SRASA 2011 Annual Report Life Members Mr Len Atkins (OAM) Mr Metze Bradey Mr John Chapman Mr Malcolm Kennewell Mr N McLaren Mr Harry McMaster Mr William Spear (OAM) Dr Bruce Walker Cover Photo: Richard Bethune (PAOC) Squash Week Promotion Annual Report 2011 Page 1 SRASA 2011 Annual Report The Board of Directors has pleasure in presenting the 2011 Annual Report of the activities of the Association for the 12 months ended 30 th June 2011 together with an audited Statement of Income and Expenditure and Balance Sheet of the th Association for the period ended 30 June 2011. Contents SRASA Directory ......................................................................... Page 3 Advisory Committees ................................................................. Page 4 Message from the President and General Manager ................... Page 5 State Senior & Junior Rankings................................................... Page 6 National Rankings ...................................................................... Page 7 Pathways Report ........................................................................ Page 8 Member Services Report .......................................................... Page 11 Country Coordination Report ................................................... Page 12 Junior Coordination Advisory Committee Report ..................... Page 12 SA Squash Referees Association Report ................................... Page 13 Tournament Results ................................................................. Page 13 Marketing Advisory Committee Report .................................... Page 14 Squash Week In Photos ............................................................ Page 15 Pennant Committee Report ..................................................... Page 17 2010/11 Pennant Competitions ............................................... Page 18 Racquetball Report…………………………………………………………………Page 19 Racquets SA Report .................................................................. Page 20 Finance and Risk Advisory Committee Report……………………….. Page 21 Finance Report ......................................................................... Page 22 Financial Reports...................................................................... Page 23 Board of Directors’ Statement ................................................. Page 38 Auditor’s Statement ................................................................. Page 38 Cover Photo: Richard Bethune (PAOC) for Squash Week Promotion Page 2 SRASA 2011 Annual Report Administration 2010-2011 Board of Directors Squash Rackets Association of SA President Mr Mark Goldstone Squash SA Directors Mr Sam Abishara General Manager Mr Phil Sinnott Mr Stewart Allan (to June 2011) Pathways Manager Mr John Cranwell Mr George DeVizio Member Services Mgr Mrs Patti Wilson Mr Lynton Franzi (from April 2011) Marketing Manager Ms Jane Intini (to March 2011) Ms Cheryl Johnstone Marketing Manager Ms Nicole Boyd (from April 2011) Ms Alissa Proctor Development Officer Mr Des Panizza Dr Alex Ryan Development Officer Mr James Rogers Mr Philip Teale Development Officer Mrs Dani Rogers Development Officer Mr Andrew Edwards (from June 2011) Country Coordinator Mr Grant Norman Auditor Competition/Admin Mrs Tanya Virgens Mr Rod Shearing (FIPA) SA Squash Referees Association President Mr Grant Donovan Secretary/Treasurer Mrs Judy Feltrin Daytime Competition North Co-ordinator Mrs Winn Unwin South Co-ordinator Mr Des Whelan Squash Pennant Registrar Mr Will Gray Racquets SA General Manager Mr Phil Sinnott Racquetball Club Manager Mr Damien Hill Assistant Manager Ms Mandy Gebhardt Competition Manager Mrs Leonie Johnston Finance Officer Mr Bryan Ploenges Life Members Mr Len Atkins (OAM) Mr Metze Bradey Mr John Chapman Mr Malcolm Kennewell Mr Neil McLaren Mr Harry McMaster Mr William Spear (OAM) Dr Bruce Walker Page 3 SRASA 2011 Annual Report Advisory Committees Racquetball Committee Facilities Advisory Committee Chair Mr Sam Abishara (Board Rep) Chair Mr Mark Goldstone (Board Rep) Committee Mr George Albrechtsen Mr Steve Broughton Committee Mr Stewart Allan (Board Rep) Mr Michael Burton Mr Chris Dittmar Mrs Leonie Johnston Mr Lynton Franzi (Board Rep) Mr Michael Pierce Mr Phil Sinnott (Ex Officio) Mr Brian Richards Ms Lyn Thornton Finance and Risk Advisory Committee Senior Coordination Advisory Committee Chair Mr Philip Teale (Board Rep) Chair Mr George DeVizio (Board Rep) Committee Mr Mark Goldstone (Board Rep) Mr Damien Hill (Ex Officio) Committee Mr John Cranwell (Ex Officio) Mr Andrew Langley Ms Judy Feltrin Mr David Lipschitz Ms Cheryl Johnstone (Board Rep) Mr Bryan Ploenges (Ex Officio) Mr Con Psaromatis Mr Rod Shearing (Auditor) Mr Matt Wolff Mr Phil Sinnott (Ex Officio) Squash SA Awards Committee Junior Coordination Advisory Committee (to commence in 2012) Chair Mr Grant Norman Chair Mr Jack Wass Committee Mr Steve Cope Committee Mr Manfred Lang Mr John Cranwell (Ex Officio) Mr Phil Sinnott (Ex Officio) Mr Danny Giles Mrs Tanya Virgens (Ex Officio) Ms Junesse Martin Ms Kaye Reeves Dr Alex Ryan (Board Rep) Women’s Committee Chair Ms Alissa Proctor (Board Rep) Marketing and Membership Advisory Committee Committee Ms Mandy Neller (to May 2011) Chair Ms Cheryl Johnstone (Board Rep) Ms Hari Argiro (from May 2011) Committee Mrs Nicole Boyd (Ex Officio) Miss Janine Bryan Ms Jacinta Lee Ms Alissa Proctor (Board Rep) Pennant Committee Registrar Mr Will Gray Committee Ms Alissa Proctor (Board Rep) (to May 2011) Mr Brian Richards Mr Terry Swanton Mr Nathaniel Wolff Page 4 SRASA 2011 Annual Report Message from the President and Game and Player Development General Manager A new Performance Pathways Model was introduced, with a clear focus on developing grass roots and better Welcome to the 2011 Annual Report, as we move into a supporting our top junior players. SA boasts several new financial year it is timely to reflect upon the projects junior boys and girls nationally ranked in the top 16 of which have been undertaken and our achievements over their age groups. A Professional Coaching Pool has been the past 12 months. established to assist the juniors progression to national junior rankings and senior competition. At the forefront of this report we take the opportunity to thank the Squash SA Board and Advisory Committee Squash SA also established the Talented Athlete Funding Members for their commendable voluntary work over Program to support Elite players to train in Adelaide and the past 12 months. to travel overseas as part of the International Circuit. The Board remains committed to ensure the Association In a glittering ceremony held at the Adelaide Convention will be better positioned than ever before to safeguard Centre on Saturday 20 November 2010, SA and the longevity of the sport. Changes to our organisational Australian squash great Vicki Cardwell was one of the structure and a new approach to strategy and first 20 South Australian sporting luminaries to be operations will lead to a new era for Squash in South inducted into the SA Sports Hall of Fame. Vicki joined Australia. the likes of Sir Donald Bradman (Cricket), Lisa Ondieki (Athletics), Gillian Rolton (Equestrian), Phil Smyth Accordingly, the 2010/2011 budget was prepared with a (Basketball), and many other household names. particular focus on increasing capacity and setting Congratulations Vicki. performance targets to evaluate the return on this investment. Significant milestones over the past 12 Increasing Participation months include: improvement of facilities, game and player development, increasing participation, Development Staff were assigned to zones - Central, governance and administration. Northern, Southern and Country with a key focus on growing grass roots participation. Their good work has Improvement of Facilities resulted in steady participation growth at a junior club level and growth in junior tournament attendance. In Squash SA formed a long term partnership with The addition the number of Pennant Player registrations has Barossa Council which has seen six ASB squash courts been maintained, for the first time in several years. incorporated into a $15.5M Regional Sporting Hub – The Rex Aquatic and Fitness Centre. The Board committed Introduced in 2011, the ‘Get Moving Play Squash, Squash $250,000 funding to the promotion of Squash in the Week’ marketing campaign had a contemporary edge Barossa Region. The new courts are within walking and targeted our next generation of players. The distance of schools, and will service a rapidly growing campaign, which culminated in the Squash Gala Night, commuter and rural population. The investment will and Chateau Tanunda SA Open, sparked renewed drive a resurgence of squash in the Barossa and directly enthusiasm and excitement in squash and racquetball. meets the Associations objective to strategically invest in school and council-owned facilities. Governance Applications for Squash SA’s Facilities Enhancement On behalf of the Board, we wish to acknowledge the Grant funding program were received from across the contribution of the whole team, including Racquets SA state as venue owners and operators were able to take and Squash SA Staff, our committees, sponsors, club advantage of a new funding opportunity and make coaches, administrators, referees and volunteers. The improvements to their Centres. In 2010/2011 the Board entire team is very passionate and dedicated to the allocated $45,000 funding to FEG projects. The dollar for overall development of squash and racquetball