2016 ANNUAL REPORT CONTENTS INTRODUCTION AND REPORTS 5 FINANCIAL REPORT 29 YEARBOOK 49 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 83 SELECTORS 2016 Chairman of Selectors Mr Peter Beaumont Seniors APPOINTMENTS AND OFFICIALS Mr Bradley McGee OAM Mr Tom Skulander Patron Mr Craig Chapman Mr Tony Cook Juniors Vice Patron Mr Tom Dawson Mr Robert Bates Mr Michael Marshall Mr Graeme Northey BOARD OF DIRECTORS President / Chairman COLLEGE OF COMMISAIRES Mr Peter Beaumont Chairman Directors Mr Glenn Vigar Mr Craig Chapman Mr Andrew Fisher APPOINTED Ms Rodney Turner Mr Glenn Vigar Public Officer Mr Nathan Rees (appointment) Mr Ian Atkin Ms Jacqueline Bogue (appointment) Auditor CIB Accountants Chief Executive Officer Mr Phil Ayres Affliated With Cycling Australia Ltd APPOINTED POSITIONS NSW Olympic Council Inc. Australian Commonwealth Games Handicappers Association – NSW Division Mr Michael O’Reilly Ms Robyn Sprouster DESIGNED BY DELEGATES Creative Agency CIAdvertising NSW Olympic Council & NSW Division of the Commonwealth Games Association Creatives Mr Peter Beaumont Colin Iremonger Mr Phil Ayres Karina Merriman INTRODUCTION AND REPORTS CHAIRMAN’S REPORT PETER BEAUMONT ACHIEVEMENTS GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL // REPORT YEARBOOK CHAMPIONSHIPS // STATE // I would like to begin this year’s report by thanking all CNSW Clubs and their passionate leaders and volunteers who applied their unique touch to the events they ran during the year. I had the good fortune to attend many Thank you to my fellow Board members for your personal contributions to the good governance of CNSW of these – club road races, country opens, Masters Champs and club social rides – and my ‘customer during 2016. Our commitment to effectively represent the interests of CNSW members is evidenced by experience’ was universally fantastic. I appreciated the generosity of the hosts and the good spirit that was our engagement of an Australian Sports Commission team to conduct a self-assessment of our current always on show. I strongly recommend each of you penciling in a few weekends in 2017 to experience what performance and processes. Further to this, I will be seeking to bring material Constitutional reform to the regional NSW has on offer while also enjoying the camaraderie and the challenge of our country Open road 2018 AGM to address shortcomings we have in gender diversity and voting processes. racing season – there is a grade or a handicap bunch for everyone! THANK YOU YEAR IN REVIEW Thank you to Phil and all his hard-working team for stepping up to the challenges of 2016. Whether it was 2016 was a year of steady progress against our vision of establishing CNSW as the peak body for Cycling implementing a new timing system, wrestling with wet and windy roadside conditions or handling member INTRODUCTION AND REPORTS in NSW. Highlights include a steadily growing membership base, a vibrant Sydney metro road racing scene, enquiries, their commitment to creating a great customer experience was unwavering. strong ties being forged with Government, NSW winning Champion State and increased CNSW involvement Finally, I would like to warmly thank all CNSW members for the part you played in creating Cycling NSW’s in the NSW cycling sportif scene. Phil Ayres’ CEO report provides more detail on 2016 in review. growing cycling family. I look forward to sharing a ride or cheering from the sidelines with you in 2017. NSW had many high-performance athletes represent themselves and CNSW with distinction during 2016: • Olympic and Paralympic Representatives: Ashlee Ankudinkoff, Rachael Neylan, Amanda Spratt, Matt Formston, Nick Yallouris, Simone Kennedy, Alex Lisney, Amanda Reid, Bradley McGee OAM (Coach) and Tom Skulander (Coach) • World Champions: Chris Murray, Gary Mandy, Gavin White, David Willmott, Geoff Stoker and Gaye Lynn Peter Beaumont Chariman LOOKING AHEAD Cycling NSW Looking ahead into 2017 and 2018, CNSW has a packed agenda that will stretch all our resources. That said, I am confident that the executive team, the Board, Commission members, numerous volunteers and our many cycling friends can deliver on these. A sample of our major projects include: • Dunc Gray Velodrome: Working with Government and Bankstown Council to secure the ongoing operation of the Dunc Gray velodrome is a major priority. Initial engagements are positive and I am confident this facility can be retained, upgraded and maintained to the standard it deserves. • Safety and road access: We can never do enough to ensure the safety of cyclists while on the road. We are seeking to establish an MOU with the Government to work jointly on this issue and gain their support for the road access we need to run our events. • Major global events: Few could argue that Sydney’s Harbor Bridge and Opera House wouldn’t be the perfect backdrop for a World Road Race Championships. With events in 2020 and beyond available, we will be challenging the Government to accept our support and begin the ground work on a bid. 7 CEO REPORT PHIL AYRES Cycling NSW has never had as larger membership as it did during 2016, with just shy of 9,000 members evolve and develop going forward. What is evident is safety is a shared outcome, and as riders and officials joining the ride as racing members, recreational riders, juniors and officials/volunteers. A win for both our we need to watch out for each other and take a pro-active approach at all times. FINANCIAL // REPORT YEARBOOK CHAMPIONSHIPS // STATE // organisation in general and for each of the member clubs. What is interesting with that number is the shifting member type, with a growing proportion of ‘Ride’ members, or those who are not actively racing, swelling to Out on the road and on the track we again experienced some outstanding results. The standout event for the year over 40% of the membership, up from 25% only five years ago. was the Masters Road Championships at the new location Orange/Molong. The event attracted record entries and allowed us to extend our State Championship footprint into a new location. A similar strategy which we undertook How people are consuming their cycling within our organisation is changing. Once the domain of hardened racers with the Griffith Cycle Club to host two State Championships, reached its capstone with the successful hosting or the few who cycled as a means of commuting, those who cycle now span across all types of demographic, of the 2016 National Road Championships. Southern Highlands CC took the reins for their first staging of the Elite location and motivation. Our largest club has 70% recreational members and our second largest 70% racing Road Championships, hosting a very successful event on a super course, set to be a feature for years to come. members. This is neither a good nor bad thing, but shows the diversity of the market we are all interacting with and looking to recruit and retain as members. It requires both the Federation and each of the member clubs to These are just three events to highlight amongst the numerous Junior Tours, Open road events and Track contemplate what this change in focus and consumption of riding means for the various programs and activities carnivals which our member clubs stage for the sport. We applaud the hard work and dedication of a band of INTRODUCTION AND REPORTS we offer, and how we best meet our member’s expectations of value in their annual membership. willing event organisers, race officials and volunteers for whom without their efforts cycle racing in the State would not occur. It was these questions which saw CNSW work with its clubs by way of a working party to consider the challenging question of admission of new clubs to the Federation. The working party group represented a variety of club On the individual front Amanda Reid’s silver medal at the Rio Paralympics was a highlight for NSW, along types, opinions and locations. The debate was spirited and if for no other reason, the experience was a success with Gary Mandy’s dual world records in Masters Track along with his swag of World Championships medals. as it allowed all the attendees to gain a greater insight into this changing customer dynamic and learn from each Gaye Lynne with the double in Time Trial and Road Race at the World Gran Fondo Championships rounded other various approaches and strategies being successfully used at other clubs. We now have a more robust out three outstanding individual champions amongst many. There were a host of our riders selected in the framework for the consideration of new clubs into the Federation and look forward to implementating it with our Rio, World Championship and Junior World’s Teams across both road and track (mentioned later in this first new club under these structures which came on board as a provisional member this past year. report). We acknowledge your efforts and standing in reaching the pinnacle of cycling. Again looking toward a wider remit for the Federation, we continued to develop an open and constructive NSW being named the Champion State at the Cycling Australia awards dinner was a fitting reward to each of our relationship across Government particularly with the Department of Transport. The wind back of the ID riders competing across Junior, Elite and Masters categories in National Championship competition. We have been requirements for cyclist announced in 2016 was the result of many months of dialogue by the Federation with working hard to lay a platform for elite development in this State and this is starting to bear fruit with exceptional results the Minister and his team, and we are pleased that common sense prevailed. We now have a seat at the table at junior level, which in time will transfer into elite competition. This is bookended by arguably the strongest provincial with Government as a valued stakeholder on broader road safety issues and the marketing and promotion of group of masters track cyclists globally, rounding out a strong top line competitive cohort of our membership.