Contents Message from the ASC
Our Partners in Sport
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Our People
09 Our Members
Our Award Winners
Our Year in Focus
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04 President 06 Chief Executive
Our Website
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Our Performance
Financial Statements
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17 Canoe South Australia 19 Canoe Tasmania 21 Canoeing Victoria 24 Canoeing Western Australia 27 PaddleNSW 30 Queensland Canoeing
32 Olympic High Performance 40 Canoe Polo 41 Canoe Slalom 43 Canoe Sprint 45 Canoe Marathon 48 Freestyle 49 Ocean Racing 50 Wildwater 52 Education and Safety
Our Teams
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Australian Canoeing Inc. presents this report to its members and external stakeholders for the purpose of reporting operational and financial performance for the period July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014. ABN 61 189 833 125, canoe.org.au
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Message from the Australian Sports Commission The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is committed to ensuring Australian athletes excel in the international sporting arena, and increasing Australians’ participation in sport. These two clear objectives are mutually reinforcing – international success inspires Australians to participate in sport and greater participation helps nurture our future champions. Sport inspires individuals, unites communities and encourages active lifestyles. Success at the international level has become even more challenging for Australian athletes. Traditional competitors keep getting better, and rising countries are becoming forces to be reckoned with. Our tenth placing in the medal table at the London Olympic Games continued a downward trend over the past three games. Through Australia’s Winning Edge 2012-‐2022, our game plan to move Australian sport from world class to world best, we are changing the role of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and the delivery of the high performance program, improving the financial performance and position of national sporting organisations (NSOs) and strengthening the governance structures and standards of NSOs. We have initiated a fundamental reform process to improve Australian sport, by linking high performance sports funding more closely with performance; ensuring the AIS is the world’s best high performance sports institute; modernising governance structures in a number of sports; investing to improve coaching, leadership skills, talent identification and innovation in Australian sport; and reinforcing public confidence in the integrity of sport. These reforms will create lasting change and improvement. In 2013-‐14, the Australian Government, through the ASC, invested almost $120 million in national sporting organisations for high performance programs and to promote grassroots participation in sport. Our partner sports can expect a much sharper focus by the ASC in future on best practice governance and administration, intellectual property ownership, athlete management and support structures and general accountabilities by the sports. Equally, the ASC is committed to changing to meet the needs of contemporary sport. Importantly, the ASC is focused on promoting grassroots participation in sport throughout Australia and to continue a suite of successful national programs. Increased community sport participation has a profound long term dividend, and remains a vital objective of the ASC. The ASC looks forward to working in collaboration with the sport sector to encourage more people into sport and to drive Australia’s continued international sporting success. John Wylie AM Chair Board of the Australian Sports Commission
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Our Partners in Sport Principal Partner
The Australian Sports Commission and the Australian Institute of Sport are our principal funding partners, providing high performance and sport development resources for Australian Canoeing. We wish to recognise the ASC and the AIS High Performance Program for their continuing investment in the sport of canoe/kayak.
Program Partners
Australian Canoeing rests heavily on its Olympic profile to create participation and development opportunities. The ongoing funding and support of the Australian Olympic Committee and the Australian Paralympic Committee are vital.
Our relationships with the national sport academy and sport institute network are the foundation for providing elite paddling opportunities to talented athletes Australia wide. The support of state and local government can never be underestimated.
Official Sponsors
Paddle Pals Australian Canoeing is proud to attract the support of industry partners through our ‘Paddle Pals’ scheme, suppliers and businesses who are focused on sport, paddling sport and the health and wellbeing of our members. http://canoe.org.au/membership/paddlepals-‐member-‐benefits/
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Our Year in Focus President’s Report This year has been a year of consolidation and preparation for the future of Australian Canoeing (AC). This commenced with the strategic forum in November 2013 where we as a group worked on our vision and strategies that will shape the direction of the sport for the next three to five years. The forum delivered four key areas of focus that will become the four pillars of our rolling strategic plan for 2015 -‐2017. These are: People; Places; Participation; and Performance. Whilst governance and financial stability have been a key focus for a number of years, the next six months will see a shift from these as key objectives, to areas that underpin our four key pillars. Further, the Board will be looking at the commercialisation of our sport in order to diversify our revenue. • • • •
Last year I outlined 12 key areas the Board would be working on to complete our work in major governance reform and the adoption of the Australian Sports Commissions (ASC) mandatory principles. These areas were: • • • •
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Achieving gender balance on the Board of Directors; 360 degree annual feedback structure which will include the Board; Continue to build AC Financial Base, including transparent budgets and reporting; Compliance with new cross sport reporting templates; Implementation of a Nominations Committee; The forming of a High Performance Committee; Implementation of an Audit and Risk Committee; Moving to a Company Limited by shares; Commence the review of the Constitution; Succession Planning for the Board; Charter or Terms Reference for the Board of AC; and Consider a women’s commission.
I am extremely pleased to be able to state that we now have gender diversity entrenched in our constitution, 360 degree
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reviews have commenced with key staff, an internal board review has commenced. AC continues to build the financial base focusing on accountability and transparency. Templating across all our disciplines is in place. We have established the Nominations Committee, an Audit and Risk Committee and the High Performance Advisory Group and succession planning has commenced in conjunction with the Nominations Committee. Terms of reference, bylaws, charters and further commissions, advisory groups will be looked at in the coming 12 months in line with the proposed move to a company limited by guarantee. Of specific note was that AC took part in a pilot program offered by the ASC which was a detailed review of the Board and the executive with a view to maximising organisational performance. The review was conducted over a period of months by Dr Denis Mowbray and resulted in approximately 25 recommendations for the Board and the executive to work on particularly in improving internal performance. A summary of the findings has been sent to all our member States. I wanted to thank the Board, the executive, staff and all that participated in the review for their frankness, honesty and maturity in dealing with some often confronting issues. There were two key pieces of work undertaken this year which were the review of the constitution and the decision to move towards a company limited by guarantee. The result of this work is before you today in the form of a new constitution and a number of resolutions in relation to moving to a company limited by guarantee. I would like to take the opportunity the thank the Board particularly our newest member Claude Harran, who has been instrumental in presenting the new constitution before the members today and also to Greg Doyle and Mary Macaluso, who have worked tirelessly to drive this work and to meet the often challenging time frames. With these major governance strategies behind us we are now able to look to a new era where the members and the Board can concentrate on the four pillars and importantly the commercialisation of our sport. You will have seen the new look website for AC which is part of the IT upgrade that has already commenced. Board Director, James Rennell, has facilitated the first think tank for the Board where we are looking at our brand as a truly national symbol moving forward, along with avenues and
ideas for the diversification into non-‐government funded revenue streams. You will hear more about this in the forum that will follow the AGM.
raised goes to the UNICEF’s Mobile Health Nutrition Teams, which target places where no other access to healthcare is available.
In the area of performance AC continues to excel. At Senior World Cup level and World Championship level, Australian Athletes amassed over 20 medals in Sprint and Slalom. At Junior and Under 23 we also achieved another six medals. Of particular note are our current World Champions Kenny Wallace who went undefeated in the K15000m throughout the season and Jess Fox who is the Under 23 and Senior World Slalom Champion in both K1W and C1W.
Over the past two years the Board has welcomed three new members. We saw the retirement of Independent Director Catherine Ordway during the year and we welcomed the appointment of Claude Harran as an independent director bringing expertise in commercial and corporate law to the Board.
We also now have a World Champion in Paracanoe, Curtis McGrath for the V1200 TA. It is both pleasing and hard not to mention all the Champion performances in my report due to the sheer volume of our success over the past year. I look forward to recognising the performances of our athletes at our annual dinner. Pleasingly, we saw our best performances on the Junior and U23 World Stage, particularly from our sprint and slalom athletes, which I believe is a reflection of the increased effort in the training environment at home and investment in developing our emerging athletes. We also excelled at the Marathon World Championships in the Masters category this year with five World Champions and another four placing’s. As always I like to highlight off water achievements of our members and this year Hannah Davis, one of our Olympic medalists from 2008, participated in the Kilimanjaro Club for Kids hike and raised over $12,000 for the charity. The money
We will see the retirement of Robbie Stewart this year and I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his expertise and advice over the past six years. I hope that Robbie will continue to lead AC in the area of Ocean Racing. Whilst there seems to be a lot of change for the Board, it is important to remember that refreshing the Board is part of the governing principles and assists in succession planning. We have, for the first time since I have been on the Board, four candidates running for the two open positions. This is very healthy for AC and for the Board itself. Looking forward, AC will review its branding, implement the strategic plan, look for commercial opportunities, continue to upgrade our IT platforms and “look”, and continue with building our participation and performance, focusing on the key strategies identified in our strategic plan. Finally I would like to thank the Board and the Staff of AC in all the work that gets done behind the scenes every day to deliver our sport across recreation, education and safety, nine competitive disciplines and to ensure that AC remains one of the top Olympic Sports in the Country. Danielle Woodward OAM President and Chair Australian Canoeing Inc.
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Chief Executive’s Report It gives me great pleasure to provide to you my Chief th Executive’s report for the year ended 30 June, 2014. This is my sixth annual report and one which demonstrates the significant achievements of the organisation throughout the past twelve months. Australian Canoeing (AC) continues to improve its organisational capability representing financial strength and an effective ongoing business strategy. The trading outcome for the year shows a surplus of $19,410 (2013:$84,636) which is a modest financial result and slightly ahead of the original budget forecast. The net assets of the organisation grew to $260K (2013: $241K). Having started with AC when the organisation had negative net assets (-‐$111K) and a turnover of $1.1M, it is very pleasing to see the organisation rebuild its current financial position to a turnover of $7.1M (2013: $3.3M) with an anticipated turnover in 2015 of $7.3M. It is the goal of AC to keep building the net financial position of the organisation until the financial base is large enough to be able to withstand adverse budget variances which will be to the benefit of members and the sport. This significant increase in turnover is largely a result of funding provided by the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) through Australia’s Winning Edge (AWE). Previously, this funding was managed under the stewardship of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). At the commencement of 2014, with the successful alignment of AC High Performance (AC HP) back to AC, all funding came directly to AC and this is managed and reported upon through a consolidated budget. The direct provision of such funding, including an annual increase in the level of funding, demonstrates the confidence and belief that the ASC and AIS have in AC delivering high performance ‘world best’ outcomes as well as being an organisation that displays strong financial management, transparent reporting and implements modern governance principles. The alignment of AC HP to AC over the past twelve months is a significant and historical milestone for AC and we sincerely appreciate the combined efforts of the ASC and AIS in assisting AC to achieve such. Whilst significant time and resources were invested into achieving a successful alignment outcome, I’m pleased to report that AC addressed specific alignment matters (Human
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Resources, Assets, ICT and Facilities) in a timely and near seamless manner. The successful implementation has resulted in AC regaining a true ‘whole of sport’ structure that will facilitate the delivery of our strategic and operational plans in future years for the betterment of the sport. The Australian National Preventative Health Agency (ANPHA) were AC’s major sponsor. This was the second year of the sponsorship and historically the single largest sponsorship that our sport has entered into with funds provided assisting the growth and exposure of canoeing throughout Australia. The sponsorship has specifically allowed the allocation of funds to our affiliated State Member Associations (MA’s), sport discipline Technical Committees as well as uniforms for touring national teams. Following budget cuts associated with the 2014 Federal Budget, AC was advised that ANPHA (and similar Federal funded health agencies) will be disbanded and that the sponsorship will not be continued past the expiry date of 30 June 2014. AC is proud to have taken a leadership role with ANPHA in the campaign to tackle the social issue of binge drinking (“Be the Influence”). AC is currently sourcing a major sponsor and associated sponsorships / revenue streams to offset the loss of ANPHA. Further to this, the Board is currently considering various commercialisation activities and strategies in consultation with the ASC to generate non-‐government revenue streams for AC. Priorities are being established predicated upon having a solid business case. State MA’s continued to support the operations of AC through the payment of affiliation fees. State MA affiliation fees are determined by a ‘weighted matrix’ that comprises strategic descriptors and associated weightings. The payment of such fees in a timely and co-‐operative manner has not gone unnoticed and is greatly appreciated with this level of support contributing to the current financial stability of AC. Of note is that the quantum of affiliation fees payable to AC over the past six years has decreased allowing State MA’s the ability for greater discretionary local investment. ‘PaddlePals’ is our membership benefit program that provides registered members with a range of discounts and offers from participating partners for their products and services. The program continued to generate interest with a varied
selection of partners involved offering a broad range of products and services as follows: -‐ ‘Boats & Equipment’ (Performance Canoes and Kayaks, Think Kayaks, Mirage Sea Kayaks, Bennett Paddles, Roof Rack City SA, Sydney Harbour Kayaks,); -‐ ‘Apparel’ (CW-‐X Conditioning Wear, Catfish Designs); -‐ ‘Experiences’ (Experience Oz, Jervis Bay Kayak Company); -‐ ‘Magazines’ (Cumec Magazine); -‐ ‘Health & Nutrition’ (Bupa Health Insurance, Megaburn); -‐ ‘Other’ (Gift it Now). AC hosted the 2014 ICF Slalom Junior & U23 World Championships at Penrith Whitewater Stadium (23-‐27 April). The operational planning and logistics of the event placed considerable work load on the Local Organising Committee, volunteers and the AC team alike. All need to be congratulated for their professionalism, commitment and dedication throughout the Championships. Special mention to Sue Natoli, Ordette Webster, Mary Macaluso, Lauren Fitzsimons and Asha Venkataya who did what was necessary to get the job done. The event was successful both ‘on water’ and ‘off water’. ‘Off water’ the event ran to budget and the ICF congratulated AC on the conduct of the Championships whilst ‘on water’ Australian athletes performed well winning medals as follows -‐ Jessica Fox (Gold in the U23 K1W & C1W), Kate Eckhardt (Silver in the Junior K1W) and Jessica Fox, Alison Borrows, and Georgia Rankin (Bronze in the K1W Team Event).
A feature of the Championships was the involvement of The Royal Australian Navy (Team Navy), particularly at a moving ANZAC day ceremony involving Australian, New Zealand and Turkish athletes. It is hoped that this will be the start of a long association between both bodies.
The ASC invited AC to participate in a pilot research program with Dr Denis Mowbray who is researching “The Link between Boards of Directors and Organisational Performance”. Dr Mowbray conducted surveys and interviews with the Board, State MA’s and Executive staff including attendance at a number of Board meetings to observe proceedings and behaviour. AC will release the findings of the report to State MA’s later in 2014
At the 2013 AC Strategic Forum (2-‐3 November), the development of an AC 2015-‐2017 Strategic Plan was considered. Following this forum, four Working Groups were established representing the pillars (Participation, People, Places & Performance) of the strategic plan. The Working Groups comprising representation from AC membership (Directors, State Member Associations, Technical Committees & athletes) met in Melbourne (28 – 29 June, 2014) with the assistance of an independent facilitator to progress the
strategic plan. The strategic plan will be presented to members at the 2014 Strategic Forum (25-‐26 October). A report card of the 2010-‐2014 Strategic Plan (‘Go Paddling’) is found in Annexure A.
Members were advised at the 2013 Strategic Forum of the need for AC to migrate from an incorporated entity to a company limited by guarantee and to implement an associated new Constitution to ensure ASC ‘Mandatory Sports Governance Principles’ [‘Principles’] compliance.
The Principles are based on best practise of Australian corporate governance with the ASC espousing that “good governance is a necessary condition for success”. Further to this, the ASC has stipulated that the Principles “will be non-‐ negotiable requirements for National Sporting Organisations (NSOs) to be eligible for full funding from the ASC”.
We have engaged with State MA’s providing timelines and clarity around the process with Members to consider such at the 2014 AGM (25 October).
A self-‐assessed status report on the progress of AC against the Principles can be found in Annexure B of the Annual Report.
Other key highlights / achievements over the past year included: ü AC executed a Memorandum of Understanding and associated ‘Principles of Partnership’ with Australian United Stand-‐Up Paddle Boards (AuSUP) with SUP’s events being held at the 2014 Canoe Sprint National Championships (27-‐31 March). In the coming years, AC will work proactively with AuSUP to further develop this alliance.
ü The Board adopted / amended several policies and By-‐Laws pertaining to ‘Privacy’, ‘Anti-‐Match Fixing’, ‘Audit & Risk Committee’, ‘Nominations Committee’ and ‘Member Protection’.
The formation of a Nominations Committee which assists the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities relating to the selection of individuals to stand for election as Directors at meetings of members and those to be considered for appointment to the Board as well as selection and composition of committees of the Board.
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ü The Board undertook a Board Skill Set Audit which identified the skill gaps that currently exist on the Board.
ü AC introduced a ‘Board e-‐Bulletin’ which provides a brief snapshot of various AC Board matters and is distributed on a quarterly basis. The e-‐Bulletin is distributed to State Member Associations (Presidents & Executive Officers) as well as Technical Committee Chairs.
ü In late June 2014, AC engaged Sporting DNA to provide our IT membership system with the membership platform
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V1 to be released 15 September, 2014 with additional The ASC and the AIS continue to provide tremendous features being added in a V2 release on 15 December, 2014. assistance, support and direction for AC. Funds provided under the annual Sports Investment Agreement are critical for ü In November 2013, the ASC implemented the inaugural the conduct and success of our programs. The AIS and the SIS Annual Sport Performance Review for National Sporting / SAS network ensures that our paddlers are prepared, Organisations and published (April, 2014) the 2014 Sports serviced and able to perform to the best of their ability in Tally which ‘provides an annual health check on sports national and international competition. that receive Australia’s Winning Edge funding’ with the There are a number of acknowledgements that need to be inclusion of an ‘overall rating and commentary placed on record. for high performance, governance and participation.’
ü In respect to ‘governance’, the following green dashboards were reported:
Q: “Is the NSO progressing towards complying with the ASC Governance Principles? A: “In-‐Line” Q: “ Is there a significant risk in NSO governance that impacts on ASC investment?” A: “No”
Q: “Is there a significant risk in NSO integrity that impacts on ASC investment?” A: “No”
ü At the 2013 AGM, members amended the Constitution to include a Gender Equity clause [25.3 (a)] in relation to the composition of the Board such that “no one gender is to constitute less than 40% of representation of the Board.”
ü Our national teams comprising Canoe Polo (World Championships), Ocean Racing (World Championships) Canoe Marathon (World Championships & World Games), Wildwater (Junior & Senior World Championships), Canoe Sprint (Olympic Hopes, Junior / U23 & Senior World Championships, Senior World Cups), Canoe Slalom (Junior / U23 & Senior World Championships, Senior World Cups) competed with distinction internationally. Their achievements are documented in detail in other areas of the annual report. The efforts of our international paddlers provide inspiration to those who aspire to achieve on the international arena as well highlighting the strength of canoeing in Australia.
In respect to national education and safety matters, the Education & Safety Committee (E&SC) continued to be proactive whilst AC employed an Education Officer (Mark Thurgood) whose primary focus is with Australian Canoe Award Scheme matters. I commend you to read the achievements of AC in these areas in another section contained within the Annual Report.
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I am privileged to work with an extremely dedicated and committed Board of Directors. Throughout 2013-‐2014, the Board provided leadership, governance and clear strategic direction for the organisation. Danielle Woodward OAM (President/Chair) continues to lead by example and works tirelessly; always availing herself to members and management in providing counsel, attention to detail and addressing apparent complex issues in a simple and effective fashion.
There is a saying that ‘you are only as good as the people around you’ and this is certainly true with the AC staff. ‘Team AC’ demonstrated commitment, enthusiasm, expertise, professionalism and willingness to simply ‘get the job done’. For this, I personally congratulate the staff and reaffirm my belief that the staff are our organisation’s most valuable asset.
The tireless and often thankless work of our fantastic team of volunteers need special acknowledgement. These include officials at national events, Technical Committee Chairs and their committees and the team officials of our touring teams. Your contribution is imperative to the success of our activities and operations. Time volunteered is a gift; it is one which we cannot quantify. Without it our members would be poorer.
AC is in an exciting period of our evolution from a rebuilding and consolidation phase over the past several years to our current position focusing on growth. Members should be proud of our 2013-‐2014 organisational achievements and I congratulate each of you for your unwavering belief, commitment and effort in positioning AC to where we are today. There is still considerable work to be done with many challenges and opportunities on the road to sustained success and I once again welcome you to join me on this journey as we implement our 2015-‐2017 Strategic Plan in the coming years. Gregory P. Doyle Chief Executive Officer Australian Canoeing Inc.
Our People
Board of Directors President and Chair
Ms. Danielle Woodward OAM
Director
Mr. Martyn Clancy-‐Lowe
Director
Ms. Andrea McQuitty
Director
Ms. Catherine Ordway
(term completed 16 May 2014)
Director
Mr. James Rennell
Director
Mr. Robbie Stewart
Athlete Representative
Mr. Ken Wallace
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Directors Meetings During the 2013-‐14 financial year, nine Board meetings were held. Attendance at those meetings was as follows: Director
Board Meetings Eligible to Attend
Board Meetings Attended
Apologies for Absence
Ms. Danielle Woodward OAM
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Mr. Martyn Clancy-‐Lowe
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Ms. Catherine Ordway (term th ended 16 May 2014)
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Mr. James Rennell
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8
1
Mr. Robbie Stewart
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Ms. Andrea McQuitty
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Mr. Ken Wallace
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AC Corporate Office
AC High Performance Office
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Greg Doyle
National Performance Director
Mr. Richard Fox
Business Manager
Mr. Richard Roach
High Performance Coordinator
Ms. Lauren Fitzsimons
Operations Manager
Ms. Mary Macaluso
National Pathways Manager
Dr. Melissa Hopwood
Sports Services Coordinator
Mr. Sam Lyons
Program Manager -‐ Slalom
Ms. Natasha Welsh
ACAS Coordinator
Mr. Mark Thurgood (appointed January 2014)
Head National Coach -‐ Slalom
Mr. Mike Druce
National Coach -‐ Slalom
Mrs. Myriam Fox
Project Coordinator
Mr. Steve Wellman th (resigned 16 September 2014)
National Coach -‐ Slalom
Mr. Nick Smith
NSWIS National Coach -‐ Slalom
Mr. Julien Billaut
Program Manager -‐ Sprint
Ms. Tahnee Norris st (resigned 31 December 2013)
Program Manager -‐ Sprint
Ms. Christine Bain (appointed March 2014)
Head Coach (Men) -‐ Sprint
Mr. Jimmy Owens
Head Coach (Women) -‐ Sprint
Mr. David Foureur
Coach (Women) -‐ Sprint
Ms. Anna Wood
ICT Support
Ms. Rosalyn Lawrence
Administration Officer
Ms. Asha Venkataya
Public Officer
Mr. Lyle Dahms
Paracanoe -‐ Sprint
Ms. Andrea King
National Coordinator 200m Sprint
Mr. Mike Pond
High Performance Support
Mr. Tom Collings
NSWIS National Coach -‐ Sprint
Mr. Tim Jacobs
SASI Coach -‐ Sprint
Mr. Nathan Luce
SASI Coach -‐ Sprint
Mr. Kris Lepianka
WAIS Coach -‐ Sprint
Mr. Ramon Andersson
Sports Science
Mr. Dave Aitken
Sports Science
Mr. Brett Slocombe
Sports Science
Ms. Nicola Bullock
Sports Science
Mr. Glen Workman
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Life Members (* denotes deceased) Brownlee, Mr. Os
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1972
Brownlee OAM, Miss. Helen
1999
Chenoworth, Mr. Ross
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1971
Coles AM, Mr. Phil
1981
Gardner, Mr. Gary
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1994
Hill, Mr. Max
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1971
Hopkins, Mr. Albert
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1971
Howard, Mr. Arthur
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1971
Johnson, Mr. Graham
1985
2003
2005
Savage, Mr. Harry
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1971
Varcoe, Mr. George
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1971
Whitebrook, Mr. Frank
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1971
Morison OAM, Mrs. Joan
Murphy OAM, Mr. Thomas James (Jim)
Committees
Athletes Commission
Canoe Polo Technical Committee
Chair
Ken Wallace
Vice Chair
Jacqueline Lachmann
Member
Craig Hutchinson
Member
Kate McGrath
Canoe Marathon Racing Technical Committee
Chair
Ian Beasley
Board Rep.
Martyn Clancy-‐Lowe
Member
Duncan Cochrane
Member
Carolyn Cochrane
Member
Rowan Holt
Member
Brooke Honeyman
Member
John Moore
Chair
Jeremy Dunn
Member
Donald Leigh
Board Rep.
Martyn Clancy-‐Lowe
Member
Robert Watson
Member
Thomas Balaam
Secretary
Anthea Courtney
Member
Martin Finn
Member
Tom Hirrschoff
Member
Terry Poole
Secretary
Connie Todaro
Consultant
Don Campbell
Consultant
Joe Alia
Canoe Slalom Technical Committee Chair
Peter Grant
Board Rep.
Robbie Stewart
Ex-‐officio Member
Mike Druce
Ex-‐officio Member
Richard Fox
Ex-‐officio Member
Danielle Woodward
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Wildwater Technical Committee
Member
Richard Alder
Member
Graeme Caudry
Chair
Peter McIntyre
Member
Peter Eckhardt
Board Rep.
Danielle Woodward OAM
Member
Christine Grant
Member
Bruce Cameron
Member
Louise Natoli
Member
Matt Dalziel
Member
Sue Natoli
Member
Leigh Murphy
Member
Chris Thompson
Member
Matthew French
Member
Lucy Williams
Canoe Sprint Technical Committee
Education and Safety Committee
Jason Dicker
Andrea McQuitty
Chair
Greg Kaeding
Board Rep.
Board Rep.
Martyn Clancy Lowe
Ex-‐officio Member
Mark Thurgood
Ex-‐officio Member
Richard Fox
Member
Peter Carter
Ex-‐officio Member
Mary Macaluso
Member
Ian Hume
Member
Martin Finn
Member
Morgen Masuku
Member
Peter Gargiulo
Member
Nick Anson
Member
Ian Hume
Member
Graham Sharpe
Member
Dasha Kopecek
Member
Jeremy Norton
Member
Laura White
Honours Committee
Freestyle Technical Committee Chair
Jez Jezz
Member
John Borojevic
Member
Helen Brownlee OAM
Member
Jeremy Dunn
Member
Jim Murphy OAM
Board Rep.
James Rennell
Member
Eileen Callaghan
Member
Sue Robb
Board Rep (Chair)
Martyn Clancy-‐Lowe
Member
Joseph Dunne
MA’s Rep
Connie Todaro
Member
Joshua Singleton
Expert
Paul Bruce
Boatercross Rep
Josh Bond
Expert
Geoff Howes
Freestyle Selector
Garry Finlay
Ocean Racing Technical Committee
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Chair
Chair
Robbie Stewart
Board Rep.
James Rennell
Ex-‐officio Member
Greg Doyle
Ex-‐Officio Member
Mary Macaluso
Member
Geoff Dews
Member
Mark Forbes
Member
Tim Hookins
Member
Julie Jenkinson
Member
Rob Jenkinson
Nominations Committee
Obituaries
Vale Chris Cunliffe-‐Jones
Vale Kerry Holmes th
Chris Cunliffe-‐Jones passed away on the 17 October 2013. He suffered a heart attack whilst holidaying in Turkey in April and fought hard to recover for many months. Chris was very proud of his work with the Australian Canoe Federation, particularly in the 1980s and then the 1992 World Marathon Canoe Championships, where he chaired the Organising Committee. Over the years, Chris had stayed closely associated with the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic which he co-‐founded.
Australian Canoeing was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Queensland Canoeing Board Member and West End Canoe Club stalwart Kerry Holmes. Kerry was a fantastic servant of canoeing in Australia in many roles. He was a Queensland Canoeing board member, West End club president and a pillar of the paddling community. Kerry will be remembered fondly and most sincerely missed by all
Vale Mike Snell
Mike Snell at the age of 36 passed away after a short but courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Mike was a paddler, a runner and a cyclist; as happy in the mountains as he was in the big oceans. The harder the event, the better he went. Mike was a Molokai Racer, Coast-‐to-‐Coast and Ironman veteran.
Vale Keran Fegan nd
On the 22 December 2013 Keran Fegan passed away. Keran had been a wonderful contributor to the Canoe Slalom community in Victoria and nationally.
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Who is AC?
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Our Award Winners 2012-‐13 Canoeists of the Year (Olympic Discipline) Jessica Fox & Ken Wallace Canoeists of the Year (Non-‐Olympic Discipline) Michael Leverett People’s Choice Award Ken Wallace Junior Canoeist of the Year (Olympic Discipline) Rebecca Mann Junior Canoeist of the Year (Non-‐Olympic Discipline) Sebastian Spinks Paracanoeist of the Year Kara Kennedy Master Canoeist of the Year Julie Jenkinson Team of the Year Slalom C1 Junior Women’s Team – Noemie Fox, (sponsored by Sportscene) Georgia Rankin & Alexandra Broome Coach of the Year Myriam Fox & Jimmy Owens Technical Official of the Year Mark Murray Award of Merit
Andrea King, Bruce Cameron, Matt Heard & Jez Jezz
Award of Excellence Anthea Courtney Services to Canoeing Peter Grant (sponsored by Roof Rack City Adelaide) Photo of the year Sarah Woolford President’s Award Helen Brownlee OAM Special Recognition Jim Murphy OAM
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Our Website
The Australian Canoeing website is a valuable resource for our organisation at all levels. States, disciplines and clubs may all request websites as part of the overall IT support provided by Australian Canoeing.
Australian Canoeing Website – Total Pages Displayed Per Month
2011-‐12
2012-‐13
2013-‐14
Jul
282065
325105
506420
Aug
269261
341285
422015
Sep
234837
311901
462129
Oct
266422
320890
459720
Nov
216632
355591
133420
Dec
255915
263318
5606
Jan
302840
330186
11414
Feb
317062
300526
7315
Mar
416997
387435
437946
Apr
547283
416848
591728
May
322807
421979
543766
Jun
389166
411598
687853
2011-‐12 2012-‐13 2013-‐14
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Our Members
Canoe South Australia Overview • • • •
President elected. Grant funding from SA Government increases through project funding. Peter Gargiulo commences as Pathway Programme Co-‐ordinator/Coach. Strong education programme with growing numbers of accredited instructors, guides and coaches.
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Peter Carter was elected by members as President. The Board of Canoe SA has also been joined by independent director Ben Angel. The Board over the year has worked with the Office for Recreation and Sport with a major evaluation conducted across all sporting organisations. This resulted in a positive endorsement of direction on a Board Enhancement Programme which has strengthened board processes and involved a survey of membership. The Board has commenced a process of reviewing policies and delegated powers through its standing committees.
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Canoe SA has been the recipient of project funding from SA Government Office for Recreation and Sport:
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$34,500.00 provided for leadership and sustainability over the 2013/14 financial year. $30,000.00 for Paddle Pathway programme. Australian Canoeing also contributes to Pathway Programme. $21,000.00 for Waterway Trails development in 2014/15.
Busy programme of Flatwater and Sea courses held over 2013/14. Introductory Skills for Sea Kayakers Programme developed and 2 course conducted. Flatwater programme reorganized and new programmes now being delivered. Workshops held for Assessors and Instructors. Outdoor Educators Conference -‐ workshops held at conference & well attended. Introductory kayak sessions held for schools as well as School holiday programme.
Pathway Programme
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Review of both Strategic and Operational Plan. Strategic forum held in May and review of Strategic Plan to inform decision making and operational planning by Board.
Pathway Programme Co-‐ordinator/Coach recruited. Programme linking with clubs and SLS. Assistance to clubs in developing participation programmes, training and competition.
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Events and Competition •
Hannah Davis competed as part of WK4 team for Olympics
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SA had a strong contingent with a total of 8 players in Australian Canoe Polo Teams competing in the 2013 World Games in Cali, Columbia. 5 in Men’s Team (Anton, Joshua & Luke Holmes, Stephen Hubbard & Ian McIntosh(Vice-‐Captain)) and 3 in Women’s Team (Ailsa Enting-‐Hawke, Siobhan Goble (Vice-‐Captain), Sarah Heard (Captain)) & Women’s Team Coach (Matt Heard)
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Over 120 students, teachers, volunteers and local community group participants in the 2013 Canoe SA Team Paddle Challenge over the weekend of th th 14 & 15 September. The challenge consisted of orienteering, camping and a paddle around a course with challenges and opportunities for learning.
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Flatwater Racing -‐ 1 national GP plus 6 regattas and 5 Long Distance races held.
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Ocean Racing – 5 races held over winter/spring.
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Canoe Polo Junior Development Programme commenced. Canoe Polo continues to have competition at local level with 3 seasons held Spring (Sept – Nov) Summer (Feb – March) Winter (May – Aug) despite problems with venues.
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Ian Heard Development Officer Canoe South Australia
Canoe Tasmania Canoe Tasmania and its clubs have remained strong and sustainable during the 2013-‐14 year with over 300 members across the three clubs. Membership has fallen slightly compared to previous years which appears to be in line with some fall off in competitor numbers in a couple of key areas. Some changes this year to the winter race series format and membership categories may address this. Recreational paddling continues to grow with whitewater, sea, lake and estuary paddling being increasingly popular for fitness and general recreation. This is evidenced by the increasing number of kayaks of all description on cars and, importantly, on the water, with people of all ages enjoying paddling. Tamar Canoe Club have been very active in the last 12 months in creating novice to intermediate whitewater instructional social paddling opportunities, exploring and rediscovering a range of easy whitewater in the north of the state. Our Australian Canoeing Award Scheme education program continues to provide a wide array of courses, introducing people to canoeing in a safe and enjoyable fashion. By providing basic through to high-‐level instructor skills, we maintain and increase the spread of good canoeing techniques and practices. This year also saw us conduct our first ever Canoe Surfing course with Tracy Gibson, the current women’s world champion, providing high quality instruction. Canoe Tasmania has also successfully worked with the Tasmanian Sea Canoeing Club to deliver high quality sea kayaking courses for recreational paddlers, featuring internationally renowned instructors. We will continue to work with them as the partnership is mutually beneficial – lowering costs for both and enabling the highest calibre instructors to be employed. A continuing challenge is maintaining our enviable safety record and somehow reaching the legions of sit-‐on-‐top and beginner estuary/sea paddlers who pose risks to themselves through poor skills and potential lack of awareness of canoeing’s inherent risks. The challenge is how to access the sit-‐on-‐top segment to get skills and awareness into the community. A heavy schedule of dam and power station maintenance by Hydro Tasmania has restricted competition and the education program’s venue options throughout the year, making event planning and course conduct more challenging. Various works are expected to continue into early 2015 continuing this logistical challenge. Nonetheless Hydro Tasmania has, as always, been incredibly helpful and
supportive within their maintenance and power generation limitations. The clubs have continued to run a wide array of events, including Ocean Racing, Slalom, Flatwater (Sprint and longer races), Wildwater Racing, Xtream Racing, as well as a wide range of recreational paddling. Well over 50 competitive events are now conducted each year, meaning there is rarely a week throughout the year without a competition paddling opportunity. Canoe Polo has continued its resurgence with strong rosters running in Launceston and Hobart. Once again a State Championship was run, with coaching and refereeing training provided to assist the sport’s development. Hopefully it won’t be too long before Tasmania once again fields teams in the National Championships as it did previously. The Slalom Development Program, primarily located in the south, coached by Peter Eckhardt and David Borojević, has gone from strength to strength, with a strong pool of young paddlers making their mark nationally and internationally. The coaches encourage cross-‐discipline participation and recreational paddling giving these paddlers skills and a broad interest in all aspects of canoeing – not just competition. Daniel Watkins and Kate Eckhardt in particular had stand-‐out years in international competition. David and Peter, along with Matt Dalziel and a range of assistant coaches are now also delivering a Paddle Passporte program to several groups of young paddlers, with plans to also implement it for adults. Paddle Passporte is based on the Paddle Power program and is proving an excellent way of introducing people to the canoeing in a fun way. Discussions are underway for extending this to all parts of the state. The Junior Wildwater Development Program, primarily in the north-‐west, with Bruce Cameron coaching, has continued to produce quality, with local paddlers again selected in national teams to compete in Europe during 2013-‐14. At the Junior World Championships in August th th 2013, Seb Spinks placed 8 and Lochiel Cameron 27 in his first year of international competition. Ocean racing has also continued strongly with a big selection of races each summer – both twilight and longer sea-‐breeze ocean races almost every weekend. A coaching clinic with South African ocean racing legend, Dawid Mocke attracted over 50 participants, showing the keen interest in this discipline. A swag of local paddlers competed in the 2013 World Ocean Racing Championships in Portugal with nd Tom Norton and partner achieving 2 place in the double rd ski category and his brother Sam gaining 3 place in the
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th open single ski, and 6 overall in a field of over 300 paddlers! Fantastic results. Flatwater – both sprint and 10km races have remained very popular. Coaches Jeremy Norton and co. in the North West and Chris Blackaby in the south have a stable of young, fast paddlers, and an increasing array of sprint boats coming into the state. The inclusion of Tasmania in the national pathway strategy for flatwater, and the additional mentoring and support for local coaches via the Coach Connect arrangements can only benefit this discipline. In Xtreme Racing the Lea Race continues after 10 years as Australia’s premier Xtreme race, along with its newer cousin – the North Esk Paddle Fest which is a welcome addition to the Xtreme racing calendar. Tasmanian Xtreme paddlers continue to make their mark internationally with Adrian Kiernan in particular leading major expeditions down new rivers and documenting it via his professional video productions on Whitebox video magazine and Epic TV.
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Canoe Tasmania remains in a strong position financially and due to good membership numbers across the clubs we again kept affiliation fees low again in 2013-‐14, financially benefiting clubs and strengthening their ability to fund activities and equipment for their members. The association and its clubs are looking forward to a strong 2014-‐15 and beyond.
John Borojević Chair Canoe Tasmania Inc
Canoeing Victoria
What an exciting and inspiring year 2013-‐14 has been for Canoeing Victoria!
We look forward to the formal launch and rollout of Paddlepower in the coming year.
This year, I am delighted to be able to highlight the successful results of a broad range of initiatives that have been in development for several years. I am also pleased to acknowledge another busy year for our competitive disciplines who, despite an overall decline in volunteer numbers, again delivered a comprehensive calendar of events. The breadth and quality of the initiatives and the event calendar have been possible to achieve thanks to the widespread support Canoeing Victoria has received from across the canoeing community and from our major supporters.
Women’s Participation: Following the research undertaken in 2012-‐13 into how and why women participate in canoeing, a number of initiatives aimed at increasing women’s participation were piloted: •
Initiatives Youth Participation: Our Paddlepower youth participation and award scheme is up and running – and is demonstrating outstanding results to date! The scheme, aimed at the 8-‐14 year old market, was developed by the British Canoe Union and purchased in 2011 by Canoeing Victoria to tailor and market in Australia. Our Paddlepower vision is to create stronger, more financially viable clubs, disciplines and state sporting association through increased participation and membership; to provide a grassroots ‘talent pool’ for our discipline development programs; and to reinvigorate our vital ‘parent’ volunteer base.
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The first club-‐based pilot program took place from February to April this year and the results have far exceeded our expectations. 194 young paddlers participated in the pilot through Melbourne, Yarrawonga Mulwala and Eltham College canoe clubs. The clubs delivered the flexible scheme in a variety of formats including as an in-‐school program, as an Active After-‐school Communities program, as an after-‐school and weekend club program, and as a club holiday program. Both the Melbourne and Yarrawonga Mulwala programs were oversubscribed, leading to additional sessions being added to the program. In less than three months, we had 36 new members, (which included parents also interested in paddling), and evidence of a pathway from Paddlepower to our Slalom Yarra Series races. As an added bonus, Paddlepower also provided employment and development opportunities for some of our younger coaches, helping to keep them in engaged with our sport.
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River Rambles – Social Paddles for Women. Through River Rambles we aim to provide an environment to encourage female members to achieve industry recognized canoeing leader qualifications, and to broaden opportunities for our female members to participate in social paddling activities. Six clubs participated in the River Rambles pilot – Essendon, Fairfield, Footscray, Kirinari, Mildura, Tarwin River. As a result, Victoria has six newly accredited female Flatwater Guides (a 13% increase overall, and a 75% increase in qualified female Flatwater Guides within our clubs). Cross-‐club River Rambles are now being held about once a month broadening opportunities for women to participate in a non-‐ competitive, social and supportive environment. Female Coach Professional Development & Mentoring Program: Six women from the disciplines of sprint, marathon, slalom and whitewater participated in the coach development and mentoring program, and an additional six experienced coaches engaged in the program as their mentors. The program piloted a number of new initiatives that challenged Canoeing Victoria on how coaching courses and mentoring programs could best be delivered to meet the specific needs of women. Canoeing Victoria also appointed a coordinator to follow up and support female coaches who have previously participated in coach training but who have not completed their accreditation requirements. By the end of the pilot program early in the new financial year, we aim to have around a 75% increase in the number of female coaches (level 1) in our club community as a result. Women’s Social Canoe Polo: The concept of social canoe polo sessions for women on a Sunday morning was piloted through a six week program. The program aimed to overcome the barriers of participation due to time constraints of current late mid week competitions, and to provide a
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more social environment for women. The pilot confirmed the importance of including social participation options in our service offering. • Gender Equity in Governance: As a result of a ‘Good Governance’ review during 2012-‐13, and following the lead set by Australian Canoeing, the Canoeing Victoria Board continued its focus on gender balance in our governance structure. At its June 2014 meeting, the Board agreed to recommend to delegates at our next AGM changes to our constitution to set a target for gender equity. Community Participation Initiative: We continued to support Aboriginal communities in Mildura, East Gippsland and northern Melbourne to develop locally managed, safe and sustainable opportunities to participate in canoeing. This is achieved through upskilling nominated community members to achieve canoeing leader accreditation under the Australian Canoeing Award Scheme. Performance Pathway Initiatives: This year we welcomed the performance pathway initiatives being introduced by Australian Canoeing to support our Victorian athletes in the disciplines of Sprint and Slalom. We look forward to working closely to support our national body to continue to expand these programs in the coming year. To bring a focus to performance pathways in Victoria, the position of High Performance Representative was created within the Canoeing Victoria office, with triple Olympian Warwick Draper accepting the role. Initially the representative will provide a coordinating point of contact between Australian Canoeing High Performance, the Victorian Sprint and Slalom Technical Committees, and Canoeing Victoria Administration. We expect to expand the role in the future to embrace our non-‐Olympic disciplines. Facility Access Initiatives: Work continued with our Consultant to develop our Strategic Facilities Plan throughout the year. The plan will set the priorities for the development of canoeing facilities in Victoria beyond the next decade, and will provide much needed evidence based business cases to support their realization. Following on from the Facilities Plan, a Master Plan for a Regional Paddle Sports Centre at Westerfolds Park commenced. The key features of the centre include significantly improved in-‐ water and riverbank infrastructure for training and competition of our slalom, whitewater, sprint and polo disciplines, and for moving water skill development, multi-‐ purpose community learning spaces, and quality built accommodation for the storage of Canoeing Victoria and
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canoe club paddling equipment.
Events Our Discipline Technical Committees, with the support of our clubs, continued to offer a broad range of competitive paddling opportunities at all levels. The 2014 calendar includes more than 100 events across the state including Victorian Championships in Marathon, Polo, Slalom, Sprint and Wildwater. In addition, through our marathon and sprint disciplines, Canoeing Victoria hosted two significant events during 2013-‐14: •
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Australian Canoe Marathon Championships: a very successful national championship event in April at Lake Wendouree in Ballarat with over 200 athletes participating. Australian Masters Games: in October at the 2013 Masters Games at Geelong. We were pleased to be a part of this national celebration of masters’ participation, and even more pleased to witness the achievements of many of our Victorian masters athletes.
Education As a registered National Training Provider of the Australian Canoeing Award Scheme, Canoeing Victoria continued to deliver quality skill and professional development courses to the outdoor recreation industry, schools and the general community. This year our education arm also focused on piloting some innovative new methods to deliver coach training programs and to better support our trainee coaches completing their accreditation requirements. A detailed review of our education area was undertaken which will result in a restructuring early in the coming year to expand this important side of our business to better serve our members and the outdoor recreation industry.
What’s ahead in 2014-‐15? 2014-‐15 will be a busy year for events starting with Australian Canoe Slalom Championships in January on the Goulburn at Eildon, followed by the Australian Canoe Polo Championships in April at Nagambie – both hosted by Canoeing Victoria through our Technical Committees. In April, Canoeing Victoria will also be supporting Australian Canoeing to host the Canoe Polo Oceania Championships at the same venue.
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Youth participation through the rollout of the Paddlepower scheme. Women’s participation through support to the River Rambles social paddling network. Advocating for improved access to facilities in Victoria as identified in our Strategic Facilities Plan. In particular, a pumped whitewater facility. Defining then implementing a consistent, manageable and sustainable marketing and communications strategy. Our initial focus will be on improving regular communication with our members, clubs and disciplines, optimizing social media and updating our website. Restructuring the education area commencing with the appointment of an Education Business Manager.
Acknowledgements I thank our clubs, our individual members, the volunteers on our Board, discipline committees and event teams, and our staff for your participation, your passion, and your dedication to strengthen and grow canoeing in Victoria. I thank our major supporters, particularly the Victorian Government through Sport and Recreation Victoria, VicHealth and the Australian Government through the Office for Sport who have invested in our initiatives over many years. Andrea Boothroyd Executive Officer Canoeing Victoria
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Canoeing Western Australia
2013-‐14 was another very busy and exciting year for Canoeing Western Australia (CWA), with only two full time office staff Rosalie Evans (Executive Officer) and Zac Acott (Development Officer), an Administration Officer Dione Anthony who comes in on an as need basis and our Bookkeeper who comes in once a fortnight.
Kayak Symposium which has been held in Albany (SW WA) for the past two years is held over the long weekend in March. To get the most benefit from the symposium, it is preferred that you stay for the whole week. The event is designed to educate and inspire recreational kayakers that come from all parts of the country and showcases the WA coastal environments.
Members CWA has twelve affiliate Clubs, based in regional and metropolitan areas of the State. This year saw our membership numbers grow to 2108 at the time of writing this report (July). Our membership year does not end until the 30 September. This year we have worked very hard to build our relationship with all the Clubs and disciplines, by attending their meetings and having regular meetings with them organised by CWA, with Board members in attendance.
Our Events CWA run several events throughout the year: Northam to Toodyay is run in July and is a great event for Avon Descenter’s as this is the first thirty kilometres of the Avon Descent, which is run only a few weeks later. With a participant list of well over a hundred paddlers, paddling single and double skis and kayaks, this fantastic event runs through rural WA. The Avon Challenge is run in August by CWA on the Sunday of the Avon Descent in conjunction with the Northam Avon Descent Association (NADA). The race is open to junior paddlers from schools, clubs, scouts and individuals. We encourage all craft to take part in the event such as dragon boats, outriggers and SUP’s. The Challenge is held on the Swan River, over the last 16 kilometres of the Avon Descent course and finishes at the main finish of the Avon Descent in Bayswater. The Bay to Beach is Perth's most unique paddle race with national and international paddlers competing in the Event. We have over 300 paddlers enter this event. The race starts at Mosman's Freshwater Bay and the paddling field heads down the river towards Fremantle, cutting through Fremantle Harbour before heading out around the North Mole, inside a buoy offshore of Leighton Beach and down to finish at the iconic Cottesloe Beach.
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The Paddle Challenge was established in 2001, and has been a strongly supported event since the very beginning by paddlers of all levels. It has become one of the premier events on the Canoeing WA calendar. The Paddle Challenge boasts a great carnival atmosphere -‐ in the amphitheatre-‐like confines of AP Hinds Reserve, supporters can watch their friends and family out on the water.
Our Disciplines Here in WA we are lucky to have so many amazing volunteers and these are the incredible people that run our disciplines. Between the disciplines they run 45 events during our calendar year, with ever increasing participation numbers. I would also like to add that many of those volunteers help us out at our own events.
Governance Board We welcomed to our Board at the last AGM, Marion Ewing and Rob Jenkinson. They joined long time stalwart Neville Hine, Shayne Hamilton, Lachie Milne, Darryl Long and Richard Lowther who was voted by the Board to be President of CWA.
Constitution We also saw our Constitution passed at our AGM in October 2013, which came together with much input from the Board and help from the Department of Sport and Recreation WA (DSR) which was greatly appreciated.
Workforce Development Project CWA also undertook a program provided by DSR which was the Workforce Development Project. The program comprised of several workshops for the Board members and staff of CWA, and was run by a very professional company employed by DSR JGC Group Pty Ltd. This was a great opportunity to review everything that CWA does
which is fundamental to the efficient operation and sustainability of our Organisation.
Strategic Plan
We are very thankful to our instructors who are so professional, obliging and make our Program so successful.
CWA’s strategic plan is due to be redone by the end of 2015; the Board is in the throes of starting the process, which will involve meeting with our Clubs, Disciplines and stakeholders.
Education
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White-‐water Park
CWA has run many varied but successful programs this year, they included:
This is a fantastic program which is run only for women, although it is run for all levels of participants. It is also geared to the ladies who love the challenge to train and ultimately compete in the iconic Avon Descent. The price is kept very low and the program is run over four weeks with a total of 12 hours on the water. There are many benefits offered to ladies who take part in the program.
This initiative has seen so much momentum this year with CWA producing a two minute video. The video was disbursed by USB and electronically to over 200 politicians, land developers, local governments, media and other parties that we felt should see what an exciting facility a white-‐water park would be for WA and Perth in particular. A group consisting of Steve Mueller, Margie Jeffery, Lachie Milne, Stewart Cranswick and Rosalie Evans have made presentations to many local government bodies as well local councils. There is still a long way to go but this is the closest we have ever been to making this a reality.
Outdoors October
Other Initiatives
Women of the Avon
CWA has been fully involved as a stakeholder with this initiative. The idea is to get people outdoors doing things that they have not done before during the month of October. We have gone to our clubs and disciplines to get them to put on events for newbies to experience paddling activities throughout the month.
Paddle Academy Paddle Academy has been running well throughout the year and still remains the prominent program at Canoeing WA. Over the 2013-‐2014 year we have had close to 1000 students participate in our Program, through their 18 schools.
Throughout this past year we have run four Level 1 Flat-‐ water Instructors Courses and one White-‐water Level 1 Coaching Course (still to be completed).
This year has seen us organise/assist other initiatives such as: Developing Champions this has been organised by DSR, WAIS and CWA and offers the opportunity to have some of our outstanding young athletes attend several workshops. These cover areas such as nutrition, training, sleep, life balance, stress and a myriad of other areas that young athletes have to contend with. The athletes are then monitored by Curtin University.
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A Recreation Committee was formed, which came about from our many forums and discussions with our members when getting our Constitution correct. This is has been a great initiative as CWA has found it difficult to engage our recreational members. We have tried to give tangible benefits to them such as the Shoprite discount card, but we have always felt that it was not enough. The newly formed Committee has taken it upon themselves to organise paddles and indeed this is one of the main reasons that CWA has become involved with the Kayak Symposium in Albany. This is a perfect platform for recreational paddlers to come along and paddle in a safe environment with competent paddlers with them at all times. CWA sincerely thank the Committee for assisting in making all our members inclusive.
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Summary This year has been so positive and so much has been achieved. What I think is the most outstanding feature of the year is that all the clubs and disciplines are coming together as one. I also wish to acknowledge the continuing support of the Department of Sport and Recreation, Healthway for our significant funding that allows the ongoing operation of CWA. Furthermore I would like to acknowledge our Board who give up many hours to manage all governance issues that control our Association. Finally I would like to thank the hundreds of volunteers at club, discipline and board level across the West Australian paddling community. Without your tireless input Canoeing Western Australia would not be in the enviable position in which we find ourselves. Rosalie Evans Executive Officer Canoe Western Australia
PaddleNSW Board
The Board of PaddleNSW has remained unchanged since the previous year except that Peter Debnam, who was responsible for business plan development, resigned for family reasons. We are extremely grateful for his contribution. The Board members continue to play a vital role in the administration, while clearly differentiating their jobs from their roles as Board members. Tony Hystek spearheads the Safety initiatives liaising mainly with Roads and Maritime. Links with this vital government agency are now strong and operating at several levels. Lynn Parker is responsible for the multi faceted Education division, running the many different courses and qualifications. Val Titov has been invaluable in her role as graphics and marketing. Tim Ring continues as the member overseeing the financials. Chris Thompson has been involved with legal matter including the appointment of our new CEO and the state and national slalom championships. Andrew Mathers has remained involved with the website developments, membership and recreational paddling.
A grant from NSW Ministry for Police and Emergency Services was awarded to the project to develop an app so that it could be used for safety purposes as a “Black Spot” fixer. The app was launched at the Sydney International Boat Show and it was a major point of interest for all those visiting the PaddleNSW stand. The PaddleSafe Waterways Guide for iPhone® is the first app in Australia to combine a comprehensive paddling guide with real-‐time weather conditions and trip planning functions. The PaddleSafe Waterways Guide promotes safety by helping paddlers plan safe and enjoyable paddling excursions. Major rivers, lakes, bays and coastlines in NSW are described, with trip suggestions, paddling times and grades, public access points and nearby points of interest. View real-‐time river levels as well as local weather forecasts, marine forecasts and sea conditions. The trip planning facility steps you through the essentials for a trip, sends invites to friends and creates a Float Plan to let someone know before you go. You can also track your progress on the water by using the app to update your current position.
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Following the resignation of Tony Lewis due to family reasons the Board appointed Peter Tate as our new Chief Executive Officer during October 2013. Peter comes from a solid background of sports administration in NSW and he has slotted in well to the demanding and varied position of CEO. Peter recommended the appointment of an Accounts Officer, Kate Roberts, on a part-‐time basis. She takes over the position from Patricia Sugita who left us in October. We thank Patricia for all the painstaking work she has put in over the last two years.
Waterways Guide This initiative has continued to grow and develop throughout the year. It can be found at www.waterwaysguide.org.au -‐ an online site for discovering, planning, sharing and enjoying paddle expeditions. The Board has supported this venture financially and practically and we hope for outcomes that will benefit the paddlers of NSW and Australia-‐wide. Other states have joined in support and hope to benefit from the site in due course.
Road and Maritime NSW again invited PaddleNSW to run a stand at the Sydney International Boat Show, which was continuously manned by PaddleNSW personnel over the 5 days. During that time many PNSW brochures were handed out and many saw the Waterways Guide for the first time.
Education PNSW Education activities were dominated by training and assessment for Instructors and Guides who work in Schools and the Industry, with courses delivered across the State. The Internationally recognised Swift Water Rescue and safety courses continue to grow with take-‐up by PaddleNSW members and State Rescue Services personnel. Western Sydney University again train up their Personal Development and Health trainee teachers with basic kayak and game skills. The standout demand for training coaches has been from a new club on the Central Coast – Avoca Kayak Club. PaddleNSW would like to thank the Instructors and Coaches who deliver courses in their Clubs. Clubs with current training plans will attest to value of a system of continuous training of new Club leaders to support new and progressing members.
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Tribunal A long-‐standing disagreement at club level was dealt with by setting up a tribunal within the framework of the Australian Canoeing tribunal rules. The case was heard and appropriate action taken. The rules and jobs are now established and any other cases will be easier to deal with. PaddleNSW thanks Robert Tobias, Paul Van Koesveld and Phil Geddes for participating as members of the Tribunal.
Running And Associating With Large Events PaddleNSW has actively embraced and assisted events. This year PaddleNSW has agreed to run the Myall Classic over the next 10 years. This is a substantial ultra-‐marathon event and PNSW will work with its partners to build up this event to high standards and support it over the long term. PaddleNSW has also partnered with the organisers of the Hawkesbury Classic, so that there is mutual support for their and our events into the future.
Codes Of Conduct Using the knowledge of CEO Peter Tate, PaddleNSW was able to finalise and endorse new and more comprehensive codes of conduct for groups ranging from paddlers, coaches, instructors, guides, officials, administrators, parents, spectators and board members. Where appropriate, people will be asked to agree to these codes when they take on a position.
Purchase Of Equipment PaddleNSW has purchased two Inflatable rubber boats for use in monitoring events, rescue and coaching. They are available for events and are hired at reasonable rates to clubs and paddling stakeholders.
Newsletter Val Titov and Andrew Mathers have combined to upgrade the PaddleNSW newsletter to a very attractive document which goes out regularly and reinforces the position of the website by linking back to articles placed on the website.
Paddlesports The various Paddlesports within PaddleNSW have had busy and quite successful seasons of competition and activity. NSW/ACT hosted the National Slalom Champs in Penrith and the Australian Canoe Polo Champs in Canberra. Congratulations and gratitude is extended to the volunteers
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and respective organising committees who contributed to such outstanding events. PNSW Marathon this year was able to run a ten race Series, promoted as the PNSW Marathon 10 Series. An initiative adopted by the MTC was to increase the race distance for Division 1 to 25km, this pushing the elite paddlers to race at a distance closer to what they will encounter at State and National levels. The Series started off well, with over 220 paddlers entering the first race of the series at Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin -‐ a record number of entries for a Marathon 10 event. This set the tone for the year, with participant numbers up and in excess of nearly all events run in the preceding year. Marathon continues to grow in NSW. At the National Marathon Championships in Ballarat this year, NSW paddlers, ably lead by Team Manager John Preston, brought home more than 40 medals (18 Gold, 11 Silver & 13 Bronze) -‐ a remarkable effort and a significant turn-‐around from previous years. Harbour Racing had another fantastic year. We raced in 11 locations from Newcastle to Ulladulla and were hosted by great local canoe clubs who wanted to bring another quality event to their own backyard. We started the year with a new sponsor in Sydney City Renault and brought a new standard to the setup and running of our events, website www.surfskiaustralia.com and communications. The PNSW Sprint Committee continue to conduct well-‐ organised events, with the format of the Sprint Series proving quite popular, being four hours of competition, three distances, 5 races, fun and a carnival-‐like atmosphere. 2013 was a great year, culminating with SNBKC, taking out the inaugural Club Points Challenge. We continue to grow in numbers, making each event more and more competitive. The 2014 NSW State Sprint Open Championships, held in the second-‐half of January are run in accordance with ICF & AC competition rules. Reverting to this national and international format allows our athletes the opportunity to race within a separate set of guidelines from the Sprint Series; becomes a good learning-‐ground for athletes wanting to step-‐up to national level events and allows for full competition days and medal presentations for our Championship winners. We can never thank our volunteers enough for the time they give to keep our sport running -‐ without them there would simply be no competition. Our PNSW Freestyle Committee has had a very busy and successful twelve months with the participation of nine
paddlers at the 2013 World Championships, and the implementation of many of the strategies in the Technical Committee’s Strategic Plan. The Committee was successful in obtaining a small grant from the NSW government to establish a program to allow six female paddlers aged 12-‐18 years to receive freestyle kayaking instruction at no cost. This program will help to promote freestyle kayaking as a healthy, fun and social activity for girls from Western Sydney. The 2014 Nationals were held at Penrith in May and while the number of participants was small, it was evident that the efforts of the Technical Committee in the last twelve months had been successful. The number and level of moves had increased particularly amongst the juniors, several female paddlers competed and the event tasks and scoring were able to be shared amongst those present.
Summary I would like to thank the office-‐bearers of the clubs, the members of the Technical Committees, the Board members and all those who volunteer service to PaddleNSW every year. Things could not run without them. We continue to engage with people and organisations in the paddling arena, both private and commercial and to represent the best interest of all groups. Tim Hookins Chair PaddleNSW
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Queensland Canoeing
Education and Recreational Pathways – Mark Thurgood
Paddlesports Canoe Marathon: The State Canoe Marathon Championship was held at Emerald Lakes in 2014. Some great performances from all the athletes and a huge thank you to all the volunteers for hosting a fantastic event. Fifty-‐ four paddlers attended the 2013 Queensland Schools Canoe Marathon Championship with over 130 paddlers from 15 schools competing on Currumbin Creek. Thank you, to Currumbin Creek Paddlers Club for hosting the Championship and to all the volunteers who assisted on the day. Congratulations to Pacific Luthern College on the Sunshine Coast for winning the Champion School’s Trophy and well done to all who particiapated. Ocean Racing: The inaugural Queensland Ocean Racing Championships were held in conjunction with ‘Gold Rush’ in December 2013 at Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast. Ocean Racing continues to grow and we hope for further growth and development in 2014. Canoe Sprint: One hundred and twenty paddlers competed at the State Sprint Championships at Kawana on the Sunshine Coast. The first day saw a great turn out; unfortunatly, the second day was cancelled due to bad weather. A huge thank to the Sunshine Coast Paddlesports Club, all of the volunteers who gave their time and, in particular, to Margaret King for her support to the event. One hundred and forty junior paddlers from over 20 schools across Queensland competed in the Schools Championship in late 2013. This was again hosted by the Sunshine Coast Paddlesports Club and we thank that club again for its ongoing support.
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Membership Breakdown
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Social 3% Short Junior Term Comp 6% 6% Junior Recreati on 6%
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Education: The New Zealand canoe trip was successfully conducted again over five days down the Whanganui River. The program was very popular with 11 participants enjoying the slow moving river in open canoes loaded with five days of food, water and camping gear. All agreed the trip was spectacular. This year also saw five Canoe/Kayak Lifeguard Courses, 6 Flat Water Level 1 Guide Assessments and 4 Level 1 Coaching Courses conducted. Recreation: Recreation and Community run programs are an integral part of Queensland Canoeing and link directly to our main funding from the Department of National Parks, Recreation, and Sport & Racing Qld. These provide opportunities for the community to participate in the wonderfully healthy lifestyle of paddling. Recreation has tracked well and, as you will see from the numbers below, most areas have increased in participation with the total being a substantial increase from 2012-‐13. It is great to see that more and more people are participating in kayaking and canoeing.
Recreation and Community Programs General Recreation and School Groups Real Adventure Women -‐ RAW
Participant Numbers 1437 N/A
Morton Bay Regional Council (MBRC)
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Chill-‐Out (BCC)
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Growing Old Living Dangerously-‐ GOLD (BCC)
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Gold ‘N’ Kids (BCC) Sport and Recreation
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Councils (other) Active N Healthy (BCC) TOTAL
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Operations: Erica Hamp & Rachel Wilks Our membership breakdown is displayed to the left and it has been another strong year for clubs. Some clubs successfully applied for the Get Going $10,000 funding from NPRSR (Sport and Rec), targeted towards participation programs for new paddlers. Two clubs will run programs for novices/females on low cost, low maintenance sit on top training skis and kayaks. The grant funds equipment, Canoe
Lifeguard and First Aid courses and training workshops. It even pays their volunteer coaches to run programs.
The Board: Jerry Dunn (President) Queensland Canoeing acknowledges the assistance provided by the Directors of the Board, Ian Muir (Treasurer), Margaret King, Kerry Holmes, Peter Cooke and Independent Director John Stuart. The services of John Stuart were recognised when he reluctantly tendered his resignation midway through 2013. At the beginning 2014 at the AGM, Ian Muir stepped aside as he had reached maximum term of service under the current constitution. Margaret King did not seek re-‐ election to the Board. Both have been thanked publicly and recognised for their service. The QC Board welcomed Alan Satherwaite and Mark Mutchin on board after the AGM. The Board has conducted a skills audit and is continually seeking to improve the skills of the Board and its members. In July 2014 the Board was shocked to receive the news of Kerry Holmes sudden passing. Although he had been fighting an illness he did not let this be a hurdle in his contributions to the sport at both a club and state level. Kerry was also the president of the West End Canoe Club. The suddenness of Kerry’s death has hit hard. His calming influence and depth of knowledge will be sorely missed. Queensland Canoeing would like to take this opportunity to thank and recognise; • Queensland Government – Department of National Parks, Recreation Sport and Racing • Thule, for their support of the Annual Dinner • Rosco Canoes, for their ongoing support • QORF • QSport • Australian Canoeing Inc. • Each and every club affiliated with the Queensland Canoeing Inc.
Canoeing, I would like to congratulate her on the birth of her second child. Erica Hamp will be taking over from Rachel during this period in a new role that has been termed ‘Operations’. Glenn Pyne is the newest addition to the team who, as well as being a successful Paracanoe athlete, will be the Pathways Officer in Queensland. Glenn will be working with Mark Thurgood representing the competitive and recreational pathways into Paddlesports. Mark Thurgood is also working in a part-‐time role with Australian Canoeing looking at the development of the ACAS system. With significant changes in the organisational structure, the strategic and operational plan has been re-‐evaluated. QC will now operate on an annual seasonal cycle beginning and ending each May with a State Paddlesports Conference. This will be the reporting period, financial term and annual cycle for board members and technical committee members. Our growth strategy for the next three year period is to recognise all types of Paddlesport and also associate disciplines in which our clubs and members participate. We aim to have a representative for each of the 17 disciplines and associate disciplines that we recognise. These disciplines representatives will drive that community forward at state level and we hope to achieve an annual event for each of these types of Paddlesport. New to the organisation myself, I have a passion for all disciplines of paddling and I’m excited about working with Queensland Canoeing to promote and develop this great sport in the Sunshine State. Happy paddling to all for the coming season. David Hills Executive Officer Queensland Canoeing
Management: David Hills Firstly, I would like to recognise the contribution that Mike Bell made to the organisation before departing as the Executive Officer in late 2013. Kathy Oldfield also moved on as the Events Officer; her work with technical committees was vital for the effective operation of events and she will be very much missed amongst the team. Rachel Wilks took maternity leave in June and on behalf of Queensland
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SPRINT Senior Sprint Team 2013 World Championships (28 Aug -‐ 1 Sep) Duisburg, Germany Ken Wallace starred for the Australians at the 2013 Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany in August, claiming his best ever result in the K1 1000m earning Silver in the final, in addition to retaining his 5000m World title th and his 9 placing in the 500m final. After some time out following the London Games, the Aussie Men’s K4 crew returned to the podium with a Bronze medal, continuing their ongoing podium performances at the past 3 international benchmark competitions. Murray Stewart and Jacob Clear also combined for a solid th 5 place in the K2 1000m showing promising signs. Hannah Davis, Bernadette Wallace, Naomi Flood and Alana Nicholls formed a new-‐look Women’s K4 crew combining to th take 7 in the final, a strong result for the women off the back of our London Olympic results. Nicholls showed th positive improvements, backing up to finish 9 in the women’s K1 500m final after her disappointing Olympic campaign. Youngsters Alyce Burnett and Amy Peters found success in th yet another new crew combination finishing 6 in the th 1000m final and 18 in the Olympic 200m final in their first hit-‐out. Flood and Wallace trialed a new-‐look K2 partnership in the 500m final, where they produced a very strong B final win after narrowly missing the A final. th
WA pair Steve Bird and Jesse Phillips claimed 10 with a B final win over 200m and Lachlan Tame produced some th strong results in the K1 200m on debut finishing 16 . th
U23 pair Bill Bain and Jordan Wood secured 17 in the K2 500m in their senior team debut. Marius Florian was unable to progress through from the th semi-‐finals, finishing 9 in his semi-‐final.
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Our Aussie relay teams were 11 and 12 respectively in the K1 200m racing. Kara Kennedy had a busy schedule at the Para World Champs, with 3 events to contest. She claimed silver in the th non-‐Paralympic V1 200m (A) event, in addition to her 4 place finish in both the V1200m (A) and K1 200m (TA) finals, ensuring a very successful campaign for the Queenslander. In other ParaCanoe racing, Brock Ingram was the next best th placed Aussie in 5 of the K1 200 (LTA) whilst Colin Sieders (K1 200 -‐ A) and Glen Pyne (V1 200 – TA) had to settle for th 7 in their respective finals. Previous Para-‐Olympian Amanda Drennan did well finishing th 8 in the K1 200 (LTA) in her debut international appearance.
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World Cup 1, 2-‐4 May -‐ Milan, ITA World Cup 2, 16-‐18 May – Racice, CZE World Cup 3, 23-‐25 May – Szeged, HUN The Aussie Men lead the charge for the Australian team, claiming nine medals between them across the World Cup Series in 2014. The Men’s K4 tasted Gold once more at the final World Cup th in Szeged improving on their 5 place finish at World Cup 2 in Racice. The crew performed beautifully to take a narrow win, with less than half a second separating the top 3 crews. K4 member Murray Stewart had taken to the podium less than an hour earlier with his sensational silver medal in the K1 000m final, only a fraction behind the gold medal, and just ahead of fellow Aussie Ken Wallace. It is the first time in history Australia has featured 2 athletes on the K1 1000m dais in a wonderful result for the team. Ken Wallace was in fine form, claiming six individual medals, including the Bronze in the Olympic K1 final and, not surprisingly, a clean sweep of the 5000m races with 3 Gold across the World Cup series. In addition, Wallace claimed Bronze at the Milan World Cup in the 500m before
going 1 better to take Silver in the same event at World Cup 2 in Racice. Jacob Clear and Murray Stewart claimed a stunning silver in the K2 1000 at World Cup 1 in Milan, showing promise ahead of the World Championships. Australia unearthed a future star in Gold Coast teenager Jordan Wood who paddled beyond his years to produce a string of impressive results, including a win in the 500m B nd final in Milan in only his 2 senior team appearance. The team found some form in the shorter 200m men’s event with Jesse Phillips and Steve Bird producing two top 10 K2 200 finishes. Surf champ Lachlan Tame and newcomer Brodie Holmes found some form in the K1 200 and showed that Australia are closing the gap on the traditionally dominant European nations. This included several B final performances from the pair, including a B final win in Racice for Tame. NSWIS pair Jo Brigden-‐Jones and Naomi Flood led the way for the women. Brigden-‐Jones impressed in her return to racing reaching the A final of the K1 200m at two of the three World Cups whilst Flood won silver in the non-‐ Olympic K1 1000m at World Cup 2 in Racice, in addition to making the A final in Milan for the Olympic 500m distance.
Brigden-‐Jones and Flood also combined for their first th international performance in the K2, earning a 9 place in the final in Racice and promising much with Rio just around the corner. Catherine Macarthur & Jaime Roberts both made their international senior debut in the women’s K2 500m racing, th finishing 8 in their semi-‐final in Szeged. rd
Macarthur joined Alyce Burnett in the K2 placing 3 in the B final in their first senior team competition together.
Under 23 & Junior Sprint Team Junior & Under 23 Sprint World Championships – Welland, CAN (1 -‐ 4 August 2013) Bill Bain starred for the Under 23 Sprint team claiming an impressive Bronze medal in the K1 1000m Olympic distance final in Welland, Canada. Amongst a highly competitive field including senior medallists, Bain produced a strong finals performance, smashing his previous personal best time to claim his first world championship medal, showing much promise on the international stage as he looks to progress into the senior ranks. Bain then teamed with Jordan Wood, Glenn Rypp & Luke th Hanniford to finish 7 in the K4 1000m final, another strong result for the team.
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Hanniford teamed with fellow South Australian, Zac Ryan th for an 8 place finish in the U23 K2 1000m. Jayden Newell & Mitchell Hughes managed a B final th performance, leaving them in 15 overall in the Junior K2. Alyce Burnett lead a successful campaign for the Aussie women, going agonisingly close to a medal in the Women’s th 500m final, finishing 4 and less than 0.2 seconds outside th the medals in the U23 Women’s final, before earning 6 in the 200m final and demonstrating her steady improvement on the world stage. The Under 23 K4 women’s crew of Amy Peters, Coco Howcroft, Stacey Higgins & Catherine Macarthur finished th 9 in the A final whilst the junior crew of Rebecca Mann, Alyssa Bull, Shannon Reynolds & Deandra Godoy went one th better to claim 8 place in their WK4 500m final. In addition to their crew boat performance, Mann & Reynolds backed up to race K1 in Welland also, with Mann making an A final appearance in the women’s K1 500m th where she was 8 . However, Reynolds did not progress th through from her 200m K1 Semi-‐final after finishing 6 . WA showed their sprinting prowess with Todd Brewer th narrowly missed a start in the 200m B final in 7 place for his Semi-‐final, whilst Alexander Graham showed positive th signs with a 17 place finish, less than 1 second off the B final pace in the Junior 200m event. Kieron Carson & Jarrad Campbell impressed with another A th final appearance for the Aussies, finishing in 9 place of the K2 200m final. In the U23 men’s event, Callum Dunn and th Jeremey Petho were 11 overall in a performance that saw nd them take 2 in the B Final. K2 pair Maddison Davies & Josie Bulmer were a little off the th pace in the women’s 500m semi-‐final, finishing 6 , as were Western Australian pair Phoebe George and Jaymee-‐Lee th Martin, who were 7 in the U23 K2 500m semi-‐final. Sean Lohse earned himself an A final berth in his debut th world championship, finishing 9 in the Junior K1 1000m final. The formidable junior crew of Joel McKitterick, Jy Duffy, Peter Euers and Riley Fitzsimmons made their mark on the th competition, earning a sensational 5 place finish in the K4 1000m.
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Junior Olympic Hopes Team ICF Olympic Hopes Regatta in Racice, Czech Republic, 13-‐15 September 2013 38 Australians were amongst the field of 448 athletes from 22 countries that competed across 36 events in three age groups -‐ U15, U16 and U17. Whilst Australia did not medal, there were several encouraging individual and team boat performances to assure that our future is in safe hands. Currumbin Creek teenager Chloe Sterry went the closest to th winning a medal when she finished 4 in the U16 girls K1 1000m A final ahead of South Australian Francesca Kidd th finishing 6 . Sterry and Kidd continued their excellent form combining with Victorian Kayla Whinray and West Lakes’ Lulu Loughry to place fifth in the girls K4 500m A final. Hailing from the Sydney Northern Beaches club, Basson and th Duncan combined in the U17 girls K2 events finishing 5 in th the 200m and 8 over 1000m. th
Duncan also finished a promising 7 in the U16 girls K1 500m A final. th
Walkington and Loughry also impressed finishing 9 behind Basson and Duncan in the U17 K2 200m A final, while th Gilliman showed her strength over 1000m finishing 5 in the K1 1000m A final. Two Australian crews featured in the U17 girls K2 500m A th final with Gilliman and Walkington finishing 6 and Emma th Douglass and Jessica Ross-‐Kelly combining for 8 . Ross-‐ Kelly also reached the A final of the U17 girls K1 500m final, th finishing 7 . The boys also reached a number of A finals, with Patterson Lakes U15 kayaker Christopher Martin finishing an th impressive 8 in the coveted men’s K1 1000m A final. Fellow Australian Luke Buckthorpe also contested the U15 th K1 1000m event finishing a respectable 5 in the B final. rd
In the under 17 age category Jayden Ellis finished 3 in the K1 1000m B final and also featured in the U17 K2 1000m A final combining with Tasmania’s Alexander Duggan to finish th 7 .
Sydney Northern Beaches’ kayaker Simon McTavish teamed th up with fellow clubman Thomas Hammond to finish 8 in the U17 K2 500m, before combing with Joshua Yeates, Sam th Hutchinson and Benjamin Harris to finish 7 in the coveted U17 K4 1000m final. In the mixed U15/16 K2 1000m A final Matthew Grimwade th and Anthony Carbone finished 9 . U17 Men Kayak: Nicholas Pond, Simon McTavish, Jayden Ellis, Jorden Ringrose, Sam McTigue, Jake Kleinschmidt, Thomas Hammond, Josh Yeates & 1st reserve – Alexander Duggan
U17 Women Kayak: Tanielle Basson, Jessica Rosskely, Nathalie Walkington, Caitlin Gilliman, Kayla Whinray, Emma Douglass, Lulu Loughry U16 Men Kayak: Sam Hutchinson, Ben Harris, Shaun Osborn, Matthew Grimwade, Hayden Clarke & 1st reserve – Daniel Osborn U16 Men Canoe: Jace Bayliss & Benjamin Keogh U16 Women Kayak: Chloe Sterry, Rachel Duncan, Samantha Silverster, Francesca Kidd, Olivia Keppel, Emma Jager & 1st reserve – Sonia Ryan U15 Men Kayak: Anthony Carbone, Milan Basson, Chris Martin & 1st reserve – Luke Buckthorpe U15 Women Kayak: Siarn O'Neill & Hannah Yeates
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Ian Borrows narrowly missed the final in the C1 men finishing 11th in a career best performance.
Senior Slalom Team
Lucien Delfour was best of the Aussie men in 20th closely followed by Will Forsythe in 21st.
2013 Senior Slalom World Cups World Cup 3 – La Seu dUrgell, Spain (5-‐7 July, 2013) The team was largely successful in Seu, with Jessica Fox claiming Gold in the women’s C1 final, whilst Lucien Delfour produced a career best performance to win Silver in the Men’s K1 final. th
Jaxon Merritt did not progress to the final with a 35 place finish in the K1 semi-‐final. th
The C1 Men did not fare as well with Ian Borrows (25 ) and th Robin Jeffery (30 ) failing to progress from the Semi-‐finals. Jessica Fox was unable to repeat her C1 results, settling for th a solid 10 place finish in the K1 final ahead of Sarah Grant th th th (19 ) and Ros Lawrence (30 ). Lawrence also earned a 10 place in the C1W finals. The newly formed crew of Ethan Hodson and Robin Jeffery nd narrowly missed the semi-‐final cut, finishing 22 in their heat. In the team’s results, our C1M finished just outside the medals in fourth and the K1M placed ninth.
World Cup 4 – Tacen, Slovenia (16-‐18 August, 2013) Jessica Fox created history as the first woman to claim gold in both the K1 and C1 women’s finals in Tacen. Ros th Lawrence was just out of podium contention finishing 4 in the C1 Women’s final. th
Ros Lawrence finished 9 in the Women’s K1 final whilst th Sarah Grant finished 19 overall.
2013 Senior Slalom World Championships – Prague, CZE, 11-‐15 September, 2013 The Senior Slalom team travelled to Prague in the Czech Republic for the 2013 Slalom World Championships, where they walked away with 2 gold medals and four finalists in tough conditions following local flooding throughout the region. The Australian women again lead the way claiming medals in the non-‐Olympic C1 early in the competition. Jessica Fox triumphed over Mallory Franklin, with almost 13 seconds to spare adding another C1 Gold to her growing tally, before teaming with Rosalyn Lawrence and Ali Borrows to take the teams Gold ahead of the local Czech team. Lawrence and Borrows both earned individual finals appearances finishing th th 5 and 8 in the women’s C1 field. Rosalyn Lawrence produced her career best performance th with a 7 place finish in the Olympic K1 class. The tough Prague course brought many of the world’s top paddlers unstuck, including Sarah Grant and Jessica Fox in th th the semi-‐finals who had to settle for 12 and 18 respectively. Lucien Delfour looked on-‐track for a K1 medal as one of the fastest semi-‐final qualifiers, however a contentious 50-‐ second penalty ruined his chances of a podium th performance, relegating back to 36 . Will Forsythe and th th Jaxon Merritt showed improvement with their 16 and 17 place finishes in the semi-‐final.
Lucien Delfour earned a finals berth finishing a th commendable 9 whilst fellow Aussies Joey Croft & Jaxon Merritt failed to progress to the semi-‐finals.
Our C1 Men were also unable to earn a spot in the finals, rd with Ian Borrows the best of the bunch in 23 whilst Robin Jeffery doubled back to re-‐attempt a gate incurring too th much time and leaving him back in 28 position.
Robin Jeffery paddled well to earn a career best in World th Cups with a 16 place finish in the C1 men’s semi-‐final.
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World Cup 5 – Bratislava, Slovakia (23-‐25 August 2013) Sarah Grant produced her season best performance to date finishing 7th in the K1W final ahead of Jessica Fox who managed 9th after earlier claiming the gold in the C1 Women’s final. Ros Lawrence was 6th in the C1 women’s final.
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World Cup 1, 6-‐8 June London GBR Returning to the London Olympic course, Jess Fox claimed a Bronze medal in the Women’s K1 final but was unable to replicate her 2013 success narrowly missing a medal in the C1W final finishing fourth. The Aussie women lead the way featuring in both C1 and th K1 finals with Sarah Grant 8 in the K1 final whilst Alison th Borrows was 8 in the C1W final. Rosalyn Lawrence missed
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The Men’s Canoe team produced an historic result, claiming Australia’s first ever World Cup medal securing Gold in an upset win. Robin Jeffery, Christian Fabris and Ian Borrows earned the win 7 seconds clear of favourites France.
the finals finishing 13 in the C1W Semi-‐final and 26 in the K1W semi-‐final. Ian Borrows was the best of the Men, finishing 18 in the th C1 semi-‐final ahead of Robin Jeffery (20 ) and Christian Fabris who did not progress to the semi-‐finals. Whilst in the th K1, Lucien Delfour finished in 24 ahead of Will Forsythe th (29 ) in the semi-‐finals and Jaxon Merritt who failed to progress from the qualification runs before the 3 combined th to place 4 in the teams’ final, just outside the medals. Jeffery combined with Ethan Hodson in the C2, however st the pair narrowly missed a semi-‐finals berth in 21 .
World Cup 2, 13-‐15 June 2014 Tacen, Slovenia Jessica Fox returned to the podium in Tacen claiming yet another C1 Women’s victory with Ros Lawrence just off the th th pace in 5 place and Ali Borrows 14 in the semi-‐final. th
Fox was again a finalist in Tacen finishing 9 in the K1 nd women’s final after heading in as the 2 fastest qualifier. th Ros Lawrence placed 20 in the semi-‐final and Sarah Grant st was 31 in the qualification runs. Will Forsythe produced his career best performance with a th 6 place finish in the K1 final, whilst Daniel Watkins impressed in his debut senior World Cup, putting down several strong performances in qualification at the Tacen th World Cup before settling for 35 in the semi-‐final. Jaxon th Merritt finished 49 after the qualification runs. Ian Borrows improved on his Lee Valley results narrowly th missing a finals berth in 12 whilst Christian Fabris was th th further back in 19 . Robin Jeffery was 39 in the qualification runs.
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World Cup 3, 20-‐22 June 2014 Prague, Czech Republic Rosalyn Lawrence returned to the podium in Prague claiming Gold in the C1 Women’s final, taking home Australia’s only medal from this World Cup. Jessica Fox th th managed an 8 place in the final with Ali Borrows 16 in the Semi-‐final. th
Jessica Fox improved in the K1, earning a 5 place finish in a th competitive final. Grant was 17 in the semi-‐final with rd Lawrence back in 43 after the qualifications. In the Men’s K1, our Aussie trio all progressed to semi-‐ finals, however failed to move through to the finals. th Forsythe was the best of the men in 26 with Delfour in th th 34 and Merritt 35 in the Semi-‐final. The results were much the same for the C1 Men with Ian th th Borrows our best athlete in 25 , Robin Jeffery 27 and Christian Fabris failing to move out of the qualification th round in 39 . th
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th the Czech Republic whilst the C1 and K1 Men finished 5 th and 6 respectively.
Under 23 & Junior Slalom Team 2013 Junior & Under 23 Slalom World Championshps, Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia, 17-‐ 21 July 2013 Jessica Fox looked set for more success in the women’s U23 K1 before rolling near the final hurdle before finishing up in th 18 after returning to complete the gate she missed, whilst th Ali Borrows finished 1 place back in 19 in a solid performance. Ethan Hodson and Joey Croft were unable to progress to th their respective finals, Hodson settling for 25 in the C1 th semi-‐final and Croft in 35 in the K1 after several gate touches. In the Junior Women’s C1 event, Noemie Fox narrowly missed a finals berth finishing an agonising 0.02 seconds th out of the top 10 in 11 , one spot ahead of Western Australian 18 year old Georgia Rankin, while Alexandra th Broome had three missed gates to finish in 19 place. Tasmanian Daniel Watkins was equally unlucky, missing the th K1 final by 1.11 in 12 place. Competing at his first Junior World Championships, 16 year old Penrith kayaker Angus Thompson finished 22nd, exceeding even his own expectations. Rankin and Fox backed up to contest the junior K1 semi-‐ th st final finishing 17 and 21 respectively. Derwent kayaker th Kate Eckhardt finished 25 . The Junior C1 men’s semi-‐final was the final event of the th day with Watkins finishing 30 . 19 year old Jessica Fox put in a determined display of whitewater paddling to win C1 gold at the U23 Melbourne Canoe Club kayaker Jaxon Merritt finished ninth in the U23 Men’s K1 final. Fox won a second medal in the afternoon combining with Borrows and Melbourne Canoe Club paddler Margaret Webster to win bronze in the U23 C1 women Teams final. Inspired by her sister’s heroics, Noemie Fox combined with Western Australian Georgia Rankin and Alexandra Broome
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of New South Wales to win Gold in the Junior C1 women’s Teams final. The Australian’s finished 1.24 seconds ahead of Germany with Great Britain third. The men’s U23 and Junior K1 Team finals were also contested with the Australian crews finishing seventh and 20th respectively. Team: U23 Team: Jessica Fox (NSW), Alison Borrows (NSW), Maggie Webster (VIC), Ethan Hodson (NSW), Andrew Eckhardt (NSW), Jaxon Merritt (VIC), Joey Croft (NSW) and Tim Anderson (VIC). Junior Team: Brodie Crawford (WA), Daniel Watkins (TAS), Steven Lowther (WA), Angus Thompson (NSW), Noemie Fox (NSW), Kate Eckhardt (TAS), Georgia Rankin (WA) and Alexandra Broome (NSW).
2014 Junior & Under 23 Slalom World Championships, Penrith, AUS, 23-‐27 April, 2014 Penrith Whitewater Stadium hosted the Junior and Under rd th 23 Slalom World Championships from the 23 – 27 April 2014 in a first for Australia. The event ran very successfully and provided an opportunity for several Aussie medals on home soil. Jessica Fox starred for Australia as expected, claiming Gold in both the Under 23 K1 and C1 classes in her own th backyard. Georgia Rankin was unlucky not to medal in 4 th with Alison Borrows rounding out the finals in 10 for the th Under 23 C1 Women’s category. Borrows was 4 in the th K1W final with Rankin reaching 18 in the K1W Semi-‐final. The three (Fox, Borrows & Rankin) then teamed up to earn a team bronze in the K1 Women final. The depth in C1 Women is evident with Australia featuring well in the Junior Women’s class also. Alexandra Broome th th impressed in 8 place, with Noemie Fox 10 and Kate th Eckhardt 12 overall. Eckhardt produced a career best performance to claim Silver in the Junior Women’s K1 final, where Noemie Fox th narrowly missed a podium placing in 4 . Eliza Singleton was th 25 in the semi-‐final. In the Men’s racing, Jaxon Merritt scored a well-‐earned th finals berth in the Under 23 Men’s K1 final, finishing 10 th overall with Daniel Watkins back in 19 and Tim Anderson th placing 30 in the semi-‐final.
The Under 23 C1 men did not progress through to the semi-‐ nd finals with Merritt placing 32 and Watkins only managing th 45 after missed gate penalties on each run. The Aussie juniors however, were impressive, equalling Merritt’s K1 result with both Angus Thompson and Brodie th Crawford achieving a 10 place finals finish in the Junior Men’s K1 and Junior Men’s C1 finals respectively. th
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Tristan Carter (C1-‐24 ), Steven Lowther (C1-‐27 ) and st Lachlan Croft (K1-‐31 ) were all Semi-‐finalists in the Junior categories. Carters’ preparation was unfortunately rd hampered by illness ahead of racing both K1 (43 ) and C1.
U23 Team: Tim Anderson (VIC), Alison Borrows (NSW), Jessica Fox (NSW), Jaxon Merritt (VIC), Georgia Rankin (WA) & Daniel Watkins (TAS). Junior Team: Alexandra Broome (NSW), Tristan Carter (VIC), Brodie Crawford (WA), Lachlan Croft (NSW), Kate Eckhardt (TAS), Noemie Fox (NSW), Steven Lowther (WA), Eliza Singleton (VIC) & Angus Thompson (NSW). Richard Fox National Performance Director Australian Canoeing Inc.
Crawford and Lowther teamed up to produce another th finalist performance, finishing 8 in the Junior C2 Men’s final.
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Canoe Polo
Canoe polo continues to provide challenge and entertainment for many people of different ages and different skills around Australia. 2013/14 was a busy year with achievements in competition, organisation, and growth but also provided challenges for the coming year.
An objective for the year was to improve communications with players and the wider polo community. Too often we have relied on word of mouth to spread news of coming events and activities that may be missed. I hope you receive, enjoy and look forward to Spike’s Report, our regular newsletter, and also noted updates to the AC website, which includes an updated event calendar. There is a new coaching program with the level 0 and level 1 Coaching Course now available. We are formalising business aspects with role descriptions for each committee position, a procedure for appointing team managers and budgets have adopted a regular format. In addition, there are draft documents for running a championship and for sponsorship arrangements.
On the water, at the 2013 Oceania Championships the th rd men and women each took gold, Open B – 4 , U21 – 3 , st nd Vets – 1 and Masters – 2 . These excellent results were topped off by the return of the Julian Carter Cup to Australia for the first time since 2003. At the 2013 World Games held in Cali, Colombia, both men and women achieved fifth place—not the results everyone worked hard for but an amazing time had by all, and returning with important learnings for our future training, development and management. The 2014 Development Camp was a great success and has become an anticipated opportunity for players of all levels to devote several days to their growth in canoe polo. It was pleasing to see Australian Canoeing recognise Anthea Courtney’s many years contribution with an Excellence Award and Matt Heard receive an Award of Merit for leading the women’s team to a bronze medal at the 2012 ICF World Championships in Poland. These are important awards that we are quite proud of. The 2014 Australian Championships held at a Canberra were fantastic, with 112 games, 30 teams and seven categories creating the biggest championship for many years. The stars of the show were the new category Microjuniors (five teams). The excitement continues next year when Australia hosts the 2015 Oceania Championships in a week of polo that incorporates the 2015 Australian Championships. Both competitions are at Nagambie.
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There was good attendance at the ACP general meeting in Canberra, showing increased interest, not only in playing, but also in how our sport is organised and managed. It was a good forum for exploring a range of topics and setting a pathway for the coming year. After 15 years, Noel Holmes announced his retirement from the committee to free up time for other interests. Noel has been an enthusiastic contributor to canoe polo in many roles and in many areas; we thank him for great work and wish him every success in his new endeavours. Angus Robb also stepped aside to free up time to purse career ambitions. Angus’s drive and organisation skills were behind the highly successful Development Camps and several development initiatives. Many thanks Angus and best wishes for every opportunity and success in the future. Carolyn Cochrane has taken up the position of chief referee, accepting the challenge to lift the standard and professionalism of refereeing. For first time since the ICF Championships started in 1994, Australia will not field a women’s team. The commitments of international competition, travel, cost and competing priorities have left us short. Australian women have had a stellar career over ten championships winning, 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals, the most recent a bronze in 2012. The next ICF Championship is London 2016, which gives us time to talent-‐scout and train up-‐and-‐coming women. If you would like to work toward representing Australia in London, contact Duncan Cochrane, our high performance manager. In a last minute rush, ACP presented a bid to host the 2018 ICF World Championships. In the end Canada won but the support we achieved from the Victorian Government, the Strathbogie Shire, Canoeing Victoria and the local Nagambie community demonstrated the strong support for developing canoe polo in Victoria. Thank you to the Australian Canoe Polo Committee that continues to make polo a priority, investing energy and ideas, and achieving high standards of involvement, performance and organisation. Thank you too to the state committees, volunteers, players and parents putting in many hours to organise competitions, support players, compete and simply enjoy the sport. I look forward to continued successes in 2014/15 as Australian canoe polo continues to grow and develop this exciting discipline of our sport.
Ian Beasley Chair Australian Canoe Polo Technical Committee
Canoe Slalom
This year, the Slalom Technical Committee (STC) came together in a weekend strategic planning session aimed at establishing the strategic intent for our discipline to guide us through the next three to four year period. The STC’s deliberations were informed by the strategic priorities that had been identified at an AC organisational level in an earlier planning workshop.
Over the weekend those present undertook a situational analysis for the discipline against each of the four themes; commenced developing objectives for each theme, testing how these objectives contributed to the overall strategic priorities of the organisation, and establishing timelines and responsible owners. This information was later to guide contributions by the discipline to the overall sport in a subsequent AC level strategic planning forum. As we develop the supporting information further it is intended to share a summary of this with our community via the AC website. The Committee also took the opportunity during the planning weekend to explore in more detail the interaction between the High Performance area and our discipline in general. This was particularly informative given the significant amount of change occurring in the model for High Performance which has impact across the board, including selection policies and support systems for athletes. As Chair of the Technical Committee, I would like to thank those who participated in the strategic planning forum. Over an intense two-‐day period, those present contributed a lot of energy and intellect to building a robust model for the discipline to take forward into the future. There still remains work to complete the plan, and to then execute it, but the contributions made during the weekend give us a good basis for the future. The past year has been a challenging year for our discipline with the confluence of events that saw the Australian National Schools Wildwater Championship, the Australian National Slalom Championship, the Australian Open, Oceania Championship and the ICF U23/Junior World Championship all occurring in Penrith across a relatively short period of time. Many people deserve to be congratulated for their perseverance in the light of such a challenging program.
The Technical Committee were fortunate in having representation at the strategic planning workshop by the chairs of the West Australian and Victorian State Slalom Technical Committees, Kate Vyvyan and Mike Gooey; AC High Performance Program Coordinator, Lauren Fitzsimons; National Pathways Manager, Melissa Hopwood; the AC office, Asha Venkataya; and via tele-‐link, Richard Fox from Europe.
Over the year, a number of NTS camps have occurred under the leadership of Peter Eckhardt and Mike Druce including opportunities in conjunction with camps organised in Perth. Over twenty athletes this year were selected to the Australian National Talent Squad, with 16 athletes selected to the Development Team tour to New Zealand.
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Richard Fox, as part of his report on High Performance will address the efforts of the many athletes and support team members who achieved selection to our National Teams. On behalf of the Slalom Technical Committee I would like to extend our congratulations to the athletes and thanks to the many that have helped them achieve their goals. Thanks to those who have taken on the role of Team Selector for our many teams throughout the course of the year. Each selector takes on this role, understanding fully the importance their decision has on the athletes, and are to be commended for the care and attention to detail they commit to the task. The Technical Committee would also like to thank those who have taken on the role of Team Managers on our touring teams. Finally I would like to thank Victoria who has stepped up, at relatively short notice, to conduct the upcoming Australian National Schools Wildwater Championship and Australian National Slalom Championships in January, 2015. By reasons of events outside their control, Tasmania was unable to host the carnival and Victoria and Tasmania swapped rotations to manage this.
Peter Grant Chair Australian Canoe Slalom Technical Committee
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Canoe Sprint Australian Canoeing’s Sprint Race Technical Committee (ACSRTC) has a responsibility to oversee the conduct of the sprint racing discipline in Australia. Functional responsibilities for the ACSRTC have now been broadly identified as: • Secretariat & Communication • Competition • Officials • Coaches • Technology and Equipment • Facilities • Development • National Teams, and • AC Management, Board and Stakeholder Liaison. Inherent in these responsibilities, ACSRTC will consult and work with the National Performance Director (NPD), the AC Operations Manager, AC Financial Controller and the AC Board to contribute to the AC Operational Plan, develop a budget for the activities of the Technical Committee based on the Operational Plan, and make recommendations in conjunction with the NPD, to the Board of Directors on competition rules, regulations and guidelines for the conduct of sprint racing competition in Australia. In expectation of these terms of delegation, and the strategic plan direction, ACSRTC has over the last 12 months embarked on an increase in Committee numbers and a diversification of the experience of its members to better facilitate the delivery of some of these proposed functional responsibilities. The ACSRTC has been active in a targeted recruitment process due to the retirement of Karl Russell and Mark O’Brien. Both of these individuals have made significant contributions to the discipline of sprint canoeing over a number of years. Karl as a former athlete and Mark being a significant part of the South Australian contingent which has contributed so much to the ongoing development and conduct of sprint racing in Australia. To this end it is also appropriate to acknowledge that former AC Board member Jim Murphy, whilst retired the ACSRTC, maintains a current and indispensable active involvement in national regatta event programming and management.
Technical Committee Membership New members were identified and endorsed by the AC Board, the ACSRTC now consists: • Greg Kaeding (Chair) • Dasha Kopecek • Martin Finn
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A representative of the AC Board, the NPD and the Head Coaches are ex-‐officio members.
Competition A three (3) regatta Grand Prix (GP) sprint series competition program was successfully conducted over the season with an additional ‘Stand-‐Up Paddleboard’ national competition also conducted during the National Championships. This created additional participation and media / spectator interest and also provided interest for sprint competitors during the ‘official’ program breaks. Whilst the ACSRTC works with AC’s HP programme to schedule events to extract optimum athlete performances, the ACSRTC also works to ensure that regatta programs provide the maximum opportunity for new athlete participation. Events are provided to enable selection to Australian Teams in Olympic Hopes, Junior and Under 23 categories, whilst young participants can compete in 2 year age divisions from Under 12 years at national level. GP1 held in Adelaide was as usual well attended, particularly by juniors. GP2 in Sydney hosted the Oceania Championships and Under 23 selection events with a resulting increase in numbers. The attendance at the National Championships, also in Adelaide, saw competitor numbers peak with in excess of 1800 paddler event entries on the program and was comparable with the number of competitors and paddler event entries in Perth the previous year. Over the regatta series there was nearly 4000 competitor event entries across the 3 regatta program. Interestingly, seniors made up 38% of event entries across the series, with masters (+35 years) making up 14% and juniors 48%. These numbers auger well for the future transition of developing paddlers into Under 23 and senior competition ranks. The continued growth and participation of para-‐ canoeists is exciting in the anticipation of canoeing’s debut in the 2016 Paralympics. From a budget perspective, the conduct of GP1 and the National Championships in Adelaide ensured series participation was high; however numbers were marginally less than budgeted. As was the case in 2013, the conduct of the Nationals outside of NSW required the additional expense of a second set of starting gates to be transported interstate. This is now a minimum standard for regattas so as to increase the flexibility of competition programs across 200, 500 and 1000 metre events. Without two sets of gates, program distance options on any one competition day are restricted and delays occur because of the need to shift pontoons for hand held starts. It also requires
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significant additional volunteers and logistics to roster as boat holders. The cost of running the series increased marginally over the 2013 season costing a shade under $110,000 however athlete costs were quarantined by the support of the HP program in meeting start system relocation costs for the purpose of selections.
Officials
The conduct of high quality, well managed national sprint competition and selection events relies largely on the availability and contribution of volunteer officials. In excess of 70 volunteer officials gave of their time in the conduct of the Series. AC has relied on a number of ‘senior’ international accredited officials to oversee the conduct of regattas, and notably the majority of these officials continue to volunteer their time. However whilst the number of state officials has grown, particularly in WA, SA and QLD where junior athlete participation is strong, there has been a reluctance of state officials to travel and officiate at national regattas interstate. Cost remains the major factor.
National Teams Committee members have also been appointed to assist with team athlete and officials selection. In 2014 the teams were selected for Seniors, Under 23, Junior and Olympic Hopes. All our National Teams had some outstanding performances. with special mention of Ken Wallace with a World Championship title in the 5000m and silver medal with Lachlan Tame in the Men’s K2 1000m event. Jordan Wood and Michael Booth also add depth to the senior men’s line-‐up appearing in the K2 500m B final. In the women’s events, Alana Nicholls maintained a top 10 world ranking in the K1 500m whilst Naomi Flood and th Bernadette Wallace were 7 in the final of the Women’s K2 500m. Curtis McGrath won gold in his very first World Championships in the Men’s V1 (TA) 200m; and Kara Kennedy won silver in the Women’s V1 (A) 200m , outstanding performances across the board for all our para-‐ canoeists.
Acknowledgements I would especially like to acknowledge the close working relationship with NPD Richard Fox to realize the potential of AC’s Sprint HP programmes through competition and selection processes. The ACSRTC is very appreciative of the involvement, liaison and working relationship we have with the AC HP programme staff.
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I must also thank and congratulate the AC office staff in particular Operations Manager Mary Macaluso and Administration Officer Asha Venkataya for their professionalism, time and commitment beyond normal working hours in supporting the ACSRTC and the sprint racing competition program. Thank you to Karen Humphries for her assistance with our race entries and programs over the last 12 months. Finally, my thanks to the AC Board for their support and involvement in the competition selection policy development and athlete selection processes and to CEO Greg Doyle for his continued efforts to engage the discipline Committees more broadly in common areas of interest across the competition disciplines. Greg Kaeding Chair Australian Canoe Sprint Technical Committee
Canoe Marathon Last year the Australian Canoe Marathon Racing Technical Committee (ACMRTC) identified that change was required and marched forward with implementing a number of objectives. Some have been successful whilst others require further planning. After nearly ten years since the last edition, the Australian Canoe Marathon Racing Rules were reviewed and republished. The new version of the rules was made easier to read and in some instances provided flexibility for local conditions. Some additions: Emphasis on safety at events including developing risk management plans; • Pathway for canoe marathon officials; • Separation of special rules for Australian Championships; and • Explanation of trophies. The plan is to review the rules every second year in line with the review of the ICF Canoe Marathon Rules. •
For the benefit of the sport and the development of athletes it is imperative that Member Associations conduct State Championships under these rules.
Kate McGrath was the fastest fifth to qualify for the final. th Kate finished 9 in the final. Michael Leverett finished second in his semi-‐final to qualify th for the final. Michael finished 7 in the field of ten in the final.
2013 World Masters Games A number of Australian Masters athletes participated in the 2013 Masters Games in Torino, Italy in both canoe sprint and canoe marathon. The canoe marathon results are: (non-‐Australians in italics) Women K1 50 to 54 Pauling Findlay
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The selection policy underwent some detailed scrutiny, thanks to Margi Bohm, Terry Poole and Mark Rickard. A five year plan was developed and implemented at the 2014 selection event. At the time of writing a review is being conducted and some fine tuning will occur.
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Masters athletes were added to the selection policy for the first time. One reason was to have masters athletes formally recognised as Australian team members and bring them into the team environment, rather than sitting on the outside.
Janic Sinisa
2013 World Games Michael Leverett and Kate McGrath represented Australia in Canoe Marathon at the 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia. The World Games are for sports that are not in the Olympic program. The events at the games were run in a totally different format to that previous experienced for canoe marathon. Athletes progressed through heats and semi finals to qualify for the 10 spots in the final.
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2013 ICF World Canoe Marathon Championships The Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Athletes encountered some strange weather conditions over the short 4.3km lap. At one end there was sunshine and a small hail storm at the other. Leading into the world championships the Masters World Cup was staged as a mini test event. A total of 15 masters competed collecting 2 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals. The Team Management of Cameron McGill and Terry Poole organized a training camp in England before venturing to Denmark in the week leading to the championships. The well laid plans did go a little awry as boats that were used in Colombia were delayed in Customs and therefore did not make it to England. The Elmbridge Canoe Club assisted the Australian team with providing access to their facilities during the training camp. The ACMRTC provided $3000 each to the Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager. A further $3000 was provided toward team expenses. Junior Men K1 (43 starters) 21.5km Winning time 1:34:04 nd
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2014 ‘Be the Influence Tackling Binge Drinking’ Australian Canoe Marathon Championships Canoeing Victoria hosted the 2014 Australian Championships at Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, the venue used for the 1956 Olympic Games. In challenging weather conditions the championships proceeded. Many thanks to the local Ballarat members who volunteered their time to assist with the championships. Thanks also to Loreto College for the access to their facilities.
2014 Emerging National Team Tour of South Africa The tour concept was driven by the Selectors and developed further by Margi Bohm to assist with the development of athletes, in particular juniors, and expose them to competition outside of Australia. Athletes were selected on results at the 2014 Australia Canoe Marathon Championships. Many thanks to Margi Bohm for leading this small team and providing athletes with this opportunity. Thanks also to the South Africans for hosting and permitting the Australians to participate. The ACMRTC committed $1500 toward the cost of team expenses for the tour. Results from the South African national championships: Under 18 Women K1 Bronwyn Martin Matilda Stevenson
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Other Changes to previous plans will see the 2015 Australian Canoe Marathon Championships in Canberra. Queensland will host the 2016 championships on the Sunshine Coast and South Australia is tentatively the host for the 2017 Australian Canoe Marathon Championships.
Canoe marathon needs formal recognition in the pathways within Australian Canoeing, with greater involvement from the high performance side required so that the discipline will progress and achieve higher results at international competition. Many Olympic and world champions started their canoe / kayak career in the discipline of canoe marathon. Coaches also need to be recognised within the same pathways. Coaches need to see where both canoe sprint and canoe marathon can work together for the ultimate goal of Olympic and world champions. Jerry Dunn Chair Australian Canoe Marathon Racing Technical Committee
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Freestyle The last twelve months have been a busy and very successful period for freestyle, with the participation of nine paddlers at the 2013 World Championships and the implementation of many of the strategies in the Technical Committee’s Strategic Plan. The 2013 World Championships were held at the Nantahala Gorge in the United States from 2-‐8 September. A team of nine paddlers, comprising a mix of ages and experience, attended with Australia winning a bronze medal in OC1. The event provided the opportunity for newer members of the team to experience participation in an international competition as well as the Technical Committee and Assistant Manager Tim Coombes gaining experience in supporting an international team. The Strategic Plan for freestyle has a focus on the growth of freestyle in Australia and development of freestyle paddlers particularly juniors. The strategies implemented so far include the purchase of several boats and associated gear for the use of juniors at Penrith Whitewater Stadium, regular competitions and a development program for juniors at Penrith. The Technical Committee was successful in obtaining a small grant from the NSW government to implement a program to allow six female paddlers aged 12-‐18 years to receive freestyle kayaking instruction at no cost. This program will promote freestyle kayaking as a healthy, fun and social activity for girls from Western Sydney. The 2014 nationals were held at Penrith in May and while the number of participants was small, it was evident that the efforts of the Technical Committee in the last twelve months had been successful. The number and level of moves had increased particularly amongst the juniors, several female paddlers competed and the event tasks and scoring was able to be shared amongst those present. The winners of the nationals were Tim Mann K1 Men, Sue Robb K1 Women, Rowan Kaar K1 Junior Men and Jez Jezz C1. In the next twelve months, the Technical Committee is seeking to implement further strategies including a national development camp, the establishment of an Oceania freestyle event and development opportunities for all current and potential freestyle paddlers.
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I am looking forward to the next twelve months being an even bigger year for freestyle and wish to thank the members of the Technical Committee and parents and friends of freestyle paddlers. Without their continued support and dedicated work over the past twelve months the activities outlined, and many not mentioned, would not have taken place. Jez Jezz Chair Australian Freestyle Technical Committee
Ocean Racing This year has been one of consolidation with the committee concentrating on: 1. A unified national approach to Ocean Racing. 2. National Safety Standards: Documentation of standards to be adopted by AC. 3. Ocean Racing Coaching Course: The Committee is working with the staff of AC to remodel the course to suit the new AC/ASC course framework. 4. Ocean Racing Administrators Qualifications. The committee in conjunction with AC are working on administrator’s courses to assist race organisers. 5. Future International Championships: The Ocean Racing World Championships is scheduled to be held every second year. The next Ocean racing World Championships is scheduled to take place in Tahiti in October 2015. The selection trials are scheduled to be combined with two existing races-‐ one in New South Wales and one in West Australia. 6. National Championships: Paddle NSW is organising the 2014 20 Beaches Ocean Classic and it is proposed that it will be recognised as the first Australian Ocean Racing Championship. 7. National numbering system: A national numbering system is being developed. When adopted will result in co-‐ ordinated membership, database, event entry and safety arrangements. 8. Improved communications with paddlers. 9. Improved funding for National Teams. Committee members: Geoff Dews, Tim Hookins Mark Forbes of AOCRA, Julie and Rob Jenkinson Robbie Stewart Chair Australian Ocean Racing Technical Committee
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Wildwater Last year's National Titles held in October saw us find an exciting new venue in the Snowy River, high in the Kosciusko National Park, some 1,250 metres above sea level. The section of river was between Guthega Power Station and Island bend pondage where excellent grade 3 whitewater was enjoyed by all athletes in both the classic and sprint races in idyllic surroundings. The Classic Open Champions for this year were Matthew French (VIC) in the Men's K1 and Kristy Packham (VIC) in the Women's K1. In the Sprint Robert McIntyre (NSW) took the Men’s K1 title and Kristy Packham (VIC) made it a double taking the Women's K1 title. In the Under 23 Men's K1, Tom Mountney (TAS) took out the Classic and Sprint double and in the Juniors Louis Wilson (TAS) and Shayannah Beck (VIC) took out the respective male and female Classic and Sprint doubles. Again this year the National Titles are being held early in October on the Mersey River, where racing will again be competitive as athletes strive not only for the title of National Champion, but also selection to the National Team to compete at this year's World Championships. The World Championships for seniors will be held in Vienna, Austria and for the Junior’s and Under 23's it will be held in the United States of America. This year saw only Robert McIntyre and Maddie Batters travel to Europe to contest the World Championships on the Adda River, Italy and World Cup Races on the Salaach River, Austria as well as the new man-‐made course in Vienna, the site of next year's World Wildwater Sprint Championships. Robert McIntyre commenced his European campaign off in fine style with a bronze medal in the Augsburg ICF International Ranking Race. After this he was joined by Maddie Batters as they moved to Valtellina Italy to train on the Adda River in readiness for the World Wildwater Championships in both classic and sprint disciplines. As the weather fluctuated so did the river levels making it difficult to get all lines perfect for the event, especially with no guarantee of actual water levels for the race days. As it transpired some very hot days in the lead up to
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competition meant considerable glacier melt, creating very large water levels for the races and testing competitors to the maximum. Both Robert and Maddie handled the big conditions with distinction. In the sprint race Robert finished in 16th position narrowly missing the final by 5 one hundred's of a second. Maddie finished in 19th position. In the classic race the course needed to be modified with the upper part of the course being considered too continuous and dangerous in the high water. This meant that there was a lot less whitewater and only fast flowing water on the bottom half of the course. Robert finished in 30th position in the Men's K1 while Maddie finished in 20th position in the Women's K1. Following the World Championships both competitors moved to Lofer, Austria to contest World Cups 1,2 and 3 on the Salaach River. The first race was a Classic event with the river being quite low given that there is no dam control and conditions had been quite dry for a period of time. Robert finished in 26th place and Maddie was 15th. World Cup 2 was the Sprint race in which Robert made the Men's K1 final and finished in 8th place while Maddie was 15th in the Women's K1. The 3rd World Cup was another classic race on the same course as World Cup1 given that the original planned course down the river had logistical issues. Robert improved slightly on his ranking finishing in 22nd place while Maddie retained her 15th position in the Women's K1 event. At the conclusion of these events athletes moved on to Vienna to the new man made course similar to Penrith for the World Cup 4 Sprint Race. The course was quite continuous and was somewhat challenging to ensure that paddlers maintained a tight line close to the bank in order to avoid getting checked by the numerous stoppers on the way down. Robert again made the final of the Men's K1 and had a solid 7th position being the best World Cup placing of his career to date. Maddie, while not making the final, paddled extremely well and fought very hard on her second run to have the 9th fastest second run time. This was an improvement of 3.5 seconds on her first run time but it was unfortunately not enough to surpass the first run times of other competitors to make the final 12, although she finished a credible 14th place.
At the conclusion of the 4 World Cups Robert was ranked 9th in the series and Maddie was ranked 13th. Also at the conclusion of all these events Robert's ICF World Ranking was 16th while Maddie's was 22nd In conclusion, it was a successful tour with some great paddling and wonderful sites. While it was only the 2 athletes, they had the opportunity of catching up with their many international friends from the last few years of touring. It is only hoped that we can have a bigger team next year when the World Sprint races are to be held in Vienna and the World Cups will be held on the beautiful Soca River in Slovenia and the Mur River in Austria. Next year will see the Junior World Championships held in North Carolina, USA in conjunction with the first ever Under 23 World Wildwater Championships, so it is hoped that Australia can field male and female teams to compete in these events. Qualifications for all these teams will be at the National Championships on the Mersey River, Tasmania in October. It is hoped that many athletes will make their way to Tasmania and nominate for these Australian Team positions for the opportunity of participating in international competition at world class venues. Peter McIntyre Chair Australian Wildwater Technical Committee
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Education and Safety
In January 2014 Mark Thurgood joined the Australian Canoeing team in a part time role as the ACAS coordinator.
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The focus this year has been on detailing the assessing of Sea and Flatwater Awards to ensure a continuity and lack of ambiguity when AC Assessors are evaluating for the various awards. It has been noted by Mark Thurgood that various Assessors tend to have differing ideas on assessing, with some stressing aspects of canoeing over others. Little homogeneity exists. In light of this, more detailed assessment records are being produced and evidence guidelines are being developed to support these records. These awards are being reviewed at the same time to ensure that they are meeting industry needs. A “Get Started Paddling” safety flyer has been produced with the intent to help remind and educate the new and existing paddling community about safe practises when they are out paddling. These have been printed and are in the process of being distributed to retailer, manufactures etc. A number of new awards to be included in the ACAS system are being researched to determine if there is a need in industry. These include Stand-‐Up Paddle boarding, rafting and surf rafting. These will be looked at in more detail once the current awards are all updated. The continuing debate over the term “Lifejackets” and “PFDs” has been won and lost. All Maritime authorities are reverting to “Lifejackets” so we must also use the term! However, we will also continue to use the term, PFD, and refer to the types we regard as suitable to canoeing as a whole, that is the types Level 50 and Level 50S, formerly Types 2 and 3. We welcome new members Nick Anson and Graham Sharpe to the ETSC but we are also looking for a female member to balance what is a badly gender biased group of members! My continued thanks to all members for their time and efforts. Jason Dicker Chair Education and Safety Committee
Financial Statements for the Year ended 30 June 2014
The Directors present this report on the association for the financial year ended 30th June 2014
Directors The names of the directors in office at any time during or since the end of the year are:
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James Rennell (resigned and re-‐appointed June 2014) Danielle Woodward Martyn Clancy-‐Lowe Robert Stewart Catherine Ordway (resigned May 2014) Andrea McQuitty Claude Harran (appointed July 2014) Ken Wallace
Directors have been in office since the start of the financial year to the date of this report unless otherwise stated.
Significant Changes in State of Affairs
Environmental Issues The association's operations are not regulated by any significant environmental regulation under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory.
After Balance Date Events No known matters or circumstances have arisen since the end of the financial year which significantly affected or may significantly affect the association's operations, the results of those operations or the state of affairs of the association in subsequent financial years Australia with the aim of building the business of canoeing for the benefit of all. There have been no significant changes in the nature of these activities during the year.
Auditor’s Independence Declaration A copy of the auditor’s independence declaration as required under section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001 follows this report.
There have been no significant changes in the state of the association's affairs during the financial year.
Principal Activities The principal activities of the association during the course of the year were: The provision of national leadership and a national framework for harnessing the energies of the many canoeing people and organisations throughout
Robert Stewart Director
Future Developments The association expects to maintain the present status and level of operations and hence there are no likely known developments in future financial years.
Key Personnel Remuneration The organisation has three Key Management Personnel who are compensated $440,707. There were no bonuses paid during the financial year. There were no related party payments during the financial year.
Danielle Woodward Director th Dated this 15 day of October 2014
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Auditors Independence Declaration Under Section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001 To the Directors of Australian Canoeing Incorporated I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, in relation to the audit of Australian Canoeing Incorporated for the year ended 30 June 2014 there have been; a) no contraventions of the auditor independence requirements as set out in the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the audit; and b) no contraventions of any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit.
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Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income For the Year ended 30 June 2014
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Revenue Interest Received Administration Expenses Occupancy Expenses Other Expenses
2014 $ 7,078,444 54,390 (40,989) (7,478) (7,064,957)
Profit/(Loss) for Year
2013 $ 3,303,062 22,154 (35,713) (7,268) (3,197,599)
19,410
84,636
-‐
-‐
Total Comprehensive Income for year
19,410
84,636
Profit/(Loss) attributable to members
19,410
84,636
Total Comprehensive Income attributable to members
19,410
84,636
Other Comprehensive Income: Other Comprehensive Income for year
The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.
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Statement of Financial Position As at 30 June 2014
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Note
CURRENT ASSETS Cash Receivables Other TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS NON-‐CURRENT ASSETS Property, plant and equipment TOTAL NON-‐CURRENT ASSETS TOTAL ASSETS CURRENT LIABILITIES Payables Provisions Other Current Liabilities TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES TOTAL LIABILITIES NET ASSETS EQUITY Retained profits TOTAL EQUITY
2014 $
2013 $
3 5 6
1,435,716 256,590 1,280 1,693,586
1,742,749 365,209 1,438 2,109,395
7
731 731 1,694,317
1,045 1,045 2,110,440
8 9 10
225,098 293,976 914,402 1,433,475
233,506 74,732 1,560,770 1,869,008
1,433,475 260,843
1,869,008 241,433
260,843 260,843
241,433 241,433
Statement of Changes in Equity For the Year ended 30 June 2014
Retained Earnings 2014 Balance at 1 July 2013 Profit/(Loss) for year Balance at 30 June 2014
241,433 19,410 260,843
2013 Balance at 1 July 2012 Profit/(Loss) for year Balance at 30 June 2013
156,797 84,636 241,433
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Cash Flow Statement For the Year ended 30 June 2014
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Note Cash Flows from Operating Activities Receipts from Customers Payments to Suppliers Interest Received Net Cash Outflow from Operating Activities Cash Outflows from Investing Activities Loans repaid
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Cash Held
2014 $ 7,084,671 7,446,094 54,390 (307,033)
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(307,033)
2013 $ 3,151,153 2,212,722 22,154 930,585
15,000 945,585
Cash and Cash Equivalents as at 1 July 2013
1,742,749
797,164
Cash and Cash Equivalents as at 30 June 2014
1,435,716
1,742,749
Notes to the Financial Statements
(d)
Each class of property, plant and equipment is carried at cost or fair value as indicated less, where applicable, any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.
1. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES The financial report is a general purpose financial report and it has been prepared in accordance with Accounting Standards, Urgent Issues Group Interpretations and other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board and the Corporations Act 2001. The financial report has been prepared on an accruals basis and is based on historical costs and does not take into account changing money values, or, except where stated, current valuations of non-‐current assets. Cost is based on the fair values of the consideration given in exchange for assets. Unless otherwise stated the accounting policies have been consistently applied. The following is a summary of the material accounting policies used by Australian Canoeing Incorporated in the preparation of the financial report.
(a)
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-‐term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts.
(b)
Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the association has a legal or constructive obligation, as a result of past events, for which it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will result and that outflow can be reliably measured.
(c)
Employee Benefits
Provision is made for the association’s liability for employee benefits arising from services rendered by employees to the end of the reporting period. Employee benefits that are expected to be settled within one year have been measured at the amounts expected to be paid when the liability is settled. Employee benefits payable later than one year have been measured at the present value of the estimated future cash outflows to be made for those benefits. In determining the liability, consideration is given to employee wage increases and the probability that the employees may satisfy vesting requirements. Those cash outflows are discounted using market yields on national government bonds with terms to maturity that match the expected timing of cash flows.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Plant and Equipment Plant and equipment are measured on the cost basis less depreciation and impairment losses. The carrying amount of plant and equipment is reviewed annually by directors to ensure it is not in excess of the recoverable amount from these assets. The recoverable amount is assessed on the basis of the expected net cash flows that will be received from the assets’ employment and subsequent disposal. The expected net cash flows have been discounted to their present values in determining recoverable amounts.
Depreciation The depreciable amount of all fixed assets including buildings and capitalised lease assets, but excluding freehold land, is depreciated on a diminishing value basis over the asset’s useful life to the association commencing from the time the asset is held ready for use. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of either the unexpired period of the lease or the estimated useful lives of the improvements. The depreciation rates used for each class of depreciable assets are:
Office Equipment
33.33 %
Motor vehicles
30.00 %
The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at each balance sheet date. An asset’s carrying amount is written down immediately to its recoverable amount if the asset’s carrying amount is greater than its estimated recoverable amount. Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing proceeds with the carrying amount. These gains or losses are included in the income statement. When revalued assets are sold, amounts included in the revaluation reserve relating to that asset are transferred to retained earnings.
e)
Income Tax
No provision for income tax has been raised as the Association is exempt from income tax under Division 50 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
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(f)
Trade and Other Receivables
not recoverable from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
Trade receivables are recognised initially at the transaction price (i.e. cost) and are subsequently measured at cost less provision for impairment. Receivables expected to be collected within 12 months of the end of the reporting period are classified as current assets. All other receivables are classified as non-‐current assets.
Receivables and payables are stated inclusive of the amount of GST receivable or payable. The net amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the ATO is included with other receivables or payables in the statement of financial position.
At the end of each reporting period, the carrying amount of trade and other receivables are reviewed to determine whether there is any objective evidence that the amounts are not recoverable. If so, an impairment loss is recognised immediately in statement of comprehensive income.
When required by Accounting Standards, comparative figures have been adjusted to conform to changes in presentation for the current financial year.
(g)
Leases
Lease payments for operating leases, where substantially all the risks and benefits remain with the lessor, are charged as expenses in the periods in which they are incurred.
(h)
Revenue and Other Income
Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable after taking into account any trade discounts and volume rebates allowed. Any consideration deferred is treated as the provision of finance and is discounted at a rate of interest that is generally accepted in the market for similar arrangements. The difference between the amount initially recognised and the amount ultimately received is interest revenue. Interest revenue is recognised using the effective interest rate method, which for floating rate financial assets is the rate inherent in the instrument. Revenue from the provision of membership subscriptions is recognised on a straight line basis over the financial year. All revenue is stated net of the amount of goods and services tax (GST).
(i)
Trade and Other Payables
Trade and other payables represent the liabilities at the end of the reporting period for goods and services received by the company that remain unpaid. Trade payables are recognised at their transaction price. Trade payables are obligations on the basis of normal credit terms.
(j)
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Revenues, expenses, cashflows and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST, except where the amount of GST incurred is
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(k)
Comparative Figures
(l) Critical Accounting Estimates and Judgments Key Estimates – Impairment The association assesses impairment at each reporting date by evaluation of conditions and events specific to the association that may be indicative of impairment triggers. Recoverable amounts of relevant assets are reassessed using value-‐in-‐use calculations which incorporate various key assumptions.
(m) Critical Accounting Estimates and Judgments The directors make estimates and judgements during the preparation of these financial statements regarding assumptions about current and future events affecting transactions and balances. These estimates and judgements are based on the best information available at the time of preparing the financial statements, however as additional information is known then the actual results may differ from the estimates. The significant estimates and judgments made have been described below.
Key Judgments -‐ Provision for Impairment of Receivables The value of the provision for impairment of receivables is estimated by considering the ageing of receivables, communication with the debtors and prior history.
Key Judgments -‐ Taxes Deferred Tax Assets Determining income tax provisions involves judgment on the tax treatment of certain transactions. Deferred tax is recognised on tax losses not yet used and on temporary differences where it is probable that there will be taxable revenue against which these can be offset. Management has made judgments as to the probability of future taxable revenues being generated against which tax losses will be available for offset.
Notes to the Financial Statements For the Year ended 30 June 2014
2.
2014 $
2013 $
314
1,175
314
1,175
Profit for the Year
Profit before income tax expense from continuing operations includes the following specific expenses: Charging as Expense Movements in Provisions Depreciation -‐ Motor Vehicles Net Expenses Resulting from Movement in Provisions Bad & Doubtful Debts:-‐ -‐ Bad debts written off
Crediting as Income: Grant Administration Total Grant Revenue State Affiliation Fees Total Affiliation Revenue
3.
-‐ -‐
458 458
5,416,974 5,416,974
1,973,766 1,973,766
177,768 177,768
180,967 180,967
1,435,716 1,435,716
1,742,749 1,742,749
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash at Bank
Reconciliation of Cash Cash at the end of the financial year as shown in the cash flow statement is reconciled to items in the balance sheet as follows:
Cash and Cash Equivalents 1,435,716 1,435,716 4. Cash Flow Information Reconciliation of Cash Flow from Operations with Profit after Income Tax Profit after Income Tax 19,410 Adjustments for Non-‐Cash Components in Profit: Depreciation 314
1,742,749 1,742,749
84,636
1,175
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Changes in Assets and Liabilities (Increase)/Decrease in Trade and Other Receivables (Increase)/Decrease in Other Assets Increase/(Decrease) in Trade and Other Payables Increase/(Decrease) in Provisions Increase/(Decrease) in Other Liabilities
108,619 158 (8,408) 219,244 (646,368)
(257,769) 2,479 102,930 31,267 980,869
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
(307,033)
945,586
256,590 -‐ 256,590
366,384 (1,175) 365,209
256,590
365,209
-‐ 1,280 1,280
1,438 -‐ 1,438
1,280
1,438
20,000 19,677 323
20,000 19,539 461
28,673 28,265 408
28,673 28,089 584
Total Plant and Equipment
731
1,045
Total Property, Plant and Equipment
731
1,045
-‐ 30,711 72,595 54,585 67,208 225,098
288 47,129 34,016 20,646 131,428 233,506
225,098
233,506
5.
Trade and Other Receivables
Current Accounts Receivable Less Provision for Doubtful Debts
Total Trade and Other Receivables 6.
Other Assets
Current Prepayments -‐ Insurance Prepayments -‐ Other
Total Other Assets 7.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Plant and Equipment Motor Vehicles -‐ at Cost Less Accumulated Depreciation
Office Equipment -‐ at Cost Less Accumulated Depreciation
8.
Trade and Other Payables
Current Sundry Creditors Trade Creditors Superannuation Payable PAYG Withholding Tax Payable Provision for GST
Total Trade and Other Payables
9.
Provisions
Current Provision for Payroll Tax Provision for FBT Provision for Long Service Leave Provision for Annual Leave
Total Provisions 10.
-‐ 3,682 8,611 62,439 74,732
293,976
74,732
12,000 49,217 148,502 508,743 27,548 33,747 -‐ 134,645 -‐ 914,402
12,000 97,167 130,791 1,035,219 20,045 28,512 24,100 120,972 91,964 1,560,770
12,000 12,000
12,000 12,000
Other Liabilities
Current Accrued Audit Fees Accrued Expenditure Funding for Events/Tours received in advance AIS Funds in Trust Marathon Committee Carried Forward Canoe Polo Committee Carried Forward Junior & World U23 2014 ANPHA Sponsorship Paracanoe Funds
11.
60,534 2,359 68,044 163,038 293,976
Auditors Remuneration
Astims SWM were the auditors of Australian Canoeing Incorporated Auditor's Remuneration
12.
Association Details
The registered office of the company is: Australian Canoeing Incorporated 2nd Floor, Sports House, 6 Figtree Drive, Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush 2127 The principal place of business is: Australian Canoeing Incorporated 2nd Floor, Sports House, 6 Figtree Drive, Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush 2127
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Detailed Profit And Loss Statement
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For the Year ended 30 June 2014 2014 $
2013 $
113,581 2,100 238,472 5,416,974 177,768 93,337 72,810 963,402
158,640 2,080 66,528 1,973,766 180,967 94,073 20,773 806,235
54,390
22,154
7,132,834
3,325,216
-‐ 18,942 228,472 12,000 -‐ 7,724 -‐ 314 2,320 122,251 3,212 3,477,239 51,581 36,193 28,429 10,024 796 4,957 58,829 4,796 40,000 393,856 1,285,531 7,132 3,113 142,542 156,919 7,478 29,259 950,305 21,271
2,978 19,691 66,528 12,000 458 6,673 649 1,175 3,168 129,919 1,835 605,709 46,095 27,381 23,236 11,310 696 9,304 26,953 4,705 40,000 333,050 579,131 887 8,611 65,104 41,199 7,268 22,476 795,432 34,451
Revenue from Ordinary Activities Operating Activities Sports Income Coaching Income Sponsorship Funds Grant Administration State Affiliation Fees Education Programs Others Touring Teams Non-‐operating Activities Interest Income Total Revenue from Ordinary Activities Expenses from Ordinary Activities Accountancy Fees AGM Expenses ANPHA Sponsorship Expenses Auditor's Remuneration Bad Debts Written Off Bank Charges Computer Software & Maintenance Depreciation Coaching & Education Expenses Event Expenses General Expenses High Performance Expenses Insurance IT Expenses Legal Costs Meeting Expenses Membership Fees Motor Vehicle Expenses Payroll Tax Printing, Stationery & Postage Rent Salaries & Wages -‐ Operations Salaries & Wages -‐ HP Staff Fringe Benefits Tax Provision for Long Service Leave Superannuation Contributions Provision for Annual Leave Telecommunications Expenses Travelling Expenses Touring Team Expenses Technical Committee Expenses
$ -‐ -‐ 7,936 7,113,424
$ 1,807 304,114 6,586 3,240,580
Profit before Income Tax Income Tax Expense
19,410 -‐
84,636 -‐
Profit from Operations
19,410
84,636
Retained profits at the beginning of the financial year
241,433
156,797
Retained profits as at 30 June 2014
260,843
241,433
Uniforms NEDP Expenses Workers Compensation Expense Total Expenses from Ordinary Activities
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Statement by Board of Directors In the opinion of the directors the financial report
1.Presents a true and fair view of the financial position of Australian Canoeing Inc. as at 30th June 2014 and its performance for the year ended on that date in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, mandatory professional reporting requirements and other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board. 2. At the date of this statement, there are reasonable grounds to believe that Australian Canoeing Inc. will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.This statement is made in accordance with a resolution of the Board and is signed for and on behalf of the Board by:
Robert Stewart Danielle Woodward
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th Dated 15 October 2014
Independent Audit Report To The Members Of Australian Canoeing Incorporated We have audited the accompanying financial report of Australian Canoeing Incorporated, which comprises the statement of financial position as at 30 June 2014, and the statement of comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity and cash flow statement for the year ended on that date, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes and the directors' declaration of the association at the year's end or from time to time during the financial year.
Director's Responsibility for the Financial Report The directors of the association are responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial report in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards (including the Australian Accounting Interpretations) and the Corporations Act 2001. This responsibility includes designing, implementing and maintaining internal controls relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances. Auditor's Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial report based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. These Auditing Standards require that we comply with relevant ethical requirements relating to audit engagements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial report is free from material misstatement.An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial report. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity's preparation and fair presentation of the financial report in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial report.We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion. Independence In conducting our audit, we have complied with the independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001. We confirm that the independence declaration required by the Corporations Act 2001, rovided to the directors of Australian Canoeing Incorporated, would be in the same terms if provided to the directors as at the date of this auditor's report.
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Auditor's Opinion In our opinion, the financial report presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Australian Canoeing Incorporated as of 30 June 2014, and its financial performance and cash flows or the year then ended in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001 and the Australian Accounting Standards (including Australian Accounting Interpretations).
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Our Teams Eddie Atkin Jan Parker
Canoe Sprint 2014 Senior Canoe Sprint World Championships
Sam McTigue (WA)
2014 Paracanoe World Championships
Steven Bird (WA)
Brock Ingram (WA)
Michael Booth (QLD)
Kara Kennedy (QLD)
Jo Brigden-‐Jones (NSW) Alyce Burnett (QLD) Jacob Clear (QLD) Naomi Flood (NSW) Catherine McArthur (SA)
Lachlan Tame (NSW) Bernadette Wallace (QLD) Ken Wallace (QLD) Jordon Wood (QLD)
Colin Sieders (NSW)
Michael Booth (QLD)
Susan Seipel (NSW)
Callum Dunn (SA)
Richard Fox Christine Bain Jimmy Owens Nathan Luce Tim Jacobs Mike Pond David Foureur Anna Wood Ramon Andersson Nicola Bullock David Aitken
Catherine MacArthur (SA) Rebecca Mann (VIC) Joel McKitterick (QLD) Robert McIntyre (NSW)
2014 Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships Junior Team
Shannon Reynolds (WA) Zac Ryan (SA) Glenn Rypp (SA)
Josephine Bulmer (SA)
Mark Stowe (NSW)
Jy Duffy (QLD)
Jordan Wood (QLD)
Rachel Duncan (NSW) Jayden Ellis (SA)
Team Management
Bill Bain (QLD)
Alyce Burnett (QLD)
Erica Hamp Guy Power Melissa Nolan
Murray Stewart (NSW)
Under 23 Team
Amanda Reynolds (VIC)
Jesse Philips (WA)
Tate Smith (QLD)
Chloe Sterry (QLD)
Alyssa Bull (QLD)
Team Management
David Smith (NSW)
Nicholas Pond (WA)
Curtis McGrath (QLD)
Alana Nicholls (WA)
Jaime Roberts (WA)
Simon McTavish (NSW)
Riley Fitzsimmons (NSW) Caitlin Gilliman (QLD) Alexander Graham (WA) Sean Lohse (SA)
Team Management Christine Duff Christine Bain Tim Jacobs Anders Gustafsson Mike Pond Anna Wood Kris Lepianka Sian Barris Melissa Nolan
Francesca Kidd (SA) Brianna Massie (QLD)
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2014 Olympic Hopes Tour & Regatta
Angus Schmidt (NSW)
Jace Bayliss (SA)
Sam Silvester (VIC)
Reece Bacchus (SA)
Yale Steinepreis (WA)
Alexandra Broome (NSW)
Ruby Backen (SA)
Hannah Yeates (NSW)
Tristan Carter (VIC)
Jayde Bagnall (NSW) Erin Blanch (QLD) Emily Braggs (SA) Connor Buhk (QLD) Caitlin Burt-‐Poloai (QLD) Anthony Carbone (WA) Monique Carbone (WA) Hayden Clark (QLD)
Junior Team
Brodie Crawford (WA)
Team Management:
Lachlan Croft (NSW)
Christine Duff Anna Wood Kris Lepianka Andrea Wood Anders Gustafsson Peter Gargiulo
Kate Eckhardt (TAS) Noemie Fox (NSW) Steven Lowther (WA) Eliza Singleton (VIC)
Canoe Slalom
Angus Thompson (NSW)
2014 Senior Team– World Cup
Under 23 Team
Thomas Clarken (SA)
Alison Borrows (NSW)
Tim Anderson (VIC)
Toby Digney (WA)
Ian Borrows (NSW)
Alison Borrows (NSW)
Kiely Dober (NSW)
Lucien Delfour (NSW)
Jessica Fox (NSW)
Charlie Ellis (SA)
Christian Fabris (VIC)
Jaxon Merritt (VIC)
Jakob Hammond (NSW)
Will Forsythe (NSW)
Georgia Rankin (WA)
Emma Jager (SA)
Jessica Fox (NSW)
Daniel Watkins (TAS)
Oliver James (VIC)
Sarah Grant (VIC)
Josh Jones-‐Rew (QLD)
Ethan Hodson (NSW)
Benjamin Keogh (SA)
Robin Jeffery (WA)
Luke Morton (WA)
Rosalyn Lawrence (NSW)
Brittany Munroe (NSW)
Jaxon Merritt (VIC)
Demi O'Brien (WA) Siarn O'Neill (QLD) Daniel Osborn (NSW) Shaun Osborn (NSW) Sophie Pope (SA) Sonia Ryan (SA)
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2014 Junior & U23 World Championship Team
Team Management: Natasha Welsh Mike Druce Nick Smith Julian Billaut Myriam Fox Patrick Weston
Team Management: Natasha Welsh Debbie Crawford Mike Druce Myriam Fox Nick Smith Julien Billaut Pat Weston
National Training Squad Robbie Anderson (VIC) Rohan Borojevic (TAS) Alex Broome (NSW) Tristan Carter (VIC)
Isabella Choate (WA) Georgina Collin (WA) Timothy Coward (WA)
Canoe Marathon 2013 Australian Canoe Marathon Team
Jez Jezz (NSW) Joshua Singleton (WA)
Juniors
Annette Croft (NSW)
Marlena Ahrens (VIC)
Rowan Kaar (NSW)
Lachlan Croft (NSW)
Jak Bain (SA)
Gilbert Coombes (NSW)
Kate Eckhardt (TAS)
Logan Dutton (VIC)
Brad Elliot-‐Bool (ACT)
Chris Fegan (VIC)
Roger French (SA)
Kieran Fercher (NSW)
Casey Haynes (VIC)
Matt Haddon (VIC)
Joshua Kippin (WA)
Ashley Hobbs (VIC)
Kate Leverett (VIC)
Jake Hodkinson (TAS)
Michael Leverett (VIC)
Ciaran Kelly (NSW)
Coran Longwood (WA)
Billie Knell (VWA)
Bronwyn Martin (WA)
Nathan Orso (VIC)
Bennett Maxwell (SA)
Nick Rankin (VIC)
Rain Metsoja (QLD)
Angus Thompson (NSW)
Jason Nejman (SA)
Demelza Wall (WA)
Dale Thomson (SA)
Team Management: John Kelly
Wildwater 2014 Wildwater Senior World Championships Madeline Batters (VIC) Robert McIntyre (NSW)
Management: Peter McIntyre (Manager)
Kayla Whinray (VIC)
Team Management: Cameron McGill Terry Poole
Freestyle 2013 Freestyle World Championships Opens Joseph Dunn (NSW) Liam Corr (NSW) Richard Cass (NSW) Tim Mann (NSW)
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Annexure A – Report Card of the 2010-‐2014 Strategic Plan (‘Go Paddling’) Objectives
Strategy/Action
Status
1. Governance
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
To ensure that the principles of good governance guide the behavior of AC’s organisation
To put in place the necessary policies, procedures and staffing
To identify and communicate the value of AC Membership
To improve our communication with members and partners
1.1.1 Implement the principles of good corporate Commenced / Progressing governance 1.1.2 Conduct a Constitutional review
1.2.1 Ensure that AC’s policies are up to date and Commenced / Progressing appropriate 1.2.2 Ensure that AC’s Bylaws are up to date and Commenced / Progressing appropriate 1.2.3 Build an office structure capable of delivering Commenced / Progressing the strategic aims and objectives Commenced / Progressing 1.3.1 Build a structure with our Member Associations that delivers a sustainable sport by Commenced / Progressing increasing our membership 1.3.2 Review membership categories and associated Commenced / Progressing costs to maximise up-‐take 1.3.3 Produce annual membership cards Commenced / Progressing 1.3.4 Conduct research into ’best practice’ in Commenced / Progressing National Sporting Organisation membership 1.3.5 Promote membership benefits Established / Completed 1.4.1 Improve lines of communication throughout Commenced / Progressing the organisation 1.4.2 Assess and update AC’s use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to ensure an Commenced / Progressing integrated, effective and accurate system 1.4.3 Develop online training Commenced / Progressing 1.4.4 Improve online communication by expanding the method of delivery
1.5
To focus on maintaining existing partnerships and to develop new ones as appropriate
1.6
To continue to comply with the highest standards of risk management
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Established / Completed
Established / Completed
1.5.1 Build support and guidance for State Commenced / Progressing Associations and Technical Committees 1.5.2 Maintain and develop good working relationships with ICF, Federal Government, AOC Commenced / Progressing and Commonwealth Games Federation 1.6.1 Develop and implement risk management Commenced / Progressing templates for all aspects of the sport 1.6.2 Maintain and review insurance to meet the changing needs of our members
Established / Completed
2. Financial Management
2.1
To establish sound principles of financial governance
2.2
To manage AC’s finances responsibly
2.1.1 Develop and refine procedures so they are robust, transparent and reportable
2.1.2 Communicate principles and procedures Commenced / Progressing throughout the organisation 2.2.1 Establish and Build AC cash reserves for future Commenced / Progressing investment in the sport 2.2.2 Determine a formula to build an AC cash Commenced / Progressing reserve 2.3.1 Implement good financial modelling practices
2.3
To establish practical financial modelling and budgeting
2.4
To develop new revenue streams
2.5
Pay-‐off outstanding loans
Established / Completed
Established / Completed
2.3.2 Develop sports specific costed operational Commenced / Progressing plans for AC and its Technical Committees 2.3.3 Implement these practical budgets throughout Commenced / Progressing the organisation 2.3.4 Develop a strategy for the streamlining and Established / Completed unification of High Performance and AC 2.4.1 Explore the options of government initiatives Commenced / Progressing to develop new revenue streams 2.4.2 Build up partnerships with commerce and Commenced / Progressing other non government revenue streams 2.5.1 Prioritise loans according to interest
Established / Completed
3. Development
To continue to review existing participation opportunities in order 3.1 to promote, support and develop whole of sport participation.
3.1.1 Review, identify and establish partnerships with other paddling organisations and where Commenced / Progressing appropriate build affiliation strategies and agreements 3.1.2 Review and work with industry in assisting Commenced / Progressing with development opportunities 3.1.3 Review the process and develop a strategy to include a National Talent Identification and Established / Completed Development (NTID) structure within AC post 2010 3.2.1 Review Club, State and National pathways to allow paddlers to progress as far as their talent, Commenced / Progressing dedication and desire can take them
3.2.2 Develop the programs that provide clear and To develop pathways for recreation seamless pathways in all our disciplines to maximise Established / Completed 3.2 and competition that build upon talent existing provision. 3.2.3 Develop strategies that provide opportunities Commenced / Progressing for paddlers to remains in the sport
3.3
To create new participation opportunities.
3.2.4 Develop pathways for paddlers with disability Commenced / Progressing (Paddleability) 3.3.1 Develop relationships with key water Commenced / Progressing management authorities 3.3.2 Develop with Member Associations a master plan that includes current facilities and possibilities Not achieved for new facilities
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3.3.3 Increase access to instruction and coaching 3.3.4 Work with key industry providers to help resource new equipment
Commenced / Progressing Not achieved
3.3.5 Increase awareness and Information Commenced / Progressing 3.4.1 Encourage athletes, parents, friends To recognise, promote, support and volunteers to become officials, coaches, committee 3.4 develop the contribution Not achieved members, event organisers and administrators volunteers make to the sport. because it is enjoyable and rewarding
3.5
To develop a qualification and training framework to ensure continuity of key roles
3.5.1 Assess the existing qualification and training framework for volunteers and staff
Not achieved
3.5.2 Ensure that the framework is relevant for the future continuity of key roles
Not achieved
4. High Performance
4.1.1 Develop and review all selection policies
4.1
To establish the policies, programs, pathways and support that create opportunities for athlete achievement and success
Commenced / Progressing
4.1.2 Update existing policies and draft new policies Established / Completed where appropriate for athletes and team officials. 4.1.3 Formalise and publish clear guidelines for the Commenced / Progressing appointment of all team officials. 4.1.4 Review and update all team manuals Commenced / Progressing 4.1.5 Build our internal pathways by working with our High Performance program and ASC NTID to Established / Completed develop a whole of sport model for athlete progression in for Olympic Disciplines 4.1.6 Build our pathways within AC for high Commenced / Progressing performance in the non-‐Olympic disciplines 4.1.7 Work with other NSO’s to develop talent Commenced / Progressing transfer opportunities 4.2.1 Work with internal stakeholders to build, develop and assure effective working relationships between discipline technical committees, state Commenced / Progressing associations and the Olympic High Performance program 4.2.2 Work with internal stakeholders to build, develop and assure effective working relationships between discipline technical committees, state Commenced / Progressing associations in non-‐Olympic high performance programs
To work with High Performance partners to assure the delivery of 4.2 services and support for exceptional performance at World 4.2.3 Work with internal stakeholders to provide Championships and Olympic Games explicit planned opportunities for whole of sport Commenced / Progressing high performance developments 4.2.4 Work with internal stakeholders to facilitate cross discipline exchanges for athletes and coaches Commenced / Progressing to enrich pathway opportunities. 4.2.5 Work with external stakeholders to develop a strategic plan for talent identification and Commenced / Progressing development with the ASC NTID program
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4.2.6 Work with external stakeholders to maintain and develop effective relationships with the Australian Sports Commission, the Australian Established / Completed Institute of Sport, the Australian Olympic Committee, the Australian Paralympic Committee and the International Canoe Federation 4.2.7. Work with external stakeholders to promote and support participation opportunities at the Commenced / Progressing Paralympic Games through the establishment of a Paddleability framework 4.2.8 Work with external stakeholders to maintain and develop effective relationships with state Commenced / Progressing governments and institutes and academies of sport 4.2.9 Plan, resource, service and deliver overseas training and competition opportunities for high Commenced / Progressing performance athletes
4.3
To establish personal development plans for all athletes and coaches involved in high performance programs
4.3.1 Work with coaches to facilitate their ongoing professional development and to prioritise the development of athlete development plans 4.3.2 Facilitate and assure the establishment and development of personal development plans for athletes in all high performance pathways
Established / Completed Established / Completed Established / Completed
5. Events
5.1.1 Run all selection events in accordance with Commenced / Progressing To provide quality assured selection ICF rules 5.1 events for Olympic and non-‐ 5.1.2 Advertise selection events on the ICF website Olympic disciplines. Commenced / Progressing to attract overseas competitors
5.2
To support and promote national events for existing and new members in all canoe disciplines.
5.3
To develop new event formats to enhance participation opportunities in canoeing.
5.4
5.2.1 Gain maximum participation and exposure for Commenced / Progressing al national events 5.2.2 Introduce modified events which encourage cross discipline participation i.e. surf ski class for Commenced / Progressing rapid river and sprint racing, and head to head formats and “guppie” class 5.3.1 Develop a range of new events designed to Commenced / Progressing attract a wider range of paddlers from all disciplines 5.3.2 Investigate opportunities to run at least one mass participation event in each State.
Not achieved
To establish and develop 5.4.1 Review other similar Paralympic event formats Commenced / Progressing Paddleability partnerships
6. Education and Safety
6.1.1 AC to review current qualifications framework Commenced / Progressing and to identify performance targets annually
6.1
To develop and strengthen the national qualifications’ framework and pathways for instructors and coaches
6.1.2 Clear pathways for instructors and coaches.
Commenced / Progressing
6.1.3 Develop an Integrated vertical approach to teaching basic paddling skills (across coaching and Not achieved instruction) e.g. forward paddling DVD 6.1.4 Co-‐ordinate a National approach to course participation through the National Education & Commenced / Progressing Coaching Coordinator and Technical Committee
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6.2
To develop exemplary quality assurance processes and outcomes for the national qualifications’ framework and pathway for instructors and coaches.
6.1.5 Upskill State Association members to deliver courses coaching and instruction 6.2.1 Audit external training providers to ensure best practice 6.2.2 Deliver ACAS through the National Education and Coaching co-‐ordinator and Education and Safety committee to the States 6.2.3 Write and develop coaching courses for Sprint Level 3, Slalom Level 2 and, Level 1 for other disciplines
To enhance Australian Canoeing’s position as the lead agency in safety training in canoeing
6.3
Commenced / Progressing Commenced / Progressing Commenced / Progressing
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6.3.1 Liaise with key stakeholders to enhance AC’s Commenced / Progressing lead agency status in providing safety guidelines 6.3.2 Ensure all qualifications are up to date and Commenced / Progressing that safety procedures comply with all requirements
Commenced / Progressing
6.3.3 Provide safety guidelines for paddle sports
Established / Completed
7. Commercial Operations
7.1
To develop and use sound marketing principles and strategies
7.2 To develop a strong AC brand
To attract and retain business partners and sponsors
7.3 Key:
Established / Completed Commenced / Progressing Not achieved
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7.1.1 Develop and deliver marketing strategies for AC generally and for specific events, products and Commenced / Progressing services 7.1.2 Identify a range of AC activities for potential sponsorship 7.2.1 Develop a brand that is highly unique, believable and differentiates canoeing from other sports 7.2.2 Develop guidelines and standards for use of the brand by stakeholders and third parties. Align the standard for use of the brand with AC Core Values 7.2.3 Ensure that the brand is marketed through events, national teams, internally and externally
Commenced / Progressing Commenced / Progressing
Commenced / Progressing
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7.2.4 Develop a suite of products for merchandising and licensing purposes 7.3.1 Engage through contract marketing expertise to develop sponsorship packages
Not achieved Commenced
7.3.2 Deliver an accreditation system for suppliers
Not achieved
Annexure B -‐ Australian Sports Commission Mandatory Sports Governance Principles Australian Canoeing Self-‐Assessed Status
Mandatory Sports Governance Principle
Self-‐Assessed Status
1.
Structure for Sport
1.1
A single national entity for all forms of the sport — Progressing -‐ 2015-‐2017 Strategic from juniors through to high performance — with Plan horizontal integration of sport disciplines
1.2
Where sports have federated structure, all parts of the federation must demonstrate they are working in Progressing -‐ 2015-‐2017 Strategic cohesion and adhere to a strategic direction set by the Plan national entity to maximise the interests of the sport.
1.3
The national body should be established as a company Progressing –consideration at 2014 limited by guarantee. AGM
2.
Board Composition and Operation
2.1
A staggered rotation system for Board members with a Progressing –consideration at 2014 maximum term in office. AGM as part of new Constitution
2.2
A Nominations Committee that nominates Directors for Established / Complying vacancies upon which the members vote.
2.3
An Audit and Risk Committee, including at least one external and independent CPA or Chartered Established / Complying Accountant
2.4
Chair elected by the Board
2.5
Established / Complying -‐ Research Annual Board performance evaluation process completed by Dr Denis Mowbray in involving external input. conjunction with ASC
2.6
Gender balance on Boards.
2.7
Board skills mix appropriate to meet the strategic goals Established / Complying –Board of the NSO, including the ability for the Board to skills mix audit conducted and
Established / Complying
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appoint a minority number of Directors to obtain an considered appropriate skills mix. Committee
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Nominations
2.8
CEO not to be appointed to Board after leaving role Progressing – consideration at (for three years). 2014 AGM
2.9
Conflict of interest register, which is enforced.
Established / Complying
2.10
Minimum five Board meetings per year.
Established / Complying – 9 Board Meetings held in 2013/14
3.
Sport Transparency, Reporting and Integrity
3.1
NSOs to publish annual reports consistent with Established / Complying Corporations Act requirements.
3.2
NSOs to report consolidated national financial accounts annually to the ASC in addition to national entity Established / Complying information.
3.3
NSOs to adopt rolling three-‐year Strategic Plans with Progressing -‐ 2015-‐2017 Strategic clear and measurable targets, including a detailed Plan operating budget for the next financial year.
3.4
Full disclosure of administration expenses in the sport, Established / Complying – in 2014 including compensation and associated expenses for Annual Report top executives and all related party transactions.
3.5
NSOs to provide in a timely manner all information Established / Complying requested by ASC.
3.6
Progressing – The ASC, ASADA and Australian Government are NSOs to sign-‐up to ASC integrity measures on anti-‐ currently working with NSOs to doping and protocols for sports science. develop and finalise updated policies/protocols for 2014/15
3.7
New financial and high performance reporting Established / Complying requirements.
Key: Established / Complying Progressing Not commenced
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