2018 2018 OUTCOMES Vantage Black Sticks Women WIN ON THE WORLD STAGE WON Vantage Black Sticks Men GOLD COAST at Gold Coast 2nd COMMONWEALTH Commonwealth Games GAMES DELIVER WORLD CLASS EVENTS GROW THE HOCKEY COMMUNITY 16,886 59,558 SPECTATORS Winter Players 2.7% growth attended international test matches Summer 25,776 Players 3.4% growth 522 teams competed at 34 domestic tournaments 67,088 2,890 people attended coach development c urses School children received delivery of Small Sticks programme 57 Umpires & Technical Officials at FIH international events DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT WEBSITE VIEWS 1,174,897 11.5% growth in one year 25k 4,900 media 316,000 mentions for Hockey NZ & Facebook fan Average viewers of BLACK STICKS base combined live streamed matches 56% growth 458k $1,200,000 live video views Received from our funding partners 174,000 more than in 2017 2 >> Hockey New Zealand CONTENTS 4. CEO Report 6. Chair’s Report 7. Hockey Foundation Report 8. WIN ON THE WORLD STAGE 9 8. Key 2018 Milestones 9. Awards 10. 2018 Vantage Black Sticks Men’s Results 12. 2018 Vantage Black Sticks Women’s Results 14. Milestones and Retirements 15. WORLD CLASS EVENTS 15 15. World Class Events 16. Ford National Hockey League 17. GROW THE HOCKEY COMMUNITY 17 17. Coaching & Development 18. Umpires & Officials 19. Small Sticks 20. Hockey New Zealand Tournament Results 21. Masters 22. National Indians & NZ Māori Hockey 23. STRENGTHEN THE BUSINESS 23 23. Update, Digital Engagement 24. 2018 Player Numbers 25. 2018 Umpire & Officials Numbers 26. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 26 26. Independent Auditor’s Report 27. Statement of Comprehensive Revenue and Expenses 27. Statement of Changes in Net Assets 28. Statement of Financial Position 29. Statement of Cash Flows 29. Notes to the Financial Statements (Extract) 31. HOCKEY NEW ZEALAND TEAM 31 31. Hockey New Zealand Family ANNUAL REPORT / 2018 PHOTO CREDIT: Simon Watts - BW Media & Photography >> 3 CEO REPORT 2018 WAS THE YEAR OF CONSOLIDATION FOR HOCKEY NEW ZEALAND, IN WHICH WE UNDERTOOK THREE MAJOR PROJECTS TO ENSURE WE ARE FIT FOR PURPOSE TO DELIVER ON OUR 2020 STRATEGY. Three major projects delivered in 2018 were: months of 2018 presented many challenges • Clarity on the roles and deliverables in for Hockey New Zealand and the Board, • Agreement and implementation of the FIH Participation which has meant the Board have engaged Pro League from 2019 onwards • Clarity on the roles and deliverables in further and together we will lead strongly Performance • Signing of the new MOU between HNZ out of those challenges for our sport. and the Hockey Players Association Following our AGM, we have had three new • Clearly defined roles and purpose of our national tournaments and competitions • Completing Stage 2 of the Strategy Board Members: Mike Bignell (Chair), Tony Delivery Review Morris and Kristy Redfern. There is still much work to do, however, with the clarity of purpose, this will enable us to GROW move forward with our hockey community to Key Highlights for 2018: reach the goals we all need to deliver quality • Signing Sentinel Homes as Presenting In 2018 our winter membership grew experiences to all our participants. Partner for the 2019 FIH Pro League another 2.7% up to 59,558 members. This is the ninth year in a row of continued WIN • 3% growth in traditional participation growth, rising from 42,894 members in for winter participants moving to over 2009 to where we are at today. Summer 2018 started off with our best ever 59,000 participants hockey continues to also grow strongly with Commonwealth Games where the New • First ever Commonwealth Games gold now 25,776 participants which was 3.4% Zealand Women won our first ever gold medal for the New Zealand Women’s above 2017. There are many reasons for this medal – defeating Australia 4-1 in the Hockey Team growth, however an invested and aligned final. Our New Zealand Men’s Hockey Team • Silver medal at the Commonwealth hockey community with the majority of our also played off in the final, going down to Games for the New Zealand Men Associations delivering quality programmes eventual champions Australia who took out remains the key. their fifth consecutive gold medal. • Completion of Stage 2 of the Strategy Unfortunately, the results at the 2018 World Delivery Review Small Sticks continues to be a cornerstone Cups weren’t quite where we wanted them. • New MOU completed between Hockey of our game with strong delivery in both Our Vantage Black Sticks Women finished New Zealand and the Hockey Players schools and Associations. The in-school 11th in London, after succumbing to Japan Association delivery again reached nearly 70,000 in Round Robin play and were then on the children during school time and left a legacy back foot with needing victories against component in each of the new schools who Australia and then Argentina to progress to PEOPLE participated. The Small Sticks programme the final round of 8. being delivered in and around the country Our people are key to all our decision was again key with nearly 30,000 young Our Vantage Black Sticks Men finished 9th making at all levels: players, umpires, people participating at turfs across the in Bhubaneshwar at the 2018 World Cup. officials, coaches, volunteers, staff and country. After finishing the pool play in 3rd position, administrators. Our team went through we came up against Great Britain in the some change in 2018, as we welcomed new Alongside this continued growth in players is cross over match and went down 2-0 which team members: Sandra Partridge, Jacinda strong growth in coaches and umpires. As meant we finished in 9th position overall. Matzer, Laura Nagel, Matthew Williams, the Voice of the Participant survey showed Niamh Wingate, Julia Herbst and Jodie us the quality of coaching and umpiring is The Development programmes continue Wills, who have all made a great start and paramount to people’s enjoyment of our to provide a strong focus for the next tier contribution to hockey in New Zealand. game as continued growth in numbers and of athlete, and we have made strong quality of these enablers is vitally important. progress in this area through the leadership In 2018, the following team members of Greg Nicol and Simon Brill. Many camps moved on from Hockey New Zealand and In November, we hosted our Hockey Leaders including specialists’ camps for drag flicking they go with our best wishes: John Whiting, Conference with over 25 Associations and goal keeping were undertaken in 2018 Aidan O’Connor, James Sutherland, Niamh in attendance. There was considerable and we combined this with international Wingate (2019) and Mark Hager (2019). discussion and debate about the key areas competition for both the men (Sultan Johor Our Board continues to provide strong of the strategy delivery review, in particular Cup in October) and women (Trans-Tasman governance and direction. The last few some of the key recommendations of the in November). Stage 2. Some of the key outcomes: 4 >> Hockey New Zealand In October, we signed the new MOU proposition to grow our participant base see a full list on the back page of this annual between HNZ and the Hockey Players and to attract investment. report - for their generous support in 2018. Association. This new agreement enables The past year saw Hockey NZ have a deficit our players to build a balance between COMMERCIAL of $35,165 for the year on turnover of 7.3 hockey and life – be it study or work. This million. The deficit was due in large part to is an important element when holding We welcomed several new commercial unbudgeted costs that came up from the our people at the heart of any decision businesses to our group of partners in 2018 review late last year into the Black Sticks making. The new funding model provided – Scullys, TAB and CCL, while retaining our Women’s team environment. enables our players to be paid for their time existing partners and re-signing Ford, Score in hockey and balance this against other Sportswear and John Turkington Forestry. THANK YOU opportunities. Our stable of event partners included Sentinel Homes, the University of Waikato, I’d like to say a big thank you to the Hockey Pioneer Energy and BDO. New Zealand team. Quite often, the team DELIVER go over and above in the delivery of our We saw the conclusion of an exclusive 2018 was another busy year of delivery sport and 2018 proved that way with not retail environment with Just Hockey at the across our portfolio of international and only three major projects but us undertaking end of December, opening up our licensed domestic events. On the international stage a review into our Black Sticks Women’s products business to a wider distribution to we hosted a number of test matches which environment towards the end of 2018. help raise the brand’s profile. were highlighted by two fantastic series. To the Hockey NZ Board, it is a big thank The first was a men’s 4-nations hosted in We are especially grateful to our Principle you for your guidance and leadership in Tauranga and Hamilton with India, Belgium Partner and Black Sticks Naming Rights 2018. To our new Chair, Mike Bignell, you and Japan squaring off against our own Sponsor - Vantage Windows and Doors – have stepped up admirably in a short Vantage Black Sticks. This series provided who continue to help propel hockey forward space of time, and I have appreciated your a taste of what we were to experience with their investment providing a stable leadership style and support.