ANNUAL REPORT Opening Dress Parade 2018 - St Anne Netball Club Mascot (Sonic the Hedgehog) Papakura Netball Centre Inc. trading as Papakura Netball Centre Annual Report 2018 Papakura Netball Centre Inc. is proud to be associated with the following Funding Partners & Sponsors. Papakura Netball Centre Inc. trading as Papakura Netball Centre Annual Report 2018 Page 2 CONTENTS PAGE Chair’s Report 4 General Manager’s Report 5 President’s Report 6 Strategic Plan 7 Board & Personnel 8 Financial Performance Report 9 Netball Life & Service Awards 31 Honours & Achievements 32 Programmes, Membership & Participants 33 In Season Competition Statistics 34 Papakura Netball Centre Committee 36 Coach Development 38 Umpire Development 40 Bench Officials Development 42 Performance 43 Representatives 44 Netball in Schools Programme 48 Tournaments, Programmes & Events 49 Club Competition Results 58 Special Awards 60 Meetings 61 Papakura Netball Centre Inc. trading as Papakura Netball Centre Annual Report 2018 Page 3 BOARD CHAIR’S REPORT Lance Watene I am pleased to pen my first Although within the context of a dynamic landscape, report as Chairman of the Netball continues to be a significant winter activity Papakura Netball Centre option. However, PNC will need to take notice of current activity trends, relevance and community (PNC). activity aspirations if it is to be sustainable and 2018 has been a busy year for meeting the needs of stakeholders and participants. PNC striving to meet our After 5 years as General Manager of PNC, we vision of “Community and farewell Briar Martindale. Briar leaves a legacy of individuals enriched through a strong organisational structure, sound policies and netball experiences” and our procedures, determination and leadership. mission of “Recognised as a premier provider of netball experiences”. We thank Briar for all her time and efforts spent working for PNC and wish her good luck in her My observation is that the PNC committee and future endeavours. numerous volunteers commit a large number of hours in the service of Netball, to assist PNC to meet its vision In December, we also said goodbye to Khushali and mission. Patel, Netball Staff members continue to work above and beyond job Development Manager, descriptions and add value to the collective efforts of who first joined PNC in January 2017. the wider PNC whanau. The 2018 Netball Northern Zone statistics highlighted Khushali has been pivotal in the enhancement of the that PNC had increased its membership by 48% and Saturday future FERNS that PNC was the only centre out of 18 within the and off season Summer Netball Northern Zone to do so. Congratulations to all Ferns programme; who have contributed to this outstanding achievement. contract management of the KiwiSport Netball in Schools project; coordination The Pulman Arena continues to provide a memorable of the annual Rep programme and development of netball venue. Access to the arena can be challenging. the new Y7 & Y8 Player Development Programme. Other sports such as Basketball, Futsal, Volleyball, and Turbo Touch require court time and days similar to that Khushali leaves us to be married in early 2019, which will see her move to her new husbands hometown of of PNC. One-off major events may also reduce the Rotorua. We wish Khushali all the very best for the availability of court time for PNC, especially if future. significant set up requirements are needed. We welcome Heather Te Rure to the General The sport of Netball continues to operate within a dynamic landscape which is impacted upon, but not Manager role. Heather comes to PNC from limited to: Vodafone where she was a senior member of the business solutions team. A local Papakura person access to disposable income serving as Board Chair of Kereru Park Campus competition from other codes School, Heather is involved in both Netball and the increase of historically winter codes offering Softball. summer competitions impacting on the summer netball market The PNC Board extends its thanks to the netball lowering rates of volunteerism, community for continuing to support Papakura the national and regional reduction in the levels of Netball Centre. We look forward to seeing you all those who participate in sport, recreation and leisure, again next season. the diminishing access to gaming funds and sponsorship by those communities that generate the majority of these funds Papakura Netball Centre Inc. trading as Papakura Netball Centre Annual Report 2018 Page 4 GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT Briar Martindale Welcome to the 2018 annual 2018 saw several staff changes occur, with two of our report, and big thanks to the long serving staff leaving our employ. tireless club volunteers who devote so many hours of In May, Tina Morunga made service to netball each season. the bold decision to spend more ‘quality’ time with her two This year PNC achieved 48% teenage daughters. Tina was membership growth. 22% engaged as our first ever Netball through the reintroduction of Development Coordinator in the Counties Manukau 2014. Tina brought with her a Secondary School comp, 26% wealth of playing, coaching and related directly to the Winter umpiring experience. She was Club Competition, with pivotal to the development and growth across all except implementation of our first collegiate grades. It was pleasing to see the largest “Netball in Schools” programme, growth achieved in the Year 1 - Year 5 grades. PNC is and made considerable personal gains in Coach the only Centre out of 18 within the Northern Zone, to Development, quickly becoming a nationally qualified enjoy growth in membership. Coach Developer for PNC. Our membership growth can be attributed to the hard work and dedication of the PNC Staff, our outstanding Leah Carter joined us in 2014 as volunteers and the fabulous support of our Clubs! Office Administrator, and more recently moved into the Accounts Administrator position. Leah’s Thanks must go to the continued efficiency, development of sound generosity of NZ Community Trust, administration systems, who fully funded Netball leadership in the new Sporty Development Manager wages. website development & implementation, prowess in New funding partner One event management and her Foundation generously donated willingness to go the extra mile, is funding towards Office Administrator certainly missed! wages. We wish both Tina and Leah all the very best in their Security expenses were kept to a future endeavours, and thank them both for the minimum thanks to the ongoing wonderful contribution they have made to PNC. support of The Southern Trust. In January, I informed the Board that my time at PNC would come to an end in December. Although there is a Pulman Arena Indoor Court feeling of ’there is still so much to be done’, I felt it was hire for netball development the right time to move on. I’m extremely proud of the activities and tournaments milestones I’ve achieved in my 5 years at PNC. I look were once again funded by forward to witnessing the organisation grow and long term funding supporters, The Lion Foundation. prosper over the coming years. IT Logics continued to provide Sincere thanks is expressed to everyone who has ‘contra’ online ‘back up’ supported me in my role. You all know who you are, services for our IT platform. and I hope that you also know that I’m extremely grateful for all your support and guidance. Number1 Signs remained our preferred signage provider To the PNC Committee of volunteers, thank you all for and continued their annual your unwavering support of PNC, and for putting up ‘contra’ signage subsidy. with my crazy ideas. Your willingness to practically ‘live’ at PNC in season and do whatever needs to be done to MCS Digital continued their ensure netball is delivered weekly to our netball ‘contra’ sponsorship of community, is simply outstanding and PNC is very lucky Radio Transmitters, an to have such a wonderful group of volunteers. absolute necessity now that we are delivering netball To the PNC Board of volunteers, what a ride it has across both the indoor and outdoor courts in season! been! Whilst the transition to a new management and governance structure has not been without its Grassroots Trust ongoing challenges, the last 2 years has seen a strong, skilled, support enabled us to purchase robust board of directors emerge. Its hugely important a new Photocopier in October that you are acknowledged for the substantial time and 2017. effort that you continue to contribute to PNC. Papakura Netball Centre Inc. trading as Papakura Netball Centre Annual Report 2018 Page 5 PRESIDENT’S REPORT Raewyn Mills Here we are again at the series between the Silver Ferns v England and end of another successful Australia v South Africa. What an awesome year at Papakura Netball achievement ladies, well done! Centre. Thanks to all who The Beko National League continued its second have been involved in season in our zone. Congratulations to Chanelle making this happen. Campbell for being selected as a member of the The 2018 was our second Northern Comets who played some of their home season utilising the new games in the Pulman Arena this year. Pulman Arena. It was wonderful to see some of our long serving What an amazing venue volunteers recognised at several events this term. we have in the Pulman Arena, and we can all be very proud to be associated with, as I certainly am. Papakura Netball Centre plays a number of it’s games on Saturdays inside which includes right down to our future ferns, through to our seniors. We also use the indoor venue week nights and the off season competitions. Our umpire committee, whom Papakura Netball Centre could not survive without, should be congratulated with a record number of successful exam passes this season. Bernie Loomans, Geoff Simmonds & Chris Cleland We had many umpires achieve higher qualifications this year including one NZ C badge.