INTERNATIONAL TENNIS CLUB OF AUSTRALIA —IC AUSTRALIA Annual Report 2017 CONTENTS Page 3 Agenda – AGM 2018 Page 4 President’s Report Page 5 Office Bearers & Committee Page 7—9 Treasurer’s Report Financials Page 10 Match Committee Report Page 11—12 IC Events 2017 Page 13—14 January 2017 AGM Official Minutes Page 15—16 IC Member List All correspondence to: Hon Secretary, Steve Myers: [email protected] 02 International Tennis Club of Australia — Annual Report 2017 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF THE AGM OF THE INTERNATIONAL TENNIS CLUB OF AUSTRALIA DATE OF MEETING: Saturday 27 January 2018 TIME: 9.30am (EDST) WHERE: Sir Norman Brookes Room, Royal South Yarra LTC AGENDA 1. Notice of Meeting 2. Apologies 3. Confirmation of Minutes of AGM held on 28 January 2017 4. Matters Arising 5. President’s Report 6. Treasurer’s Report 7. Match Committee Report and Upcoming Events 8. Report on Council of IC AGM held at LTA July 2017 9. Membership 10. Correspondence 11. Election of Office Bearers and Committee 12. General Business a) That upon the recommendation of the committee Ken Rosewall be elected as an honorary life member of ICA b) That upon the recommendation of the committee Trevor Fancutt be elected as an honorary life member of ICA Steve Myers Hon. Secretary 03 International Tennis Club of Australia — Annual Report 2017 PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2017 In what has been a quick learning curve for me, it about, and shows just what can be achieved when we work to a would not have been possible to embark on this common goal. I must however acknowledge the typical behind journey as the new President without the generous the scenes work of treasurer Noel, who ensured every “i” was dotted and every “t” crossed in ensuring all raised funds from the support of all Committee members - So to that event were accurately forwarded to Peter’s estate on his passing. end, a very big thank you to all. Noel continues to be our rock behind the scenes! I also recognise The IC movement has been in existence for many the support of TA in this event, and that our relationship with the years, and we all owe plenty to those in our National Body remains strong. Australian division to for that has been achieved. As with every aspect of life though, our environment Noel and Di are also to be congratulated on the work done to put together a most successful event at Royal Pines Resort on the Gold is not immune from change, and I believe our IC Coast for our members in September. It was fabulous to have our must constantly be aware of whichever of those Patron Frank and wife Jean, along with other family members in changes become relevant to our members. attendance, as well as our other “legend” Ken Rosewall , and wife Wilma. New members Max Bates, Graham Thams, and Wayne It is with that in mind that the focus for me this year has been Hampson were delighted to have their membership ties presented on transitioning away from too heavy an involvement in Junior to them by such legends of our game. Development, and more on trying to engage more directly with our members. That means that we must accept that communication The Hopman Cup will have come and gone by the time this by today’s generation is by “snapchat”, “facebook”, “instagram”, meeting takes place, and I know as ever, Helen will have ensured “messenger” etc, and to use those tools ourselves. This is quite that yet another successful IC event will have taken place . We a challenge, but many thanks to Secretary Steve who has made are truly fortunate to have committed members across the nation considerable efforts for us in this area. contributing to our ongoing success. We are also endeavouring to engage with Tennis Australia in the Finally, congratulations to Steve and Wayne on their success in the area of Player Welfare/Mentoring. There are so many examples of Von Cramm Cup victory, and also to the appointment of Noel to the players, both current and past, who could benefit from the expertise Tennis Qld Board. I am also pleased to note that both Kerryn and of some of our IC members’ experiences. I am pleased to advise Janet have been reinstated as members of the Last Eight following that solid progress has been made in that area, and we hope to their removal last year! have something finite completed soon. There will be plenty of challenges as we move into 2018, but I am Of course, a major thrust remains our engaging with IC members confident that together we can keep moving our IC in the right from overseas, and as ever, Kerryn has successfully driven this area. direction. I have been honoured to serve as President this year. To that end, we have a potential visit from Japan or New Zealand this January, with Holland already expressing an interest for 2019. Sincerely, Kerryn will highlight more in her report, but my thanks to Kerryn Geoff Masters for the work as well as relationships that have been fostered in this important area. My first luncheon event at Kooyong in January during the Australian Open, attended by all Grand Slam Nation Heads, as well as that of the ITF, and so beautifully emceed by Cedric , was something to be proud of. A team effort of course, with special mention going to Mandy and Carol who did so much of the behind the scenes work. Perhaps our highlight event was our Wimbledon Dinner in honour of former member Peter Doohan. It would be unfair to highlight any one person’s contribution, as this was indeed a major contribution by all concerned. These sorts of events are all that the IC is 04 International Tennis Club of Australia — Annual Report 2017 OFFICE BEARERS & COMMITTEE 2017 IC AUSTRALIA OFFICE BEARERS & COMMITTEE PATRON: Frank Sedgman AM PRESIDENT: Geoff Masters VICE PRESIDENTS: Tim Cawthorn, Cedric Mason & Kerryn Pratt HON SECRETARY: Steve Myers HON TREASURER: Noel Jensen MATCH CAPTAINS: Victor Eke (Vic), Kerryn Pratt & Wayne Pascoe (NSW) CHAIRPERSON MATCH COMMITTEE: Kerryn Pratt COMMITTEE: Ken Barton, Victor Eke, Chris Kachel, Dianne Evers, Wayne Pascoe, Carol O’Sullivan & Helen Muir All enquiries to the HON SECRETARY Steve Myers [email protected] PO BOX 5057, CAMBERWELL 3124 05 International Tennis Club of Australia — Annual Report 2017 06 International Tennis Club of Australia — Annual Report 2017 TREASURER’S REPORT FINANCIAL YEAR 1ST OCTOBER 2016 — 30TH SEPTEMBER 2017 Ladies and Gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure Acknowledgements to submit for your consideration the balance sheet On behalf of the club, I would like to thank (in alphabetical order) the and profit and loss statement for the club’s financial following organisations for their continued support in 2017: year ending 30th September 2017. • Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club • Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club Overall Position • Tennis Australia For the year ending 30th September 2017, there has been an increase in the funds of the club from $64,184.00 to $78,455.00 I wish to record my appreciation to Mr Cliff Sproule, life member an increase of $14,271.00. and past treasurer, for his assistance in the preparation of my first treasurer’s report and to all the other committee members for their The improved position is due to an increase in revenue from support and assistance during the past year. membership subscriptions and decisions of the committee to reduce expenditures during the year. However, the figure of At the Annual General Meeting to be held on Saturday 27th January $14,271.00 is not an entirely true depiction of the club’s net position 2018, I propose to formally move the adoption of the club’s financial because it contains fundraising monies of $4,335.00 payable to the statements for the year ending 30th September 2017. estate of the late Peter Doohan.1 Noel Jensen CBA Investment Hon. Treasurer The club maintains a $50,000.00 investment with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia on term deposit. The previous seven-month term matured on 18th February 2017. The accrued interest from that investment of $795.00 was received as income and paid into the club’s general account. On 18th February 2017, the club reinvested the capital amount of $50,000.00 for a period of 12 months, at the rate of 2.35% per annum compounding annually.2 This investment is expected to yield $1,175.00 when it matures on 18th February 2018. Income and Expenses The club’s income was $69,587.76 which includes income from membership subscriptions and events throughout the year such as the annual lunch, the Queensland event at the Royal Pines Resort, the Hopman Cup event (very ably conducted by Helen Muir with assistance from Gary Penberthy) and the Kooyong Wimbledon dinner. The annual expenses were $56,413.13 which included the costs of the aforementioned events and a $1,565.00 annual affiliation fee paid to the Council of ICs.3 The committee also managed to save costs by engaging the services of an entertainer for the annual lunch at a more reasonable cost. 1 Total fundraising money $12,225 from Kooyong Wimbledon dinner. Payments to Doohan Estate were $7,000 on 15/8/17 and a further $4,335 on 10/10/17 2 Term deposit number 06 2140 50463779 3 The committee has made a submission to the IC Council regarding the manner the fee is calculated 07 International Tennis Club of Australia — Annual Report 2017 BALANCE SHEET AS OF 30 SEPTEMBER 2017 ASSETS CBA A/c 80 2930 $28,341.33 CBA 50K Investments $50,000.00 Total Fixed Assets $78,341.33 Total Assets $78,341.33 LIABILITIES Current Liabilities GST -$ 114.38 Total Liabilities -$ 114.38 Net Assets $78,455.71 EQUITY Retained Earnings Current $65,281.08 Years Earnings $13,174.63 Total Equity $78,455.71