NRS SOLUTIONS INC. Page 1 of 5 General Manager’s Annual Report – 2017/18 Season Dawson Creek Curling Club Financial Report: See “Appendix A” (Income Statement, fiscal year April 1/17- March 31/18) Background: NRS Solutions Inc. (Jeff Ginter) was contracted to provide General Manager (GM) & Head Ice Technician Services on June 1, 2015. In the previous two seasons, the Dawson Creek Curling Club had a positive recovery, after the 2014/15 season was cancelled in December 2014 due to a mechanical breakdown. Overview: In 2017/18, the most impactful subject-matter was the cement pad and brine line infrastructure project. Construction of this $1.68M project commenced two months later than expected and was largely completed in December of 2017. It was the culmination of over two years in preparations, and a significant improvement to our facility. Unfortunately, the inability to rent our facility from April – November, and the late start to the curling season had short-term but significant financial impacts. An assessment of the 2017/18 Season: 2017/18 OBJECTIVES 2017/18 RESULTS 1. A Conservative Net Profit $20,000 - Net Profit $17,386 2. Complete ice pad renovation - Largely completed June 20 – Dec 4 2017; DCCC now boasts a high quality, functional and attractive ice- shed facility which should last approx. 30 years. 3. Maintain membership - # of curling members is almost identical to last year - Many are “new”, and 41% are under 30 years old 4. Maintain facility use, on and off ice - Bonspiels remained profitable - new curling options (doubles, 4 and 8 week terms) - a slight decrease (15%) in the number of total facility rentals for “non curling” events 63 functions this year, however fewer larger ones in the “ice-shed” portion of the facility - Conservative estimate 20,000 customers in 2017-18 season; 15,000 “curling” and 5000 “non-curling” 5. Excellent ice conditions - Professional install and maintenance at two separate facilities this season (club and arena) - Positive reviews and reputation 6. Host a successful Level 2 Business of Curling Seminar - Curling Canada funded and facilitated - “Strategic Planning” completed Nov. 4-5 7. Manage a 3-5 year facility upgrade and capital investment plan - Cautious expenditures (due to reduced net incomes) - DCCC spent $19,837 on capital items in 2017/18 - Increased capital asset reserve by $90,000 - now has a balance of $205,963.60 (as of May 2018)
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General Manager’s Annual Report – 2017/18 Season
Dawson Creek Curling Club
Financial Report: See “Appendix A” (Income Statement, fiscal year April 1/17- March 31/18) Background: NRS Solutions Inc. (Jeff Ginter) was contracted to provide General Manager (GM) & Head Ice Technician Services on June 1, 2015. In the previous two seasons, the Dawson Creek Curling Club had a positive recovery, after the 2014/15 season was cancelled in December 2014 due to a mechanical breakdown. Overview: In 2017/18, the most impactful subject-matter was the cement pad and brine line infrastructure project. Construction of this $1.68M project commenced two months later than expected and was largely completed in December of 2017. It was the culmination of over two years in preparations, and a significant improvement to our facility. Unfortunately, the inability to rent our facility from April – November, and the late start to the curling season had short-term but significant financial impacts. An assessment of the 2017/18 Season:
2017/18 OBJECTIVES 2017/18 RESULTS
1. A Conservative Net Profit $20,000 - Net Profit $17,386
2. Complete ice pad renovation - Largely completed June 20 – Dec 4 2017; DCCC now boasts a high quality, functional and attractive ice-shed facility which should last approx. 30 years.
3. Maintain membership - # of curling members is almost identical to last year
- Many are “new”, and 41% are under 30 years old
4. Maintain facility use, on and off ice - Bonspiels remained profitable
- new curling options (doubles, 4 and 8 week terms)
- a slight decrease (15%) in the number of total facility rentals for “non curling” events
63 functions this year, however fewer larger ones in the “ice-shed” portion of the facility
- Conservative estimate 20,000 customers in 2017-18 season; 15,000 “curling” and 5000 “non-curling”
5. Excellent ice conditions - Professional install and maintenance at two separate facilities this season (club and arena)
- Positive reviews and reputation
6. Host a successful Level 2 Business of Curling Seminar
- Curling Canada funded and facilitated
- “Strategic Planning” completed Nov. 4-5
7. Manage a 3-5 year facility upgrade and capital investment plan
- Cautious expenditures (due to reduced net incomes)
- DCCC spent $19,837 on capital items in 2017/18
- Increased capital asset reserve by $90,000 - now has a balance of $205,963.60 (as of May 2018)
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Highlights of the 2017/18 fiscal year: 1. Strategic Planning:
Our new Constitution and Bylaws were passed at the May 30, 2017 AGM. Our Society Act transition was filed July 10, 2017.
GM and two Board members attended a Phase 1 Business of Curling Symposium in Sherwood Park, May 2017.
DCCC hosted a Level 2 Business of Curling Seminar on Nov 4-5, 2017: o Facilitated by a Curling Canada representative and funded by Curling Canada at no
charge to DCCC. Attended by 8 Board members, 2 staff and 5 member volunteers. o Seminar individually focused on the vision/goals/objectives of the DC Curling Club, and
included trends and SWOT analysis, a mission and values review, and the creation of 7 specific goal areas:
o Working groups were created under each goal area, and their specific objectives, strategies and action items were further examined.
o Next steps include the finalization of the Strategic Plan itself, and the initiation of priority strategies and actions.
2. The City of Dawson Creek:
In June 2015, DCCC received a federal infrastructure grant of $500,000 for cement pad and brine lines replacement; this funding was then gifted to the City of DC via partnership agreement. The overall project was managed and funded by the City of Dawson Creek. Construction occurred June – December 2017. Total City contribution was approx. $1.18M.
Since May 2015, the City of DC has funded utilities including water/sewer, hydro, gas and waste disposal. In 2017-18, those expenses totaled approximately $43,000. They also continue to fund general contracts for security, fire safety and electrical services, as well as building insurance and the occasional expense related to the building envelope.
DCCC’s 5-year lease agreement expired in June 2017. On Sept. 11, 2017 City Council confirmed their commitment to a 10 year lease.
In June 2017, DCCC applied to City Council for financial relief as a result of the pad replacement project, its delays and the resulting loss of approximately $80,000 in net income. While City Council declined this request, they did approve our club’s use of the Encana Events Centre from Nov 28 – Dec 11, 2017 at no charge (an estimated value of $30,000). This prompted our regular curling season to commence 3 weeks earlier than when our club facility would be ready, permitted us to host a successful 45th edition of our DC Cash Spiel and allowed us to work together to showcase the Encana Centre as a venue.
The City of Dawson Creek, through its representatives and staff continue to be an exceptional partner; our success and our community programming would be severely limited without their support.
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3. Partnerships: Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program – $500,000 – ice pad project (2015 grant) BC Government – Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development – Community
Gaming Grant – $21,900 for 6 different curling programs (our highest gaming grant to date) Browns Chevrolet Buick GMC – through our association with their summer golf tournament,
approximately $15,000 was raised and received by our club. Significant merchant donations ($100-$1000 each for bonspiels) – totaling approx. $24,000. Bonnie’s Janitorial – continuing in-kind donations for cleaning pad and floors BC Special Olympics – a third year of programming for curling athletes School District No. 59 – Approx. 80 different grades 4-7 students attended 3-5 curling
sessions each (270 in total). Continuing to engage schools for on-ice programming and Elementary Schools for “Floor Curling”.
Dawson Creek Sunrise Rotary – continuing weekly breakfast meetings
4. Annual bonspiel entries:
45th Annual Cash Spiel, Dec 8-10 – 34 teams – At Encana Events Centre
Farmers/Mixed Annual, Jan 26-28 – 22 teams
Ladies Annual, Feb 23-25 – 16 teams
Mens Annual, Mar 9-11 – 19 teams
Elementary “hot shots” Bonspiel, Mar 15 – 20 teams
Closing Funspiel, Mar 30-31 – 12 teams
5. As a “Community Centre”, DCCC provided accommodation, food and/or beverage for the following non-curling events in the FY2017-18: 46 community service club meetings 10 Christmas parties 1 celebration of life 1 three-day archery shoot 2 banquet receptions 2 non-profit AGM’s 5 misc. banquets, bridal showers and/or paint parties 1 off-site food service
** Approximately 20 non-curling events were turned away due to the pad replacement project ** In total, we catered 82 meals/banquets – 62 to non-curling clients, and 20 to curling events
6. Staffing: GM, Head Ice Tech desires to renew contract expiring June 2, 2017. Special thanks to our sectional staff leadership team for their exceptional work:
Jacqui Walsh (bookkeeping)
Naomi Schwieger (food/beverage)
Marife Dumo (custodial)
Rick Jarrett (ice)
7. Matters related to the 2014/15 rink closure: All legal issues have been settled. There is nothing outstanding related to this issue.
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8. Challenges: BC Gov’t. Community Gaming Grant – applied for $69,390; received $21,900 (32%). Our opening bonspiel was cancelled due to the late start, and our Cash Spiel occurred at the
Encana Events Centre – both had a negative financial impact, although the Encana arena ice experience was enjoyed by many league and bonspiel participants.
Relationships with schools is building, however has been slower (than expected) to develop. Impacts from the pad replacement project are still being felt, as our number of larger
rentals in summer 2018 is down. It is believed this is partially the result of being unable to showcase our “ice-shed” rental facility last season while it was under construction.
Our club will be hosting the 2019 Alberta Mixed Doubles Provincial Championship, mid February.
Growth Opportunities: We will grow and improve our facility, our finances, our membership and our community service. By utilizing improved marketing strategies, we’ll also continue to nurture our current partnerships and develop new ones.
We have already hosted or booked some non-traditional and new community events for the next year, including grad reunions, weddings, swing dances, community service fundraisers, corporate meetings, paint parties and another archery shoot.
Among others things, 2018-19 will see both priority capital purchases and a variety of operational upgrading to our facility. We continue to seek grant partners for significant capital improvements, including a number of projects each valued between $30,000 and $200,000. Our needs still exceed the balance of our Capital Asset Reserve. We will also re-examine our trends, make effective change where necessary, and ensure each and every client has an enjoyable, value-added experience at the Dawson Creek Curling Club.
Profits will continue to be returned to the facility and the community.
Former DC residents and DCCC Alumni Tristan Steinke and Jason Ginter won the National Curling Canada / USports (University) Championships in March 2018, representing the University of Alberta. They will now compete as “Team Canada” in the World Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Russia in Feb-Mar 2019. They are the first national curling champions to come from Dawson Creek.
On the Provincial Stage:
A DCCC team comprised of Tracy Steinke, Mark Heartt, Wayne Radke and John Inkster represented our club at the Travelers Provincials.
DCCC’s Tracy Steinke and Glenn Roszmann participated at Senior Mens Provincials in Coaldale.
DCCC’s Murray Lawrence and Layton Tremblay competed at Junior Provincials in Lethbridge.
DCCC member Dave Hay participated at Masters Provincials in Stettler.
DCCC Alumni Tristan Steinke and Jason Ginter, with Team Sturmay, won an ACF direct berth into Mens Provincials and earned a silver medal, losing the final for a trip to the Brier. Tristan and Jason also competed in Mixed Doubles Provincials, losing in the semi-final and quarter-final respectively.
On the Regional Stage:
DC’s David Johnston, Lisa Perry, David Leechman and Dara Watson competed in Special Olympics Regionals in Quesnel.
Jeff Ginter with a combination of curlers, including Fort St. John`s Kevin Turner, DC’s Glenn Roszmann, Mark Heartt, Brenda Ginter and DC alumni Jason Ginter had a memorable season in the Peace Curling Tour, winning both the Grande Prairie and Fort St. John Cashspiels and earning the PCTour Championship at the year-end Event in Sexsmith.
Locally:
Club Champions – Neil Miller, MaryAnne Patershut, Wayne Radke, Brenda Suchy, Gail Stefanyk
Ladies League Champions – Gail Stefanyk, Gwen Wildeman, Ashley Vyse, Brenda Kutschinski
Mens League Champions – Tracy Steinke, Murray Lawrence, Wayne McIntyre, Mike MacLennan
Mixed League Champions – Neil Miller, Brenda Suchy, Wayne Radke, MaryAnne Patershut
Commercial League Champions – John Hegge, Dennis Meier, Ron Moch, Craig Hill
Super League Champions – Jeff Ginter, Don Bourassa, Doug Scott, Clayton Holland, Eric Smart
45th Cash Spiel – Competitive Division, Team Balderston / Challenge Division, Team Terry Sandnes
Farmers/Mixed Annual – Neil Miller, Gail Stefanyk , Wayne Radke, Brenda Suchy
