ANNUAL REPORT 2015 MANY THANKS TO OUR GRANT FUNDERS & SPONSORS BUSINESS MEMBERS NETBALL CENTRAL ZONE 1 13 12 2 3 11 10 4 5 6 9 7 8 1 8 Netball Taranaki Hutt Valley Netball 2 9 Netball Wanganui Netball Wairarapa 3 10 Rangitikei Netball Centre Netball Manawatu 4 11 Netball Horowhenua Dannevirke Netball Centre 5 12 Netball Kapiti Taihape Netball Centre 6 13 Kapi Mana Netball Centre Hawke’s Bay Netball 7 Netball Wellington Centre 2 NETBALL CENTRAL ANNUAL REPORT 2015 CONTENTS From the Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer 4 Support Our Zone Centres 6 High Performance 8 Maintain Financial Sustainability 11 Sustain & Grow Organisational Capability 12 2015 Achievements, Awards and Statistics 14 Audited Financial Accounts 21 3 NETBALL CENTRAL ANNUAL REPORT 2015 FROM THE BOARD CHAIR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER After another busy and It is clear there is real strength in reach 100 games at this level as a encouraging year, it is our the Zone at age group level and coach or player and we took time pleasure to present the third the opportunity to capitalise on during the season to acknowledge Annual Report for Netball this over the next few years. Robyn’s significant contribution Central Zone. This is an ideal to the Pulse in the past four years Alongside the establishment opportunity to report on the as well as long serving players. activity there has also been progress made during 2015 To those who have retired or left evolution. There has been change which has been directed the team we thank you for your in Board members and Zone at enhancing our vision for contribution in 2015. staff personnel, particularly with Netball Central and building a the Pulse, changes we believe The Pulse has since undergone partnership culture highlighted will strengthen and build on our significant change with a new by the inception of the Zone strong foundations. coaching team and new-look line- structure in 2013. up recruited during 2015. We are Two new appointed Board We cannot achieve any of our excited with the appointments of plans without the efforts of our members, Owen Gibson and Tanya Dearns (Head Coach) and wider team and acknowledge Graeme McCullough, were Tania Hoffman (Assistant Coach), with gratitude the many people recruited while we said farewell and delighted with the culture who contribute to the success to Ian Collier. Owen and Graeme they are building and the goals of our Zone. both started in October and they have set themselves for the each brings strong commercial upcoming season. Our strategic plan set the experience and networking focus for the first two years resources. Ian’s willingness to The challenge and opportunity on establishment, and for the stay on the Board while we for the Zone is to keep building following two on consolidation. recruited suitable candidates was and maintaining a strong network There has been good progress greatly appreciated. across a diverse geography made in establishing most and population. Our focus is on aspects of the Zone’s core The rest of the Board has sharing knowledge, growing the activity but in some areas there remained constant with Carol knowledge base across our region is still work to be done on Sander re-elected at the last and facilitating best practise – some significant establishment AGM. The Zone is fortunate to these things are often intangible requirements, as it relates to have a highly skilled Board with and therefore can be hard to implementation of the Whole a cross section of skills and value. of Netball (WON) Plan. experience backed up by a strong We have worked with the wider performance-oriented culture. Staff and volunteers in the netball community to ensure that SUE GORDON Zone have worked tirelessly The 2015 Pulse team had their there is active communication and CHAIR during the past year to moments with some credible sharing of information. We have support the work of grassroots home performances under spent time asking for input into netball, build the pathways to the guidance of coach Robyn our plans and feedback about our the elite game and perform Broughton but overall it proved performance. Our Centres are at in the ANZ championship a challenging season. There the heart of the work we do and competition. As the content of were some notable individual our thanks go out to the Centre this Annual Report highlights milestones achieved during the boards and staff who have helped there has been considerable year with Robyn and players shape and influence the agenda activity across all key areas in Katrina Grant and Joline Henry for the Zone and implement our our strategic plan and some all joining the centurions club. programmes and activity. We pleasing results during the year. It is a special achievement to appreciate all you do. 4 NETBALL CENTRAL ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Netball New Zealand is an active OVERALL OUR STRATEGIC The Zone is fortunate to have supporter in what we do and PLAN FOCUSES ON: experienced and professional relies on the Zones for their staff and an active community § Supporting our Centres support with the implementation made up of Centres, Netball NZ, volunteers and fans, all of who play of the Whole of Netball plan. In § High Performance an important role in our day-to-day the spirit of partnership, we share § Maintaining financial success. our views, seek to influence the sustainability national agenda and implement Also critical to the success of the § Sustain and grow programmes designed by Zone are our sponsors and funders. organisational capability Mojo was our principal sponsor for Netball NZ. 2015. This was a highly successful In this way we are active partnership with benefits for both HIGHLIGHTS IN THE DELIVERY supporters of the WON plan. parties. Steve and his team were OF THE PLAN THIS YEAR Ultimately the success of all active sponsors who contributed INCLUDE: the Zones will be driven by our to a successful campaign. All of collective ability to ensure there § broad establishment across our other sponsors and funders also made significant contributions are sufficient resources and the Zone of the junior in 2015 and we could not have funding to effectively implement programme achieved what has been outlined the WON plan over time. This § increased emphasis on in this Annual Report without their has and will continue to be a coaching programmes on-going support and assistance. significant focus for Netball § success on a national level by A final thank you to everyone Central. our age group athletes who has contributed to this past year and we look forward to the opportunities for continued momentum in 2016. SUE GORDON CHAIR CAROLYN YOUNG CEO 5 NETBALL CENTRAL ANNUAL REPORT 2015 SUPPORT OUR ZONE CENTRES CONNECT THE NETBALL § Netball Taranaki hosted § Hawke’s Bay Netball CENTRAL ZONE North Island U15 delivered the inaugural ANZ Championships futureFERNS Zone Festival in Central Zone Community collaboration with the Zone Netball Manager Stuart Savage, § Netball Manawatu hosted and NNZ continuing the foundation set by Lower North Island Liz Page, has worked closely with Secondary Schools § Five netball fun days delivered the Centres to align a common § Netball Wellington Centre throughout the Zone thread across all developmental hosted the Netball NZ § 357 junior coaches trained initiatives through productive National Championships within the Zone communication and feedback. § The Zone successfully hosted § Netball Wellington Centre As a result, increased development the second Super Club/Super offering ANZ futureFERNS workshops and networking School Tournament at Arena at its three satellites and opportunities presented during Manawatu in Palmerston delivering a Year 5 & 6 pilot 2015 have enhanced the calibre North, featuring eight of the of officials and expertise across § Netball Taranaki offering ANZ best club teams in the Zone junior, coach, umpiring, team futureFERNS at its six satellites and schools who were placed management and administration in the top 20 at Lower North § Netball Manawatu significantly being developed across the Zone. Island Secondary Schools. increased its participation numbers in the junior space § Five Wellington regional COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Centres – Netball Wellington § Dannevirke, Rangitikei and AND CENTRES Centre, Netball Hutt Valley, Wairarapa introduced the ANZ § The two-day annual Zone Netball Kapiti, Netball futureFERNS programme for Forum was facilitated and Wairarapa and Kapi Mana the first time in 2015 delivered in September by Netball – completed strategy § Netball Hutt Valley delivered NCZ at ASB Sports Centre, and governance training a four-week pilot for ANZ along with a number of in collaboration with Sport futureFERNS Year 5 & 6 valued stakeholders including Wellington and the Zone. Netball New Zealand (NNZ), Centres and Sport Wellington. FACILITATION DEVELOPMENT The forum aimed to update GROW PARTICIPATION OF COACHES, MANAGERS, and provide development Introduced nationally in 2014, UMPIRES, OFFICIALS AND opportunities for staff involved Netball New Zealand’s (NNZ) VOLUNTEERS in junior, coach, umpiring, official junior programme ANZ On board in a fulltime capacity, team management and futureFERNS has continued to Netball Central Zone Coach administration. instigate growth in the junior Development Officer Sandra Edge § Netball Development Officer game in 2015. Highlights for has enthusiastically embraced Forums were delivered in June junior netball across Netball her role, actively engaging with and November at Vautier Park Central during the past year and supporting Centres where in Palmerston North by the included: together they have achieved Zone, providing officers with rewarding and positive results. § 17,137 juniors playing in the development workshops and Highlights for 2015 included: Year 1-8 space across the Zone networking opportunities with § 82 Netball New Zealand Coach other Centres from across the § 10 Centres delivering ANZ Developing Modules were Zone. futureFERNS at Year 1 & 2 and run this year around the Zone eight delivering at Year 3 & 4 § A number of successfully with 710 coaches attending hosted Zone and National § 5227 juniors at Year 1-4 the modules in total.