President’s report 3 Chief Executive’s report 4 Message from the ASC 6 International relations 7 High Performance report 9 Game Development report 10 Commercial, Media & Communications report 11 Commissions and Committees report 12 States & Territories: ACT & NSW 13 States & Territories: NT & QLD 14 States & Territories: SA & TAS 15 States & Territories: VIC & WA 16 Champions Results 17 Financials 19 Membership: Hall of Fame and Life Members 33 2 PRESIDENT’S REPORT I write this report, my last as President, at the end of Hockeyroos through until after the Olympic Games in 2016. support they have provided this year and my thanks to the another year of great success and substantial change. Under Adam’s leadership the team has risen from seventh Presidents of the state and territory hockey associations. in the world to second and has reached the final of every Chief Executive Cam Vale led the preparation of the major tournament in which they have competed since At international level, Australia continues to be represented organisation’s aspirational new strategic plan, Hockey’s late 2012. across a number of FIH committees. My thanks again go Winning Edge: 2014-2018. It is a plan that, when successful, to Ken Read, Katrina Powell and Liam De Young for their will help the sport make significant strides forward and I Off the pitch, we welcomed four new directors to the board, service to the competitions, rules and athletes committees wish him and his staff team well with its implementation. expanding membership to 11. Along with our existing board respectively. members, all four – Fiona Boyce, Professor Kerryn Phelps, While our national teams continued to excel on the world Stephen Smith and Melanie Woosnam – made important Closer to home, I congratulate Cam Vale and the staff of stage, behind the scenes work was undertaken to transition contributions as we undertook a number of governance Hockey Australia on the year, and finally, and importantly, I the AIS-led High Performance Program to full Hockey changes. Amongst them, the implementation of new would like to acknowledge my fellow board members. Each Australia ownership. My thanks to all of those people committees appointed by the board, covering the areas of member of the Hockey Australia Board has contributed their that made the transition as smooth as possible, including high performance, participation, commercial, and risk and expertise, their time and their passion to ensuring that the the Australian Institute of Sport and Australian Sports integrity. organisation and the sport can continue to strive Commission, as well as a great many people internally. for excellence. I would like to acknowledge the outstanding service given by Following a memorable World Cup victory we said farewell retired directors Ken Read and Renita Garard after ten and to Ric Charlesworth, who left his role after six years with the 12 years on the Hockey Australia Board respectively. Both Kookaburras. Ric led the team to unprecedented success have played significant roles in improving the governance and I wish him all the very best for the future. The men’s of Hockey Australia and in setting the direction of our high program is in good hands with his successor, Graham Reid, performance and business outcomes. his senior assistant coach, Paul Gaudoin, and their team. Stuart Grimshaw I would also like to express my gratitude to the Australian President - Hockey Australia In the women’s program, national coach Adam Commens Sports Commission and its Chairman, John Wylie, for the agreed to a contract extension that will see him lead the 3 CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S REPORT It is with great humility I write my first introduction for and territory hockey associations, the Australian Olympic eight years on the board. Stuart stood down due to work the annual report as Chief Executive. Committee, Australian Commonwealth Games Association, commitments on 19 September after our financial year end. state institutes and academies of sport, our major partners The 2013/2014 financial year has been a challenging but Fortescue and Ausdrill, all of our other sponsors and Lastly, thank you to all the participants in the successful one for the organisation, reflected by a net partners, the FIH and Oceania Hockey Federation, and sport – players, coaches, umpires, officials, volunteers. The surplus of $122,509. This is in line with our previous year’s the ABC and Fox Sports. ultimate reflection of your sport is those at grassroots, and surplus and is the fifth consecutive operating surplus. Hockey Australia is very proud of all the individuals and I would like to thank the staff and athletes at Hockey groups of people that collectively make this sport as Undoubtedly, the highlight of the last 12 months has been Australia who work tirelessly and create an outstanding strong as it is. the outstanding results achieved by the Kookaburras and culture and work environment in Perth and Melbourne. It is Hockeyroos, now ranked first and second in the world a truly humbling environment for me to see this collection respectively. The World Cup success of the Kookaburras was of people apply themselves professionally across the entire as good as any, in any sport, in recent memory, whilst the organisation, on and off the pitch. stunning improvement of the Hockeyroos continued with their silver medal-winning performance. It would be remiss of me not to acknowledge Ric Charlesworth for his outstanding contribution to the Cam Vale There have, of course, been many other great achievements sport. His results remain without peer in hockey and Chief Executive and results this year, however the story is better told in the in Australian sport in general. pictures and words contained within this report. To the Board of Hockey Australia I also express my It is important to acknowledge those organisations and appreciation on behalf of the staff and athletes. We have a partners whose contributions have been key to our united board that provides great leadership across strategy successes and whose support has provided me with a and governance. In particular, I want to acknowledge great transition into the role of Chief Executive over the our departing Chairman Stuart Grimshaw, who has been last 12 months. My personal thanks go to the Australian instrumental in the improvements across all areas of the Sports Commission, Australian Institute of Sport, state organisation in his near six years as President and almost 4 A MESSAGE FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is committed We have initiated a fundamental reform process to improve sport participation has a profound long term dividend, and to ensuring Australian athletes excel in the international Australian sport, by linking high performance sports funding remains a vital objective of the ASC. sporting arena, and increasing Australians’ participation more closely with performance; ensuring the AIS is the in sport. world’s best high performance sports institute; modernising The ASC looks forward to working in collaboration with the governance structures in a number of sports; investing to sport sector to encourage more people into sport and to These two clear objectives are mutually reinforcing – improve coaching, leadership skills, talent identification drive Australia’s continued international sporting success. international success inspires Australians to participate in and innovation in Australian sport; and reinforcing public sport and greater participation helps nurture our future confidence in the integrity of sport. These reforms will John Wylie AM champions. Sport inspires individuals, unites communities create lasting change and improvement. Chair and encourages active lifestyles. Board of the Australian Sports Commission In 2013-14, the Australian Government, through the Success at the international level has become even more ASC, is investing almost $120 million in national sporting challenging for Australian athletes. Traditional competitors organisations for high performance programs and to keep getting better, and rising countries are becoming promote grassroots participation in sport. forces to be reckoned with. Our tenth placing in the medal table at the London Olympic Games continued a downward Our partner sports can expect a much sharper focus trend over the past three games. by the ASC in future on best practice governance and administration, intellectual property ownership, athlete Through Australia’s Winning Edge 2012-2022, our game management and support structures and general plan to move Australian sport from world class to world accountabilities by the sports. Equally, the ASC is committed best, we are changing the role of the AIS and the delivery to changing to meet the needs of contemporary sport. of the high performance program, improving the financial performance and position of national sporting organisations Importantly, the ASC is focused on promoting grassroots (NSOs) and strengthening the governance structures and participation in sport throughout Australia and to continue standards of NSOs. a suite of successful national programs such as the Active After-school Communities program. Increased community 6 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Oceania Hockey Federation The Oceania Hockey Federation (OHF) congratulates Hockey aided by mentoring from Australia and its national teams on their performances experienced Australians throughout the year. It was a stellar year with both the such as Gary Marsh, Kookaburras and Hockeyroos claiming the Oceania