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34TH ANNUAL REPORT COLLINGWOOD HARRIERS ATHLETIC CLUB INC. Incorporating KEW-CAMBERWELL ATHLETIC CLUB Thursday 7th June 2018 2 Collingwood Harriers Annual Report 2017-2018 34TH ANNUAL REPORT COLLINGWOOD HARRIERS ATHLETIC CLUB INC INCORPORATING KEW-CAMBERWELL ATHLETIC CLUB INCORPORATING THE 91st ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COLLINGWOOD HARRIERS ATHLETIC CLUB FOUNDED 26/1/1926 (Affiliated with Athletics Victoria on 14/4/1926) Thursday 7th June 2018 3 Collingwood Harriers Annual Report 2017-2018 COMMITTEE 2017-2018 PRESIDENT: Jim Hopkins VICE PRESIDENT: Robert Maillardet (resigned 11 December 2017) SECRETARY: Andrew McAdam TREASURER: Sofie Fabre WINTER TEAM CO-ORDINATOR: Liam Delany SUMMER TEAM CO-ORDINATOR: Doug Leutchford ADMINSTRATION MANAGER: Lou Santiglia ORDINARY MEMBER / REGISTRAR: Steve Griffiths ORDINARY MEMBER: Scott Lovell ATHLETICS VICTORIA DELEGATES AV DELEGATES: Tony Williams Kevin Wigmore Ian Fisher Chris Boylen HONORARY AUDITOR HONORARY AUDITOR: Terry Lanham Collingwood Harriers Athletic Club Mission Statement: We are a friendly and supportive athletic club that aims to create an environment of inclusivity and community, and encourages health and wellbeing for all members. We provide training opportunities at our own athletic track and Clubrooms in Clifton Hill, and Summer and Winter competition through Athletics Victoria. 4 Collingwood Harriers Annual Report 2017-2018 Life Members 1940 N.T.H. (Norm) Francisco* 1974 T.N. (Terry) Lanham 1946 H.G. (Harold) Lang* 1974 R.A. (Ron) Miller 1947 L. (Lou) Dubois* 1974 G.W.A. (Graeme) Scott 1947 L.C. (Len) Francisco* 1974 G.K. (Graeme) Young 1947 W.J. (Bill) Hughes* 1975 E.C. (Eddie) Lynn 1947 G.C. (George) Knott* 1975 H. (Hartley) Tobin 1947 W.S. (Bill) Tunaley* 1975 D.G. (Don) Cook 1947 N. (Norm) Marshall* 1976 B.E. (Brian) O’Sullivan 1948 W.F. (Bill) Blanchard* 1978 B. (Bruce) Conboy 1948 H.W. (Bert) Hagg* 1978 G.T. (Gladys) Price (Mrs)* 1948 G.J. (Gordon) Thompson* 1981 R.M. (Ray) Boyd 1949 A.F. (Arthur) Butler* 1982 R.H. (Roy) Hooker* 1949 R. (Reg) Marshall* 1982 W.B. (Bill) Hooker 1950 A.R. (Arthur) Rogers* 1982 C. (Claude) Martin 1950 R.J. (Ron) Flint* 1982 A.J. (Allan) Minter 1952 A.W. (Wally) Anderson* 1983 I.J. (Ian) Minter 1952 R.L. (Ray) Coverdale* 1983 A.J. (Tony) Williams 1954 N.L. (Norm) Goble* 1983 J.A. (John) Watkins 1954 M.G. (Max) Gee 1983 D.T. (David) McMennemin 1957 J. (Jim) Cox* 1984 S.R. (Steve) Griffiths 1957 A.G. (Alex) Barfoot* 1987 B.T. (Barry) Wilson 1958 A.E. (Albert) Slade* 1989 G.H. (Grant) Sargent 1958 A.G. (Ted) Stuckey* 1991 G.F. (Geoff) Grant 1960 C.A. (Colin) Murraylee 1993 K.W.J. (Kevin) Wigmore 1961 C. (Cal) Delahunt* 1997 R. (Roger) Groppi 1962 D. (Don) Collins* 1997 J.J. (Jeff) Sargent 1965 G.A. (George) Bartlett* 2001 M. (Mike) Boylen 1965 C.W. (Colin) Crawford* 2001 R.J. (Robert) Hendy 1969 N.J. (John) Francisco 2001 J.W. (Jim) Hopkins 1970 R.H. (Ray) Harbert 2002 K. (Ken) Duxbury 1970 R.C. (Bob) Gardiner 2003 H. (Harry) Mason* 1970 J.D. (John) Busst* 2004 R.C. (Rob) Barnes 1972 M. (Madeline) Caddaye (Mrs)* 2004 J. (Judy) Mason. 1972 C.R. (Charles) Dedman* 2005 M. (Magnus) Michelsson 1972 R.A. (Ray) Francisco* 2005 P. (Paul) Twining 1974 B. (Brian) Clarke 2006 I. (Irene) Williams 1974 N. (Norm) Duff 2013 E. (Edna) Tunaley* 2014 J. (John) Crameri 2017 K. (Kirralee) Radford 5 Collingwood Harriers Annual Report 2017-2018 Life Members – Kew/Camberwell D. (Diana) Barnett G. (Geoff) Pratt R. (Robyna) Bruce D. (Des) Rock M. (Maurice) Ellis K. (Kevin) Rock W. (Bill) Fraser* R. (Ross) Rufford-Sharpe J. (Jean) Gell B. (Barbara) Rumble K. (Ken) Herbert N. (Nick) Sharman F. (Fred) Lester* S. (Stanton) Sharman B. (Brian) Moore F. (Frank) Woods* G. (George) Norris W. (Wilfred) Woods* Athletics Victoria Life Members 1983 Bill Tunaley* 1986 George Knott* 2008 Tony Williams 2010 Brian Moore 2010 Bob Gardiner 2017 Kevin Wigmore Athletics Victoria Merit Award 1998 Tony Williams 1998 Geoff Grant 1998 Ron Miller 1998 Allan Minter 2003 Brian Moore 2004 Bob Gardiner 2004 Irene Williams 2008 Diana Barnett 2008 Kevin Wigmore 2008 Harry Mason 2008 Judy Mason The Norm Francisco Medal 1998 W.S. (Bill) Tunaley* 2004 R.A. (Ron) Miller 1998 G.C. (George) Knott* 2006 A.J. (Tony) Williams 1998 R.L. (Ray) Coverdale* 2007 A.J. (Allan) Minter 2002 R.H. (Ray) Harbert 2011 T.N. (Terry) Lanham 2002 R.C. (Bob) Gardiner 2013 S.R. (Steve) Griffiths 2015 G. H. (Grant) Sargent 2015 K. (Kevin) Wigmore *Denotes deceased member. 6 Collingwood Harriers Annual Report 2017-2018 President’s Report As President, it is my proud responsibility to present to you the Annual Report of Collingwood Harriers Athletic Club, and to report to you on the activities of the Club and its Committee. This year has seen progress made on a number of important issues, although more still needs to be done. As President, I had not anticipated the volume of work needed, nor the time commitment involved. I had intended to nominate for a position on the Committee, but seeing that there were no nominations for President, I decided to offer myself for that position instead. It has proven to be very demanding, and came at a time when there were competing demands on my time from events in my personal life. I acknowledge that I could have done more, although I gave all the time that I could to the role over this last year. I thank the Committee members whose efforts have made a major contribution to our successes. GOVERNANCE The Constitution mandates that the Committee will meet at least four times during the year. This Committee met more than required. During the year, the Vice President Robert Maillardet resigned. Robert had many good ideas about Club management, and contributed significantly to Committee deliberations. The Committee considered a replacement for the Vice President position, but in the end decided that the position should remain vacant until the AGM. At the 2017 AGM, only 2 general members of the Committee were appointed, and the AGM decided that this would be the total number appointed. This was not for the best; it meant that there were too few Committee members to carry the workload. At the next AGM I will be hoping for more general Committee members to be appointed. The Committee has set up several sub committees to progress the day to day work of the club, including summer and winter, and coaching sub-committees. FINANCES The Club’s finances continue to be in excellent shape, with a little over $100,000 invested or banked. An audited Finance Report is part of the Annual Report to members. We are incredibly fortunate in having an athletics track which we can hire to users, a supportive Council which pays for track maintenance and general repairs and upkeep, and a relatively modest Licence Fee to Council for our use of the track. We make this facility available to schools and community groups, and our hire charge to them is one of the lowest in Melbourne. e will review our hire charges when the track reconstruction is complete. 7 Collingwood Harriers Annual Report 2017-2018 The arrangements for hiring of the track to schools and users takes many hours of work, almost entirely done by our hard-working Treasurer, Sofie Fabre. This is the major source of income to the Club, and if it were not for the many hours put in by Sofie, we would not be in such a good position financially. More than that, the importance of the hiring of the track may justify paying a small fee to someone to handle all the phone calls and emails and manage users. The Committee considered this although we agreed to defer further discussion until the track reconstruction was complete. The only unusual item of expenditure in this year was the purchase and installation of a security system. This followed numerous break-ins, theft of assets, and vandalism and destruction of property. The Committee hopes that the security system may contribute to a reduction in these unhappy incidents. Looking ahead, the track reconstruction means that the track is unable to be hired to users, and we now know that this will be the case for most of calendar 2018. While we have asked for, and been granted, a waiver on Licence Fees for the period of track reconstruction, financially we will still be losing the bulk of our income for calendar 2018. Inevitably this will mean a likely reduction in our asset base by the time of the next AGM. Not included in the Finance Report is a separate fund which has been referred to as the “Coulson Reserve Trust”. Funds in this account have been carefully nurtured over many years on behalf of Collingwood Harriers. Work led by Andrew McAdam identified that this fund should be included in the assets of the Club, and discussions with the current signatories are continuing to establish the best way to include it in future reports. COACHING Critical to any sporting club is the quality of its coaches. For athletics clubs this is even more important due to the number of disciplines involved – jumps, throws, sprints, hurdles, middle and long distance, walks, steeplechase etc. While Collingwood has some outstanding coaches, it was my hope in coming to this role that we could both be more supportive of our coaches, and work towards better coordination and integration, not only for our coaches but also with the Little Athletics coaches. Work begun by Robert Maillardet was intended to head in that direction. Late in the year, new beginnings were made in coaching coordination, led by Scott Lovell, which I am hopeful will lead to positive outcomes.