to the Technical Committee of Jason Wedding, Jet van Duijn, Tony Hall, Tony Grooby and Catherine O’Sullivan. Particular thanks to Jason and Tony who are stepping down this year for all they have put into the TC as well as into referees and the game in general. We will advertise for replacements after the AGM. Our Board also deserves our appreciation. Unfortunately, Kathleen McHugh, Simon West and Damon Maslen have decided to step down at this AGM. All have been invaluable Board members and have worked tirelessly to help sort our accounts and finances out over the past years. This has not been easy and I am confident we are in better shape because of their efforts. Finally, the Board’s most sincere thanks go to all of the volunteers, coaches, referees and table officials that are essential to our sport. There is always more to do, so please take their lead and join in where you can. Peter Cleary President Water Polo South Australia – 2018/19 Annual Report Page 6 2018 – 2019 Annual Report 3. Finance Report 3.1 Overview Completion of the Financial Report 2018-19 has not been possible in time for the AGM. The financial position as stated in the Profit and Loss Statement, as well as the Balance Sheet, have been worked with our accountant, Mr Michael Jenke and the Finance Committee of the Board. We are satisfied that they are up to date and accurate. After the appointment of the auditor at the AGM an audit of the accounts will be undertaken and the completed and audited accounts will be formally submitted to the members, so we comply with our obligations under the Associations Act and the requirements of the ORSR. The following should be noted with respect to the Financial Statements: 1. We remain heavily dependent on Grant funding so we maintain a close relationship with the ORSR to ensure we remain eligible and aware of new grant opportunities. Anna Porcaro has specific responsibility for this function. 2. Administrative and coaching costs were again a challenge to profitability. We were unable to get a reasonable contribution to the Head Coach costs from WPA so we have been forced to restructure the Head Coach position. The completion of service by Dusan Damjanovic enables us to look for ways to engage a coaching director in a manner that enables us to keep to budget. 3. The position of Executive Officer will not be filled until we have reviewed the operational model with WPA. It is hard to retain quality people in this role due to its part-time nature and requirement for an almost full-time commitment.