ANNUAL REPORT2015/16

CONTENTS

PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2

CEO REPORT 3

A MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD 4

MESSAGE FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION 5

OFFICE BEARERS 6

HIGH PERFORMANCE 7

PERSONAL EXCELLENCE 9

REPORT FROM ATHLETE’S COMMISSION 9

NATIONAL PATHWAYS 10

COMPETITIONS & EVENTS 11

NATIONAL WATER POLO LEAGUE 12

REFEREES REPORT 13

PARTICIPATION REPORT 14

MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS 15

STATE REPORTS 16

INTERNATIONAL RESULTS 20

NWPL RESULTS 25

NATIONAL RESULTS 26

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 27

FINANCIAL REPORT 28

Photos: Anthony Pearse 1 PRESIDENT’S REPORT

The past year has seen continuing now is to leverage this increased profile to Jane is a London bronze medalist and is progress on our objectives of raising the secure commercialisation arrangements to currently Secretary of the Water Polo Athletes profile of our sport and modernising our benefit the sport. Commission and a former director of Water Polo governance. Queensland. On the governance front, our principal funder, As mentioned in last year’s report the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), has As we advised earlier in the year, our CEO Chris we have engaged Beyond the Break, commenced a process of encouraging the Harrison, decided that he would make the a commercial sports consultancy, National Sporting Organisations (including Water Rio Olympics his last as CEO of WPA and we to assist us in developing and Polo) to review their organisational efficiency. transitioned to our new CEO, Christian Renford implementing our social media We have started discussions with our member in September this year. strategy. The aim being to states to consider the opportunities that exist As I said at our Rio farewell lunch, everyone substantially increase the in water polo in this regard and we expect this involved in water polo owes Chris a huge debt exposure and recognition of consultative process to produce some agreed of gratitude for his contribution to our sport water polo as a sport. This will initiatives during the year ahead. during his nearly seven years as CEO. Please help in increasing participation We continued to progress our strategies to see our longest serving director, David Martin’s in the sport and provide a more expression of the board’s gratitude elsewhere in increase participation in water polo. The Flippa compelling value proposition this Annual Report. I’d like to wish Chris all the Ball program, our entry level game, is growing for potential sponsors and best in the next challenge he undertakes. commercial partners. quickly and is now part of the ASC Sporting Highlights of this strategy Schools program. In addition our Think.Act.Play Our new CEO, Christian, comes to us from his over the past 12 months sportsmanship initiative has engendered a lot of role as CEO of New Zealand Swimming. He was have included a doubling positive feedback – including from other sports. previously CEO of NSW and then Queensland of our Facebook and In response to requests from the States we Rowing. He started his sport administration Instagram followers, will also be rolling out a community coaching career at Surf Lifesaving, which was his sport significantly exceeding program in coming months. as a competitor. As a grandson of the legendary the targets we set at marathon swimmer Des Renford he obviously Suzie Fraser retired as an appointed director the beginning of the has aquatic sport in his blood! during the year and we thank her for her very year. In addition we considerable contribution to our sport both as an Thank you to my colleagues on the WPA board secured substantial for their commitment and insight and the elite player and bronze medallist at the Beijing mainstream media hard working WPA staff for their enthusiastic Olympics and as a Water Polo Australia Director coverage in the contribution during the year. (WPA). lead up to the Rio Olympic Games. Jane Moran joined the board during the year Phil Garling Our challenge as an appointed director to replace Suzie. President

2 CEO REPORT

With the Rio Olympic Games drawing closer, we believe and the Australian Human Rights Commission to develop The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), ASC, AIS and our our teams are better prepared than ever before and we are inaugural national index for inclusion of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Institute network. excited about their prospects on the world stage. Trans and or Intersex employees, customers and players in I take pride in being able to point to our funding investment The Australian men’s team, the Aussie Sharks have come a Australian sport. This is an important step in the continued from the Government increasing from $1,700,000 in 2009 to long way in the past 24 months under the guidance of coach, growth of water polo in Australia and to ensure that our staff $3,600,000 in 2016. Our turnover has increased from close to Elvis Fatovic and his defensive mantra. Our men can now and members are supported in their sporting pursuits. The $2,000,000 to $6,500,000. We also unified the sport in 2013 sustain a strong defensive stance, mistakes are less frequent Inaugural “Pride Cup” was hosted by the Victorian Seals on 5 with a single brand, and we moved into state of the art offices and a willingness borne from fitness is unquestioned. February 2016 and was a great success. at Sydney Olympic Park, which has improved our ability to Congratulations to our women’s captain Bronwen Knox who On a sad note, the very tragic news of the passing of Cole service our members and has allowed us to move with the played her 300th game for Australia against the Netherlands Miller on 4 January 2016 hit our very closely knit water polo times and thrive against our peers. at the FINA World Championships in Kazan in July 2015. community. An overwhelming outpouring of grief through I would like to take this opportunity to thank our partners, This is an outstanding achievement that sees Bronwen join social media exemplified the huge respect held for the Miller AOC, ASC, AIS and each of the State and Territory Institute Melissa Rippon as the only other athlete to play more than family. Cole will forever be in our thoughts and prayers. and Academies of Sport. Without the additional funding and 300 games for Australia. By Rio Bronwen will be the most In funding this year, WPA was one of the major benefactors shared expertise our sport would not enjoy the success that it capped women’s player in Australian history. in the latest round of high performance funding under the achieves. The Australian women’s team, the Aussie Stingers, finished Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) ‘Australia’s Winning Edge’ Thank you to the States for their willingness to be part of a fourth in Kazan after suffering a gut wrenching 12-10 penalty (AWE) investment model, being awarded additional monies journey to ensure the sport says fresh and continues to grow shootout loss to Italy in the bronze medal decider. The in the 2015/16 AWE cycle. This was a good result for us that and of course to our team at the office who have provided team claimed the silver medal at the FINA World League reflected our team’s commitment and also the growing remarkable support. strength of our presence in the sporting arena. Intercontinental Tournament in Texas, after a narrow 6-5 Special mention also needs to go to the fabulous athletes and defeat to the USA in the final. As well as enhancing our High Performance reach, WPA and their support teams including their parents, who co-invest The National Water Polo League (NWPL) Final returned to I are committed to increasing participation and membership in our sport with money, time and through volunteering to Melbourne after more than 20 years, where the top six men’s in our sport. We thank the ASC for the larger investment ensure their children have the best possible chance to fulfil and women’s teams from around the country battled it out in development that allowed us to employ both a dedicated their dreams. development manager and a pathways manager. This from 11-13 March. It was the final no one had predicted, but it On an international level we are grateful for and acknowledge delivered the biggest finish. UWA Torpedoes walked away with certainly will assist us in our goals of greater participation and sustainability. the ongoing work of Peter Kerr on the FINA Doping Panel, their first ever NWPL title after winning the penalty shoot-out John Whitehouse in his role on FINA’s Technical Water against the home side Victorian Seals 13-11. I would also like to acknowledge and thank the Australian Polo Committee, and Russell McKinnon as the FINA Media Sydney University women’s side made history winning the Government through the Australian Sports Commission Committee representative. (ASC) for the funding under the Australian Government Club’s first ever National Water Polo League women’s title. Finally I would like to show my appreciation to the Water Polo They came from behind to claim 12-8 victory over 2015 Direct Athlete Support program for the year ended 30 June 2016. This valuable support helps assist our athletes in their Australia board led by President, Mr Phil Garling of whom I champions the Brisbane Barracudas in what was a physical am indebted to, for the support and strategic advice provided and closely fought game. preparation and commitment required to be a Australian representative athlete. during the year. Thank you. Water Polo Australia (WPA) joined the National Rugby League (NRL) as the second sporting organisation to become I have a tremendous amount of satisfaction looking back Christopher Harrison members of the Australian employer support program on what has been achieved in the six and a half years I have Chief Executive Officer ‘Pride in Diversity’, which is a not for profit organisation been with WPA. I am proud of where the sport has moved to, commissioned by the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) and how it is now regarded with our important stakeholders,

3 A MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD FAREWELL CHRIS HARRISON This year Chris Harrison announced his intention to step down as CEO of Water Polo Australia after more than 6 years in the role. Chris has had a long association with the sport (including as a member of the Australian Men’s Water Polo Team at the Seoul Olympics in 1988). Chris’s time as CEO has been a period of transformation for Water Polo Australia (WPA). Under his leadership, Australian water polo has implemented a series of reforms designed to set the sport up appropriately to thrive in the highly competitive environment of modern sport, where the competition is fierce for participants, sponsorship and funding. As a result, the organisation has transformed from a sport reliant for many years on the efforts of a relative few dedicated individuals, to a well governed sport that has now been set firmly on the path towards long term growth and sustainability. Just some of those reform initiatives have included the head office move from Hobart to Sydney, a new executive and staffing structure, and the change of legal entity from an incorporated association to a company limited by guarantee. He has also been instrumental in developing very strong collaborative working relationships with external stakeholders including the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and our State institute network. Just a few of the significant achievements of Chris’s time at the helm have included: • The organisation’s turnover has increased from $2,000,000 to $6,500,000. • He was in charge of delivering the FINA Junior World Championships in Perth in December 2012 (the first time that both junior men and women were held together. Logistically this saw some 30 national teams attend from all continents including 620 athletes and support staff) • WPA and the Water Polo State Associations unified the sport in 2013 with a single brand, • He arranged the move into state of the art offices at Sydney Olympic Park, which has improved our ability to service our members and has allowed us to move with the times and thrive in the highly competitive environment of modern sport. Chris leaves WPA in great shape with a clear pathway, and on behalf of all members of the Australian water polo community, we say “thank you” to Chris for your leadership and for a job well done!

David Martin Company Secretary, Water Polo Australia 4

MESSAGE FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION

The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) congratulates our And we were delighted to see fruits of our National Sporting Organisations (NSOs) on their achievements efforts to improve female opportunity in this year. In particular, we congratulate all of our athletes who sports, with improved elite and participation represented Australia in the Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games. opportunities in women’s sport, better You did so with great distinction. The country is proud of your media exposure, some outstanding new commitment and dedication, and the manner in which you commercial deals, and an increase in female conducted yourself throughout the campaigns. representation at NSO board level from 27 per In the aftermath of the Games, the Board of the ASC has re- cent to a 39 per cent across the top 23 NSOs. committed to the core principles of Australia’s Winning Edge, Looking ahead, ASC priorities include: the ASC’s ten year plan for high performance sport introduced • further institutional and governance reform in in 2012. The four key principles are: high aspirations for sport, with an emphasis on increased national achievement; evidence-based funding decisions; sports owning integration and alignment their own high performance programs; and a strong emphasis on • increased funding for sport, including new non- improved leadership and governance. government sources of funding We are confident these principles serve the long term interests of • further embedding sport in schools’ educational sporting sector. programs • improved national coordination of sports We will also use the experience of the last four years to seek to infrastructure spending, and improve implementation of Winning Edge in ways that will benefit • Improved use of data and technology in sports. the sector. The ASC is equally committed to increasing community Reforms like this are often hard to achieve but have participation in sport, particularly amongst our children and profound long term benefits. The evermore competitive youth. We have been pleased this year to see our flagship environment in world sport on display in Rio highlights participation program Sporting Schools reach over 4,300 schools the critical importance of further reform if Australia is to in partnership with NSOs. maintain its proud reputation and traditions as a sporting nation. Innovations by the ASC this year included the release of our Integrity Guidelines for Directors and Leaders of Sporting It is appropriate to use this opportunity to recognise Organisations, which provides directors with comprehensive and thank the efforts of the ASC’s outgoing CEO Simon and practical guidance for the first time on anti-doping, sport Hollingsworth, who has led the Commission very capably and science and medicine, illicit drugs, match-fixing, child protection with considerable effect for the past five years. and member protection – vital issues for maintaining trust and The ASC thanks all of our sector partners for your effort and respect in the sporting sector. contribution to Australian sport. We look forward to continued We also staged our inaugural Athlete and Coaches Forum, giving success and progress together. Australia’s elite athletes and coaches the opportunity to share John Wylie AM their experiences and enhance their leadership capabilities. Chair, Australian Sports Commission 5 OFFICE BEARERS

HONORARY OFFICERS SOUTH AUSTRALIA Derek Seret PATRON Peter Montgomery AM WESTERN AUSTRALIA Tom Hoad BOARD DIRECTORS NATIONAL COACHES Phil Garling (President), David Martin (Secretary), SENIOR MEN Elvis Fatovic Daniel Bartels, Amy Hetzel SENIOR WOMEN Greg McFadden Kathy Ostin, Phillip Scales, Thomas Whalan MEN ‘98 Andrei Kovalenko Suzannah Fraser (resigned 30 Jan 2016) MEN ‘97 Tim Hamill Jane Moran (appointed 7 May 2016) MEN ‘96 Andrew Yanitsas SUB-COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD MEN ‘95 Slobodan Macic WOMEN ‘98 &’97 Predrag Mihailovic FINANCE RISK AUDIT Kathy Ostin (Chair), WOMEN ‘96 Jack Lusic Phil Scales, Nicholas Falzon, Lauren Bloom Women ‘95 Eddie Denis REMUNERATION Phil Garling (Chair), WOMEN ‘00 Arjan Voss David Martin NOMINATIONS Phil Garling (Chair), PERSONNEL Kathy Ostin, James Ceely (ASC), Amy Hetzel CHIEF ATHLETES’ COMMISSION EXECUTIVE OFFICER Christopher Harrison CHAIRMAN Thomas Whalan HIGH PERFORMANCE MANAGER Tom Hill NATIONAL EVENTS COMMISSIONERS Joel Dennerley, & COMPETITIONS MANAGER Noel Harrod Jane Moran (Secretary), Sophie Smith, Gavin Woods NATIONAL PARTICIPATION MANAGER Holly Davis REFEREES’ COMMISSION NATIONAL CHAIRMAN Gary Payne PATHWAYS MANAGER Matt Turnbull COMMISSIONERS Daniel Flahive, FINANCE MANAGER Adam Catchpole Nicola Johnson (Secretary), Gary NATIONAL MEDIA MANAGER David Lyall Payne, Phil Scales, Michael Hart OFFICE MANAGER Lucy Rogers, STATE DELEGATES Rebecca Webb (May 2016) QUEENSLAND Sharyn Tucker OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR Nichole Baxter NEW SOUTH WALES Nick HIGH PERFORMANCE PROGRAM – MEN Hodgers OPERATIONS MANAGER Michael Maclennan AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL HIGH PERFORMANCE PROGRAM TERRITORY John Fox CO-ORDINATOR – WOMEN Bronwyn Smith VICTORIA John Perrott PERSONAL EXCELLENCE TASMANIA Colin Thomas CONSULTANT Troy Baverstock

6 HIGH PERFORMANCE

The Water Polo Australia Limited (WPA) High Performance Program Sydney 2000 Gold medallist (HPP) enjoyed a busy Olympic year build up while initiating some Bronwyn Smith (nee Mayer) also change in our pathway programs. joined the team as the Women’s Program Coordinator. As the Olympics The Olympic teams received significant support and opportunities approached Bronwyn’s experience to train, compete and prepare for Rio and on the back of this were and understanding of what it takes optimistic of a good result. to be successful internationally was a The end of 2015 continued to involve regular productive discussions timely addition. Our junior program also with our stakeholders regarding our future 2020 performance continued to expand lower in the pathway. planning. In conjunction with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), A busy 12 months culminated in our our National Institute Network (NIN) partners and sport stakeholders Olympic teams being selected and we an initial blueprint of the Tokyo 2020 cycle was developed. Priority prepared ourselves for what lay ahead both in focus areas included increasing our international competition the immediate future at Rio but also with an experience, improving the standard of our domestic competitions, eye on the next challenge being Tokyo. increasing support to our junior pathway programs and enhancing our impact of physical preparation on all nationally identified players. Performance highlights These discussions will continue before finalising our 2020 High The major highlight of the year was the women’s Performance strategy that will be led by the vision of becoming the World University Games team winning Gold under best water polo nation in the world. coach Eddie Denis. The team was a mix of juniors As we headed into 2016 an exciting new concept to connect coaches, preparing for the B95 Junior World Championships players, referees and support staff was introduced. The Towards and senior squad athletes looking to gain some Tokyo camp saw a total of 100 athletes, 25 coaches, 10 referees valuable international experience to keep their and over 10 staff descended on the AIS for eight days of camp and Olympic team hopes alive. competition, designed to give players a taste of what being a senior A penalty shootout victory in the final against Canada international player is all about. It was a fantastic success and looks rounded out a successful tournament adding some likely to be a recipe repeated in the future. silverware to the trophy cabinet. Coach Eddie Denis was Progress was continued in athlete pathway development with a then awarded Australian University Sport coach of the productive workshop incorporating representation from all our year. stakeholder groups. Some key recommendations have begun and should result in deliverables next year impacting coaching and Women’s Program referee pathways, athlete feedback, testing and training protocols and The lead up to the World Championships saw us spend time standards as well as talent identification and development. training in Hungary & Montenegro to help prepare for Kazan. We welcomed some new faces to the High Performance team with Our group game against The Netherlands was probably one of Michael Maclennan taking on the enhanced role of Men’s Operations the best games we had played in the last three years. Manager. Michael provided quality support to Head Coach Elvis Unfortunately we could not produce a repeat of this Fatovic and took a lead role in the use and development of the Athlete performance during the remainder of the tournament. After Management System. defeating China 12-10 in the quarter finals (after penalties), the 7 team lost 6-8 against the USA in the semi- Men’s Program Acknowledgements final despite playing the better water polo I think that the result we achieved at the World It is appropriate to acknowledge the in the first half. The team then lost to Italy Championship (8th) does not correspond to the game we support of all funding and support in a penalty shootout to finish 4th. showed. In my opinion we kept the same level of game and it agencies that contribute to the HPP, This result was disappointing as I believe was the best quality in the last two years. Physically we were namely the AIS which provides the that we were in a very good position to one of the fittest teams, and thanks to our good defence majority WPA’s HPP funding. The AIS win our first Gold medal at the World we were equal to all the top teams (Serbia, Montenegro, has been outstanding in its support Championships since 1986. Greece). of WPA over the past 12 months and Our Olympic preparation started in I think that our good performance at the tournament was their guidance, advice and support is September and consisted of training very important because players are aware that we are on an invaluable. The funding we received as camps in Sydney, AIS (altitude focus), equal footing with everyone if we play defence at a high level part of the Australia’s Winning Edge and Perth and internationally in which we are focused on that part of the game. strategy was highly valued and will Montenegro, USA and Rio. We played contribute to the development of the tournaments in USA (World League The Olympic preparation year started with the training WPA HPP as a whole. matches against Japan. This opposition plays a specific Qualification) and Rio (Olympic To the AIS coaching and leadership team Test Event) as well as a test series water polo with a lot of pressure and counter attacks which for the support of myself and numerous against China in Perth. was good exposure. Due to the absence of some players (overseas or injured) we gave a chance to some young other water polo coaches in developing We won the bronze medal at the talented players which allowed them to gain valuable our skills to lead the sport in the most World League Finals and after competition experience. effective manner, we thank you as it is making the final selection of the paying dividends. team things were looking good The training camp with the Italians in December was next We are also grateful for the ongoing and we were confident of a and was excellent,the athletes saw a lot of competition time. support from To the SIS/SAS, which good result in Rio. For the first time we had a complete team after the World Championships (except for one injured player). The players have financially and otherwise Rio Olympic Games Team were tested before the camp to check their physical fitness. contributed to the preparation of our 1. Lea Yanitsas, 2. Gemma national teams in the daily training A tour was arranged in March, offering a chance to gather Beadsworth, 3. Hannah environment and supporting coaching all candidates. We played against the two best ranked teams Buckling, 4. Holly Lincoln- personnel undertaking national duties. in the world (Serbia & Croatia) and became more familiar Smith, 5. Keesja Gofers, We have seen an increased number of with what we should improve upon in the future. 6. Bronwen Knox, 7. partnerships between national and SIS/ Rowie Webster, 8. The final Olympic preparation before selection was the SAS programs to impact performance in Glencora McGhie, World League. This was the first tournament where the particular in the areas of coach planning 9. Zoe Arancini, 10. team was complete with Joe Kayes joining us for the first and development, performance support Ashleigh Southern, time. Apart from the match against Italy where efficiency and pathways. 11. Isobel Bishop, 12. was below expectations (especially the last quarter), the To the national senior, junior and youth Nicola Zagame, 13. rest of the tournament was played well. We were close to coaches, assistant coaches, team Kelsey Wakefield reaching the semi-finals, but unlucky in penalty shootout. managers, support staff and referees, Greg McFadden Rio Olympic Games Team thank you for your dedication and National 1. Joel Dennerley, 2. Richie Campbell, 3. George Ford, 4. support given to our athletes. Women’s Head Johnno Cotterill, 5. Nathan Power, 6. Jarrod Gilchrist, 7. We look forward to what lies ahead as Coach Aidan Roach, 8. Aaron Younger, 9. Joel Swift, 10. Joe Kayes, we approach Rio and planning towards 11. Rhys Howden, 12. Mitch Emery, 13. James Stanton- Tokyo with all our stakeholders. French Elvis Fatovic Tom Hill National Men’s Head Coach High Performance Manager 8

PERSONAL EXCELLENCE REPORT FROM I’ve enjoyed the ride this past twelve months. I feel as My other responsibilities include: though our Personal Excellence (PE) program has come of 1. Building WPA’s roadmap, which ATHLETE’S COMMISSION age, but we’ve still got a long way to go! includes but is not limited to: The Water Polo Australia Athlete’s Commission (“WPAAC”) is once again • Induction to the high performance The priorities for the past twelve months have been: represented by Chairman Thomas Whalan, Secretary Jane Moran and pathway and benchmark events • Supporting our athletes to make informed decisions, Commissioners Joel Dennerley, Sophie Smith and Gavin Woods. The – what being a successful Aussie which impact performance in sport and life commission has met several times throughout the year to ensure any Stinger and Aussie Shark looks like. • Understanding our sport – what’s working and what we athlete recommendations are discussed and strategic recommendations • Professional development workshops can improve on. forwarded to the WPA board. – decision making, accountability, • Experiencing our sport – attending camps based activities resilience, integrity, responsibility, As the WPAAC nominee, Thomas Whalan holds a seat on the board of across the national program spectrum. professionalism. directors for WPA; an initiative recommended by the Australian Olympic • Developing a meaningful PE program – relevant • Transition guidance – non-selection, Committee and implemented by WPA in 2004. Jane Moran was also resources, personnel and services. injury, retirement. appointed to the board in 2016 to replace the vacant appointed board position. • Collaboration with other National Sporting Organisations, • Planning for post career support – the Australian Institute of Sport and SIS/SAS network to mentoring. The WPAAC continues to be actively involved in and focusing on: achieve ‘world best’ programs and services. • Significant others network – supporting • Supporting WPA’s Personal Excellence consultant, Troy Baverstock I have coordinated Water Polo Australia’s (WPA) PE family and friends to support their athletes. to provide support to elite athletes in and out of the pool. • Working with the My AIS Playbook e-platform program, which couldn’t have been achieved, without the • Enhancing communication channels between WPA and elite Team – developing online resources and support of Chris, Tom and the entire WPA staff, AIS & athletes and providing ongoing feedback and recommendations curriculum for our athletes. SIS|SAS network. for the Rio 2016 High Performance Plan (HPP) and other • Asking athletes and coaches how PE can Our Team of PE advisors at the AIS, NSWIS, VIS, SASI & matters which impact directly on athletes in the sport of water support them to become ‘world best’ – through WAIS, and Personal Development (PD) advisors at the QAS polo. conducting surveys and questionnaires in have been responsible for assisting our athletes: relation to service provision and ongoing sport/life • Providing a transparent selection and review process of • Make informed decisions assessments. coaching staff. • Adopt appropriate life skills 2. Working with our athletes commission on projects: • Recommendations to the WPA board that support greater • Be prepared for all stages of the high performance • Mentoring program promotion of WPA athletes and teams and encourages pathway • AOC Athlete Commission representative initiatives to provide greater direct financial support to athletes. Our Team of PE advisors provides service provision to • Future directions for WPA’s Athlete Commission – Australia’s Winning Edge (AWE) and SIS/SAS scholarship water polo alumni, Registered Training Organisations The WPAAC has also made recommendations which has athletes in three key learning areas: and work placement providers. led to more professionally presented and funded national • Dual career 3. Working with WPA’s partners: teams domestically and on tour along with the use of • AIS and Australian Sports Commission national athletes as ambassadors for our sport at junior • Sport / Life water polo and other events. We are extremely proud • SIS|SAS Network • Progression of our athletes, their professionalism and dedication • Australian Olympic Committee The purpose of WPA’s three key learning areas are to and are encouraged that the WPA family and wider • State Sporting Organisations support athlete wellbeing, assist athletes successfully community have enjoyed greater access and exposure progress through their athletic journey, retain athletes in Troy Baverstock to these wonderful ambassadors. our sport, and help athletes make decisions that impact Personal Exellence Consultant Thomas Whalan performance in sport and life. Athlete’s Commission Chairman 9 NATIONAL PATHWAYS

It has been another busy year in the Pathway division of Water Polo Australia (WPA). Due to the recent establishment of this department, the 2015/16 year has been one for laying the foundations for future projects. This year we conducted a number of planning and consulting workshops with key stakeholders in the sport. The result of which will provide the future direction for the sport from grassroots into the talent pathway. The focus has already turned to developing our next crop of elite players with an eye on the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Towards Tokyo The Towards Tokyo camp concept was a huge success hitting all of the high performance outcomes we set out to achieve. The camp replaced the Under 20’s National Championship and the NTC challenge as it was felt this wasn’t achieving the right level of competition and development at those events. The energy from the coaches, athletes and support staff was fantastic and it was the first occasion in the sport’s history where a camp on this scale was hosted. The camp took a holistic approach with professional development opportunities for athletes, coaches, officials and support staff through educational sessions, workshops and conferences scheduled throughout the week at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). We are excited to build on this concept into the future. School Sport Australia partnership WPA signed the first Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with School Sport Australia in a joint effort to align both organisations. Up until this point both groups had limited contact and coordination with one another. The MOU signals a new relationship moving forward where we can work together to achieve the best outcomes for the sport and its participants. WPA would like to see the National School Sport Championships feature in the junior athlete pathway and is committed to working with each of the States to improve the existing model. National Athlete Performance Framework conference In November 2015, the first National Athlete Performance Framework (NAPF) conference was held in Canberra over three days. It was attended by 25 professionals from different areas of the sport. These included; the national coaches, WPA personnel, SIS/SAS coaches, state associations and the Australian Sports Commission (ASC). The conference was the first part of redesigning the water polo pathway for talented athletes in the sport. There were 42 recommendations to come out of the conference, which will be developed over the coming months and years moving forward.

Matt Turnbull National Pathways Manager 10 COMPETITIONS & EVENTS A total of 177 teams comprising 2,223 athletes and 528 support staff as well as 127 officials participated in Water Polo Australia (WPA) Events in 2015/16. The year saw the introduction of the Think.Act.Play initiative. The purpose of this policy is the promotion of positive behaviour among players, coaches, managers, officials and spectators. Workshops are conducted prior to and during boys and girls national championship events by current Australian team members and leading coaches. The policy has been an outstanding success to date. I would like to thank the efforts of Michael Hart and his referee commission – Nicola Johnson, Daniel Flahive, Gary Payne and Phil Scales, as well as the referees and technical delegates for the efforts they put in during the year. Thank you to all event staff who ensured the tournaments ran on time and in a professional manner. I would also like to especially thank the many volunteers as follows: • Local organising committees. • Parents and supporters who operate the table and act as goal judges during each championship. • The various pool managers who allow us to conduct our championships in their pools. • The Presidents, volunteers and staff of each State Sporting Organisations (SSO) who provide valuable support to WPA in conducting these championships. • The parents, guardians, coaches, managers and other volunteers who organise and manage the teams who play our great game. The result of the National aged club championships is detailed elsewhere in this report so I will not present the results here. The 2015/16 National Tournaments held throughout the year were:

14U Girls National Club Championships Albury/Wodonga April 2016 14U Boys National Club Championships Gold Coast April 2016 16U Girls National Club Championships Perth October 2015 16U Boys National Club Championships Hobart October 2015 18U Boys & Girls National Club Championships Perth April 2016 Towards Tokyo Tournament AIS, Canberra May 2016 NWPL Various venues November 2015 to March 2016

Noel Harrod, Manager, Events and Competitions 11 NATIONAL WATER POLO LEAGUE

The 2015/16 season saw the National Water Barracudas), Beyond Blue Cup (Seals), Clash of support the NWPL could not function. Polo League (NWPL) celebrate 27 consecutive the Cats (Tigers), Clash in the West (Torpedoes I would also like to recognise the support of WPA seasons of the men’s competition and and Mariners/Marlins), Derby Day (Devils), for the NWPL especially CEO Chris Harrison, 13 consecutive seasons of the women’s FYFE Adelaide Cup (Jets), Kerr/Callaghan Cup High Performance Manager Tom Hill and the competition. (Sharks), Old Players Day (Lions), Pride Cup other WPA staff. (Seals), Simms Cup (Tigers),Tasmania Island Highlights of the season included: Cup (Hurricanes and Magpies held in Hobart). A special thank you to Grant Baldock and • Sydney University women and UWA Lauren Ryan from Beyond the Break for their • A new season calendar that provided the tremendous support over the season especially Torpedoes men securing their first ever opportunity for the NWPL to return to a truly championships. considering they started with WPA virtually on summer sport with the season running from day 1 of the NWPL season. • Sydney University Club securing the November 2015 to March 2016. The decision to inaugural Peter Kerr Cup for the club change the season was taken to support the It was a season full of highs, but unfortunately championship. needs of the national teams for their Olympic our league suffered a devastating tragedy. The team preparation. NWPL would like to recognise the loss of one of • The Tigers and Lions women’s our players, Cole Miller, in tragic circumstances teams competed in a demonstration • Live television coverage on Channel 31 during the season. Cole was a young promising match in front of the largest crowd Melbourne and Foxtel Aurora of the two Grand player and his loss was felt by all in the sport. of the year at the very successful Finals. The games were also live streamed by All NWPL clubs observed a minute’s silence and Water Polo by the Sea event Channel 31. wore black arm bands for matches following in Sydney Harbour. This was • Only the second finals series to be held in the tragedy, with the Clubs also supporting the excellent exposure for the NWPL Melbourne (the last event was in 1990) the huge online campaign of #cozziesoutforcole. Our and special thanks to Water first ever NWPL final. Special thanks to the sincere sympathies go to the Miller family and Polo by the Sea and Water Polo sponsors of the event: Victorian Minister for also Cole’s teammates. Australia for the opportunity. Sport, Tourism and Major Events, Hon. John • Events held in conjunction Eren MP; Georgie Harman, CEO Beyond Blue; Noel Harrod, with home matches by clubs and Melbourne Sport and Aquatic Centre. Manager, Competitions and Events throughout the year was a Special thanks also to Mike significant new inclusion DeFina for his support and work in the NWPL Calendar. during the event. Special thanks to all the Water Polo Australia would like sponsors who enabled to thank the players, coaches, the events to take support staff, club boards/ place. Events included committees, delegates, referees Battle of the Bridges and the many volunteers at each (Tigers), Battle of the club who weekly run their teams North (Breakers and in the highest order. Without their NWPL champions: Sydney University Lions women & UWA Torpedoes men 12 REFEREES REPORT

The Australia Referees Commission (ARC) sincerely thank all is represented by; table officials, referees and delegates for their • Gary Payne (Chairman) continued professionalism • Phil Scales (Board Representative) and performance at all • Danny Flahive (FINA Panel Referee) National Championship events this year. • Nicola Johnson (FINA Panel Referee) A big thank you is also • Michael Hart extended to the referees and The ARC would like to congratulate all referees that delegates who supported the represented Australia overseas including Daniel Bartels 2015/16 National League season. who refereed the final of the 2015 Youth Women’s World A high level of referee capability championship, Nicola Johnson who refereed the final of is required for these events and the 2016 Women’s World League and Danny Flahive who our referees showed attentiveness, refereed at the Rio Olympics, including the 2016 Olympic good judgement and ethusiasm Major Men’s Semi Final. across all games. Congratulations also to all seven refreees who were Going Forward for 2016 - 2017 the Australian representatives on the FINA Referee Throughout 2016/17 the ARC in panel for 2016; conjunction with WPA and the State • Danny Flahive Associations will be conducting a review of the current framework, pathways and • Nicola Johnson accreditation courses for all officials, • Daniel Bartels referees and delegates. The aim of this review will be to refresh and improve the • Andrew Carney training and development opportunities • Gabor Boros for new and current referees. The ARC is • David Gerrie working to encourage all players, coaches and supporters to have access to Referees training • Nick Hodges and get involved in the refereeing pathway to It has been rewarding to see the progression of referees support the growth of the sport across Australia. along the national pathway including for all those who attended a National Championships to finalise their Gary Payne accreditation gradings this year. The ARC would like to Chairman, Australian Referees Commission

13 PARTICIPATION REPORT

Within the scope of the sport development The insights and key recommendations out of framework structures. Jointly with the and participation, from a national water polo the research were handed down to WPA at the States, national coaches and the Australian perspective, there are a number of key initiatives close of the 2015/16 financial year and have Referees Commission, the review process and to be rolled out over the coming 12 months. given the direction and ability to make evidence development of future program changes will be From a sport development perspective, the based decisions to both national and state rolled out over the coming two years. 2015/16 financial year has focused on laying representatives in the development of WPA’s the ground work for these initiatives and upcoming national junior participation program. Looking forward preparing to implement key programs in the Sporting Schools There are a number of significant opportunities 2016/17 year. and areas for growth in grassroots and WPA is one of 32 Australian sports partnered As part of these preparations, Water Polo community water polo, primarily being with the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) to Australia (WPA) recruited dedicated the implementation of a national junior deliver the Sporting Schools Program. As part of Participation Manager and specialist participation program rolling out following the the Sporting Schools program, schools receive consultants, Beyond the Break at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the execution government funding to run dedicated sport start of 2016 to drive the development of revised workforce accreditation programs programs free to primary school-aged children. and implementation of these key and processes. WPA, through the delivery of It is a significant achievement for water polo to initiatives within the 2016/17 financial these two priority programs, aims to grow be selected as a partner sport in the Sporting year. public awareness of the sport of water polo, Schools program. support the States in their primary mandate of Research WPA focused in 2015/16 on delivering a number increasing membership and providing resources In preparation for the development of pilot Sporting Schools programs to test and tools to water polo clubs to grow capability of a dedicated junior participation delivery concepts and financial models. The and continue to provide rewarding and satisfying program, WPA also enlisted conduct of these pilots also provided direction experiences for existing and potential new Beyond the Break to facilitate and insights that guided the framework members. an extensive market research development of the future junior participation Acknowledgment project. The research looked program to ensure delivery through multiple at the current Australian avenues and to various target markets. The ASC have provided significant support to sport market and the trends Coaching and Refereeing WPA over the last 12 months through both in junior participation, the financial and resourcing support. WPA was current junior introduction The need for review of the current framework, successful in obtaining a number of grants program offerings within delivery and management processes for coach and increases to baseline sport development the sport of water polo and and referee accreditations was highlighted funding, thanks to the ASC during the 2015/16 an in-depth examination through the preparations and increased financial year and look forward to continuing organisational focus on sport development. of the needs and wants a strong working relationship with the ASC in of the potential target Towards the end of the 2015/16 financial year, 2016/17. market of a junior the first of many consultative workshops water polo program. was held to commence the scoping and Holly Davis modelling of potential future accreditation National Participation Manager 14 the season has provided some challenges as WPA continues to look at how to increase MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS user experience, better integrate with the existing events platform as well as the membership database. Beyond the Break Consulting (BTB) welcome • Women’s Team Announcement – attended well among WPA followers, but reached new While content for the website continues to the opportunity to provide the media and by all the major TV networks (7/9/10/SBS/ audiences both online and with media outlets. be promoted from the grassroots of the communications report for the 2015/16 Water Fox Sports) along with News Limited and Releasing the video via social media to sport through the elite, the website offering Polo Australia (WPA) annual report. Coming Getty Images. While the results were far announce the team provided the Australian continues to present challenges which BTB on board in November 2015, BTB hit the reaching across metro and suburban Water Polo Teams with a point of difference, and WPA are investigating options for the ground running with the focus of the brief press nationally, some of the major results providing a strong social media reach and future. to build the profile of the sports ‘heroes’ in included front page of the Courier Mail, significant media cut through. the lead up to (and during) the Rio Olympic two feature stories in Daily Telegraph, Looking forward Games. Herald Sun feature and stories on all metro Social Media BTB will continue to work with WPA to help television news bulletins. BTB is responsible for mainstream press After conducting a content audit for the drive media exposure around Australian relations, online content, social media as well • Men’s Team Announcement – special sport, BTB worked with the team at WPA to Men’s and Women’s Team leading into and as event press relations. exclusive with Channel 7 Sunrise (that ran streamline the social media accounts with the coming out of the World Championships in during the Olympic Games) aim of growing the sport’s digital footprint and 2017. Working with the High Performance Press relations • Rio Farewell Lunch – attended by television creating a clear call to action. As a result, BTB Team BTB will also look at ways to The focus of the PR activity in the first 12 networks 7/9/10, The Australian and 2GB merged the various accounts to create one further promote the junior national teams months of the agreement, was on the ‘Road • HP Camps – media was conducted around Facebook, Instagram and Twitter account – representing Australia at international to Rio’ campaign with the Aussie Stingers and the Aussie Sharks Camp (Perth) and with the call to action being @WaterpoloAus. tournaments. Aussies Sharks - capitalising on the pre-Rio Aussie Stingers Camp (AIS, Canberra) Working with the Australian Men’s and Additionally, BTB will be working the NWPL opportunities. BTB wanted to look at creative both receiving strong mainstream media Women’s Senior Teams along with the Clubs to develop a social media content ways to reach new audiences, profile the attention. National Water Polo League Clubs, calendar and publicity schedule for the 2017 ‘stars’ of the sport as well as maximise the other departments, events and the State season to increase exposure around the opportunity the Olympic Games presents. The Rio 2016 Team Announcements Associations, BTB developed a 12month competition. The strategy will be to build results were pleasing, with BTB delivering Working closely with the Australian Olympic content calendar that delivered strong results towards the finals and work with media and above the targets agreed to by the WPA board. Committee (AOC) – BTB and WPA wanted across all platforms. Instagram experienced broadcast to drive mainstream exposure Some of the media highlights included: to look at a creative way to announce the the strongest growth of 344% in followers with along with social content. team for the Rio Olympics that would • Long lead print features in Women’s Health, Facebook increasing by 70% and Twitter by BTB looks forward to another great year provide significant media and social media Inside Sport, Myer Emporium Magazine, The 37%. ahead. Thanks to all the team at WPA and cut through as well as promote the many Australian Magazine, Style Magazine (News all the athletes who make this sport so communities that the players hail from in a Online Limited), CLEO Magazine, Body and Soul. marketable. bid to unite behind the one team. • Channel 7 sport promotions including Prior to the commencement of BTB, WPA athletes part of the Channel 7 coverage of The ’26 players, 16 communities, 2 teams, moved to a new website platform with Fox Grant Baldock & Lauren Ryan the Spring Racing, Autumn Racing, Easter 1 dream’ campaign was not only received Sporting Pulse. This transition throughout Directors, Beyond the Break Hospital Appeal and Royal Easter Show. • Feature TV appearances on Today Tonight, Fox Sports in studio and Road To Rio (Channel 7) live from Stingers Training Camp. 15

PRESS IN THE

16 NEW SOUTH WALES Membership STATE REPORTS JUNIOR SENIOR Female Male Female Male ACT Metropolitan 1284 1335 996 1525 Membership Regional & 920 1119 592 801 Associations Female Male Nordek men won the NSW Country Club Schools 2020 1826 - - Junior 124 122 Championships, whilst ACT men won silver in the Australian Country Championships Life Members - - - - Senior 63 88 ACT schoolgirls won bronze at the recent Female TOTALS 4224 4280 1588 2326 National School’s Championships Total 397 On behalf of the board & staff I am pleased to report on the activities of Water Polo NSW Australian Selections during a period of continued growth for the Association. Initiatives and achievements of notes Highlights 2015/16 have been: • Tiana Sinclair toured with National U18 Water Polo ACT (WPACT) has experienced team to Europe, Metropolitan Academy continues to evolve with 18 coaches guiding approximately 200 a growth in membership, providing athletes involved in five weekly pool skill sessions and with 50% athletes also taking part • Josh Johnston toured with Australian development opportunities for athletes in two gym sessions a week. In April 2016, Kyle Alp decided to step down as Program School Boys to South Africa. in addition to supporting an elite athlete Coordinator after an initial successful 15 months. Raphael Pirat and Vedran Cirkovic have and coaching pathway. WPACT gratefully • Siani Swarbrick and Lily Hawthorn were stepped into the role to take the Academy through its next phase. acknowledges the ongoing support of selected to attend the Born 2000 Women’s Speed & Technique Enhancement Program (STEP) – a new program introduced as optional to the ACT Government, through Sport and selection camp held at the AIS in April. the Sydney Metro Academy. There are currently 120 athletes approximately enrolled under the Recreation Services, through ongoing Siani was then selected in the Australian direction of former Olympic swim coach Brian Sutton. funding and the provision/upkeep of facilities Born 2000 Women’s team to compete at to host training and competition. the Pan Pacific Water Polo Festival. Inaugural U12 Festival was held over the October long weekend in 2015 with ten teams enjoying a fun and competitive weekend. WPACT Representative Teams • Jackson Holdway and Nick Taylor were invited to the The State teams program has been expanded to include 18 teams across three age groups U14 boys and girls competed at the National Born 2000 Men’s selection camp held at that will compete at the East Coast Challenge in Melbourne and Pan Pacific Youth Water championships where both won through to the AIS in April. Polo Festival in Auckland. These teams included four additional teams in the U14 age group the plate final. The girls successfully won (Platypuses and Opals) and two additional U16 teams (Platypuses) as well as combined the plate whilst the boys went down to South • JB Spahr was invited to attend the Towards Juniors teams comprising of U18 & U20 athletes. In addition, NSW athletes were selected in Australia. Tokyo camp the Combined High Schools teams and Australian teams also competing at the Pan Pacifics. held at the AIS in May. JB was involved ACT U/16 girls also made the plate final The program was also revamped to included strategic selections process incorporating a with the 4-day training camp and then narrowly losing by 1 goal, whilst the U/16 new philosophy & criteria including specific positional development and regional athlete 4-day tournament. boys were defeated in the bowl final by the opportunities. We wish these athletes the best of luck for the upcoming tours. same margin. • Nick Taylor, Siani Swarbrick and Lily The Referee Development program has seen an increase with the number of referees being Haleigh Mann and Tiana Sinclair attended Hawthorn all selected in Australian involved in Metropolitan competitions. In addition a number of referees from both Regional the U18 National Championships competing school’s team to tour New Zealand in & Metropolitan clubs have been identified for further development with representative with Ovens and Murray. The O&M/ACT December. opportunities at both NSW & National Championships. From this nine referees were selected combined team finished the competition in John Fox as part of the State Team program to travel for the first time with NSW teams to East Coast 5th place. Executive Officer, Water Polo ACT Challenge & Pan Pacifics. 17 Operational Changes QUEENSLAND SOUTH AUSTRALIA • Stefani Jelic was engaged in September Membership Membership to take over the Competitions & Events Manager role from Jess McNamara who Male Female Male Female decided to focus on her studies. Flippa Ball 183 196 Flippa Ball 24 11 • Ashleigh Kaesler moved into a more Junior 97 45 specialised role as Officials Development Junior 455 1756 & Education Officer which is designed to Senior 255 301 Senior 98 66 develop pathways for referees, coaches, and Total 3146 Total 341 officials plus introduce general education initiatives. Fan Engagement and Marketing Highlights 2015/16 • Ethan Rogers initially joined the Association We have spent this financial year working towards building our online fan engagement to aid Membership has reached above 340 with in August as part of the internship program, our marketing campaign that is to follow the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. This has included a sustained numbers across all clubs. The local assisting Chris Dyson with a number of 174% increase in social media engagement and has also consisted of a photo shoot to produce competition continues to go from strength Sports Development projects. This work marketing collateral that will be released post Olympics in the lead up to the 2016/17 season. to strength across a series of metropolitan led to Ethan engaged in an administrative pools. support role in December and then East Coast and Trans Tasman Competition accepting in March the position of Project Over 300 athletes across Australia and New Zealand descended on sunny Queensland for the A revised constitution has been drafted to be Officer for the State Teams Program. East Coast Challenge and Trans Tasman competitions in the month of July. The competition put forward to members at the 2016 AGM. In was considered a great success and the Valley Pool venue did not disappoint. parallel to the updated governance structure Governance of the Association continues to the board has made significant progress on evolve with a number of changes to the Board Election of new board the development of a new strategic plan and which saw Mark Simpson elected at the AGM At the Water Polo Queensland (WPQ) AGM in November, the members voted to appoint management framework. to the Director Metropolitan role which had Sharyn Tucker (President), Lou Scarpato (Secretary), Michael Williams (Treasurer) and Water Polo South Australia welcomed been previously held by Marg Kaye. After Bjorn Galjaardt (Athlete Development Director) to the board to join Paul Coolican (Regional head coach, Dusan Damjanovic in October many years Regional Director, Peter Donohue Director), Bevan Groves (Competition Director) and Stephen Porter (Marketing Director). to oversee the high performance pathway decided not to stand for a further term and The board instigated a governance review and is now moving forward with the Gail Salter was elected to the position. Also programme and South Australia Sports recommendations, one of which was the redundancy of the position of Executive Director/ Institute (SASI) athletes. The refreshed stepping aside was Trevor Folsom with Director of Coaching. We wish Jodie well in her future endeavours. Alan Balla being being elected. With two programme has had early success with a female directors and two regionally located Participation and grassroots number of junior athletes selected to national squads. these changes embody a more balanced WPQ has created a new partnership with Lifestream and is looking forward to rolling out representation of the membership. a Diversity and Inclusion Framework later this year. With a focus on inclusion, the 2016/17 The Inaugural FYFE Adelaide Cup was held Constitutional reform was an initiative season will see the roll out of gala days for children of all abilities. at the South Australia Aquatic Leisure Centre introduced by the board with the (SAALC) on 6th February. The event was part High Performance establishment of a members workgroup of an NWPL round, and saw more than 100 being chaired by Mr Chris Shaw. The One of Queensland’s National Water Polo Leagues women’s teams, the Brisbane Barracudas, past players, life members and their families workgroup provided opportunity for all finished the season at the top of the ladder. They ultimately went down in the final 12-8 attend the game and presentation function. members including Clubs to offer direction against Sydney University, but silver was still a fantastic finish to another great season. WPQ The FYFE Jets fielded local domestic squads by way of survey and workshop at Presidents would also like to acknowledge the inclusion of four Queensland athletes in the Australian this season and have built strong base for meeting. The intention is for a new Olympics team. Congratulations to Rhys Howden (captain), Bronwen Knox, Ashleigh Southern future success. constitution to be implemented at the next and Kelsey Wakefield. Good luck in Rio! Derek Seret, President, WPSA AGM. WPQ would like to thank the Queensland Government for its ongoing support and funding to ensure the continued success of water polo. David Whittaker, Executive Officer, WPNSW & Nick Hodges, President, WPNSW Sharyn Tucker, President, WPQ 18 TASMANIA VICTORIA Membership Membership Male Female Male Female Flippa Ball 64 66 Come & Try 16 11 School 320 331 Junior 397 253 Junior 182 167 WESTERN AUSTRALIA Senior 548 189 Senior 21 22 Membership Life members 23 Total 1173 Total 1437 Senior Junior Water Polo Tasmania (WPTAS) continues to operate with a very Metro 716 725 dedicated group of volunteers at an administrative level and I am pleased to present the 2015/16 Annual Report of Water Regional 378 208 on pool deck. Unfortunately preliminary trading figures for the Polo Victoria (WPV): Flippa Ball 1508 2016 financial year would suggest for the first time in five years • Annual competitions, State Championships, Sub-junior, we are going to experience a trading loss. This loss is directly and Winter competitions, have been conducted and Affiliates 85 attributable to hosting the Australian Men’s Olympic Squad congratulations to the successful teams. The Victorian Total 3620 Training Camp and two National League games. Despite losing Junior State Championships were again successfully money with these events the overall benefit to the development hosted by the Geelong Marlins and included live streaming 2015/16 saw water polo in WA increase in registered of water polo within the state far outweighed the loss. Water of the finals. participant numbers for the fourth consecutive year and polo was featured on commercial television news sports reach a record number of 3620. • At the representative level, men’s and women’s teams segment and in the local daily newspaper for five continuous The success stories in WA for 2015-16 were highlighted by days during the hosting of these events. attended the National U18’s competition in Perth, three teams (two boys and one girls) battled it out in a home the following; Other highlights of the 2016 year were: tournament with other states at the East Coast Challenge • The UWA Torpedoes winning their first NWPL men’s title and we sent an U16 boys team to the Pan Pacifics in New • Completion of an extensive review into all aspects of • Continued success of WA under age teams at National Zealand. All teams did Victoria proud. water polo. This review identified the key opportunities for Club Championships, culminating in victories for both improvement to be structured pathways for athletes, coaches • On the sport development front, we held social women’s men’s, UWA/City Beach, and women’s, Melville Marlins, and referees. competitions, Summer Splash, Polo by the Pier, Flippa teams at the 18 & under National Championships held in Ball sessions and launched a pilot program for Bumpa Perth in April 2016. • The School Competition continues to grow with available pool Ball with the assistance of funding from VicHealth, Sport • Water Polo Western Australia (WPWA) introduced their space fast becoming the major issue. Transition of school and Recreation Victoria and VicSport. A Gala Day was also new communications strategy through a website program participants to the club roster is a key focus for this year. held with School Sport Victoria to expose more school which incorporates two-way interfacing of information • A documented Referee Development Course (the first children to water polo. and events between WPWA and our affiliated clubs and in recent years) has been conducted by our Director of • WPV and the Victorian Seals also hosted the NWPL associations. Referees, Tom Reale with many new participants becoming Beyondblue Cup and, with support from the Victorian • The introduction of a Flippa Ball pack for clubs through our involved. Referee performances are being evaluated weekly. Government, the 2016 NWPL Finals. The biggest and most generous sponsorship arrangement with Healthway • Hosting the U16 Boys National Championships again colourful event of the year was the Pride Cup, where water • A blossoming partnership with Auspole Sports which has provided the state the opportunity to promote water polo polo, and in particular the Victorian Seals, led the way in allowed WPWA to provide balls to clubs and associations within our community. saying no to discrimination in sport and yes to diversity. for their use in training and games Significant work is still required to elevate Water polo in In reviewing what has taken place in Victorian water polo • Three new facilities based centres running Flippa Ball Tasmania to the levels it needs to be. The current Board of over the past twelve months I am impressed and would like programs throughout WA and increased program delivery Directors is committed to achieving this. to acknowledge and thank the board. in 3 metropolitan schools in WA.

Colin Thomas, President WPTAS Sally Jones, Executive Officer WPV Dale Ballantyne, Chief Executive Officer WPWA 19 INTERNATIONAL RESULTS

Day 2: Australia 10 Japan 4 (R Campbell 3, Match 1: Australia 13 Japan 9 (R Howden 4, Head Coach: Elvis Fatovic. Assistant Coach/ MEN R Howden, A Younger 2, J Gilchrist, J Swift, J Cotterill, J Kayes 3, J Gilchrist, M Gronow, Team Leader: Paul Oberman. Assistant Vodafone Cup, J Cotterill) Japan 4. Day 4: Australia 5 W Miller). Match 2: Australia 14 Japan 7 Coaches: Dejan Kontic, Chris Wybrow. Budapest, Hungary, July 2015: Mongenegro 5 (A Younger 3, J Cotterill, (W Miller 5, J Kayes 4, J Cotterill 3, N Power, Physiotherapist: Tom Donaldson. A Roach). Day 6: Serbia 10 Australia 9 R Howden). Match 3: Australia 11 Japan 7 Psychologist: Mark Spargo. Performance Team: Richie Campbell, Johnno Cotterill, (A Younger 3, J Swift 2, T Martin, J Cotterill, R (J Cotterill 5, N Power, M Emery 2, J Kayes, T Analyst: Matt Harris. Referee: Daniel Flahive. Joel Dennerley, Mitch Emery, George Ford, Howden, N Power). Final group points: Martin). Jarrod Gilchrist, Rhys Howden, Joseph Kayes Serbia 6, Australia 3, Montenegro 3, Japan 0. International Series, (by invitation), Tyler Martin, Nathan Power, Day 8: Preliminary round: Australia 17 South International Series with Italy, Nuremberg, Germany, March 2016: Aidan Roach, James Stanton-French, Africa 1 (A Younger 4, A Roach, M Emery 3, Sydney, December 2015: Match 1: Germany 10 Australia 9 Joel Swift, Aaron Younger. T Martin, J Gilchrist 2, G Ford, J Swift, Team: Scott Carpenter, James Clark, (R Campbell 4, A Younger 2, N Power, Head Coach: Elvis Fatovic. Assistant R Campbell) . Day 10: Quarterfinal: Greece Johnno Cotterill, Joel Dennerley, A Roach, J Kayes). Match 2: Australia 10 Coaches: Paul Oberman, Chris Wybrow. 12 Australia 11 in penalty shootout — FT: Blake Edwards, Lachlan Edwards, Germany 9 (A Younger 3, R Campbell 2, Strength & Conditioning/Assistant Coach: 7-7. Pens: 5-4 (A Younger, A Roach 3, J Swift Mitch Emery, George Ford, Jarrod Gilchrist, J Gilchrist, A Roach, J Swift, J Kayes, Dejan Kontic. Physiotherapist: Ian Gard. 2, N Power, R Howden, J Gilchrist). Day 12: Rhys Howden, Joseph Kayes (by invitation), B Edwards) 9. Performance Analyst: Matt Harris. Referee: Classification 5-8 semifinal: Montenegro 11 Tyler Martin, Billy Miller, Nathan Power, International Friendly, Daniel Flahive. Australia 8 (R Campbell, A Younger, Aidan Roach, Joel Swift, Aaron Younger. Zrenjanini, Serbia, March 2016: Day 1: Hungary 10 Australia 8 (J Swift 3, J Cotterill 2, A Roach, T Martin). Day 14: Head Coach: Elvis Fatovic. Assistant Coach/ Team: Richie Campbell, Johnno Cotterill, R Campbell, J Gilchrist, J Cotterill, J Kayes, Classification 7-8: USA 10 Australia 6 Team Leader: Paul Oberman. Assistant Joel Dennerley, Blake Edwards, A Younger). Day 2: Italy 7 Australia 6 (A Younger 2, J Cotterill, G Ford, N Power, Coaches: Dejan Kontic, Chris Wybrow. Lachlan Edwards, Mitch Emery, George Ford, (A Younger, A Roach 2, R Campbell, R Campbell). Final placings: Serbia, Croatia, Physiotherapist: Tom Donaldson. Jarrod Gilchrist, Rhys Howden, N Power). Day 3: Spain 9 Australia 6 Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Hungary, USA, Psychologist: Mark Spargo. Performance Australia, Canada, Brazil, Kazakhstan, South Joseph Kayes (by invitation), Tyler Martin, (R Campbell 3, A Roach 2, T Martin). Final Analyst: Matt Harris. Referee: Daniel Flahive. placings: Italy, Hungary, Spain, Australia. Africa, Japan, Russia, China, Argentina. Billy Miller, Nathan Power, Aidan Roach, Match 1: Australia 12 Italy 10 (J Kayes 3, James Stanton-French, Joel Swift. XVI FINA World Championships, International Series with Japan, A Roach, W Miller 2, G Ford, J Cotterill, Serbia 19 Australia 6 (R Campbell, T Martin, Kazan, Russia, July-August 2015: Sydney, November 2015: N Power, J Gilchrist, B Edwards). Match 2: J Kayes, R Howden, B Miller, M Emery). Team: James Clark, John Cotterill, Italy 14 Australia 10 (scorers unavailable). Team: Richie Campbell, Johnno Cotterill, Joel Dennerley, Mitch Emery, Andrew Ford, Series drawn 1-1. International Friendly, Joel Dennerley, Mitch Emery, George Ford, George Ford, Jarrod Gilchrist, Matt Gronow, Zagreb, Croatia, April 2016: Jarrod Gilchrist, Rhys Howden, Tyler Martin, European Tour, March-April 2016: Joseph Kayes (by invitation), Rhys Howden, Team: Richie Campbell, James Clark, Nathan Power, Aidan Roach, James Stanton- Tyler Martin, William Miller, Nathan Power, Team: Richie Campbell, James Clark, Johnno Cotterill, Joel Dennerley, French, Joel Swift, Aaron Younger. James Stanton-French. Johnno Cotterill, Joel Dennerley, Blake Edwards, Lachlan Edwards, Head Coach: Elvis Fatovic. Assistant Coach/ Head Coach: Elvis Fatovic. Assistant Coach/ Blake Edwards, Lachlan Edwards, Mitch Emery, George Ford, Jarrod Gilchrist, Team Leader: Paul Oberman. Assistant Team Leader: Paul Oberman. Assistant Mitch Emery, George Ford, Jarrod Gilchrist, Rhys Howden, Joseph Kayes (by invitation), Coaches: Dejan Kontic, Chris Wybrow. Coaches: Dejan Kontic, Chris Wybrow. Rhys Howden, Joseph Kayes, Tyler Martin, Tyler Martin, Billy Miller, Nathan Power, Physiotherapist: Tom Donaldson. Physiotherapist: Tom Donaldson. Billy Miller, Nathan Power, Aidan Roach, Aidan Roach, Joel Swift. Psychologist: Mark Spargo. Performance Psychologist: Mark Spargo. Performance James Stanton-French, Joel Swift, Croatia 13 Australia 9 (J Cotterill 3, T Martin, Analyst: Matt Harris. Referee: Daniel Flahive. Analyst: Matt Harris. Referee: Daniel Flahive. Aaron Younger. R Howden 2, J Kayes, R Campbell). 20 Friendly International, International Series with FINA World League Super Final, G Marshall, C Perrott). Day 6: Australia 8 Yokohama, Japan, May: United States of America, May 2016: Huizhou, China, June: Italy 6(B Edwards, P Sindone 2, A Ford, C Perrott, M Skinner, G Marshall). Day 9: Team: Richard Campbell, James Clark, Team: Richard Campbell, James Clark, Day 1: Italy 14 Australia 7 (R Campbell, Australia 10 Brazil 4 (B Edwards 3, N Brooks, Johnno Cotterill, Joel Dennerley, Johnno Cotterill, Joel Dennerley, N Power, J Kayes 2, A Roach). Day 2: L Edwards 2, C Perrott, W Mackay, Mitch Emery, Blake Edwards, Lachlan Mitch Emery, Lachlan Edwards, George Ford, Australia 13 Japan 7 (R Campbell, A Younger P Sindone). Final group placings: Hungary Edwards, George Ford, Jarrod Gilchrist, Jarrod Gilchrist, Rhys Howden, 3, J Swift 2, J Cotterill, N Power, J Gilchrist, 11, Australia 9, France 8, Italy 6, Netherlands Rhys Howden, Joseph Kayes (by invitation), Joseph Kayes, Tyler Martin, Nathan Power, A Roach, M Emery). Day 3: Greece 10 6, Brazil 2, Korea 0. Day 10: Quarterfinal: Tyler Martin, Billy Miller, Nathan Power. Aiden Roach, Joel Swift, Australia 5 (R Campbell, J Cotterill 2, Serbia 10 Australia 8 (G Marshall 3, A Ford 2, Head Coach: Elvis Fatovic. Assistant James Stanton-French. A Roach). Group points: Australia 3, Japan 0. N Brooks, B Edwards, C Perrott). Day 11: Coaches: Dean Kontic, Paul Oberman. Head Coach: Elvis Fatovic. Assistant Day 4: Quarterfinal: USA 16 Australia 15 (R Classification 5-8 semifinal: Russia 14 Australia 7 Japan 6 (J Cotterill 2, Coaches: Dejan Kontic, Paul Oberman. Campbell 5, J Cotterill, A Younger 3, Australia 9 (N Brooks, B Edwards 3, P R Campbell, J Gilchrist, B Edwards, B Miller, Referee: Daniel Bartels. R Howden 2, A Roach, J Swift) in sudden- Sindone, A Ford, M Skinner). Day 12: L Edwards). death penalty shootout (FT: 8-8, Pens: 8-7). Match 1: Los Angeles, USA: Australia 8 USA Classification for 7-8: Australia 16 Japan 8 Day 5: 5-6 semifinal: Australia 15 (J Kayes 4, FINA World League 6 (J Kayes, R Campbell 3, N Power, (B Edwards 6, L Edwards 5, G Marshall 2, J Cotterill 3, R Campbell, J Gilchrist, Intercontinental Tournament, L Edwards). Match 2: Claremont, USA: USA A Lambie, L Pethick, M Skinner). A Younger 2, A Roach, L Edwards) China 4. Yokohama, Japan, May 2016: 12 Australia 11 (J Cotterill, A Roach 3, Final placings: Hungary, Italy, USA, Serbia, J Kayes 2, J Swift, R Campbell, R Howden) in Day 6: Playoff for 5th & 6th: Australia 12 Team: Richard Campbell, Johnno Cotterill, Russia, France, Australia, Japan, penalty shootout (FT: 7-7. Pens: 5-4). Japan 7 (A Younger 5, R Campbell 2, Joel Dennerley, Mitch Emery, Netherlands, Brazil, Turkey, China, Korea. Series tied 1-1. J Cotterill, A Roach, J Swift, J Kayes, Lachlan Edwards, George Ford, R Howden). Final placings: Serbia, USA, Jarrod Gilchrist, Rhys Howden, Tyler Martin, Asian Tour, June 2016: Greece, Italy, Australia, Japan, Brazil, China. BORN 1995 Nathan Power, Aiden Roach, Joel Swift, Team: Richard Campbell, Johnno Cotterill, James Stanton-French. Head Coach: European Tour, August 2015: Joel Dennerley, Lachlan Edwards, Elvis Fatovic. Assistant Coach/Manager: STUDENTS Mitch Emery, George Ford, Jarrod Gilchrist, Team: Will Armstrong, Nicholas Brooks, Paul Oberman. Strength & Conditioning/ XXVIII Universiade, Sam Cocokios, Lachlan Edwards, Assistant Coach: Dejan Kontic. Rhys Howden, Joseph Kayes, Tyler Martin, Nathan Power, Aiden Roach, Joel Swift, Gwangju, South Korea, July 2015: Andrew Ford, Anthony Hrysanthos, Physiotherapists: Ian Gard, Tom Donaldson. Jordan Kremers-Taylor, Will Mackay, James Stanton-French, Aaron Younger. Team: Nic Brooks, Sam Cocokios, Performance Analyst: Matt Harris. Referee: Chris Perrott, Lachlan Pethick, James Smith. Head Coach: Elvis Fatovic. Assistant Coach/ Blake Edwards, Lachlan Edwards, Daniel Bartels. Travelling Reserves: Leo Hurley, Angus Manager: Paul Oberman. Strength & Andrew Ford, Anthony Hrysanthos, Day 1: USA 8 Australia 6 (J Cotterill 2, Lambie. Conditioning/Assistant Coach: Dejan Kontic. Angus Lambie, Will Mackay, Gordon R Campbell, N Power, J Gilchrist, J Swift). Head Coach: Slobodan Macic. Assistant Physiotherapists: Ian Gard, Tom Donaldson. Marshall, Chris Perrott, Lachlan Pethick, Day 2: Australia 13 Brazil 9 (A Roach 3, Coach: Tim Hamill. Manager: John Wall. Performance Analyst: Matt Harris. Doctor: Matt Skinner, Richard Small. M Emery 3, R Campbell 2, R Howden, Physiotherapist: Danielle Woodhouse. Etienne Du Preez. Referee: Daniel Flahive. Head Coach: Slobodan Macic. Assistant Edwards J Cotterill, J Swift, N Power). Day 3: Referee: Nick Hodgers. Australia 7 Japan 5 (R Howden, J Swift 2, Friendly International, Coach: Tim Hamill. Manager: Angelo Biviano. Referee: Gabor Boros. Tiszavirág International Water Polo L Edwards, N Power, T Martin). Day 4: Singapore, June 2016: Australia 21 China 4 (J Cotterill, A Roach 4, Day 1: Australia 14 Korea 3 (B Edwards 5, Cup, Szeged, Hungary, August 2015: L Edwards 3, A Gilchrist, J Swift, R Howden Greece 6 Australia 4 (R Campbell, G Ford, G Marshall 3, P Sindone 2, L Pethick, Australia 11 Montenegro 8 (J Kremers-Taylor 2, T Martin,M Emery, N Power, G Ford). J Swift, R Howden). L Edwards, W Mackay, A Ford). Day 3: 4, N Brooks 3, W Armstrong 2, C Perrott, Day 5: Australia 11 Kazakhstan 4 (G Ford, Australia 8 Hungary 8 (B Edwards, A Ford). J Gilchrist 3, M Emery 2, J Cotterill, N Power, G Marshall 2, C Perrott, N Brooks, T Martin). Final points: USA 15, Australia 12, L Edwards, A Ford). Day 4: Netherlands 9 International Friendly: Brazil 9, Japan 6, Kazakhstan 3, China 0. Day Australia 8 (B Edwards 3, N Brooks 2, Australia 23 Croatia 21 in penalty shootout 6: Final: USA 10 Australia 9 (J Cotterill, A Roach 3, A Gilchrist, J Swift, R Howden). C Perrott, G Marshall, M Skinner). Day 5: (scorers unavailable). Final placings: USA, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Australia 14 France 9 (P Sindone 4, Kazakhstan, China. B Edwards, N Brooks 3, L Edwards 2,

21 FINA World Championships, Almaty, Hayden Molla, Harry Molnar, Bronson Ronan, Test Series with New Zealand, Hannah Buckling, Keesja Gofers, Kazakhstan, September 2015: Matthew Sharp. Head Coach: Sydney, Australia, December 2015: Bronte Halligan, Bronwen Knox, Andrew Yanitsas. Assistant Coach: Andras Holly Lincoln-Smith, Glencora McGhie, Team: Will Armstrong, Nicholas Brooks, Team: Alexander Buckland-Morey, Kovacs. Support Staff: Mark Salmon. Ashleigh Southern, Kelsey Wakefield, Sam Cocokios, Andrew Ford, Ben Cochran, Kyle Cook, Dylan Coolican, Lea Yanitsas, Rowie Webster, Nicola Zagame. Anthony Hrysanthos, Leo Hurley, Harry Craw, Travis Firrell, Josh Johnston, IX Darko ČukiČ Memorial, Head Coach: Greg McFadden. Assistant Jordan Kremers-Taylor, Angus Lambie, Lachlan Mackenzie, Darcy Moreland, Kragujevac, Serbia, August 2015: Coaches: Dalibor Maslan, Eddie Denis. Will Mackay, Christopher Perrott, Sam Nangle, Joseph O’Brien, Harry Shaw, Match 1: Croatia 15 Australia 3 (H Molnar 2, Manager: Lynne Morrison. Psychologist: James Smith. Head Coach: Slobodan Macic. Conner Wood. Coach: Bjorn Galljaardt. M Garbutt-Wilkins). Match 2: Australia 7 Kirsten Peterson. Physiotherapist: Assistant Coach: Tim Hamill. Manager: John Manager: Mitchell Scott. Sports trainer: France 6 (JJ Collins 2, C Kyriakou, Miranda Wallis. Performance Analysis: Wall. Physiotherapist: Danielle Woodhouse. Mark Edwards. W Downes, C Logan, H Molnar, M Garbutt- Tamara Kefford. Doctor: Scott Burne. Referee: Nick Hodgers. Wilkins). Match 3: Slovakia 10 Australia 5 Match 1: New Zealand 16 Australia 14 Referee: Daniel Flahive. Day 1: Serbia 20 Australia 9 (C Perrott 4, (C Wood 3, D Coolican, J O’Brien, S Nangle, (JJ Collins 2, C Kyriakou, H Molnar, C Logan). Day 1: Australia 8 Greece 7 (N Zagame 2, J Kremers-Taylor, A Lambie 2, W Armstrong). D Moreland 2, H Craw, A Buckland-Morey, Match 4: USA 12 Australia 6 (M Humby, A Southern, Z Arancini, G McGhie, R Webster, Day 3: Australia 20 Mexico 5 (W Mackay 5, B Cochran). Match 2: Australia 12 New C Kyriakou 2, JJ Collins, M Sharp). Match 5: H Buckling, G Beadsworth). Day 3: Australia J Kremers- Taylor, W Armstrong, A Ford 3, Zealand 12 (S Nangle 6, D Moreland 4, Serbia 16 Australia 6 (W Downes, C Logan, 19 South Africa 1 (A Southern 5, A Lambie, N Brooks 2, C Perrott, L Hurley). C Wood, L Mackenzie). Match 3: New B Ronan 2). Match 6: Hungary 17 Australia 4 H Lincoln-Smith, K Gofers 3, H Buckling, Day 4: Australia 15 Iran 5 (A Ford 5, Zealand 18 Australia 9 (B Cochran, S Nangle, (C Kyriakou, C Logan, H Molnar, JJ Collins). G Beadsworth 2, R Webster, Z Arancini, N Brooks 3, J Kremers-Taylor, W Mackay 2, K Cook 2, A Buckland-Morey). Australia loses N Zagame, G McGhie). Day 5: Australia 8 W Armstrong, C Perrott, A Lambie) Group series 2-0. Netherlands 6 (A Southern, N Zagame 2, standings: Serbia 6, Australia 4, Mexico 2, SCHOOLS B Knox, R Webster, B Halligan, G McGhie). Iran 0. Day 6: Preliminary Round: Australia Team: Alexander Buckland-Morey, Final group placings: Australia 6, 15 (W Armstrong, N Brooks 4, J Kremers- Ben Cochran, Kyle Cook, Dylan Coolican, WOMEN Netherlands 4, Greece 2, South Africa 0. Taylor 3, A Ford 2, J Smith, A Hrysanthos) Harry Craw, Travis Firrell, Josh Johnston, Day 9: Quarterfinal: Australia 12 (Z Arancini, Netherlands 10. Day 7: Quarterfinal: Italy 20 Lachlan Mackenzie, Darcy Moreland, International Friendly, A Southern, B Knox, B Halligan 2, R Webster, Australia 9 (J Kremers-Taylor, C Perrott, Sam Nangle, Joseph O’Brien, Harry Shaw, Budapest, Hungary, July 2015: G McGhie, G Beadsworth, H Buckling) China L Hurley 2, A Ford, W Armstrong, N Brooks). Conner Wood. Coach: Bjorn Galljaardt. Team: Zoe Arancini, Chloe Barr, 7 in penalty shootout (FT: 7-7. Pens: 5-3). Day 8: Classification 5-8 Semifinal: Manager: Mitchell Scott. Sports trainer: Gemma Beadsworth, Bronte Colenso, Day 11: Classification 1-4 semifinal: USA 8 Montenegro 15 Australia 9 (W Armstrong, Mark Edwards. Keesja Gofers, Bronte Halligan, Australia 6 (K Gofers, H Lincoln-Smith, A Ford, J Kremers-Taylor 2, L Hurley, Bronwen Knox, Holly Lincoln-Smith, Test Series with South Africa, N Zagame, A Southern, G McGhie, A Lambie, N Brooks). Day 9: Classification Ashleigh Southern, Kelsey Wakefield, Cape Town, South Africa, Z Arancini). Day 13: Bronze medal: Greece for 7-8: Croatia 14 Australia 10 (N Brooks 5, Lea Yanitsas, Rowie Webster, Nicola Zagame. 12 Australia 10 (R Webster, A Southern 3, A Lambie, C Perrott, W Armstrong, December 2015: Head Coach: Greg McFadden. Assistant N Zagame, G McGhie, H Buckling, G J Kremers-Taylor, J Smith). Final placings: Match 1: Australia 10 South Africa 10 Coaches: Dalibor Maslan, Predrag Mihailovic. Beadsworth) in penalty shootout (FT: 7-7. Serbia, Italy, Hungary, Greece, Spain, (S Nangle 4, D Moreland 3, Conner Wood 2, Manager: Lynne Morrison. Psychologist: Pens: 5-3). Final placings: USA, Montenegro, Croatia, Australia, Netherlands, Kyle Cook). Match 2: South Africa 19 Kirsten Peterson. Physiotherapist: Netherlands, Italy, Australia, Greece, Russia, Mexico, Kazakhstan, Egypt, Japan, Canada, Australia 11 (B Cochran 3, C Wood 2, K Cook, Miranda Wallis. Performance Analysis: Spain, Russia, Hungary, Brazil, Canada, China, Uzbekistan, Iran, South Africa. J O’Brien, D Coolican, L Mackenzie, Tamara Kefford. Doctor: Scott Burne. Kazakhstan, New Zealand, France, Japan, S Nangle, D Moreland). Match 3: South Referee: Daniel Flahive. BORN 2000 South Africa. Africa 10 Australia 9 (C Wood, K Cook 2, Hungary 11 Australia 10 (R Webster 3, B European Tour, August 2015: J O’Brien, L Mackenzie, S Nangle, Knox, N Zagame 2, C Barr, Z Arancini, A International Tour, D Moreland, B Cochran). Match 4: South Team: Angus Campbell, JJ Collins, Southern). October-November 2015: Africa 15 Australia 7 (S Nangle, D Moreland William Downes, Bryce Durrant, 2, L Mackenzie, H Craw, B Cochran). Match XVI FINA World Championships, Team: Jayde Appel, Zoe Arancini, Max Garboutt-Wilkins, James Gilfeather, 5: South Africa 16 Australia 7 (J Johnston, B Kazan, Russia, July-August 2015: Gemma Beadsworth, Isobel Bishop, Matt Humby, Daniel Kerr, Joe Kospetas, Cochran, J O’Brien 2, S Nangle). Hannah Buckling, Keesja Gofers, Christian Kyriakou, Cade Logan, Team: Zoe Arancini, Gemma Beadsworth, Australia loses series 0-4. Bronte Halligan, Lilian Hedges, Bronwen

22 Knox, Holly Lincoln-Smith, Glencora McGhie, Rowie Webster, Lea Ashleigh Southern, Kelsey Wakefield, Yanitsas, Nicola Zagame. Rowie Webster, Nicola Zagame. Head Coach: Head Coach: Greg McFadden. Greg McFadden. Assistant Coaches: Assistant Coaches: Eddie Denis, Dalibor Eddie Denis, Dalibor Maslan. Manager: Maslan. Manager: Sally Clark. Z Lynne Morrison. Physiotherapist: Referee: Daniel Flahive. Miranda Wallis. Physiologist: Sally Clark Match 1: Australia 14 China 9 Arancini, I (Montenegro and Brazil). Consultant: (A Southern 4, G McGhie, N Zagame 3, R Bishop). Day 5: Reginald Hatch (Montenegro and Brazil). Webster 2, G Beadsworth, H Lincoln-Smith). USA 8 Australia 5 (R Doctor (Brazil): Etienne Du Preez. Match 2: Australia 10 China 5 (A Southern, Webster, N Zagame 2, I Performance Analyst: Tamara Kefford (Brazil K Gofers 2, H Buckling, G McGhie, Bishop). Final points: USA 10, and USA). Referee: Daniel Flahive (Brazil and N Zagame, H Lincoln-Smith, J Appel, Australia 8, Canada 6,China 4, Brazil 2, USA). Japan 0. Day 6: Final: USA 6 Australia 5 (K Z Arancini). Match 3: Australia 13 China 10 Bronte Gofers, A Southern 2, (G Beadsworth 3, G McGhie, I Bishop, Halligan, Rio Tournament, N Zagame). Final placings: USA, Australia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 2015: A Southern 2, N Zagame, K Gofers, Bronwen Knox, B Halligan, Z Arancini). China, Canada, Brazil, Japan. Goalkeeper of Holly Lincoln-Smith, Day 1: Australia 6 Canada 6 (B Knox 2, Australia wins series 3-0. the Tournament: Kelsey Wakefield (AUS). Glencora McGhie, Ashleigh G McGhie, I Bishop, K Gofers, H Buckling). Equal Top Scorer: Rowena Webster (AUS). Southern, Kelsey Wakefield, Day 2: Australia 13 USA 6 (N Zagame 3, Intercontinental Tournament, International Series with United States Rowie Webster, Lea Yanitsas, Nicola A Southern, K Gofers, H Buckling 2, B Knox, Lewisville, USA, February 2016: Zagame. Head Coach: Greg McFadden. of America, California, USA, May 2016: R Webster, Z Arancini, I Bishop). Day 3: Team: Zoe Arancini, Gemma Beadsworth, Assistant Coaches: Eddie Denis, Dalibor Australia 9 Netherlands 3 (H Buckling 3, Isobel Bishop, Hannah Buckling, Team: Jayde Appel, Zoe Arancini, Maslan. Manager: Lynne Morrison. G Beadsworth, R Webster, Z Arancini, Keesja Gofers, Bronte Halligan, Gemma Beadsworth, Isobel Bishop, Physiotherapist: Miranda Menaspa. Doctor: A Southern I Bishop, K Gofers). Day 4: Holly Lincoln-Smith, Glencora McGhie, Hannah Buckling, Keesja Gofers, Etienne Du Preez. Personal Assistant: Australia 10 China 8 (B Knox 4, G McGhie 2, Ashleigh Southern, Kelsey Wakefield, Bronte Halligan, Bronwen Knox, Tamara Kerford. Referee: Nicola Johnson. Z Arancini, A Southern, H Buckling, Holly Lincoln-Smith, Glencora McGhie, Rowie Webster, Lea Yanitsas, Nicola Zagame. Kunshan Cup, Kunshan, China, B Halligan). Day 5: Australia 14 Brazil 4 Ashleigh Southern, Kelsey Wakefield, Head Coach: Greg McFadden. Assistant May 2016: (B Halligan 4, B Knox, G Beadsworth, Coaches: Eddie Denis, Dalibor Maslan. Rowie Webster, Lea Yanitsas, Nicola Zagame. A Southern, K Gofers 2, R Webster, I Bishop). Manager: Lynne Morrison. Physiotherapist: Head Coach: Greg McFadden. Assistant Day 1: Australia 12 China 7 (I Bishop 4, Day 6: Final: Australia 13 USA 10 in penalty Miranda Menaspa. Referee: Andrew Carney. Coaches: Eddie Denis, Dalibor Maslan. A Southern, K Gofers, B Halligan 2, shootout. FT: 9-9. Pens: 4-3. (A Southern 4, Manager: Lynne Morrison. Physiotherapist: R Webster, N Zagame). Day 2: Australia 5 Day 1: Australia 12 China 10 (G McGhie 5, G Beadsworth 3, R Webster, K Gofers 2, Miranda Menaspa. Referee: Daniel Flahive. USA 4 (G Beadsworth, B Knox, R Webster, A Southern, N Zagame 2, K Gofers, G McGhie, Z Arancini) I Bishop, K Gofers). Day 3: Australia 7 Brazil B Halligan, Z Arancini). Day 2: Australia 11 Match 1, Los Angeles, USA: USA 14 Final placings: Australia, USA, Netherlands, 6 (B Halligan 2, B Knox, Z Arancini, Canada 2 (H Buckling 2, B Halligan, Australia 11 (R Webster 3, H Buckling, China, Canada, Brazil. R Webster, K Gofers, N Zagame). Day 4: R Webster, Z Arancini, A Southern 2, G McGhie, I Bishop). Match 2, Fresno, USA: USA 11 Australia 9 Canada 5 (R Webster 4, International Series with China, N Zagame 2, H Lincoln-Smith, K Gofers, Australia 5 (R Webster, G McGhie, N Zagame, B Halligan, N Zagame 2, A Southern). Day 5: Perth, Australia, G McGhie). Day 3: Australia 15 Brazil 3 A Southern, I Bishop). Match 3, Irvine, USA: Final: USA 7 Australia 5 (A Southern 2, January-February 2016: (I Bishop 3, R Webster, G McGhie, A Southern Australia 5 USA 4 (G Beadsworth, B Knox, G Beadsworth, Z Arancini, K Gofers). Final 2, G Beadsworth, H Buckling, K Gofers, Team: Jayde Appel, Zoe Arancini, R Webster, N Zagame, A Southern). USA wins placings: USA, Australia, China, Canada, H Lincoln-Smith, Z Arancini, N Zagame). Gemma Beadsworth, Isobel Bishop, series 2-1. Brazil. Goalkeeper of the Tournament: Hannah Buckling, Keesja Gofers, Lea Yanitsas. China Tour, May-June 2016: Bronte Halligan, Lilian Hedges, FINA World League Super Final, Bronwen Knox, Holly Lincoln-Smith, Day 4: Australia 26 Japan 4 (R Webster 7, Team: Jayde Appel, Zoe Arancini, Shanghai, China, June 2016: Glencora McGhie, Ashleigh Southern, G Beadsworth 5, H Lincoln-Smith 3, K Gemma Beadsworth, Isobel Bishop, Maddy Steere, Kelsey Wakefield, Gofers, G McGhie, Hannah Buckling, Keesja Gofers, Day 1: Australia 11 Russia 10 (G McGhie 3, A Southern, N Zagame 2, H Buckling,

23 H Buckling, Z Arancini, N Zagame 2, R Day 2: Australia 7 USA 7 (I Bishop, M Steere M Perkins 3, M Steere, P Casey 2, E Ruffin, Jacqui Sjogren, Alessia Cerrasani, Webster, B Halligan). Day 2: Australia 10 2, P Casey, F Walsh, J Zimmerman). Day 3: L Mihailovic). Final placings: Hungary, Abby Andrews, Emma Tuite, Olivia McDonald, China 3 (R Webster 4, G McGhie 2, K Gofers, Australia 8 France 3 (J Zimmerman, I Bishop Canada, Australia. Meghan Ridge, Bronte Barber, Madi Rigo, B Knox, Z Arancini, N Zagame). 2, M Steere, L Mihailovic, P Casey, J Barton). Kelcee Byrnes, Brooke McClean, Day 4: Australia 10 Hungary 4 (I Bishop 3, FINA World Junior Championships, Emily Gallagher, Claire Durston. Coach: Day 3: Australia 13 Italy 7 (G McGhie, Volos, Greece, August, 2015: I Bishop 3, K Gofers 2, H Lincoln-Smith, M Perkins 2, P Casey, E Armit, E Ruffin, Gemma Hadley. Manager: Helen Park. B Knox, R Webster, Z Arancini, N Zagame). F Walsh, T Sogaard-Andersen). Day 6: Team: Tiana Sogaard-Andersen, Manager: Jenny MacGregor. Group standings: Australia 9, Italy 6, China 3, Australia 9 Italy 7 (P Casey, I Bishop 3, Tyler Baillie, Pascalle Casey, Genevieve Match 1: Australia 7 South Africa 6 (M Ridge Russia 0. Day 4: Quarterfinal: Australia 11 E Armit, E Ruffin, M Steere). Group placings: Longman, Lena Mihailovic, Montana Perkins, 2, O McDonald, B Barber, M Rigo, K Byrnes, Brazil 2 (I Bishop 3, G Beadsworth 2, Australia 7, Italy 6, USA 3, Hungary 2, France Ashleigh Roberts, Ellodie Ruffin, E Gallagher). Match 2: Australia 13 H Lincoln-Smith, K Gofers, B Knox, 2. Day 8: Quarterfinal: Australia 15 China 7 Maddy Steere, Fiona Walsh, Zimbabwe 1 (O McDonald 3, J Sjogren R Webster, B Halligan, A Southern). Day 5: (I Bishop 4, E Ruffin 3, E Armit 2, P Casey, Jessica Zimmerman. Head Coach: B McClean, E Gallagher 2, A Andrews, Semifinal: Spain 10 Australia 8 (R Webster 3, L Mihailovic, F Walsh, J Zimmerman, Eddie Denis. Assistant Coach: Arjan Vos. M Ridge, B Barber, M Rigo). Match 3: South G McGhie 2, H Buckling, A Southern, T Sogaard-Andersen, M Steere). Day 10: Support Staff: Laura Domenicucci. Africa 7 Australia 4 (B McClean, K Brynes 2). I Bishop). Day 6: Bronze medal: Australia 10 Classification 1-4 semifinal: Australia 10 Physiotherapist: Kate Moore. Match 4: Australia 11 South Africa 6 China 3 (K Gofers 3, H Buckling, B Knox, Russia 7 (F Walsh 3, I Bishop, J Zimmerman Referee: Daniel Bartels. (M Ridge, A Andrews, B McClean, R Webster 2, G McGhie). 2, T Sogaard-Andersen, E Ruffin, E Armit). Day 1: Canada 12 Australia 9 E Gallagher 2, B Barber, M Rigo, K Byrnes). Final placings: USA, Spain, Australia, China, Day 12: Final: Australia 6 Canada 3 on (T Sogaard- Andersen, L Mihailovic 2, Match 5: Australia 8 South Africa 5 Italy, Russia, Canada, Brazil. penalty shootout (FT: 3-3. Pens: 3-0) J Zimmerman, E Ruffin, M Steere, A Roberts, (A Andrews 3, B McClean, K Byrnes 2, Best Goalkeeper: Lea Yanitsas (AUS). (T Anderson, E Ruffin 2, J Zimmerman, P Casey). Day 2: Italy 8 Australia 7 (E Ruffin M Ridge). Match 6: Australia 16 Zimbabwe 0 L Mihailovic) Canada 3. Final placings: 4, A Roberts, P Casey, J Zimmerman). Day 3: (E Gallagher 3, J Sjogren, E Tuite, B McClean, Tokyo 2020 Development Team Australia, Canada, Russia, Italy, USA, Australia 13 Netherlands 9 (M Perkins, B Barber 2; K Byrnes, A Cerasani, M Ridge, Japan Tour, November 2015: Hungary, France, Japan, China, Serbia. P Casey 3, A Roberts, F Walsh 2, A Andrews, M Rigo). Australia won series Team: Morgan Baxter, Pascalle Casey, J Zimmerman, L Mihailovic, E Ruffin). Group with South Africa 2-1 and won series 3-0 with Alex Corbett, Brooke Dickie, Lena Mihailovic, BORN 1995 standings: Italy 5, Canada 3, Australia 2, Zimbabwe. Danielle Morrissey, Dayna O’Leary, Netherlands 2. Day 4: Preliminary round: Elysha O’Neill, Sophie Pontre, Ellodie Ruffin, European Tour, August 2015: Spain 11 Australia 9 (J Zimmerman 3, Test Series with New Zealand, Sydney, Maddy Steere, Lea Yanitsas, Kiara Holden. Team: Tiana Sogaard-Andersen, P Casey, T Sogaard-Andersen 2, E Ruffin, Australia, December 2015: Head Coach: Predrag Mihailovic. Assistant Tyler Baillie, Pascalle Casey, M Steere). Day 5: Classification 9-12 U17 Team: Stephanie George, Coach: Georgina Kovacs. Physiotherapist: Genevieve Longman, Lena Mihailovic, semifinal: Australia 13 Japan 8 (A Roberts 5, Jacqui Sjogren, Alessia Cerrasani, Kate Moore.No official matches played. Montana Perkins, Ashleigh Roberts, M Steere, P Casey 2, F Walsh, E Ruffin, M Abby Andrews, Emma Tuite, Olivia McDonald, Ellodie Ruffin, Maddy Steere, Fiona Walsh, Perkins, J Zimmerman). Classification 9-10: Meghan Ridge, Bronte Barber, Madi Rigo, STUDENTS Jessica Zimmerman. Head Coach: Australia 16 New Zealand 5 (E Ruffin, M Kelcee Byrnes, Brooke McClean, Eddie Denis. Assistant Coach: Arjan Vos. Steere 3, F Walsh, A Roberts, M Perkins 2, P Emily Gallagher, Claire Durston. Coach: XXVIII Universiade, Gwangju, Manager: Laura Domenicucci. Casey 2, T Sogaard-Andersen). Final Gemma Hadley. Manager: Helen Park. South Korea, July 2015: Physiotherapist: Kate Moore. placings: USA, Spain, Russia, Canada, Manager: Jenny MacGregor. Team: Tiana Sogaard-Andersen, Elle Armit, Referee: Daniel Bartels. Greece, Italy, Hungary, Brazil, Australia, Match 1: New Zealand 16 Australia 15 Tyler Baillie, Chloe Barr, Julia Barton, New Zealand, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, (J Sjogren 5, K Byrnes 4, M Ridge, B McClean International Tournament, Great Britain, South Africa, Ukraine. Isobel Bishop, Pascalle Casey, Dunaujvaros, Hungary, August 2015: 2, E Gallagher, M Rigo). Match 2: New Bronte Colenso, Lilian Hedges, SCHOOLS Zealand 10 Australia 9 (E Gallagher 3, Lena Mihailovic, Montana Perkins, Day 1: Canada 6 Australia 5 (F Walsh 2, A Cerasani 2, M Ridge, A Andrews, E Tuite, Ellodie Ruffin, Maddy Steere, Fiona Walsh, L Mihailovic, M Perkins, Sogaard-Andersen). Test Series with South Africa and M Rigo). Match 3: Australia 11 New Zealand Jessica Zimmerman. Head Coach: Day 2: Hungary 19 Australia 8 (A Roberts 3, Zimbabwe U19s, Cape Town, 9 (A Andrews, K Byrnes 3, E Gallagher 2, Eddie Denis. Assistant Coach: Arjan Vos. M Perkins, F Walsh, L Mihailovic, M Steere, South Africa, December 2015: J Sjogren, E Tuite, M Rigo). P Casey). Day 3: Australia 16 Hungary 10 Support Staff: Laura Domenicucci. Referee: U17 Team: Stephanie George, Australia loses series 1-2. David Gerrie. (T Sogaard-Andersen 4, A Roberts,

24 NWPL RESULTS

CLUB CHAMPIONS FINAL PLACINGS:

PETER KERR TROPHY Peter Kerr Trophy - NWPL Men’s Sydney University Lions NWPL Club Champion 1 UWA City Beach Torpedoes WOMEN’S AWARDS 1 Sydney University Lions 2 Victorian Seals DEBBIE WATSON MEDAL 2 Brisbane Barracudas 3 Sydney University Lions Kate Gynther, Brisbane Barracudas 3 Victoria Seals 4 UNSW Wests Magpies PAT JONES MEDAL 4 Cronulla Sharks Hannah Buckling, Sydney University Lions 5 Cronulla Sharks 5 UWA Torpedoes 6 Drummoyne Devils ALL STAR TEAM 6 Fremantle Mariners/Marlins Kelsey Wakefield, Brisbane Barracudas (Goal Keeper); Kate Gynther, 7 Brisbane Barracudas Brisbane Barracudas; Glencora McGhie, Fremantle Marlins; Gemma 7 Drummoyne Devils 8 Fremantle Mariners Beadsworth, Fremantle Marlins; Rowie Webster, Victorian Seals; Bre 8 UNSW Wests Magpies/ Killer 9 Hunter Hurricanes Appel, Drummoyne Devils; Keisja Gofers, Sydney University Lions Whales 10 UTS Balmain Tigers SOUTHERN CROSS TROPHY 9 UTS Balmain Tigers Brisbane Barracudas 11 KFC Queensland Breakers 10 Hunter Hurricanes 12 Adelaide Jets MEN’S AWARDS: 11 KFC Queensland Breakers CHARLES TURNER MEDAL 12 Adelaide Jets Billy Miller, Brisbane Barracudas NWPL Women’s TOM HOAD MEDAL 1 Sydney University Lions Andrew Ford, UWA Torpedoes 2 Brisbane Barracudas ALL STAR TEAM 3 Cronulla Sharks Joel Dennerley, UNSW Wests Magpies (Goal Keeper); Billy Miller, 4 Fremantle Marlins Brisbane Barracudas; Rhys Howden, Brisbane Barracudas; Nathan Power, UNSW Wests Magpies; Carlo Di Fulvio, Cronulla Sharks; 5 Victoria Seals Gordon Marshall, Hunter Hurricanes; Joe Kayes, Cronulla Sharks 6 UWA Torpedoes SOUTHERN CROSS TROPHY 7 Drummoyne Devils Sydney University Lions 8 KFC Queensland Breakers REFEREE AWARDS: 9 UNSW Wests Killer Whales JOHN WHITEHOUSE MEDAL 10 UTS Balmain Tigers Nicola Johnson 11 Hunter Hurricanes

Noel Harrod, Manager, Competitions and Events 12 Adelaide Jets

25 NATIONAL RESULTS

14 & Under Boys’ 14 & Under Girls’ 16 & Under Boys’ 16 & Under Girls’ 18 & Under Boys’ National Club Championships, National Club Championships, National Club Championships, National Club Championships, National Club Championships, Gold Coast, March 2016: Albury and Wodonga, Hobart, October 2015: Perth, October 2015: Perth, April 2016 1. UWA City Beach Bears March 2016: 1. City Beach Bears 1. Sydney Northern Beaches 1. City Beach Bears 2. Hunter Hurricanes 1. All Hallows 2. Melville Sharks Breakers 2. UNSW Wests Magpies 3. Cronulla Sharks 2. Sydney Northern Beaches 3. UNSW Wests Magpies Black 2. Drummoyne Devils 3. Melville Sharks 4. Melville Sharks 3. UNSW Wests Yellow 4. Cronulla Sharks Blue 3. Sunshine Coast 4. Dolphins 5. Drummoyne Devils 4. Cronulla Blue 5. Melbourne Collegians Lions 4. Brisbane Girls’ Grammar 5. Sunshine Coast (Plate Winner) 6. Sydney University Blues 5. Tamworth 6. Drummoyne Devils 5. Cronulla Sharks Blue 6. Hunter Hurricanes 7. UNSW Wests Black 6. Stuartholme 7. Adelaide Jets 6. Hunter Hurricanes 7. Victoria 8. UTS Balmain Tigers 7. Central Coast 8. Sunshine Coast 7. All Hallows School 8. South Australia 9. Adelaide Jets (Plate Winner) 8. UTS Balmain Tigers 9. Carina Leagues Warriors (Plate 8. UNSW Killer Whales 9. Drummoyne Devils (Bowl 10. ACT Fins 9. ACT Fins (Plate Winner) Winner) 9. Brisbane Barracudas (Plate Winner) 11. Brisbane Barracudas 10. Sydney University 10. Hunter Hurricanes Winner) 10. Sydney University Lions 12. Sydney Northern Beaches 11. Drummoyne Devils 11. UTS Balmain Tigers 10. ACT Fins 11. Cronulla Sharks 13. Sunshine Coast 12. Melville Marlins 12. Sydney Northern Beaches 11. Triton 12. Brisbane Barracudas 14. Sydney University Gold 13. City Beach Bears 13. Richmond Tigers 12. Melville Marlins 13. UTS Balmain Tigers 15. Sydney Northern Beaches 14. Cronulla Black 14. Tasmania 13. City Beach Bears 18 & Under Girls’ Club Cham- 16. City Beach Red 15. Sunshine Coast 15. Brisbane Barracudas 14. Ovens & Murray pionships, Perth, April 2016 17. Central Coast (Bowl Winner) 16. Hunter Hurricanes 16. Ovens & Murray 15. UTS Balmain Tigers 1. Melville Marlins 18. Dolphins 17. Sunshine Coast (Bowl Winner) 17. Triton Boys (Bowl Winner) 16. Cronulla Sharks Black 2. Cronulla Sharks 19. Polo Bears/Alstonville 18. Hunter Hurricanes 18. ACT Fins 17. UNSW Killer Whales Black 3. Sydney Northern Beaches 20. Triton 19. Melbourne Collegians 19. Sydney University Blues (Bowl Winner) Breakers 21. UNSW Wests White 20. Newman 20. City Beach Reds 18. North Brisbane Polo Bears 4. Drummoyne Devils 22. NYPD/DVE Composite 21. Tasmania 21. Dolphins 19. Adelaide Jets 5. Ovens and Murray/ACT (Plate 23. Melbourne Collegians 22. Ovens & Murray 22. Melville Saints 20. Dolphins Winner) 24. River City 23. Adelaide Jets 23. Queensland Country 21. Tasmania 6. Sydney University Lions 25-Tasmania/Adelaide Stealth/ 24. Essendon 24. Monash University 22. Essendon 7. UNSW Wests Killer Whales 28. Queensland Country (unknown 25. City Beach Red (Shield Winner) 25. Melbourne Collegians (Shield 23. Drummoyne/Tamworth 8. UWA City Beach Bears order) 26. Barracudas/Polo Bears Winner) 24. Sydney University/Ryde 9. Sunshine Coast (Bowl Winner) 27. Ovens & Murray Black 26. Cronulla Sharks Black Composite 10. Brisbane Barracudas 28. Queensland Country 25-30 Shield: Phantoms, Queensland Country, Melbourne 11. All Hallows Collegians, Richmond Tigers, City 12. UTS Balmain Tigers Beach Reds, Melville Mermaids 13. Triton/Dolphins (Standings unknown) 14. Victoria 15. South Australia

26 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

BOARD SKILLS MATRIX Water Polo Australia Limited’s purpose is “To facilitate and grow the sport of water polo, thereby increasing participation at all levels and achieving sustainable success at the elite level.” The board of WPA recognises the importance of good governance in delivering on this purpose

ATTRIBUTE Phil Garling Phil Scales Thomas Whalan Jane Moran Amy Hetzel David Martin Kathy Ostin Daniel Bartels

Commercial Skills ✓✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓

Legal Skills ✓ ✓✓✓

Elite Water Polo Knowledge ✓ ✓✓✓ ✓✓✓ ✓✓✓ ✓✓

Board/ Governance Experience ✓✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓

Financial ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓ ✓

Marketing ✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓

Media ✓ ✓✓✓

Government ✓✓ ✓✓✓ ✓ ✓

Gender Diversity Male Male Male Female Female Male Female Male

Geographical Diversity Sydney Perth Sydney Sydney Sydney Adelaide Sydney Sydney

Board Tenure (years) 4 8 4 0 6 10 2 2

27 WATER POLO AUSTRALIA LIMITED ABN: 86 159 573 403 • FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2016 DIRECTORS REPORT

Your directors present this report on Water Polo Australia Limited for Information on Directors the financial year ended 30 June 2016. Mr Philip Garling President Directors Elected Director 4 January 2014 The names of each person who has been a director during the year and Phil was elected President of Water Polo Australia following Peter to the date of this report are: Kerr’s retirement in February 2014. Mr Philip Garling (President) Phil has over 35 years experience in Construction, Development Mr David Martin and Investment management, most recently as Global Head of Mr Phillip Scales Infrastructure at AMP Capital. He was also a long term senior Ms Amy Hetzel executive at Lend Lease Corporation culminating in the role as CEO Ms Suzannah Fraser Resigned 30 January 2016 of Lend Lease Capital Services. Phil was a long term director of Mr Thomas Whalan Melbourne Airport and foundation chair of the DUET Group (ASX:DUE). Mr Daniel Bartels He has a Bachelor of Building from UNSW and an Advanced Diploma Ms Kathy Ostin from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). He is a Ms Jane Moran Appointed 7 May 2016 Fellow of each of the AICD, the Australia Institute of Building and the Directors have been in office since the start of the financial year to the Institution of Engineers, Australia. date of this report unless otherwise stated. Phil’s other current non executive directorships are: Downer EDI (ASX:DOW), Charter Hall (ASX:CHC), Energy QLD (Chair), Networks Principal Activities NSW and Tellus Holdings (Chair). He is also an advisor to the The principal activity of Water Polo Australia Limited (WPA) during the Australian Literacy & Numeracy Foundation. financial year was to act as the national governing body for the sport Phil played over 600 games of grade water polo for the Cronulla & of water polo in Australia. The company’s purpose is “to facilitate and Wizards Clubs in every grade from 6th to 1st (and back again), and won grow the sport of water polo, thereby increasing participation at all 17 summer premierships. He was selected for Australian Universities levels and achieving sustainable success at the elite level”. The 2014- from 1972-1976. He has held numerous administrative and coaching 2018 Strategic Plan identifies the following four strategic priorities: positions in the sport. 1. Management and Governance - ensuring WPA is structured and resourced appropriately to best deliver on its goals and objectives. Ms Kathy Ostin Appointed Director, Chair of WPA Finance, Risk and Audit 2. Sporting Development - WPA’s National Participation Strategy Committee provides a major focus in growing and servicing the sport at the Appointed 24 November 2014 grass roots level. Kathy was appointed as a Director on 22 November 2014 and is the 3. High Performance - under the Australia’s Winning Edge strategy, current Chair Finance, Risk and Audit Committee. WPA has developed its High Performance Plan 2013-2020 outlining its objectives and strategies to deliver success at the elite level of Kathy has over 20 years experience as a chartered accountant and is the sport. a partner at KPMG. She works in audit and advisory, focusing on the Health, Ageing and Human Services sector. 4. Business Development & Commercial Growth - optimising WPA’s commercial potential to deliver sustainable income to the sport, She has worked with many for-profit and not-for-profit clients in the thus making WPA less reliant on government funding. aged care, health, human services, retirement living, community care, social services and welfare sectors in the areas of external audit, CFO advisory, internal audit, operating models, governance risk, and strategy development. Kathy is experienced in advising clients on

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the impacts of the aged care, home care, community care, disability, the sport both at club, state and NWPL level. and not-for-profit reforms on their business model and assisting He is a life member of: clients prepare for the new direction in these sectors, strategically, operationally and financially. • Water Polo South Australia • Henley Sharks Water Polo Club She is also experienced in advising for-profit and not-for-profit Boards • Adelaide Vikings Water Polo Club and Audit and Risk Committees in the areas of risk, strategy, financial management and governance. Kathy has also worked with many Mr Phillip Scales Elected Director 10 August 2012 clients in media and entertainment, advertising, software distribution, Phil has worked in the Western Australian Public sector for 35+ years investment banking, and financial services. including over 30 years in management and executive management Kathy is an Independent Director on the Board of StreetWork Australia positions. Ltd and is Chair of the Finance, Audit & Risk Committee. She is also Over 35 years in the Corporate Services area with over 25 years in an independent member of White Ribbon Australia’s Audit & Risk IT, Phil has also worked in the regulatory compliance and dispute Committee. resolution areas. Kathy holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) degree He holds a Diploma in Computing, Post Graduate Diploma in Business from the University of New South Wales, holds a Certificate of Public and Post Graduate Certificate in Public Sector Management. Practice, is a Registered Company Auditor, a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, a Fellow of the Financial Services With an involvement in Water Polo spanning over 40 years, his Institute of Australasia, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of experience include: Company Directors. • State junior and senior representative for Western Australia; • Member Australian Referees panel; Mr David Martin Elected Director, • Past Dolphins Water Polo Committee Member; Chair of WPA Remuneration Committee • Past President Dolphins Water Polo; Elected 10 August 2012 • A grade coach and Flippa Ball co-ordinator at club level; David Martin LLB is a lawyer with over 35 years’ experience. • Water Polo WA Board Member 16 years; He works primarily in the area of commercial law, and particularly with • Past Chairman Water Polo WA; clients in the property development sector. He is the Managing Partner • Past Chairman Water Polo Australia Referee’s Commission; of prominent Adelaide legal firm Finlaysons. • Member Water Polo Australia Referee’s Commission; • Life Member Dolphins Water Polo Club; and He is a past President and is a Fellow and Life Member of the Urban • Life Member Water Polo WA. Development Institute of Australia (SA), the peak representative body for SA’s property development industry. Through involvement with water polo has also undertaken the following activities: David has a Bachelor of Laws from Adelaide University. • Steering Committee Member VII FINA World Swimming He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Championships 1998; and the SA Law Society, and a non-executive director of Southern • Steering Committee Member Commonwealth Water Polo Cross Care (SA & NT) Inc. Championships 2006; David played a vast number of games for the Henley Sharks and • Operations Manager XII FINA Masters World Championships 2008; Adelaide Vikings Water Polo Clubs over a playing career spanning • Steering Committee Member FINA World Youth Championships 2012; nearly 40 years. He represented South Australia in both under age and • Steering Committee Member FINA World Youth Championships 2012 open state team competition for many years during the 1970’s and 1980’s. He has held numerous administrative and coaching positions in

29 WATER POLO AUSTRALIA LIMITED ABN: 86 159 573 403 • FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2016

DIRECTORS REPORT (CONTINUED)

Ms Amy Hetzel Elected Director 7 February 2014 Mr Daniel Bartels Elected Director 22 November 2014 Amy rejoined the Water Polo Australia board in February 2014. Joining the Water Polo Australia Board in 2014, Daniel Bartels has She has 6 years of professional experience in the sports media been heavily involved in water polo for over 20 years. As a player, coach industry, having worked at three of Australia’s largest television and referee, he has played at state age level, coached at age group networks. Amy is currently a Presenter and Producer at the Australian representative level and continues today to be one of Australia’s FINA Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and works across its flagship panel referees. programs including Grandstand and News Breakfast. Prior to working Having refereed over 350 national league games and toured with at the ABC, Amy was a reporter at Network Ten for Sports Tonight and numerous Australian international teams to the Universiade and Youth the Seven Network for Sunrise and 6pm News programs. World Championships, Daniel is one of Australia’s leading referees. She is currently an Executive Member of the NSW Olympians Club, a Daniel holds a bachelor of Economics from Sydney University and a director on the Board of Australian WomenSport Australia (AWRA) and Master of Business Administration from Macquarie Graduate School of an Education Ambassador for the Australian Olympic Committee. Management. He has held numerous sales, marketing & management Amy’s international playing career for the Australian national team roles with multi-nationals including Nikon, Hasbro and Salesforce. extended from 2001-2008 and culminated in winning a bronze medal His career includes being owner and founder of a successful national at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Other highlights include a silver medal start-up Aussie Whitegoods Rescue, which he later sold to a publicly at the 2007 FINA World Championships and the Debbie Watson Medal listed company. Prior to joining the WPA board, he was a member of in 2005 as MVP of the Australian National League season. She also the board of Water Polo NSW. played in the Italian National League in 2005-2006 and represented the KFC Queensland Breakers from 2004-2008. Ms Jane Moran Appointed Director 7 May 2016 Joining the Water Polo Australia Board in 2016, Jane Moran is a retired Mr Thomas Whalan Nominated Director, Chair of WPA Athletes elite level water polo athlete with career highlight of a bronze medal Commission Nominated 22 November 2012 at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Jane was a constant contributor Thomas was elected Chairman of the WPA Athletes Commission in and member of the Australian Women’s Water Polo team, the Aussie 2012 and subsequently appointed as a Director of WPA. He has served Stingers, since 2005, when she transitioned from the junior ranks. on the Athletes Commission since its inception in 2004. Jane won numerous medals on the world stage over her senior Thomas has captained the Aussie Sharks and represented Australia international water polo career. Jane is also one of only a handful of in over 330 games including 4 Olympic Games (2000 2012) and 5 Olympic water polo athletes worldwide who held a career outside of World Championships and has played professionally in the Italian elite sport. Jane completed a Bachelor of Civil Engineering and achieved and Spanish Leagues as well as a long-term player with the Sydney Honours in 2006, and has maintained full-time employment at Aurecon University Lions. since, all whilst juggling full-time training, touring and competing. Thomas has a combined degree in Commerce & Laws LLB at the Jane since retired from international sport but continues to play in the University of Sydney and has worked at Clayton Utz Lawyers, UBS Australian National Water Polo League, and is contributing to the sport Private Wealth and founded AussieOi (online apparel) and is now outside of the pool. Jane was the Athlete Development Director on General Manager of Rent a Space self storage with a portfolio of 11 the Water Polo Queensland Executive Committee from 2013 2015, and properties around Sydney. currently remains as the Athletes’ Commission Secretary for Water Thomas founded Water Polo by the Sea in 2011 with a vision to promote Polo Australia and active member of Queensland Olympians Club. the sport of water polo to fans who wouldn’t otherwise know about Jane is a Senior Civil Engineer at Aurecon, a multi-national design water polo in Australia; since then the annual events have grown to consultancy. She worked for Aurecon (previously Connell Wagner) for capture large live audiences and substantial media coverage. 10 years, balancing sport and career.

30 WATER POLO AUSTRALIA LIMITED ABN: 86 159 573 403 • FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2016

Meetings of Directors Members’ Guarantee The number of meetings of Directors (including meetings of The Company is incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001 and is a Committees of Directors) held during the year and the number of company limited by guarantee. If the Company is wound up, the constitution meetings attended by each Director is as follows: states that each member is required to contribute a maximum of $1 towards meeting any outstanding obligations of the Company. At 30 June 2016, the total Directors’ Meetings amount that members of the company are liable to contribute if the company is Number eligible Number wound up is $7.00 (2015: $7.00) to attend attended Mr Philip Garling 7 7 Auditor’s Independence Declaration Mr David Martin 7 7 The lead auditor’s independence declaration for the year ended 30 June 2016 Mr Phillip Scales 7 7 has been received and forms part of the financial reports for Water Polo Ms Amy Hetzel 7 5 Australia Ltd. Mr Thomas Whalan 7 7 This directors’ report is signed in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Ms Suzannah Fraser Directors. 5 5 * Resigned from the board 30 Jan 2016 Ms Kathy Ostin 7 7 Mr Daniel Bartels 7 7 Ms Jane Moran Philip Garling (President) Kathy Ostin (Director) 1 1 * Appointed 7 May 2016 Dated this 31 day of October 2016 AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION UNDER S 307C OF THE CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 TO THE DIRECTORS OF WATER POLO AUSTRALIA LIMITED

I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, during the year ended 30 June 2016 there have been no contraventions of: (i) the auditor independence requirements as set out in the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the audit; and (ii) any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit. CBC PARTNERS Chartered Accountants

Ross E Chapman FCA CTA Partner SYDNEY 31st October 2016

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 30 JUNE 2016

Note 2016 2015 Note 2016 2015 $ $ $ $ Revenue from Continuing Operations Expenditure from Continuing Operations High Performance 4,260,427 4,261,578 High Performance 4,282,583 3,995,569 Sport Development 295,341 61,000 Sport Development 267,027 61,392 National Water Polo League 553,914 559,021 National Water Polo League 592,259 577,941 National Championships 229,840 330,913 National Championships 282,249 394,308 Management and Governance 965,016 932,802 Management and Governance 1,035,505 947,049 Total Revenue from Total Expenditure from Continuing Operations 2 6,304,538 6,145,314 Continuing Operations 3 6,459,623 5,976,261

Surplus/(Deficit) from Continuing Operations (155,084) 169,053

Other Comprehensive Income Other Comprehensive income for period - - Total Comprehensive Income/(Loss) for the Year (155,084) 169,053

The accompanying notes form part of these statements.

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AS AT STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 30 JUNE 2016

Note 2016 2015 Note 2016 2015 $ $ $ $ ASSETS LIABILITIES Current Assets Current Liabilities Cash & Cash Equivalents 4 340,223 819,422 Trade Payables and Other Payables 8 416,561 361,009 Trade Receivables and Other Debtors 5 420,887 278,880 Income Received in Advance 9 468,691 621,248 Other Assets 6 721,276 435,041 Deferred Income 10 176,806 Total Current Assets 1,482,387 1,533,342 Provisions 11 102,690 81,868 Total Current Liabilities 1,164,748 1,064,125 Non-Current Assets Plant & Equipment 7 21,267 22,362 Non-Current Liabilities Total Non-Current Assets 21,267 22,362 Provisions 11 20,911 18,501 Total Assets 1,503,654 1,555,705 Total Non-Current Liabilities 20,911 18,501

Total Liabilities 1,185,660 1,082,626 Net Assets 317,994 473,078 Equity Accumulated Funds 317,994 473,078 Total Equity 317,994 473,078

The accompanying notes form part of these statements.

33 WATER POLO AUSTRALIA LIMITED ABN: 86 159 573 403 • FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2016

FOR THE YEAR ENDED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY 30 JUNE 2016

Note Accumulated Total Note Accumulated Total Funds Equity Funds Equity Balance at 1 July 2014 304,025 304,025 Balance at 1 July 2015 473,078 473,078 COMPREHENSIVE INCOME COMPREHENSIVE INCOME Surplus attributable to the entity 169,053 169,053 Surplus/(deficit) attributable to the entity (155,084) (155,084) Total comprehensive income Total comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to members of the entity 169,053 169,053 attributable to members of the entity (155,084) (155,084) Balance at 30 June 2015 473,078 473,078 Balance at 30 June 2016 317,994 317,994

FOR THE YEAR ENDED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS 30 JUNE 2016

Note 2016 2015 Note 2016 2015 $ $ $ $ Cash Flows from Operating Activities Cash Flows from Investing Activities Receipts in the course of Operations 6,779,838 7,406,670 Proceeds from sale of Plant and Equipment Payments to Suppliers and Employees (7,255,785) (7,253,265) Payments for Plant and Equipment (13,546) (8,457) Interest Received 10,294 17,513 Net Cash inflows/(outflows) from Investing Activities (13,546) (8,457) Net Cash inflows/(outflows) from Operating Activities 12b (465,653) 170,919 Net Increase/(Decrease) (479,199) 162,462 Cash at the Beginning of the Financial Year 12a 819,422 656,960 Cash at the End of the Financial Year 4 340,223 819,422

The accompanying notes form part of these statements.

34 WATER POLO AUSTRALIA LIMITED ABN: 86 159 573 403 • FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2016 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2016

The financial statements cover Water Polo Australia Ltd as an individual entity, transaction and the grant revenue is recognised in the incorporated and domiciled in Australia. Water Polo Australia Ltd is a company statement of financial position as a liability until the service limited by guarantee. has been delivered to the contributor, otherwise the grant is recognised as income on receipt. Note 1: STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Donations and bequests are recognised as revenue when Basis of Preparation received. Water Polo Australia Ltd applies Australian Accounting Standards - Reduced Interest Revenue Disclosure Requirements as set out in AASB 1053: Application of Tiers of Australian Accounting Standards and AASB 2010-2: Amendments to Australian Accounting Interest revenue is recognised using the effective interest Standards arising from Reduced Disclosure Requirements. method, which for floating rate financial assets is the rate inherent in the instrument. The financial statements are general purpose financial statements that have been prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards - Reduced Disclosure Dividend revenue is recognised when the right to receive a dividend Requirements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and the has been established. Corporations Act 2001. The company is a not for profit entity for financial reporting Revenue from the rendering of a service is recognised upon the purposes under Australian Accounting Standards. delivery of the service to the customers. All revenue is stated net of Australian Accounting Standards set out accounting policies that the AASB has the amount of goods and services tax. concluded would result in financial statements containing relevant and reliable b. Plant and Equipment information about transactions, events and conditions. Material accounting policies Each class of plant and equipment is carried at cost or fair value as adopted in the preparation of these financial statements are presented below and indicated, less, where applicable, accumulated depreciation and any have been consistently applied unless stated otherwise. impairment losses. The financial statements, except for the cash flow information, have been prepared Plant and equipment on an accruals basis and are based on historical costs, modified, where applicable, by the measurement at fair value of selected non current assets, financial assets Plant and equipment are measured on the cost basis and are therefore and financial liabilities. The amounts presented in the financial statements have carried at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated been rounded to the nearest dollar. impairment losses. In the event the carrying amount of plant and equipment is greater than its estimated recoverable amount, the carrying amount is The financial statements were authorised for issue on 31 October 2016 by the written down immediately to its estimated recoverable amount and impairment directors of the company. losses are recognised either in profit or loss or as a revaluation decrease a. Revenue if the impairment losses relate to a revalued asset. A formal assessment of Revenue recoverable amount is made when impairment indicators are present (refer to Note 1(c) for details of impairment). Non reciprocal grant revenue is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income when the entity obtains control of the grant and it is probable that the Plant and equipment that have been contributed at no cost, or for nominal cost, are economic benefits gained from the grant will flow to the entity and the amount of the valued and recognised at the fair value of the asset at the date it is acquired. grant can be measured reliably. Depreciation If conditions are attached to the grant which must be satisfied before it is eligible to The depreciable amount of all fixed assets, including buildings and capitalised lease receive the contribution, the recognition of the grant as revenue will be deferred until assets, but excluding freehold land, is depreciated on a straight line basis over the those conditions are satisfied. asset’s useful life to the entity commencing from the time the asset is held ready When grant revenue is received whereby the entity incurs an obligation to deliver for use. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of either the economic value directly back to the contributor, this is considered a reciprocal unexpired period of the lease or the estimated useful lives of the improvements.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

The depreciation rates used for each class of depreciable assets are: expected to be paid when the obligation is settled. Class of Fixed Asset Depreciation Rate The company’s obligations for short term employee benefits such as wages, salaries Computer Equipment 33 40% and sick leave are recognised as a part of current trade and other payables in the statement of financial position. Furniture, Fixture and Fittings 20 50% Other long-term employee benefits The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at the end of each reporting period. The company classifies employees’ long service leave and annual leave entitlements as other long term employee benefits as they are not expected to be settled Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing proceeds with the wholly within 12 months after the end of the annual reporting period in which carrying amount. These gains or losses are recognised in profit or loss in the the employees render the related service. Provision is made for the company’s period in which they arise. When revalued assets are sold, amounts included obligation for other long term employee benefits, which are measured at the in the revaluation surplus relating to that asset are transferred to retained present value of the expected future payments to be made to employees. Expected earnings. future payments incorporate anticipated future wage and salary levels, durations c. Impairment of Assets of service and employee departures, and are discounted at rates determined by reference to market yields at the end of the reporting period on government bonds At the end of each reporting period, the entity assesses whether there that have maturity dates that approximate the terms of the obligations. Upon the is any indication that an asset may be impaired. If such an indication remeasurement of obligations for other long term employee benefits, the net change exists, an impairment test is carried out on the asset by comparing in the obligation is recognised in profit or loss classified under employee benefits the recoverable amount of the asset, being the higher of the asset’s expense. fair value less costs to sell and value in use, to the asset’s carrying amount. Any excess of the asset’s carrying amount over its The company’s obligations for long term employee benefits are presented as non recoverable amount is recognised immediately in the profit or loss, current liabilities in its statement of financial position, except where the company unless the asset is carried at a revalued amount in accordance with does not have an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least 12 months another Standard (eg in accordance with the revaluation model in after the end of the reporting period, in which case the obligations are presented as AASB 116). Any impairment loss of a revalued asset is treated as a current liabilities. revaluation decrease in accordance with that other Standard. Retirement benefit obligations Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an Defined contribution superannuation benefits individual asset, the entity estimates the recoverable amount of the cash generating unit to which the asset belongs. All employees of the company receive defined contribution superannuation entitlements, for which the company pays the fixed superannuation guarantee Impairment testing is performed annually for goodwill and contribution (currently 9.50% of the employee’s average ordinary salary) to intangible assets with indefinite lives. the employee’s superannuation fund of choice. All contributions in respect of d. Employee Benefits employees’ defined contribution entitlements are recognised as an expense when they become payable. The company’s obligation with respect to employees’ defined Short-term employee benefits contribution entitlements is limited to its obligation for any unpaid superannuation Provision is made for the company’s obligation for short guarantee contributions at the end of the reporting period. All obligations for unpaid term employee benefits. Short term employee benefits superannuation guarantee contributions are measured at the (undiscounted) are benefits (other than termination benefits) that are amounts expected to be paid when the obligation is settled and are presented as expected to be settled wholly within 12 months after current liabilities in the company’s statement of financial position. the end of the annual reporting period in which the e. Cash and Cash Equivalents employees render the related service, including wages, salaries and sick leave. Short term employee Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, deposits held at call with benefits are measured at the (undiscounted) amounts banks, other short term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three

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months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within short term normally paid within 30 days of recognition of the liability. borrowings in current liabilities on the statement of financial position. l. Economic Dependence f. Accounts Receivable and Other Debtors Water Polo Australia Ltd is dependent on the Australian Accounts receivable and other debtors include amounts due from state associations, Sports Commission and its members for the majority of clubs, athletes and any outstanding grant receipts. Receivables expected to be its revenue used to operate the business. At the date of collected within 12 months of the end of the reporting period are classfied as current this report, the Board of Directors has no reason to believe assets. All other receivables are classified as non current assets. the Australian Sports Commission or its members will not Accounts receivable are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently measured continue to support Water Polo Australia Ltd. at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, less any provision for m. Financial Instruments impairment. Refer to Note 1(m) for further discussion on impairment losses. Initial recognition and measurement g. Goods and Services Tax (GST) Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST, except the entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions to the where the amount of GST incurred is not recoverable from the Australian Taxation instrument. For financial assets, this is equivalent to the date that Office (ATO). the company commits itself to either purchase or sell the asset (ie Receivables and payables are stated inclusive of the amount of GST receivable or trade date accounting is adopted). Financial instruments are initially payable. The net amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the ATO is included measured at fair value plus transactions costs except where the with other receivables or payables in the statement of financial position. instrument is classified “at fair value through profit or loss” in which case transaction costs are recognised immediately as expenses in profit Cash flows are presented on a gross basis. The GST components of cash flows or loss. arising from investing or financing activities which are recoverable from, or payable to, the ATO are presented as operating cash flows included in receipts from Classification and subsequent measurement customers or payments to suppliers. Financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, amortised h. Income Tax cost using the effective interest method, or cost. Where available, quoted prices in an active market are used to determine fair value. In other No provision for income tax has been raised as the entity is exempt from income tax circumstances, valuation techniques are adopted. under Div 50 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997. Amortised cost is calculated as the amount at which the financial asset or i. Provisions financial liability is measured at initial recognition less principal repayments Provisions are recognised when the entity has a legal or constructive obligation, and any reduction for impairment, and adjusted for any cumulative amortisation as a result of past events, for which it is probable that an outflow of economic of the difference between that initial amount and the maturity amount calculated benefits will result and that outflow can be reliably measured. Provisions recognised using the effective interest method. represent the best estimate of the amounts required to settle the obligation at the The effective interest method is used to allocate interest income or interest end of the reporting period. expense over the relevant period and is equivalent to the rate that exactly discounts j. Comparative Figures estimated future cash payments or receipts (including fees, transaction costs and other premiums or discounts) through the expected life (or when this cannot Where required by Accounting Standards, comparative figures have been adjusted to be reliably predicted, the contractual term) of the financial instrument to the net conform with changes in presentation for the current financial year. carrying amount of the financial asset or financial liability. Revisions to expected k. Trade and Other Payables future net cash flows will necessitate an adjustment to the carrying amount with a Trade and other payables represent the liabilities for goods and services received consequential recognition of an income or expense item in profit or loss. by the company during the reporting period that remain unpaid at the end of the (i) Loans and receivables reporting period. The balance is recognised as a current liability with the amounts

37 WATER POLO AUSTRALIA LIMITED ABN: 86 159 573 403 • FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2016

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

Loans and receivables are non derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable Derecognition payments that are not quoted in an active market and are subsequently measured Financial assets are derecognised when the contractual rights to receipt of cash at amortised cost. Gains or losses are recognised in profit or loss through the flows expire or the asset is transferred to another party whereby the entity no longer amortisation process and when the financial asset is derecognised. has any significant continuing involvement in the risks and benefits associated (ii) Financial liabilities with the asset. Financial liabilities are derecognised when the related obligations Non derivative financial liabilities other than financial guarantees are are discharged or cancelled, or have expired. The difference between the carrying subsequently measured at amortised cost. Gains or losses are recognised in amount of the financial liability, which is extinguished or transferred to another party, profit or loss through the amortisation process and when the financial liability and the fair value of consideration paid, including the transfer of non cash assets or is derecognised. liabilities assumed, is recognised in profit or loss. Impairment n. Critical Accounting Estimates and Judgments At the end of each reporting period, the company assesses whether there The directors evaluate estimates and judgments incorporated into the financial is objective evidence that a financial asset has been impaired. A financial statements based on historical knowledge and best available current information. asset (or a group of financial assets) is deemed to be impaired if, and only Estimates assume a reasonable expectation of future events and are based on if, there is objective evidence of impairment as a result of one or more current trends and economic data, obtained both externally and within the company. events (a “loss event”) having occurred, which has an impact on the Key judgments Employee benefits estimated future cash flows of the financial asset(s). For the purpose of measurement, AASB 119: Employee Benefits (September 2011) In the case of financial assets carried at amortised cost, loss events defines obligations for short term employee benefits as obligations expected to may include: indications that the debtors or a group of debtors are be settled wholly before 12 months after the end of the annual reporting period experiencing significant financial difficulty, default or delinquency in which the employees render the related services. As the company expects that in interest or principal payments; indications that they will enter most employees will not use all of their annual leave entitlements in the same year bankruptcy or other financial reorganisation; and changes in arrears in which they are earned or during the 12 month period that follows (despite an or economic conditions that correlate with defaults. informal company policy that requires annual leave to be used within 18 months), the For financial assets carried at amortised cost (including loans directors believe that obligations for annual leave entitlements satisfy the definition and receivables), a separate allowance account is used to reduce of other long term employee benefits and, therefore, are required to be measured at the carrying amount of financial assets impaired by credit the present value of the expected future payments to be made to employees. losses. After having taken all possible measures of recovery, o. New and Amended Accounting Policies if management establishes that the carrying amount cannot The adoption of the following Accounting Standards has been concluded to have no be recovered by any means, at that point the written off effect on the financial statements on their initial application such that no disclosures amounts are charged to the allowance account or the carrying under AASB 108 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors amount of impaired financial assets is reduced directly if or other traditional disclosures have been triggered. no impairment amount was previously recognised in the allowance account. - AASB 2014-8: Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards arising from AASB 9 (December 2014) - Application of AASB 9 (December 2010) (Effective When the terms of financial assets that would otherwise from 1 January 2015); and have been past due or impaired have been renegotiated, the company recognises the impairment for such - AASB 2015-3: Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards arising from the financial assets by taking into account the original terms withdrawal of AASB 1031 Materiality (Effective from 1 July 2015) as if the terms have not been renegotiated so that the loss events that have occurred are duly considered.

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Note 2016 2015 Note 2016 2015 $ $ $ $ NOTE 2: REVENUE Note 5: ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER DEBTORS Australian Sports Commission Grants 4,196,589 3,451,873 Current: Australian Sports Foundation Grant 138,818 100,539 Accounts Receivables 375,086 260,432 Athlete Contributions 347,059 826,301 Provision for Bad and Doubtful Debts 5a (14,339) (16,383) Participation fees 868,254 821,714 Other Debtors Sponsorship 51,239 34,831 Sponsorship 6,161 21,097 Other Debtors Travel Advances 8,901 Prizemoney 157,154 148,239 420,887 278,880 Capitation & Insurance Fees 445,324 438,809 Sundry 134,885 309,229 a) Provision for Impairment of Receivables Donations 10,000 Movement in the provision for impairment of receivables is as follows: Bank Interest 10,294 17,513 $ Total Revenue 6,304,538 6,145,314 Provision for impairment as at 1 July 2014 78,431 - Written back (62,048)

NOTE 3: EXPENDITURE Provision for impairment as at 30 June 2015 16,383 - Written back (2,044) Employee Expenses 1,211,116 990,576 Provision for impairment as at 30 June 2016 14,339 National Team Travel & Competition Costs 2,936,891 2,570,097 High Performance Program Grants 488,250 537,500 High Performance and Development 209,758 362,783 Note 6: OTHER ASSETS Corporate and Governance 666,362 378,849 Current: Competition & Travel Costs 844,329 1,037,348 Prepayments 721,276 435,041 Insurance 88,275 87,954 721,276 435,041 Depreciation 14,641 11,154 Total Expenditure 6,459,622 5,976,261

Note 4: CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS Cash at Bank 340,223 819,422 340,223 819,422

39 WATER POLO AUSTRALIA LIMITED ABN: 86 159 573 403 • FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2016

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

Note 2016 2015 Note 2016 2015 $ $ $ $ Note 7: PLANT AND EQUIPMENT Note 10: DEFERRED INCOME Plant & Equipment at Cost Current: Gross Carrying Amount 71,128 57,582 Australian Sports Commission 71,547 621,248 Less: Accumulated Depreciation (49,861) (35,220) Australian Olympic Committee 47,000 Net Carrying Amount 21,267 22,362 Other 58,259 176,806 621,248 Movements in Carrying Amounts Note 11: PROVISIONS Movement in the carrying amounts for plant and equipment between the beginning and the end of the current financial year: Current: 2016 Plant and Equipment Employee Entitlements $ Annual Leave 102,690 81,868 Balance at the beginning of the year 22,362 102,690 81,868 Additions at cost 13,546 Non Current: Disposals Depreciation (14,641) Employee Entitlements Carrying amount at the end of the year 21,267 Long Service Leave 20,911 18,501 20,911 18,501 Note 8: TRADE PAYABLES AND OTHER PAYABLES Provision for Employee Benefits Current: Provision for employee benefits represents amounts accrued for Accounts Payable 205,600 259,932 annual leave and long service leave. Accruals 12,386 38,313 The current portion for this provision includes the total amount Other 198,575 62,764 accrued for annual leave entitlements and the amounts accrued for 416,561 361,009 long service leave entitlements that have vested due to employees having completed the required period of service. Based on past experience, the company does not expect the full amount of annual Note 9: INCOME RECEIVED IN ADVANCE leave or long service leave balances classified as current liabilities to be settled within the next 12 months. However, these amounts must Current: be classified as current liabilities since the company does not have an Athlete’s Contributions 468,691 unconditional right to defer the settlement of these amounts in the 468,691 - event employees wish to use their leave entitlement. The non current portion for this provision includes amounts accrued for long service leave entitlements that have not yet vested in relation to those employees who have not yet completed the required period of service. 40 WATER POLO AUSTRALIA LIMITED ABN: 86 159 573 403 • FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2016

In calculating the present value of future cash flows in respect of long Note 2016 2015 service leave, the probability of long service leave being taken is based $ $ upon historical data. The measurement and recognition criteria for Financial assets employee benefits have been discussed in Note 1(d). Cash and cash equivalents 4 340,223 797,891 Note 12: STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS Loans and receivables 5 420,887 300,411 (a) Reconciliation of Cash Total financial assets 761,110 1,098,302 For the purpose of the Statement of Cash Flows cash includes cash Financial liabilities at bank and cash on hand. Cash at 30 June 2016 as shown in the Statement of Cash Flows is reconciled to the related items in the Financial liabilities at amortised cost: Balance Sheet as follows. Trade and other payables 8 416,561 361,009 Note 2016 2015 Total financial liabilities 416,561 361,009 $ $

Cash at Bank 340,223 819,422 Note 14: KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL COMPENSATION (b) Reconciliation of Net Cash provided by Operating Activities to Surplus/(Deficit) from ordinary activities Any person(s) having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the entity, directly or indirectly, Surplus/(Deficit) (155,084) 169,053 including any director (whether executive or otherwise) of that entity is Plus/(Less): Non Cash Items considered key management personnel. Depreciation and Amortisation 14,641 11,154 The totals of remuneration paid to key management personnel (KMP) of the company during the year are as follows: Changes in Assets and Liabilities Key management personnel compensation 266,474 243,112 (increase)/Decrease in Receivables (142,007) 555,060 (increase)/Decrease in Other Asset (286,236) (160,548) Note 15: OTHER RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Increase/(Decrease) in Trade and Other Payables 55,553 (427,467) Related parties include close family members of key management personnel and entities that are controlled or jointly controlled by those Increase/(Decrease) in Other Liabilities 24,249 13,842 key management personnel individually or collectively with their close Increase/(Decrease) in Provisions 23,232 9,824 family members. (465,652) 170,918 Transactions between related parties are on normal commercial terms and conditions no more favourable than those available to other

persons unless otherwise stated. Note 13: FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT During the year, Thomas Whalan, a director, was the managing The company’s financial instruments consist mainly of deposits with director of SunSpray Australia Pty Ltd, trading as Water Polo by the banks, local money market instruments, short term investments, Sea (“WPBTS”) an event company which promotes water polo. WPA accounts receivable and payable, and leases. received $1,500 (2015: $2,600) from WPBTS. WPA paid WPBTS $24,000 The carrying amounts for each category of financial instruments, in sponsorship fees and were provided event and hospitality rights measured in accordance with AASB 139 as detailed in the accounting along with access to the Italian Men’s Water Polo team for training and policies to these financial statements, are as follows: official games for the Aussie Sharks.

41 WATER POLO AUSTRALIA LIMITED ABN: 86 159 573 403 • FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2016

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

Note 2016 2015 Note 17: CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND CONTINGENT AS- $ $ SETS Note 16: COMMITMENTS The directors are not aware of any contingent assets and liabilities as at reporting date. Operating Lease Commitments Non cancellable operating leases contracted for but not recognised in Note 18: EVENTS AFTER THE REPORTING PERIOD the financial statements The directors are not aware of any significant events since the end of Payable - minimum lease payments: the reporting period. not later than 12 months 15,450 30,900 later than 12 months but not later than five years 15,450 later than five years The property lease commitments are non cancellable operating leases contracted for but not capitalised in the financial statements. Increase in lease commitments may occur in line with the consumer price index (CPI) and annual rent review percentage of 3%.

DIRECTORS’ DECLARATION

In accordance with a resolution of the directors of Water Polo Australia Ltd, the directors of the company declare that: 1. The financial statements and notes, as set out in the financial report, are in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001 and: a. comply with Australian Accounting Standards - Reduced Disclosure Requirements; and b. give a true and fair view of the financial position of the company as at 30 June 2016 and of its performance for the year ended on that date. 2. In the directors’ opinion there are reasonable grounds to believe that the company will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable.

Philip Garling (President) Dated this 31 day of October 2016

42 WATER POLO AUSTRALIA LIMITED ABN: 86 159 573 403 • FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2016 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF WATER POLO AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Report on the Financial Report appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion. We have audited the accompanying financial report of Water Polo Independence Australia Limited (the company), which comprises the statement of In conducting our audit, we have complied with the independence financial position as at 30 June 2016, the statement of comprehensive requirements of the Corporations Act 2001. income, statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for the year then ended, notes comprising a summary of significant Auditor’s Opinion accounting policies and other explanatory information, and the In our opinion, the financial report of Water Polo Australia Limited is in directors’ declaration. accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including: Directors’ Responsibility for the Financial Report (i) giving a true and fair view of the company’s financial position as at The directors of the company are responsible for the preparation of 30 June 2016 and of its performance for the year ended on that date; the financial report that gives a true and fair view in accordance with and Australian Accounting Standards - Reduced Disclosure Requirements (ii) complying with Australian Accounting Standards - Reduced and the Corporations Act 2001 and for such internal control as the Disclosure Requirements and the Corporations Regulations 2001. directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the Matters relating to the electronic presentation of the audited financial financial report that is free from material misstatement, whether due report to fraud or error. This auditor’s report relates to the financial report of Water Polo Auditor’s Responsibility Australia Limited (the company) for the year ended 30 June 2016 Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial report based included on Water Polo Australia Limited’s web site. The company’s on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian directors are responsible for the integrity of Water Polo Australia Auditing Standards. Those standards require that we comply with Limited’s web site. We have not been engaged to report on the integrity relevant ethical requirements relating to audit engagements and plan of this web site. The auditor’s report refers only to the financial report and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the named above. It does not provide an opinion on any other information financial report is free from material misstatement. which may have been hyperlinked to/from the financial report. If An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about users of this report are concerned with the inherent risks arising from the amounts and disclosures in the financial report. The procedures electronic data communications they are advised to refer to the hard selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment copy of the audited financial report to confirm the information included of the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether in the audited financial report presented on this web site. due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor CBC PARTNERS considers internal control relevant to the company’s preparation of the Chartered Accountants financial report that gives a true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the ROSS E. CHAPMAN FCA CTA purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s Partner internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting SYDNEY estimates made by the directors, as well as evaluating the overall 31st October 2016 presentation of the financial report. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and Legislation

43 HONOUR ROLL

LIFE MEMBERS HALL OF FAME HARRY QUITTNER MEDAL RECIPIENTS 1993 Peter Montgomery AM 2009 Wendy Arancini (nee Meloncelli, WA) 2010 David Woods (NSW) 1986 Charles Turner 2009 Tom Hoad AM 2009 Debbie Cummins (nee Handley, QLD) 2011 Leanne Barnes (VIC) 1987 Debbie Cummins 2009 Pat Jones 2009 Tom Hoad AM (WA) 2011 Peter Kerr AM (NSW) 1988 Peter Montgomery AM 2009 Harry Quittner (deceased) 2009 Andrew Kerr OAM (NSW) 2011 Ian Mills (VIC) 1989 Tom Hoad AM 2009 David Woods 2009 Peter Montgomery AM (NSW) 2011 Les Nunn (WA) 1990 Andrew Kerr OAM 2015 Peter Kerr AM 2009 Cathy Parkes OAM (NSW) (deceased) 2011 Michael Withers (VIC, NSW) 1991 John Whitehouse OAM HONORARY LIFE PRESIDENT 2009 Charles Turner (SA & NSW) 2011 Chris Wybrow (NSW) 1992 Chris Wybrow & Debbie Watson OAM Harry Quittner (deceased) 2009 Debbie Watson OAM (NSW) 2012 Leon Wiegard OAM (VIC) 1993 Not awarded 2009 John Whitehouse OAM (TAS) 2012 Peter Bennett (VIC) (deceased) 1994 Ray Mayers 2010 Bill Berge-Phillips (NSW) 2012 Alan Charleston (WA) (deceased) 1995 Pat Jones 2010 Bridgette Gusterson OAM (WA) 2014 Naomi McCarthy OAM (nee Castle, QLD) 1996 Don Cameron 2010 David Neesham (WA) 2014 Ron Wootton OAM (VIC) (deceased) 1997-06 Not awarded 2010 John O’Brien (VIC) 2014 Michael Turner (SA) 2007 Nathan Thomas 2010 Ray Smee OAM (NSW) 2008 Tracy Rockwell 2009 Leanne Barnes 2010 Jeanette Gunn 2014 Peter Kerr AM

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