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Annual Report 2014 Darebin Women’s Sports Club Incorporated Annual Report 2014 ABN: 28 780 574 660 Sports Fields AH Capp Reserve & WH Robinson Reserve Halwyn Crescent West Preston Vic 3072 Melways Ref 30 B2 Mailing Address PO Box 6038 Preston West 3072 www.falcons.org.au Contents: 2014 DWSC Committee 2 Message from the President Julia Chiera 3 Treasurer’s Report Aasta O’Connor 5 Australian Rules Football – Senior Eliza Leverett 8 Australian Rules Football – Youth Natalie Rieger 10 Soccer – Senior Kate Dullard (on behalf of Staci Timms) 12 Soccer – Junior Jasmine Hirst 15 Cricket Faele O’Connor 19 Grants & Sponsorships Harriett Radermacher 21 Media & Communications Kathleen Roe 22 Social Coordinator Daisy Pearce 23 Sponsors 25 1 Darebin Women’s Sports Club 2014 Committee President: Julia Chiera Vice President: Jasmine Hirst Secretary & Public Officer Dani Moore Treasurer Aasta O’Connor Soccer Administrator – Senior Staci Timms Soccer Administrator – Junior Jasmine Hirst Football Administrator – Senior Eliza Leverett Football Administrator – Junior Natalie Rieger Cricket Administrator Faele O’Connor 8 Ball Administrator Sally Rees Media & Communications Kathleen Roe Grants & Sponsorships Harriet Radermacher Social Coordinator Daisy Pearce General Member (V) Kate Tyndall General Member (V) Niki Duckstein General Member (V) Shevaun Hogan General Member Aleisha Leonard General Member Brenda Lange General Member Carrie Brown General Member Sally Wallis General Member Rebecca Hickmott General Member Louise Potter General Member Julia Williams 2 Message from the President Firstly, I would like to offer my congratulations to all involved in this great club! In 2014, the Falcons continued to build upon the club’s many successes over our twenty-four year history. This report will detail how the club achieved this, but firstly I want to acknowledge the work behind the scenes that made it all happen. I would like to thank Rebecca Hickmott and Louise Potter, who served as President and Vice President for the past 3 years, for the selfless contribution they made to the club and for their continued involvement with the Falcons. Many thanks must also be extended to the members of the committee for their creativity, optimism and sense of service, which keeps the club going and growing. This dedication is embodied by our two new Life Members, appointed in 2014: Harriet Radermacher and Niki Duckstein. To all other volunteers and to everyone who has helped out, thank you. You are indispensable! In March the Falcons held an International Women’s Day event at the club, promoting the topic of “Inspiring Change”. Daisy Pearce and I spoke to a diverse group of women at the breakfast about how the club and its members can continue to inspire and promote change in our niche of women’s sport, whilst inspiring women and girls in all areas to push themselves and push the boundaries. Whilst such events are important in terms of raising the community’s consciousness of the issues faced by women in sport, we also put our money where our mouth is, in terms of providing girls and women opportunities to excel in sport. Club members this year certainly took advantage of the opportunities offered to excel. The Falcons cricket team put on another competitive 2013/14 season, and were unluckily knocked out in the Semi-final. The season saw some awesome displays from our very talented cricketers and already in the first few games of 2014/2015, the team looks set to impress. Our 8Ball team continued to dominate on the green felt, with players competing at state level. The Junior Soccer program continued to strengthen, with over 150 girls involved in the program and a wide base of volunteers in coaching, fundraising and administrative roles supporting them off-field. Robinson Reserve on a Sunday morning is a sight to behold with so many happy faces in the red, white and blue enjoying their sport and developing their skills. Congratulations to Jasmine Hirst and her team for continuing to grow the program and provide such a supportive atmosphere. Special thanks must also be given to Maria Caruso. Maria was awarded the Sal Rees Club Person of the Year in recognition of her contribution, namely through running the canteen and other fundraising activities for the Junior soccer program. The Senior Soccer program welcomed many new players to the club in 2014, and fielded two teams in Divisions 2 and 3. Although the teams had a mixed year on the field, the development of the squad and the recruitment of committed players will ensure continued growth in 2015. Many thanks to Soccer Administrator Staci Timms for her years of service to the program and committee. 3 The Senior football program continued to push ahead in terms of the training standard and professionalism both on and off-field. In November 2013 the committee confirmed the appointment of Tennille Hay as strength and conditioning coach for the senior teams. Tennille’s evidence-based program lifted the team’s fitness and agility to new heights. Tennille’s ethos of developing women’s athletic talents is a great fit for the club. Many thanks also to Aleisha Leonard, who volunteered many hours of her time to assist delivering the program as well as in her first year as head trainer for the senior footy teams. This training package delivered on the field as the Premier Division team claimed back-to-back premierships in an undefeated season. The Division 1 team missed out on finals narrowly, but welcomed many new players who we hope to see return in 2015 to continue developing their skills. 2014 saw the second AFL draft and Women’s Exhibition Match take place. Two more Falcons, Darcy Vescio and Stephanie Simpson, were drafted, and joined nine other Falcons participating in the game. Falcons Daisy Pearce and Aasta O’Connor captained the Melbourne Demons and Western Bulldogs respectively, and represented their teams, Women’s Football and the Falcons impressively. Not to be outdone, the Under 18s team secured an astounding fifth consecutive premiership in the NFL under the guidance of coach Jessica Dal Pos. This team welcomed many new players, several of whom were new to the sport, and supported them to become part of a cohesive, competitive and supportive team. Those who were able to make it to Hurstbridge to watch the grand final were treated to one of the best community football games imaginable. The Falcons went into the last quarter 4 goals down, to crawl back to a tie at full time, and then scramble to golden point victory 10 minutes later. Jessica was well-assisted by Elise Casamento and Shannon Egan, and it is a testament to the character of the girls, as well as the Falcon’s values of encouragement and support, that these 3 players, former youth girls themselves, took it upon themselves to step up into these coaching roles in order to continue to develop the team to which they used to belong. Jessica has also been more widely recognised for her efforts, winning the NFL’s female coach of the year, and is a current nominee for the AFCA’s female state coach of the year. Next year is the 25th anniversary of the club and as we look forward to that landmark and what the club has achieved, let’s celebrate the unique place of the Darebin Women’s Sports Club, where women and girls are provided high-quality sporting opportunities that some of us would not have imagined possible a few decades ago. Julia Chiera President Darebin Women’s Sports Club 4 Treasurer’s Report 2014 again saw the Falcons go from strength to strength financially. At the start of the season the committee made particular strategic decisions that would help propel our fantastic club to the next level, decisions which all came with a real financial cost. The decision to increase coach’s payments across all sports, hire a professional strength and conditioning coach and grow our junior soccer programs meant we had to raise revenue via new means. With continued support from the Olympic Hotel, Daisy’s $1000 Draw, Tee’s Superfood Bars fundraiser and of course the clubs inaugural major raffle meant we could financially afford to take the next step as a club and further develop programs for women and girls in the Darebin area. Collectively as a club we managed to fundraise over $20,000.00. This is double the figure on the previous financial year! Well done Falcs! As treasurer I would like to thank everyone who helped out during the year. Big thanks go to the following people, who made my job a lot easier. Soccer- Jasmine Hirst, Ruth Barton and Staci Timms Football- Eliza Leverett, Shevaun Hogan, Harriet Radermacher and Aleisha Leonard Cricket- Dani Moore and Faele O’Connor Pool- Helen Nugent and Sally Rees Fundraising – Daisy Pearce, Sandra Dal Pos and Maria Caruso Youth Girls – Natalie Rieger We have set the bar high. The challenge for the new committee and for the future of the club is to continue to move forward both on and off the field, making sound decisions based around our clubs strategic plan that will ensure a finically stable club and an environment in which women and girls can follow their dreams. Thanks to all, and here’s to a great 2015! GO FALCONS!! Aasta O’Connor Treasurer 5 Treasurer’s report cont: 2014 FINANCIAL REPORTING Darebin Falcons bank reconciliation as at 31/10/14 Balance in bank account as at 31.10.14 $ 32,012.09 Less invoices on hand to pay $-0.00 Total balance as at 31.10.2014 $32,012.09 Expenditure Club Stock (bar and canteen) $ 12,461.38 Coaching and Trainer Courses $ 920.00 Cricket Registration and Equipment $ 395.50 Donations $ 1,000.00 Electricity
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