2016 Hockey NZ Annual Report
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HOCKEY NEW ZEALAND ANNUAL REPORT 2016 CONTENTS 4. 2016 Outcomes 5. CEO Report SPONSORS AND OFFICIAL PARTNERS 7. Chair’s Report 8. Board 9. Hockey Foundation 10. Gala Dinner 11. GROW THE HOCKEY COMMUNITY 12. Fan Engagement 11 13. Coaching & Development 15. Umpires & Officials 20. Small Sticks HAWKE’S BAY | MASTER NEW ZEALAND BLACK AND WHITE LOGO 18. Masters 20. Maori 21. A WORLD CLASS HIGH PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME 22. Black Sticks Men FUNDING PARTNERS 21 24. Black Sticks Women 26. Rio Olympic Games 28. 2016 Ford Trans-Tasman Trophy 30. Black Sticks Milesones 31. Hawke’s Bay Cup 32. Retirements 33. EVENTS AND COMPETITIONS 34. Domestic Competition Results 33 38. Hockey Councils 39. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 41. Independent Auditor’s Report 39 43. Statement of Comprehensive Revenue and Expenses 43. Statement of Changes in Net Assets 44. Statement of Financial Position 45. Statement of Cash Flows 45. Notes to the Financial Statements (Extract) TEAM BEHIND THE TEAM 47. ESSENTIAL HOCKEY INFORMATION 48. 2016 Player Numbers 49. 2016 Umpire & Officials Numbers ® 47 50. Hockey New Zealand Team 51. Hockey Community Contact List Printing proudly sponsored by Fuji Xerox 2 >> Hockey New Zealand ANNUAL REPORT / 2016 PHOTO CREDITS PhotoSport (www.photosport.nz), Ned Dawson (Planet Hockey) and various hockey associations. >> 3 2016 OUTCOMES Black Sticks Women CEO REPORT 1 WIN ON THE WORLD STAGE WON th the Hawke’s Bay Cup Black Sticks Men 7 th Black Sticks Women 4 at Rio Olympic Games Bronze medal at Sultan Azlan Shah Cup for Black Sticks Men GROW THE HOCKEY COMMUNITY Summer Players 5% growth 22,161 DELIVER WORLD CLASS EVENTS 2016 WAS AN IMPORTANT YEAR FOR HOCKEY NEW ZEALAND AS IT SAW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR 2020 STRATEGY. 15,336 55,123 The Hockey New Zealand Board and Colin French and Jack - Longer term investment Winter Players 6.1% growth hockey community signed off our vision Clayton commenced in their from High Performance Sport SPECTATORS to be the ‘world’s best hockey nation’. new roles as Community Hockey Manager New Zealand (HPSNZ) for support of Although unashamedly ambitious, the for Adults and Capability and Young People both Black Sticks programmes attended international hockey fixtures respectively. These roles were implemented aspiration is realistic. - Signed new Naming Rights Partner for 5,170 new Renegade Hockey players to increase the support to the delivery of We have a clear purpose to deliver quality the Black Sticks – Vantage Windows and community hockey through our regional hockey experiences to all New Zealanders Doors for the next four years network, associations and clubs. and deliver our four key objectives: - Introduced two new roles to support the Ken Maplesden started in October 2016 in School children receive - Grow the hockey community underpinning programmes for the Blacks the role of General Manager – Community Sticks and regional performance network: - Win on the World Stage Hockey and Events and has made a strong delivery of Small Sticks • National Network Manager start to the development of the sport. - Deliver World Class Events • Athlete Pathway Manager 6.9% growth Program Throughout the year, there was a considered - Strengthen the Business - Introduced support for the key specialists 74,840 approach to strengthening the alignment and skills of drag flicking and goalkeeping With people at the heart of OUR 2020 unification of the sport. This was undertaken in Strategy and being the underpinning various forums and workshops throughout the - Identified ways to support the Regional 602 teams competed at principle behind any key decisions, 2016 year including four CEO forums, two Hockey Performance Network saw many highlights in the delivery of New Zealand Board to Regional/Association Our Black Sticks Women were able to gain 2,085 hockey in New Zealand. Chair Forums, one High Performance Forum, 34 domestic tournaments some key gains in the lead in to the Rio people attended Coach Some key highlights for us in 2016: two community hockey manager forums and a Olympics with victories at the Hawke’s Bay 6 NZ Officials at the Rio Olympic Games Development Courses strategy day connected to both the AGM and - Signing off of OUR 2020 Strategy Cup (8 Nations Event) in April and Darwin the Hockey Leaders Conference. International Challenge in June. - 6% growth in traditional participation In November, Our Black Sticks Men had their 34 Umpires at major international competitions - Hawke’s Bay signed as Naming Rights WIN ON THE WORLD STAGE first victory over Australia on home soil since Partner for the Blacks Sticks for 2016 Both the Blacks Sticks Men and Black Sticks 1967. Colin Batch unfortunately resigned as Women managed to capture the hearts and STRENGTHEN THE BUSINESS - Black Sticks Women – semi-finalist at the Black Sticks Men’s Coach in December. Rio Olympic Games minds of all New Zealanders at various stages We thank Colin for his efforts and the gains of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Rio was the made by the Black Sticks Men during his four - Six officials at the Rio Olympic Games main focus of the High Performance years with Hockey New Zealand. website views including the top official Jason McCracken programme in 2016. 3.7 % growth as Tournament Director for the men’s event Our Black Sticks Kayla Whitelock (nee 1,162,779 Ultimately, both teams underperformed on Sharland), Emily Gaddum (nee Naylor), Phil - 300,000+ fans connected to the our expectations at the Olympics finishing Burrows, Kyle Pontifex, Brad Shaw and Ryan 15k Black Sticks via social media. 7th for the men and 4th for the women. The Archibald all retired following the 2016 Rio 2,000 unique expectations of the teams and Hockey New Olympics. We wish them all the best in their GROW THE HOCKEY COMMUNITY Zealand were that both teams would finish future endeavours and thank them for their Black Sticks media 272,000 The hockey community saw the eighth year of higher than we did and a significant and continued efforts for the Black Sticks over a Average viewers of consecutive growth with a 6% gain in tradition- thorough debrief has resulted. number of years. live streamed games mentions Facebook fans al participation and a further 12% in summer The intent for Hockey New Zealand is to Our New Zealand Under 21 teams, for both participation. Again, the strongest growth was address those areas of deficiency immediately, the men and women had a busy year in that in junior participation with the Small Sticks and position ourselves for the 2020 Tokyo we had our Junior World Cup qualifying in SURPLUS IN GRANTS programme proving the value of a nationally Olympics in 2017 and build a long term January, a World Cup preparation tour for $63,779 branded participation programme. A further 6% received from our approach to medalling at the next Olympic each gender in October and then the Junior on an overall budget growth in 2016 means since the inception of Games. To that extent, already we have World Cup in Chile for Women and India for funding partners the Small Sticks programme in 2012, junior implemented the following changes: our Men. Our performances proved that we of nearly $7.1 million participation numbers have grown 34%. $1.13m have a lot of depth and talent in New Zealand, ANNUAL REPORT / 2016 >> 5 CEO REPORT CHAIR’S REPORT and that we need to provide more continued STRENGTHEN THE BUSINESS trustees coming on board from around the For the Board, a very important task during Delivery Review and the talent that has support to our regions and associations in country. The leadership of our Chair Kylie 2016 was the appointment of our new CEO. been gathered in this new working group is Throughout 2016 there was a clear focus on the space of player and coach development. Clegg, has been important in securing new We were delighted to announce in July, after exceptional and I have every belief that this delivering value to our suite of commercial To the many supporters of our Under 21 trustees: Dave Wigmore, Hamish Clentworth, an extensive advertising and search process, process will achieve an outstanding outcome partners and funders. We have had a strong participants and in particular to the parents Kate Wilson and Andrew Hastie. that Ian Francis would formally take the helm. for the future of hockey in this country. group of committed partners and we would who we know 2016 was a busy year and had The decision was widely acclaimed by the like to thank the following for their continued In a year, with a heavy focus on the 2016 Rio We were satisfied with the consolidated significant financial impact. We thank you hockey community and other stakeholders financial outturn for the year, particularly support in 2016: Olympics and 2016 Junior World Cups, it was for that and assure you that we are working and the progress that we have made during given the activity in an Olympic year. There pleasing to deliver a slight surplus of $63,779 towards a more cost effective model for our Ford New Zealand; Just Hockey; Kookaburra, the year under Ian’s leadership is evident are many demands on our resources and which was up slightly against budget. in this annual report. Thank you Ian and junior participants. Polytan; AON; Executive Travel; Score continuing with the rollout of our Small Sticks Sportswear (Lotto); Fuji Xerox; BDO; Gatorade your very hard working team for the strong programme is critical to the health of the PEOPLE contribution this year. DEVELOP WORLD CLASS EVENTS and Sportslink International. 2016 HAS BEEN A VERY sport in the decades to come. However, As mentioned previously, HBSEEC and the We do have people at the heart of our strat- Signing off OUR 2020 Strategy was what was already clear but reinforced from 2016 was a year in which a lot of the SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR Hawke’s Bay community came together to egy and in all our decision making.