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Table Tennis Australia 2012 Annual Report Contents 2012 TABLE TENNIS AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT 1 Table Tennis Organisational Structure .................................................................................................... 3 About....................................................................................................................................................... 4 Presidents Report ................................................................................................................................... 5 CEO Report .............................................................................................................................................. 6 Australian Sports Commission Message ................................................................................................. 8 Membership and Volunteer Statistics .................................................................................................. 10 Domestic Results ................................................................................................................................... 11 International Results ........................................................................................................................... 29 Australian Team Representatives ...................................................................................................... 33 National Awards .................................................................................................................................... 38 Rankings ................................................................................................................................................ 39 Financial Report .................................................................................................................................... 41 State / Territories Reports .................................................................................................................... 68 Tasmanian Table Tennis Association Inc. .......................................................................................... 68 Western Australian Table Tennis Association ................................................................................... 70 ACT Table Tennis Association ........................................................................................................... 72 Table Tennis Queensland .................................................................................................................. 75 Table Tennis Victoria ......................................................................................................................... 77 Table Tennis New South Wales ......................................................................................................... 78 Table Tennis South Australia............................................................................................................. 81 Table Tennis Australia would like to acknowledge the following people for providing images for this report: Warren Woolcock – Warren Woolcock Gallery WW444 2012 TABLE TENNIS AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT 2 Table Tennis Organisational Structure TTA Board of Management From left to right Will Goodier (President), Phil Males, Claire Montgomery, Graeme Ireland; Barbara Talbot (Director of Finance), Paul Langley, Leonie Whiteford, Jenny Han TTA Staff From left to right Top Row- Peter Marriott (CEO), Roger Massie (National Para Head Coach) Jens Lang (National High Performance Manager and Coach), Bonnie Elliott (National Administrator) Bottom Left- Sue Stevenson (National Development and Inclusion Manager) 2012 TABLE TENNIS AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT 3 About Affiliated Associations Table Tennis Queensland Table Tennis New South Wales Table Tennis ACT Western Australia Table Tennis New South Wales Table Tennis Tasmania Table Tennis Victoria Table Tennis Northern Territory Table Tennis Life Members Mr. Jim Bond (QLD) Mr. A Cleaves* Mr. Cecil Shaw (QLD) Mr. L Haycraft OAM* Mr. Paul Pinkewich (NSW) Dr. John Jackson* Mr. Keith Bowler OAM (NSW) Mr. R Jones* Miss. Norma Callinan (NSW) Mr. J Nies* Mr. Angelo Tabone (VIC) Mr. R Vardon* Mr. Bob Tuckett (VIC) Mr. L Wharmby OAM* Mr. Neil Harwood (OAM TAS) Mr. Len Hitchen (WA) *Deceased 2012 TABLE TENNIS AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT 4 Presidents Report Will Goodier I thank all who have contributed to the success of table tennis this year, not only those directly involved with TTA but all of the hard working volunteers from parents to committee members of clubs, presidents, secretaries, treasurers and State elected representatives and those on TTA committees. Everyone who has been a volunteer will know that thank you is very hard to come by but criticism is always present. I thank the CEO of TTA Peter Marriott and staff for their support and ability to achieve outcomes with very little resource. The board has seen some change this year with the appointment of Jenny Han and Claire Montgomery. Jenny fills one of the two appointed positions available and Claire was appointed by the board after the resignation of Phil Davis. I thank Phil Davis for his commitment and contribution to TTA over a number of years. While the board has had changes, I feel the mix is one which can take us forward and as it contains a mix of youth and experience as well as being gender neutral. While we always miss our members who have passed away, none was more significant than David Beaumont. David was a long serving member on the board of TTA and a huge influence in TTNSW. We will all miss him as he was a good friend and supporter to all. Over the past few years the board of TTA has worked closely with the States to deliver outcomes which benefit all. The presidents teleconferences continue to be a valuable tool to continue to communicate and discuss current items of interest. It is my observation that we currently enjoy a good relationship with the States and I hope to continue to foster this atmosphere of co-operation. Every part of the business of TTA has seen changes and continues to evolve. The veterans this year had the largest number of entries; we had the Korean team and Chinese team competing against Australia in a test match in Parliament House (the first ever sporting event held there). The men’s and ladies teams both did well in the World teams championships with the Women’s team improving from 35th to 25th in the world rankings by winning their division and qualifying for division one. The men’s team also moved up 10 positions from 50th to 35th in the world rankings. Our future high performance is now focused on the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 and 2018 with the announcement of the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. I am extremely pleased our membership has risen by 9.5% and currently stands at over 9000 members. There is no reason we can’t continue to grow our membership as we encapsulate groups of players previously not included. We have been active in gaining sponsorship and have formed a sponsorship committee .There are a number of deals currently being negotiated which if fruitful will improve our ability to support the players and the membership. I have left the AWD programme to the last because it continues to be supported by the Australian Paralympics committee and as so is our most highly supported programme. I thank Sue Stevenson and her team and players for their hard work and dedication and wish you success for the future. I thank the continued support by the Australian Sports Commission, the Australian Commonwealth Games Association who is without doubt supporting our non Para high performance programme more than anyone else. The Australian Olympic Committee and of course the Australian Paralympics committee who I have previously mentioned. TTA is holding the AGM in 2013 in Adelaide. I look forward to meeting the State representatives with the opportunity of healthy discussion on the current needs of our members at the development forum. 5 2012 TABLE TENNIS AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT CEO Report Peter Marriott 2012 was a big year as predicted with both the Olympic and Paralympic Games being held in 2012. Australia was represented with a maximum compliment of players at the London Olympic Games and was well represented with 2 athletes at the London Paralympic Games. All of our players and coaching staff did Australia proud, at the Olympic Games all of our players won their first match and no player lost to a player ranked below them. William Henzell had a career best performance defeating players ranked 100 spots in front of him to reach the round of 32. Melissa Tapper was out standout performer at the Paralympic Games narrowly losing the bronze medal match in the women’s Class 10 bronze medal playoff. Achievements in 2012 As mentioned above Australia was represented at the Olympic Games with the maximum number of athletes possible, William Henzell, Justin Han, Robert Frank, Jian Fang Lay, Miao Miao and Vivian (Tan) Dederko qualified for the Olympic Games through an exhaustive Australian and Oceania Olympic Qualification process. Jens Lang and Paul Langley were selected as the Coach and Section Manager respectively. A special note to congratulate Jian and Miao on being selected for their 4th Olympic Games. Melissa Tapper and Rebecca McDonnell represented Australia at the Paralympic Games in Class 10 and Class 6 events respectively. Alois Rosario was selected as the Coach of the team and was assisted by Roger Massie as the Section Manager/Coach. With regards