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Softball Victoria Academy TAble of Contents Life Members 3 Hall of Fame 4 Board of Directors & Staff 5 Board & Operational Committees 6 President & CEO Report 7 High Performance Report 10 Scoring Report 11 Umpiring Report 13 Events Committee Report 14 National Representatives 17 Awards 18 Financial Statements 28 Life Members 1946 Jack Owens* 1988 Aubrey Kotz 1946 William Newsome* 1989 Betty McGuire 1947 Irene Burrowes* 1996 Margo Koskelainen OAM 1948 Lorraine Michaels 1998 John Byrne 1949 Jack Franklin* 1999 Lyn Bishop 1950 William Muir* 1999 Lorraine Davies 1951 Roy Bartlett* 1999 Vivienne Triplett* 1952 Frances Craig* 2001 Des Smith 1953 Dorothy Lumsden 2003 Bill Gobbart* 1954 Judy Thompson 2006 George James 1954 Gwen Hoopell 2009 Kevin Broomhall 1955 Thomas Dobson* 2009 Leigh Evans 1956 Esther Deason MBE* 2010 Dot Bourke 1963 Glory Bain 2010 Rhonda Scammell 1964 Elizabeth Dornan* 2012 Esther Lightowler 1968 Myrtle Edwards* 2014 Debbie Grove 1971 Merle Short* 2015 Helen Edwards 1975 Marjorie Dwyer* 2017 Mary Walkinshaw 1977 Lorraine Ireland 2017 Kerrie Maddern 1979 Pauline Carew* 2018 Deb Keogh 1980 Midge Nelson MBE 2018 John Larter 1984 Arthur Allsopp* 2019 Bryan Edwards 1986 Elaine Duyvestyn 2019 Greg Brown SOFTBALL VICTORIA 3 ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 Hall of Fame 1993 Jan Allsopp 1993 Vivienne Triplett 1993 Rhonda Boyd 1993 Norma Woods (Allsopp) 1993 Helena Coghlan 1993 Arthur Allsopp 1993 Esther Deason MBE 1993 Marj Dwyer 1993 Judy De Lacy 1993 Elinor McKenzie 1993 Bess Dornan 1996 Sandra Troyhan 1993 Myrtle Edwards 1997 Leanne Evans 1993 Rita Guy 2005 Ken Allan 1993 Denise Hutchinson-Daynes 2018 Peta Edebone 1993 Josephine Loton 2018 Kerry Franklin 1993 MerrilynMiddlin 2019 Jean Wynn 1993 Midge Nelson BEM 2019 Jenny Holliday 1993 Joanne Paez 2019 Kerrie Maddern 1993 Gladys Phillips 2019 Kris Kiefel 1993 Marjorie Sargent 2019 Margo Koskelainen 1993 Merle Short 2019 Nicole Richardson 1993 Margaret Swann 2019 Paul Maisey ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 4 SOFTBALL VICTORIA Board of Directors President Bron Madigan Chair Anthony Bradstreet Ben Byrnes Roger Maddern (Retired) Alison Lyons (Resigned) Ruth Caldwell Directors Mike Billing Michelle Clyne Liza Newnham Adam Woolnough Staff Chief Executive Officer Nick Frayne Operations & Events Coordinator Cheryl Waye Regional Development Coordinator - East Danielle Rigg Regional Development Coordinator – West Tim Hatzi Sporting Schools Coordinator Jenny Cassidy SOFTBALL VICTORIA 5 ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 Board & Operational Committees Finance and Governance Committee Umpiring Committee Ben Byrnes – Chair Trevor Murphy – Chair Anthony Bradstreet Kerry Franklin Ruth Caldwell Angela Broadbent Grant Rice Debbie Grove Sue Noble Leigh Evans Jason Carter Events Committee David Addlem Angela Broadbent – Chair Richard Barrow Kerry Franklin Richard Dodds Amanda Baker Grant Rice Awards and Recognition Committee Val Baxter Margo Koskelainen – Chair Ray Carter Angela Broadbent Elaine Duyvestyn Scoring Committee Helen Edwards Mary Walkinshaw – Chair Jenny Miles Lorraine Davies John Larter Ray Carter Josie Loton Kerryn Bell Alison Pendlebury Jim Giles ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 6 SOFTBALL VICTORIA Message from the President and CEO The greatest asset of any organisation are its people. Whether it be a global bank with hundreds of thousands of employees or a local club with a committee of three; this quote remains consistent in its truth. Victorian softball is incredibly fortunate to have great people at every level of the sport, from staff within the Softball Victoria office to our Events, Umpiring and Scoring Committees, to our local clubs and associations – the passion and dedication to serving this sport is unparalleled. This can be evaluated in many ways; however, we like to view the health of a sport by the desire of community members to become involved, and stay involved. We have a highly skilled and dedicated Board that have a blend of softball knowledge and corporate and business skills, all of whom pour in hours of time to not only set; but guide the strategy by which we operate. In comparison to other sports in this State we are at the very top of the tree in regards to the strength of our Board. Our staffing structure has continued to evolve and we now have an outstanding combination of experience and skill from both within the Victorian softball family and from the broader sporting sector that provides perspective when managing the sport as a State body. This is mirrored by the strength in our volunteer workforce across our operational committees, associations and clubs that are managed incredibly well with passion and a desire to push the boundaries and grow the sport. SOFTBALL VICTORIA 7 ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 Every sport has a heavy reliance on volunteers and Victorian softball is no different, we are so fortunate to have the great people we have in roles of responsibility. It is a rare commodity and something we need to nurture and not take for granted. 2019/20 started off strongly with our oldest association, Melbourne Softball Association, applying and being accepted to reaffiliate with Softball Victoria. The history of this proud organisation is well known within the sport and it is a testament to the current committee that they were willing to work so closely with the CEO and the Softball Victoria Board to achieve an outcome that removed all politics and focused on only one thing – what was best for Victorian softball. We entered in to a new and exciting partnership with La Trobe University that included the State office being moved to the Melbourne Campus in Bundoora, now housed in a state-of- the-art sporting complex along with Softball Australia. Whilst there have been many benefits to the sport initially, this partnership will provide a platform from which the sport will be able to benefit substantially in the future through access to facilities, function rooms, interns, student project work and sharing of strategic partnerships. We invested heavily in participation, with Danielle Rigg and Tim Hatzi joining the team as Regional Development Coordinators, charged with providing support to all 14 of our Associations and 65 clubs to drive growth in membership and participation, whilst also addressing our retention churn. We made some significant improvements to the participation space in Victoria, beginning with the development of a new pathway for young softballers to enter the sport via Softball Batter Up, and then progress step-by-step to junior fastpitch via the Fully Loaded T-Ball format. Supporting these changes was the adoption of the Fully Loaded format for all School Sport Victoria (SSV) competitions across the state, resulting in over 15,000 children being exposed to a new, exciting format of the sport which we expect will result in an increase in transitions from school programs to club competition. We delivered eight Softball Batter Up pilots in 2019/20 with over 60 brand new junior participants registering across the State. Whilst these number may not seem high, it resulted in an increase of around 15% of our sub-junior members and we fully expect that these will continue to rise in 2020/21. The format of our State Championships changed in 2019/20, with the U16 and U18 age- groups being played within the new zone format. All teams from the Northern Stars, Eastside Spectres, South East Stingers and Western Force were competitive, were managed and coached well and most importantly; enjoyed their time together in an improved, elite pathway environment. ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 8 SOFTBALL VICTORIA It is important to acknowledge the significant work completed by the Regional Managers of each of the zones to ensure the transition was a success. We had ten representative teams selected for the 2019/20 National Championships from Open age down to Under 14’s, and once again we saw an outstanding level of passion and commitment from our Coaches, Team Managers, Statisticians and parents to provide a positive experience for our elite athletes. Without doubt the highlight was Victoria’s first National title in some time, with the U14 Boys taking on all comers and playing some incredible, fast paced and ultimately successful softball. A credit to Head Coach Belinda Ainslie and her team. Having recently completed a review of our strategic plan, Softball Victoria has been able to refresh our focus and ensure that the decisions we make are influencing the outcomes we need for the sport now and in the future. Our challenges continue to centre around participation, with the decline in membership across the board still occurring year on year. This area of the sport has been addressed and we are in a very strong position to not only arrest the slide, but begin to grow our participation and membership numbers in the near future. This will include continuing to invest in participation programs and the junior pathway including Softball Batter Up and Fully Loaded T-Ball, attacking school programs with a renewed vigour and looking to make our sport attractive to those children participating in the SSV system, and supporting our volunteers and affiliated associations to improve our retention of people in the sport. On behalf of Softball Victoria, we would like to thank all our partners for their generous contribution to our sport, particularly our key partner the State Government of Victoria. We further extend our thanks to the network that brings softball to life across Victorian; our 19,000+ participants, state and federal governments, Softball Australia, the SV Board, staff, volunteers, coaches, officials, administrators and committee members. Together, we will continue to connect our communities to drive this sport in to the future. Sincerely Bron Madigan Nick Frayne President CEO Softball Victoria Softball Victoria SOFTBALL VICTORIA 9 ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 High Performance Our Victorian teams represented the State incredibly well across all ten National Championships held in 2019/20, with our U14 Boys teams performing superbly to win Victoria’s first National Championship in some years.
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