Annual Report 2008
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ANNUAL REPORT 2008 1 Congratulations to our successful State Teams in 2008 Gold: SmokeFree WA Diamonds SmokeFree WA Thundersticks Under 21 Women Under 15 Women Senior Indoor Women Veterans Over 50 Women Veterans Over 65 Men Silver: Senior Indoor Men Under 21 Indoor Men Veterans Over 55 Men Veterans Over 50 Men Bronze: Under 21 Men Under 18 Men Under 15 Men Country Women Country Men Under 21 Indoor Women Veterans Over 35 Women Veterans Over 40 Women Thanks to our photographic contributions: Dale Watson www.winkipopmedia.com.au Grant Treeby www.treebyimages.com.au RDW Photography [email protected] Steph Birch Alex Johnston Editing and Design: Kate Main 3 CONTENTS President 4 CEO 6 DEPARTMENTS Participation 8 High Performance 10 Finance 11 Operations 12 Profile and Branding 14 PHS - Hospitality, Catering and Functions 14 COMMITTEES Senior 14 Junior 14 High Performance and Coaching 16 Officiating 17 Indoor 18 Country 19 Veterans 20 NationaL Training CentrE Men 21 Women 22 AustraLian HockeY League Men - SmokeFree WA Thundersticks 23 Women - SmokeFree WA Diamonds 24 OFFICE BEARERS AND COMMITTEES 26 HockeY WA Staff 28 Senior Coaches 28 Awarded Members 29 ResuLts 34 Grand Finals 38 Byrne & Judge Trophy 40 Kyle Rutter Trophy 41 State Teams AHL 42 Men 44 Women 47 FinaL Ladders Men 50 Women 53 Boys 55 Girls 58 3 PRESIDENT Governance Committee – Pam Glossop, Finance Manager – Kim Rodgers and all members of the 2008 has seen a number of changes in the way Committee for their ongoing commitment to Hockey WA operates, particularly in its corporate Hockey WA’s financial management. governance structure. I am honoured to be the first President appointed by my fellow board members. Hockey enjoys tremendous support and This fundamental change from having a President commitment from many people and I take this elected by members is the first of a series of opportunity to acknowledge and thank our governance changes culminating in a 2009 Board sponsors, corporate and program partners and the which will contain 3 appointed Directors. This will many volunteers who help make our sport what it enable Hockey WA to have a modern Board that is. is innovative and has the skill set to progress our sport. 2008 saw the inaugural Hockey Australia Hall of Fame Dinner held in Perth. 22 past hockey 2008 has seen a number of controversial changes champions were inducted into the Hall of Fame in our officiating structure. Whist the benefits including a healthy representation of Western of these changes have not been clear to all I Australians. My sincere thanks to Richard Aggiss for can guarantee that the final outcome will be a his driving force behind making this event become structure that benefits our sport and continues a reality and to the staff of Hockey WA who, once to make it a leader in the way sport is managed again aided in making a major event a success and and operated. Hockey is not alone in its struggle one that can be built on in the future. to maintain participation, funding and volunteer levels. It is very easy to revert to the old adage of We have once again enjoyed a successful year “but that’s how it used to be done and it worked”. on the field. 2008 saw both the SmokeFree WA Unfortunately, we now have a large number of Thundersticks and the SmokeFree WA Diamonds social factors threatening our sport that were not defeat Queensland in the final of the Australian there ten years ago and as we move forward your Hockey League. To coaches Paul Gaudoin and Neil Board will continue to identify these factors and Hawgood, my thanks for your contributions to the put in place strategies to reduce their impact. continued success of both these teams. In addition to the Diamonds, women’s teams performed A major strategic item in 2008 was to initiate outstandingly throughout the season taking out a review of our entire competition involving the outdoor titles of under 21s and under 15s and our junior, social and elite competitions. As the indoor Open Women’s title in their respective we progressed down this path it soon became national tournaments. apparent that the discussions on the elite competition were an extremely emotive topic and WA players also performed admirably on the finding impartial club members to lead this area international hockey scene. Three men (Bevan was going to be difficult. Subsequently the Board George, Kiel Brown and Fergus Kavanagh) and has commissioned an independent review of our elite competition with the results being available early in 2009. I wish to thank the Board for their vision in making the review a reality. Hockey WA continues to be one of the leading State Sporting Organisations in Australia and 2008 has seen a further increase in co-operation between us and other State Hockey Associations. We remain a highly efficient and effective organisation that continues to be looked upon in high regard by many hockey and non-hockey organisations. A healthy level of reserve funds together with committed government funding to aid future turf replacement has shown that Hockey WA continues to be run in line with good business practice. My thanks go to Chairman of the Audit, Finance and 4 five women (Emily Halliday, Kim Walker, Hope Hockey WA would not be what it is today if not for Munro,,Kobie McGurk and Shelly Liddelow) all an extremely dedicated group of people that run represented Australia at the Beijing Olympics in our sport day in and day out. The dedication and August. More recently, three men (Chris Bausor, skill to which the staff of Hockey WA subscribes Justin Knapp and Trent Mitton) and seven women is outstanding and I thank each and every one of (Stephanie Andrews, Fiona Boyce, Gemma Buckley, them. Chantelle Ciallella, Paige Collins, Kate Denning and Ashleigh Nelson) have been selected in the Junior Finally, I must thank our Chief Executive Officer, World Cup Squads for 2009. Linda Hamersley. Linda has been instrumental in all of Hockey WA’s successes over the past 5 2008 saw the retirement from international hockey years. The most notable being the retention of of two Western Australian hockey champions, the Hockey Australia High Performance Program Bevan George and Aaron Hopkins. On behalf of and the acquisition of the Perth Hockey Stadium. every hockey supporter I thank them sincerely for Linda’s skill and ability to recognise change and their efforts and wish them and their families all restructure our organisation accordingly has the best for the future. seen Hockey WA emerge as a leading sporting organisation and Linda as a leader in her field. I It has been a pleasure to be President of Hockey take this opportunity to formally thank Linda for WA. However, my role would not be possible all that she has provided to the organisation albeit without the work and support of those around me. at times a challenging road to navigate. Thank you to the Board of Directors for their loyalty, commitment and support. The Board has worked Thank you to every one for their support and I look tirelessly and has provided united leadership for forward to catching up in 2009. our sport. I would especially like to thank my Vice President, Ceri Writer. Moving from President to Tony Leeflang Vice President is no easy task and her support and President Hockey WA guidance over the year has been invaluable. 5 4. Providing new technology for the bar, café and C EO CEO gate entry points. With 2008 being an Olympic year, and with Hockey This will be achieved through the purchase and WA working alongside the men’s and women’s installation of a high quality point of sale software high performance programs, the year was always package which includes new terminals for the café, set to be exciting, if not busy. bar and both gate entry points. The gate entry points will also have scanning technology that will As I reflect on the year that was, I can confirm that allow a member loyalty package to be introduced. it was indeed both of those things. Throughout The Projects Coordinator and Operations Manager the contributing articles in this report you will spent many months reviewing software and read about the number of visiting international hardware packages available culminating in the teams that created opportunities for the hockey Audit, Finance & Governance Committee endorsing community to see practice matches; for our state the capital expenditure in the 2009 budget. teams to have access to training matches against those teams that resulted in increased traffic in Hockey Australia High Performance Program the bar and café which ensured a healthy financial In preparation for our new contractual result. Whilst it may have been busy, it was equally arrangements coming into effect from 1 January as exciting to be around the Olympic athletes and 2009, we have been liaising with the Department off-field staff. of Sport and Recreation (DSR) and other government departments to ensure Hockey WA Strategic Plan will be in a position to fulfill those commitments. 2008 was also the year that the board created a new The financial support pledged by DSR is already three-year strategic plan. This was undertaken with evidenced by the receipt of the 2007/08 financial the assistance of an external facilitator that saw year turf replacement funds. the board spend a weekend together reviewing the previous plan and creating their vision of the Through sound management of the Turf Sinking future for Western Australian hockey. Key areas the Funds, the hockey community can be assured that administration focused on during 2008 included: Hockey WA is in a secure position to be financially able to meet the replacement timelines required to 1.