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Table of Contents Board of Directors 4 Life Members 5 Football NSW Management Team 6 President's Report 8 CEO's Report 10 Special Acknowledgments 14 Corporate Partners 15 Financials 18 Competition Results 48 Award Winners 54 Player Registrations 62 1 “ The 2009 Women’s Champion of Champions Grand Final Day will forever live long in the memories of all involved, as grassroots football debuted on Australia’s premier “ sporting stage, ANZ Stadium. - Larry Grant Head of Competitions (Acting), Football NSW Board of Directors President Jim Forrest 14th December 2002 – Current Vice President Howard Bradley 28th January 2009 – Current * Sam Krslovic 16th December 2006 – 23rd January 2009 (Resigned) Directors George Jackson 11th December 2004 – Current Linda Ward 15th December 2007 – Current Robert Waddell 13th December 2008 – Current Michael Webber 13th December 2008 – Current Howard Bradley 14th December 2002 – 13th December 2008 Ross Kelly 14th December 2002 – 13th December 2008 Frank Wilson 14th December 2002 – 13th December 2008 Rob Laws 14th December 2002 – 13th December 2008 * Casual vacancy filled as per Football NSW Constitution Section 10.14 4 Life Members Vince Balzan Eric Drury Bill Mcilveen Cec Barlow* Trevor Elliott* A. Raahauge* Leonard Bolden A.M. Brian Emery Tony Raciti William Brackenbury* Les Fairclough* Doug Rennie OAM Howard Bradley Ken Ferguson* Jim Ronis Frank Broughton* William Ford* Arthur Sidney Tanner BEM* Lionel Brown* Jim Forrest Florence Stephenson Andy Burton* Ron Garvin Jack Thomas* George Churchward Keith Gilmour* John Thomson Jack Cirjanic* David Goodman Peter Thorne Robert Clark Peter Gray Jack Toole* Robert Colombo John Hedison Ray Tweedie OAM JP John Constantine A.M. Ian Holmes L. Williams* Lindsay Cosgrove Stan Jones MBE* Bill Wilson* David Crampton Ross Kelly Frank Wilson William Cullinan* Steve Kenny Rod Woods* Kevin Darcy* Rob Laws Charles Valentine* Harrie Dening OAM* Joe Leffley* Sam Vella OAM George Dick OAM Peter McCann* Tom A. Doumanis Douglas McCarron * Deceased 5 Football NSW Management Team Chief Executive Officer Michael Quarmby Executive Assistant to the CEO Sue McNally General Manager Ian Holmes Personal Assistant to the GM Lindal Whitton Risk Manager & Member Protection Officer Michelle Hanley Finance Manager Joe Denina Financial Accountant Wendy Yang Information and Systems Officer Ritesh Kumar Commercial Services Executive Manager Tony Peters Media & Communications Manager Mark Stavroulakis Sponsorships & Events Manager Elizabeth Quiexalos Soccer Wearhouse Manager Nathan Russell Complex Manager Duncan Sharpe High Performance Unit Manager Paul Bentvelzen State Team Manager Tim Wilson Development Programs Manager Ben Wright Head of Competitions Larry Grant (Acting) Draw- Master Troy McColl Futsal Manager Damian Briggs (Acting) Project Manager Tim Gledhill Human Resources Manager Alissa Hunter 6 Football4all brought together a congregation of “ “ aspiring individuals which too share the passion for football as much as we do. - Michelle Hanley Football NSW Risk Manager & State MPO 7 President’s Report “We presently 2009 has been a year of Football Stars of Tomorrow substantial progress on a This program has over the past have an outstanding few years successfully transitioned number of fronts, all of them management team, from SBS to Foxtel and this year to representing important steps combined platforms with Foxtel and which I sincerely forward in the promotion and Channel 9. All this has been at the expense of Football NSW, but we have hope will continue development of our code. now reached the stage where, in 2010, during 2010.” we can look forward to significant cost Coaching reductions through sponsorship and A most important development has advertising as well as reduced charges been the introduction of Project 22. for producing the program. For the first time, in partnership with This program is the only one of its Football Federation Australia (FFA), our kind reaching out to the whole of elite players from the U9’s to U14’s are Australia, and is a major promoter of to have dedicated instruction, for free. our game both within our state and at Much of the cost involved has been a national level. Its eight episodes in absorbed by changing our selection and 2009 reached an audience of some 1.5 training of our state teams. million people on Channel 9, apart from More importantly for non-elite players, its further outreach on Foxtel. our grassroots courses for aspiring Of course, the benefits are indirect. coaches will also be free. Football Apart from returns next year on NSW’s coaching input and FFA’s input of sponsorship and advertising, it’s hard materials are now provided without cost to quantify specific benefits. to consumers. In addition, McDonalds However, given the viewing audience Restaurants provided 32 scholarships, and the markedly reduced program each of $500 for grassroots access costs planned for 2010, this is to top level coaching annually. Our something very worthwhile doing provision of online coaching for the good of the game. manuals, free to each and every club is another important initiative brought to fruition Administration in 2009. Forums for Association administrators have continued during 2009, providing monthly opportunities to Women’s Football present Associations with updates Quite the most on administrative procedures and important event to operational guidance, as well as promote the female side opportunities for feedback from of our game occurred grassroots Associations to Football this season, through NSW. Attendance at these Forums a generous offer by has been very encouraging, with Coco Cola Amatil to most Associations, including country provide the use of Associations, attending. ANZ Stadium for the Women’s Champion of Champions Finals. Small Sided Games It was an experience Going into 2010, FFA has recently of enormous asked that the age groups U6’s to U9’s significance to our top all be involved in Small Sided Games level grassroots players, (SSGs). At present, there are 4-5 and one which we very Associations which may not reach this much hope to repeat in target, but all will be involved in SSGs following years. for the old mini-soccer (Rooball) age 8 groups. FFA has provided support in and am encouraged in this view in that those Associations where SSGs are not changes or corrections to the minutes as speedily adopted. Football NSW is this year – more than 21 board meetings confident that SSGs, now reduced from – have been very rare. There is no need up to U12’s to up to U11’s are, for the for any delay. vast majority of Associations, meeting and exceeding the required timetable. For this overall happy outcome for 2009, we have to thank our management team and my fellow Riverstone West board members at the policy The development of our new sporting development level. We presently complex at Riverstone is proceeding have an outstanding management according to schedule, pretty much on team, which I sincerely hope will time and certainly on budget. As with continue during 2010. So to one and all, any project of its size, there have been especially to you, the members teething problems, such as delays in and affiliates of Football NSW, rezoning of Valentine Park and some my grateful thanks for everything possible land use conflicts on the you have done in 2009. Riverstone site. But we are working our way through these. Early in 2010, the Till we meet again, and the compliments whole box and caboodle of Football of the festive season. NSW will move from Valentine Park to Columbia Court in the Norwest Business Park. This is to allow site redevelopment to proceed at Parklea in preparation for the sale of the land once rezoning is completed. Jim Forrest Communication President Communication, right down to local Football NSW clubs and players, presents significant challenges. Part of this we have tried to overcome through the Football NSW website, and more recently our e-newsletter. Our monthly Administration Forums also help, but we are not entirely convinced that matters presented there always get back to Executive Committees. More sporadic meetings of Association and State League Club Presidents and/or Secretaries help further to bridge this gap, but this is not the whole answer. One initiative this year was to place our board minutes, minus confidential items, on the Football NSW website. But the board decided this could not happen till the minutes are approved at the next meeting. I would prefer to have board minutes put up just a few days after the meeting to which they refer, 9 CEO’s Report The one thing we Commercial and Finance selling throughout Australia in football “ 2010 will once again see the successful and other sports. Further, our plan is all have in common ongoing business management of to expand in 12 months time into their is our passion for Football NSW. In the current economic fashion categories. While this is a bold crisis where some companies are move our goals are to increase revenue the sport.” going to the wall or have suffered streams for the future so that we can significant losses, Football NSW has further service, promote and develop successfully returned a surplus in football within NSW. There is no excess of budget. I wish to thank the funding we can rely on so we must be Managers of each department for their self sufficient. This operation will be led efforts in this regard. by Nathan Russell Due to the expansion of services and The next three years will be very commercialisation, in particular our challenging in meeting our plans strategic plans for building our asset for the future of Football NSW. base for the future, it was imperative We are budgeting for small losses that we restructured the finance division over the next three years while we by employing a new accountant Wendy build future plans. Yang whose experience in the licensed It has been a challenging time for a club industry will be an asset to Football lot of our staff here and our General NSW.