Season 2012 Annual Report
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NORTHERN SUBURBS FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION INC Season 2012 Annual Report “From the Harbour to the Hawkesbury” • 34 CLUBS • 1200 TEAMS • 17,000 PLAYERS NSFA Incorporated Management Committee PHOTO NOT AVAILABLE Alan Barwick Chris Rayner Phil Bradfield Roy Ashpole Belinda Templeman Rhondda Shaw President Vice President Treasurer Men’s Football Chairman Junior Football Chairman Girl’s/Women’s Football Chairman Richard Pilgrim Christine Freer Caroline Morris Alan Barwick Paul Templeman James Sneddon Registrar/Recorder Registrar/Recorder Registrar/Recorder Publicity Officer PD & DC Chairman Coaching Chairman Men’s Football Junior Football Women’s Football Pascal Phillips John Ceccato Representative Football General Manager Chairman NSFA Incorporated Life Members J. Thompson – 1962 † W. Bazeley – 1981 V. Poimer – 1994 E. Hayes – 1968 † J. Flint – 1981 G. O’Neill – 1995 C. Parsons – 1968 † B. Waterhouse – 1981 I. Booth – 2001 C. Scott-Kemmis – 1968 † C. Wright – 1981 M. Rushton – 2007 L. Thomas – 1968 Mrs. B. Tallis – 1983 R. Ashpole – 2008 D. Allen – 1973 † Mrs. J. Woods – 1983 P. Bradfield – 2008 A. Sheath – 1973 † J. Glasby – 1983 † D. Miles – 2008 W. de St Croix – 1974 J. Hargreaves – 1984 † C. Rayner – 2008 T. Nossal – 1974 † A. Stephens – 1984 P. Reeves – 2008 W. Mackay – 1985 F. Mason – 1985 † B. Troy – 2008 R. Woods – 1976 † R. Davis – 1986 † C. Freer – 2011 M. Wharton – 1978 † P. Rees – 1988 † Rest in Peace C. May – 1980 D. Harwin – 1989 K. Tallis – 1980 † L. Morris – 1993 Contents President’s Report 2 General Manager’s Report (Treasurer’s Report to be supplied in a separate report document at the Annual General Meeting) 3 Junior Mixed Football Report 4 Men’s Football Report 5 Girl’s/Women’s Football Report 7 5-A-Side Report 8 Special Needs Football Report 10 PD & DC Report 11 Coach’s Report 12 Northern Tigers Football 14 Special Projects Manager’s Report 16 Gala Day Winners 2012 Season 19 Junior Points Scores 2012 Season 21 Men’s Points Scores 2012 Season 22 Women’s Points Scores 2012 Season 24 Premiership, Finals and Pennants Winners 2012 Season 25 Cup and Shield Winners 2012 Season 27 Player Registration per Club 2012 Season 28 Number of Teams per Club 2012 Season 30 Statistics of Players per Age Group 2012 Season 32 Statistics of Teams per Age Group 2012 Season 33 Roll of Honour 34 Community Participation 38 ‘Champion of Champions’ a short history 40 1 President’s Report Let me start by congratulating all of you – our players and member clubs – for a fabulous year of football in 2012, juniors, women and seniors all had a terrific season. Since becoming President of the Northern Suburbs Football Association (NSFA), my main personal motivation has been to develop our association into one that facilitates the growth of football as the ‘first choice’ sport within the local community. This is reflected in our vision statement in our Strategic Plan 2012–2018, which is all about promoting and developing ‘Football for All” through participation in the game from grassroots to elite levels. That being said, my first year as President has been a path of learning through consultation with key stakeholders such as the football professionals, the players, parents, the clubs, Council and the business community. The process of listening, discussion and review has enabled me to acquire so much knowledge, to prioritise the issues and to focus firstly on tactical issues requiring swift resolution. There are many other matters in the pipeline which are also being assessed, as they are more of a strategic nature, requiring medium or long term resolution. Some of our main achievements this year have included: • review and restructuring of coaching for all, • the development of our Strategic Plan 2012 – 2018, • name change to Northern Suburbs Football Association, • Constitution review and implementation, • introduction of strategic alliances with member clubs and local councils to improve grounds, and • reinforcement and strengthening of our relations with our stakeholders, friends and partners. There is a lot more work still to be done but I strongly believe that we are on track to improve what we do more efficiently and cost effectively. I sincerely want to thank all the club Presidents and those who have supported me in this journey … your counsel and advice has been inspiring and fundamental to our achievements. I want to also thank all the members of the NSFA Management Committee and sub-committees who work tirelessly to manage the game to deliver improvement across the board. The day-to-day management of the NSFA operations is a difficult and arduous task, to say the least, and the management and staff of the NSFA office are owed an enormous “thank you” for their ongoing dedication and commitment to the job at hand. Thank you to all. Now, let’s continue on our journey to deliver excellence in football for our children “from the Harbour to the Hawkesbury”. Alan Barwick President 2 General Manager’s Report I’m pleased to report that this has been one of the best years for matches completed by our competition teams. Most divisions managed to get a final series in which has not happened for about six years now. As far as I am aware any washouts that occurred were made up later in the season. Our total winter numbers dropped by about 280 (1.82%) which we mostly put down to players frustrated by washouts over the last two years. The weather is something we really can’t control. As in recent years, our sub committees, in the case of ground closures, attempted to play as many games as possible with the grounds that remained open. I should point out that this task needs a lot of coordination and time between the Draw Master Damian Miles and the competitions sub committee members. I often received complaints about advices not being posted regarding re arranged games until after 6.00pm Friday evening, unfortunately many players/ parents do not realize what is going on behind the scenes. On the pitch we had two State Cup winners in Lindfield Under 21 Men and Northbridge Over 35 Men .This is the third year in a row that we have the 035 Men State Cup winners, West Pymble achieving it in 2011 and Northbridge again in 2010. As at date of writing the same two teams are in the Champion of Champions finals. Our representative club the Northern Tigers had an outstanding year with our senior men’s side taking out the double, winning both the league and grand final .Our women’s and girls team had similar success winning the Super League Club Championship together with many other awards which are detailed later in this report. These outstanding results have seen our women /girls promoted to FNSW highest league for 2013, the FNSW Premier League. Also in 2013 as part of the FNSW Skills Acquisition Program (start of the national talented player pathway) NSFA will be running two teams each in the under 9, 10 and 11 programs, trial dates will be announced late October. Our Coaching Chair James Sneddon has been kept busy in discussion with our various senior coaches on the formation of the Northern Suburbs Football School. Further information will be released later in the year. Grounds – Most of the grounds this year stood up fairly well to wear and tear , I believe this was due to a combination of rain at the right time of year to promote growth and many of our clubs taking an ownership role in promoting practices that avoided excessive training in one spot e.g. goal mouths. Greg Hay has spent a lot of time liaising with Ku-ring-gai Council and updating us all ( see his report later) on the new artificial pitch at UTS ,West Lindfield, new fields and upgrades at North Turrumurra and Koola Park. Also Willoughby Council have converted several tennis courts to artificial Futsal courts which will be invaluable for training purposes in that municipality. We continue as a sport to receive strong support from local Councils, State and Federal politicians. All our Councils have recently gone through local government elections. Whilst there have been some changes I do not expect any change in the support we currently enjoy. Community – I have added a small piece in this year’s report highlighting what many of our clubs do for the broader community. I think it is important that we make others aware that our reach is beyond football. Again thank you to all those hard working Club and Management/sub committee members that make it all happen. John Ceccato General Manager 3 Junior Mixed Football Report Another season of Junior Football has come and gone, with many hours spent alongside football pitches for dedicated parents, players, volunteers and supporters. Thanks to all of you for making the season great for the players from U6 to U18, without you the games would not be played. This season, thanks to the great weather, we were lucky enough to play a final series for most divisions, something that has not occurred for many, many years. Thanks to the NSFA team for assisting with getting the season across the line, without them it would cause much stress for our volunteers. This season kicked off for our competition teams with a Round Robin style tournament for the KDSA Shield Competitions. I have had very positive feedback from this day and hopefully it is one that will continue into the future. The playing of this competition saw many more teams registering to play in the Shield Competitions, reinvigorating a competition that was not strongly supported in previous years, resulting in a terrific finals day at Mills Park.