Gymnastics New South Wales Annual Report 2012 NEW SOUTH waLES GYMNASTIC ASSOCIATION INC. Founded in 1948. Registered under the Charitable Collection Act. Registration No. CC 20758. Affiliated with: Australian Gymnastics Federation Inc.; NSW Olympic Council; NSW Sports Federation Inc.; NSW Commonwealth Games Association. CA Registration No. Y01 952-36. 2 Gymnastics NSW Contents Board of Directors 4 Sports Management Committees; Life Members 5 2012 Highlights 7 GNSW Staff 8 President & CEO Report 9 Development Report 11 Event & Sports Programs Manager Report 13 Marketing Report 15 Annual Award Winners 16 International Representatives 17 MG Technical Directors Report 19 WG Technical Directors Report 21 RG Technical Directors Report 23 ACR Technical Directors Report 25 AER Technical Directors Report 27 TRP Technical Directors Report 29 GFA Chairpersons Reports 31 Gymsport Liability Account Summaries 32 NSW State Teams 33 Regional Committees 36 Results 38 2012 Registrations 39 2012 Events Calendar 47 2012 Education Calendar 48 2011 Financial Report 51 GLossary GA Gymnastics Australia GNSW Gymnastics NSW NSWIS New South Wales Institute of Sport AIS Australian Institute of Sport SSC State Sports Centre MG Mens Gymnastics WG Womens Gymnastics RG Rhythmic Gymnastics GyM FoR ALL General Gymnastics AER Sport Aerobics ACR Sports Acrobatics TRP Trampoline Sports HPC High Performance Centre The Annual Report covers the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012. Gymnastics NSW 3 Board of Directors Philip Western (President) ....................................................................................... Bernard Hui .............................................................................................................. Gloria Nicol .............................................................................................................. Jane Cooke ............................................................................................................... Virginia Elliott .......................................................................................................... Aaron Bloomfield ..................................................................................................... 4 Gymnastics NSW Sports Management Committees MENS ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS SPORTS ACROBATICS Technical Director​​ Antoine Rizzo ​​​Technical Director Tony Barber Coaching Coordinator​​ Martin Shields ​​​Coaching Coordinator Michelle Mason Judging Coordinator David Conway ​​​Project Coordinator Pip Corbet Commission Member​​ SDS Tim Cory ​​​Project Coordinator Mia Romans Commission Member​​ Elizabeth Medway ​​Project Coordinator Russell Telford Commission Member​​ Grand Prix Tricia o’Connell Judging Coordinator Amy yeomans WOMENS ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS SPORT AEROBICS Technical Director Shirley Read ​​​Technical Director Pamela Behan Judging Coordinator Skye Benson ​​​Club/School Representative Marty Fotea Coaching Coordinator Michelle olsson ​​​Club/School Representative Nadine Robinson State Stream Coordinator Dominique Johnson Club/School Representative Laura Pemberton Levels 1–5 Coordinator Elenore Turner ​​Club/School Representative Lauren Djamirze Levels 6-10 Coordinator Bill Parsons ​​​General Member Pearl Rozenberg Elite Coordinator Marnie Heming Competition Coordinator Geoff Carley TRAMPOLINE SPORTS ​​​Chairperson Julie Bartlett RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS ​​​Judging Coordinator Brett Austine Technical Director Carol Lane ​​​Coaching Coordinator Damian Ryan Competition Coordinator Philip Western ​​​Technical Coordinator Shane Roberts Judging Coordinator Joy Millard ​​​Competition Coordinator Julie Bartlett Project officer Sabine Ade ​​Volunteer Coordinator Scott Finlayson Project officer​​​ Nicole Higham ​​​​​​​​Levels Coordinator Gillian Needham Elite Representative​​ Danielle Le Ray CHEERLEADING GENERAL GYMNASTICS Technical Director​​ Kelly Marshall Technical Director Justin Hayes​​ Judging Coordinator Emma Holder Events Coordinator Ben Cork School Liaison​​​ Rosie Lewis Participation Coordinator​​ Kim Morse-Evans Participation Coordinator​​ Karon Marnoch Inclusions Coordinator ​​ Natalie Johnston Kindergym Coordinator​​ Sheryl Faulkner Life Members Mr Bill Wilson*​​​​ ​​Mrs Frances Crampton Mr Maxwell Holmes Mrs Diane Erickson​​ Mr James Brown* Mr Lionel Hurst​​​ Ms Helen Colagiuri​​​ Mr Brett Austine Mr Bruce Sharp Mr Vic Blinman Mr John Hendry​​ (inducted into the NSW Hall of Fame) Mr Richard Woods*​​​ ​​Mr Kevin Maunder Mr Ian Irvin*​​​​ Mrs Elenore Turner Mr Max Baldwin​​ Mr Peter Read Mr Allan Plowman* Mrs Pamela Ryan​​ Mr Ken Benson Mrs Robyn Pride Mrs Mearle Hamilton*​​ Mrs Barbara Pearson​​​ Mrs Kim Rosen​​​ Mr Neville Carroll Mrs Anayalla Plowman Mrs Jean Lang​​​ Mrs Fay Woods​​ Mrs Edith Peluso Mr Fred Austine​​​ Mr Geoff Carley Mr Jim Maguire Mrs Shirley Read Mrs Joyce Austine​​ Ms Julie Bartlett Mrs Doreen Rayward-Wilson Mr Don Bollard Mrs Judy Perrin Ms Debbie Croft Mr Keith Giddy Mrs Virginia Elliott​​ Mr Bennie DeRoo​​​ *deceased Gymnastics NSW 5 6 Gymnastics NSW 2012 Highlights DEVELoPMENT • Growth in registered participant members of 8.8% to 43,440 • Sydney International Gymfest hosted in Cronulla with teams from Denmark, Germany, Japan, and New Zealand. The event was named as a finalist at the NSW Sports Federation Annual Awards. • Gentle Gymnastics piloted at the Sydney International Gymfest. • Gymnastics NSW recognised with a Workcover – NSW Sporting Injuries Committee award for the development of a WHS APP. • Board approved the development of Team Gym APP due for completion in late 2013. • Australian Sports Commission grant received for the development of a gymnastics program for Muslim girls. The program will be piloted in 2013 following development in 2012. • NSW Sport and Recreation grant received to connect Armidale with the Gymnastics NSW head office via the National Broadband Network. The program is due for completion in 2013. sport and EVents • NSW ended the combined Australian Championships with more gold medals and more medals in total than any other state. • Brett Austine Head Judge for Women’s TRP Finals at the London olympics. • Prashanth Sellathurai wins gold and bronze at MG World Cup events on Pommel. • Jaelle Cohen makes RG Finals at Pacific Rim Championships. • 66 athletes and 19 officials represented NSW and Australia at international events. • Gymnastics NSW subsidized international travel $50,000 from the International Travel Reserve. OVERALL MEDAL TALLY • Acrobatic Gymnastics had unprecedented success at the World Gold Silver Bronze Total Championships with the Senior Women’s Trio- Annelise olsson, NSW 88 72 80 240 Ingrid Dunkerly, Melanie Byrne, 11-16 Women’s Trio- Lauren QLD 68 81 65 214 Cosgrove, Holly Cosgrove, Hannah Cosgrove, 11-16 Women’s Pair- Renee Blake, Mackenzie Levin, 11-16 Mixed Pair- Perry VIC 41 49 44 134 Drakopoulos, Tara Sahagian, all qualifying for finals. WA 34 27 27 88 TAS 11 6 7 24 SA 7 17 10 34 ACT 5 2 2 9 marketing and PRoMoTIoN • Sydney International Gymfest reaches a combined national media coverage of 3.2 Million following promotion via Channel 7 Sunrise, Big Sports Breakfast, NoVA FM, 2GB plus numerous local newspapers. • Country Championships attracted significant media cover in orange. The event featured on Prime and Win television on six occasions and featured on the front and back pages of the local papers almost every day of the event. • Local media cover circulation of 10.5 Million. • Gymnastics NSW mascot ‘Kip’ launched. • The launch of GymNSW TV on youTube. Gymnastics NSW 7 8 Gymnastics NSW GNSW Staff AARON SYLVIA DAVID BLOOMFIELD BARTLETT VIAL CHIEF ACCOUNTS SPORT EXECUTIVE SUPERVISOR AND EVENT OFFICER MANAGER HELEN AMANDA NICHOLAS WEBB JUDD CARROLL DEVELoPMENT MANAGER TRP SPoRTS, MANAGER EVENTS AND MARKETING SPORTS AND EVENTS PROGRAMS (until March 2012) ALISON JESSIE JUDY MERCER TULLET TOLHURST EDUCATION PARTICIPATION EDUCATION AND SCHooL OFFICER ADMINISTRATION DEVELoPMENT OFFICER NATALIE BELINDA LYN JAQUES SARTOR MERCIECA DEVELoPMENT MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP OFFICER OFFICER oFFICER/ACTING GyMNASTICS FINANCE AND FoR ALL AND OFFICE MANAGER CHEERLEADING ANNE MARNIE CHRISTOPHER SCOTT HEMING MARTIN WG EVENTS WG HIGH MG HIGH AND SPORTS PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE DEVELoPMENT OFFICER AND OFFICER DEVELoPMENT OFFICER NAAZMI SAMANTHA PAMELA JOHNSTON PALMER BEHAN RG EVENTS TUMBLING AND AER EVENTS AND SPORTS ACR EVENTS AND SPORTS DEVELoPMENT AND SPORTS DEVELoPMENT OFFICER DEVELoPMENT OFFICER OFFICER XIONG HONGWEI QUANSHI SONGLIANG DU XI MG HEAD COACH MG PROGRAM MG PROGRAM ELITE SQUADS COACH COACH ELITE SQUADS Gymnastics NSW 9 President & CEO Report It has been a pleasure serving Gymnastics of drafting this report every Gymsport has a SUPPORTING FUTURE DEVELOPMENT NSW for another year. 2012 saw a record dedicated ESDo, with Women’s Gymnastics over the past year Gymnastics NSW has sought number of registered gymnasts with growth having a full time ESDo and part time High to achieve two principle objectives within of 8.8% to 43,440, a very pleasing result and Performance Manager. the development portfolio: Increase access a testament to the sports 185 affiliate clubs. to education, and; implement programs that The Associations financial credentials remain The Board congratulates the NSW State Team assist clubs to build strong business models of strong with profit continuing to be invested for returning from the National Championships operation. back into the sport through new programs, with more gold and more medals in total than improved services, increased support,