ANNUAL REPORT 2008 - 2009 CONTENTS Page Number NZWP Board and Staff Members 2 High Performance Appointments 3 Award Holders of NZWP 4 Chairman’s Report 5 Operations Report 8 Flippa Ball Report 11 Funding Summary and Grants Received 13 NZWP - Statement of Financial Performance 14 NZWP Inc – Statement of Movements in Equity 16 NZWP Inc – Statement of Financial Position 17 Notes to the Financial Statements 19 Audit Report 23 Registrations 24 International Events 28 Women’s International Results 30 Men’s International Results 31 National Championships Results 32 Trophy Holders 41 Obituaries 49 Page 1 NEW ZEALAND WATER POLO 2008 - 2009 Patron Stephen Tindall Chairman Rob Borgers Board of Directors Keith Brodie Doug Campbell Kevin Cox Louise Egerton Chris Hayward Anne McKaskill Chief Executive Officer Nick Cowan (Left April 09) Operations Director Eelco Uri National Office Manager Pamela Scheirlinck Flippa Ball National Manager Tim Fairgray Coaching and Development Manager Steve Knights Sport Operations Administrator and Rebecca Siebert Project Coordinator Flippa Ball Auckland Area Manager Desiree Prendergast (Left March 09) Flippa Ball BOP/Waikato Area Manager Anna Presling (Left June 09) Flippa Ball Wellington Area Manager Rebecca McGuinness Flippa Ball Christchurch Area Manager Zoltan Boros (Left June 09) Flippa Ball Dunedin Area Manager Nathan Winter (Left June 09) Coach Force BOP Sarah Jenner Principal Address The Millennium Institute of Sport and Health 17 Antares Place Marirangi Bay Postal Address P O Box 302 – 145 North Harbour Auckland Bank Bank of New Zealand – Rotorua branch Auditors Prince and Partners Page 2 HIGH PERFORMANCE APPOINTMENTS Men’s Programme Convenor: Chris Hayward Senior Men’s Coach Jason Hunt Assistant Coach Brett Adams Junior Men’s Coach: Kurt Goldsworthy Assistant Coach Johnathon Ware Schoolboy's Coach: Johnathon Ware Youth Men Coach: Johnathon Ware Assistant Coach Eamon Lui Under 15 Boy’s Coach Ben Pye and Josh Campbell Women’s Programme Convenor: Sharon Geary Senior Women’s Coach: Todd Clapper Assistant Coach Sarah Jenner Junior Women’s Coach: Fraser Bickley Schoolgirl’s Coach: Steve Knights Youth Women’s Coach: Richard Claridge Assistant Coach Michael Buck Under 15 Girl’s Coach Richard Claridge Assistant Coach Michael Brooks Page 3 AWARD HOLDERS OF NZWP Life Members W H Dyson (RIP) J de Haan J Mazzoleni G Knights (RIP) C Hayward 2002 E Burman 2006 Honours Awards G Knights 1993 C Hayward 1998 C Hesketh 1998 E Burman 2001 D Campbell 2002 Service Awards S Barrett E Burman 1998 A Carter I Ansell 1998 G Doherty K Williams 1998 E Jackson A Gibson 2000 K Mark S Knights 2001 G Smeith G Benge 2001 P Walls G Williams 2002 J Harvey M Richards 2002 A Gibson K Goldsworthy G Campbell 2006 L Percy 2007 Page 4 CHAIRMAN’S REPORT To say I am very disappointed in writing the content of this year’s annual report would be a gross understatement. We finished 07/08 in reasonable shape and looked forward to delivering the expanded Flippa Ball programme. However, for a number of reasons we are reporting a very poor financial performance and a substantial shortfall in investment returns. As a board we have trawled through the reasons, what could we have done differently and what have we learned? Up to and including October 08, we operated a very trusting and empowering structure with the board relying heavily on the information provided verbally and in writing by the CEO. Unfortunately as the economic climate deteriorated, so too did the information flow between the board and the Chief Executive. While working through the process of natural justice with the CEO, the board approached board member Keith Brodie, to review the operations and structure of the sport. His review concluded very quickly, that we could not continue to sustain the negative revenue cash flows and drastic action was called for. Thank you Keith, for the voluntary hours you have put in and your advice. We learnt that our reserves had been spent and we had only marginal growth to report for our efforts. We are disappointed at this very negative outcome for the sport. As a result of this financial outcome, new policies have been introduced which means all spending which exceeds a specified limit must be approved before being committed. This is now the responsibility of the commercial committee of the board. Unapproved financial commitments can now no longer be made. Many promises were made to individuals, both within our volunteer force and outside the sport. Often these were not followed through. I offer my apologies to these people on behalf of the board. The current structure will be temporary, while we regroup and refocus our efforts. We will eventually reappoint a Chief Executive to take the sport forward again. It is easy to point the finger and blame, but your board has responded quickly and appropriately to the situation they faced. I thank them for their commitment, input and the way in which decisions were made. Doug Campbell has decided not to stand for reappointment to the board and so Louise Egerton who has been a seconded member thus far, has been approved by the appointments committee to become a full board member. To Doug, thank you for your input to the board and our sport over the last few years. Your knowledge and wide ranging relationships have been very valuable. To the rest of the board, I'd have to say this last 6 months have been the most difficult I have ever had to deal with, both in my voluntary capacity and professionally. I apologise to you on behalf of NZ Water Polo Inc. This is not what any of you signed up for. I know we have all learned some very valuable lessons which should benefit the governance of the sport in the coming years. Moving forward and looking to the future, let’s review what we did achieve in the 2008/09 year. Page 5 PARTICIPATION NUMBERS: These were split as follows: Flippa Ball - 12621 Water Polo - 7941 REFEREE NUMBERS : 2008 2009 FINA - 4 6 A Grade - 17 20 B Grade - 32 42 C Grade - 122 101 Intro - N/A 111 COACH NUMBERS: 2008 2009 Get Started - 180 170 Level 1 - 72 34 Level 2 - 16 N/A Level 3 - 16 N/A HIGH PERFORMANCE: Our high performance programmes will change from this financial year. It has long been recognised that the burden on our National Representative players has become unsustainable. We have as a sport, left elite players to plan their own development at their own cost. Through the establishment of the NZ Water Polo Foundation, we intend to support the educational aspirations as well as the playing potential of our best players. We hope to engage with overseas clubs and educational institutions to facilitate player development. The quantum amount of money available through the charitable trust will not be much in the short term but over time should grow substantially. Long term (4-6) year programmes will be developed with clear aspirations and commitments for all to buy into. Details of the Foundation will be released at the AGM It is our intention to create an overall vision and career path for our Elite athletes. Page 6 Our High performance record for the 2008/09 year is as follows: Team Results Senior Women 3rd Place – World League Asia/Oceania Preliminary Rounds Senior Men 4th Place – World League Asia/Oceania Preliminary Rounds Junior Women N/A Junior Men N/A Schoolgirls 0 -3 Loss – Trans Tasman Schoolgirls Series Schoolboys 2 -1 Win – Trans Tasman Schoolboys Series Under 15 Girls 3 – 0 Win – Trans Tasman U15 Shield Series Under 15 Boys 3 – 0 Win - Trans Tasman U15 Shield Series To our prime sponsors Southern Trust, NZ Community Trust, Lion Foundation, The Trusts, Pub Charity, Perry Foundation, Pelorus and Pacific Sports Community Trust I thank you and acknowledge that our sport in New Zealand would be poorer but for your involvement. Much has been made of gaming trusts and their role in sport in New Zealand; I would suggest there are many players, administrators, referees and coaches now involved in our sport who are able to support the growth and development of our game because of your collective support. Our Water Polo community thanks you for your involvement and the way you work with us to develop our capability. To our new significant sponsor Ribena, thank you for believing in Flippa Ball and working with us to bring fun and water skills to our young people. Flippa Ball is such a natural game for children as it combines water, a ball and lots of participation from them vocally. Thank you for choosing us and we look forward to working with GSK as we improve the breadth of delivery to children. And finally, I'd like to thank our diligent and dedicated staff. Without their commitment to our sport, surviving this year would have been pretty much impossible. To each one of you, thank you! We will push on and show how good we can be! Rob Borgers Chairman New Zealand Water Polo 2009 Page 7 OPERATIONS REPORT Officials Development During the reporting year NZWP has started to focus more, and included specific resources for, table duty and goal judging officials. As a result of this we now refer to 'Officials Development' instead of the old 'Referee Development'. Official’s development is essential to support our goals for increased participation and achievement in the high performance end of our sport. Officials are a key ingredient to any sport and the level of quality adds immensely to the success of it. This is why NZWP has introduced a 'Introduction Course' for interested and beginner referees.