2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORT

CONTENTS

The Year in Pictures ...... 4 Chairman’s Report ...... 6 CEO’s Report ...... 8 OneSport Update ...... 10 Key Figures ...... 12 Competition ...... 14 Officials ...... 16 NSW Athletes at the Olympic Games ...... 18 NSW Athletes at the ...... 19 Coach Development, High Performance and State Teams ...... 20 Membership and Clubs, Statistics, Member List ...... 22 Marketing ...... 28 Records ...... 29 NSW Champions ...... 30 NSW Roll of Honour ...... 32 Athletics NSW Awards ...... 34 Condolences ...... 36 Advisory Panels ...... 37 Athletics NSW Limited Concise Financial Statements ...... 38 Directors’ Report ...... 38 Auditor’s Independence Declaration under section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001 ...... 40 Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income...... 41 Statement of Financial Position ...... 42 Statement of Changes in Equity ...... 43 Statement of Cash Flows ...... 44 Notes to the Financial Statements ...... 45 Directors’ Declaration ...... 46 Independent Audit Report ...... 47

ATHLETICS NSW LIMITED ABN 11 330 775 869 FOUNDED 20 APRIL 1887, INCORPORATED 15 JANUARY 1996

Postal Address: PO Box 595, Markets, NSW 2129 Telephone: (02) 9746 1122 Street Address: Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre, Facsimile: (02) 9746 1168 Edwin Flack Drive, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 2127 Email: [email protected] Website: www.nswathletics.org.au

This report covers the period 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 unless specified otherwise.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABBREVIATIONS Project Management by Janet Naylon AA Athletics Proofreading by Stuart Paterson ANSW Athletics NSW Limited Designed and printed by The KDR Group ASC Australian Sports Commission Front Cover – (Credit: Getty Images) LANSW Little Athletics Association of NSW Inc. Page 3 – -Hills and (Credit: Getty Images) NSWIS NSW Institute of Sport Photographers as credited throughout the report NSWMA NSW Masters Association TTP Target Talent Program

2 OUR VISION Our vision is for athletics in to be a strong, vibrant and growing sport.

Our purpose is to foster the appreciation, enjoyment OUR PURPOSE and development of athletics in New South Wales by: - Providing leadership and direction to clubs, athletes, coaches and officials - Supporting all athletes to reach their potential. This ranges from grassroots through to elite athletes (who are competing internationally and representing Australia) - Growing participation in a sustainable way, through the delivery of well-run competitions 2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORT

THE YEAR IN PICTURES

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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT BRIAN WHITE

CHANGE The key measure of whether these are delivered is in our membership In the 12 months to the end of numbers (how many customers?), and in the level of participation March 2017, we have seen evidence (how many times did these customers buy our services?). Improving of a range of efforts to reform and customer satisfaction makes maintaining and increasing these improve that numbers sustainable. have been brewing for several years The CEO’s Report talks to our increased membership across athlete and are now being effected by categories (lots more customers), which is very solid progress. Certainly people active at national, state and the hard work done by those in clubs and at training venues continues club/centre levels with a mandate to to be a critical success factor and I am encouraged that our sport’s make changes. “front office” is positive and enthusiastic as you engage with our The Athletics NSW (ANSW) Board has made the judgement that the athlete customers to encourage them to join or continue with athletics. downside risk of staying the same is higher than that of choosing the We think our improved and more intense ANSW communications has wrong future path. In his first full year in the job our CEO has, with also triggered more athletes to seek out a club or training squad and our mandate, pushed hard along the path of the ANSW strategic sign up. We know that some of our changed competition offerings are plan put in place four years ago. encouraging new clubs to join our association, bringing new athletes to our movement. We are changing some of what ANSW does because we believe it is in the best interests of current and future athletes and we have heard One initiative this year was to run more and different meets. Not all that most of our athletics community wants change. of them were well attended, but many were, and we have definitely demonstrated progress on the way to having a more diverse range of “opportunities to participate” that better satisfies the wide range of preferences we are hearing from current and potential athletes. Overall, our participation numbers did increase on the previous year, but only modestly, perhaps showing we have more work to do both on the mix and on how we engage club administrators to sell a new and more diverse competition product range.

In terms of “show me how to do it better”, we had our first full year controlling accredited coach education in the state and, while we can’t yet measure exactly how many more athletes are now getting quality coaching services, we do know more coaches are being qualified. Lack of good measures hasn’t stopped the Board committing resources to the coach communication and support services we know are needed to underpin a key expectation of participants in our sport. Our focus is that more clubs and coaches become more and better connected and, with support services from the centre that we can provide and jointly deliver more of the quality coaching services expected today Source: Quebec meme by any sport participant to “show me how to do it better”.

However, most change with groups of humans involved is difficult. CHAMPIONS The overhead of communication, consultation, planning and The future of the sport consumes a lot of my attention, but I really execution of new ideas, processes and relationships usually creates want to celebrate this year’s champions. There were a lot and they a phenomenal amount of work for everyone. Together this year, remind us of how exciting athletics can be. Performances and officials, club staff and volunteers, our advisory panels, our office records at this year’s NSW Junior Championships again showed the team, our athletes, supporters and coaches have embraced new strength of our current teenage athletes. NSW contribution to national ideas. We’ve got most things right and a few wrong. Youth, University and Junior championships teams is dominant I am satisfied that, with continued leadership and support for compared to other states. progress from across our sporting community, we will better manage NSW athletes performed well at the 2017 Australian Athletics the pace, visibility and feel of our adjustments and those many who Championships, winning a large number of medals and representing have already shown willingness to contribute will feel rewarded, and our state with great success. our successes will be refined in quality and quantity. In club competition, I congratulate (Sydney University Athletics RESULTS Club, UTS Northern Suburbs Athletic Club, Asics Wests Track The basic value proposition of any sport to its customers/participants and Field Club, Mingara Athletics Club and Bankstown Sports is twofold: Athletic Club) for their team wins in Summer, Winter, Treloar Shield, 1. I will have opportunities to participate Club Championships, Country Championships, State Relays and 2. Someone will show me how to do it better Winter Series interclub competitions, reminding us that winning in a team is icing on the cake in an individual sport like athletics.

6 GOVERNANCE During the report period we welcomed Nick Bromley as an ANSW As a consumer society and its expectations of sporting organisations director, saw our former chairman Sean Scanlon retire by rotation changes, it is important that the ANSW Board and the operations and then miss out on re-election at the AGM, and we later accepted of the company adapt and keep up with risk, financial and other the resignation of director Tracie Edmondson, creating a casual compliance management best practise. I am proud that the vacancy on the Board. processes followed by the elected directors and appointed staff I am grateful to our volunteer Board. They all have shown a deep exceeds the standards of comparable bodies. commitment to the whole of our membership, courage to support I note that during the last year we ran membership consultation change, teamwork and professionalism while carrying liability as processes on a joint strategy developed with Little Athletics NSW directors to ensure our company supports our sport as intended. (LANSW) and NSW Masters Association (NSWMA), on inclusion of The ANSW officials have, over the last year, supported a significantly all teenage Little Athletics members in our own membership, on increased workload, including for many a marathon eight-day proposed adjustments to improve our winter product offering, and national championships program supporting Athletics Australia (AA). on some ambitious moves to expand and diversify the competition The knowledge and experience of this group continues to be a key offerings we have for summer. I think we are getting better at intellectual asset that underpins the relevance of the organisation consultation and we need to. This is critical in order to refine and existence of our sport in the face of other athletics variants. decisions to allocate resources to meet diverse needs of a wide Their respectful and positive engagement with athletes, coaches range of stakeholders. I thank those who answered surveys, took and supporters is fundamental to the quality of experience that will phone calls, returned emails and turned up to the various meetings keep athletics growing and harmonious. I am grateful and inspired and presentations conducted and helped us manage the sometimes by this group and encouraged by work being done within the ranks conflicting objectives and solutions arising in our discussions. of officials to take us to the next level with officiating in NSW. One other key governance initiative implemented during the period Finally, to Duncan Tweed and his team of passionate ANSW was to augment the OneSport Joint Working Party with Little employees, I am grateful for the tenacity, customer service ethic Athletics NSW. This now has delegated authority and funding as and innovation you show in many of the thankless tasks necessary a steering committee to implement published initiatives from the to underpin services to the clubs and their members. We have Joint Strategy for Athletics in NSW and now includes representation more challenges ahead, but a worthy set of objectives and we look from NSW Masters Association. forward to your success in the critical roles you play.

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CEO’S REPORT DUNCAN TWEED

2016-2017 has been a very busy year Additionally, the RunNSW series is back this year bigger than ever for ANSW. Change such as ANSW before. I am pleased to confirm that The Greater Bank has increased has seen in the past 12 months can its support for this series, which now tallies 16 events, with numbers be a difficult process so I would like from the 2017 events already held showing good participation to firstly acknowledge the staff and growth from 2016. volunteers, both within ANSW and For the coming summer, there is an opportunity to build on the throughout the clubs, who have hard work of last season. According to the Summer Series Survey, patiently worked through these the highest priority for the membership is to have access to new processes and who continue to more competition opportunities after Christmas. Increased Club support the . capabilities will mean that ANSW will be able to deliver more The good news is that these changes are starting to have an competitions. Similarly, ANSW will also be able to increase the impact, with positive results in the areas in which ANSW has number of Treloar Shield meets – another clear message from the invested this year: survey. The potential of what the summer calendar can deliver has • Increased collaboration with LANSW has resulted in co-hosted also been recognised in the corporate sector and ANSW is delighted events as well as the revised Dual Membership program. Growing to have Running Science as a partner to make the summer calendar the Dual Membership from 1,954 to 8,957 means that there are as enjoyable as possible for all participants. ANSW looks forward 7,000 additional young athletes ANSW can be speaking to and to sharing further plans for the summer with the members in due encouraging to be involved in the ANSW community. course. • ANSW has worked with some Member Clubs to help them host Closely linked with the competition plans for next summer will be or co-host summer meets. In the recent Summer Series Survey a focus on officiating. 2016-2017 saw ANSW invest in its first ever there was strong support for these events, which speaks to our full time Officials Co-ordinator and the early results of this hire have ability to grow the summer calendar in coming years. been a pleasing 17% growth in the number of officials, however there remains much work to be done. ANSW recognises that it is • ANSW has invested significantly in increasing the quality of vital that new officials be introduced and developed as the shortage its communications in the past year. Email communications of officials currently limits the number and type of meets which can have been professionalised through the introduction of the be held. Additionally, it is understood that officials represent the face MailChimp platform and our engagement through social media of ANSW at competitions – it is imperative that the officials continue has increased across all platforms. Live streaming is the stand to represent the best aspects of athletics. ANSW is fortunate to have out result: people viewing ANSW streams grew 3% for the three an amazing cohort of volunteer officials however for ANSW to grow years 2014-2016. This year it grew 91%. athletics we need to build on this base even further. • Improving ANSW’s presence in the coaching space has also been a priority. We have delivered courses to 450 people this year, compared to 270 last year. Additionally the Coaching Newsletter has become a trusted source of information for the 5,000 coaches in our community. • We have invested in making sure that there is a full time Development Officer for the Hunter and Central Coast Regions. It is encouraging to see the work that has been done in energising Clubs and the broader community so far.

Importantly, these new initiatives have not been to the detriment of our core membership – the people who are out competing at ANSW events week in and week out. This is reflected in the membership numbers where we have seen the highest increases in Open, Junior and Winter memberships (18%, 41% and 151% respectively) in many years. It is also reflected in the Summer Series Satisfaction Survey: in spite of all the changes to the summer calendar, including the reduction in Treloar Shield meets to assist building Club capabilities, more people preferred the 2016-2017 summer competition offering to what was provided in 2015-2016.

The outlook for the 2017-2018 competitions is very bright. At the time of writing ANSW is about to embark on a re-vitalised Waratah Series of winter events, which will emphasise bringing more people into the sport. ANSW will also introduce a new event held at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre, which could become the biggest participation cross country event on the ANSW calendar. Credit: ANSW

8 Strategically, we are close to finalising the OneSport Strategic Plan NSW is fortunate to have hosted the combined National Athletics for Athletics in NSW, 2017-2020, in conjunction with both Little Championships in 2017 and I would like to thank Sydney Olympic Athletics and Masters. There is little doubt that ANSW will be Park Authority for its support and the provision of the best facility in stronger in the long run with the adoption of a OneSport approach Australia. where possible. If we are truly to commit to engaging, connecting, There have been many challenges encountered in the last year, growing and developing athletics in our state, and to meeting the however fundamentally the sport is stronger now than it was twelve participation motivations of everyone engaged in our sport, then months ago. I would encourage anyone wishing to be more involved ANSW cannot adopt a blinkered approach. My view remains that in the administration of athletics (at whatever level) to get in contact the single most important thing that ANSW can do to strengthen with the ANSW office. There will be many opportunities to make a its senior competitions is to ensure that the pathway from junior positive contribution in the coming year. athletics to an ANSW Member Club is seamless.

Finally, Rio seems like an eternity ago, however it would be remiss not to mention the 14 Olympians and 14 Paralympians who represented Australia at last year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games, truly the pinnacle of athletic competition. To a person these athletes have been fantastic ambassadors for our sport as well true role models for the next generation. Please see the detailed reports on pages 18 and 19.

During summer, athletes were seeking selection in the major teams for IAAF Championships, World Para-Athletics Championships, Commonwealth Youth Games and World University Games. ANSW wishes all of these athletes the best on the international stage.

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ONESPORT UPDATE , lansw

ONESPORT PROCESS 2017 will also see the implementation of cross country coaching Athletics NSW continues to look for ways to increase alignment clinics on site where some of the key winter races will take place. The and engagement with other members of the athletics movement. inaugural clinic was held at Scarborough Park, Ramsgate. Twenty In particular, we are pleased to announce that a OneSport Strategic young athletes enjoyed a quality training session with Olympian Ben Plan has been developed as a joint project between ANSW, LANSW St Lawrence, and each received free entry into the St George Classic and NSWMA. This Strategic Plan is the result of many rounds of Cross Country. consultation with stakeholders over the past eighteen months and points towards a OneSport future. While ANSW will continue to JOINT EVENTS strive to improve its day-to-day operations, and the events and June 2016 saw the successful inauguration of the joint Cross member services it provides, this will be in the context of a broader Country Championships in Nowra, as well as the NSW Road future for the sport. Walks Championships. The success of these meets, including the opportunity to involve officials from LANSW in ANSW events, has DUAL MEMBERSHIP ensured that we will continue to try and align events where it makes The 2016-2017 season saw one of the biggest steps forward to date sense to do so. in strengthening the pathway between LANSW and ANSW. The two organisations agreed to automatically register each athlete (U12-U17) DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS with both associations. The process was streamlined to one online In addition to the joint projects between the two organisations, registration, one fee and one competition bib: “OneSport”. As a Development Officers in Sydney, Tamworth and the Hunter started to direct result, Dual Membership of ANSW rose from a 2016 figure emphasise a OneSport approach amongst their local communities. of 1954 to 8957, meaning that there were over 7,000 new young In addition to the joint projects between the two organisations, the athletes with which our Member Clubs were able to engage. The LANSW Development Officer also provided support to a number of success of this initiative is reflected in the participation rate of dual key ANSW events. These events included: athletes: an average of a 20% increase during summer competition. 1. Sydney 10 JOINT CLINICS 2. NSW All Schools The Associations continue to host joint athletics clinics each school 3. Australian All Schools (Team management) holiday period (excluding April). The clinics are averaging attendance between 60 to 90 athletes on each occasion.

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KEY FIGURES

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12 THE GROWING ATHLETICS COMMUNITYTHE GROWING ATHLETICS COMMUNITY

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COMPETITION REPORT BRENT HAYWARD, COMPETITION MANAGER

The major initiative implemented in the 2016-2017 season was Sydney Classic and Bankstown Invitational. As well as providing the 2016 Summer Series. The Summer Series was designed to opportunities for our top athletes, this Series was also an opportunity offer increased and diverse event opportunities for athletes, build for ANSW to trial and further develop event presentation initiatives competition delivery capabilities of clubs, and encourage first time including ‘in house’ livestream and video coverage, instant replays, athletes to give our events a go. This was in addition to continuing athlete introductions and athlete interviews. to provide strong interclub competition (Treloar Shield, State Relays The 2017 NSW Country Championships was held in Dubbo with the and Club Championships) and meaningful competition opportunities support of the Dubbo City Council and Dubbo Little Athletics Club. for athletes with various motivations and expectations. The Championships was an exceptional opportunity to utilise the The Summer Series included all levels of competition including $5.7million international standard athletics facility in regional NSW. championship level meets for the competitive athlete, Athletes showed great support for the event with almost 500 entries. grass roots track and field meets for club level athletes, and out of Bringing this event to the Dubbo region plays an important role in stadia events for anyone wanting a more diverse event experience. the development and growth of the sport of athletics in regional Many of the events were delivered by ANSW member clubs and NSW. supported by ANSW. A major step towards the OneSport strategy was the amalgamation When reviewing the 2016 Summer Series, feedback from members of two significant Championships between ANSW and LANSW. The was sought via a survey. Some key statistics were: two joint events, which offered both LANSW age groups and senior • 91% of respondents had a favourable Summer Series experience ANSW age groups, were the NSW Cross Country Championships and NSW Road Walks Championships. The delivery saw staff and • More respondents thought that the Summer Series was an volunteers from both organisations work collaboratively to deliver improvement from the competition offering during the same successful events. 90% of the event survey respondents ranked the time period in 2015 Cross Country Championships at least a 4 out of 5 (51% 4/5, 39% • Of the people who had a preference, 56% preferred the 2016 5/5). As with most first time ventures there were learnings to be had, co-hosting of events between ANSW and a Club to the 2015 however the positive feedback has assured the continuation of the version of just ANSW hosting joint ventures for the 2017-2018 season. The success of these two events provided a great demonstration on amalgamated events • Of the people who had a preference, 69% preferred open between the two organisations and gives weight to investigating seeded races in 2016 to races by age as was the case in 2015 further event alignment opportunities. • More than 80% wanted Treloar Shield to continue into the New Year ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS • 67% would volunteer to assist in competition duties if provided The Competition Advisory Panel and Winter Harriers who have with free entry provided direction and guidance for the planning and delivery of competition for 2016-2017. Much of the above reinforces that ANSW is on the right path in regards to the provision, delivery, format and timing of events. The The dedicated technical officials whose expertise, professionalism direction provided by members as well as the Competition Advisory and generosity is paramount to the success of each competition. Panel will further shape the Summer Series for an enhanced product All ANSW staff especially the former Assistant Competition Manager, in the 2017-2018 season. Katie Dunn and Recreational Running Manager, . AA in conjunction with ANSW hosted the 2017 Australian Athletics The clubs and organisations that have co-hosted successful Championships. The 2017 Championships was an amalgamation competitions including: of the Australian Junior Championships, Australian Open • Illawarra Blue Stars – Illawarra Track Classic Championships, Australian Combined Event Championships and Australian Para Championships. As such it was an unprecedented • Illawong and Districts Athletics Club – NSW Allcomers, NSW eight-day extravaganza. It is a credit to the Sydney Olympic Cross Country Relay Championships Park facilities and support from ANSW Board, staff, officials and • Bankstown Sports Athletic Club – NSW Treloar Shield, NSW volunteers that AA chose Sydney to host an event of this magnitude Allcomers, Albie Thomas Meet, Bankstown Invitational and significance. • Campbelltown Collegians Athletics Club – NSW Allcomers, With the introduction of the Nitro Series, athletes and spectators ANSW Permit Meets alike were treated to an entertaining and popular athletics product • Nepean District Athletic Club – NSW Treloar Shield not previously seen on Australian soil. Unfortunately with resources • Asics Wests Track and Field – NSW Treloar Shield invested heavily in the Nitro Series, the number of events offered • Randwick Botany Harriers Athletics Club – NSW Treloar Shield at a National level for performance athletes was adversely affected. Acknowledging this gap, ANSW sought to offer a series of events • Blacktown City Athletics Club – NSW Relay Championships, specifically for local performance athletes. This saw the birth of the NSW Allcomers Twilight Track Series. The Twilight Track Series featured the athlete • South Sydney Athletics – NSW Allcomers favourite, Hunter Track Classic as well as the Sydney Invitational, • UTS Northern Suburbs Athletic Club – Grass Games

14 • NSW Masters Association – NSW Masters Championships • Gold Seekers Orienting Club – NSW Mountain Running Championships • St George District Athletic Club – NSW Novice Championships • Sydney Striders Road Runners Club – Sydney:10 • Regal Racewalkers – NSW Short Walks Championships • Nowra Athletics Club – NSW Cross Country Championships • NSW Racewalking Club – NSW Team Walks and NSW Long Walks Championships • Mingara Athletics Club – NSW Road Relay Championships • Kembla Joggers – NSW Short Course Cross Country Championships • Sydney Running Festival – NSW Marathon Championships • H Events – Fernleigh15 • NSW Throwers Club - ANSW Permit Meets

• Shelley Beach Surf Life Saving Club - Beachletics

Thank you to all those named above and all others that have contributed to the success of the 2016-2017 season.

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OFFICIALS James Constantine, Officials Coordinator

The 2016-2017 season has seen several significant changes for the This priority has been identified by ANSW. I will strive to help officiating community in NSW, not least the acquisition of myself, create the best environment for all NSW athletes moving forwards James Constantine, as the Officials Coordinator for the organisation. throughout the Waratah Series and the 2017-2018 Summer Series. Over the past six months, it has been wonderful to meet so many This year also saw the continuation of the Athletics NSW and Athletics different people that have one common goal – to make our sport Victoria Officials Exchange Program where three selected Athletics happen, and to keep the sport that we all love alive and well on the Victoria officials (Tina Miller, Michael Brazel and Jeff Hughes) Australian sporting landscape. officiated at the NSW State Junior Championships, and three The dedication of the officials is present when looking at the selected Athletics NSW officials (Elizabeth Jones, David Morrow and numbers. 175 officials volunteered at ANSW events throughout Steven Dunn) officiated at the Victorian State Championships. The the 2016-2017 season, equating to a 17% increase in participation aim of this program is to help the development and education of when compared to the 2015-2016 season. There was also a 15% officials in a different athletics environment, and again, this aim was increase in officials having attended 25+ meets during the 2016- achieved. The feedback from Athletics Victoria regarding the three 2017 season: Katrina Morrow, Elaine Bowman, Garth Pereira, Paul NSW officials was high in praise, and the NSW officials were very Buckley, Ron Richter OAM, Warren Bowman, Jeanette Richter, Terry competent in the way they officiated, and the manner in which they Manns, David Higgins, Marc Ambat, Murray Gaudin, David Morrow, welcomed new knowledge in their areas of officiating. Neville Fenn, Tony Smyth, Del Warrick, Peter Higgins, Betty Moore, Thanks are extended to the members of the Officials Advisory Rob Blackadder, John Munro, Rob Jones, Graham Kearns, Jodie Panel (OAP), their two subcommittees; the Officials Appointments Sundstrom, and the late Janet Munro. The commitment shown Panel and the Retention and Recruitment Subcommittee, as well as by the officials during the season was exceptional, which enables the Joint Officials Commission (a committee focussed on bringing ANSW to host as many events as we do. together ideas and action from both ANSW and LANSW). Not only ANSW had a strong showing of officials at the high-performance do these members show an unrivalled commitment to representing Twilight Series, which included well-known meets - the Hunter the officials in NSW. I look forward very much to seeing the ideas Track Classic and the Sydney Classic, NSW Junior and Open State in these meetings spring to life in months to come, and will do Championships, and the 95th Australian Athletics Championships, everything possible to represent their thoughts in my work as the incorporating, for the first time, eight full days of Junior, Para and Officials Coordinator. Open competition. Finally, thank you to all 175 officials who have helped make athletics A greater number of officials were not only present at state-level in NSW happen over the last 12 months. Your commitment, events, but at a national level, NSW boasted 40% more officials dedication, and passion for the sport does not go unnoticed, and at the Australian Athletics Championships than the next highest I anticipate the next 12 months to be an even more enjoyable state, Victoria, with more than a quarter of all officials at the experience for all involved, as one sport. Championships representing NSW. This fabulous result is a credit to ANSW’s experienced officials facilitating and mentoring up-and-coming officials, and on the other hand, our newer officials’ willingness to learn at every ANSW meet they attended during the winter and summer seasons.

Despite a greater emphasis in the officiating space leading to these statistically significant results, greater efforts put towards the recruitment process of officials over the coming winter will be required to satisfy the increase in athlete participation. I will be working hard to achieve this outcome during the winter months to help grow the sport of athletics, by getting people “to jump the fence” and become more engaged with the sport.

When broken down to its most basic form, officiating is the act of someone creating an environment for an athlete to compete at his or her best ability. Officiating could look like a parent calling out a measurement, an Under 18 athlete distinguishing between a correct or incorrect baton change, or a university student “reading” the times in a 100 metre race to a thousandth of a second. These are the people creating the environment for athletics to happen, and without these people, many of who have been on the blocks, on the runway, or in the throwing circle themselves, our sport as we know would cease to exist.

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NSW Athletes at the 2016 Olympic Games, David Tarbotton

Although the NSW female Olympians returned from Rio without a Additionally, Ben St. Lawrence finished in 28th place in the 10,000m medal, the campaign was still a success. A closer examination of final and Scott Westcott placed 81st in the marathon. the final standings reveals not only the overall positive results, but a A full list of results is in the Roll of Honour on page 32. potential turning point for our women’s track and field team.

Since the halcyon days of Australian track and field in the 1950s and 1960s, medal haul expectations at the Olympics have hovered around just a handful. This stems from the global nature of athletics where over 200 countries contest the sport. Since 1972, athletics has returned with an average of three medals. Along with those historic low medal returns, too many of the athletes exited the competition in the first round.

From 2000 (Sydney) to 2012 (), on average 39% qualified for the second round. But in Rio, this rocketed to 82%. In recent decades, we have never seen our athletes be so competitive.

Another comparison is the increase in top-10 finishes amongst the women. From 2004 () to 2012 (London) only two or three placed in the top-10, in Rio we had 12 top-10 finishes.

Another feature is the competitiveness of our women across all disciplines. There have been progressions in sprints, hurdles, distance, jumps, throws and relays.

NSW WOMEN HIGHLIGHTS • Jenny Blundell (1500m, semi final) – highest ever place by a NSW athlete, first semi-finalist ever Credit: Getty Images • Madeline Heiner-Hills (steeplechase 7th) – highest place ever by an Australian woman and first Australian woman to ever make the final at the Olympics or world championships • Madeline Heiner-Hills (5000m 10th) – second highest place ever by an Australian woman at an Olympics or world championships • Ella Nelson (200m 9th) – highest placing by an Australian since the 2000 Olympics • (400m, semi final) – highest placed Australian at the Olympics or world championships since 2000 • Anneliese Rubie and Jess Thornton (4x400m relay 8th) - highest placed Australian women’s team at the Olympics or world championships since 2000 • (Discus 4th) – just once has an Australian male or female placed higher at the Olympics in discus. She just missed a medal by 44cm • Eloise Wellings (5000m 9th and 10,000m 10th) – in both events highest place ever by an Australian woman at an Olympics or world championships

The strong performance from the women in the athletics team has set up a great platform for future athletes. They will feel they are not there to make up the numbers, but can be genuinely competitive.

NSW MEN HIGHLIGHTS The best of the men were finalists Fabrice Lapierre who was 10th in the long jump and 15th in the high jump, including a tremendous 2.29m in the qualifying rounds.

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18 NSW Athletes at the 2016 Paralympic Games, Rio de Janeiro David Tarbotton

The ten days of Paralympic competition concluded on a high and The winner, ’s Hongzhuan Zhou broke Ballard’s world record with a touch of sadness when football convert James Turner won gold a time of 54.43. Ballard added a third medal in the T53-54 4x400m while , in his final Paralympic appearance, claimed relays, along with NSW team mate , who had earlier silver in the marathon. placed eighth in the 1500m and competed in the 5000m heats.

James Turner won the gold medal and set a new world record in Jodi Elkington-Jones won the bronze medal with a leap of 4.30m the T36 800m with a time of 2:02.39, in what was arguably the best in the T37 women’s long jump. She joined NSW team mate Erin performance by an Australian in track and field at these Games. Cleaver to win bronze in the 4x100m relay T35-38 Final. Cleaver was earlier fifth in the T38 long jump. Team co-captain, Kurt Fearnley claimed silver in the marathon, just one second behind arch-rival and Swiss great Marcel Hug. Fearnley leapt a personal best of 4.96m to place sixth in the T44 clocked 1hr 26.17. On the track, Fearnley won bronze in the 5000m long jump. and was fifth in the 1500m. In the men’s T37 discus, Guy Henly was just 18 centimetres short of claimed Australia’s first track gold medal at the Rio a medal placing fourth with a best of 51.97m. His training partner, Paralympics with a win in the T42 men’s 100m. Reardon went one was seventh in the shot with a distance of 11.53m. better than his silver in London, but it was probably not a surprise just missed a medal in the T34 400m, placing a close following his wins at the 2013 and 2015 IPC World Championships. fourth in a time of 61.91. She was also fourth in the 800m and fifth Coached by Greg Smith, a surprise silver was won by in in the 100m. the T38 long jump with a distance of 4.62m. , age 13, was added to the team just two weeks prior In her fifth Games, launched Australia’s track and field to the start of the Games. She made her Paralympic debut placing Paralympic campaign in the best possible way with a medal in the sixth in her heat of the T36 200m in a time of 37.80. T53 100m on the opening day of competition. It was Ballard’s third claimed two top-8 places, fifth in the F37 javelin bronze medal from five consecutive Paralympic T53 100m races, the 28.46m and eighth in the discus 27.14m. first being in 2000. Angie then placed third in the T53 400m in 55.28. A full list of results is in the Roll of Honour on page 33.

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Coach Development 2016 ANSW Target James Matthews, Participation Manager Talent Program Michael Perry

ANSW has expanded its coaching education/development program The NSW Target Talent Program (TTP) is a development pathway within a business model, which has financial benefits for our for junior athletes aged 15 to 18 years, which is integrated within sport, beyond the provision of effective coach education and the the Athletics Australia High Performance development pathway. integration of coaching with the rest of our sport. The TTP seeks to provide educational and event specific training opportunities to aspiring junior athletes predominantly throughout ANSW has achieved a number of important goals: the out of season months of June to November. • ANSW appointed Andrea Berrell as ANSW’s first full time coaching administrator responsible for driving coach education The athletes invited to participate, have achieved the relevant ANSW and coach development. Target Talent Program entry standards for their age, through their performances from the 2015-2016 season. This program has been • ANSW increased the number of courses operated throughout specifically designed to develop not only the athlete, but also the NSW from 22 to 40 and accredited a total of 450 new coaches personal coach of the athlete, by fostering a mentoring approach to through the year; an increase of 40%. both parties by the TTP discipline event coaches. • Coach development/continuing education for coaches continues This program is seen as a stepping stone towards selection in the to be facilitated through a communication called ‘E-coaching’, Athletics Australia Under 17 Development and Under 19 Talent which goes out to all accredited coaches or those interested. It Squads and then National Team selection. Before the 2016-2017 provides the latest information on areas such as coach interviews, program began we came up with the “Purpose” and “Vision” for the strength and conditioning articles and nutrition. ANSW Target Talent Program, which is something that provides us • ANSW operated over 10 seminars throughout the year to with a direction to take the program in. provide up-to-date best practice information related to coaches PURPOSE: Develop and foster the coach and athlete partnership of all levels. and sustain growth through education and best practice sharing. • ANSW with AA has implemented a coach mentor program, which links coaches to share information and collaborate in their VISION: ANSW is a market leading provider of a development development of athletes. pathway to maximise ultimate elite performance. • Deliver a coaching roles notice board which looks to connect With this, the 2016 program outline was revised to provide a greater the 5000 accredited coaches to opportunities to get practical focus on both the technical event training and the education of the experience with clubs whilst also providing clubs with much athletes and coaches in the areas of strength and conditioning, needed coaches. biomechanics, effective communication (between athlete and coach), mental resilience, performance breathing, yoga, drugs in • ANSW has formed commercial relationships with Athletes Foot, sport and international representative opportunities. ACPE University, Western Sydney University and the Department of Education who will all be enrolling students in coaching The 2016 program saw 60 athletes being selected, across 10 event courses provided by ANSW. groups, in both able bodied and Para events. We thank the below coaches in providing their time and expertise to the program.

• Sprints – Ron Bendall • Fast Track (400m and 400mH) – Mike Hurst • Middle Distance – Ken Green • Walks – • Hurdles – Mel Logan • Jumps (Long Jump and Triple Jump) – Nicole Boegman-Stewart • Jumps (High Jump) – Alex Stewart • Pole Vault / Multis – Zsuzsa Olgyay-Szabo • Throws – Bre Clement • Para – Matt Rawlings

I would also like to congratulate all of the ANSW TTP squad athletes and their personal coaches on a great year, that saw several TTP athletes selected in various National Youth and Junior teams across 2016 and 2017.

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20 NSW State Teams Imogen Kemp, State Teams Manager

AUSTRALIAN ALL SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, CANBERRA AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, SYDNEY 2-4 December, 2016 26 March - 2 April, 2017

Following a highly successful NSW All Schools Championship with With this year’s national championships being the first to see dozens of athletes setting records and clocking personal bests, a combined junior and opens event, it was a challenging yet a team of 253 NSW athletes travelled to Canberra for the 44th rewarding eight days for all involved. With just shy of 1,000 NSW Australian All Schools Championships. Across the 44 years that athletes, there were outstanding results on every day of the this event has run, NSW has maintained strong results, achieving Australian Championships. consecutive premiership wins over the past five years, and 2016 Standout performances include: was no exception. After a tough three days of competition NSW once again finished as the premier state with a total of 916 points, a • Jackson Sharp comfortable 90 points ahead of QLD in second place on 826. • Bendere Oboya

This event was an excellent showcase of the array of emerging talent • Yadin Ngeng in NSW. Stand out performances include: These three NSW athletes achieved Commonwealth Youth Games • Abi Stevanovic who smashed the U16 200m Hurdles meet record qualifiers during the Australian Junior Championships. with her speedy time of 27.15 Congratulations to all athletes who trained hard throughout the • Laud Codjoe showed his dominance in the U14 horizontal jumps, year, and brought a high level of competition to this year’s national taking out the gold in both the long and triple jump championships. • Carley Thomas comfortably sailed through the U18 800m final to take out the gold in a three second PB, new meet record and Commonwealth Youth Games qualifying time of 2:05.40.

We would like to thank the entire NSW team for upholding an excellent standard of competition and conduct, the parents and coaches of our junior athletes for their continued support and all our NSW team staff who kindly volunteered their time to ensure the smooth running of the event for our athletes.

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MEMBERSHIP & CLUBS James Matthews, Participation Manager

2016-2017 saw a renewed focus on community engagement • Since its inception Dual Membership, now branded as OneSport, across all pillars of the sport. The participation team focused on has proven to be very successful in transitioning athletes from product innovation, coach development, inclusive offerings and Little Athletics through to senior athletics. Whilst this process system alignment. has been successful, ANSW and LANSW collaborated to provide a more efficient system, which enables a seamless and ANSW has achieved new milestones and progress during the 2016- transparent pathway from LANSW to ANSW. It is the view of 2017 season by applying the above focus to the strategic areas both organisations that an athlete shouldn’t become a member of membership, club capability, junior pathways and recreational of Little Athletics or of Athletics NSW; rather the athlete should running at the state and community level. simply become a member of athletics! This change of process The strategic direction in the participation space has been to define resulted in 7000 new members as part of ANSW clubs and a 32% athletics as a sport for anyone who walks, runs, jumps or throws. increase of dual members across ANSW activities. There has also been a fundamental shift to look at sport as a mechanism to help people get active and moving to bring about CLUB LAND healthy outcomes for the broader society. ANSW strategy places strong emphasis on strengthening club capacity, as they are the corner stone of the sport and have the ANSW continues to expand traditional track and field events, but greatest impact upon the recruitment and retention of new members has also worked hard to expose the different facets of athletics to along with providing best practice education and training. new segments of the community. ANSW has aimed to put in place the framework to best allow This strategy has seen strong partnerships formed with parkrun clubs to recruit and retain members. ANSW also appreciates that Australia, private event management companies, school sport, other club administrators’ time and resources are strained and many sporting bodies and regional academies of sport. administrators are working long hours as volunteers to help grow One of the great challenges for athletics has been the lack of a and develop their local club. seamless pathway across the sport. The 2016-2017 season has seen Whilst ANSW has been looking to strengthen its current club base it significant success with greater system alignment and combined also worked hard to ensure the sport has the right make up to reflect initiatives taking place with LANSW primarily around the new Dual all the different facets of athletics and can cater for all motivational Membership and Joint Strategic plans, NSW Masters Association levels of participants who are interested in taking part in any form and the NSW Athletics League. of running, walking, throwing, jumping or a variant on each of There has been a rapid acceleration of technological advance in these things. society that has changed the behaviour of whole generations and Broad data from the Australian Sports Commission suggests that the way people consume products. This is no different in sport. The groups/clubs which people are committing themselves to are participation team is continuing to look at innovative and creative rapidly changing. Large numbers of people are moving to social products and has developed an Athletics NSW app. running groups, private operators and charitable groups. With this research at hand ANSW has extended its affiliation to a range of MEMBERSHIP non-conventional clubs/groups and has seen growth in both the A fundamental shift has been to look at membership as a subset of numbers of clubs from 80 to 100 and in new athletes participating broader participation. This approach takes into account the broad in events and becoming members. range of different ways people want to engage in the sport and cater for all of their motivations. As part of this change in philosophy IRUN PROGRAM ANSW has opened up a range of its events to non-members for the The IRun program is a service ANSW provides in conjunction with AA. first time (at extra cost) as a way of exposing new people to the sport The program provides insurance and promotional services to event and then used this as a tool to show them the value in becoming a management companies who operate fun runs throughout NSW. member of a club (try before you buy). The program is a great way for the sport of athletics to collaborate As at 31/3/17, this change has directly resulted in a net increase of with event directors, and provides a pathway for people involved in members across all membership types. Total membership numbers recreational running to the sport of athletics. have risen from 11,888 to 16,416. Importantly this growth has been consistent across all membership types from the ‘traditional open In 2016-2017 there has been an increase from 22 to 38 events, which membership to the community membership. provides a total of 27,000 extra runners that ANSW can now directly ‘talk to’. It provides the opportunity for ANSW to promote its clubs Two membership categories worth noting as a result to this change and services and relevant membership and products that in turn will of thinking are both the RunNSW membership and the Dual continue to increase the membership of ANSW. Membership program. • The RunNSW membership has continued to offer more value for runners with the ability to now enter 16 fun runs for free and the ability to get 50% off the newly branded Waratah Run Series. This has resulted in an increase in members from 414 to 789.

22 ATHLETICS NSW APP ANSW, with input from AA, have developed an app that looks to enhance ANSW members experience in the sport. The app provides live results for in-stadium events in an appealing format and encompasses the following benefits: • Provide an online check-in process from an athlete’s phone • Live results for field events, throw-by-throw and jump-by-jump rather than posted on the website after the event • Seed field events and allow officials to input field results in real time • Link directly to ANSW Livestream • Link to ANSW Active Timing for out of stadium events • Link directly to ANSW Social Media • Payment Gateway for membership registration and event entry (if applicable) • Provide athlete portal which houses result information and allows segmentation of these results by age, club, gender and so on • Training portal allowing for wearables data to be uploaded into athlete portal • Analytics for tracking and understanding athletes purchases and behaviours • Calendar of events imbedded in the system • Promotions and offers from sponsors built within the system Credit: Janet Naylon

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MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS

This table compares the first 6 months of the current (2016-2017) season with the corresponding period of the previous (2015-2016) season, and the full 12 months of the previous season (2015-2016) with the full 12 months of the season before (2014-2015)

This table is a summary of competing athletes by age and doesn’t include those registered as officials, coaches or community athletes.

2016-2017 AGE STRUCTURE OF ANSW REGISTERED ATHLETES

2016-2017 2015-2016 2015-2016 2014-2015 TO 31 MAR 2017 TO 31 MAR 2016 FULL SEASON FULL SEASON

AGE GROUP TOTAL TOTAL FEMALE MALE TOTAL TOTAL

U12 147 (58D) 188 164 150 314 325

U14 5457 (5076D) 572 432 359 791 861

U16 2931 (2631D) 712 616 580 1196 995

U18 1477 (1179D) 725 319 401 720 798

U20 385 276 133 208 341 423

20-29yrs 580 432 233 300 533 541

30-39yrs 267 188 125 136 261 253

40-49yrs 318 307 148 228 376 352

50-59yrs 285 276 103 218 321 315

60YRS and older 219 151 51 181 232 225

TOTAL ATHLETES 12066 3827 2324 2761 5085 5088

NOTES: Ages are as at 30th September - the end of the athletic registration season.

2016-2017 2015-2016 2015-2016 2014-2015 TO 31 MAR 2017 TO 31 MAR 2016 FULL SEASON FULL SEASON

Community 4127 3981 3325 3478 6803 5938 Athletes

Officials 225 176 81 119 200 206

TOTAL 16418 7984 5730 6358 12088 11232 REGISTRATIONS

DUAL 8946 1653 1249 1116 2365 2133 REGISTRATIONS

NOTES: Duals are included in total athletes above.

24 MEMBER CLUBS

This table compares the first 6 months of the current (2016-2017) season with the corresponding period of the previous (2015-2016) season, and the full 12 months of the previous season (2015-2016) with the full 12 months of the season before (2014-2015)

2016-2017 2015-2016 2015-2016 FULL SEASON 2014-2015 TO 31 MAR 2017 TO 31 MAR 2016 FULL SEASON TOTAL TOTAL ATHLETES OFFICIALS TOTAL TOTAL

METROPOLITAN CLUBS Asics Wests Track & Field Club Inc (ASW) 462 165 180 14 194 219

Athletics East (AEA) 167 94 103 4 107 104

Balmain Athletics Club (BLM) 221 66 106 106 104

Bankstown Sports Athletic Club Inc (BAN) 419 106 190 1 191 168

Barker College Athletics Club (BAR) 8 5 5 5 6

Blacktown City Athletics Club Ltd (BLA) 343 21 23 1 24 25

Camden Athletics Club (CAM) 215 41 57 57 81

Campbelltown Collegians Athletics Club Inc (CBT) 440 104 134 12 146 123

Cherrybrook Senior & Little Athletics Centre Inc. (CHE) 178 105 106 3 109 109

Douglas Park Athletics (DOU) 57 32 37 37 27

Epping District Athletics Club Inc. (EPP) 83 10 8 2 10 8

Girraween Athletics Club Inc. (GIR) 226 54 71 3 74 83

Hills District Athletics Club (HIL) 620 179 208 8 216 229

Illawong and Districts Senior Athletic Club (ILL) 241 113 175 2 177 160

Knox Grammar School (KNX) 35 0 0 0 0

Mosman Athletics Club (MOS) 191 0 0 0 0

Mounties Athletics Club (MTP) 183 74 77 77 66

Nepean District Athletic Club (NEP) 499 169 178 6 184 162

Newington College Athletic Club (NEW) 20 16 16 16 0

Parramatta City Track & Field Athletic Club (PAR) 218 40 60 60 99

Randwick Botany Harriers Athletics Club (RBH) 200 94 112 9 121 152

Ryde Athletics Centre Inc (RYD) 335 166 237 7 244 190

South Sydney Athletics (SOS) 154 30 35 3 38 46

St Josephs College Athletics Club (SJC) 0 1 1 1 9

St. George District Athletic Club Inc. (SGD) 281 138 202 5 207 194

Sutherland District Athletics Club (SUT) 341 99 234 6 240 267

Sydney Frontrunners (SFR) 18 0 0 0 0

Sydney Pacific Athletic Club Ltd (SYP) 362 167 194 8 202 171

Sydney Striders Road Runners Club Inc. (SSR) 123 85 860 860 807

Sydney University Athletics Club (SYU) 183 146 164 6 170 146

The Kings School Athletic Club (KSA) 9 0 0 0 0

The Scots College Athletics Club (TSC) 59 48 49 49 48

Trinity Athletics Club (TGS) 205 85 85 1 86 85

U.T.S. Northern Suburbs Athletic Club Inc. (UTN) 697 405 466 15 481 407

University of New South Wales Athletics Club (UNS) 36 19 18 2 20 9

Westfields Athletics Club Inc. (WES) 121 89 91 4 95 84

Woodstock Runners (WOR) 101 60 145 1 146 8

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MEMBER CLUBS CONT.

2016-2017 2015-2016 2015-2016 FULL SEASON 2014-2015 TO 31 MAR 2017 TO 31 MAR 2016 FULL SEASON TOTAL TOTAL ATHLETES OFFICIALS TOTAL TOTAL NON LOCALISED CLUBS Athletics NSW Limited (ANSW) 3294 1867 2734 12 2746 2347

Boobs on the run (BOO) 13 0 0 0 0

Cantoo (CAN) 2 0 0 0 0

Hooked on Running (HOO) 142 0 0 0 0

NSW Masters Athletics Inc. (NMA) 62 34 37 37 36

Professional Track League (PTL) 0 0 291 291 129

Rachel's Runners (RRS) 14 0 0 0 0

Reejoov Runners (RJR) 30 0 0 0 0

Running Science (RSC) 1 0 0 0 0

COUNTRY CLUBS BLUE MOUNTAINS REGION

Bathurst Athletic Club Inc. (BAT) 98 2 3 3 9

Blue Mountains Athletics (BMA) 196 70 75 75 51

Glenbrook Athletics Club (GLE) 109 22 26 1 27 0

CENTRAL COAST REGION

Gosford Athletics Inc. (GOS) 75 25 35 35 28

Mingara Athletics Club Inc. (MIN) 268 107 127 4 131 148

Toukley Athletics Club (TOU) 28 1 4 1 5 12

Woy Woy Peninsula Athletics (WOY) 86 0 0 0 0

Wyong Athletics Centre Inc (WYO) 65 29 27 6 33 39

NEWCASTLE HUNTER REGION

Aberdeen Senior & Little Athletics Centre Inc. (ABE) 16 1 1 1 1

Adamstown New Lambton Athletics Club (ANL) 79 17 68 68 77

Cessnock Athletics Centre Inc (CES) 46 6 6 6 6

East Lakes Athletic Centre Inc. (EAS) 8 10 11 11 6

East Maitland Athletics Club (EAM) 41 3 3 3 0

Edgeworth and Districts LA Centre Inc (EDG) 44 17 23 1 24 33

Forster Athletics Club (FOR) 34 25 27 2 29 67

Kotara South Amateur Athletics Club (KOT) 61 2 2 1 3 34

Macquarie Hunter Athletics (MHA) 217 73 97 5 102 93

Maitland Senior and Little Athletic Club Inc. (MAI) 109 6 14 14 14

Muswellbrook Athletic Club (MUS) 0 0 0 0 1

Newcastle Cross Country (NCC) 0 0 0 0 295

Newcastle Flyers Runners Club Inc (NFR) 63 0 0 0 0

Newcastle Runners Incorporated (NRI) 98 208 549 549 504

Newcastle Veterans Athletics Club (NEV) 42 43 46 46 57

Port Stephens Athletics Club (POS) 32 0 1 1 2

Raymond Terrace Athletic Centre Inc. (RAY) 310 169 169 169 283

Scone Athletics Club (SCO) 30 53 55 55 114

26 2016-2017 2015-2016 2015-2016 FULL SEASON 2014-2015 TO 31 MAR 2017 TO 31 MAR 2016 FULL SEASON TOTAL TOTAL ATHLETES OFFICIALS TOTAL TOTAL COUNTRY CLUBS Singleton Track and Field Club (SIN) 45 5 44 44 48

Southlakes Athletics Centre (SLA) 22 13 13 13 18

Wallsend RSL Athletic Club (WAL) 137 120 143 8 151 117

Westlakes Athletic Club Inc. (WTL) 48 51 63 4 67 73

Woodberry & Districts Athletic Centre Inc (WOO) 30 8 9 8 17 21

NORTH COAST REGION

Ballina Athletics Club (BAL) 39 0 0 0 0

Byron Bay Runners (BBR) 119 71 86 86 11

Coffs Harbour Track and Field (COH) 89 24 27 27 27

Grafton Athletics Club Inc. (GRA) 14 0 0 0 4

Nambucca District Senior Athletics Club (NAM) 60 2 4 4 15

Stuarts Point & District Little Athletics Centre & Seniors Inc (STP) 0 0 0 0 1

Woolgoolga Athletic Club Inc (WLG) 39 24 26 3 29 21

NORTH WEST REGION

Armidale Athletics Club (ARM) 436 403 418 418 473

Athletics Glen Innes Incorporated (GIA) 18 11 12 12 8

Tamworth Athletics Club (TAM) 96 14 15 15 5

RIVERINA REGION

Kooringal-Wagga Athletics Club Inc. (KOO) 105 9 10 10 22

Leeton Athletics Club (LEE) 1 0 0 0 0

SOUTH COAST REGION

Athletics Wollongong Inc. (WOL) 270 107 111 1 112 120

Goulburn Athletics Club (GOU) 192 137 130 4 134 287

Illawarra Blue Stars Athletic Club Inc (IBS) 166 64 60 6 66 83

Kembla Joggers Inc. (KEJ) 140 74 459 1 460 120

Nowra Athletics Club (NOW) 315 191 292 8 300 409

Sapphire Running Club (SRC) 0 76 76 0

WESTERN REGION

Cobar Athletics Club (COB) 32 6 6 6 1

Dubbo Athletics Club Inc. (DUB) 120 8 8 1 9 14

Mudgee Athletics (MUD) 39 3 3 3 0

Orange Runners Club (ORC) 82 823 815 815 552

TOTAL COUNTRY + METROPOLITAN 16418 7984 11888 200 12088 11232

METROPOLITAN CLUB TOTAL 8051 3026 4627 123 4750 4396

NON LOCALISED CLUB TOTAL 3558 1901 3062 12 3074 2512

COUNTRY CLUB TOTAL 4809 3057 4199 65 4264 4324

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MARKETING Daniel Laus, Marketing and Communications Manager

ANSW recorded increased engagement and participation SOCIAL MEDIA throughout the 2016-2017 year, with the RunNSW events continuing Activity on ANSW social media services and pages continues to gain momentum with increased numbers. to experience significant growth. The volume of information communicated via social media and the subsequent increase in RunNSW participants totalled just over 6,000 with the addition of positive engagement with members has been very noticeable. new events, The Tulip Time Mile and Digital Run. ANSW Facebook has grown over the 12 months from 8,600 likes to RunNSW provides ANSW with significant opportunity to source 12,500 likes. new members as well as further opportunities to grow sponsorship, merchandise, clinics and competition events. Instagram is most popular among 18-29 year olds and the follows increased from 5,100 at the same time last year to 8,000. BRAND The number of Twitter followers has increased from 2,500 to 3,100. Through continual investment in the ANSW brand there has been an increase in participation particularly within the recreational The ANSW YouTube channel increased in the last year from segment. The RunNSW brand has grown organically through the 650 to 850 subscribers. The uploading of athlete profile videos, fun runs organised by ANSW including the Northparkes Fun Run, race videos, live streaming and post-race interviews on YouTube Fernleigh15 and Sydney:10. These fun runs have provided ANSW with links to Facebook and Twitter continues to be very popular with more opportunity to broaden its appeal to the recreational with members. market and build its stronghold as the leading organiser of all In particular, the improvements made to ANSW’s live streaming running competitions and funs runs across NSW. capabilities will open up further opportunities to bring our Throughout the year, the ANSW marketing team provided marketing community “closer to the action”. and communications support to ANSW events and programs. Event collateral has been produced for the Hunter Track Classic, Sydney PIC2GO Track Classic, ANSW membership program, coaching clinics, ANSW ANSW has been utilising the Pic2Go system throughout 2016- competitions and other development programs. 2017, which delivers event photos to participants directly to their Facebook through the use of QR codes on the ANSW member bibs. Continual engagement and content generated from ANSW products This has to date resulted in over 900,000 Facebook impressions. In and events, in addition to the RunNSW events, assisted in increasing 2017-2018, ANSW will be increasing the amount of photographers brand awareness among both members and non-members. The on hand at events and also extending the QR codes to the RunNSW ANSW Social Media strategy was focused on delivering relevant series. and timely content across all channels including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram, which resulted in increased engagement COMMERCIAL across all platforms. 2016-2017 saw ANSW welcome Running Science on board as the Official Bib Sponsor. The partnership also provides fantastic LIVESTREAM activations at events and high quality footwear advice to members. In 2016-2017, ANSW significantly increased the amount of track and field events that were livestreamed to audiences around the world. ANSW also welcomed Brooks Running and iMove Physiotherapy to The ANSW livestream team is largely made up of volunteers who the family and look forward to long standing partnerships with both worked tirelessly at these events to ensure that interested viewers of these companies. who could not make it to the event were able to watch the stream We continued our partnership in 2016 with 2XU, which is ANSW’s wherever they were located. High Performance Apparel and Compression Partner. This 2017-2018 will see ANSW build on this and make the livestream partnership provides our NSW team members and staff with access bigger and better. to 2XU’s highly acclaimed training and recovery apparel.

RunNSW continued its partnership with the Greater Bank as ANSW WEBSITE the series naming rights holder and 5km Fun Run sponsor. This The ANSW website underwent a significant facelift during the year strategic partnership enables The Greater Bank to further their reach and was optimised for viewing on mobile devices, an essential within regional NSW and to develop the RunNSW brand across element in this mobile world. communities in NSW to be involved in recreational running and their Users are now able to navigate the website more freely and access local running clubs. results on their mobile device during meets.

Over the year, most visitors came via desktop 46%, mobile 39% and tablet 15%. The gender split is closing with 49% female and 51% male, while 27% of visitors are in the 45-54 age group, 22% 35-44 and 19% 18-24.

28 RECORDS David Tarbotton, Records Officer

NSW RECORDS SET DURING THE 2015/16 SEASON The following records were adopted during the 2015-2016 season and are correct as at 30/04/2016.

EVENT / AGE PERFORMANCE DATE ATHLETE (YEAR OF BIRTH, CLUB)

FEMALE Open 4:04.62 18/05/2017 Jenny Blundell (94, SYU)

10000 Metres Open 31:14.94 12/08/2016 Eloise Wellings (82, SUT)

Hammer Throw (4kg) U20 65.75m 29/05/2017 Alex Hulley (97, HIL)

MALE Pole Vault Open 5.45m 18/3/2017 Angus Armstrong (97, SYU)

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NSW CHAMPIONS

MEN CLUB PERFORMANCE EVENT WOMEN CLUB PERFORMANCE OPEN Rohan Browning SYU 6.83 (0.4w) 60m Abbie Taddeo ILL 7.53 (1.9w)

Nicholas Andrews CHE 10.72 (-1.6w) 100m Abbie Taddeo ILL 12.00 (-1.5w)

Yadin Ngeng WES 21.62 (0.2w) 200m Larissa Pasternatsky SYU 24.26 (-0.6w)

Jackson Collett UTN 47.52 400m Bendere Oboya CBT 53.30

Will Austin-Cray UTN 1:50.87 800m Lora Storey RBH 2:06.92

Charles Hunter ASW 3:52.12 1500m Jenny Blundell SYU 4:13.97

Jye Edwards NOW 4:04.79 Mile Victoria Mitchell AEA 4:46.04

Adrian Plummer UTN 8:11.59 3,000m Victoria Mitchell AEA 9:15.77

Matthew Hudson RBH 14:13.20 5,000m Jenny Blundell SYU 15:54.30

Matthew Cox UTN 30:29.58 10,000m Cassie Dege KEJ 42:24.62

Tyler Jones MIN 20:37.19 5,000m Walk Cheryl Webb BLA 25:05.57

Tyler Jones MIN 43:38.00 10,000m Walk Amanda Barendregt NEP 58:57.57

Nicholas Hough SYU 14.18 (-3.0w) 110m / 100m Hurdles Michelle Jenneke SYU 13.57 (0.5w)

Ian Dewhurst SYU 50.61 400m Hurdles Sara Klein ASW 58.38

James Nipperess SYU 8:54.94 3,000m Steeplechase Victoria Mitchell AEA 10:22.00

Sebastian Gray SYU 2.02m High Jump Nicola McDermott SYU 1.83m

Kurt Jenner WES 7.49m (1.8w) Long Jump Veronica Torr BAN 5.78m (1.4w)

Angus Armstrong SYU 5.20m Pole Vault Jamie Scroop BAN 3.80m

Benjamin Cox TGS 16.00 (0.2w) Triple Jump Jasmine Fountas SOS 12.80m (1.1w)

Aiden Harvey WTL 17.29m Chelsea Lenarduzzi IBS 14.47m

Pita Toamotu SGD 46.27m Discus Dani Stevens WES 66.78m

Costa Kousparis HIL 62.38m Hammer Alexandra Hulley HIL 63.00m

Rhys Stein ASW 75.41m Javelin Karen Clarke WOL 46.89m

Alec Diamond UTN 6557 points Decathlon / Heptathlon Veronica Torr BAN 5632 points

Kevin O’Brien AEA 49:59 Mountain Running Victoria Mitchell AEA 51:10

Harry Summers RBH 22:43 7.5km / 5km Short Course XC Kate Spencer RBH 27:01

Harry Summers RBH 32:07 10km Cross Country Kate Spencer RBH 36:57

Kyle Macdonald BAN 33:10 10km / 7km Novice XC Anna Fitzgerald RBH 27:01

Matthew Hudson RBH 30:06 10km Road Race Milly Clark SYU 33:32

Matthew Cox UTN 1:06.26 Half Marathon Belinda Martin SGD 1:20.09

Gary Mullins SYP 2:37.20 Marathon Elizabeth Pittaway SSR 2:49.34

Steven Washburn UTN 1:38:55 20km / 15km Road Walk Cheryl Webb BLA 1:28.51

Jay Felton UTN 2:39.34 30km / 20km Road Walk

OPEN PARA AMBULANT Jack Connors NSW 13.03 (nwi) 100m MHA 14.21 (nwi)

Tim Foster CHE 24.18 (-2.7w) 200m Erin Cleaver MHA 29.42 (-1.5)

James Turner WOL 54.17 400m Stephanie Schweitzer HIL 62.73

James Turner WOL 2:04.24 800m Tamsin Colley HIL 3:22.33

Kyle McIntosh SUT 4:24.07 1500m Belinda Scott ASW 5:54.84

Jack Connors NSW 5.09m (2.6w) Long Jump Holly Saunders CHE 2.56m (0.9w)

Jack Lobley MHA 9.98m Shot Put Nicole Harris SGD 11.27m

Guy Henly HIL 49.97m Discus Rae Anderson MIN 29.37m

Klallin Millgate TAM 30.53m Javelin Rae Anderson MIN 27.67m

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OPEN WHEELCHAIR Jason Lachance HIL 21.29 (-2.3w) 100m Sara Clifton-Bligh SYU 28.88 (-2.3w)

Gregory Luff SUT 35.86 (nwi) 200m Angela Ballard SYU 33.66 (nwi)

Gregory Luff SUT 69.26 400m Sara Clifton-Bligh SYU 1:52.84

Gregory Luff SUT 2:24.22 800m Angela Ballard SYU 2:08.57

Gregory Luff SUT 5:04.41 1500m

Shot Put Julie Charlton CHE 5.10m

Discus Julie Charlton CHE 11.83m

Javelin Sara Clifton-Bligh SYU 3.76m

The full table of State Champions is available at this link on the ANSW website > About > Annual Report

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ROLL OF HONOUR

RESULTS OF NSW ATHLETES IN WORLD COMPETITIONS

IAAF WORLD TEAMS RACE WALKING CUP, ROME, ITALY, 7-8 MAY 2016 Tyler Jones (MIN) U20 Men 40th 45.40 (Team 9th 46pts) Beki Smith (NEP) Senior Women 15th 1:29.49 (Team 2nd 43pts)

IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, BYDGOSZCZ, , 19-24 JULY 2016 Nicholas Andrews (CHE) 110m Hurdles semi 6th 13.68, 4x100m final 5th 39.57 Angus Armstrong (SYU) Pole Vault qual 5.10m Alysha Burnett (CHE) Heptathlon 15th 5,416 (14.55, 1.74m, 12.55m, 25.80, 5.64m 41.74m, 2.32.99) Molly Blakey (RBH) 4x400m heat 6th 3:37.83 Olivia Cason (SYP) 4x400m heat 6th 3:37.83 Alec Diamond (UTN) Decathlon 18th 7,111 (11.35,6.67m, 14.97m, 1.89m, 55.06, 15.08, 51.16m, 3.80m, 52.72m, 4:57.21) Samantha Geddes (UTN) 100m heat: 7th 11.98, 4x100m final 7th 45.15 Amy Harding-Delooze (RBH) 1500m heat 11th 4:25.38 Alex Hulley (HIL) Hammer Throw 2nd 63.47m Tyler Jones (MIN) 10000m Walk 12th 42:02.96 Jacob McCorry (CHE) 110m Hurdles heat 5th 13.85 Annabel McDermott (UTN) 5000m final 14th 16:08.44 Gabriella O’Grady (UTN) 100m Hurdles heat 4th 13.53, 4x100m heat 3rd 45.18 Matthew Rees (STG) Javelin 10th 69.82m Jess Thornton (ILL) 400m final 4th 52.05, 4x400m heat 6th 3:37.83 Beth Croft (SYU) 2000m Steeplechase final 13th 10:29.67 (heat 10:19.51) Georgia Winkcup (RYD) 2000m Steeplechase final 15th 10:41.16 (heat 10.16.14)

OLYMPIC GAMES, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, 12-21 AUGUST 2016 Jenny Blundell (SYU) 1500m heat 8th 4:09.05 Milly Clark (SYU) Marathon 18th 2:30.53 Madeline Hills (KEJ) 5000m final 10th 15:04.05, 3000m Steeplechase final 7th 9:20.38 Michelle Jenneke (SYU) 100m Hurdles heat 6th 13.26 Selma Kajan (RBH) 800m heat 7th 2:05.20 Ella Nelson (SYU) 200m semi 3rd 22.50 Fabrice Lapierre (WES) Long Jump 10th 7.87m Anneliese Rubie (SYU) 400m semi 6th 51.96, 4x400m final 8th 3:25.71 Dani Samuels (WES) 4th 64.90m Brandon Starc (PAR) High Jump 15th 2.20m (STG) 10,000m 28th 28:46.32 Jess Thornton (ILL) 4x400m final 8th 3:25.71 Eloise Wellings (SUT) 5000m final 9th 15:01.59, 10000m final 10th 31:14.94 Scott Westcott (MHA) Marathon 81st 2:22.19

32 PARALYMPIC GAMES, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, 7-18 SEPTEMBER 2016 Rae Anderson (F37, MIN) Javelin 5th 28.46m, Discus 8th 27.14m Angela Ballard (T53, SYU) 100m 3rd 16.59, 400m 3rd 55.28, 800m 4th 1:47.97, 1500m heat 7th 3:33.05 Erin Cleaver (T38, MHA) Long Jump 5th 4.51m Tasmin Colley (T36, HIL) 200m heat 6th 37.80 Christie Dawes (T54, MHA) 1500m 8th 3:26.00, 5000m heat 4th 12:15.95 Taylor Doyle (T38, GIR) Long Jump 2nd 4.62m Jodi Elkington-Jones (T37, HIL) Long Jump 3rd 4.30m Kurt Fearnley (T54, MHA) 1500m 5th 3:01.35, 5000m 3rd 11:02.37, Marathon 2nd 1:26.17 Nicole Harris (F20, STG) Shot Put 7th 11.53m Guy Henly (F37, HIL) Discus 4th 51.97m Rosemary Little (T34, HIL) 100m 5th 19.05, 400m 4th 61.91, 800m 4th 2:04.10 Scott Reardon (T42, UTN) 100m 1st 12.26 James Turner (T36, WOL) 800m 1st 2:02.39 (WR) Sarah Walsh (T44, SUT) Long Jump 6th 4.82m

IAAF WORLD CROSS -COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, KAMPALA, UGANDA, 26 MARCH 2017 Bridey Delaney (STG) Senior Women 81st 39.51 (Team: 14th 226pts) Georgia Evans (RBH) U20 Women 67th 22.35 (Team: 13th 219pts) Zach Facioni (AEA) U20 Men 65th 26:48 (Team: 12th 234pts) Lexy Gilmour (SUT) Senior Women 80th 39.11 (Team: 14th 226pts) Josh Phillips (SSR) U20 Men 68th 26:57 (Team: 12th 234pts) Emily Ryan (SYU) Senior Women 62nd 37.12 (Team: 14th 226pts) Kieren Tall (SSR) U20 Men 48th 26:03 (Team: 12th 234pts) Edward Trippas (BAN) U20 Men 66th 26:50 (Team: 12th 234pts)

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AWARD WINNERS

GPS PARKES MEMORIAL AWARD OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR FOR MALE DISTANCE RUNNER Janet Munro (IBS) Matthew Cox, UTN NEW OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR DORIS MAGEE AWARD Linda O’Brien (KOT) FOR FEMALE DISTANCE RUNNER Rebecca Holmes, AEA INTERNATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR Michael Dooley (ILL) DOROTHY DORSETT MEMORIAL AWARD FOR MALE DISTANCE WALKER CLUB/COMMUNITY COACH OF THE YEAR Jay Felton, UTN Jay Stone (ARM)

DORIS CLARK AWARD PARA COACH OF THE YEAR FOR FEMALE DISTANCE WALKER Jasmine Dighton – ASW Cheryl Webb – BLA ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR Rob McIntyre (SYP) TRELOAR SHIELD Asics Wests Track and Field Club RICHARD COOMBES MEMORIAL AWARD FOR MOST OUTSTANDING MALE ATHLETE WINTER CLUB TROPHY Fabrice Lapierre (WES) Bankstown Sports Athletic Club R.H. NORTH/ W. WILSON AWARD WINTER PREMIERSHIP FOR MOST OUTSTANDING FEMALE ATHLETE Open Men - Sydney University Athletics Club Dani Stevens (WES) Open Women - Sydney University Athletics Club GEORGE SOPER MEMORIAL AWARD HOOPER CUP FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY A NSW ATHLETE Mingara Athletics Club AT AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Dani Stevens (WES) CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS Open Men - Sydney University Athletics Club PRESIDENT’S AWARD Open Women - Sydney University Athletics Club John Atterton (UTN)

STATE RELAYS Open Men - UTS Northern Suburbs Athletic Club Open Women - UTS Northern Suburbs Athletic Club

MOST OUTSTANDING PARA ATHLETE (SENIOR) James Turner (WOL)

MOST OUTSTANDING PARA ATHLETE (JUNIOR) Erin Cleaver (MHA)

NICK WINTER MEMORIAL AWARD FOR ASPIRING TRIPLE JUMPER Jasmine Fountas (SOS)

METROPOLITAN CLUB OF THE YEAR Bankstown Sports Athletics Club Inc.

COUNTRY CLUB OF THE YEAR Armidale Athletics Club

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SPRINTS/HURDLES (OPEN) JUMPS (OPEN) Ella Nelson (SYU) Fabrice Lapierre (WES)

SPRINTS/HURDLES (JUNIOR) JUMPS (JUNIOR) (ILL) Tay-Leiha Clark (ILL)

SPRINTS/HURDLES (MASTERS) JUMPS (MASTERS) Lenore Lambert (SYP) Nick Moroney (MHA)

MIDDLE DISTANCE (OPEN) THROWS (OPEN) Jenny Blundell (SYU) Dani Stevens (WES)

MIDDLE DISTANCE (JUNIOR) THROWS (JUNIOR) Amy Harding-Delooze (RBH) Alex Hulley (HIL)

MIDDLE DISTANCE (MASTERS) THROWS (MASTERS) Robyn Basman (ILL) Mary Thomas (IBS)

DISTANCE (OPEN) CROSS COUNTRY (OPEN) Madeline Hills (KEJ) Bridey Delaney (SGD)

DISTANCE (JUNIOR) CROSS COUNTRY (JUNIOR) Annabelle McDermott (UTN) Kieran Tall (SSR)

DISTANCE (MASTERS) CROSS COUNTRY (MASTERS) Scott Westcott (MHA) Belinda Martin (SGD)

WALKS (OPEN) MULTIS (OPEN) Beki Smith (ASW) Veronica Tore (BAN)

WALKS (JUNIOR) MULTIS (JUNIOR) Tyler Jones (MIN) Alysha Burnett (CHE)

WALKS (MASTERS) MULTI (MASTERS) Cheryl Webb (BLA) Peter Murray (SGD)

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LIFE MEMBERS & SERVICE MERIT AWARDS CONDOLENCES

No additions were made in 2016-2017. A full list of Life Members Athletics NSW extends its sincere sympathy to the families and Service Merit Award holders is available on the ANSW website of the following members who have passed away. * > About > Annual Report

John Atterton Dawn Keys Elvina Brodie Allan Lawrence Colin Fallon Ellen McGrath Christopher Fuller Janet Munro Jack Giddy Gregor Nicol

* As known at the time of going to print

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36 ADVISORY PANELS

AWARDS ADVISORY PANEL PARTICIPATION ADVISORY PANEL Chair - Nick Bromley Chair – Matthew Whitbread Richard Batterley Cecilia Celeste Betty Moore Anna Fitzgerald Janet Naylon Jonathan Fletcher James Matthews MARKETING ADVISORY PANEL Rob McEntyre Chair – Tracie Edmondson Dave Robertson Peter Higgins Daniel Laus COMPETITION ADVISORY PANEL Tikali Nicholls Chair - Brent Hayward Andy West Jackie Bezuidenhout Paul Carr OFFICIALS ADVISORY PANEL Ben Cross Chair – Peter Reynolds Katie Dunn James Constantine Mark Johnston Mary Fien Ian Lister Peter Higgins John Murray Neil Hinton Naomi Tancred Geoffrey Martin Andrew Watson John Morris Cheryl Webb Janet Munro Elana Withnall Kim Owens Barry Pecar Ron Richter

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Athletics NSW Limited ABN 11 330 775 869

Directors' Report For the Year Ended 31 March 2017

The directors present their report on Athletics NSW Limited for the financial year ended 31 March 2017.

1. General information

Directors

The names of the directors in office at any time during, or since the end of, the year are: Names Position Appointed/Resigned Sean Scanlon Chairman Resigned on 31 August 2016 Tracie Edmondson Angela Haynes Peter Higgins Neil Hinton Kerry O'Keefe Andrew Watson Matthew Whitbread Appointed as Chairman on Brian White Chairman 14 September 2016 Nick Bromley Appointed on 31 August 2016 Duncan Tweed Chief Executive Officer

Directors have been in office since the start of the financial year to the date of this report unless otherwise stated.

Principal activities

The principal activity of Athletics NSW Limited during the financial year consisted of promoting and organising athletic events.

No significant changes in the nature of the Company's activity occurred during the financial year.

2. Other items

Events after the reporting date

No matters or circumstances have arisen since the end of the financial year which significantly affected or could significantly affect the operations of the Company, the results of those operations or the state of affairs of the Company in future financial years.

Future developments and results

Likely developments in the operations of the Company and the expected results of those operations in future financial years have not been included in this report as the inclusion of such information is likely to result in unreasonable prejudice to the Company.

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Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income For the Year Ended 31 March 2017

2017 2016 $ $ Revenue 2,047,693 1,751,072 Other income 139 - Changes in inventories (12,118) 74,384 Cost of sales (99,283) (189,613) Employee benefits expense (740,636) (679,163) Depreciation and amortisation expense (48,304) (39,310) Other expenses (1,131,308) (818,466)

Profit before income tax 16,183 98,904 Income tax expense - -

Profit for the year 16,183 98,904 Other comprehensive income for the year, net of tax - - Total comprehensive income for the year 16,183 98,904

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Financial Position As At 31 March 2017

2017 2016 $ $ ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents 993,375 1,123,050 Trade and other receivables 194,740 105,033 Inventories 62,266 74,384 Current tax receivable - 35,119 Other assets 38,234 101,006 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 1,288,615 1,438,592 NON-CURRENT ASSETS Property, plant and equipment 180,068 118,310 TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 180,068 118,310 TOTAL ASSETS 1,468,683 1,556,902

LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES Trade and other payables 206,585 361,003 Current tax liabilities 53,984 47,651 Employee benefits 26,784 25,152 Other financial liabilities 407,460 365,256 TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 694,813 799,062 NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Employee benefits 6,811 6,964 TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 6,811 6,964 TOTAL LIABILITIES 701,624 806,026 NET ASSETS 767,059 750,876

EQUITY Retained earnings 767,059 750,876 TOTAL EQUITY 767,059 750,876

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Changes in Equity For the Year Ended 31 March 2017

2017 Retained Earnings Total $ $ Balance at 1 April 2016 750,876 750,876 Profit attributable to members 16,183 16,183

Balance at 31 March 2017 767,059 767,059

2016 Retained Earnings Total $ $ Balance at 1 April 2015 651,972 651,972 Profit attributable to members 98,904 98,904

Balance at 31 March 2016 750,876 750,876

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Cash Flows For the Year Ended 31 March 2017

2017 2016 $ $ CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: Receipts from customers 1,810,819 1,528,083 Payments to suppliers and employees (2,055,061) (1,651,647) Interest received 20,028 16,982 Receipt from sponsorships and grants 204,461 192,189 Net cash provided by operating activities (19,753) 85,607

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Proceeds from sale of plant and equipment 7,273 24,224 Purchase of property, plant and equipment (117,195) (44,396) Net cash used by investing activities (109,922) (20,172)

Net (decrease) / increase in cash and cash equivalents held (129,675) 65,435 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 1,123,050 1,057,615 Cash and cash equivalents at end of financial year 993,375 1,123,050

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 March 2017

A full financial report is available to the members, upon request to the Company, free of charge.

The financial report covers Athletics NSW Limited as an individual entity. Athletics NSW Limited is a not-for-for profit Company limited by guarantee, incorporated and domiciled in Australia.

The functional and presentation currency of Athletics NSW Limited is Australian dollars.

1 Basis of Preparation of the Concise Financial Report

The concise financial report has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 and Accounting Standard AASB 1039 Concise Financial Report.

2 Subsequent events

There have been no significant events since 31 March 2017 until the date of this report.

3 Contingencies

In the opinion of directors, the Company did not have any contingencies at 31 March 2017.

4 Company Details

The registered office of the company is: Athletics NSW Limited Edwin Flack Drive Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127

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Independent Audit Report to the members of Athletics NSW Limited

Report on the Audit of the Financial Report

Opinion

We have audited the concise financial report of Athletics NSW Limited (the Company), which comprises the statement of financial position as at 31 March 2017, the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, the statement of changes in equity and the statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements and the directors' declaration. The concise financial report does not contain all the disclosures required by Australia Accounting Standards and accordingly, reading the concise financial report is not a substitute for reading the audited financial report.

In our opinion, the accompanying concise financial report of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2017 complies with Australian Accounting Standard AASB 1039 Concise Financial Reports.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 and the ethical requirements of the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board's APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (the Code) that are relevant to our audit of the financial report in Australia. We have also fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code.

We confirm that the independence declaration required by the Corporations Act 2001, which has been given to the directors of the Company, would be in the same terms if given to the directors as at the time of this auditor's report.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Responsibilities of Directors for the Financial Report

The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Act 2001 and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view and is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial report, the directors are responsible for assessing the the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

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NOTES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Board acknowledges the efforts and commitment made by all officials, coaches, volunteers, administrators, management and staff, for the benefit of the sport and in particular, the athletes, throughout New South Wales.

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