2012 Annual Report
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2012 Annual Report Vision To grow world class players through leadership, innovation and partnerships we will build and connect communities to badminton while meeting the needs of our Associations. Purpose Growing world class players through being a world leading organisation. Registered Office: 94H Duke Street, Frankton. Hamilton. Postal Address PO Box 5036, Frankton. Hamilton. 3204 Telephone (07) 847 0185 Email [email protected] Web www.badminton.org.nz Telephone (09) 623 7652 Solicitors Cruickshank Pryde, Invercargill Auditors PKF Martin Jarvie, Wellington Cover Photo North Island Under 13, 15 and 17 Champions 2012. 2 | P a g e Table of Contents Section 1 Page Membership .................................................................................................. 4 President’s Report .................................................................................... 6-8 Chief Executive’s Report ...................................................................... 9-11 Racqueteers Report ............................................................................ 12-13 Events Report....................................................................................... .13-15 Inter Association Report ..................................................................... .16-19 Technical Officials Report ................................................................. .20-21 High Performance Report…………………………………………….…22-24 Coaching Report …………………………………………………………25-26 Section 2: 2011 Results International Events………………………………………………………27 National Championships ………………………………………………..28-35 Inter Association Results………………………………………………….36-44 Acknowledgements 3 | P a g e Membership Auckland Badminton Association Bay of Plenty Badminton Association Badminton Canterbury Counties Manukau Badminton Association Badminton Eastland Badminton Hawke’s Bay Badminton Horowhenua Kapiti Badminton Hutt Valley Badminton Manawatu Badminton Marlborough Nelson Badminton Association Badminton North Harbour North Otago Badminton Association Northland Badminton Association Oroua Badminton Association Badminton Otago South Canterbury Badminton Association Badminton Southland Taranaki Badminton Association Thames Valley Badminton Association Waikato Badminton Association Wairarapa Badminton Association Badminton Waitakere Wanganui Badminton Association Wellington Badminton Association Wellington North Badminton Association West Coast Badminton Association Life Members Graham E Feist Walter J Glengarry Derek Light Richard Purser Heather J Robson MNZN Jeffrey E Robson MBE Gilda Tompkins Murray Weatherston J Marten Young Walter J Glengarry (passed away September 2011) Officers & Board Patron President Jeffrey Robson MBE Bevan Smith Vice President Immediate Past President Nigel Skelt Murray Weatherston Chairperson Deputy Chair Jan Giffney Bevan Smith Board Members Jan Giffney, Bevan Smith, Val Dorling, Michelle Hollands, Aaron Spence. Nigel Skelt. Paul Bradshaw. Daniel Shirley (since retired) 4 | P a g e Staff Chief Executive Nicki Martin Administrative Secretary Natalie Westley (from Feb 2011) Racqueteers (F/T) Corinne Barnard Events Manager (F/T) Julie Carrel (from Jan 2011) High Performance (F/T) TJ Weistra (from Nov 2010) Coaching Development (F/T) Nick Chambers (from Oct 2011) P/T – Part time. F/T – Fixed Term. New Zealand Thomas Cup Team 2012 5 | P a g e President’s Report It was a great honour and privilege to be The Board has met six times, one of which voted in as President of Badminton NZ at last was a telephone conference call. year’s AGM, and humbling when I think of Attendance has been Aaron Spence (6), the many fine people who have held this Daniel Shirley (4), Jan Giffney (6), John Wong position over the years. (2), Michelle Hollands (5, one by Skype), Nigel Skelt (2), Paul Bradshaw (4), Val Dorling (6) Normally, the first meeting of the board is and myself (6). Nigel’s absences have been held the morning after the AGM, however we in part due to his significant commitments as didn’t have a quorum for this so we deferred Deputy Vice President of the BWF. it to a telephone conference call in December. The board unanimously voted It is not ideal that we have had board Jan Giffney to be chair for another year. This members resign mid-term. John Wong has turned out to be her last, as she is retiring tendered his resignation in February, and from the board at the upcoming AGM. Being soon after Associations were notified Chair is a volunteer role that consumes a regarding the opportunity to nominate a huge amount of time and requires replacement. Paul Bradshaw, Chief tremendous wisdom, fortitude and Executive of Badminton North Harbour, was diplomacy. Jan has displayed all these appointed prior to our April meeting. qualities, and her skills will be sorely missed. Dan Shirley resigned just prior to our October Early on, the Board adopted a new strategic meeting. Dan expressed regret that he plan and were called upon to make a couldn’t fulfil his two year term and referred decision about whether we upheld the to overseas travel commitments as the previous board’s decision to cancel the 2012 reason for his on-going unavailability for NZ Open. Despite pressure from our meetings. We were benefiting greatly from international body to go ahead, we felt the Dan’s high performance experience and he financial risks to the organisation were will be missed. significant and the need to free our Chief Executive’s time from this project meant we should stick to our guns and not go ahead. Later on in the year we were able to negotiate and sign an agreement with Match Point Events Ltd. to run the tournament for 4 years with no financial risk to Badminton NZ. If anyone can pull this off and grow the event, we know Julie can. Despite the comings and goings, the Board have worked well together with everyone contributing where they could and working well in a spirit of unity and rigorous debate on the issues at hand. The year has had its share of challenges. Being an Olympic year we were hopeful that 6 | P a g e Michelle Chan would qualify to attend. While On a more positive note the board have she qualified by the BWFs standard, entered into a relationship with Tightlines to regrettably she did not by the NZOC’s. be involved in promoting the sport of Speed Michelle and her supporters put a huge effort Badminton (also called Speedminton). We in to helping her qualify and it is saw this as an opportunity that could, over understandable that many were deeply time, be complimentary to Badminton and saddened that she didn’t quite meet the be a source of revenue for Badminton NZ. criteria. Understandably questions were Val Dorling has represented our interests on a asked as to why we didn’t nominate Michelle development committee with the for selection but we were bound by an responsibility of developing Speedminton agreement with the NZOC that we would not alongside Badminton. Some may assert that nominate athletes who didn’t meet the this might take away from badminton, criteria. however the Board concluded that this could be complimentary, and over time could Back in 1999, the Council adopted a develop in a similar way to how Touch took misconduct policy that has hardly ever had off in New Zealand alongside Rugby. to be used. Regrettably this year the Board Furthermore Speedminton has the received a complaint about two of our advantage of being able to be effectively athletes. Accordingly, a Disciplinary Panel played outdoors. The arrival of Speedminton was formed of Michelle Hollands, Val Dorling is an opportunity to expand rather than be and I, as chair, to hear the matters and make separate competing entities. a ruling on each. Both players were found to be in breach of the misconduct policy and both appealed the decisions as it related to them. Each case was separately heard by an Appeal Committee, which included Aaron Spence and two independent legal representatives. In the first case, the original decision was upheld, in the second case the original decision was overturned. Both these complaints involved the use of social media and as was shown at the Olympics, the use of social media has increasingly become a form of Some of the highlights of 2012 have been communication that needs to be utilized attending the 75th Anniversary of the Waikato carefully and respectfully. These matters Badminton Association and talking to some have exposed some significant holes in our of the old timers there who have dedicated policy that will need to be addressed. a lifetime of service to our sport. The glowing Unfortunately putting these Appeal terms in which they talked about how much Committees together has been a costly badminton had given back to them as exercise and the money would have been people was an inspiration. It was also great to better utilised elsewhere. However, another be present at the Wisden Cup final and way of looking at this is that the expenditure witness a great badminton spectacle. has been an investment in the culture of our Waikato won the trophy but badminton was game. Hopefully we don’t have to pull this the big winner. policy, or an amended version, out for another decade or so. 7 | P a g e As I write I look forward to attending the 50th Anniversary celebration of North Harbour Badminton Association on November 10th. What a great achievement and what a great contribution that Association has made to badminton in New Zealand over the years. I would like to take this opportunity to express appreciation to our Chief Executive, Nicki Martin,