OUTSIDE COVER SPINE 6.088MM Sydney Cricket & Sports Ground Trust Annual Report 2007/08 Trust Sydney Cricket & Sports Ground 2007 2008 Sydney Cricket & Sports Ground Trust Annual Report 2007/08 SPINE 6.088MM INSIDE COVER LEFT SPINE 6.088MM INSIDE COVER RIGHT – LAST PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS Minister’s Foreword ..........................................................................................................1 Chairman’s Report ...........................................................................................................2 Managing the Events ........................................................................................................8 Managing the Assets ......................................................................................................20 Major Projects ................................................................................................................26 Commercial and Operations ...........................................................................................27 Service Providers ...........................................................................................................30 Marketing and Membership ............................................................................................31 Business Development ...................................................................................................33 Corporate Services Financial Report ............................................................................. 35 Information Technology ...................................................................................................42 Organisational Chart .......................................................................................................43 Trustees .........................................................................................................................44 Financial Indicators .........................................................................................................47 Statutory Audit Report ....................................................................................................48 Statement by Members of the Trust ................................................................................49 Audited Financial Statement and Notes ..........................................................................50 Ethnic Affairs Priorities Statement ...................................................................................92 Code of Conduct ............................................................................................................94 Complaints Handling/Privacy Policy ................................................................................97 Freedom of Information ................................................................................................. 99 Trust Charter and Constitution ......................................................................................100 Trust Meetings .............................................................................................................. 101 2007/08 ANNUAL REPORT SPINE 6.088MM MINISTER’S FOREWORD The Sydney Cricket Ground and The Trust successfully secured the Sydney Football Stadium both an extension to its hiring continue to provide world class agreement with the Sydney facilities for Members, patrons, Swans for the continued staging and competitors. of home games at the SCG until 31 October 2016, and a new During the past year, the venues partnership with the former have hosted a strong program UTS-Balmain Cricket Club to of sporting events with over one establish the Sydney Cricket Club. million spectators attending Test and one day international Mr Basil Sellers is to be cricket, rugby union, rugby congratulated on the league, AFL and the football establishment of the Basil Sellers A-League competition. Sports Sculptures Project. In recognition of the importance of I appreciate the Trust’s support this venue to sports lovers across for charitable and community NSW, the Iemma Government events, and its acknowledgement is supporting the project by of longstanding ground Members providing significant capital holding 70 years of continuous funding towards construction of membership of the Sydney the new Hill Grandstand. Cricket Ground. The Trust’s capital works I thank the Trust Chairman, program of $53 million in projects Rodney Cavalier, his deputy John undertaken during the year saw Cloney, their fellow Trustees and the completion of the NSW Rugby management for their efforts in the Centre of Excellence building, past year. the Centre providing state of the art facilities and administrative headquarters for the Waratahs. The year also marked the opening of refurbished administration offices and players facilities for the Sydney Roosters at Moore Park. THE HON. GRAHAM WEST, MP Minister for Gaming and Racing Minister for Sport and Recreation SYDNEY CRICKET & SPORTS GROUND TRUST 1 CHAIRMAN’S REPORT The Trust exists to serve the glory The Club Rugby Grand Final After a relatively poor start the of sport. This report covers the year was staged at the SFS on Sydney Roosters finished the which ended on 29 February 2008, Saturday 28 July 2007. Sydney season strongly. An all-time great, another 12 months of wonderful University became the fifth team Brad Fittler, took over as caretaker moments on our two grounds and in history to win three successive coach mid-season. Within a game all the lands in between. First Grade Premierships. he was looking like he had spent half his life preparing for this The Super 14 season is starting so Work by the Trust on the other challenge. In August 2007 Brad very early now, toward the end of side of Driver Avenue has assisted signed as Head Coach for 2008 the Australian summer. March had the various football codes. Inside and 2009. The Roosters secured only just begun when NSW played Moore Park, adjacent to Kippax a major signing at the beginning of the Western Force. While the form Lake, the Trust has built a new, 2007 when it secured Willie Mason of the newcomer to the provincial modified-size training field. Players for three years. The annual match ranks of Australian Rugby was a appreciate having so much so between the Sydney Roosters credit to all those who had backed proximate – their home ground for and St George Illawarra Dragons a western side, the efforts of NSW intensive drills, a training field for was played at the Sydney Football on the other side of a drab draw expansive practice, a gym which is Stadium on Anzac Day, a match were all too accurately an indication theirs exclusively, swimming pools otherwise notable because in their of the season ahead. NSW had a and a retreat. separate guises as Easts and the poor season, its prospects for the Sydney FC finished third in the Roosters, the club celebrated its semi-finals gone before much of 1000th win. The SFS staged the the season had passed. A-League season. It signed John Kosmina as the new Head Coach preliminary final between Manly- Neither NSW Rugby nor its mid-season. Sydney FC made it to Warringah and North Queensland. culture depend on any one the Finals Series with a nil all draw The Foundation Cup is an season. In July NSW Rugby in the first leg at the SFS on Friday occasion established by the Trust demonstrated its confidence in 25 January before losing 0-2 to to celebrate the foundation clubs its future and its commitment to Queensland Roar in the second leg. of the Sydney Premiership. It was these grounds when it opened held on Saturday 23 February the NSW Rugby Centre of The Football Stadium was chosen as the venue for the A-League at the Sydney Football Stadium: Excellence to the rear of the Sydney Roosters (Easts) and Football Stadium. The centre Grand Final between the Central Coast Mariners and the Newcastle Wests Tigers (Balmain and Wests) brings together in the one place fought a close contest. the administrative divisions of Jets on Sunday 24 February. Rugby and facilities which are This coincided with the Australia v state of the art for training and India One Day International match teaching, an area where the at the SCG. Quite a day it was. players can relax or undertake Over 37,000 spectators filled the quiet, purposeful work. The Stadium to watch Newcastle win arrangement of the space 1-0. This was Newcastle’s first indicates the premium Rugby A-League Championship. has placed on caring for its players off the field. 2 2007/08 ANNUAL REPORT The Trust undertook the Readily, we reached agreement The sight of our members on stairs commissioning of sculptures of on the ten subjects. There would and overhead walks, the numbers ten of the greatest sportsmen be four cricketers, two rugby craning all the way back to the who had played on any of our league, two rugby union, two practice nets, indicated the depth grounds during the past 150 Australian Football. We decided of interest. The Governor of NSW, years. The sculptures project was the sculptures would not be in one Professor Marie Bashir, announced a benefaction from Basil Sellers, place – not a circle, not a grove, the identity of the subject and the Australian businessman and not a cluster. We decided we proceeded to lift the shroud to philanthropist, a serious devotee would not employ a single artist, overwhelming applause. Her of cricket and Australian Football. a decision that has enabled the speech that day re-established her Mr Sellers approached me during project to be moving forward on already positive