ANNUAL REPORT AND STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS For presentation to Members at the Annual General Meeting to be Held at the Eastlink Badminton Stadium 30 Old Farm Rd, Hamilton East 11 DECEMBER 2016 At 7.30 pm LIST OF OFFICERS: 2016 PATRON Pat Dallinger, MBE PRESIDENT Philip Paterson VICE PRESIDENT Fiona Purdue CEO: Tjitte (TJ) Weistra DIRECTOR OF COACHING Peter Jensen FINANCIAL CONTROLLER Loloma Foster KIWISPORT OFFICER: Lene Jensen ACCOUNTANT Brian Bartels, Hemi, Edwards, Bartels BOARD Rupinder Virk, Paul Hanton, Stu Morgan, Andrew Chan, Carol Leydon-Davis & Alison Storey (independent) MASTERS SELECTORS TJ Weistra, Peter R. Jensen JUNIOR CONVENOR Kirsten Rose HON LIFE MEMBERS Pat Dallinger MBE, Maureen Sherborne, Jocelyn Silvester, Doreen Wood, Maurice Smith, Malcolm Brown, Bill Bartels, Alicia Urlich, (Peter Icke †, Joyce Musk †) President’s Report As President, I am pleased and proud to report that 2016 was another great year for the Waikato Badminton Association, (Club) members, Stadium members and casual. As you hear and read the other reports in this AGM Report I am sure you will agree. 2016 was the first year of our new Constitution that changed the way Waikato Badminton delivered badminton to the Waikato from a Management Committee of 10 Volunteers to a smaller Board of Directors and a CEO to organise, plan, direct and lead our association. Thanks to the vision, hard work and input from previous Management Committees as well as the input and support from Badminton New Zealand, Sport Waikato, Sport NZ, Life Members and Clubs members. We now have a solid constitution that has set Waikato Badminton up to continue to perform its role as a Regional Sporting Association for many years to come and deliver Badminton to families, schools, clubs, community groups and individuals of the wider Waikato region and it seems to be working very well so far. In a lot of ways, the WBA continues to operate as it has done for the past 3 years with the same objectives and paid staff including our CEO TJ Weistra, Financial Administer Loloma Foster, a Director of Coaching, Kiwi Sport / Shuttle Time and Pro Shop staff assisted by the many volunteers in schools, Clubs, and Community groups to deliver the great sport of Badminton to all in the Waikato. Thank you to the members of WBA’s first ever board. Alison Storey, Andrew Chan, Carol Leydon-Davis, Paul Hanton, Rupinder Virk, Stu Morgan, and Vice-President Fiona Purdue. They have been a great team planning, guiding and leading our Association in meeting its objectives. They have all contributed and our strength and success is due to their ideas, forward thinking, passion, skills, hard work and dedication. The key position in our Organisation is our CEO, he is the link between the Board, our staff our clubs and their members and all people that want to enjoy playing Badminton. His vision, leadership, knowledge, determination and people skills have earned him respect, trust and support from the WBA, other associations, Badminton NZ, sponsors, Community Trusts, players and even some officials. As you all know his name is TJ and he is the one you all know and communicate with. There are so many things that he does so well that I would need to write a very long report but he has already written his so please read our CEO’s detailed report and believe there is plenty more he did as well. The only thing he doesn’t seem to be good at is getting me to do anything on time. Thank you so much TJ for what you do for Waikato Badminton. As you all know Waikato Badminton Association relies on grants from Trusts and other Community Funders to help deliver our sport to Badminton in the Waikato. We are successful in a lot of our funding applications because Loloma has developed such a great relationship with many funders and has a long history of reliable, honest and trustworthy applications and good accountability reports. Thanks Loloma. Director of Coaching Peter Jensen has been a part of Waikato Badminton for three seasons and has now gone back with his family to Denmark. WBA was so very fortunate to have had Peter as our Coach. He provided our players with World Class coaching and inspired them to strive, plan and compete to achieve the best they could. He was always trying to find ways to inspire and encourage and bring the best out in each player. Which meant he was listened to and respected by all from 8- year-old beginners to Top International players and even some slightly older ex-International players. His efforts meant that Waikato and NZ players and teams had some of the best results ever. Peter, Lene, Josefine and Julia, you will always be part of Waikato Badminton now, not only in the results but in the way you inspired us to play. Thank you. Waikato Badminton has the best Patron and Life Members in NZ. Thank you Pat Dallinger MBE, Maureen Sherborne, Doreen Wood, Alicia Urlich, Maurice Smith for all your support and help you have given to WBA players and teams and help with hall and facilities and events. Thank you, Kirsten Rose, for taking on the huge role of Junior Convenor. It's a huge task doing budgets, finding managers, parent helpers, accommodation and liaising with everyone while also being a mother, manager, and councillor. Lastly and most importantly, the reason that Waikato Badminton is doing so well is due to you the members both clubs and individuals taking ownership of this Association. The Clubs elect the Board who do what our Constitution says, to deliver badminton to your region. That delivery relies on you all to help in a hundred different ways to make Badminton happen at your club, schools, events such as Inter Club, Inter Association, National and International events. Board Members don't “Do”, they make policy and govern which leaves staff to deliver it. It is impossible to succeed without all the volunteers at all levels, there are too many to name but you all do something to make Badminton thrive in our region. Keep up the good work and please keep trying to do more. Congratulations to all the Waikato Badminton players, teams and officials who achieved outstanding results this year. I was privileged to see some of them and wished I had seen more. So many great achievements that I am sure this will be a historic year that may not be bettered for a century or more. My highlights, Chris Steeghs and Erena Calder-Hawkins being part of the NZ Junior team that finished 27th in the World, Erena winning the Pan-Pac Mixed Doubles title, Josefine Jensen winning U19 Singles and Mixed and coming 2nd in U19 doubles and she was only 15! Under 19 team Gold at the NZ Champs. Senior Division 3 and 5 Division, Vets Division 2 and our Wisden Team were Champions. Let's hope 2017 will be nearly as great. Philip Paterson WBA President 2016 AWARDS Service to Badminton in NZ (awarded by BNZ) Philip Paterson Service to Sport (awarded by Sport Waikato) Philip Paterson Administrator of the Year: Glennis Verhoeven Volunteer of the Year: Tina Skinner Coach of the Year: Vinny Harris Official of the Year Bikash Mukherjee Club Service Awards: Mary Bear Senior Recognition: Linday Davey Senior Player of the Year: Oliver Leydon-Davis Masters Recognition: Murray Orr Masters Player of the Year: TJ Weistra & Alistair Gatt Junior Player of the Year (2015) Chris Steeghs & Erena Calder-Hawkins Junior Recognition Trophy (2015) Bianca Yunus Most Improved Player Overall (2015) Josefine R. Jensen Most Improved Elite Squad Player (2015) Jack Boyle Most Improved Junior Rep Players (2015) Julie R. Jensen & Devael Wijaya Most Improved Development Squad Players (2015) Victoria Guo & Andy Zhou 2015 / 2016 Annual Report Chief Executive Officer Brief overview It is my pleasure to hereby present the CEO report based on the 2015 / 2016 financial year and the 2016 season which has once again been successful in many ways. Another surplus has been achieved despite some uncertainties in the finance arena especially because of increased staff expenditure but thanks to an increase in stadium court hire and ongoing support from funders / sponsors throughout the year we have ensured that our books are looking good. A big thank you once again to Loloma for her work in the finance and accounts department to ensure we stay on track. Peter R. Jensen, our Director of Coaching, and his family unfortunately have had to make the difficult decision to return to Denmark but we can only be extremely grateful for their enormous contribution to Waikato Badminton in the 2,5 years that they have been with us. Peter has raised the bar and the results achieved on court this year are a direct evidence of that. For the first time in Waikato’s and New Zealand’s history the NZ Under 19 title was won by Waikato and the Wisden Cup was brought back as well. The Division 3 team promoted to Slazenger Cup and the Division 5 team promoted to Division 4. These results combined with several national junior titles and two Waikato players representing NZ at the World Junior Championships in Spain this year all add to the huge list of achievements under Peter’s guidance. And although we are sad to see Peter go, we are at the same time very pleased with having appointed Tracey Hallam to take over the Director of Coaching role. Tracey will start on the 3rd of January and no doubt will work very hard to keep the momentum going. To Philip Paterson, WBA President, thanks again for supporting my role as CEO.