2018 Annual Report CONTENTS 1 President’s Report 3 Executive Financial Summary 5 2018 Football Results 7 2018 Football Awards 10 CEO Report 14 Football Report 17 Junior Football Report 19 “A Proud Moment” by Andrew Capel 22 League Statistics 23 2018 SANFL Macca’s League Squad 27 2018 Statewide Super Women’s League Results 28 2019 Statewide Super Women’s League Fixture 29 2018 Statewide Super Women’s League Squad 31 “3 in a Row for Tigers” by Andrew Capel 33 2018 GFC Staff & Officials 36 Past Players & Officials Report 37 Club Awards 39 Life Member Inductions 40 “Loyal Tigers Honoured” by Peter Cornwall 43 2018 Player Sponsors 45 Hall of Fame 46 2019 SANFL Statewide Super League Fixture 47 “A Whole New World” by Peter Cornwall 52 Honour Board 54 2017 Glenelg Footballer’s Club AGM Minutes 55 2017 Glenelg Football Club AGM Minutes 58 2018 Sponsors RND 18 GLENELG V STURT FLASHGORDON PHOTOGRAPHY Glenelg Football Club 2018 Annual Report | Page 2 OUR ENDURING PURPOSE TO BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB IN THE SANFL THROUGH GLENELG FOOTBALL CLUB ON-FIELD PERFORMANCES BY WAY OF WINNING PREMIERSHIPS SINCE 1920 AND OFF-FIELD BY BECOMING THE COMPETITION LEADER IN FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OUR CORE VALUES RESPECT CONVICTION UNITY VISION THE LEADING SANFL CLUB ON & OFF THE FIELD. BY 2022 WE WILL HAVE: / REACHED FINALS IN EACH OF THE PAST 5 YEARS AND PARTICIPATED IN AT LEAST 1 GRAND FINAL / WE ARE A “SPORTING CLUB EMPLOYER OF CHOICE” IN THE SANFL AND A VENUE OF CHOICE FOR MEMBERS AND THE GREATER COMMUNITY / OUR PLAYERS ARE ROLE MODELS FOR THE CODE AND ENGAGE WITH MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY WITH PASSION AND COMMITMENT / OUR COACHING AND TRAINING PRACTICES SET THE STYLE OF PLAY FOR US TO DOMINATE ON THE FIELD / WE HAVE BECOME THE BENCHMARK IN TERMS OF RUNNING THE BUSINESS SMOOTHLY AND EFFICIENTLY, WITH STATE OF THE ART FACILITIES AND AMPLE INTERNAL RESOURCES / STAFF, MANAGEMENT AND BOARD ARE ACCESSIBLE AND WILLING TO BE CHALLENGED The return of Corey Gregson from Geelong and the club providing consistent rent and the abili- Luke Partington recruited from the West Coast ty to leverage their members to utilise our bistro President’s Report Eagles will add some class and pace around the facilities. football. Liam McBean and Brad Agnew also re- BY NICK CHIGWIDDEN join the team after a year travelling overseas, The other half of the area upstairs, in what was President which will help strengthen both our forward and the function centre has been converted into an back ends. outstanding gym for our playing group to access. The 2018 season was one that gained momentum as the year progressed. The pre-season was This facility would be the best in the league and not ideal with us unable to appoint our new coach Mark Stone until December, which meant After a long hard pre-season the players are ready has an extensive range of equipment thanks to Mark didn’t really start working with the player group until January. The program and game for the year ahead and are focused on continual a sponsorship with Fitness Warehouse and is a plan that Mark wanted to enforce did take the group some time to embrace and implement, improvement and developing as a team into a wonderful asset for Mark and the team. which resulted in us having a poor first half of the season. Once the team gained a thorough respected and feared outfit that is ruthless in its pursuit for success. ACH Group has also partnered with the Football understanding of Mark’s game plan and showed the discipline to enforce it we started playing Club taking over the naming rights of the com- some excellent football going on to win our last six games in a row, three of those against top We had another positive result financially for 2018 plex, which is now known as ACH Group Stadi- 5 teams. Unfortunately, the run was too late though and we were unsuccessful in making the recording a consolidated net profit of $247,549. um. This is after Gliderol relinquished the naming Finals, which was a major disappointment. This is the 3rd year in a row that we have achieved rights after 10 years, which has been a wonderful a profit providing a stable financial position for partnership with the Glenelg Football Club over The excellent work Mark and the Football Department have done in developing the team over the the club. Whilst it is an excellent result, we remain that time. I must thank Ben Lumbers and Tom last twelve months, combined with some strong recruiting provides us with a sense of optimism in a very challenging environment for SANFL Ainscough for their support over all these years for the 2019 season. A core group of players have now played 50 plus games together and their clubs. Crowd numbers are declining and mem- and it is fantastic to see Gliderol will remain as our bodies have matured and strengthened allowing us to match it with the successful teams in the bership and sponsorship revenue is difficult to guernsey sponsor for 2019 and 2020. SANFL. find. Positive on field performances will certain- ly help maintain and grow these areas and with I would like to congratulate our CEO, Glenn Elliott the promising signs of improvement for 2019 we and his team on the commitment and passion believe we can increase both sponsorship and they have shown, and the improvements they membership revenue this year. have made over the last twelve months. It is an exciting time ahead both on and off the field and The venue continues to provide outstanding they remain focused on continual improvement service and value to patrons, which has allowed and striving for success in all areas of club. the meals to increase 12% on last year and at the same time build an excellent reputation. Gaming A list of acknowledgements is printed later in the revenue continued to decline, however we have report thanking everyone who has been involved reinvested back into this area, with the view to re- last season, so I will not repeat that. However, I verse the trend by installing some new machines, must thank my fellow board members for the freshening the room up and implementing the support they have provided me and their hard Jackpot Club loyalty program. This investment work across the year. To all our sponsors at every has seen some positive early results which is en- level thank you for your continued association couraging. with the Glenelg Football Club, without your sup- port we could not survive. Our major challenge continues to be the level of debt we have and whilst we decreased this again To all the volunteers, members, past players and by $275,000 last year, through the land divest- supporters, thank you for remaining loyal to the ment funds it is an area the board continues to Tigers and we will be doing everything in our focus on and work with the City of Holdfast Bay power to ensure 2019 will be a year to enjoy and Council to look at strategies to decrease and ulti- remember. mate remove this debt. I must thank the council for their ongoing support in providing interest re- 2019 is a year of anticipation and excitement and lief on the loan, as without this support the club one that with a lot of hard work will deliver the would be in a very challenging financial position. rewards and success we are striving for both on and off the field. We have provided a financial executive summa- ry in the annual report that succinctly details our Thank you again for your continued support and current financial position for you, rather than me please join up as a member, as you are a critical expanding on it here. part of the Clubs future success. ACH Group has settled in as an excellent tenant upstairs and has proven to be a real positive for Glenelg Football Club 2018 Annual Report | Page 1 Glenelg Football Club 2018 Annual Report | Page 2 Glenelg Football Club 2018 Annual Report | Page 1 Executive Financial Summary As can be seen from the above table if you adjust for the extraordinary items and the SANFL Land Divestment distribution then our results this financial year are on par to last year and indicate financial stability within the Clubs. It also should be noted that our 2017 financial results included the business interruption insurance Glenelg Football Club Inc & Glenelg Footballers’ Club Inc. proceeds we received of $177,221 for the closure of the function centre as a result of the collapse of the roof on the HY Sparks Grandstand. Further to this in 2018 Financial Summary for the 31 October 2018 Financial Statements: an adjustment of $75,382 was recorded as a Loss on Revaluation of the Change Rooms in the Glenelg Football Club to enable the change rooms to be recorded as The Consolidated Statutory Net Profit for the year ended 31 October 2018 for the Glenelg nil in our Balance Sheet. If you add back depreciation and the Loss on Revaluation Footballers’ Club (Venue) and the Glenelg Football Club (Football) was $247,549. Whilst of the Change Rooms then the Consolidated Cash Net Profit for 2018 was $157,174 this appears to be a substantial decrease from the previous financial year results of $681,739, you need to bear in mind the one off extraordinary items that were included in compared to $112,594 for the year ended 2017.