ANNUAL REPORT 2017/18 TABLE OF CONTENTS DIRECTORY INCORPORATION NO. 2550882 CHARITIES COMMISSION NO CC475167 REGISTERED OFFICE 15 Hanlin Road Cambridge 3283 TRUSTEES Susan Paterson, ONZM (Chair) John McDonnell, ONZM DIRECTORY 2 Tony Gainsford OUR TRUSTEES 3 Jennifer Palmer David Heald CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT 5 John Mason OPERATIONS REPORTS 7 SUMMARY OF TRACK USAGE 9 SENIOR STAFF Andrew Matheson – General Manager STRATEGIC PLAN 10 Rochelle van Enter – Facilities Del Woodford – Programmes & Events FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 11 Andrea Woodford – Marketing & Communications SPONSORS 26 BANK Bank of New Zealand, Hamilton SOLICITORS Harkness Henry, Hamilton AUDITORS PwC, Hamilton BUILDING CONTRACTOR Livingstone Building New Zealand Ltd, Hamilton TRACK BUILDER SPORTBAU Schermann GmbH, Muenster, Germany OUR TRUSTEES JOHN MCDONNELL, ONZM, Dip Tchg. Dip Spec. - Trustee Awarded in the 2016 Queens Honours list the New Zealand Officer of the Order of Merit for his contribution to cycling. John is currently the Deputy Principal at Cambridge High SUSAN PATERSON, ONZM, BPharm, MBA (Ldn) - Chair School. Susan has been a professional director since 1996 and her directorships include Hails from Wanganui where he was an Assistant Principal of Wanganui High School. Has Goodman NZ, Arvida, Sky Network TV, Tertiary Education Commission, Electricity been a member of the Wanganui Cycling club for 49 years, a UCI international Authority, Les Mills NZ Ltd and Theta Systems Ltd (Chair). Susan was made ONZM for commissaire for Road and Track and has held many positions within cycling services to Corporate Governance. She has a keen interest in sport, education and the including President of Cycling New Zealand. In June 2011 awarded Cycling New Zealand environment, and loves cycling holidays. Her daughter Paige won medals at the Junior Road & Track life membership, a life member of West Coast North Island Cycling centre World Track Cycling Championships in Moscow and Invercargill. and the Wanganui Cycling Club. DAVID HEALD, BMS (Hons), CA - Trustee TONY GAINSFORD - Trustee Director at Staples Rodway Chartered Accountants. Specialising in taxation together with Tony has lived in Cambridge for over 25 years. After long service in the New Zealand Air business advisory. He advises a diverse range of clients operating and investing in a Force, Tony is currently the Managing Director of Marops Ltd, a technology based variety of industries and markets, both on taxation and general business matters. company specialising in interactive 3D graphics and technical surveillance projects in David has a particular interest and specialisation in property taxation and the defence and commercial sector. Tony is an avid sports fan and became interested agribusiness, the latter in the form of large multi-farm dairy syndications. He is Chair of St in track cycling after visiting the Avantidrome during the building phase. Since, he has Peter’s School, Cambridge. He also has a keen interest in agriculture and grew up on a become a regular track user and an Avantidrome Coach. small block close to Hamilton running fallow deer, sheep and dairy beef. Tony is passionate about community involvement and loves to see mums, dads, children and grandparents on the track and at the Gallagher Bike Skills Park enjoying this magnificent facility. JENNIFER PALMER, BA - Trustee Jennifer has been the General Manager for the Brian Perry Charitable Trust since 2010 JOHN MASON - and has been associated with the establishment and operations of the Avantidrome since Trustee John is a Director of Cambridge based Construction Advantage Limited. An experienced the project’s inception in 2011. construction professional, John has delivered a wide variety of commercial construction Jennifer oversees the development of the Te Awa River Ride and Podium Sports Lodge and projects in New Zealand and Britain. is also a Trustee of The Adastra Foundation and the SKYCITY Hamilton Community Trust. John holds degrees in Civil Engineering and Law and specialises in development and She is a recreational track and road cyclist. project management. He has a passion for delivering innovative construction projects, from the idea and business plan through to the completion and hand over. Originally from Leeds, he has been based in Cambridge for the last 20 years. John is a Trustee of St Peter’s School, Cambridge and Chairman of Building and Maintenance. CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT On behalf of the Board and management it is my pleasure to report Venue on the progress of the Home of Cycling (Avantidrome) for the past year. The Avantidrome was selected as a venue for large scale events such as the Hot-Springs Spa Expo and The $31m Avantidrome continues to be one of the premier sports and Altherm Jetsprint Association Annual Awards Dinner. These events showcase the Avantidrome to a wider recreational facilities in the country and is a real asset to the people of audience and prove to be a great success. New Zealand, the Waikato and Waipa. Tenancies The wonderful team at the Avantidrome have continued to serve the community with outstanding Tenancies of office and ancillary space has again remained at 100% leased with demand ever increasing. programmes. The mix of tenants including Cycling New Zealand, High Performance Sport NZ, Triathlon NZ and the University of Waikato ensures a vibrant atmosphere and a ‘one stop shop’ for high performance athletes to We are grateful to all our community track cyclists who participate regularly and help make the Avantidrome access gyms, hot and cold baths, mechanics, physio, medical and research staff, and all the support they such a vibrant place. This includes our regular track users and, the ever-growing participation in the trikes need to compete on the world stage. The Avantidrome has proved a wonderful work environment with many programme, which enables those unable to ride on the track to still experience the joy of cycling in a supportive professionals wishing to locate to the Waikato to enhance their careers. community. We now have a focussed youth programme, and thanks to the support of Grassroots Trust, we now employ a full-time dedicated Youth Coach who develops programmes that not only inspire our future track The Bikery Café based at the Avantidrome continues with a superb offering whether people are riding the champions but provide opportunities for all children to develop a passion for cycling, health and well-being. Te Awa trail, meeting up with likeminded people for exercise around the concourse, or just having a break. The Avanti Cycling Store at the Avantidrome continues to offer a wide range of excellent cycling gear and The Home of Cycling again ran the hugely popular annual BNZ Corporate Challenge, where corporate teams expertise across the range of cycling disciplines from track, to road, to mountain biking and in between. trained for 8 weeks before coming together for racing, be they new to the track or returning in the more These are fun and exciting spaces for all to enjoy. competitive events. The fun challenge nights fill the stands with family and colleagues well kitted out to support their teams! For the past year the HOC has again utilised Cycling New Zealand as the General Manager of the Avantidrome. This arrangement has given us access to the resources of a larger organisation and enabled us to On top of the popular Friday night schools racing, the Battle of the Schools has become another well run event significantly upgrade our governance, systems and processes. Our thanks to Andrew Matheson and his attracting record participation numbers. This allows pupils to experience the joy of competing and learn life-long team for performing this role in such a professional and competent manner. skills such as discipline, tactics, exercise, bike-handling, and teamwork. It was wonderful to see the parental, teacher, coach and volunteer effort that goes into developing these teams. Sponsors We are hugely thankful for the ongoing support of our wonderful sponsors. Not only are we breaking even Our reputation as a world class facility was further cemented with Cycling New Zealand and the Avantidrome financially but with their generous commitments we were able to pay down $500,000 of bank debt – on track hosting the successful World Masters Games, with over 245 participants who enjoyed excellent camaraderie to our target of being debt free for the original facility. and everything the superb Waikato region had to offer. Cycling New Zealand also hosted the Oceania Track Championships giving New Zealanders the chance to see some of the world’s best track cyclists doing battle As with any charitable trust, the success of the entity is very dependent on many who give their time on the same track they can come and ride themselves. Olympian Jaime Nielsen broke the world ‘one hour’ voluntarily to assist us in achieving our goals and our staff who put in many hours above and beyond those record on the Avantidrome in July of 2017 and both the Swiss and the Canadian teams based themselves at expected. I would like to thank the Board for their time and expertise and in particular Gwendoline Keel and the Avantidrome to train in the lead up to international events. Rob Waddell who resigned during this period. Thanks also goes to our dedicated staff, our coaches and volunteers who are all part of a great team that makes the Avantidrome what it is today. Other National and Regional Events hosted included the North Island Secondary School Championships, inaugural Nationals School Championships, Waikato BOP Centre Championships and the Auckland Centre Track And finally, I would like to thank all our sponsors and supporters who have given so generously to the Championships. Avantidrome. Life Fitness Zone It has been a privilege to Chair the Home of Cycling and I look forward to our future success in growing and The Life Fitness Zone has gone from strength to strength with increased patronage.