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2011 annual report SYDNEY UNI SPORT & FITNESS 2011 ANNUAL REPORT 2011 ANNUAL SYDNEY UNI SPORT & FITNESS 2011 ANNUAL REPORT 1 contents president’s report 2 stakeholder chart 32 executive director’s report 4 blues association report 34 programs & participation report 6 club reports 35 operations report 14 office bearers 78 high performance & club development report 18 honours & traditions 80 marketing & membership report 24 scholarships 82 ‘blue & gold’ report 26 organisational chart 87 commercial & regulatory report 31 2 SYDNEY UNI SPORT & FITNESS 2011 ANNUAL REPORT president’s report 2011 was yet another year of progress The most important of these was I would like to pay tribute to the the repeal of the mean-spirited memory of John David (Brock) and achievement for our organisation, and damaging Voluntary Student Brockhoff, who passed away in Unionism (VSU) legislation and June 2011, aged 83. Brock was our clubs and our members. But it was its replacement by the Student a very successful Sydney Uni, Services and Amenities Fee. NSW and Australian rugby player also a year of significant changes. There is a major flaw in the new and coach. He was also a unique system in that the distribution individual whose love for “the of the fees collected is at the Students” was unbounded. For me discretion of the particular he embodied the spirit of Sydney universities. It is understood Uni sport more than anyone I have that at some other universities known. very little or none of this money I’m not going to single out will be passed onto student the contributions of particular organisations. Fortunately, right individuals for we are all involved from the initial implementation in a great collective enterprise – of VSU, our University committed our clubs and their members; our itself to maintaining the “student staff and Management Committee; experience” and generously our coaches and directors and the supported Sydney Uni Sport & hundreds of volunteers who give Fitness and the other student so freely of their time. Together we bodies through the dark years. are building a unique organisation They have announced their focused on the development of intention to pursue a similar policy sporting potential. We have a long in the new environment and we road to travel together. will continue to work in close partnership with them. Bruce Ross President There is a degree of sadness in the fact that the H.K. Ward Gymnasium is being demolished as a consequence of the construction of the Charles Perkins Centre. H.K. was an ugly old thing but it served us well for over 40 years. A large number of our clubs were based there and in years past it housed the Sports Union’s administrative offices and the main weights facility. As compensation for its loss, the University is building a major extension to the Sports & Aquatic Centre at Darlington and sharing the cost of a new development on Oval No. 2. SYDNEY UNI SPORT & FITNESS 2011 ANNUAL REPORT 3 4 SYDNEY UNI SPORT & FITNESS 2011 ANNUAL REPORT executive director’s report 2011 was a terrific year for SUSF – one In fact, SUSF set a variety of fresh them all – the reports from our records in 2011 as follows: Senior Management team contain more details and I encourage you of our best, if not our best yet. The • Record scholarship support and to have a read of those reports number of student athletes; organisation improved in a variety of to get a full picture of what SUSF • Record club support and is doing to continually improve. ways during the course of the year, allotments; Nonetheless, I will provide some highlights below, many of which and we made significant headway • Record number of named are not necessarily on display, but sporting scholarships; in increasing the professionalism, make a huge difference to our efficiency and accountability of SUSF • Record income; overall performance. • Record operating profitability; One of the big steps forward whilst improving our resource and during 2011 was the employment • Record investment income; of our inaugural Commercial & service delivery to our clubs and • Record facility marketing Regulatory Manager, Charlotte athletes in record numbers, and those campaigns; Churchill, who is sourcing and providing us with wonderful advice • Record website hits; clubs and athletes continued to excel on our contracts (of which there are • Record social media presence; hundreds), regulatory environment across a wide variety of pursuits. and commercial issues. Thanks for • Record school holiday camp your hard work this year Charlotte numbers; and for making our collective • Record interfaculty sport jobs (particularly mine!) easier. In numbers and participation; addition, Ed Smith was contracted to provide SUSF with much-needed • Record low staff turnover; acumen regarding the property, • Record low aged debtors; planning and estate issues that we face – thanks Ed for all of your • Record number of ‘Blue & Gold’ efforts to date and for adding a functions; and level of professionalism to our • Record club and athlete tenancy issues especially. Whilst achievement. our Marketing & Membership Manager is not a new position to These records aren’t set by taking SUSF it was filled by Jess Laycock easy options or ignoring problems. from May of 2011 and she has made We have spent a lot of time over a huge difference in that time. Our the past few years addressing promotional campaign numbers areas where we knew we could have increased dramatically with a improve and picking the “low- reduced advertising spend and the hanging fruit”. Many of those tasks ROAR magazine has never looked have been largely achieved and we so good. In addition, our website have moved to more challenging and social media platforms are all issues which require more time hitting record numbers – well done and greater expertise to solve. Jess to you, Andrew Tilley and Thankfully, SUSF is blessed with Costa Popolizio. wonderful staff and a commitment to doing things better. There Our clubs have never been in have been so many achievements better shape – SUSF is providing during 2011 that I cannot name them with more resources and SYDNEY UNI SPORT & FITNESS 2011 ANNUAL REPORT 5 in turn, they are generating more resources themselves. Matt Phelps, success of all of them. The plan Management Committee for their Tristan Liles and our team of sport directors have guided our clubs to new to hold a ‘Blue & Gold’ hockey hard work and counsel, and the heights in 2011 – thanks to all of you for your dedication to the cause last function in 2012 will mean another many people at The University of year, and for going the extra mile for our athletes. Amongst an array of record year next year in terms Sydney who have backed our cause highlights, we won the Sydney Grade Cricket first grade two day and one of these essential fundraising for quite some time. In particular, day competitions. We finished runners up in first grade rugby but won the events. Our facilities, grounds Vice-Chancellor Michael Spence, Club Championship, the Colts Club Championship and four out of the and IT are in great shape and Deputy Vice-Chancellors Derrick seven competitions on offer, including all three colts’ competitions. Once Dave Shaw and his extensive Armstrong and Ann Brewer, Richard again, Sydney University dominated the ranks of the Super 15 competition team have done a wonderful job Fisher, Olivia Perks, Colin Rockliff with more players coming from our club than any other Australian club. yet again. In particular, creating and their staff have been great Women’s Rugby won the competition for the second year in a row, and 14,000 new account codes to to work with, and much has been American Football won the competition for the 9th year in a row. Our AFL bring our accounts system up to accomplished with their help and Club had a terrific year and was promoted to the NEAFL for season 2012, scratch is something Dave and financial support. 2011 marked the competing in a televised interstate competition for the first time. Our Aleksandra Pozder, our Finance re-introduction of compulsory fees Athletics Club continued its run of success, and held its first ever ‘Blue & Manager, can be very proud of. for University students (starting in Gold’ function, raising valuable dollars for their club. In rowing, our clubs Our financial state is the best it has 2012) and it is therefore appropriate continued their dominance of the Australian landscape, and our men won ever been – we are collecting and to acknowledge The University of the Edmund Barton Trophy against Melbourne University for the second investing our hard-earned money Sydney’s support for SUSF during straight year – this event is growing rapidly, and it was inspirational to in a commercial manner, and our the five years of VSU. We have see our men take the trophy by a few centimetres in front of thousands war chest is building ahead of been able to continue and expand of spectators on the banks of the Yarra in Melbourne. Water polo, Soccer 2012/2013 when a lot of it will be our sport and fitness program at a Football, Swimming, Hockey and the Southern Design Sydney Uni Flames spent on new sport and fitness time when many other University all had impressive years, and built on the success of 2010 in various ways. facilities in line with our strategic sports bodies went backwards or Sydney University was also crowned Australian University Games champions goals – my thanks to Aleksandra stagnated due to a lack of support after our wins in the summer and winter games, and our 13 athletes picked Pozder and her team for looking from their Universities.