2011 Under 17 Boys National Champions QUEENSLAND INC Annual Report 2010-2011 ANNUAL REPORT 2010-11 C ONTENTS A P # Sponsors & Supporters 2 Office Bearers 3 Strategic Plan 4 President’s Message 5 The Year In Review 6 Year In Review ‐ Awards Report 8 Year In Review ‐ Alice Cullen O.A.M 9 Year In Review ‐ Events Report 10 Year In Review ‐ High Performance & Coaching Report 11 Year In Review ‐ Marketing Report 13 Year In Review ‐ Scoring Technical Directorate Report 14 Year In Review ‐ Umpiring Technical Directorate Report 17 Year In Review ‐ District Association Reports (separate document) State Championship Results 40 State Team Lists & Results 44 Australian Representation 48 National & International Involvement 49 School Softball Team Lists & Results 50 Softball Queensland Masters Tournament ‐ All Star Lists & Results 51 Financial Report 54 Participation Analysis ‐ 2010/2011 70 Committees & Affiliates 71 Softball Queensland Service Award Recipients 72 Honour Roll & Awards 73 C D Soball Queensland Inc. Sports House South 1/866 Main Street Woolloongabba Q 4102 Phone: (07) 3391 2447 Fax: (07) 3391 4734 Email: [email protected] Website: www.qld.soball.org.au 1 ANNUAL REPORT 2010-11 S PONSORS & SUPPORTERS Soball Queensland wises to acknowledge the valuable support of the following sponsors... Principal Sponsor Major Sponsor & Major Sponsor Official Apparel Supplier Supporters and Preferred Suppliers 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2010-11 O FFICE BEARERS P The Honourable Anna Bligh MP Premier of Queensland P Mark Jeppesen V P Jenny Vandenhurk E M Stephen Wagner B M Steve Armitage John Bright Bob Crudgington Heather Law OAM L A Basil Wright ‐ AK Pack & Co S T D Jenny Vandenhurk ‐ Coaching Ma Denkel ‐ Scoring Darren Sibraa ‐ Umpiring A S Sue Nisbet ‐ General Manager Joan Jackson ‐ Finance Manager Kim James ‐ Admin & Rep Team Officer (unl 21/01/2011) Nigel Hooper ‐ Operaons Manager (from 06/03/2011) Taryn Leslie ‐ Events Co‐Ordinator (unl 25/06/2010) Nicki Stevenson ‐ Events Co‐Ordinator (from 30/08/2010) Rebecca Gibbs ‐ Growth Project Development Officer (unl 31/03/2011) Nikkie Molander ‐ Parcipaon Development Officer (unl /11/2010) Mike Shaw ‐ Development Officer (from 06/12/2010) Joy Leach ‐ Database Manager Jess Muller ‐ Website Communicaon Officer Bronwyn Marshall ‐ Elite Program Co‐Ordinator 3 ANNUAL REPORT 2010-11 S TRATEGIC PLAN V K P A To grow soball in Queensland as a sport for eve‐ ryone’s enjoyment. Key Result Area 1 Increase parcipaon by at least 3% pa P Key Result Area 2 To provide leadership for the development and Increase the number of events held each year by delivery of soball in Queensland ensuring growth 10% in parcipaon and increased enjoyment by everyone through appropriate standards of administraon and behaviour and enhancing K S O relaonships between all stakeholders. Key Strategic Objecve 1 Enhance the range and availability of Soball V products and events. In fulfilling our purpose, we will uphold our core values of: Key Strategic Objecve 2 Leadership – We will act professionally in a strong Enhance our markeng approach – adopt a “can and decisive manner. do” atude. Integrity – We will be honest and ethical in our Key Strategic Objecve 3 acons and decision making. Grow and enhance our facilies as a means of aracng people to soball. Stability – We will ensure the stability of the associaon through effecve financial management. Key Strategic Objecve 4 Improve our parcipaon pathway from grassroots Innovaon – We will challenge the status‐quo and through to the elite level. always search for improvement. Key Strategic Objecve 5 Reliability – We will listen to and communicate Enhance access to soball for various cultural and with our members. idenfied groups. Commitment – We are commied to growing and U S O ‐ developing soball throughout Queensland. B O C A F S I R Q Key Strategic Objecve 6 We believe that, in partnership with our SQ Capability Development stakeholders, soball in Queensland is in a sound posion to grow, both in terms of the overall numbers of people parcipang in the sport, and Key Strategic Objecve 7 the types of compeons, tournaments and social Soball Capability Development. games available to players. 4 ANNUAL REPORT 2010-11 P RESIDENTÊ S MESSAGE It gives me great SQI has connued to significantly support Soball pleasure to present Australia Limited (SAL) with a number of our the 2010/11 Soball members joining SAL Working Commiees. It is Queensland Inc (SQI) appropriate at this me to also congratulate my Annual Report. This predecessor, Dennis Cullen, on his appointment as year has been a big Chair of the SAL Board of Directors. His significant one for SQI. experience in both the business world and as President of SQI equips him well to lead the SAL We have embarked Board. on two major reform agendas, one associated with the operaon of the Board and other focussed on On a naonal front, we are very proud of the the SQI Office. The Board has refocussed from an efforts of the Queensland Under 17 Boy’s which operaonal to a more strategic direcon. This has won the inaugural Under 17 Naonal been achieved through the implementaon of a Championship undefeated. Well done to all the new Constuon that was accepted by the players and officials in this achievement. members at the Annual Council Meeng in July Congratulaons also to the Patriots and Under 17 2010 and approved by the Chief Execuve of the Girls who made the Grand Final in their respecve Office of Fair Trading in August 2010. compeons. It is unfortunate that the bad weather we experienced earlier this year meant The new focus on strategic issues has been that the inaugural Under 17 Girls Naonal supported by a review of the SQI Operaonal Championship had to be relocated from Brisbane Commiees and the delegaon of authority to to Melbourne. both these Commiees and the Office. Acon is connuing to aract members to our new We look forward to the Inaugural Australian Under Operaonal Commiees. In the past, these 15 Girls’ and Boys’ Regional Championship that Commiees have been led by members of the will be held in Rockhampton in July. Best of luck Board: this is no longer a requirement. to all of our members who will be compeng. A number of changes have also occurred in the Queensland players connue to be recognised Office. Kim James was farewelled earlier this year. with selecon in naonal teams. Jodie Bowering, Kim has worked for SQI for more than 10 years Jocelyn McCallum, Carmelle Sorenson and Jade and her corporate knowledge will be greatly Wall have been selected in the Aussie Spirit Team missed. However, it also provided us with an while Briany Flint and Stacey Webber have been opportunity to restructure the role and the Office selected in the Aussie Pride Team. and to bring new ideas and skills into our Congratula ons! operaons. We welcomed Michael Shaw in December as the Development Officer, and in I would also like to congratulate Ian Frame, Helen 2011 we welcomed Nigel Hooper into the new role Strauss and Yvonne Kahler on receiving their as Operaons Manager. Internaonal Soball Federaon Umpire Cerficaon and to Helen, Yvonne and Darren To further support our hardworking staff, we have Sibraa on their selecon to umpire at World implemented a Staff Leadership and Capability Championships. Soball Queensland connues to Framework (SLCF). The SLCF assists us in recruing develop world class umpires. new staff but also assists in targeng appropriate training for our current staff. We have also Thank you for your ongoing support and embarked on a program of process mapping and commitment to Soball in Queensland. I look the establishment of Desktop Manuals for all forward to a successful 2011/12. posions. Mark Jeppesen President Soball Queensland Inc 5 ANNUAL REPORT 2010-11 T HE YEAR IN REVIEW Soball Queensland Inc (SQI) embarked on a new sport which values the parcipaon and nurturing strategic direcon over the past months following of children. A key component of our partnership the adopon of the new Constuon at the 2010 with ACT for Kids, is the role our Heat and Patriots Annual Council Meeng and a new Strategic Plan members will play as ambassadors for ACT for for 2011 – 2016. With the new Constuon comes Kids. the task of progressively updang the By‐Laws and Policies to reflect the new governance and name In announcing the partnership, ACT for Kids CEO, of the Associaon provided for in the new Dr Neil Carrington, said “they are keen to work Constuon. together with Soball Queensland and their talented players to further the ACT for Kids goals We welcomed new Board Member, Bob and raise funds to support their free programs. Crudgington, following his elecon at last years’ ACT for Kids has been supporng Queensland kids ACM. Bob brings a wealth of knowledge and for over 20 years; one of their goals is to provide experience to the Board having been involved at kids who have suffered abuse and neglect with the all levels of soball for over 30 years. He has also skills and confidence to overcome their undertaken projects for the Australian Sports experiences. Many of the kids find a release Commission and been involved with various through sport and develop new friendships, reviews and research for other sports ranging from purpose and self‐esteem”. governance to high performance. The Minister for Sport, Hon Phil Reeves MP, is also Soball Queensland was successful in gaining a the Minister for Child Safety and he was very small increase in funding for the next three years pleased to launch the partnership in March 2011 and sincerely thanks the Queensland Government, stang “This partnership will raise the awareness Department of Communies, Sport and Recreaon of child safety in the community and advocate for Services for their connued support.