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International Club of

(IC Australia)

ANNUAL REPORT 2016

1 CONTENTS

Page 3 Agenda AGM January 28, 2017

Page 4 President’s Report

Page 5 Office Bearers & Committee 2016

Page 6 Treasurer’s Report

Page 7 Investments Held

Page 8 Financial Statement - Receipts

Page 9 Financial Statement – Payments

Page 10 AGM January 2016 Minutes

Page 14 List of Financial Members

2 International Tennis Club (IC) of Australia Annual General Meeting

To be held at Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club on Saturday 28 January 2017 at 9.30am

AGENDA

1. Notice of Meeting 2. Apologies 3. Confirmation of Minutes of AGM held 30 January 2016 4. Matters Arising 5. President’s Report 6. Treasurer’s Report 7. Report on Council of IC AGM held at LTA June 2016 8. Membership 9. Correspondence 10. Incorporation of the Club 11. Election of Office Bearers 12. General Business

3 President's Report

I'd firstly like to thank the General Committee, and the sub committees, for their enormous efforts in 2016.

The burden required to carry out the preparation for transition to an incorporated body, which will hopefully be approved at the AGM, has largely fallen to Noel Jensen, who on behalf of you all I'd like to mark our gratitude.

There has also been heightened activity on the Match committee, so ably chaired by Kerryn Pratt, with our hosting of the IC of USA in January, the IC of Luxembourg in April, and the visit by the IC of Australia to the IC of Czech Republic and the IC of GB, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

The year kicked off as usual with a very successful IC function at the , followed by a big week at the with the tennis day and lunch at Kooyong, the match v USA, the AGM, and our flagship event, the annual Lunch at Royal South Yarra, where all nations and the ITF were represented.

At that function, I had the honour, along with , our Patron and the President of the IC Council, of presenting with the CQS IC Sportsmanship award, arguably the most prestigious honour in international tennis.

Significant change in our IC beckons in this transition period, and I must recognise the great contribution by those standing down, in particular our Senior Vice President , who is indeed a national treasure, and our Hon Treasurer Cliff Sproule Jnr (who's personal and endearing way of collecting fees for almost 30 years will be sorely missed by many), and committee member Cedric Mason, who continues as Vice President and arguably just as importantly as emcee of the IC Lunch. We were also able to welcome Steve Myers as Hon Secretary and two new members of the committee Mandy Morgan and Carol O'Sullivan.

I must add that my own situation has significantly changed since a year ago. Being based overseas, the consequence is that I felt in all fairness that I could not continue as President and do justice to the role.

However, at the IC Council AGM, I was seconded onto the (International) IC Council Executive Committee, and attended the recent November meetings in Paris. This keeps me involved in the IC movement.

Since our patron and past president, Frank Sedgman, asked if I would consider becoming President, it has been an honour for me to serve you, and I wish my successor the sincerest best wishes, as well as to the esteemed organisation itself.

Yours most sincerely,

Paul McNamee AM President IC Australia

4 2016 IC Australia Office Bearers & Committee

Patron: Frank Sedgman AM

President: Paul McNamee AM

Vice Presidents: Ken Rosewall MBE AM (Senior VP) Tim Cawthorn & Cedric Mason

Hon Secretary: Stephen Myers

Hon Treasurer: Cliff Sproule

General Committee: Victor Eke, Noel Jensen, Chris Kachel, Helen Muir, Carol O’Sullivan, Kerryn Pratt, Wayne Pascoe & Mandy Morgan (seconded February 2016)

Match Captains: Victor Eke (Victoria), Wayne Pascoe & Kerryn Pratt (NSW)

Match Committee: Kerryn Pratt (chair), Stephen Myers, Helen Muir, Victor Eke, Chris Kachel, Noel Jensen, Wayne Pascoe & Carol O’Sullivan

Membership Committee: Paul McNamee, Stephen Myers, Tim Cawthorn, Cliff Sproule, Kerryn Pratt & Chris Kachel

Executive Committee: Paul McNamee, Frank Sedgman, Stephen Myers, Cliff Sproule, Tim Cawthorn, Cedric Mason & Victor Eke

5 TREASURER’S REPORT

YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30 2016

Ladies and Gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to submit for your consideration the Statement of Receipts and Payments for the year ended September 30 2016.

For the year ended 30 September 2016 there has been a further reduction in the Net Funds of the Club of $5,425. However the current General Committee have looked at positive ways to reverse this reduction in the Club Funds of the last couple of years so that the Club does not have to delve into recalling some of the Term Deposit that the Club has currently invested.

The Interest earned and paid to our Club on the Term Deposits to 30 September 2016 was $2,552 and in addition there is accrued but unpaid Interest on our current Term Deposit of $50,000 at 30 September 2016 of $273.70.

Our Membership Subscriptions showed an increase of $1,449.

In the Expenditure there was a reduction of $562 in the amount our Club paid to the Council of IC’s for our Annual Subscription because the Council agreed to a reduction in the amount we had to pay them for the 2016 year. In addition the net cost to the Club of the Annual Lunch at the Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club showed a reduction of $630. However there was an increase of $1,197 in the cost of the entertainer at that Lunch and your General Committee are looking at obtaining a suitable entertainer for the 2017 Annual Lunch at a more reasonable price. There was a reduction of $349 in the Printing and Stationery costs.

On behalf of the Club I would like to thank (in alphabetical order) the following organizations for their continued support in 2016:

. Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club

. Mylund Advertising

. Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club

. Tennis Australia

I wish to record my appreciation to Paul McNamee and Steve Myers for their support and assistance during the past year.

At the Annual General Meeting on Saturday 28 January 2017 I propose to formally move the adoption of the Statement of Receipts and Payments for the year ended 30 September 2016.

C.M. Sproule Honorary Treasurer

6 INTERNATIONAL TENNIS CLUB OF AUSTRALIA INVESTMENTS HELD AT SEPTEMBER 30 2016

Institution Type of Deposit Amount

Commonwealth Bank of Term Deposit of $50,000.00 $50,000.00 Australia invested on 11 November 2014 No. 06 2140 5046 3779 Interest @ 3.03% per annum matured on 11 November 2015.

We reinvested this $50,000.00 together with the Interest Accrued for the 12 months of $1,650.00 @ 2.60% per annum for a period of 8 months to mature on 11 July 2016.

For those 8 months we accrued Interest of $894.04 and that was credited to our Current Account together with the $1.650.00 Interest from the previous period which had been reinvested for those 8 months.

On 18 July 2016 we reinvested the $50,000.00 in Term Deposit No. 06 2140 5046 3779 for a further period of 7 months at 2.70% per annum to mature on 18 February 2017.

$50,000.00

7 INTERNATIONAL LAWN TENNIS CLUB OF AUSTRALIA STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS 1/10/15 TO 30/9/16 2015 RECEIPTS 2016 $ $ Balance as at 1.10.15 1944.04 Commonwealth Trading Bank 19500.06 106.73 Macquarie Bank Cash Management 106.73 4438.55 IC of France Visit – January 2015 0.00 4515.82 Aust. Taxation Office (GST) – to be paid to ATO 3989.05 3.11 Macquarie Bank – Interest 2.24 1336.37 IC of France Visit – January 2015 0.00 1287.92 Bank Interest – CBA 2551.60 7618.80 Membership Subscriptions – Current 9068.00 (1331.24) Surplus Aust Open Lunch – Melb. Jan 2016 (701.04) 709.15 Membership Subscriptions – in arrears 54.55 4000.00 Sponsorship & Raffles 0.00 1630.00 GST Refund Received from Aust. Taxation Off. 1136.00 1209.10 Prepayments – Royal Pines October 2015 (1209.10) 1727.33 2016 Australian Open Tennis Day 2181.74 21899.99 2016 Australian Open Tickets 12390.88 54.55 Sundry Income (Subs in advance) (54.55) 0.00 Sundry Income 68.14 18.18 Sales of Ties & Scarves 129.09 0.00 Western Australia Hopman Cup 2016 303.68 (1527.40) Life Time Memberships (1485.55) 35000.00 Return of Term Deposit - Commonwealth Bank 0.00 0.00 2016 USA IC Visit - Sydney 531.82 600.00 Prepayments – 2016 Overseas Tour 400.00 0.00 Royal Pines Event – October 2015 2518.22 0.00 Luxembourg IC Visit - Melbourne 1919.09 0.00 Luxembourg IC Visit - Sydney 681.80 0.00 USA IC Visit - Melbourne 695.47 0.00 Kooyong Wimbledon Dinner – July 2016 1890.87

85241.00 56668.79 International Lawn Tennis Club of Australia of Funds comprising 69606.79 64184.32 Credit Balance 19500.06 Commonwealth Trading Bank, Wynyard, NSW 14184.32 106.73 Macquarie Bank Cash Management, Sydney, 0.00 50000.00 Investments as per attached Schedule 50000.00 69606.79 64184.32

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2015 PAYMENTS 2016 $ $

63.64 Australian Foundation Annual Sub 63.64 1990.90 Annual Report 1390.00 2338.18 2016 Australian Open Tennis Day 2832.73 21900.01 2016 Australian Open Tickets 12390.88 0.00 Luxembourg IC Visit - Melbourne 3117.27 0.00 Kooyong Wimbledon Dinner – July 2016 1263.64 0.00 Luxembourg IC Visit - Sydney 1504.52 305.64 Postages 397.37 1529.86 Subscription to Council of IC’s 2016 938.22 198.64 Annual General Meeting Expenses 38.00 15000.00 Term Deposit – Commonwealth Bank – 0.00 540.82 Printing and Stationery 191.72 441.82 Prepayments - Royal Pines October 2015 (441.82) 0.00 IC of Australia Website 570.25 91.72 Committee Meetings/Expenses – 2015/2016 376.28 0.00 Overseas Tour 2016 313.14 5154.70 GST Paid (Recoverable from ATO) 4451.45 90.91 Flowers – T. Long Funeral 0.00 3200.00 Entertainment – Annual Lunch – January 2016 4397.45 933.00 GST Payments Remitted to Aust. Taxation Office 771.00 7766.37 IC of France Visit – Melbourne January 2015 0.00 4288.00 IC of France Visit – Sydney January 2015 0.00 0.00 Royal Pines Event – October 2015 2488.00 0.00 USA IC Visit - Melbourne 3197.46 0.00 USA IC Visit - Sydney 1233.27 0.00 Refund Prepayments – 2016 Overseas Tour 1000.00 65634.21 42484.47 19500.06 Balance Commonwealth Trading Bank – 30.9.16 14184.32 106.73 Balance Macquarie Bank Cash Management – 0.00 30.9.16 85241.00 56668.79

9 INTERNATIONAL TENNIS CLUB OF AUSTRALIA (IC Australia)

Patron: Frank Sedgman AM President: Paul McNamee AM Hon Secretary: Stephen Myers Hon Treasurer: Cliff Sproule

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held at Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club, Melbourne, on Saturday 30 January 2016 at 9.30am

Present: Paul McNamee, Cliff Sproule, Daphne & Trevor Fancutt, Stephen Myers, Victor Eke, Frank & Jean Sedgman, Ken Rosewall, Peter Richardson, Graeme & Joy Fair, Terry Stone, Tim Cawthorn, Noel Jensen, Wayne Pascoe, Kerryn Pratt, Cedric Mason, Philip & Anne Wooldridge, Eva DeJong-Duldig, Carol O’Sullivan, Terry Fraser, Liz Hodgkins, Andrew Rae, Kay Joubert, Chris Kachel, Maureen Pratt, & Helen Muir

Apologies Rob Casey, Elizabeth Peers, Charlie Fancutt, Chris Fancutt, Michael Fancutt, Joe Devereux, Bert Kearney, Lorraine Green, Russell Pratt, Ernie Ewert, Steve Healy, , Alan Hicks, Mary Hicks, Paul Wigney, Tim Clayton, Bill Gilmour, Arthur Marshall, Max Horton, Mick Parslow, Des Nicholl, Geoff & Eleanor Pollard, Brian & Carmen Tobin,

Confirmation of Minutes It was moved by Tim Cawthorn and seconded by Victor Eke that the Minutes of the meeting 31 January 2015 be confirmed. Carried

President’s Report The President Paul McNamee welcomed everyone and read from his written report.

He thanked long serving committee members who retired in 2015 – Lorraine Green, Gary Penberthy and Vice President Trevor Fancutt for their services to IC Australia.

Paul also thanked Chris Kachel for his services as Hon Secretary in 2015.

EVENTS OF 2015 Hopman Cup Function January 2016 – Helen Muir There were 66 attendees to an afternoon tea. Kerryn Pratt interviewed Fed Cup captain and former Argentine Davis Cup player Lito Alvarez. Royal Pines Function November 2015 – Noel Jensen Fantastic event with tennis at Royal Pines on covered courts, then drinks on the terrace followed by dinner in the golf club. Wayne Pasoce conducted a Q & A while Kerryn

10 Pratt interviewed a number of the players in the room. A special note was made of Daphne Fancutt’s letter of thanks.

IC of USA VISIT January 2016 Match Victor Eke reported the official match held at Royal South Yarra LTC The match was played in great spirits. Australian IC team included: Paul McNamee, Stephen Myers, Andrew Rae, Glenn Busby, , Peter Keller, Di Evers, Mandy Morgan and young Fedja Bilic. The result: overwhelmingly in favour of IC Australia.

UPCOMING EVENTS 2016 Kerryn Pratt, Chairperson of the Match Committee reported that the trips away and hosting events are key activities for the club and provides a pathway to grow membership and get more players involved.

IC Luxembourg Visit – March/April 2016 A team from IC Luxembourg to visit Melbourne and Sydney

IC Australia trips to Prague and Great Britian Kerryn Pratt has arranged matches v IC Czech Republic and IC GB in June 2016 So far 12 members expressed interest in going on this European Tour.

Treasurers Report The Honorary Treasurer, Cliff Sproule, advised the Meeting that a Statement of Receipts and Payments had been circulated to all financial members and that it formed part of the Annual Report. The Funds of the Club decreased for the year ended 30 September 2015 by $2,444. There was a net increase in the Receipts for the year of $1,250. The current year Membership Subscriptions showed an increase of $273 while Membership Subscriptions in Arrears showed an increase of $618. For those investing Surplus Funds, Interest Rates have sharply decreased and there was a reduction in Interest Received by the Club of $1,282. In the Receipts for the year there are Prepayments for the Royal Pines Event in October 2015 of $1,264 and the 2016 Overseas Tour of $600. In the Payments there was a decrease of $1,549 after ignoring the non-recurring expenditure for the visit of the IC France $12,054. This was mainly due to a reduction in Executive Meeting Expenses $887, Subscription to the Council of IC’s $265 and Postages $134. The Term Deposit of $50,000 with the Commonwealth Bank which was current as at 30 September 2015 and which was due to mature on 11 November 2015 was reinvested on that date together with the Accrued Interest of $1,650 with the Commonwealth Bank in a further Term Deposit of $51,650.00 at 2.60% per annum to mature on 11 July 2016. The Bank Balances at 30 January 2016 were CBA $18,139.34 and Macquarie Bank $106.73.

11 There were no questions and the Hon Treasurer formally moved the adoption of the Statement of Receipts and Payments for the year ended 30 September 2015. Seconded by Daphne Fancutt. Carried

Report on IC Council AGM July 2016 Wimbledon Paul McNamee and Wayne Pascoe (who attended) reported on the Workshop on Philanthropy IC Philanthropy - stands alone to help young disadvantaged children to play tennis and has sponsorship from CQS The Ken Rosewall Regional Project - will start in February. Kids Tennis Foundation will administer the program and Victor Eke will oversee on behalf of IC Australia. The Launch will be held in February in Penrith NSW. The Myer Foundation have also contributed $25,000 to the KRRP. IC Jean Borotra Sportsmanship Award – it was agreed this prestigious award to go to ROD LAVER and will be presented at our IC lunch on Sunday at RSY LTC. Website: The IC Council has agreed to build a new website linked to the IC Council website for IC Australia. Stephen Myers to update and coordinate. IC Junior Challenge – the finals are scheduled to be held in Monte Carlo later in the year. Although IC Australia not involved this year, Paul McNamee and the committee supports our involvement in future years. IC Week: The most prestigious week of the IC year will be held in Berlin, Germany in August 2017 and France in 2019. Wayne reported that the IC COUNCIL was revered by group of visiting IC members and great value to the IC movement. And IC Australia is held in high standard - upholding the traditions of the sport.

Membership

Wayne Pascoe has prepared a discussion paper to look at implications of expanding membership.

There was a general discussion about membership. Victor Eke acknowledged how much work Wayne had done is this area.

Cliff Sproule reported our IC has 16 members who have reached the age of 85 and under the Constitution of the Club they do not have to pay any further Annual Membership Fees. He also reported that there has been no further increase to the 60 living members who have paid lifetime payments for membership and that we have two Honorary Life Members – Frank Sedgman and Cedric Mason. There were a total of 169 financial members in 2015 including o/85, PLM and HLM.

12 New Members

Ordinary: Colleen Carney, John Decker, Gary Hutchinson, Kaye Nealon and Stephen Wright.

Associate: Brian Cooney and Josh Frydenberg

VALE Colin Blatch, Ian Coghill Barry Green, Thelma Long, Collin Sheel OAM & John Keller.

Election of Office Bearers Frank Sedgman was elected Patron

Paul McNamee was elected President

Ken Rosewall, Tim Cawthorn & Cedric Mason were elected Vice Presidents.

Stephen Myers was elected Hon Secretary

Cliff Sproule was elected Hon Treasurer

Victor Eke was elected Match Captain Victoria

Kerryn Pratt & Wayne Pascoe were elected Match Captains NSW

Carol Draper, Noel Jensen, Victor Eke, Chris Kachel, Helen Muir, Kerryn Pratt & Wayne Pascoe were elected to the General Committee

All in favour Carried.

General Business

Eva deJong acknowledged the great loss to Tennis Australia board of IC members Kerryn Pratt and

Incorporation There was full support of the members present to pursue the changes in the rules in readiness of 2017 AGM.

There being no further business, the meeting was closed at 11.30am.

13 IC AUSTRALIA FINANCIAL MEMBERS LIST 2016

ORDINARY MEMBERS 1. MBE 2. Wayne Arthurs 3. Adrienne Avis 4. Alan Bailey 5. Di Balestrat 6. Kerry Ballard 7. Ian Barclay OAM 8. Russell Barlow 9. John Bartlett 10. Ken Barton 11. Heather Barwick 12. Renee Beck 13. Robin Bedggood 14. Jill Bignell 15. Lesley Bowrey AM 16. MBE 17. Pam Brand 18. Greg Braun 19. Lauren Breadmore 20. Glenn Busby 21. Noel Callaghan 22. Peter Campbell 23. Carol Campling 24. 25. Colleen Carney 26. Robert Casey 27. 28. Tim Cawthorn 29. Amanda Chaplin Tobin 30. Kerryl Chute 31. Tim Clayton 32. Will Coghlan 33. Anne Coleman 34. Beryl Collier 35. Dale Collings 36. Fay Colthorpe 37. Jules Coni

14 38. Brian Connor 39. AO 40. AO MBE 41. 42. Lexie Crooke 43. Sandra Dawe 44. Eva De Jong Duldig 45. Jan De Tastes 46. John Decker 47. Kaye Dening AM 48. Jenny Dimond 49. Cynthia Doerner 50. Christine Dorey 51. Scott Draper 52. 53. Victor Eke 54. 55. Ernie Ewert 56. Joy Fair 57. Charlie Fancutt 58. Daphne Fancutt AM 59. Trevor Fancutt 60. 61. Ann Fotheringham 62. Bruce Francis 63. Neale Fraser MBE AO 64. Rod Frawley 65. Rosemary Gibson 66. Neil Gibson 67. Wendy Gilchrist 68. Bill Gilmour 69. Bob Giltinan 70. Alan Gooch 71. 72. Roger Grant 73. Lorraine Green 74. Betty Grigg 75. 76. Dawson Hamilton 77. Paul Hanley 78.

15 79. Ken Harris 80. Margaret Harris 81. Paul Hearnden 82. Alan Hicks OAM 83. Mary Hicks 84. Elizabeth Hodgkins 85. Claude Hollands 86. 87. Gary Hutchinson 88. Warren Jacques 89. Noel Jensen 90. Peter Johnston 91. Kaye Joubert 92. Chris Kachel 93. Bert Kearney 94. Peter Keller 95. Ray Kelly 96. 97. Carol Langsford OAM 98. Jill Larritt 99. Denise Leavens 100. Joanne Limmer 101. Trevor Little 102. Gail Llewellyn 103. William (Bill) Lloyd 104. 105. Norma Marsh 106. Arthur Marshall OAM 107. Cedric Mason 108. 109. Deidre McMahon 110. Barry McMillan 111. Paul McNamee AM 112. Crai g Miller 113. Mandy Morgan 114. Helen Muir 115. Chiro Mukerjea 116. Stephen Myers 117. Douglas Napier 118. Kaye Nealon 119. AO OBE

16 120. John O'Brien 121. Pat O'Kane 122. Carol O'Sullivan 123. Brendan O`Shea 124. Wayne Pascoe 125. Darren Patten 126. Noel Pearse 127. Elizabeth Peers 128. Gary Penberthy 129. Lois Plowman 130. Ian Pollard 131. Geoff Pollard AM 132. Dick Potter 133. Kerryn Pratt 134. Russell Pratt 135. Maureen Pratt 136. Andrew Rae 137. Wayne Reid OBE 138. Karen Resende 139. Peter Richardson 140. Margaret Robinson 141. Bruce Robinson 142. Terry Rocavert 143. Ken Rosewall MBE AM 144. 145. Frank Sedgman AM 146. Loretta Sheales 147. Liz Smylie 148. Peter Smylie 149. Lucjan Sosnowski 150. Patricia Stanley 151. Theresa Stapp 152. Margaret Starr McIntyre 153. William Stephen 154. John Stephens 155. Judith Stevens 156. Sarah Stone 157. Terry Stone 158. Dawn Thomas 159. AM 160. Carmen Tobin

17 161. Peter Tramacchi 162. Don Tregonning 163. Janine Trembling Thompson 164. John Trickey 165. 166. Harold Turnbull 167. Faye Wain 168. Allan Wall 169. Pam Wearne 170. Norma Whatmore (Eastburn) 171. Robin White 172. David Whyte 173. Clive Wilderspin 174. 175. Anne Wooldridge 176. Philip Wooldridge 177. Owen Worley 178. Miranda Yates-Steg 179. Janet Young

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ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 1. Tony Avery 2. Brian Beers 3. Peter Bellenger 4. Malcolm Bergmann OAM 5. Kevin Bolton OAM 6. John Cain 7. Brian Cooney 8. Mike Daws 9. Joe Devereux 10. Graeme Fair OAM 11. Terry Fraser 12. Josh Frydenberg 13. John Glasson 14. Ron Green 15. Peter Harding 16. Stephen Healy 17. Frank Hennessy 18. Max Horton OAM 19. Kevin Howard 20. Colin McDonald 21. John McInnes OAM 22. Andrea Mitchell 23. Des Nicholl AM 24. Robert Parker 25. Michael Parslow 26. Maurice Philp 27. Eleanor Pollard 28. Peter Quinn 29. Barry Sanders OAM 30. Jean Sedgman 31. Cliff Sproule 32. Geoff Voller 33. Steve Walker 34. John Whittaker OAM 35. Paul Wigney 36. Laurie Woods

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