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SPINE 7mm Gymnastics Australia www.gymnastics.org.au 32 Cleeland Road Oakleigh South Vic 3167 Gymnastics Australia P 9271 0500 F 9271 0599 [email protected] Annual Report 2010 Design by Liquid www.liquidcreativity.com.au SPINE 7mm SPINE 7mm “ In movement there is life, in change there is power ” Alan Cohen 2 Gymnastics Australia Annual Report 2010 67 SPINE 7mm Contents Our Vision 4 Our Partner 5 Our Team 6 Chairman and CEO Message 7 ASC Message 9 Business Services Report 10 Membership Services Report 12 Pacific Rim Chairman’s Message 16 Men’s Gymnastics Report 18 Women’s Gymnastics Report 20 Rhythmic Gymnastics report 22 Trampoline Sports Report 24 Sport Aerobics Report 26 Gymnastics For All Report 28 Cheerleading Report 30 Acrobatic Gymnastics Report 31 Association Member Reports 34 National Squad Members 38 2010 Australian Champions 40 National Commission Members 43 2010 International Results 44 2010 National Award Recipients 48 Athlete Award of Distinctions 50 Roll of Honour 52 2010 Financial Report 54 OUR VISION Strategic Priorities Gymnastics is a lifestyle, > Demonstrate the proven link between gymnastics, health and not only a sport. education, and secure government funds for implementation of projects and programmes. > Adopt a national model for MISSION the operations of cheerleading and aerobics. To promote, develop and > Create a stronger presence in the 12-16 year old market. increase participation in > Implement a targeted national high performance plan to maximise gymnastics from grassroots Olympic medal opportunities. to elite through the provision > Offer integrated education to strengthen the career pathways of best quality programmes, for coaches, officials and administrators. products and services. > Make more efficient the gymnastics systems and processes on a national wide basis. > Investigate the pros and cons of a non-federated model, and if proven beneficial, gain agreement for implementation. Patron The Hon Robert Ellicott Q.C. 4 Gymnastics Australia Annual Report 2010 Partners Life Members Gymnastics Harry Morris VIC* Bill Wilson NSW* Jack Carey VIC* Jim Brown NSW* Jim Thompson SA Lance Otto SA Val Beitzel VIC* Frances Crampton NSW Jim Barry VIC Ken Williamson VIC/ACT Anne Bigham SA Bob Wherrett TAS Jeff Cheales QLD Margaret Lanz VIC Murray Chessell VIC Trampoline Sports Mervin McKay VIC* Sydney Hurle VIC* Ian Irvine NSW* Ernest Blamires NSW Len Ransom QLD Fred Austine NSW Kay Stevenson SA *Deceased 5 Our 2010 Team Board of Directors Ken Williamson President George Tatai Vice President Grant Harrison Elected Director Val Beddoe Elected Director Michael Burnett Elected Director Margot Foster Appointed Director Ian Bartlett Appointed Director Commission Chairpersons Daren Wolfe Men’s Gymnastics Technical Director Helen Colagiuri Women’s Gymnastics Technical Director Teresa Evans Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Director Karon Williams Sport Aerobics Technical Director Mike Kelso Trampoline Sports Technical Director Andrew Saba Acrobatic Gymnastics Technical Director FIG Representatives George Tatai FIG Council Kym Dowdell FIG Women’s Technical Committee Athletes’ Commission Ian Bartlett Chairman Naazmi Johnston Commission Member Philippe Rizzo Commission Member Damian Ryan Commission Member Allana Slater Commission Member National Office Staff Jane Allen Chief Executive Officer (Jan – March) Catherine Clark Chief Executive Officer (June - ) Nerine Cooper Cheerleading Program Manager (Jan – Oct) Megan Currie Men’s & Women’s Gymnastics Program Manager Suimai Hare Membership Administrator Maris Haryadi Membership Database/IT Coordinator Petrina Hutchinson Gymnastics For All Program Manager Sue James Finance Administrator Martin Kurz G-Educate Project Officer Peggy Liddick Women’s National Coach Karen Myers High Performance Manager Rachel Millar Trampoline Sports & Acrobatic Gymnastics Program Administrator Karen Norden Business Manager Linda Pettit Education Manager/G-Educate Project Director Jo Richards Women’s National Junior Development Co-ordinator Geoff Rietschel Club Services/Membership Manager Tim Robertson G-Educate Project Officer Russell Smart Events Director Hannah Snow Office Administrator (Jan – Oct) Vladimir Vatkin Men’s National Coach Karon Williams Rhythmic Gymnastics & Sport Aerobics Program Manager Nikolay Zhuravlev Trampoline National Coach 6 Gymnastics Australia Annual Report 2010 President and CEO Report 2010 heralded a significant new chapter in the story of Gymnastics in Australia Catherine Clark Chief Executive Officer Ken Williamson President The key highlights in 2010 were High Performance These fantastic high performance Catherine the outstanding performances results would not be possible Clark In 2010, there were two pinnacle Chief at the Delhi Commonwealth without the great work of our Executive Games and Lauren Mitchell benchmark events for our high coaches and the partnerships Officer becoming our first Women’s performance gymnasts – the Delhi between GA, the Australian Artistic World Champion. GA Commonwealth Games and the Sports Commission, the Australian successfully secured a record Rotterdam World Championships. Institute of Sport, the Australian increase of $1.2 million per The Men’s and Women’s Artistic Olympic Committee, the Australian annum in new funding. There and Rhythmic teams brought home Commonwealth Games Association was a farewell to our CEO of a tremendous medal haul winning and the five State Institutes – 12 years, Jane Allen, and a 21 medals in total at the Delhi Queensland Academy of Sport (Men welcoming of Catherine Clark Games, including 12 Gold medals. & Women), NSW Institute of Sport as the new CEO. This was also a special achievement (Men), Victorian Institute of Sport as it is the first time Australia has (Women), SA Institute of Sport won all three team gold medals. (Men & Trampoline), WA Institute At World Championships, Lauren of Sport (Women). Mitchell took Gold on the Floor, These partnerships have been Prashanth Sellathurai won bronze reinforced through GA’s move to a on Pommel and Naazmi Johnston fully decentralised high performance achieved the highest ever placing program and the investment boost for an Australian Rhythmic gymnast to GA’s Institutes’ network. From finishing 30th overall. Both Men’s 2011, GA will double existing and Women’s Artistic teams are funding to State Institutes, in successfully through to the next addition to providing a new stream round of the Olympic qualification of performance funding which process. recognises those State programs This year Kieran Gorman added which are delivering the targeted another significant achievement results for the national program. to his record in Aerobics. He was ranked number one in the World as he continued to deliver excellent results throughout 2010. 7 President and CEO Report continued Capability and Infrastructure GA has also invested in building closer working relationships within the organisation, specifically with our State Association Members. GA recognises the crucial role that alignment and integration between the state and national levels plays in most efficiently utilising government funding and delivering value to members at the grassroots. High Performance and Participation funding submissions and associated planning have involved heavy consultation. Additionally, in 2010, GA launched a review of Cheerleading; the review will analyse governance, delivery and growth challenges with a view to developing a revised model which best caters for the growth and development of cheerleading in Australia. This is a major project and will be completed in late 2011. Another major milestone was the completion of the first phase of the G-Educate project. The delivery of judging courses across the country represents a massive achievement in the redevelopment and repackaging of our education framework for judges. Thank you to everyone within the gymnastics community who has contributed to this major piece of work. Education and training are part of core business and GA continues to make a large commitment to developing attractive education pathways for the gymnastics community. Realistically, within resource levels, the road to a sustainable, high quality and modern education framework lies in taking a whole-of-sport approach. Such an approach will also let us gain full advantage from the sharing of knowledge across our gymsports. Events GA stepped up to a hefty event line up in 2010. GA delivered seven (7) National Championships in four States involving almost 3,000 athletes. GA also hosted the first Australian Gym for Life Challenge in Bendigo, whilst Melbourne hosted the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships. The Pacific Rim event was a fantastic opportunity for the Australian community to see world class gymnasts in action. This year saw the introduction of a subsidy for national judges who officiated at national championship events. This subsidy is an acknowledgement of the time and commitment made by our volunteer judges. GA thanks all the volunteers, coaches and judges who together make gymnastics events possible for our gymnasts. Finances Alongside the delivery of a very full operational plan, GA worked hard to maintain diligence and discipline in relation to financial aspects of organisational performance. Throughout the year and with a new CEO on board, reviews of GA’s financial operations have been undertaken. A budgeted deficit of $56,000 was expected for 2010 however a strong performance in this area has seen GA finish the year with a modest $50,000 surplus. This is