2012 Under 19 Men’s National Champions QUEENSLAND INC Annual Report 2011-2012 ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12 C ONTENTS A P # Office Bearers 2 Committees & Affiliates 3 Strategic Plan 4 President’s Message 5 The Year In Review 6 Sponsors & Supporters 9 Year In Review ‐ Awards & Recognition 10 Year In Review ‐ Events 11 Year In Review ‐ High Performance Committee & Coaching Technical Directorate 12 Year In Review ‐ Marketing 15 Year In Review ‐ Scoring Technical Directorate 16 Year In Review ‐ Umpiring Technical Directorate 18 State Championship Results 22 State Team Lists & Results 26 Australian Representation 30 School Softball Team Lists & Results 32 Southern Cross Challenge ‐ Team Lists & Results 34 Softball Queensland Masters Tournament ‐ All Star Lists & Results 36 Finance Report 39 Softball Queensland Service Award Recipients 50 Honour Roll 51 Participation Analysis ‐ 2011/12 52 Year In Review ‐ District Associations 53 C D Soball Queensland Inc. Sports House South 1/866 Main Street Woolloongabba Q 4102 Ph: (07) 3391 2447 Fax: (07) 3391 4734 Email: [email protected] Website: www.qld.soball.org.au 1 ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12 O FFICE BEARERS P The Honourable Anna Bligh MP Premier of Queensland P Mark Jeppesen V P Jenny Vandenhurk E M Stephen Wagner B M Steve Armitage John Bright Bob Crudgington Heather Law OAM Samantha Mathers L A Basil Wright ‐ AK Pack & Co S T D/C Jenny Vandenhurk ‐ Coaching Ma Denkel ‐ Scoring Darren Sibraa ‐ Umpiring A S Sue Nisbet ‐ General Manager Joan Jackson ‐ Finance Manager Nigel Hooper ‐ Operaons Manager Nicki Riley ‐ Events Co‐Ordinator Mike Shaw ‐ Development Officer (unl 30/06/2011) Kendal Mawn ‐ Development Officer (from 15/08/2011 ‐ unl 02/09/2011) John Buerworth ‐ Development Officer (from 26/09/2011) Karen Robe ‐ Associaon Co‐Ordinator (from 13/02/2012) Joy Leach ‐ Database Manager Jess Muller ‐ Website Communicaon Officer (unl 13/05/2011) Fabian Barlow ‐ Elite Program Head Coach (from 02/05/2011) Bronwyn Marshall ‐ Elite Program Co‐Ordinator (unl 30/04/2012) 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12 C OMMITTEES & AFFILIATES Awards Panel Events Management A A Sue Sanders ‐ Chair Heather Law (Chairperson) • Brisbane Marion Ivanoff Jenny Vandenhurk • Bundaberg Ma Gowty David Casey • Caboolture Nicki Riley • Cairns Disciplinary Panels Sue Nisbet • Gladstone John Ferguson: Chief • Gold Coast Commissioner Finance & Commerce • Hervey Bay Yvonne Kahler: Deputy Stephen Wagner • Ipswich Commissioner (Chairperson) • Logan City Joan Jackson • Mackay Commissioners Sue Nisbet • Maryborough Jeanel Dalgrin Mark Jeppesen • Mount Isa Norm Torpey • Noosa High Performance • Redcliffe Appeals Panel John Bright (Chairperson) • Redlands Rob Ferguson Heather Law • Rockhampton David O’Leary Nigel Hooper • South Brisbane Glenda Marshall Sue Nisbet • Suncoast Hinterland • Toowoomba Member Protecon Officers • Wynnum Dawn McKell Geraldine Allan A M • Stanthorpe Sports Associaon • School Sport Soball • Townsville Thuringowa Soball Associaon B M S Posion Representave Board Meeng President Mark Jeppesen 6/6 Vice President Jenny Vandenhurk 6/6 Execuve Member Stephen Wagner 6/6 Board John Bright 3/6 Board Heather Law 6/6 Board Steve Armitge 5/6 Board Bob Crudgington 6/6 Samantha Mathers Board 5/5 (elected July 2011) General Manager Sue Nisbet 6/6 3 ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12 S TRATEGIC PLAN V K P A To grow soball in Queensland as a sport for everyone’s enjoyment. Key Result Area 1 Increase parcipaon by at least 3% pa P Key Result Area 2 To provide leadership for the development Increase the number of events held each year and delivery of soball in Queensland by 10% ensuring growth in parcipaon and increased enjoyment by everyone through K S O appropriate standards of administraon and behaviour and enhancing relaonships Key Strategic Objecve 1 between all stakeholders. Enhance the range and availability of Soball products and events. V In fulfilling our purpose, we will uphold our Key Strategic Objecve 2 core values of: Enhance our markeng approach – adopt a “can do” atude. Leadership – We will act professionally in a strong and decisive manner. Key Strategic Objecve 3 Integrity – We will be honest and ethical in Grow and enhance our facilies as a means of our acons and decision making. aracng people to soball. Stability – We will ensure the stability of the Key Strategic Objecve 4 associaon through effecve financial Improve our parcipaon pathway from grass- management. roots through to the elite level. Innovaon – We will challenge the status‐quo and always search for improvement. Key Strategic Objecve 5 Enhance access to soball for various cultural Reliability – We will listen to and and idenfied groups. communicate with our members. Commitment – We are commied to growing U S O ‐ and developing soball throughout B O C R Queensland. Key Strategic Objecve 6 SQ Capability Development A F S I Q Key Strategic Objecve 7 We believe that, in partnership with our So ball Capability Development. stakeholders, soball in Queensland is in a sound posion to grow, both in terms of the overall numbers of people parcipang in the sport, and the types of compeons, tournaments and social games available to players. 4 ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12 P RESIDENTÊ S MESSAGE It gives me great pleasure Awards play an important role in volunteer organisaons to present the 2011/12 and a major review of the SQI Awards Framework has Soball Queensland Inc been undertaken. Most significant has been the (SQI) Annual Report. establishment of a new Legends’ category and it is most fing that the two stand out contributors to Queensland Change connues to play a Soball, Mack Gilley and Audrey McLaughlin AM, have major role in our been recognised as the inaugural inductees in this cate‐ operaons and our gory. Congratulaons! planning for the future. Last year, as part of our new strategic approach, we Further recognion of our representave players has implemented a new and more modern Constuon. progressed with the allocaon of player numbers to our Consistent with these changes, 2011/12 has seen the Queensland Senior Women’s Representaves. Several review of a significant number of By‐Laws to support our events have been held to issue cerficates and I have journey ahead. It has been pleasing to see a number of personally had the honour to present one cerficate to a District Associaons adopt our new template former representave now living overseas who was Constuon and By‐Laws, supporng a co‐ordinated “home” on holidays. approach to management across our sport. In addion, SQI has expanded its Service Award On a naonal front, we are very proud of the efforts of category to include Awards at a variety of intervals, the Under 19 Queensland Men’s team which won the recognising the commitment and contribuon of a wide Naonal Championship. Well done to all the players and range of volunteers. These are being progressively rolled officials on this achievement. Congratulaons to all of out. I encourage all District Associaons to reward their our other teams who performed extremely well in their members by nominang them for SQI Service Awards. relevant Divisions. You have all done us proud. In July we welcomed Samantha Mathers to our Board as The inaugural Under 15 Naonal Regional Championship an external member. Samantha has brought a wealth of was held in Rockhampton in July and was a great success, knowledge and business acumen to the Board as a result so much so that the 2012 Championship will also be held of her significant legal and consulng background. The there. Congratulaons to everyone involved, but Board connues to idenfy such opportunies through especially to the Rockhampton & District Soball the conduct of regular evaluaon and skills audit Associaon, its volunteers and the SQI staff who made processes. SQI has also connued to provide support to this event the success that it was. Soball Australia Limited (SAL) with a number of our members making significant contribuons to SAL Queensland players connue to be recognised with Commiees. selecon in naonal squads and teams. There has been a significant number over the past year. Congratulaons to Lastly, I would like to recognise and congratulate Soball all those selected and all the best for those who will Maryborough and the Toowoomba Soball Associaon represent Australia at World Championships over the on their 60th Anniversaries. I had the honour of next year. aending Maryborough’s celebraon dinner where Women’s and Men’s 60th Anniversary Teams were While we are performing well as an organisaon, there named and Clubs from the past were recognised and are sll a number of challenges ahead that we need to celebrated. General Manager, Sue Nisbet, aended meet. Membership numbers have declined across the Toowoomba’s event and was equally impressed with sport naonally and it is important that we adopt new their celebraon. Both Associaons celebrated in style strategies to aract people to our sport, and to retain both on‐the‐night and throughout the season. current members. I would like to thank everyone involved for their ongoing To this end, the SQI Board and staff have made a support and commitment to Soball in Queensland over commitment to support the District Associaons through the past year. It is greatly appreciated by us all at Board a co‐ordinated sign‐on campaign, new compeon and Office level. I look forward to a successful 2012/13. structures and the re‐establishment of soball in Burne, Granite Belt and the Townsville regions. It is pleasing to note that with the assistance of a small band Mark Jeppesen of local enthusiasts, Townsville has achieved immediate President results with a Senior Women’s compeon up and Soball Queensland Inc running and interest being shown in both Men’s and junior compeons. Thank you to all members and staff 5 involved in these acvies. ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12 Y EAR IN REVIEW It is with pleasure that this report is submied to the of local sport and recreaon organisaons.