Capital Football | Annual Report | 2010 Contents Capital Football Directory 2010-11 .................................... 2 Chairman’s Report ................................................................................. 3 Chief Executive’s Report ................................................................. 6 Director of Football’s Report ................................................. 10 Competitions Report ...................................................................... 22 Federation 5 Referees .................................................................... 25 Team Numbers ...................................................................................... 28 Women’s League Tables .............................................................. 30 Men’s League Tables ........................................................................ 32 Chatham Cup ......................................................................................... 50 NZF Womens Knock Out Cup ............................................... 52 JPL - Promo ................................................................................................ 53 Appendix - Financials .................................................................... 60 Capital Football Directory 2010-11 President John Beldham Life Members D.J. Alexander, T Allsebrook, T E Bevan, G. Billing, C. Blaber, K. Boyden, D. Branton, I Bryce, P. Calder, D Cowpland, T Delahunty, K. Dobbie, J Dyer, K. Eckworth, S .Eckworth, I England, P. Farmer, D. Game, F. Hall, R Harries, B. Hassell, G. Herbert- Whittaker, N. Jarvis, J.B. Jurie, B. Klee, M. Kuijten, C. Lawrie, D. McCrorey, S.M. McCrorey, J. McMillan, D. Mann, A. Palmer, J. Perkins, J. Reid, T.Rigby, S. Sargent, M. Stone, B.I. Swarbrick, B. Tasker, I.Williamson Auditors Kendons Chartered Accountants Board Members David Meiklejohn (Chair until May 2010) Chris Canton David Taylor Jim Murphy (Chair from May 2010) Justin Lester Lisa Jones Matt Snaddon Warwick Jones (until May 2010) Staff Alida Shanks: Football Development Administrator (from January 2011) Andy Hedge: Football Development Manager Barry Tasker: Referee Development Officer (part time) Cliff Bowden: Operations Manager Daniel O’Brien: Horowhenua-Kapiti Competitions Administrator (part time) Emma Humphries: Football Development Officer (from January 2011) Gary Jenkins: Junior Development Coach (until February 2011) Glenda Schmitt: Administration Assistant (part time) Grant Herman: Chief Executive Jamie Cross: Competitions Manager Juan Propato: Football Development Officer (from January 2011) Mike Gibbs: Competitions Administrator (from January 2011) Robyn Tapp: Wairarapa Competitions Administrator (part time) Shane Buckley: Horowhenua-Kapiti Competitions Administrator (part time) Tom Randles: Junior Development Coach (until April 2011) Tracy Fleet: Finance and Administration Manager Johan Koustaal (NZ Football): Regional Coach Development Manager (until November 2010) 2 Capital Football | Annual Report | 2010 Chairman’s Report Introduction I am pleased to present my first annual report as Chair of the Capital Football (“CF”), Board and would like to start by acknowledging the work of my predecessor, David Meiklejohn and the support that he, the other Board members and CF staff have given me. Individually and collectively the commitment they all have to the game is incredible. As you will be also be receiving Grant’s CE’s report, Andy Hedge’s football development report, competitions report from Cliff Bowden and a report from the Referees’ Committee, it is inevitable that there will be some repetition in my report, but I’ll try to keep it to a minimum. The National Scene Although our primary responsibility is to promote and manage the game in our own federation, it is important to recognise that we are part of the wider NZ Football family. There are times when that’s easy to do (for example, when we all enjoyed basking in the glory of the All Whites World Cup success) and times when it’s hard to do (as it was a few years ago when the Federations had to cop an increase in levies to bale out NZF from a potentially crippling financial crisis). One of the constant challenges in any organisation with national and regional structures is to strike the right balance in setting policies and programmes that promote national consistency while ensuring that regions retain the right to set their own priorities and manage their own part of the business. The development and implementation of the Whole of Football Plan is an excellent example of how the national/regional interface can work, with the national body doing the initial research into international best practice and then engaging with the federations to develop the implementation plan and put the necessary resources in place to deliver on it. The game has been crying out for this type of leadership and collaborative approach and CF has been delighted to have Andy Hedge working closely with John Herdman at NZF on the technical and coaching aspects of the programme and Grant having input into the design of the funding, governance and reporting systems. This involvement means that we can be confident that we can make the plan work for the benefit of members and clubs in our federation. Considering the global financial crisis over the last couple of years, it is to NZF’s credit that the financial and organisational restructuring that was started 3 years ago has not only enabled them to repay the $3m bank loan taken out at the time, but has also enabled funds to be invested for the long-term good of the game. The media and public profile of the game has improved out of sight over the last few years. A lot of the credit for that is obviously due to the success of the All Whites, the Phoenix and our men’s and women’s age group teams appearing on the international stage. The behind-the-scenes management has also played a significant part in turning around the perception of a sport that was prone to shooting itself in the foot by internal squabbling to one that now has its act together and knows where it’s going. That doesn’t mean we won’t still have robust arguments periodically between the federations and NZF of course, but these days they are much more likely to be mature debates and not ‘us and them’ disputes. 3 The Local Scene As mentioned in the introduction, I’ll leave the other reports to tell the detailed stories about our activities during 2010 and will limit my comments to Board- specific matters. Board activity during the year has focused on a number of key issues; • Ensuring our strategic priorities are effectively managed • Lobbying for more and better grounds; including artificials (with particular reference to the Home of Football at Petone and the investment in the Wakefield Park development) • Oversight of the CEO’s organisational restructuring to support the Whole of Football Plan (“WOFP”) and to better deliver our competitions, management services and other core services • The review of the men’s competitions; including consideration of the review group’s recommendations and implementation of most of them • Consideration of the proposal to take an active role to ensure the continuation of the Team Wellington franchise in the ASB Premiership • Policy approval for the establishment of an under 17s men’s league • Approving amendments to the regulations governing the men’s leagues • The challenging issue of the relationship between clubs and colleges • Support for the establishment of a Club Reference Group • The decision to get on board with Goalnet. I believe we have made significant progress in most of these areas but it would be fair to say that some of them are still ‘work in progress’; notably the work with Wellington and Hutt City Councils to complete the current artificial pitch building programme, the on-going club/colleges debate, bedding in the WOFP and Goalnet and the core services continuous improvement initiatives. Some of the other things we know we need to focus on in 2011 are: strengthening our financial sustainability, improving our website, developing a transparent and equitable charging mechanism to cover the additional ground user costs associated with the artificial pitches, and refreshing our Business Plan to set a clear direction for the future development of the game in our region. Over the last few years the Board and staff have endeavoured to provide opportunities for members and clubs to have a real voice in how CF is run. We’ve done this through a survey, the reviews of the men’s and women’s leagues, regular 6-monthly information evenings and we have recently kicked off the club reference group. We welcome your feedback and constructive suggestions. 4 Capital Football | Annual Report | 2010 Acknowledgements A sincere vote of thanks to my current Board colleagues, David Meiklejohn, Chris Canton, Justin Lester, Lisa Jones, David Taylor and Matt Snaddon. No egos there; just a group of people committed to the development of the game. To Grant and the CF staff and volunteers – it’s been a challenging year with major organisational changes and unbelievably bad weather that created huge logistical problems for months on end. The unseen (and often unappreciated) hours that you’ve all put in to keep the show on the road has been fantastic. You are a bit like referees really; you often only hear from people when they think you’ve screwed up but don’t get noticed for the 95% of things you get right! On behalf of the Board and all fair-minded football supporters; thank you. There’s