ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 PRINCIPAL PARTNER Swimming - an essential part of the Western Australian way of life Swimming WA – Annual Report 2016/17 1 Swimming WA CONTENTS Swimming WA Leadership 6 is the peak body 2017 Westpac Swimmer of the Year Awards 10 for the sport 2017 FINA World Championships Review 12 Swimming WA Hall of Fame 14 ofACTION swimming IMAGE Vale 15 in Western Our Clubs 16 President’s Report 17 Australia. Chief Executive Officer’s Report 18 A Shared Vision 20 Membership 22 Swimming WA represents 83 Clubs and Participation 28 more than 12,239 registered Members across the State. Competition 40 Each day, dedicated volunteers across the State work in conjunction with the team Performance 54 at Swimming WA to provide opportunities for Western Australians of all ages, genders, Media & Marketing 58 ethnic backgrounds and physical abilities to engage in the most important pursuit Commercial Sustainability 62 of all – swimming! As a not-for-profit Association, Swimming Infrastructure 66 WA relies on the generous support of its Members, the State Government, sponsors, Financial Performance suppliers, event partners and the people of 68 Western Australia, who enable the growth of swimming across the State. Our thanks to you all. Cover photo courtesy of Swimming Australia Ltd 2 Swimming WA – Annual Report 2016/17 Swimming WA – Annual Report 2016/17 3 To ensure swimming is an essential part of the Western Australian way of life. Swimming WA will actively promote and provide opportunities that will increase participation in aquatic activities producing life-long swimmers and champions in our community. Authenticity Courage Excellence Integrity Passion Trust The Association will The Association will act The Association is The Association and The Association and The Association governs implement the Swimming in accordance with the committed to the its Members act in its Members have an and operates on the WA Strategic Plan in a national direction for relentless pursuit of accordance with superior unbridled passion for understanding that the manner that is genuine swimming, the Swimming excellence. moral values and high swimming in all its trust of the Membership and designed to deliver WA Strategic Plan levels of integrity in glorious forms! is a fragile commodity meaningful outcomes at and always in the best all dealings with those and is never to be taken a local level. interests of the sport. engaged in the sport. for granted. 4 Swimming WA – Annual Report 2016/17 Swimming WA – Annual Report 2016/17 5 SWIMMING WA LEADERSHIP Board Committees Ambassadors Ten Swimming WA Board meetings were held in 2016/17. Finance and Governance High Performance Dawn Fraser AO MBE The number of Board meetings attended by each Director Mr Jordan Siemon (Chair) Mr Darren Beazley (Chair) An Australian icon and internationally renowned swimming legend, Dawn Fraser AO MBE joined during the year is below: Mr Barry Cook Mrs Lara Mist Swimming WA as an ambassador in 2015/16. Mr Louis van Aardt 9 Mr Barry Cook 10 Mrs Dorothy Harris* Ms Liane Tooth Ms Fraser travelled to Western Australia twice during the year, meeting with swimmers, clubs, Mrs Dorothy Harris 9 Mr Guy Champion 10 the media and sponsors promoting the benefits of taking part in, and supporting, organised Mr Nick Short Mr Jamie Salter swimming in Western Australia. The four-time Olympic gold medallist also starred in a television Mrs Lara Mist 8 Mr Tim Andrew 8 Mr Craig Seddon Mr Steve Hill commercial promoting the myriad of opportunities that come from joining a swimming club. Mr Travis Nederpelt 8 Mr Mark Griffiths Mr Bud McAllister Mrs Sarah Greaves Mr Michael Broadbridge Mr Darren Beazley Mr Leigh Nugent Libby Trickett OAM (ex officio) Country Swimming *Until December 2016 Libby Trickett (formally Lenton) was born in 1985 in Queensland and competed at the 2004 Mr Darren Beazley (Chair) Athens, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympic Games consecutively, achieving a staggering four Honours and Awards Mrs Dorothy Harris gold, one silver and two bronze medals. Mr Alf Matthews (Chair) Mrs Deb Harlow Mrs Trickett travelled to Perth in March 2017 and took part in the Suburbs to the City swim Mrs Joy Collins across the Swan River. Completing a multitude of corporate and media engagements, the Mr Ryan Evernden highlight was her appearance at the Westpac Women in Sport Luncheon. Mr Peter Anderson Mrs Rebecca Foulkes-Taylor Mr Adam Lucas Mr Louis van Aardt Mrs Dorothy Harris Mr Darryl Wood Mr Darren Beazley Open Water Swimming President Director (ex officio) Mr Darren Beazley (Chair) Technical Education Blair Evans and Officials Mrs Kate Reynolds Ms Evans, a silver Olympic medallist from London 2012 and Olympian at the 2016 Rio Games Mrs Samantha Noall Mr Darren Beazley (Chair) this year, continued her role as a Swimming WA Ambassador; representing the Association at Mr Ralph McManis many primary school visits. She is the “face” of Aqua Technics on behalf of Swimming WA, works Mrs Kaye Bolger Mrs Jeanette Bailey with the Development staff on Optus Junior Dolphins and with the Association’s Learn to Swim Mr Ryan Arblaster School, WestSwim. Mrs Stella Carrara Mrs Jacqui McNamara Mr Craig Scott Mrs Alison Tilt Mrs Lara Mist Mr Travis Nederpelt Mr Trevor Verran Director Director Competition and Planning Tommaso D’Orsogna Mr Darren Beazley (Chair) Tommaso is an Australian freestyle swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Mrs Helen Harding Olympic Games in the mens 4x100m medley relay. Mr Lennard Bremer At the 2016 World Short Course Championships in Canada, Tommaso achieved a bronze medal Mrs Marcelle Cannon in the 100m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle relay and 4x100m medley relay. Mrs Robyn Arblaster Mr D’Orsogna was based in Brisbane for a long period of time and returned to Western Australia in late 2016 to train under Mick Palfery at UWA West Coast Swimming Club. Tommaso Mr Ryan McRoberts aims to complete his post-graduate studies in Medicine at Notre Dame University in Fremantle Mr Tony Ball and become a Neurologist, following in the footsteps of his father Dr Luigi D’Orsogna, who is a Mr Will Scott decorated Paediatric Cardiologist in Perth. Mr Barry Cook Mr Guy Champion Mr D’Orsogna has appeared at several junior development programmes including the Optus Director Appointed Director Junior Dolphins carnival and in Heathway’s training tips. Patron Ms Ginia Rinehart Hancock Family Medical Foundation Ms Rinehart has been a patron of Swimming WA since 2015 and this year continued to elevate the profile of the Association through her extensive network in the business sector, as well as through the support of the Hancock Family Medical Foundation. Mr Tim Andrew Appointed Director Our thanks to our Patron. 6 Swimming WA – Annual Report 2016/17 Swimming WA – Annual Report 2016/17 7 Staff and Volunteers Regional Coordinators Darren Beazley Deb Harlow Nola Osborne Chief Executive Officer (2014-) Country Coordinator Great Southern Geoffrey Reid Lisa Parker Rebecca Foulkes-Taylor Chief Operating Officer (2016-) Pilbara Wheatbelt Carolyn Morrison* Kylie Rann Alison Sargeant Performance and Development Manager (2013-) South West Goldfields Vanessa Paun Rob Manning Performance and Development Manager (2017-) Gascoyne David Johnson Events and Operations Manager (2017-) Life Members Natalie Woolfitt Commercial Manager (2016-) 1925 T. W. Jones 1989 C. A. Lee Alice Pearce 1929 J. Cook 1989 R. K. Duff Membership and Administration Officer (2017-) 1936 M. D. Musgrove 1994 W. DeSmedt Andrea Maeda 1940 W. Boylan 2001 J. Collins WestSwim Coordinator (2016-) 1941 A. E. Middleton 2003 M. Jefferson Blake Lornie-Duguid 1943 T. H. Goudie BEM 2003 H. Pedretti Competition Coordinator (2015-) 1943 J. G. Whittle 2004 L. Arrowsmith Caitlin Mitchell 1944 A. E. Blakers 2004 M.Gerber Development Officer (2017-) 1946 C. E. Newsham 2004 P. Prunster Celia Bruche 1950 W. J. Kirkby 2006 C. Prunster Sponsorship Coordinator (2016-) 1951 R. Bestman BEM 2007 J. Stonor Kaye Bolger 1951 W. F. Oats 2008 P. Anderson Chief Referee (2005-) 1953 W. J. Kestel 2008 A. Matthews Leigh Nugent 1955 B. Oliver 2009 T. Ball State Head Coach (2015-) 1958 G. H. Yewers 2009 K. Holtom Myriah Jones 1958 J. F. Howson OBE JP 2014 Peter Lawless Graphic Designer (2016-) 1962 A. E. Wilson 2014 Greg Wilson Samantha Devine 1962 2015 Athlete and Coach Development Officer (2017-) E. D. Yeldon K. Bolger 1968 F. W. Dawson 2015 I. Arblaster Sarah Bussell Pilbara Development Officer (2017-) 1968 C. A. Kanair 2015 R. Arblaster 1972 D. M. Nordahl MBE 2016 J. Bailey Sarah Hingston Executive Assistant to the CEO (2015-) 1979 R. W. Bally 2016 D. Harris 1979 C. N. Boys SM Sharon Shepherd 1979 South West Development Officer (2016-) J. M. Shepheard 1979 D. C. Watson Tony Ball 1981 Records Officer (1981-) J. F. Stephens 1981 E. J. Symes OAM 1982 L. T. Stephens *Maternity leave from May 2017 1982 A. L. Moebius 1983 T. E. Brazier 1984 R. A. Patching 1986 S. P. Bratton 1986 I. W. Murray 8 Swimming WA – Annual Report 2016/17 Swimming WA – Annual Report 2016/17 9 2017 WESTPAC SWIMMER OF THE YEAR AWARDS Swimming WA’s “night of nights” for the 2016/17 season was held at the Rendezvous Hotel Perth, Scarborough. The Westpac Swimmer of the Year Awards drew a record crowd of well over 380 guests including many swimming luminaries such as Lyn McClements, Jacqui Lamb, Kingsley Bugarin OAM, Emily Hamilton (MLA for Joondalup representing the new Premier Mark McGowan) and Swimming Australia CEO Mark Anderson. The night was a celebration of the sport, bringing together Beale (Swimming WA silver level sponsor). These gentlemen swimmers, Coaches, Technical Officials, Club Committee made an enormous contribution to the aquatics industry in Members, sponsors and various stakeholders in what Western Australia and both will be sadly missed.