ANNUAL REPORT 2018 19th ANNUAL REPORT Presented at the Annual General Meeting MAINLANDFOOTBALL.co.nz // held at English Park, 127 Cranford St, Chch 7.00pm, Tuesday 30 April 2019 1 English Park 127 Cranford ST PO Box 21122 Christchurch, NZ Ph 03 355 3595 www.mainlandfootball.co.nz 2 // STAFF HEAD OFFICE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMUNITY FOOTBALL MANAGER Julian Bowden Martin Field-Dodgson FEDERATION DEVELOPMENT MANAGER ADMINISTRATION MANAGER Alan Walker Sheree Lapslie GAME DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FINANCE MANAGER Jamie Cross Lisa Barnes MARKETING & ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Sharyn Wenmoth Andrew Currie REFEREE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Wayne Stapley CANTERBURY UNITED DEVELOPMENT MANAGER TECHNICAL STAFF Martin Stewart ENGLISH PARK GROUNDSMAN WOMENS FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Graham Allan MARLBOROUGH Annalie Longo DISTRICT EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN Christchurch based Peter Mortimer FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS NELSON BAYS DISTRICT EXECUTIVE Peter Mortimer, Gary Ogilvie DISTRICT EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN Christchurch based Matt Watson Dave Macaskill, Gary Pauley, Sam Lapslie DISTRICT EXECUTIVE Christchurch based James McPhie, John Sauer, Wolfie Waechter, Keagan Mortimer Lisa De Gray, Ian Paterson, Chris Sutherland, Marlborough based (Resigned Dec 2018) Fiona Wilson, Matt Watson, Michelle Lavender, FUTSAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS Barry Rowe, John Armstrong Andrew McCaa Ronan Naicker GENERAL MANAGER GENERAL MANAGER Christchurch based Clive Beaumont Andrea Smith-Scott Ben Wright (Resigned March 2018) Nelson based Nic Foster (from May 2018) WEST COAST Nick Stanton COMPETITIONS ADMIINISTRATION ADMINISTRATOR Marlborough based Diane Maisey Sharon Knightbridge 3 // CHAIRMAN’S REPORT UNPRECEDENTED EVENTS THE REGIONS NOTHING HAPPENS BY CHANCE The events of the past year have Both Nelson and Marlborough districts I want to personally thank Julian and presented us with much to reflect on. continue to be managed independently all the Mainland staff for their careful My most sincere condolences go out to with support from Mainland personnel at and planned administration of the all those affected by the tragic event on times. We welcome Nick Foster who has beautiful game. Similarly the sponsors, the 15th March 2019. This tragic loss of replaced Clive Beaumont in the Nelson and board for their support. lives provides a real test of faith. It has CEO position. Finally Thank you all for playing been heartening to me to see the way your part whether it be by playing, our young New Zealanders in particular refereeing, administrating, taking the have responded. FAREWELLS kids to footy, washing the kit, putting The year also saw football members As well as Clive’s departure from up the posts, or even cooking the signal much change in the NZ Football Nelson, we see Allan Hickford and snags at the year end function. Board. This follows the delivery of the John Armstrong retiring this year Muir Report which provided detailed from the Mainland Football board. analysis on some HR and CEO matters. All of these gentleman have been Craig Rhodes This governing body now has a new outstanding in their roles and will be CHAIRMAN Chairperson, and three new board sadly missed. Thank you all for the members voted on earlier this month. many countless volunteer hours and all that you have done. FINANCES FACILITIES This year the board reports include a substantial loss which you will see The board continues to work strategies notated later in the report. The cost around improving playing fields and of supporting our High Performance potentially obtaining new Futsal and teams namely the Pride, Dragons, artificial facilities. Youth, and Futsal Dragons continues to be a challenge but one we must work through. This is mirrored amongst most of the other Federations in the country and a high priority for NZ Football to support. 4 PATRON Jack Killick OBITUARIES CHAIRMAN Craig Rhodes Eileen M Langridge QSM Jeff Dermott Brian Hulton QSM HALSWELL UNITED DEPUTY CHAIRMAN Allan Hickford BOARD MEMBER Eddie Clark BOARD MEMBER LIFE MEMBERS Simon Ward BOARD MEMBER ß † Chris Anderson Tony Ambrose Eileen M Langridge QSM ¥ ¥ BOARD MEMBER George Anderson Jim Noble John Armstrong Ross Andersonß Percy Noblett~ BOARD MEMBER Jack Andrew§ Roy Oddy§ Warren Gilbertson Bryce Baker* Mrs. Terry Poulter¥ BOARD MEMBER Annabelle Bramwell Joe Bartle§ Bob Poulter¥ Leslie Boomerø Don Pringle§ Marian Coadwellø Pat Pringle§ Bill Cowen Craig Rhodes Brian Dawes* Algie Roberts* David Elder† Martin Stewart Valerie Ferrier¥ Bruce Weaver§ Jack Fisher~ Owen Wilson¥ Noeline Flood* Jim Wyllie§ Dennis Gallagher¥ Robert Gooseman¥ * Former Canterbury Junior FA Life Members † Sue Griffin ø Former Canterbury Womens FA Life Members Craig Guthrie¥ † Former Canterbury FA Life Members ~ Former Marlborough FA Life Members Peter Hammond§ ¥ Former Mid Canterbury FA Life Members § Former Nelson FA Life Members Olive Harris§ ß Canterbury Referee Life Members Phil Harriss~ Lee Hawkeyø Noel Hopgood* Jack Killickß I am pleased to be able to 5 // CEO REPORT deliver the 2018 Annual Report for Mainland Football. The year has been significant for the Federation for several reasons that I will cover in this report. Our key focus remains on achieving our clear strategic outcomes of “More people playing and loving football” and ensuring we are “providing environments for everyone to reach their potential”. This is across all aspects of the game be it for Players, Coaches, Referees or Administrators. I would like to pay a special thanks to the in income. This has been affected by was the first time we had seen a thousands of volunteers and Mums and a reduction of Fee income, Grant and double round robin and it proved to be Dads who gave so generously through the Sponsorship income has also reduced a fantastic competition. The win was Football season. Your efforts at our clubs and a sizeable reduction of income from down to a fantastic effort by a larger does not go unnoticed and is vital to the the programs we have historically run. squad due to several players being away ongoing delivery of our game. As our delivery model changes around on International Duty. Alana and her club licensing that sees Licensed clubs coaching team did an outstanding job. running year-round programs, we will The Dragons had another Successful need to continue to adjust the way we YEAR IN REVIEW campaign and were a top 4 team again. operate. Add to this that we needed to We were only 1 minute away from being 2018 has been a year with a number of invest and extra 20k into the Southern 2nd in the regular season which would highlights most notably: league and the result while explainable have given us a home Semi Final. As needs to be addressed moving forward. • 7 players from Mainland being part it was, we went down in that game but The federation also doubled its of the U17 Womens team who won a continued to perform at a very high level. investment into the Pride program due bronze medal at the U17 World Cup Willy and his team must be congratulated to the double round Robin. 2019 will see on another fine season. • Canterbury United Pride winning the reduced staffing levels for the Federation Women’s National League. and the Southern league will also need to The Alan Walker coached youth team had become self-funding. somewhat of a mixed season in ending • Canterbury United Dragons making up mid table. Outstanding displays were top 4 in the ISPS Premiership. We await the outcomes of reviews from mixed with performances below what NZF on national Competition structures • Mainland winning the Federation Cup the team was capable of. It was great so we can put in place long term plans for at National age group tournament. to see several the youth players getting the Dragons set up. opportunities with the senior squad. • 5 Clubs gaining Youth Club Licenses. Work is being completed looking at long The aim for this squad is to give young First clubs in New Zealand to do so. term sports field requirements to meet players to continue to develop and test • Youth Premier leagues introduced at demand for our clubs and we continue to themselves against the best youth from 13th and 14th grade. look for better options to develop Futsal around the country. We hope that some of through better venues. these players will carry on and be part of • Southern League Football was the Dragons set up in the future. reintroduced to the Football Calendar. • Club teams enter South Island REPRESENTATIVE Tournaments for the first time. NZ REPRESENTATIVES 2018 saw us introduce Club based entries Annalie Longo Football Ferns • Pride youth development program was in the South Island Tournaments. While Victoria Esson Football Ferns launched. this was a major decision for us to make but it allowed for a wider base of players to Meikayla Moore Football Ferns • Clubs continue to deliver Football in take part in a tournament than ever before. Aimee Phillips Football Ferns Schools programs. This was our goal and we were delighted Rebecca Lake U20 Women • Significant number of coaches with the way the Clubs embraced the Gabrielle Rennie U17 Women continue to be developed through club opportunity. We expect to see a continued Macey Fraser U17 Women and Federation lead programs. More growth in these tournaments. Jayda Stewart U17 Women quality coaching led by clubs. Our age group representative teams Blair Currie U17 Women performed well on the National stage Amelia Abbott U17 Women • The MPL was won by Cashmere winning the Federation Cup at the Hannah McKay Wright U17 Women Technical who then also went on to National Age Group Tournament. This Marisa Van Der Meer U17 Women win the South Island League Title. was presented to the Federation who Hamish Mitchell NZ Futsal Whites • The WPL was won by Coastal Spirit. performed best over all grades. At Benji Lapslie NZ Futsal Whites the National Youth Futsal competition The Federation remains in a healthy Tom McGowan NZ Futsal Whites mainland teams were again to the fore financial position but has suffered this winning 3 Titles.