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10/11 ANNUAL REPORT 10499_TouchNZ_AR_2011_FA.indd i 21/09/11 8:29 AM Cover and this page photography by Capture the Event (www.capturetheevent.com) All other photography by Auckland Sports Photography (www.aucklandsportsphotography.com) 10499_TouchNZ_AR_2011_FA.indd ii 21/09/11 8:29 AM CONTENTS Member Associations of Touch New Zealand 2 Touch New Zealand Offi cials 2010–2011 3 President’s Message 4 Chair’s Report 6 CEO’s Report 8 Marketing Report 10 Junior Development Report 18 National Coaching Report 21 Total Touch Report 24 Referees Report 32 Touch NZ Membership Statistics 2010-2011 35 Financial Statements 40 Notes to the Accounts 46 Auditor’s Report 52 TOUCH NEW ZEALAND ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 | 1 10499_TouchNZ_AR_2011_FA.indd 1 21/09/11 8:29 AM MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS OF TOUCH NEW ZEALAND Auckland Touch Association Bay of Plenty Touch Association Touch Canterbury Counties Manukau Touch Association Touch Hawkes Bay Touch Kapiti Horowhenua Marlborough Touch Association Manawatu Touch Association Nelsons Bay Touch Association Touch North Harbour Otago Touch Association Taranaki Touch Te Tairawhiti Touch Te Tai Tokerau Touch Touch Southland Thames Valley Touch Association Touch Wanganui Waikato Touch Association Wellington Touch Association 2 | TOUCH NEW ZEALAND ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 10499_TouchNZ_AR_2011_FA.indd 2 21/09/11 8:29 AM TOUCH NEW ZEALAND OFFICIALS EXPIRY DATE PRESIDENT John Watson 2011 AGM TOUCH NEW ZEALAND BOARD Steve Wilkinson 2013 AGM (Chair) Darrin Sykes 2011 AGM (deputy Chair) Nigel Georgieff 2012 AGM Simon Buttery 2011 AGM Stephen Hand 2012 AGM Lance Watene 2012 AGM TOUCH NEW ZEALAND STAFF CEO Joe Sprangers FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION MANAGER Les Buttimore MARKETING DIRECTOR Julie Monaghan NATIONAL COACHING / Peter Walters ELITE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER NATIONAL JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Pam Hyde TOTAL TOUCH OPERATIONS MANAGER George Albert-Jahnke TOTAL TOUCH OFFICER AUCKLAND Ivan Pomare TOTAL TOUCH OFFICER WELLINGTON Tali Lilo MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT James Ruhfus NATIONAL REFEREES COORDINATOR / Sandi Hackett AUCKLAND TURBO TOUCH OFFICER ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE OFFICER Michele Williams TOUCH NZ/BOP COACHFORCE OFFICER David Mays WAIKATO KIWISPORT TOUCH OFFICER Rachel Wikeepa WAIKATO SPORTSFORCE TOUCH Jenn Rangitaawa DEVELOPMENT OFFICER TOUCH NEW ZEALAND ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 | 3 10499_TouchNZ_AR_2011_FA.indd 3 21/09/11 8:29 AM PRESIDENT’S REPORT On behalf of Touch NZ I take this opportunity to extend a very warm and cordial welcome to each and every one of you to this our 2011 Annual General Meeting and sincerely hope that we have a constructive and informative meeting. Firstly I must acknowledge the huge efforts that Club, Provincial and National Coaches, Managers, Players and Administrators have made throughout the 2010 – 2011 season. Some of your efforts have been monumental and we congratulate and thank you most sincerely for this. The sincere thanks of the Touch Community have to be accorded to our family of sponsors. To you all we say a huge thank you because it is your support that keeps our sport alive and enables us to deliver such a large number of junior and adult events which provide the pathways for the sport. The 8th Touch World Cup in Scotland must have been an awesome experience for all those fortunate to be able to attend. Unfortunately all the results did not go our way but from all accounts the gap with our Trans Tasman rivals is narrowing. To all our players and offi cials, a big thank you and I sincerely hope that the experience will remain a highlight of your sporting careers as it did mine. Our Junior and Secondary School Tournaments continue to be the vehicle that encourages and inspires our youth to greater endeavours and as such must always remain a strong focus in our planning. It all starts at the local module level and we will always be indebted to that huge army of volunteers who simply make it happen for so many and for so little reward. It is my sincere hope that we all make an effort to at least give these “local heroes” some recognition and expression of thanks. Finally I have thoroughly enjoyed my second year as your President and together with Carole we say thank you to everyone for the welcome and the hospitality you have accorded us at the various Tournaments and events. “Touch” What a Game... JOHN WATSON President Touch New Zealand. 4 | TOUCH NEW ZEALAND ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 10499_TouchNZ_AR_2011_FA.indd 4 21/09/11 8:29 AM TOUCH NEW ZEALAND ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 | 5 10499_TouchNZ_AR_2011_FA.indd 5 21/09/11 8:29 AM CHAIRMAN’S REPORT This last fi nancial year has probably been the most diffi cult one that I have encountered in my time as Board Chair. The economic environment that all businesses are working in at present in NZ has had signifi cant impact on our performance for this period with our loss for the year of $178,853 effectively wiping out the cash reserves we had accumulated in the previous two years. Key reasons for this were as follows: 1. Despite budgeting conservatively in the area of Gaming Income and taking as much advice from our key partners in this industry as possible we were advised by one of those partners three months into the fi nancial year that the expectations we both had at the beginning of the year could not be delivered. As a result we were left with a signifi cant shortfall in budgeted gaming income, which we did not fully recover from other sources. This situation once again demonstrated to us the frailty of the Gaming Model and the need to move away from this through sustainable income diversifi cation strategies. Our gaming income this year is a further 40% down on the previous year 2. Our inability to gain signifi cant traction with our database strategy, coupled with tight economic conditions has meant the attraction of a new major sponsor remains problematic 3. The added costs of the World cup in Scotland On the positive side we have achieved some signifi cant wins as follows • A successful World Cup campaign in which we won 2 and fi nished second in 3 of the 5 events we participated in • We have developed and enhanced some long term sustainable relationships with some key partners that are with us for the long haul and who represent opportunities to grow with. These include McDonalds and SAS Apparel, • Using Kiwisport funding we have built on the Turbo Touch strategy in NZ to the point where we are now comfortable that this represents a genuine opportunity to provide long term funding for the sport. A pitch document has been prepared and at the time of writing this report we are well advanced with a signifi cant investor who has some interest in creating a joint venture with TNZ with a view to taking the game offshore. • The Game continues to grow particularly in the youth area where numbers have grown from 36,000 to almost 38,000 over the year • Pathways for the sport continue to be fi ne tuned and our young players have a clearly defi ned path available to them to progress to the top of the sport should they desire In looking forward, we are in the last year of a 5 Year Strategic Plan and part of the process for this year will be around developing the next stage of the TNZ strategy. We will be seeking feedback from our stakeholders as part of this process. 6 | TOUCH NEW ZEALAND ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 10499_TouchNZ_AR_2011_FA.indd 6 21/09/11 8:29 AM Budgets have been produced for this year showing a projected profi t of $100,000 and these have been based on some key fundamentals as follows: 1. A further cut in Gaming income from this last year 2. No signifi cant additional sponsorship income –the economy and our ability to get a decent database together are two factors hampering our strategies in this area 3. Increasing tournament income to refl ect that we are a truly user pays sport. The Board continues to review the appropriateness of our staff and cost structures, to ensure we are getting value for our investments in these areas and it is clear that unless we see some traction in generating additional non gaming income over this next 6 months, and we see further deterioration in the availability of Gaming income, there may be a need to further rationalize our cost structures and retrench to survival mode until the economy improves. Key priorities for the organization for the 2011-2012 fi nancial year are as follows 1. Financial Stability 2. Continue to put in place the things required to attract a major sponsor in diffi cult times. The Database forms a key part of this strategy 3. Developing a further two Year Strategic Plan 4. Bring the potential of the Turbo Touch International Strategy to fruition 5. Continue to work with the Stakeholders with a view to improving this critical component of our delivery model. Particular emphasis on working with Auckland Provinces to take advantage of the super City concept and opportunities this might bring 6. Win the Trans Tasman event this year As Chair of this organisation I have had the pleasure of meeting a wide range of dedicated and passionate people that contribute signifi cantly to the success of this sport, and it is to this group of people that I extend on behalf of the sport a sincere thank you for your continuing efforts in developing our sport. Finally, we are very fortunate in having a CEO of the calibre of Joe Sprangers. Joe took this role on reluctantly, and in circumstances when our organisation was far from secure, and the efforts he has put in to get us to this stage are nothing short of amazing.