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ANNUAL REPORT 2014 - 2015 2 CONTENTS CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 4 2014-15 REVIEW OF THE YEAR 6 NATIONAL SAFEGUARDING PANEL 8 NATIONAL ANTI-DOPING PANEL 10 CONCLUDED CASES 2014-15 12 EDUCATION PROGRAMME 22 STATISTICS 24 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 26 CHAIRMAN’S REPORT Doping Panel (NADP), which cheating as well as more reflects our reputation and ex- straightforward disputes. pertise in this area. With the Sport Resolutions must show new WADA Code, a steep rise that it can help in these diffi- in the number of cases with cult areas and is a vital part in which we have been involved enabling the sporting world to and the ever increasing pres- cope with these problems. sure on governing bodies to deal with the problem of dop- As part of our efforts to ensure ing in sport, we are ready to deal with we intend to play our part in sporting issues as and when As the Sport Resolutions brand helping sporting bodies to they arise, the Board has com- and reputation has grown and make their sports “clean”. mitted major funds by way of become stronger it was im- investment in its digital strate- portant last year to build on Specific thanks must go to Pe- gy resulting in a new website our successes and strengthen ter Leaver QC for his hard with further additions to follow, our core activities. We also work since the establishment which ensures we have state of had to look to the future and of the NADP and a welcome to the art facilities to deal with identify areas in national and Charles Flint QC for agreeing to sports’ problems. As ever we sporting life where we will be take on the role of President of acknowledge the continuing able to have the greatest im- the NADP. Increased public support of UK Sport for our pact. Ever increasing pressure awareness of child safeguard- work and efforts. on government funding has ing issues has meant that de- meant that attempts to widen velopment of the National our sources of income have Safeguarding Panel and help in become more and more im- child protection issues has be- portant; we recognise the need come even more vital. Our to do this and of taking ad- thanks go to the continuing vantage of opportunities whilst hard work and expertise of the not in any way putting our key National Safeguarding Panel values of independence and and its President Ste- integrity at risk. phen Bellamy QC. To achieve our objectives we As mentioned, the Secretariat rely on the support and hard has had its busiest year so far work of our directors and their with 225 case enquires and member organisations together helping to resolve 145 dis- with our independent non- putes. The profile and im- executive directors. Last year portance of many of these cas- we welcomed John Palmer to es have serious consequences our Board, with his wide expe- for the sports concerned. Re- rience in marketing whilst Tre- cent anti-doping coverage, the vor Watkins, a senior sports problems at FIFA and transpar- lawyer moved on with our ent governance, issues arising thanks for his contribution over from previous Olympics and the last few years. We are with the Olympic Games in Rio grateful for the trust and com- next year, provide opportuni- mitment shown in us by the ties for the governance of Department for Culture, Media sport to show that it has been and Sport in awarding us a able to move with the times in new 3 year contract to contin- its ability to deal with the prob- ue to run the National Anti- lems of betting, doping, and 4 None of our efforts to develop Our skilled, hardworking and participants in the conference. our brand and expand our able staff have consistently business could succeed without worked at a very high level We must strive to reconcile our the effort and skills of the peo- often under great pressure and need to widen and increase our ple that work for us and con- under the able leadership of income sources with maintain- tribute in so many ways to es- Ed Procter and Richard Harry ing and developing our inde- tablishing and maintaining our have continued to increase our pendence and integrity as a reputation. As our profile in- reputation in the sporting key participant in the UK creases this becomes more world. sports industry. We hope that and more important as we with the continued support of come under ever increasing Ross MacDonald, Jen Lincoln, those involved in sport wheth- scrutiny. We need to ensure Jo Parry and Honor Lansdell er as participant, governing that performance in all our ar- have each contributed to our body or in other ways we can eas of operation is consistently strong team and on behalf of achieve our objectives and at the highest standard and the directors may I thank them contribute to the growth of recognised to be so by our all for their individual and col- sport in the UK. stakeholders and all the gov- lective contributions to our erning bodies and sports au- success. Nowhere was this thorities who use our services. better shown than in our first I wish to thank all the arbitra- conference last May which suc- Peter Crystal tors, mediators and members cessfully opened a major new of our Panel for their commit- area for our business and pro- ment to working and resolving file; in a very competitive mar- the many disputes that come ket this shows great credit to before us. our hard working staff and the 2014-15 REVIEW OF THE YEAR Sport Resolutions Chief Executive Ed Procter looks back on the highlights of another successful year. Edward Procter Summer: Sport Resolutions helps to resolve athlete se- Sport Resolutions publishes final decisions in lection disputes in the sports of table tennis two of the most significant cases of the year. and judo prior to the Glasgow 2014 Common- Firstly, Stephen Lee’s appeal against match- wealth Games. During the Games, Sport Res- fixing allegations made by the World Profes- olutions works in partnership with the Law So- sional Billiards & Snooker Association. Second- ciety of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates ly, the UK’s first biological passport case in- to provide a pro-bono legal advice and repre- volving Sky cyclist Jonathan Tiernan-Locke and sentation service for visiting athletes and offi- UK Anti-Doping, which results in a two year cials. Ten referrals are made during the 12 period of ineligibility and Sky terminating his day period of the Games. contract. Autumn: Sport Resolutions launches its autumn seminar series with a focus on equality and discrimination, anti-doping, spot-fixing, safeguarding and mediation in sport. Seminars are held in London, Manches- ter and Belfast. Marketing and media expert John Palmer is appointed as a non-executive director of the Sport Resolutions board in place of Trevor Watkins who completes his second and final term in office. 6 Winter: Spring: Sport Resolutions launches a new website with Sport Resolutions presents its inaugural con- improved visuals, resources and user experi- ference, Integrity and Athlete Welfare: Staying ence. Ahead of the Game, which is attended by 162 delegates. Facilitated by BBC Presenter John Inverdale, it focuses on doping, match-fixing, The Sport Resolutions’ operated National Anti- athlete motivation and head injury in sport and Doping Panel releases a revised set of Proce- features Nicole Cooke, Matt Dawson and Den- dural Rules to coincide with implementation of ise Lewis in an impressive line-up of speakers. the new 2015 World Anti-Doping Agency Sport Resolutions wins a tender competition to (WADA) Code. The 2015 WADA Code increas- operate the National Anti-Doping Panel and es the penalty for intentional dopers to four Tribunal Administration Service for a further years and introduces new regulations to re- three years on behalf of the Department for strict association with those serving doping Culture Media and Sport. Charles Flint QC is bans. Sport Resolutions publishes the decision appointed as the new President of the NADP of Welsh athlete’s Rhys Williams and Gareth following the retirement of Peter Leaver QC. Warburton who receive significantly reduced sanctions, of three and six months respective- Sport Resolutions’ Panel Appointments and ly, after the National Anti-Doping Panel deter- Review Committee, chaired by non-executive mines that supplements taken before the Com- director Simon Cliff, reviews applications to monwealth Games in Glasgow were part of a join the panel of arbitrators and mediators and contaminated batch. appoints over 100 expert arbitrators, media- tors and investigators throughout the United Kingdom. NATIONAL SAFEGUARDING PANEL The National Safeguarding Panel (NSP) has de- unearthed that the female individual involved livered a variety of services to sport in the past was actually nearly thirty years of age and so year, including providing safeguarding hearing the matter was not a child safeguarding concern panels complete with full administrative support, at all. investigations, reviews and one appointment. The expertise of the NSP was also extended to These referrals highlight that sport can instruct include two individuals specialising in forensic an external agency to thoroughly investigate risk assessment. concerns where that sport does not have the capacity or inclination to do so itself. The hearings took place in sports where jurisdic- tion was conferred pursuant to the incorporation Two NSP members were also engaged to review of referral to the NSP in the relevant safeguard- the process followed by a Paralympic sport in ing policy. They dealt with concerns about the how it investigated and responded to a safe- activity of coaches that ranged from grooming guarding concern.