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Tennis Centralannual Report2014 TENNIS CENTRAL ANNUAL REPORT 2014 TENNIS CENTRAL ANNUAL REPORT 2014 21/08/14 12:09 pm TEN6355_Annual Report 2014_COVER AW_v01.indd 2 TENNIS CENTRAL ANNUAL REPORT 2014 CONTENTS Our Vision ........................................................................................................................................... 2 Our Purpose ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Our Values ..........................................................................................................................................4 Strategic Plan 2013–2016 .....................................................................................................................5 Officers 2013/14 ...................................................................................................................................6 Chairman’s Report .............................................................................................................................. 7 Hutt Valley Tennis ..............................................................................................................................8 Tennis Manawatu ...............................................................................................................................10 Taranaki Tennis ..................................................................................................................................12 Wairarapa Tennis ................................................................................................................................14 Tennis Wanganui ................................................................................................................................16 Wellington Tennis Clubs .................................................................................................................... 18 Kapi Mana Tennis Clubs .....................................................................................................................19 1 Game Development & Participation ................................................................................................. 20 Membership Numbers ...................................................................................................................... 24 National Participation Numbers ....................................................................................................... 25 Junior Tennis ......................................................................................................................................27 Premier Interclub .............................................................................................................................. 33 Tecnifibre Interclub ........................................................................................................................... 36 Midweek ............................................................................................................................................ 39 Business House ................................................................................................................................ 44 Frampton Winter ............................................................................................................................... 45 Veterans ............................................................................................................................................ 46 Marketing, Sponsorship & Promotion ...............................................................................................47 Our Sponsors ....................................................................................................................................48 Our Partners .....................................................................................................................................48 Regional Performance Centre .......................................................................................................... 49 Regional Performance Programme ....................................................................................................51 Financial Report for 2013/14.............................................................................................................. 52 Financial Statements ........................................................................................................................ 55 Minter Ellison Rudd Watts Wellington Open 2014..............................................................................60 Honours Board ...................................................................................................................................61 TEN6355_Annual Report 2014_v24 AW.indd 1 20/08/14 10:46 am TENNIS CENTRAL ANNUAL REPORT 2014 TENNIS CENTRAL WILL BE THE LEADING 2 TENNIS REGION IN NEW ZEALAND VISION TEN6355_Annual Report 2014_v24 AW.indd 2 20/08/14 10:46 am TENNIS CENTRAL ANNUAL REPORT 2014 TO PROMOTE, STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT TENNIS IN THE NEW ZEALAND COMMUNITY 3 PURPOSE TEN6355_Annual Report 2014_v24 AW.indd 3 20/08/14 10:46 am TENNIS CENTRAL ANNUAL REPORT 2014 COMMUNITY › To inspire people to be part of the tennis community. EXCELLENCE › To achieve excellence in everything we do. NETWORKS › To build great communication networks. TRANSPARENT › To be open and transparent about who we are and what we do. RESPONSIBILITY › To ensure growth and results. AIM › To be the best region in New Zealand. 4 LEADING › To offer quality facilities. VALUES TEN6355_Annual Report 2014_v24 AW.indd 4 20/08/14 10:46 am TENNIS CENTRAL ANNUAL REPORT 2014 STRATEGIC PLAN 2013–2016 ON GOAL 1 COURT GOAL 2 HIGH PERFORMANCE GAME DEVELOPMENT Successfully guiding players and coaches into the Successful clubs and programmes that grow the professional game by providing performance pathways game through attracting and retaining participants. and programmes. MEASUREMENT MEASUREMENT › Number of players at TCR tournaments. › Semi-final placing or better at the New Zealand › Number of interclub teams. residential tournament. › Club membership and participation numbers. › To be the leading region in national junior teams › Number of Tennis NZ qualified club coaches. events, Junior Nationals, ITF and college placements. › Uptake of Promato player database system. › To develop Tennis NZ qualified high-performance KEY INITIATIVES 2014/15 coaches. › To provide a regional performance centre with › Deliver regional development, events and a best-practice programme. operations programmes: › To achieve a widely supported regional performance • Build and deliver TCR events calendar. centre programme. • Continue to grow Tennis Hot Shots programme. 5 • Launch Cardio Tennis. KEY INITIATIVES 2014/15 • Capture participant details. › Deliver a regional performance centre programme: • Develop secondary schools programme. • Physical assessment and fitness programme. • Train players for national junior events and tours. • Communication of performance pathway. OFF GOAL 3 COURT GOAL 4 ORGANISATIONAL EXCELLENCE SUSTAINABILITY Continuous improvement in our organisational Operating a sustainable business underpinned performance. by secure revenues and prudent reserves. MEASUREMENT MEASUREMENT › Strong relationship with NZT. › Cash surplus (expenses vs income). › Central region associations, clubs, members and › A funded asset plan. key stakeholders feel supported and informed. › Funding for strategic programmes – game development, events and regional performance. KEY INITIATIVES 2014/15 KEY INITIATIVES 2014/15 › Align all Tennis Central associations, clubs and players with Tennis Central strategic planning › Continue a strategic review of tennis facilities › Develop MOU with Sport Wellington. with WCC and others. › Covered court project. › Strategic funding initiatives plan. TEN6355_Annual Report 2014_v24 AW.indd 5 20/08/14 10:46 am TENNIS CENTRAL ANNUAL REPORT 2014 OFFICERS 2013/14 Officers Tennis Central staff Contact details CHAIRMAN EVENTS & OPERATIONS MANAGER ADDRESS Phil Seemann Flo Perret Renouf Tennis Centre 60 Brooklyn Road MANAGEMENT BOARD REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Wellington 6011 Brett Hibbert Reilly Logue Graeme Liddell WEBSITE Guy Callender MARKETING & PROMOTIONS MANAGER www.tenniscentral.co.nz Brian Francis Mel Jansen Linda Bain E-MAIL HONORARY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER [email protected] HONORARY SOLICITORS Ian Miller John Langford Law ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT AUDITOR Amelia Harris Crowe Horwarth EXECUTIVE OFFICER Sandra Calder VOLUNTEER ADMINISTRATOR 6 Robyn Dry MAINTENANCE MANAGER John Kane TEN6355_Annual Report 2014_v24 AW.indd 6 20/08/14 10:46 am TENNIS CENTRAL ANNUAL REPORT 2014 CHAIRMAN’S REPORT Greetings tennis community. This year has had a fair number of challenges as a business and as a tennis organisation and a good amount of success again too. The business of running tennis in the region has been completed again for another season – with millions of balls hit and thousands of matches played. With regards to the financial sustainability There have also been some excellent The Tennis Central Board and staff are also goals, the business is solvent and on a individual results across National, ITF engaged in areas of longer-term thinking stable footing, TCR has made a useful and local titles gained by Tennis Central and planning for the growth and future of surplus (expenses versus income) and players. The local competition grows tennis and to align to TNZ’s
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