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Athletics New Zealand

ANNUAL REPORT2014/15

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Contents

OUR PEOPLE ................................................................................................................................................. 2

OBITUARIES .................................................................................................................................................. 4

PAST PRESIDENTS ...................................................................................................................................... 5

AWARDS .......................................................................................................................................................... 6

PRESIDENT’S REPORT .............................................................................................................................. 7

GOVERNANCE ............................................................................................................................................. 8

ATHLETICS NEW ZEALAND IN NUMBERS ..................................................................................... 9

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT ...........................................................................................................................10

CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S REPORT .............................................................................................................12

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETING REPORT .................................................................................14

KEY PARTNERS ..........................................................................................................................................16

HIGH PERFORMANCE REPORT ........................................................................................................18

MEDICAL REPORT ....................................................................................................................................22

COMPETITIONS REPORT .....................................................................................................................23

CLUB DEVELOPMENT REPORT .........................................................................................................24

RECORDS ......................................................................................................................................................26

RULES COMMITTEE REPORT .............................................................................................................27

NATIONAL OFFICIALS COMMITTEE REPORT............................................................................28

OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION REPORT .................................................................................................29

CLUBS AND CENTRES ............................................................................................................................30

REGISTRATION STATISTICS .................................................................................................................31

OCEANIA ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION REPORT ..........................................................................33

FINANCIAL REPORTS .............................................................................................................................34

Statement of Financial Performance ..................................................................................................35

Statement of Movement in Equity ......................................................................................................37

Statement of Financial Position ............................................................................................................38

Notes to the Financial Statements ......................................................................................................39

Independent Auditor’s Report ..............................................................................................................45

DISCLAIMER: Every effort has been made to identify and verify athletes, officials, competitions and performances. Any omissions or errors are regretted.

Rosa Flanagan - Junior Women’s Cross Country Championships

FRONT COVER - Eliza McCartney - Pole Vault, World Junior Championships - Photo Rick Morgan

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Our PeopleBoard of Athletics New Zealand

OfficersPatron Arthur Eustace - QSO

President John Tylden

Past President Dave Norris - ONZM

Vice President Henry Tudor

Chair Annette Purvis

Ombudsman Craig Purdy

Life MembersJ Blair MNZM

LM Blanchet ONZM

IH Boyd ONZM

RT CainJD CunninghamGJ Davy OBE

ARP Eustace QSO

B HuntD MackenzieG McCabeIM McKinnon QSM

DS Norris ONZM

PL RichardsA Stevens MNZM

R Syme ONZM

DM TaylorEA TaylorSir John Walker KNZM, CBE, OBE

Athletics New Zealand StaffChief Executive ................................................................. Scott Newman (to June 2014) ..................................................................................................... Linda Hamersley (from June 2014)Commercial and Marketing Manager .................. Carl Jackson (to September 2014)..................................................................................................... Mark Brent (from January 2015)Communications Manager ......................................... Brett AddisonCommunity and Participation Manager ............. Michael SharapoffCoaching and Officials Manager ............................. Amy McClintockClub Development Manager ..................................... Catherine O’SullivanCompetitions Manager................................................. Gareth Archer (from October 2014)Get Set Go Manager ....................................................... Karen LaurieOperations Manager ...................................................... Alastair Dunn (to November 2014)Finance Manager.............................................................. Rosie Graham (to October 2014)Office/Accounts Manager........................................... Rachel BrownRecords/Statistician ....................................................... Steve HollingsFeatures Editor .................................................................. Steve LandellsCorrespondent .................................................................. Murray McKinnonHigh Performance Director ....................................... Scott GoodmanHP Campaign Planning Manager ............................ Terry LomaxHP Athlete Performance Support Manager .... Michelle WoodHP Teams Coordinator ................................................. Kat AustinHP Throws Coordinator ............................................... Dale Stevenson (from October 2014)HP Para-Athlete Manager .......................................... Raylene BatesHP Para-Athlete Support ............................................ Joan Merilees (from February 2015)HP Programme Assistant ............................................ Deb DevelterHP Programme Coach ................................................... Matt DallowHP Programme Coach ................................................... Maria HassanHP Programme Coach ................................................... Joe HunterHP Programme Coach ................................................... Jeremy McCollHP Programme Coach ................................................... Debbie StrangeHP Programme Coach ................................................... Steve Willis

AuditorsStaples Rodway Wellington

National SelectorsBlack Singlet Convenor Graham Seatter

National Team Consultant - Development Alec McNab

Pool of Selectors:Barry EllisDon Garland Gavin LovegroveGraeme JonesRichard KeeJohn MuskettTony RogersTony Sargisson

National Officials CommitteeHeather O’Hagan (Convenor)Ruth LiongTony SargissonTrevor Spittle

Honours & Awards Sub-committeeAlan Stevens (Convenor)Graeme McCabeDon MackenzieAllan Potts Dave Norris (replaced Allan Potts)

Board Appointments PanelRoger CarruthersCraig HewittJane Huria

Rules CommitteeRod Syme (Convenor)John McBrearty Don MackenzieAndrew Orme

Representatives IAAF/OceaniaMaria Clarke (IAAF Juridical Commission)Annette Purvis (IAAF Women’s Committee)Trevor Spittle (Oceania Athletics Association Vice President)

Merit Awards1988 - Ronald Cain, Ian Columbus, Colin Dickie, David Leech, Paul Luckie, Graeme McCabe, Phyllis McLean, Frank Perry, John Riseborough

1989 - Jim Cunningham, Allan Potts, Peter Richards

1990 - Eric Fernandez, Bill Kennedy

1991 - Max Carr, Max Cooper, Barry Hunt

1992 - Norm Coop, Sam Johnson, Douglas Taylor

1993 - Dick Burton, Kelvin Wackrow

1994 - Dennis Kenny

1995 - Rod Syme

1997 - Don Mackenzie, Sylvia Potts, John Smart

1998 - Alf Insley, Kevin Jago, Denis Johnson

1999 - Trevor Bent, Jan Cameron, Jim Tobin

2000 - Dave Norris, Ray Wallis

2001 - Alan Cherry, Fred Holmes, Mhyre Oman

2002 - Alec McNab, Laurie O’Keefe, Leon Blanchet

2003 - Geoff Annear, Jim Blair, Don Chadderton

2004 - Alan Adamson, Don Macfarquhar

2006 - Pat Boland, Arthur Grayburn, George McConachy, Murray McKinnon

2007 - Trevor Spittle, Roy Williams, Don Willoughby

2008 - Pam Kenny

2009 - Arch Jelley, Colin Maclachlan, Barry Magee

2010 - Russ Hoggard

2011 - George Caddie, John McTaggart

2012 - Graham O’Brien, Alan Tucker

2013 - Peter Booker, Geoff Henry, Brent Ward

2014 - Rodger Brickland, Peter Maunder, Annette Purvis

Julian Matthews and Nick Willis Men’s 1500m, Glasgow Commonwealth Games

- Photo Alan McDonald, Macspeed

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Annette Purvis (Chair)

John TyldenNicki Sutherland

Roger CarruthersCameron Taylor (Deputy Chair)

Patrick Meffan

Chris Maister

Trevor Spittle


Allan Potts ONZM (79) of Hastings on 8 May 2014 Allan was a leading athlete, coach and administrator. He was the New Zealand 10 mile road champion in 1964 and coached his wife Sylvia and son Richard. Allan was a coaching icon producing numerous New Zealand champions and national representatives. He was the track and field coach for the New Zealand team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. Allan was a New Zealand selector for 20 years and he was a past president and Life Member of Athletics New Zealand. In the 1998 Queen’s Birthday honours he along with Sylvia were appointed Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to athletics.

Spencer Wade (98) of Auckland on 14 May 2014 The New Zealand mile champion in 1938 and third in the 1940 national championships. He is possibly the last surviving athlete in New Zealand to have raced against Jack Lovelock. Prior to winning the national title he received a letter from Lovelock on 8 November 1937 offering him advice about his running.

Neil Wilson (75) of Hamilton on 9 July 2014 Stalwart of Athletics Waikato Bay of Plenty and the Fairfield Children’s Club for 50 years. He was a starters’ assistant and was gear and ground official at Porritt Stadium. He was chief of the field and equipment stewards at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland and was awarded an Athletics Waikato Bay of Plenty Merit Award in 2002.

Joe McManemin CBE QSO JP (91) of Auckland on 5 August 2014 A leading sprint coach during the 1950’s and 1960’s. He was athletic section manager to the 1960 Rome Olympic Games, general manager of the New Zealand team to the 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games and Chef de Mission to the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. He was a member of the organising committee for the 1950 Auckland Empire Games and the 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games

and he was instrumental in winning the Commonwealth Games for Auckland in 1990. He is a past president and Life Member of Athletics New Zealand and Athletics Auckland. He was made a commander of the order of the British Empire in the 1974 Queen’s Birthday honours and received the Queen’s Service Order in the 1990 New Year honours.

Graham Tattersall (69) of Wellington on 16 October 2014 Leading middle and long distance running coach with the Wellington Harrier Athletic Club. He coached a number of New Zealand champions and national representatives. He also successfully guided winning teams at the New Zealand road relay championships. He was appointed either a manager or coach to a number of New Zealand teams to Olympic and Commonwealth Games, World Athletic and Cross Country Championships and Ekiden Relays. He was Athletics New Zealand acting performance director in 2005.

Peter Henderson (88) of Tauranga on 12 November 2014Former national sprint champion, All Black and Empire Games relay bronze medallist. He won the 1949 national 100 yards title. At the 1950 Auckland British Empire Games he competed in the 100 yards where he finished fifth in the final. He also competed in the 4 x 110 yards relay with Clem Parker, Kevin Beardsley and Arthur Eustace winning the bronze medal.

David Dephoff (86) of Rotorua on 14 November 2014 A top long jumper and decathlete during the early 1950’s. He was three times national long jump champion and won the first three national decathlon titles when the decathlon was added to the championship programme in 1949. At the 1950 Auckland British Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the long jump and at the 1950 Canterbury Centennial Games was third in the long jump.

Bert Chapman (80) of Auckland on 29 December 2014 Long serving Athletics Auckland official both summer and winter events. He was a javelin throw official at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games. A stalwart of the Owairaka Athletic Club, he was made a Life Member of the Club in 1985 and was President 1987-89. He received an Athletics Auckland Merit Award in 2011.

Mike Piper (69) of Invercargill on 9 January 2015 A well-known Southland sporting administrator was the 2013 Southland administrator of the year, a life member of Athletics Southland and the Athletics Invercargill Club, a trustee of the Southland Cycling Trust and the Southland Amateur Sports Trust, as well as chairman of the Excellence in Sport (South Island) concept, former chairman of Stadium Southland and an original trustee of Sport Southland. He also competed in athletics having run 103 marathons over 28 years, 35 of them overseas.

Shane Donnelly (59) of Auckland on 17 January 2015 Leading New Zealand race walker during the 1980’s. He won seven New Zealand titles, 5000m (1982, 1984, 1985), 20km (1981, 1987), 30km (1984) and 50km (1984). In addition he won seven silver medals and three bronze. He represented New Zealand at the inaugural world championships in athletics in Helsinki in 1983 in the 20km, at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games in the 30km and at the world race walking cup in Monterrey Mexico in 1993 in the 20km.

1888 / 89 C C Corfe1889 / 90 T Teschemaker1890 / 91 J H B Coates1891 / 92 F Wilding1892 / 93 H D Bell1893 / 94 WS Roberts1894 / 95 F Logan1895 / 96 F Wilding1896 / 97 J F Logan1897 / 98 W Empson1898 / 99 J Sinclair Thomson1899 / 00 H D Bell1900 / 01 E C J Stevens1901 / 02 E C McCormack1902 / 03 W S Roberts1903 / 05 J F Grierson1905 / 09 W G Atack1909 / 10 A Newman1910 / 11 A Marryatt1911 / 12 L Chaffrey1912 / 14 A Marryatt1914 / 18 J Pollock1918 / 20 A Marryatt1920 / 25 A Davies1925 / 40 R McVilly MVO1940 / 41 C Kitto MBE1941 / 43 H Austad CBE1943 / 44 C Clark1944 / 45 H Towers MBE, OBE1945 / 46 G Benson MBE1946 / 47 L Tracey1947 / 48 R Beattie1948 / 49 N McKenzie OBE1949 / 50 J Holley

1950 / 51 A Urquart1951 / 52 Sir Jim Barnes MBE1952 / 53 J Dickey MBE1953 / 54 J Harbut QSM1954 / 55 CJ Thompson1955 / 56 G Leeder MBE1956 / 57 A Malcolm1957 / 58 J Matheson1958 / 59 CA Blazey OBE, CBE1959 / 60 D Hagenson1960 / 61 N Jefferson OBE1961 / 62 E Lunn MBE1962 / 63 GW Jackman OBE1963 / 64 J McManemin CBE, QSO1964 / 65 E Prince OBE1965 / 66 J Drummond1966 / 67 LT Bradshaw OBE1967 / 68 A Rowse1968 / 69 A Melville MBE1969 / 70 S McKenzie1970 / 71 J Borland1971 / 72 L O’Keefe MBE1972 / 73 G Lamb1973 / 74 EA Taylor1974 / 75 A Beveridge1975 / 76 G Wiggs1976 / 77 GJ Davy OBE1977 / 78 ME Jackman MBE1978 / 79 W Kennedy1979 / 80 D Cowie1980 / 81 N Coop MNZM1981 / 82 L Searle1982 / 83 DM Taylor1983 / 84 D Synnott ONZM

1984 / 85 ARP Eustace QSO1985 / 86 R Spence QSM1986 / 87 Dr R Syme ONZM1987 / 88 A Stevens MNZM1988 / 89 B Smith1989 / 90 IH Boyd ONZM1990 / 91 J Cornaga1991 / 92 D Mackenzie1992 / 93 R Cain1993 / 94 N Read1994 / 95 A Wilson1995 / 96 I Columbus1996 / 97 A Jelley OBE1997 / 98 C Mills1998 / 99 B Hunt1999 / 00 M McKinnon QSM2000 / 01 G McCabe2001 / 02 T Spittle2002 / 03 A Potts ONZM2003 / 04 D Willoughby2004 / 05 D Chadderton2005 / 06 C Maclachlan2006 / 07 L Blanchet ONZM2007 / 08 M Oman2008 / 09 M McKinnon QSM2009 / 10 J Smart2010 / 11 J Blair MNZM2011 / 12 A McNab QSM2012 / 13 J McBrearty2013 / 14 DS Norris ONZM2014 / 15 J Tylden

Obituaries Past Presidents

Senior Men’s Cross Country Championships


Sir Graeme Avery - ONZMSir Graeme Avery was knighted for services to business and sport in the 2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours. He is a life member of the North Harbour Bays Athletics Club and is a former chairman of Athletics New Zealand. He was the driving force behind the formation of the North Shore East Coast Bays AAC in 1978 which led to the raising of funds for the construction of the stadium and all-weather track which today is part of the Millennium Institute of Health and Sport.

In business he built medical publishing firm Adis International into a $100 million world-leading business before creating his award-winning Sileni Estates wine venture in Hawke's Bay. In August 2014 Sir Graeme was inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame for his outstanding contribution to the economic and social development of New Zealand, including community involvement.

Awards President’s Report

Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. Greetings to you all.

Thank you to everyone involved in giving me the opportunity to be President of our Association for 2014-2015. It has been a great experience and honour and I have really appreciated the opportunity.

The great thing about being President is being able to travel to quite a number of our various championships and in that regard I have attended and enjoyed the Athletics New Zealand Cross Country and the Road Relays in Christchurch, Long Distance Walks in Auckland, Road in Tauranga, Combined Events in Hamilton, Track and Field in Wellington and the Half Marathon in Christchurch.

Writing this report gives me the opportunity to thank the various heads of the Local Organising Committees on behalf of the athletics community and everyone who participated in each championship, John Gamblin (Cross Country), Daniel Reese (Road Relays), Malcolm Taylor (Road), David Sim (Long Distance Walks), Heather O’Hagan and Alan McDonald (Combined Events), Jim McIlroy (Track and Field) and Eric Verstappen (Mountain Running). Seeing these events in action has reminded me of how vital it is for the sport to have people who are prepared to put themselves forward in a leadership role to ensure these championships occur, and I want to assure each one of you how very much appreciated this is. I would also like to pay tribute to the championship organisers of our supporting associations, Children, Secondary Schools and Masters and say thank you for your important contribution.

No organiser succeeds without the support of many, many volunteers being prepared to help out with a huge variety of tasks, be they graded officials managing the competition or helpers making sure some aspect of the meeting is being seen to. I congratulate the National Officials Committee for their excellent work in building our cohort of officials and a very big thank you to the many officials who are prepared to travel to our championships and other important events to ensure we have the personnel and expertise needed.

I have attended all of the Athletics New Zealand Board meetings this year and I’m very pleased this has become part of the President’s role. I thank Annette Purvis and the Board for fully including me in all aspects of decision-making and performance review, and I hope that my contribution has been of assistance and value. I would like to assure the membership that we are being incredibly well served by our Directors. A highlight for me was to see the Board put in place the new levy system by moving from the levy on Centres to a direct levy on registered members. This was a brave but necessary decision and not taken lightly because the financial viability of our Association was at stake. It has meant that the burden on Centres to act as revenue gatherers has been alleviated and the onus is on us all to build our registered membership and make sure that Athletics NZ has the income to sustain an effective central organisation. I would like to thank everyone (and there were many) who made the effort to put in submissions individually or collectively either in agreement, partial support with alternative suggestions or opposed, because this feedback was extremely important in reaching the final decisions.

No National Sports Organisation can hope to provide effective leadership in modern sport without professional staff leading and supporting the membership. Be it High Performance, Competition and Club support, Communication, Commercial, Administration, Selection, Statistics and several other support areas, you are all doing a fine job and it is appreciated, thank you. In particular I wish to thank Linda Hamersley for her positive and capable leadership and hard work to ensure Athletics NZ is the most effective and well organised NSO it can be.

Highly deserved congratulations go to Sir Graeme Avery, knighted for services to sport and business, Queen’s Birthday Honours 2014 and Geoff Henry, Marcia Petley and Jeni Peace, Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit for their service to Athletics (Geoff and Marcia) and Sports Nutrition (Jeni), Queen’s Birthday Honours 2015. Everyone who knows them will be well aware of the fine contribution they have made over many years.

Congratulations also to Valerie Adams, selected as the IAAF Women’s World Athlete of the year for 2014, a first for New Zealand, and honoured by the New Zealand Olympic Committee with the award of the Lonsdale Cup for a record fifth time. Valerie’s dominance of Women’s Shot Put internationally has been truly outstanding and the impact her success has had in influencing young people to take up the throws especially, has been wonderful for our sport.

Congratulations to our Commonwealth Games medal winners, Valerie Adams (gold), Julia Ratcliffe (silver), Tom Walsh (silver), Nick Willis (bronze) and Zane Robertson (bronze), IAAF World Junior Championships bronze medallist Eliza McCartney and our many high performing athletes who continue to keep our sport to the forefront of public interest and inspire us all with their achievements. Thank you to everyone associated with Athletics in all its forms for another positive year in the long history of our sport.

No reira, aku mihi nui ki a koutou katoa.

John TyldenPresidentBeverley Shingles

Beverley Shingles, who won the inaugural New Zealand women’s marathon championship in 1980 in Christchurch, was inducted into the Wanganui Sports Hall of Fame. She was one of the top distance runners in the country for two decades 1962-1982, representing New Zealand on the track, road and cross country. She was awarded an Athletics New Zealand long service medal in 1992 and is a life member of the Wanganui Harrier Club.

Valerie Adams - ONZMValerie Adams was named the IAAF 2014 women’s World Athlete of the year, becoming the first thrower to win the award in ten years. During the year she won the World Indoor championships title in March for the third time, gained her third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold and her fourth IAAF Diamond League crown. Adams swept all before her in 2014, remaining unbeaten and extending her winning streak to 56 competitions since August 2010.

Valerie Adams was awarded the New Zealand Olympic Committee’s Lonsdale Cup for 2014. She secured the prestigious award for the unprecedented fifth time. Adams was the flag bearer for the New Zealand Commonwealth Games team in Glasgow. The Lonsdale Cup goes to the athlete or team who made the most outstanding contribution to Olympic or Commonwealth sport in the preceding year.

Valerie Adams was voted the year’s number one women’s shot putter by American magazine ‘Track & Field News’ for the ninth year.

Valerie Adams - Women’s Shot Put, Glasgow Commonwealth Games - Photo Alan McDonald, Macspeed


Governance StatementOUR VISIONAll New Zealanders engaged in Athletics.

Our MissionThe encouragement, enhancement and promotion of all aspects of athletic exercise in New Zealand including selecting and sending representative teams.

Our ValuesWE ARE:

Integrity driven - we act with honesty and transparency. We have the courage to make decisions in the best interests of athletics.

Responsive - we are contemporary. We engage, listen and identify changing needs. We accept challenges and try new things.

Connected - we reach all corners of the community. We build friendships and belonging; are inclusive, cohesive and diverse. We acknowledge our heritage.

Achievement focused - we create the opportunity – at all levels. We provide an environment for satisfaction and enjoyment, whether through shared experience, meeting a challenge or success on the world stage.

Governance FrameworkThe Board of Athletics NZThe Board comprises four elected members, three appointed members and the President who is a non-voting Board member. All Board members undertake their role on a voluntary basis. Athletics NZ has a Board Appointments Panel that are responsible for the appointment of Board members and make recommendations on the preferred candidates for election at the AGM. The Board Appointments Panel is made up of a member representative, a Board representative and an independent governance professional.

The Board operates under a comprehensive set of Board governance policies which set out the expected standards for the Boards performance. The policies are reviewed at least annually. The policies include a delegation framework for the Chief Executive to operate to. The Board meets not less than six times per year, with a defined agenda that addresses the Board’s annual work plan. A report from the Chair is provided to the sport subsequent to a Board meeting.

The Board has three sub committees –

Board Meetings (1) 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015

Board Member No of meetings held No of meetings attended Appointed Elected

Annette Purvis (Chair) 8 8 2004

Cameron Taylor (Deputy Chair) 8 8 2013

Roger Carruthers 8 8 2013

Chris Maister (3) 6 5 2014

Patrick Meffan 8 6 2007

Dave Norris (past President) (2) 2 2 2013

Malcolm Phillipps (past Member) (2) 2 2 2011

Trevor Spittle 8 7 2005

Nicki Sutherland 8 7 2013

John Tylden (President) (3) 6 6 2014

Risk and Audit – The purpose of which is to assist the Board in discharging its responsibilities with respect to overseeing all aspects of financial and non-financial reporting, control and audit functions and organisational risk.Team Selection and Policies - This committee’s role is to act for the Board in respect to ensuring that all Athletics New Zealand Team Selections and Appointments follow and adhere to the agreed policy for that team. And to further ensure that all selection policies represent the Board approved Athletics New Zealand Selection Philosophies.CE Remuneration and Review Committee - The purpose of this committee is to assist the Board to ensure that there is an effective and positive partnership between the Board and its Chief Executive.

The Board is committed to continuous improvement; undertaking regular Board evaluations to ensure it is operating to best practice. In January 2015 the Athletics NZ Board took part in a Sport New Zealand governance benchmarking exercise. It was pleasing to note that, in the main, the Board is operating to best practice and has a governance development plan to review areas that were identified for review.

Notes:(1) Refers to meetings held/attended while each Director was in office(2) Dave Norris and Malcolm Phillips left following conclusion of 2014 AGM*(3) Chris Maister and John Tylden were appointed to the Board at the 2014 AGM** The 2014 AGM was held on 9 August 2014

Athletics New Zealand in Numbers

20,035Athletics New Zealand Members

11,368Athletics In Action Subscribers

9,102Participants Rotorua Marathon

936Officials

123Gold Member Coaches

2,261Volunteers

195Affiliated

Athletics Clubs20

Endorsed Clubs

1,535Instagram followers

2,239Weekly Round-up

Subscribers

5,584Facebook page likes

3,371Twitter followers

30Pathway to Podium

(P2P) Athletes

27Performance Potential Squad (PPS) Members

61NZ International Representatives

36Carded Athletes

59,792Performances

ranked on website

3,189Athletes on

rankings lists

24,186Web hits on busiest day

1,125NZ Championship

Medalists

51New Zealand Records Set

37Most NZ

Titles Won

30,000Kids participating

in Get Set Go

1,425Kids at IAAF Kids Athetics Launch

30.66%Increase in

website users

1,466,760Website hits


On behalf of the Board of Athletics New Zealand I have pleasure in presenting the 128th Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015. As I look back at the year there have been some key achievements from the Boards perspective.

Leadership At the time of writing my report last year we were transitioning towards new leadership and in June 2014 Linda Hamersley took up the reins as Chief Executive.The opportunity that new leadership brings is the ability to challenge and reinvigorate the way that we do things. Linda has spent a large part of her first nine months reviewing our business, operational and financial plans. This culminated in wider engagement with our teams in setting the 2015 key objectives and initiatives. Ensuring that everyone in the organisation has a greater understanding of what we need to achieve in order to assist us in delivering better outcomes to our members and stakeholders.

Membership Levy ChangeOne of the biggest projects and decisions was the change to the membership fee.I would like to thank everyone that attended road shows or provided written feedback. The clearest theme was that change was required and to do nothing was not an option!

There was a variety of feedback around the membership structure and the amount of the fee. It was always going to be a challenge to strike a formula that would

Chairman’s Reportrespond to all the feedback. Whilst we used as much information and data as we could in our decision process, the reality is that until you implement the change you cannot forecast the exact outcome. Over time we may need to make small alterations to the membership fee and structure. However we want to avoid major swings in fees and therefore it is important that all clubs and centres register their members. One of the benefits was that a lower flat fee would encourage greater membership take up and we hope that clubs will take advantage of this.

Sport EngagementImproving our engagement with members and stakeholders remains an ongoing strategic initiative for the board. The road shows enabled the Chief Executive, members of the board and I to have a greater level of engagement throughout the year with members of the sport. It provided a great opportunity for Linda to introduce herself and to allow greater two way conversations at a strategic level.

During the year we met twice with NZ Children’s Athletics Association to create a greater level of engagement and understanding and consider how we may work more co-operatively together. There is also ongoing dialogue with NZ Masters around greater alignment. I believe that with a united athletics family we can achieve more, particularly as we are one of few sports that can cater for all age groups.

There are further road shows planned for later in this year and we hope we can make this type of two way dialogue more regular on an ongoing basis. This will be particularly important as we look to undertake a major review of the organisations strategy in 2016.

Financial ResultThis year the organisation posted a healthy surplus. This is due to increased entries and therefore increased revenue from the 50th running of the Rotorua Marathon. The Board agreed early on that this surplus would not be reinvested into programmes but to be held aside as a potential buffer for the organisation to mitigate any financial risk as we moved to the new membership model.

The success of Rotorua and our Get Set Go programme rests on people’s participation and sponsorship and therefore their ability to deliver ongoing financial benefit is not guaranteed. The ability to attract greater income through products or services is still a major strategic focus for the board. As an organisation we are still too reliant on funders for major elements of what we undertake, our membership income providing the main source of any untagged funding.

Increased Sport NZ HP FundingAthletics provided five medals to New Zealand’s medal tally at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Following our High Performance annual review we received a small increase to our High Performance Funding. There is a limited pool of government investment and it is highly contestable, with a number of sports receiving less investment at this review. Our increased investment is testament to the delivery of our programme and our demonstrated ability to meet our key objectives.

We have the potential to be a consistent multi medal Olympic sport which would take us to Tier 1 funding levels. This level of funding would see benefits to the wider sport in terms of coaching and greater talent development programmes and is therefore a key objective for the Board as we head towards the Rio Olympic Games in 2016.

Governance This year the Board had the opportunity to participate in a Sport NZ Governance Benchmarking exercise. We were part of a similar review 10 years ago and the review showed that the organisation’s governance had improved over the 10 years. This was perhaps no surprise as the board undertakes regular self-assessment to improve its performance for the benefit of the organisation as a whole. There were a few areas of suggested improvement most of which we were already addressing in terms of improving our financial reporting and business and strategic planning. In many areas we were seen to be operating at levels of best practise.

The Sport NZ Match Fixing Policy and the new IAAF Code of Ethics places

Annette PurvisChairman, Board of Directors

requirements on Athletics NZ to set up an ethics commission and/or integrity tribunal. Along with changes to the World Anti-Doping Code and IAAF Anti-Doping Rules the Board needs the ability to implement regulation change in a more simple but robust manner. With the changing dynamics of the sporting environment we can expect to see more of these types of requirements to protect sports integrity. As a result the Board will be presenting some constitutional change at this year’s AGM.

AcknowledgementsOver the 12 months Carl Jackson, Rosie Graham, Alastair Dunn, Karen Laurie and Michael Sharapoff have left to take up other opportunities. Many remain very connected through their new roles and

others have taken new paths. I would like to thank them for their work and contribution to Athletics.

We have welcomed Linda Hamersley, Gareth Archer and Mark Brent during the year. I would like to acknowledge the individual commitment our team of staff make in working for the best of athletics every day. It is definitely not a 9-5 job as they work alongside and support our coaches, officials, athletes and administrators.

Our coaches, officials and administrators not only give up their own time, but self fund their way around the country and region to help our athletes and organise events. Your work is hugely appreciated by our wider athletics community – thank you!

I would like to thank Sport New Zealand, High Performance Sport New Zealand and all the partners that support us financially. Their support has helped us deliver programmes and projects that continue to create greater participation, development opportunities and success.

Over the last 12 months we have shared the ongoing success of our inspirational athletes as they competed at World Junior, Commonwealth Games and Oceania Championships .On behalf of the Board and the athletics community I wish you success as you head into the next round of championship events.

Finally to the Board thank you for your ongoing commitment and professionalism.

New Zealand Half Marathon Championships


All eyes were on Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games and it was our own Valerie Adams that led the way, carrying the New Zealand flag into the stadium for the Opening Ceremony. As a sport, we could not have been prouder of her, until the IAAF named Valerie the Woman Athlete of the Year. That was certainly a befitting acknowledgement by the IAAF of the sporting legend that Valerie is.

At an Association management level, this last year saw significant change with the resignation of long-time Chief Executive Scott Newman. With a change in senior management it is usual for the Board to reflect and refocus direction of the organisation. Following on from the Organisational Development Review that was undertaken by Sport New Zealand in late 2013, the Board’s direction for the administration was to initiate the recommended changes highlighted from that review; particularly in the areas of financial reporting, strategic reporting and the development of human resource policies and procedures.

Significant time was spent in determining the best financial reporting structure for the Association and then embedding this new structure into our systems and processes. We were fortunate to receive supplementary funding from Sport New Zealand which allowed the use of a HR consultant to work with the administration in developing a suite of human resource policies and procedures.

The Board took the time to review the current 2008-2018 strategic plan, set the Key Priorities for the current year and agreed that 2016 will be an appropriate

Chief Executive Reportyear to develop a new strategic plan. A key priority for 2015 was to continue the work that had been undertaken with regard to reviewing the Association Levy; and to consult with the sport to agree a new levy collection model. The impetus was for a new model to be in place from 1 April 2015.

Through a Regional Roadshow Presentation Tour, resulting in the overview being presented back to the sport around the 2014 AGM, this consultation took place during July / August. The Board then took time to review possible financial models, before tasking the Rules Committee to make recommendation on amendments to the Administration Regulations to accommodate a new levy collection model. Further consultation then took place with the Athletics Community, and significant feedback was received. Taking the feedback into consideration some amendments were made to what had been communicated through the Rules Committee, and in December 2014, the Board adopted a new model for implementation 1 April 2015. There will be continued discussion around the pros and cons during the year and a formal review towards the end of the first year.

FinancialThe year-end result is very pleasing, and directly related to the result of the 2014 50th Anniversary Rotorua Marathon. With the Association seeing a total operating surplus of approximately $125,000, given that $99,000 is due to a better than budgeted Rotorua result, it is clear to see that the Association is operating to a very tight result. Our expectation going forward with Rotorua is that whilst the event should continue to bring a positive result, we cannot expect a 50th Anniversary result again; indeed as more marathons are scheduled, we will have to do our best to simply keep numbers to a required level to remain profitable.

The funding of our Community Plan through Sport New Zealand allows the Community Team to deliver community based programmes. It is also with the generous financial support of NZ Community Trust, Pub Charity, The Trusts, Southern Trust and Youthtown that the community based programmes are made available to our membership.

We saw Get Set Go numbers increase again and the programme is now at the point that we are searching for a commercial partner and also looking for new opportunities as to where we can deliver the programme. With the Commercial and Marketing Manager leaving the Association in September, and the difficulty in finding a suitable replacement, we have struggled in this area. It is imperative for our financial security though that we develop a commercial product so we can become less reliant on the ever-reducing Trust Funding grants. This has been and will continue to be a strategic key priority for the Board and administration to work towards.

AcknowledgementsWe continue to receive excellent support from Sport New Zealand and High Performance Sport New Zealand. It is not just the financial dollars that we see by way of support, it is the access to resources, their specialist staff and our ability to apply on behalf of our athletes for assistance in the way of Prime Minister Scholarships. The sport as a whole benefits from the development of our coaches through the Coach Accelerator programme, to name a few of the many opportunities afforded to our sport through Sport New Zealand and High Performance Sport New Zealand. We gratefully acknowledge this support and look to continue our close working relationships.

Our Get Set Go participant numbers continue to grow and I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the financial and collateral support that New Zealand Post, through Active Post have provided. Sadly, this relationship cannot continue beyond the current year in its current form, but we are able to still partner in delivering major community participation events, enabling the strong relationship we have built to continue.

Being my first year with Athletics New Zealand, I would like to thank the Board, under the chairmanship of Annette Purvis, for the support they have provided to me. We have a strong and capable Board made up of people who are willing to volunteer their time to provide the guidance for the Athletics Community and administration. The Board does not waiver in their desire and passion to see the sport develop and grow.

I have also been supported by a very capable group of administrative staff, who are also passionate to see the sport develop and grow. Working in sport cannot be “9 to 5” and the staff give freely of their out of hours’ time. Their dedication and commitment must also be acknowledged.

During the year, I attended the National Cross Country Championships, the Road Relay Championships and the National Track and Field Championships. I commend all the Local Organising Committees for the work they put in to ensuring these Championships, along with the other National Championships, were successful, from both a competitor and spectator perspective. I am fortunate to be involved in the sport of Athletics and look forward to the coming year.

Many thanks to all our Club Volunteers and to the numerous many that work in the background to ensure our sport continues to remain relevant in so many lives of New Zealanders.

Linda HamersleyChief Executive

Tom Walsh - Men’s Shot Put,Auckland Track Challange - Photo Alan McDonald, Macspeed



The financial year ended 31 March 2015 was another busy year.

We are extremely grateful for the continued support of our principal partners New Balance, Thai Airways and Classic Travel.

You will no doubt have noticed our representative athletes in their New Balance kit at the Commonwealth Games and World Championship events. We are delighted to have New Balance as our Apparel and Footwear partner to Athletics New Zealand, and we look forward to expanding this partnership.

Classic Travel and Thai Airways are Athletics New Zealand’s dedicated travel partners, with all team travel and accommodation being booked through Classic Travel, a boutique travel agency specialising in working with sporting organisations like Athletics New Zealand. Thai Airways are Athletics New Zealand’s preferred International airline.

Our 2015 summer showcase featured two major events, the Auckland Track Challenge and the New Zealand Track & Field Championships. Both events also sought to incorporate opportunities for children to participate in our community programmes. This included the launch of IAAF Nestle Kids Athletics which was fronted by world long jump record holder Mike Powell helping to provide some wonderful exposure for the launch events.

It was fantastic to have the support of Les Mills NZ for the 2015 Les Mills New Zealand Track & Field Championships -

Commercial and Marketing Reportgiven the wonderful synergies between our organisations we look forward to that being part of a long term partnership.

Thanks also to the support from Douglas Pharmaceuticals, Radio Sport, Auckland Co-Op Taxis, Moa, Better Drinks, Invivo, NZ Post and Nestle for making our summer showcase events so successful.

Throughout the financial year New Zealand Post have continued to provide wonderful support to our fundamental movement programme, Get Set Go. This has seen the programme grow to new levels and involved some huge public participation events.

TelevisionThe 2014/15 year has seen a continuation of domestic content on NZ television screens. Both the Les Mills New Zealand Track and Field Championships (30mins) and Rotorua Marathon (60 mins) were broadcast on the SKY TV. It was also pleasing to see the media conducting interviews live from the Auckland Track Challenge in February. In addition to this, it is pleasing to see the IAAF Diamond League series broadcast live in New Zealand and a commitment to take the World Champs live from Beijing.

50th Lion Foundation Rotorua MarathonMay 2014 witnessed the 50th Anniversary of the Rotorua Marathon.

The key objectives were to:

1. Maximise participation

2. Maximise the profile of the event – both Domestically and Internationally

3. Celebrate and recognise the history of the event

4. Maximise surplus back to Athletics New Zealand, Lake City Athletic Club and Waikato BOP Centre

Key additions for the 50th Anniversary included the following:

Ĥ 60mins Television

Ĥ T-Shirt memorabilia

Ĥ History publication free to marathoners

Ĥ Enhanced Sports Expo, including local Art, Culture and Food (from 12 Exhibitors to over 60 Exhibitors)

Ĥ Extensive marketing and promotion of the event

Ĥ New event website to coincide with Athletics New Zealand’s new IT provider (IMG-STG)

The 50th Lion Foundation Rotorua Marathon saw 9,102 entries and provided an extremely helpful boost to the financial year. Post 50th anniversary work immediately went into the 51st running of the iconic event on 2 May 2015. We are pleased to report that the 2015 event also looks set to generate a profit to Athletics New Zealand as per projected plan as well as royalties and levies paid to both the Lake City Athletic Club and the Waikato BOP centre exceeding $30,000.

Many thanks go to all the partners of the event in what was a successful delivery of the Lion Foundation Rotorua Marathon.

Nick Willis - Men’s 1500m, NZ Track & Field Championships - Photo Alan McDonald, Macspeed


Mark BrentCommercial and Marketing Manager


New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) Kereyn Smith > Secretary GeneralThe NZOC has worked closely with Athletics New Zealand during the year ranging from travel and security logistics, to outfitting and media arrangements, particularly around the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Their guidance and support is greatly appreciated. Athletics New Zealand also appreciates the support from Olympic Solidarity through the NZOC in their on-going support of the Athletics New Zealand Coaching programme.

International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF)Lamine Diack > PresidentEssar Gabriel > General SecretaryThe IAAF is the parent body for Athletics and is responsible for governing the sport of Athletics worldwide. Some of the main events that our athletes participated in were the IAAF World Junior Track & Field Championships in Eugene, the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Poland and the World Mountain Running Championships in Italy and. The IAAF has also initiated extensive development and promotional programmes which are aimed at building the base of the sport.

Athletics New Zealand receives sponsorship and financial support from a number of sources and this is gratefully received and sincerely appreciated. In thanking these organisations and businesses it is important that the contribution of each investor is recognised and that the individuals associated with each are acknowledged.

Sport New ZealandPeter Miskimmin > Chief ExecutiveDaniel Gerrard > Relationship ManagerAthletics New Zealand received capability funding for various initiatives. Sport New Zealand is also committed to investing in Coaching and Commercial initiatives. The National Office continues to work closely with Sport New Zealand and we are very appreciative of the holistic and financial support provided.

High Performance Sport New ZealandAlex Baumann > Chief ExecutivePeter Pfitzinger > General Manager Capacity & ExpertiseAthletics New Zealand is designated by Sport New Zealand as a Performance sport and in 2012/13 received its highest ever investment funding for High Performance. In addition to funding, HPSNZ provide a range of services for our High Performance carded athletes and coaches.

Oceania Athletics Association (OAA)Geoff Gardner > PresidentYvonne Mullins > Executive DirectorThe OAA is the regional entity of the IAAF and is vital link in the overall structure of the Sport in New Zealand. Athletics New Zealand is appreciative of the support and guidance it receives from OAA and the work of the Oceania Regional Development Centre. Trevor Spittle holds the position of OAA Vice-President.

Nestle New ZealandVeronique Cremades > Chief ExecutiveLinda Butcher/Nicholas Dale > Relationship Manager/Marketing Services Co-ordinatorWith the support of Nestle Healthy Kids through their sponsorship of IAAF Kids Athletics we were delighted to launch the new IAAF Kids Athletics programme in New Zealand with events held in Auckland, Mt Maunganui, Wellington and Dunedin.

New Zealand Post – Active PostMalcolm Shaw > General Manager, Group Assurance Georgina Coles > Sponsorship SpecialistAthletics New Zealand’s Get Set Go programme has been supported by New Zealand Post through its ActivePost community programme. Get Set Go is targeting over 200,000 primary school aged children around the country with the aim of teaching kids fundamental movement skills such as catching, throwing and running. ActivePost also partnered with the kids mini marathon at the Rotorua Marathon.

Key Partners

New BalanceDean Howard > New Zealand Country ManagerJohn Evans > International GM – Running Sports MarketingNew Balance is the official apparel and footwear supplier for Athletics New Zealand. All Athletics New Zealand teams are outfitted in New Balance clothing. The New Balance partnership allows Athletics New Zealand to outfit national teams in apparel created using the latest international technology to help them perform to very high levels.

Classic Travel/Thai AirwaysIan Peddie > Thai Sales Manager Terry Emms > Classic Travel - Director Our partnership with Classic Travel and Thai Airways provides a dedicated travel solutions partner with Takapuna based Classic Travel catering for all of Athletics New Zealand’s domestic and International requirements.

Douglas PharmaceuticalsJeff Douglas > Managing DirectorThanks to Douglas Pharmaceuticals support during the summer season, Athletics NZ was able to host the inaugural Auckland Track Challenge at the Douglas Track in Waitakere. The Auckland Track Challenge was part of the Douglas Waitakere Athletics Festival.

Associate MembersNew Zealand Children’s Athletics Association

New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Association

New Zealand Masters Athletics

Gaming TrustsFunding from Gaming Trusts has been applied to a diverse range of activities during 2013/14. The financial support the Sport receives from this source benefits all levels of activity and without it the task of providing events would be impossible. In many cases this support makes a major difference to the ability of Athletics New Zealand to provide for its members. Athletics New Zealand, on behalf of all our clubs centres and affiliates, thanks the various gaming trusts that support our sport, and in particular acknowledges the support of the following;

Pub CharityMartin Cheer > Chief ExecutivePub Charity has been a key supporter, contributing funding to support various national championships and the production of several annual publications and reports.

The Lion FoundationMurray Reade > Chief ExecutiveMarcus Reynolds > Relationship ManagerThe Lion Foundation has been a significant financial supporter of Athletics New Zealand and its affiliated centres and clubs for many years. The main areas of support involve the Lion Foundation Rotorua Marathon which now has over 50 years of heritage and history.

The TrustsSimon Wickham> Chief ExecutiveThe Trusts Community Foundation were major supporters of the inaugural Waitakere Athletics Festival and Auckland Track Challenge events. We are grateful for their assistance in establishing these new events and for their support of the West Auckland athletics community.

New Zealand Community TrustMike Knell > Chief ExecutiveTony Gill > National Grants ManagerNCT has been a key financial supporter for affiliated centres and clubs for many years and this year assisted Athletics NZ with coach & official development and enhancements to our communications platforms.

Southern TrustKaren Shea > Chief ExecutiveLaurel McDonald > Funding ManagerWith the key support of Southern Trust Athletics NZ was able to hold its coaching conference, coaching facilitator training & regional officials’ development workshops.

YouthtownPaula Kearns > Chief ExecutiveRoss Savage > GM GamingYouthtown continued to assist by supporting our community programmes with the acquisition of Get Set Go equipment.


Results from 2014-2015 Black Singlet competitions reflected positively on the strategies being implemented within the ANZ-HP Programme.

2014 World Junior Championships, Oregon (USA), 22nd-27th July

3rd place Eliza McCartney, Pole Vault

7th place Rosa Flanagan, 3000m Steeplechase

13th in Group B Pascal, Kethers, Pole Vault

2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow (Scotland), 23rd July - 3rd August

1st place Valerie Adams, Shot Put

2nd place Tomas Walsh, Shot Put

2nd place Julia Ratcliffe, Hammer

3rd place Zane Robertson, 5000m

3rd place Nick Willis, 1500m

4th place Siositina Hakeai, Discus

5th place Stuart Farquhar, Javelin

5th place Angela Petty (nee Smit), 800m

5th place Nikki Hamblin, 1500m

7th place Nikki Hamblin, 800m

7th place Jake Robertson, 10000m

9th place Jake Robertson, 5000m

9th place Julian Matthews, 1500m

9th place Sarah Cowley, High Jump

10th place Nick Willis, 5000m

10th ~ Did not make final Portia Bing, Brooke Cull, Zoe Ballantyne,(6th in Heat 1) ~ 3:34.62 Louise Jones (Reserves: Katherine Camp(NZ Record) & Kristie Baillie) 4x400m Relay

11th place Jacko Gill, Shot Put

13th place Lucy Van Dalen, 5000m

14th ~ Did not make final Zane Robertson, 1500m(7th in Heat 1)

DNF Brent Newdick, Decathlon

DNF Scott McLaren, Decathlon

2014 IAAF Race Walking World Cup, Taicang (China), 3rd-4th May

12th place Quentin Rew, 50km Walk

HPSNZ Review of ANZ-HP ProgrammeHigh Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) conducted a comprehensive review of Athletics NZs progress against its 2013-16+ ANZ-HP Strategy in November 2014. As a result of the review process the ANZ-HP Programme received an additional $100,000 to employ an HP Athlete Development Leader. ANZ-HP funding now totals $2.15 Million per annum for 2015-16 and 2016-17.

The ANZ-HP Strategy is based on six (6) broad approaches:

1. Identifying and supporting, through ANZ-HP/HPSNZ Carding, athletes that we deem capable of a Top 8 Finish at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games or being on the podium in 2020.

2. Creating support structures and providing Athlete Performance Support (APS) services for each of these athletes to lead them to success in 2016+.

3. Providing structural support through the ANZ-HP National Training Centres in Auckland and Christchurch.

4. Targeting our ANZ-HP resources towards the Middle Distance and Throws Event group in accord with 2013-16+ ANZ-HP Strategy endorsed by HPSNZ.

5. Improving coaching expertise and availability through the employment of Programme Coaches, supporting Carded Coaches, utilising Prime Ministers Coaching Scholarships and the introduction of the Athletics Zealand Performance Coach Qualification (ANZ-PCQ).

6. While 2016 is our primary focus, we are equally committed to creating a performance Programme that establishes a long-term talent identification and development framework. This is critical in order to achieve sustained success into 2020 and beyond. Our aim is for Athletics to become a Tier 1 HPSNZ funded sport. To do this we must become a multi-medal winning sport at Major Championships. Consequently, while 2016 remains vital for us, we are seeking endorsement and investment in a longer-term vision for our sport.

We strive to maintain the achievement of quality results each year in our pinnacle competitions. We continue to refine and drive our High Performance initiatives and concentrate our focus on those athletes with the ability to achieve a Top 16 performance leading into the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and the2020 Olympic Games.An abridged version of the finalised 2013-16+ ANZ-HP Strategy is available on the Athletics New Zealand website.

ANZ-HP PhilosophyAthletics NZ believes that if we can have world class athletes, coaches, facilities and support staff working closely together in pursuit of a common goal, then we can make a difference in our sport and the success achieved at World Championships, Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games.

The ANZ-HP Programme has a responsibility to provide athletes and coaches with opportunities, resource and information required to meet their potential talent. Athletes and coaches have a responsibility to commit to the performance goals of the ANZ-HP Programme and the pursuit of excellence. Additionally, coaches have a responsibility to act in the best interests of their athletes. We must embrace the need to always keep learning and recognise that by training and learning collectively we will all perform better as individuals.

Olympic & Paralympic Games HPSNZ/ANZ-HP KPIsHPSNZ funding support for the ANZ-HP Programme is aligned with the following KPIs:

2016 Rio Olympic Games:

Ĥ 2+ Medallists

Ĥ 5+ Top 8 performances (including the two medallists)

Ĥ 8+ Top 16 performances (including the 6+ Top 8) IAAF Points Table targets (i.e. 8 points for 1st down to 1 point for 8th for the Top 8 finalists):

Ĥ Top 20 countries overall (i.e. 20+ Pts)

Ĥ Top 8 countries in the 2-6 million population range Note: In 2009 NZ was 30th with 9pts, 14pts were required to be placed 25th. In 2011 NZ was 33rd with 8pts, 12pts were required to be placed 25th

2016 Rio Paralympic Games:

Ĥ 2+ Medallists

Ĥ 5+ Top 8 performances (including the two medallists)

Ĥ 2020 Olympic Games:

Ĥ 3+ Medallists

Ĥ 8+ Top 8 performances (including the 3 medallists)

Ĥ 12+ Top 16 performances (including the 8+ Top 8)

High Performance Report

Scott GoodmanHigh Performance Director

Jake (left) and Zane Robertson - Men’s 5,000m, Glasgow Commonwealth Games- Photo Alan McDonald, Macspeed


Upcoming Championships/GamesIn 2015-16 ANZ-HP athletes will be competing in the following global Championships/Games:

Ĥ 2015 FISU World University Games, Gwangju, Korea, 3-14 July

Ĥ 2015 World Youth Championships, Cali, Columbia, 15-19 July

Ĥ 2015 IAAF World Championships, Beijing, China, 22-30 August

Ĥ 2015 IPC World Championships, Doha, 19-28 November

Ĥ 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Portland, Oregon (USA), 17-20 March

Ĥ 2016 Rio Olympic Games, 5-21 August

Ĥ 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, 7-18 September

2014-2015 Carded Athlete ProgrammeThe ANZ-HP/HPSNZ Athlete Carding Programme represents the highest level of achievement in our sport. The athletes are the stars of our sport and critical to the success of our National Teams at global championships. The ANZ-HP Programme has a responsibility to our carded athletes and coaches in providing the support that they require to perform at their very best.

The Carded athletes at the 31st of March 2015 include:

Level 1: Valerie Adams, Tom Walsh, Nick Willis

Level 2: Stuart Farquhar, Jacko Gill, Siositina Hakeai, Nikki Hamblin, Eliza McCartney, Quentin Rew, Jake Robertson, Zane Robertson, Holly Robinson, Angie Smit

Level 3: Portia Bing, Matt Bloxham, Kerry Charlesworth, Michael Cochrane, Rosa Flanagan, Cameron French, Anna Grimaldi, Kodi Harman, Joshua Hawkins, Te Rina Keenan, Ben Langton-Burnell, Brad Mathas, Joseph Millar, Rory McSweeney, Tori Peeters, Aaron Pulford, Julia Ratcliffe, Kimberley Smith, Nick Southgate, Lucy Van Dalen, Andrew Whyte

Prime Minister’s ScholarshipsPrime Minister’s Athlete Scholarships 2015The Prime Minister’s Athlete Scholarship Programme helps emerging athletes to pursue tertiary study and elite-level sport development at the same time. A maximum of up to $10,000 per year is available to cover study fees, as well as a living allowance.

The following athletes received scholarships:Eliza McCartney, Nikki Hamblin, Stuart Farquhar, Holly Robinson, Rosa Flanagan, Matthew Bloxham, Alex Jordan, Andrew Whyte, Michael Cochrane, Cameron French, Nicholas Southgate, Aaron Pulford, Benjamin Langton-Burnell, Brad Mathas, Joshua Hawkins, Victoria Peeters, Lucy Van Dalen, Joseph Millar, Rory McSweeney, Anna Grimaldi, Kerry Charlesworth, Ben Moynihan, Te Rina Keenan, Bailey Stewart, Pascal Kethers, Jono Brownjohn, Camille Buscomb.

Prime Minister’s Coach and Support Staff Scholarships The Prime Minister’s Coach and Support Staff Scholarship Programme, which is administered by HPSNZ and ANZ-HP staff, resources opportunities for Carded Coaches and Support Staff to develop skills and experiences that enhance their coaching, administration and service provision. Scholarships are aligned to HPSNZ’s High Performance Strategy, as well as the ANZ-HP Strategy and must impact HPSNZ’s high performance mission, more New Zealanders winning on the world stage. The following coaches and support received a scholarship:

Debbie Strange – Individual Coach Scholarship

Matt Dallow – Individual Coach Scholarship

Distance Event Group (Steve Willis) – Workshop with Mark Rowland

Throws Event Group (Dale Stevenson) - Conference Keynotes: Koji Murofushi & Don Babbitt)

Sprints & Relays Event Group (Kerry Hill) – Workshops with Polish Relays Coaches

Dr Dan Exeter – Support Team (Medical, World Championships)

Kat Austin – Support Team (Management, World Championships)

Brett Addison – Support Team (Communications, World Championships)

HPSNZ Coach Accelerator Programme (CAPs)The Coach Accelerator Programme aims to “accelerate” the development of outstanding coaches, capable of coaching athletes to become World and/or Olympic Champions. This is an individual and group programme over three years incorporating 10 residential camps, individual performance and development plans, a mentoring programme and regular performance reviews. We are delighted that Raylene Bates has been selected in the 2015 intake, with Steve Willis and Jeremy McColl going into their second year and Joe Hunter going into his third year.

Athlete DevelopmentThe two major components upon which the ANZ-HP Athlete Development programme is currently based are the:

Ĥ Pathway to Podium Programme (P2P); and

Ĥ Performance Potential Squad (PPS)

Para-athletes were included in both of these programmes for the first time in 2014 as a result of the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) and Athletics NZ at the end of 2013.

ANZ-HP recognizes that coaching is generally the greatest influence on “athlete development”. Consequently, wherever possible, coaches of P2P/PPS athletes were supported to Coach Education and Development opportunities via a range of Event Group Plans linked with specific activities, competitions, workshops, conferences and the like.

Event Group Plans have been established detailing initiatives that Athletics NZ is committed to delivering in order to promote each of the event groups. A focus of these plans is try and create or nurture the “Spirit of the Event Group”.

The Event Group focus has provided an increase in the contact and communication between coaches. Quality planning was again reinforced as the springboard for performance development strategies and this year saw a continuation of supporting coaches in making this process more effective.

Funding and resourcing for athletes and coaches at this level remains a significant challenge given that HPSNZ funding support is focus that gaining Olympic medals leads. However, we are doing our best to support each Event Group and to provide a platform for systematic/on-going success in our sport.

During 2014 Kat Austin’s role was revamped from predominately team logistics to incorporate Athlete Development. This change has hopefully provided P2P/PPS athletes and their coaches with increased access to resource and support.

Pathway to Podium (P2P) Programme2014 saw the introduction of a new initiative by Sport New Zealand and HPSNZ entitled the Pathway to Podium (P2P) Programme. The P2P consists of a series of workshops and some one on one opportunities across four services, delivered regionally for athletes and coaches.

32 athletes and 4 para athletes were selected (across all events) in 2014 based on age standards.

All P2P athletes were also offered the opportunity to attend the 2014 Australian Junior Championships in Sydney with Team Management support. This was taken up by a number of athletes where arrangements were put in place to ensure the athletes could travel, be accommodated and supported at the event by Athletics NZ HP staff members and coaches.

All P2P athlete and there coaches were offered the opportunity to attend a P2P/PPS Induction Camp in May 2014. The camp provided the opportunity to have 30 athletes and 24 coaches’ come together and learn from our HP staff and HPSNZ aligned staff. We held various sessions on our HP department’s vision, performance planning, nutrition, communication and social media and tertiary opportunities.

Next year will no doubt incorporate more change but the goals are still the same and the talent is still there to be developed.

Performance Potential Squad (PPS)The PPS was introduced by Athletics NZ in 2009. At that time it was known as the “Rio Squad”.For the 2014-2015 year the PPS composed of two tiers; Gold with 11 athletes and Silver with 16 athletes.

As mentioned above PPS athletes and their coaches were offered the opportunity to benefit from the Induction Camp. They were also targeted for involvement/inclusion in event group activities and had access to other resources on a case-by-case basis in consultation with ANZ-HP Athlete Development Coordinator, Kat Austin.

Future of the PPSThe current focus of the PPS is on non-carded athletes whose performances are just below the level ANZ-HP requires for Carding (i.e. based on age progression standards, but at a level that indicates that:They could still qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympic games; and/orWith some support, they could reach the standards required to be Carded Athletes.

During 2015-16 the PPS will be targeted towards athletes that ANZ-HP Staff believe can become Carded Athletes in 2017-2020 Olympic Cycle and beyond.

AcknowledgementsThe support of staff at HPSNZ has been critical; in particular thanks are extended to Pete Pfitzinger, Lyn Gunson, Marty Croy, Adrian Blincoe and Angus Ross.

A special thanks to all our High Performance coaches and athletes who have supported the ANZ-HP Programme.

Nikki Hamblin - Women’s 1500m, Glasgow Commonwealth Games - Photo Alan McDonald, Macspeed


Since I began the role of Medical Director in January this year I have been working hard to lead the ANZ-HP Medical Programme and liaise with regional providers and athletes, as well as seeing patients in the High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) clinic at MISH. The ANZ-HP Staff and other key providers have been a great support, as has Dr Bruce Hamilton (HPSNZ Medical Director).

I was fortunate to receive a Prime Minister’s Scholarship to travel with the team to the IAAF World Championships in Beijing later this year. This will give me the opportunity to meet our overseas based athletes and spend time with our key athletes and coaches prior to and during a pinnacle competition.

We have been working hard to improve the case management of injured

The Athletics New Zealand National Championships programme once again delivered action and strong competition throughout the year. Thirteen National Championships competitions take place annually from mid-April to early March, each featuring the countries’ best in their respective disciplines.

Winter ChampionshipsThe Championship season got under way with the NZ Mountain Running Champs run at the formidable Mount Campbell near Motueka. In beautiful clear conditions Auckland’s Jono Jackson and Canterbury’s Sarah Douglas were the victors in the senior events. Both were first year winners of the competition and were chased hard all the way up the mountain by veteran competitors Phil Costley and Sally Gibbs who finished runners-up.

Christchurch’s Hagley Park was the venue for the New Zealand 100km Championships, hosted by Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team as part of their Ultra Trio event. Athletes from the Waikato-Bay of Plenty centre, Russell Lake of Tauranga and Dawn Tuffery of Hamilton took out both of the senior titles.

The Athletics New Zealand Marathon Championships were run in conjunction with the celebratory 50th Rotorua Marathon event, making victory particularly sweet for Nelson’s Phil Costley and Bay of Plenty local Sally Gibbs. Remarkably both competitors backed up their second placings in the Mountain Running Championships just two weeks prior with New Zealand titles over the Marathon distance.Next it was to Wellington for the annual Half Marathon Championships, run alongside the Wellington Half Marathon event. Again Sally Gibbs showed a clean pair of heels to her

fellow competitors and collected her second New Zealand title for the year. Matt Harris of Auckland took out the Senior Men’s event, just besting Christchurch’s Daniel Balchin and Rowan Hooper of Wellington in a thrilling finish.

Over 400 Competitors took part in the New Zealand Cross Country Championships held at Halswell Quarry in Christchurch. In the feature events it was Canterbury’s Callan Moody and Waikato-BOP’s Camille Buscomb who proved too strong to win their maiden New Zealand Cross Country titles.

On to Tauranga and the New Zealand Road Championships, where both Moody and Buscomb underlined their dominance with wins in the senior events, capping a fantastic winter season for the pair.

The New Zealand Road Relay championships is always a highlight for harrier clubs throughout the country, a rare chance for team competition the event always attracts large fields and 2014 was no exception. The iconic Takahe to Akaroa course in Canterbury was once again the setting. In the senior men’s event, hometown heroes New Brighton Olympic took out the title, whilst in the senior women’s event North Harbours Bays claimed their first title since 2006.

Rounding out the winter championship season was the New Zealand Long Distance Race Walks competition held at Devonport in Auckland. Alana Barber was too strong in the senior women’s event over 20 kilometres. In the Men’s 50km event Graeme Jones took out his fourth New Zealand title.

Summer ChampionshipsThe summer National Championship Season kicked off with the New Zealand 3000m events. The junior event was run as part of the Cooks Classic in Wanganui, where Geordie Beamish and Gabrielle Gray were the victors. Just three days later in Wellington the Senior events were part of the Capital Classic. Daniel Balchin and Rosa Flanagan taking the titles.

Athletics Auckland were hosts of the New Zealand 10,000m Championship at Mt Smart Stadium. Aaron Pulford of Whangamata Track Club and Lydia O’Donnell of North Harbour Bays claimed victory in the Senior events.A newly laid track at Porritt Stadium in Hamilton greeted competitors in the New

Zealand Combined Events Championships. The Senior Men’s Decathlon was taking out by Olympian Brent Newdick, his sixth National Title. Veronica Torr was victorious in the Senior Women’s Heptathlon.

The National Championships calendar was rounded out in Wellington, with Newtown Park playing host to the New Zealand Track & Field Championships.

One of New Zealand’s longest running sporting events, the 2015 edition lived up to its reputation as New Zealand’s premier athletics competition. Highlights included Auckland’s Matt Bloxham finally ending the Phil Jensen’s reign as king of the hammer throw, Jensen having claimed 20 National titles previously and announcing retirement from national competition after the event’s conclusion.

One of the most eagerly anticipated events was the Senior Men’s Shot Put where Tom Walsh won his battle with Jacko Gill. The Senior Men’s 800m and Senior Women’s Steeplechase events featured International competitors, creating fantastic racing for the large crowd. Andrew Wheating of the USA just held eclipsed a fast charging Brad Mathas in the 800m, whilst Magdalene Massai of Kenya provided a rare challenge for Rosa Flanagan in the Steeplechase. Zane Robertson made a rare appearance on a New Zealand track with a comfortable victory in the 5000m whilst Nick Willis proved far too strong in the 1500m.

Despite atrocious conditions Keely O’Hagan and Liz Lamb fought out a fantastic Senior Women’s High Jump event, both clearing 1.84m – with O’Hagan claiming the win on countback.

Athletics New Zealand was proud to host the inaugural Auckland Track Challenge at Douglas Track & Field in Henderson. The event was attended by over 2000 spectators and featured one of the strongest athletics fields this country has seen for some years. Thanks to major funding partners The Trusts Community Foundation and Douglas Pharmaceuticals for supporting this competition and to our many sponsors and supporters of events & competitions throughout the year.

Note: A medal reallocation for the 2011 Women’s 800m NZ championship was undertaken. The official results were corrected but not noted in the Athletics NZ Almanac. Melanie Fayen was awarded the silver medal and Demelza Murrihy-Topp was awarded the Bronze.

Medical Report Competitions Report

Dr Dan ExeterAthletics New Zealand Medical Director

Gareth ArcherCompetitions and Membership Coordinator

athletes and focus on a pro-active model of minimising injury risk. The medical support team meets regularly to update progress, current status, and plan pinnacle competitions/camps with coaching and management staff to support both our carded elite athletes and our targeted development athletes. We now have a very effective spreadsheet system for recording weekly feedback on our carded athletes. Gensolve has become a central medical database which is working well for the Doctors and Physios who have contact with our athletes.

Drug Free Sport New Zealand education services are made available regularly to our athletes. In the past year there were 25 in-competition tests (urine), 46 out-of-competition tests (urine) and 12 out-of-competition tests (blood) performed with no positives.

Our High Performance medical team will continue to strive for excellence from HPSNZ/Athletics NZ providers to ensure the very best support for our High Performance athletes.

New Zealand Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships


Club Endorsement ProjectAthletics New Zealand piloted a club endorsement programme in the 2014/15 summer season. We had 20 clubs sign up from 5 different regions around New Zealand. The initial project leveraged funding to implement Get Set Go in Athletics Clubs. Each Club that signed up were given coach support, resources and discounted equipment to help them implement Get Set Go in return for some club capability outcomes. An initial meeting was held with each club to go through a checklist of capability items. The goal for 2015/16 is to meet with the 20 clubs to review the season and to undergo a strategic planning process.

The strategic planning process has already been piloted in three clubs and is delivered over two 2 hour workshops. Clubs that have meet the criteria will be Athletics NZ endorsed clubs and will be promoted to the Athletics Community through Club Finder on the Athletics NZ website. The idea for 2015/16 is to offer the ‘Endorsed Club’ opportunity to more clubs targeting all level of Athletics.

Club CommunicationsIn 2014 Athletics New Zealand introduced a new club affiliation process. We moved it online! The purpose of this was to gather up-to-date contact details to improve our communication with all clubs and to streamline the whole process including payments.

In December 2014 Athletics NZ launched the Club Finder module on the Athletics NZ website. It gives everyone the ability to search for a club using a postcode or suburb and specific characteristics they are after in an athletics club e.g. a club that caters to children under seven. All clubs received information on how to set up their club in Club Finder. It is in all clubs interest to update their details so they are visible to potential members.

In 2014/15 Club Chat has continued as the targeted communication towards clubs. Four were produced on a quarterly basis.

Club ConnectAthletics NZ held their annual Club Connect Conference and AGM in Christchurch on August 8 – 10. Over 70 attendees from 35 different clubs

attended over the weekend. We kicked off the Friday night with drinks and nibbles while we got an update from Annette Purvis on the Levy Review and the strategic direction of Athletics NZ. On the Sunday we presented most of the Club development presentations. We trialled a new format where guests had the option of two different streams. We tried to cover relevant topics for the wide variety of people we had attending. One stream was purely focused on Club Development and the other was targeted at those operating at the regional level.

IAAF Kids AthleticsIn Late February and early March Athletics NZ and Nestle New Zealand launched the IAAF Kids Athletics programme in New Zealand.

The IAAF Kids Athletics programme is a modified version of athletics that aims to maximise participation and enjoyment in a team environment. It was launched across New Zealand in four completely unique locations. We kicked it off with an event at The Trusts Stadium, Waitakere with 400 kids as part of an all-day athletics festival. Next stop was Mt Maunganui where 250 kids joined us on Omanu beach for a beach version of Kids Athletics. We moved down South for the biggest of the four events. 700 Kids gathered at the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin for the biggest indoor Kids Athletics event ever in New Zealand. The final stop was the Athletics NZ Track & Field champs in Wellington where kids in the crowd from local clubs were invited to come down to the home straight and

have a go with some of the fun equipment. Of course the key attraction for all events was the one and only Mike Powell – current long jump world record holder and IAAF ambassador. We were lucky enough to have Mike in New Zealand to help us launch the programme over a 10 day period. He entertained and educated kids on jumping in a fun and interactive way, bringing great energy to all the events. Thanks heaps to Nestle NZ for their support in the programme and for providing kids with healthy snacks and healthy eating resources at each event. Thanks also to all the volunteers, RSTs and RSOs that were involved in the delivery of the launch events… we couldn’t have done this without you all.

Numbers involved in the programme in 2014/15:

Number of Children: 5000Number of Coaches/volunteers: 140

Club Development Report

Cat O’SullivanClub Development Manager

Lord Sebastian Coe - IAAF Nestle Kids Athletics Exhibition, Auckland - Photo Alan McDonald, Macspeed

IAAF Nestle Kids Athletics Launch, Mt Maunganui - Photo Alan McDonald, Macspeed


During the period under review, an amount of time has been spent working with the Rules Committee to rationalise the list of events for record purposes. This was achieved and the new Regulations take account of new events e.g. Youth Boys Decathlon and archive events that are no longer or rarely contested e.g., Youth Boys Octathlon. A clearer definition between Race Walk events whether on the track or on the road has also been established. Work is now underway to identify for which events on the new list there are no records. Further work was undertaken on the process and procedures required for the ratifying of records. The process is now no longer the sole responsibility of the Statistician, but rather a process that involves a number of stages of verification of information contained on the application form. As a result, the Record Application Forms will be redesigned and re formatted. Once the new versions have been agreed to, then they will become available for use.

Work was undertaken on establishing a policy document regarding which performances should be considered for rankings lists. The policy has set criteria that recognises performances that have been achieved in “standard” conditions. This document is awaiting approval by the Board.

A total of 51 New Zealand open and age records were set in the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015. This number compares with the 45 New Zealand open and age records set in the preceding 12 month period. All records set in (calendar year) 2014 are tabled in Almanac 2014.

A somewhat unique occurrence of record breaking happened in late February 2015 when Ryan Whiting (USA) twice broke the New Zealand Men All Comers record for the Shot Put on successive days. In Christchurch he set a new All Comers Record of 21.03m, whilst on the following day at Waitakere he further improved the distance with a throw of 21.27m. In the period under review, eight Men’s National Records by five athletes were set. They were: Nicholas Willis (3000m – 7:36.91, 1500m – 3:29.91), Quentin Rew (3000m Race Walk – 11:15.20), Zane Robertson (Half Marathon – 59:47, 15km – 42:17+,

20km – 56:40+), Thomas Walsh (Shot Put – 21.37m) and Joshua Hawkins (110m Hurdles – 13.69) whilst Cameron French equalled the 400m Hurdles record with 49.72. Eight individual (by five women athletes) and one relay team National records were set by women. They were: Nneka Okpala (Triple Jump – 13.55m and 13.65m), Julia Ratcliffe (Hammer Throw – 69.60m and 70.28m), Eliza McCartney (Pole Vault – 4.40m= and 4.45m), Alana Barber (20km Race Walk – 1:35:07) and Tori Peeters (Javelin Throw – 55.14m).

Rosa Flanagan continued her prolific age record breaking with three times setting a new Women U20 record in the 3000m Steeplechase, twice setting a new Women U19 record in the same event and adding a new Women U19 3000m record to her portfolio. However Rosa was to be outdone during the period by Eliza McCartney who set two Women National, three Women U20, four Women Under 19, four Women U18, and a National Women’s Indoor Record in the Pole Vault.

Full details of all records set in 2014 are listed in Almanac 2014, whilst details of all records set in 2015 will be listed in Almanac 2015.

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This has been a particularly active year for the Rules Committee and it is pleasing to report significant progress towards conversion of the previous By-Laws to Regulations. The Competition Regulations have been fully revised and whilst there is still work to do on the Administration Regulations, the decision on the basic Membership Regulation has paved the way for other necessary updating. Over 65 submissions were received during the 50-day consultation period for the proposed amendments to the Membership Regulation and the associated levy scheme. Very few of the submissions actually commented on the wording of the proposed Regulation and the Rules Committee recommended adoption, with two minor editorial changes. The Board subsequently made a further amendment, under urgency, to the categories of membership. The Rules Committee was not responsible for any recommendation concerning the proposed membership fee structure, but did analyze the submissions received and provided background comment for the Board. Time will tell whether the new membership scheme meets the ongoing requirements for the Association.

Following discussion at the 2014 Club Conference some proposed amendments to the Regulations governing New Zealand Records went out for formal consultation and were subsequently recommended for Board approval. Several submissions were received from the Walks fraternity arguing for retention of separate Road and Track Walk records and continued recognition of the non-Championship 5000m Track Walk for Women’s grades. In accordance with the revised Regulation the Board has approved a protocol governing the approval process for record applications.

Amendments to the process of appointing officials for the National Championships proposed by the National Officials Committee were sent out for consultation in March 2015 and were subsequently recommended to the Board for adoption. The revised procedure had been trialled at the 2015 Track & Field Championships and was clearly considered appropriate, as no formal submissions were received.

At the time of writing this report an amendment to clarify the course

measurement requirements for Road Event Records has gone out for comment. Also, information from the IAAF has just been received concerning amendments to the IAAF Competition Rules, approved by Council. It is recommended that these changes apply in New Zealand (in line with their application in Australia) from 1 October 2015, the beginning of our summer season. One significant change is in the naming of age grades, with “Junior” being replaced by “Under 20” and “Youth” by “Under 18”. The Rules Committee will be checking the need for any other consequential amendments to the Athletics NZ Supplementary Rules. It was disappointing to find that a NZL submission seeking to combine the acceleration zone and change zone for sprint relays was not accepted by the IAAF Technical Committee.

One of the Rules Committee duties is the checking of proposed changes of Club Constitutions for consistency with the Athletics NZ Constitution. I am grateful to Andrew Orme for taking prime responsibility for this task.

All members of the committee have been actively involved over the year. I thank them for their contributions and acknowledge the co-operation of the staff at the Association’s office.

Committee: Rod Syme (Convenor), John McBrearty, Don Mackenzie, Andrew Orme

Rules Committee Report

Dr Rod SymeConvenor, Rules Committee

Julia Ratcliffe - Women’s Hammer, Glasgow Commonwelath Games - Photo Alan McDonald, Macspeed


2015 was a busy year for our officials across the country. I’d like to extend a big thank you to all of our officials for their tireless work during the year and often in trying conditions. A huge thank you as well to the officials who travel long distances on a regular basis to officiate at events outside of their region.

The Association’s AGM was held in March at the Track and Field Championships in Wellington. Although there was a mandate given to the committee at the AGM in 2014 to take steps to transfer the Association to an Incorporated Society, this did not occur however the new committee has taken on the responsibility to ensure this is done in the near future.

There was also discussion at the AGM about alignment with Athletics New Zealand and this is also being currently worked on.

With these changes, the association will be able to apply for funding and our hope is to provide a large range of clothing items to our members, either as an entitlement of membership, or at a price that is relevant and within the means of all members.

Plans are also in place to work closely with the NOC to ensure our objectives are consistent, but also not duplicating the work done by both groups.

As mentioned earlier in this report, I thank all our officials who have turned out for the various events over the year. While we expect inclement weather during the winter events, we don’t generally encounter winter-like conditions at our Track and Field championships. This year, however, we experienced some very trying conditions. So much so that I feel compelled to mention it! Torrential downpours combined with strong winds (stronger than usual for Wellington) made for very miserable conditions for all except those with an indoor task. Even the call room crew suffered with a small creek running through the tent.

I would like to thank all those running courses and encouraging new officials. It is one of the most difficult tasks we undertake throughout the year and we are always glad to welcome new members. Unfortunately, our numbers have decreased quite markedly over the last year, dipping well under 300. So the task of recruiting new members is more important than ever.

Over the year we have seen the passing of a number of our fellow officials and friends. Our sincere condolences go out to those among us who have lost loved ones or friends during the past year. Our thoughts and best wishes are with you and your families.

In closing I would like to thank my committee members for continuing their support into 2015 and beyond, and for their support to me as I take on the role of Chair. All the best to our members as they tackle another round of winter events and I hope to see there.

Committee: Kathryn Fraser (Chairperson), Kent Phillips (Vice-Chair), Murray McKinnon (Secretary Treasurer), Anthony Curry, Wendy Fox-Turnbull, Sylvia Maunder.

Officials Association Report

Kathyrn FraserNew Zealand Athletics Officials Association Chairperson

Youth Men’s 110m Hurdles, NZ Track & Field Championships- Photo Alan McDonald, Macspeed

The last twelve months have seen some big changes to the Committee, with the old National Technical Officials Committee being replaced with the National Officials Committee. The Committee has worked closely with Athletics New Zealand staff to organise the frame work for the Committee. Thank you to Amy McClintock and Michael Sharapoff for their input. Long serving members of the NTOC need to be thanked for their huge input over the years- Leon Blanchet, Fred Holmes and John Phillips your work has been much appreciated.

The NOC played a greater role in the appointment of officials for the Track and Field Championships this year, with the development of rosters to ensure that our officials are well rounded in their experience and knowledge. Putting in place Officials

Protocols for Championship competitions, mentoring schemes for the keen up-and-coming officials and providing the resources for our officials to develop their knowledge and skills are all high on the list of priorities.

The Regional Officials Co-ordinators meeting was held in Wellington in October. The NOC outlined some of its plans for the coming year. The ROCs are to be congratulated for the number of new officials they have brought into the sport, and for their encouragement to existing officials.

Unfortunately a lack of funding has meant a planned “facilitators” training weekend has not taken place. We hoped to be able to work with our ROCs, and those who assist them in running training courses, to widen their skills in presentation for both formal classroom sessions and practical training sessions.

In October seven of our officials travelled to the Gold Coast to attend a TOECS Level 2 course, resulting in five of our officials being named on the Oceania ITO (Area) panel. Ruth Liong, Heather O’Hagan and John Phillips were joined on the panel by Anthony Curry and Jim McIlroy.

In May Greg Werder attended an Area Starters Course run in conjunction with the Oceania Area Championships in Cairns and Emma Brooks attended an AIMS Course

Measurers Course in Christchurch. We look forward to the sport benefitting from the experience they gained at these courses.

The Committee has been conducting a review of the current written exam papers and educational material. This has proved to be a much greater task than first anticipated. Special thanks are due to Kent Phillips for his assistance with this project. The NOC members have been utilising their contacts with our Australian friends to acquire material and ideas to help set up training material and protocols.

As usual the two yearly IAAF rule review has produced some rule changes. I would encourage all our officials to attend sessions held to discuss these changes. Keeping up with these changes is a very important and necessary part of our officials’ continuing education. The next four yearly review of grading occurs next year, and the ROCs will be busy contacting their officials to confirm their interest and encourage continuing education.

I would like to thank the rest of the Committee, and all the officials for their hard work over the last twelve months.

Committee: Heather O’Hagan (Convenor), Ruth Liong, Tony Sargisson, Trevor Spittle

National Officials Committee

Heather O’HaganConvenor, National Officials Committee

Long Jump Officials, NZ Track & Field Championships - Photo Alan McDonald, Macspeed


Northland (10 clubs)Athletics WhangareiHatea Athletic & Harrier ClubHatea Athletic and Harrier ClubHokianga Athletics ClubKaitaia Athletic ClubKaiwaka Athletic ClubKamo Athletic ClubKerikeri Striders Multisports ClubWellsford Amateur Athletics ClubWellsford Road Runners

Auckland (35 clubs)Auckland City Athletics ClubAuckland University Track ClubAvondale Athletics ClubCalliope Athletic & Harrier Club Eastern Athletic and Harrier ClubEllerslie Amateur Athletic & Harrier ClubGlen Eden Athletic and Harrier Club Hibiscus Coast Athletic Club Hibiscus Coast Harriers and Triathlon ClubHillsborough Junior Athletics ClubHowick Athletics ClubHPC Athletic ClubLynndale Harrier ClubManurewa Amateur Athletics & Harrier ClubMassey Athletic ClubNorth Harbour Bays AthleticsOnehunga A. Athletic & Harrier Club Owairaka Amateur Athletic & Harrier ClubPakuranga Athletic ClubPapakura Athletic & Harrier Club Papatoetoe Athletics ClubPoint Chevalier Amateur Athletics ClubPukekohe Amateur Athletic & Harrier ClubRacewalking AucklandRiverhead Amateur Athletics ClubRoskill South Amateur Athletic ClubTakapuna Amateur Athletic & Harrier ClubTe Atatu Athletics ClubTechnical Athletic & Harrier ClubThe Auckland YMCA Marathon ClubTorbay Athletics ClubWaitakere City Athletic ClubWaiuku Athletics ClubWarkworth Athletic Harrier and Jogging ClubWesley Harrier & Athletic Club

Waikato BOP (36 clubs)Athletics TaurangaBellevue Athletics ClubCambridge Athletic & Harrier Club Fairfield Amateur Athletic ClubFrankton Athletic & Harrier ClubGreerton Amateur Athletics ClubHamilton City Hawks AthleticsHamilton Marathon ClinicHamilton Road Runners Hinemoa Amateur Athletic ClubKatikati Amateur Athletics ClubKawerau Athletic ClubKawerau Harrier ClubLake City Athletic ClubMatamata Athletic ClubMatamata Harrier ClubMorrinsville Amateur Athletics ClubNgatea Athletics ClubOmokoroa Athletics ClubOrini Amateur Athletics ClubOtorohanga Athletics ClubPaeroa Amateur Athletic ClubPapamoa AthleticsPutaruru Amateur Athletics ClubTaumarunui Amateur Athletic ClubTaupo Athletics ClubTaupo HarriersTe Aroha Athletic ClubTe Awamutu Athletic ClubTe Kuiti Amateur Athletics ClubTe Puke Amateur Athletic ClubThames Harriers ClubThe Whangamata Track ClubTokoroa Amateur Athletics & Harriers ClubWaihi Athletic ClubWhakatane Athletic & Harrier Club

Taranaki (16 clubs)Athletics HaweraBell Block Athletic ClubEgmont Athletic ClubEltham Athletic ClubEnergy City HarriersHawera HarriersInglewood Athletic ClubInglewood Runners & Walkers ClubKaitake Athletics ClubKaponga Amateur Athletics ClubNormanby Athletic ClubOpunake Athletic ClubStratford Athletic ClubStratford Runners & Walkers ClubTaranaki Race Walking ClubWoodleigh Athletics Club

Hawkes Bay Gisborne (10 clubs)Central Hawkes Bay Amateur Athletics ClubDannevirke Athletics ClubGisborne Athletic ClubGisborne Harrier ClubHastings Athletic ClubHastings Harrier Club UnitedNapier Athletic Club Napier Harrier ClubRun Walk Hawkes BayWairoa Athletics Club

Manawatu Wanganui (10 clubs)Ashhurst Athletic and Harrier ClubFeilding Athletic ClubFeilding Moa Harrier ClubLevin Amateur Athletics ClubLevin Harrier & Multisport ClubManawatu Wanganui Striders Palmerston North Athletic & Harrier ClubTe Kawau Amateur Athletics ClubAthletics WanganuiWanganui Harrier Club

Wellington (28 clubs)Athletics FeatherstonAthletics and Cycling MastertonAurora HarriersBush Harriers ClubHutt Valley HarriersHutt Valley Marathon ClinicKapiti Running and Tri ClubKarori Amateur Athletics ClubKiwi Athletic ClubLower Hutt Amateur Athletics ClubMana Amateur Athletics ClubMidvalley Athletic ClubOlympic Harrier and Athletic Club Onslow Amateur Athletic ClubOtaki Athletics ClubParaparaumu Track & FieldRimutaka Harrier ClubStreamz TCTitahi Bay Amateur Athletic ClubTrentham United Harriers & Walkers Club Upper Hutt Athletic ClubVictoria University Athletic ClubWainuiomata Athletic and Harrier ClubWellington Athletics ClubWellington Harrier Athletic ClubWellington Marathon ClinicWellington Scottish Athletics Club Wellington Triathlon Club

Centres and clubsTasman (5 clubs)Athletics NelsonAthletics RichmondMarlborough AthleticsMotueka Athletic ClubTakaka Athletics

Canterbury (24 clubs)Aorangi Road RunnersAshburton Athletic ClubAshburton Harrier ClubCanterbury Tri Run ClubChristchurch Anglican Harrier ClubChristchurch Avon Athletic & Harrier Club Christchurch Boys' High SchoolChristchurch HSOB-United Athletic ClubChristchurch Methodist Harrier ClubChrist's College Athletic ClubGeraldine Amateur Athletic ClubGreymouth Athletic ClubNew Brighton Olympic Athletic Club North Canterbury Athletic ClubPapanui Toc H Athletic Club Phoenix Athletic ClubPort Hills Athletic ClubSelwyn Athletic ClubSouth Canterbury Amateur Athletics ClubSumner Running ClubTemuka Athletics ClubTimaru Harrier Club University of Canterbury Athletic Club Waimate Amateur Athletics Club

Otago (13 clubs)Alexandra Harrier & Walkers ClubAriki Athletics & Harrier ClubAspiring Athletes ClubAthletics AlexandraAthletics Taieri Caversham Harrier and Athletic ClubCivil Service Harrier and Athletic ClubHill City-University Athletic ClubLeith Harrier & Athletic ClubNorth Otago Harrier Amateur Athletic ClubOtago Athletic ClubRemarkable Runners Harrier ClubSouth Otago Athletic Club

Southland (8 clubs)Athletics GoreAthletics Invercargill ClubFiordland Athletic ClubOtautau Athletic ClubRiverton Athletic ClubSt Pauls Harriers and Amateur Athletic ClubWinton Athletics ClubWyndham Athletics Club

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WBP 157 129 42 28 18 21 57 57 815 784 566 537 358 510 4079 3398

TAR 70 53 14 5 10 2 12 15 201 221 0 0 27 150 780 744

HBG 25 10 5 4 7 3 21 16 126 133 58 52 40 145 645 840

MWA 19 12 15 4 10 3 18 19 95 119 34 33 24 135 540 1471

WLG 236 99 74 48 21 15 92 46 1064 862 104 58 101 177 2997 3300

TAS 57 15 11 4 4 1 13 18 151 154 14 19 0 145 606 537

CAN 177 69 49 32 24 18 130 74 720 658 134 116 97 265 2563 3142

OTG 73 33 25 26 15 13 38 25 257 249 55 31 115 230 1185 740

STH 31 13 5 4 4 4 31 23 214 177 57 35 10 40 648 751

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Oceania has again been busy, especially as it was an election year. Elections take place at every second Congress which was held this year on the Gold Coast in February. Council met prior to Congress and had previously met last October in Guam. This meeting was scheduled to coincide with the holding of the Oceania Area Cross Country Championships. These were held at JFK High School in Guam and New Zealand was represented by Callan Moody and Rachel Kingsford both achieving second place in their races. The night following the race Benita Willis and Anne Lord presented a seminar on Cross Country racing. This was well received by all athletes and Coaches that attended.

Area Track & Field Championships were held in Rarotonga in June 2014 and a good team represented New Zealand. All athletes and Officials were accommodated at the Edgewater Resort and this worked well. Buses were available to travel to the Stadium and the ‘Round the Island’ bus stopped at the resort regularly which enabled anyone that wished to visit other places easily. A number of New Zealand Officials again traveled at their own cost to this event and this is appreciated by OAA. Without these Officials the event would not be able to be conducted.

At Congress held in February the President of Oceania Athletics, Mr Geoff Gardner welcomed the Delegates, Guests and Observers to the Congress. A special welcome was made to the guests from the IAAF – Lord Sebastian Coe (IAAF Vice President), Mr Ahmad Al Kamali (IAAF Council Member), Mr Du Zhaocai (IAAF Council Member) and

the Honorary Life Members of Oceania Athletics – Clive Lee, Arthur Eustace, Margaret Mahony and Fletcher McEwen. Mr Essar Gabriel, the IAAF General Secretary was also welcomed.Apologies were received from the President of the IAAF, Mr Lamine Diack and IAAF Vice-President, Mr Sergey Bubka.

The President, Mr Geoff Gardner, was re-elected unopposed, and the following individuals were elected by the 18 Member Federations who were present at the Congress: Matthew Mahon (AUS), Jay Antonio (GUM), Trevor Spittle (NZL), Robin Sapong-Eugenio (NMI), Peoria Koshiba (PLW), and Titaua Juventin (PYF). I was later appointed as Vice President by Council and Titaua Juventin as Treasurer.

At the Congress Dinner, the incoming OAA Congress Members were presented with their badges of office by Essar Gabriel, the IAAF General Secretary. At the dinner awards were also made and New Zealand achieved well. These included Future Women’s Scholarship Awards Winners were: Mariah Ririnui (NZL), Naomi Blaz (GUM), Women’s Award Finalists Raylene Bates Women’s Award Winner: Naomi Polum (PNG), Athlete of the Year Award, Michael Shelley (AUS)– Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist – Marathon, Valerie Adams (NZL) – World Indoor Champion, Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist, IAAF Athlete of the Year

Three Life Memberships were awarded. Lamine Diack: instrumental in the decentralisation and empowerment of the Area Associations. A concept that OAA has embraced with the amalgamation of its services – HPTC, RDC and the Oceania Office.Filimoni Vuli Waqa Vuli (Fiji) was a great contributor to the OAA Council. He is the mover and shaker of possibly the largest school competition in the world – the Coke Games.

Bob Snow is a previous Statistician of OAA. Bob is a long-supporter of Athletics in this region. He is has lived in a number of the Member Federations, including Vanuatu, Fiji and Papua New Guinea.Following on from Congress those in

attendance also attended a ‘Marketing Seminar’ which was well received. Groups were formed and used the seminar to start the planning process for the holding of a major event. Presenters assisted with planning of event, obtaining sponsorship, media, etc. One point that was made was that during an event you need to ensure the event is brought to the people and ideas such as Shot in the City or Pole Vault by the river be considered to attract attention. TV Coverage V’s Live Streaming were also discussed.

Following congress the new Council met briefly to plan the next year and approve competition and RDC event.

It is an honour to again be elected to serve on Oceania Council and be part of our Area’s administration. I thank New Zealand for its nomination and will work towards improving Athletics in our Area.

Oceania Athletics Association

Trevor SpittleVice President OAA

Stu Farquhar - Men’s Javelin, Glasgow Commonwealth Games - Photo Alan McDonald, Macspeed

Holly Robinson - Women’s Javelin, Porritt Classic - Photo Alan McDonald, Macspeed


Note 2015 2014$ $

Income

Member Income: Club Affiliation Fees 2 18,644 20,784 Centre Association Fees 512,881 488,723

531,525 509,507

Administration Recharge 46,505 35,000Grants Received 3 139,215 132,250Interest Received 55,940 52,417National Events 5 1,226,896 580,867National Programmes 6 232,831 411,010Sponsorship 26,294 20,833Sport New Zealand Investments 4 3,135,285 3,144,938Sundry Income 14,401 12,550 Total Income 5,408,892 4,899,372

ExpenditureAssociation CostsAnnual General Meeting 9,065 7,394Annual Report 7 4,667 9,097Athletics In Action Publication - 2,080Audit Fees 13,066 9,575Bad Debts 222 13,403Board Meetings 28,680 18,030Chairperson's Expenses 978 291IAAF - 8,565Legal Fees 28,432 15,680Membership Online System 2,835 28,289National Events 5 804,288 412,292National Programmes 6, 7 791,694 756,319NZCAA Children 14,674 14,674President's Expenses 1,971 3,009Public Liability Insurance 10,369 9,819Sport Meetings 1,600 8,631 Total Association Costs 1,712,541 1,317,149

This financial statement must be read in conjunction with the accompanying Notes

For the Year Ended 31 March 2015

Athletics New Zealand (Inc) - Statement of Financial Performance

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Index to the Financial Statements Page

Statement of Financial Performance 1

Statement of Movements in Equity 3

Statement of Financial Position 4

Notes to the Financial Statements 5

Auditor's Report 11

ATHLETICS NEW ZEALAND (INC)FINANCIAL REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2015


For the Year Ended 31 March 2015

Athletics New Zealand (Inc) - Statement of Financial Performance

Note 2015 2014$ $

Expenditure cont.Management and Administration CostsBank Fees 2,199 2,213Communications 25,164 20,400Computers & Network Support 36,384 42,084Consultants 13,574 15,000Electricity 2,829 5,764Finance Administration 17,293 7,916Foreign Exchanges Losses (Gains) (10,024) 2,156General Expenses 14,859 8,009Office Relocation - 917Office Rental 34,983 11,317Photocopier 3,780 5,608Postage 1,673 4,543Printing & Stationery 8,661 5,573Professional Development 2,798 9,626Publicity 29,003 40,996Rankings & Archives 7 16,347 17,331Staffing 560,206 567,569Staff Recruitment & Relocation 22,614 7,593Subscriptions 920 1,166Travel & Accommodation 34,744 12,564 Total Management and Administration Costs 818,007 788,345

Depreciation 26,996 33,506

845,003 821,851

Athletics ProgrammesHigh Performance 8 2,721,827 2,725,636

2,721,827 2,725,636

Total Expenses 5,279,371 4,864,635

Net Surplus for the Year 129,521 34,737


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Note 2015 2014$ $

Association Equity at Start of Period 364,900 330,163

Add

Net Surplus for the Year 129,521 34,737

Association Equity at End of Period 494,421 364,900

Total Association Equity 494,421 364,900


Athletics New Zealand (Inc) - Statement of Movements in EquityFor the Year Ended 31 March 2015

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1 Statement of Accounting Policies

Entity Reporting

These financial statements are for Athletics New Zealand, an Incorporated Society that administers thesport of athletics in New Zealand.

The financial statements have been prepared on a consistent basis with prior periods. The statements arespecial purpose financial reports where the measurement and reporting of profit is on a historical cost basis. Accrual accounting has been used to match revenue and expenses. Reliance is placed on the fact that the Society is a going concern.

The financial statements have been prepared for:- the Societies members; and- the Societies funders.

Specific Accounting Policies

The following specific accounting policies which materially affect the measurement of financialperformance and financial position have been applied.

(i) Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable are stated at their anticipated realisable value. Bad debts are written off duringthe year as they are identified, with appropriate adjustment being made at balance date for anydoubtful debts that may exist.

(ii) Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

(iii) Income Tax

The Society is exempt from taxation under section CW46 of the Income Tax Act 2007.

(iv) Intangible Assets

Intangible assets are stated at cost less impairment. The assets are reviewed for impairment annually and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the value of the asset to the Society has diminished or been lost. The assets are not subject to amortisation.

(v) Tangible Assets

Tangible assets are stated at cost less aggregate depreciation. Depreciation has been calculatedat a rate of 33 1/3 per cent on the diminishing value method, other than for trophies and videos,which have not been depreciated.

(vi) Goods and Service Tax (GST)

The financial statements have been prepared on a GST exclusive basis where all items in theRevenue Accounts, together with Inventories and Fixed Assets have been recorded exclusiveof GST. Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable are recorded in the Statement of FinancialPosition inclusive of their GST content. GST owing to or by the Society at balance date asrecorded in the Statement of Financial Position, has been determined on an accruals basis.

Athletics New Zealand (Inc) - Notes to the Financial StatementsFor the Year Ended 31 March 2015

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Note 2015 2014$ $

CURRENT ASSETS

ASB Bank Limited 1,528,288 1,977,400Accounts Receivable 135,974 239,274Accured Income 11,062 - Prepayments 67,603 80,815Work in Progress 9 43,500 43,500Stock on Hand 49,702 44,501Total Current Assets 1,836,129 2,385,490

NON-CURRENT ASSETS

Intangible Assets 10 98,128 98,128Tangible Assets 10 100,152 112,760Total Non-Current Assets 198,280 210,888

Total Assets 2,034,409 2,596,378

CURRENT LIABILITIES

Accounts Payable 255,630 242,057Accrued Expenses 40,058 - GST Payable 13,299 40,795Provision for Holiday Pay 91,297 82,438Events in Progress 11 244,666 642,411Grants in Advance 12 833,617 1,201,903Income in Advance 61,421 21,874Total Current Liabilities 1,539,988 2,231,478

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

- - Total Non-Current Liabilities - -

Total Liabilities 1,539,988 2,231,478

Net Assets 494,421 364,900

Total Association Equity 494,421 364,900

Annette Purvis, Chairperson

Linda Hamersley, Chief Executive Officer26 June 2015


Athletics New Zealand (Inc) - Statement of Financial PositionAs At 31 March 2015

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(vii) Revenue Recognition

Centre Association and Club Affiliation fees are recognised on an accruals basis. Income fromGrants and Sport New Zealand Group Investments is recognised when the conditions relating to thatgrant or investment have been met. Interest, National Event and Sundry income is recognisedon a cash received basis. Sponsorship income is recognised on an accruals basis, exceptwhere the sponsorship relates to a specific activity or event the revenue is recognised when theactivity or event occurs. Grant, Sport New Zealand Group Investment, National Event and Sponsorshipincome received in advance for a specified activity or event is recorded as a liability in the Statement of Financial Position until the income is earned and recognised in the Statementof Financial Performance.

(viii) Changes in Accounting Policies

All accounting policies have been applied on a basis consistent with those used in previous years.

2 Club Affiliation Fees

The following fees were received during the year:

2015 2014$ $

Northland 970 940 Auckland 3,442 3,674 Waikato Bay of Plenty 3,396 3,780 Hawkes Bay Gisborne 957 1,050 Taranaki 1,565 1,680 Manawatu Wanganui 835 1,365 Wellington 2,783 2,940 Tasman 470 525 Canterbury 2,278 2,520 Otago 1,183 1,365 Southland 765 945

18,644 20,784

3 Grants Received

The following grants were recorded as income (returned) during the year:

2015 2014$ $

ASB Community Trust 12,828 7,172Grassroots Trust 4,844 - Halberg Trust 9,739 261Lion Foundation - - NZ Community Trust 61,500 89,282North & South Trust 2,100 475Olympic Solidarity - - Pub Charity 4,347 9,097The Southern Trust 30,805 20,963Youthtown Trust 13,052 5,000

139,215 132,250

Also refer to Notes 5, 11 and 12 for further grants.

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4 Sport New Zealand Group Investments

The following investments were recorded as income during the year:

2015 2014$ $

Capability & Commercial 67,768 77,411 Coach Development 52,976 51,308 Community Sport 242,617 250,004 Get Set Go 43,257 16,260 High Performance 2,662,481 2,671,647 Infrastructure - 24,320 Prime Minister's Scholarships 66,186 53,989

3,135,285 3,144,938

5 National Events

The following surpluses (deficits) by championship/event were made during the year:

2015 2014$ $

2014 Cross Country 2,822 6,5782014 Half Marathon 1,107 - 2014 Long Distance Race Walking 51 1942014 Marathon - (269)2014 Mountain Running 49 6722014 Road 2,153 1,9352014 Road Relays 3,866 8072014 Rotorua Marathon 394,594 140,0152015 Track & Field Championship Series Meetings (4,579) 2,2872015 Track & Field Championships 20,444 37,764Generic Income (Expenses) 2,101 (21,409)

422,608 168,575

The following grants were recorded as income for competitions and events during the year:

2015 2014$ $

Constellation Communities Trust 5,000 - Lion Foundation 120,000 80,000NZ Community Trust 13,276 2,667Pelorus Trust 1,500 - Pub Charity 43,044 40,436Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust 25,000 12,000The Southern Trust - 8,000Trillian Trust 3,000 -

210,820 143,103

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6 National Programmes - Community & Participation

The following key areas of net surplus (deficit) were incurred during the year under theCommunity & Participation sport unit:

2015 2014$ $

Club Development (29,113) (8,906)Coach Development 14,316 560 Get Set Go (15,466) 98,582 Officials Development (22,033) (7,434)Programme Management (87,510) (37,712)

(139,806) 45,090

7 Grant Subsidised Expenses

Expenses that were subsidised in part or full by a grant were the Annual Report (Pub Charity), Club Finder and Ranking List web modules (NZ Community Trust) and Salaries (NZ Community Trust).Refer to Note 3.

8 High Performance

The following key areas of expenditure were incurred during the year:

2015 2014$ $

Athlete Support 1,400,195 1,268,785Programme Coaches 652,764 584,987Programme Management 668,868 871,864

2,721,827 2,725,636

9 Work in Progress

This relates to the costs incurred to date for the production of a DVD master for the Get Set Go programme. These costs will be released to the Statement of Financial Performance as sales of the DVD's occur.

10 Intangible and Tangible Assets

Cost, impairment and book value of intangible assets as at balance date were:

2015 2014$ $

Book Value Book ValueCost Impairment This Year Last Year

Software 2,522 - 2,522 2,522 Intellectual Property 38,826 - 38,826 38,826 Websites 56,780 - 56,780 56,780

98,128 - 98,128 98,128

Cost, accumulated depreciation and book value of tangible assets as at balance date were:

2015 2014$ $

Accum. Book Value Book ValueCost Depreciation This Year Last Year

Computer Equipment 151,453 105,390 46,063 56,062 Office Equipment 9,964 7,893 2,071 3,106 Office Furniture 14,089 8,020 6,069 4,832 Other Fixed Assets 139,459 93,510 45,949 48,760

314,965 214,813 100,152 112,760

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11 Events In Progress

The $244,666 represents income less expenses incurred as at 31 March 2015 in relation to the 2015 Lion Foundation Rotorua Marathon. This amount includes a grant of $80,000 from theLion Foundation and a grant of $15,000 from the Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust.

12 Grants In Advance

The following unexpended grants were held by the Society at balance date:

2015 2014$ $

ASB Community Trust - 12,828Bay of Plenty Get Set Go Project 28,144 4,879Greater Auckland Coaching Unit 4,624 4,624Halberg Trust - 7,239Harbour Coaching Project 3,472 1,000High Performance Sport New Zealand Investment 443,256 619,464IAAF Kids Athletics 25,048 27,066Massey University - 10,000National Teams Competition Residual Funds 4,351 4,351NZ Community Trust - 24,776New Zealand Post Get Set Go Project 108,468 30,000North & South Trust - 3,437Paralympics New Zealand Incorporated 455 50,975Prime Minister's Scholarships 71,193 53,726 Sport Auckland 8,410 29,909Sport New Zealand Business Improvement Investment 15,082 44,070 Sport New Zealand Capability Investment - 33,333 Sport New Zealand Coach Mentor Grant 3,700 6,684 Sport New Zealand Community Sport 38,454 69,704 Sport New Zealand Indoor Throws Project - 36,747 Sport New Zealand KiwiSport Regional Funding 21,049 64,306 Sport New Zealand Website Support 20,081 22,529 Sport Hawkes Bay Coaching Project 2,979 2,979 Sport Northland 934 972 Taranaki Get Set Go Project 10,175 3,000 Tasman Coaching Project 1,492 1,500 The Southern Trust - 16,805 Wellington KiwiSport 15,302 10,000 World Mountain Running Trophy Donation 5,000 5,000 Youthtown Get Set Go Project 1,948 -

833,617 1,201,903

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13 Commitments

There were no capital expenditure commitments at year end. (2014: Nil)

There are operating lease commitments at year end:2015 2014

$ $No later than one year 72,791 61,466

128,620 166,373 201,411 227,839

14 Contingent Liabilities

There were no contingent liabilities at year end. (2014:Nil)

15 Base Sports NZ Limited

Athletics New Zealand Inc. holds 100 shares of nil cost in Base Sports NZ Limited. The othershareholders are Bike NZ Inc., Swimming New Zealand Inc., The New Zealand Equestrian Federation Inc.,New Zealand Rowing Association Inc., Snow Sports New Zealand Inc., and Triathlon New Zealand Inc.

Later than one year and no later than five years

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Staples Rodway Wellington Level 6, 95 Customhouse Quay Wellington 6011 New Zealand

PO Box 1208 Wellington 6140 New Zealand

Telephone 64 4 472 7919 Facsimile 64 4 473 4720 [email protected] www.staplessrodway.com

An Independent Member of Baker Tilly International.

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT To the Members of Athletics New Zealand (Inc.) We have audited the financial statements of Athletics New Zealand (Inc.) on pages 1 to 10, which comprise the statement of financial position as at 31 March 2015, and the statement of financial performance and statement of movements in equity for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information. The financial statements have been prepared by the Board in a special purpose format on a basis consistent with prior periods. Board’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements The Board is responsible for the preparation of these financial statements in accordance with the accounting policies set out in Note 1 of the financial statements and that give a true and fair view of the matters to which they relate, and for such internal control as the Board determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor’s Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (New Zealand). Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view of the matters to which they relate 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, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Other than in our capacity as auditor we have no relationship with, or interests in, Athletics New Zealand (Inc.).

Opinion In our opinion, the financial statements on pages 1 to 10 give a true and fair view of the financial position of Athletics New Zealand (Inc.) as at 31 March 2015 and its financial performance for the year then ended in accordance with the accounting policies set out in Note 1 of the financial statements.

Basis of Accounting Without modifying our opinion, we draw attention to Note 1 of the financial statements which describes the basis of accounting. The financial statements are prepared to assist Athletics New Zealand to meet the requirements of the Incorporated Societies Act 1908. As a result, the financial statements may not be suitable for another purpose.

26 June 2015 Staples Rodway Wellington Chartered Accountants Wellington

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