SUNBURY LITTLE ATHLETICS
CENTRE INCORPORATED
2014-2015
ANNUAL REPORT
CENTRE NO. 83 Affiliated with Little Athletics Victoria
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SUNBURY LITTLE ATHLETICS CENTRE INC. LIFE MEMBERS
1977 Tedd Kogge 1978 Ian Sleep
1979 Peter Jones (Dec.) 1980 Trevor Cue
1980 Doug Spurrell 1981 Judy Jones
1982 Cheryl Sleep (Dec.) 1983 Les Forbes
1986 Lindsay Dunt 1988 Beth Girdwood
1988 Gerry Murray (Dec.) 1988 Billie Wainwright
1994 June Lynch 1994 Joy Robinson
1999 Troy Carrel 1999 John Coburn
2000 Margaret Carty 2001 Jim Currell
2001 Gary Horwood 2001 Scott Walker
2003 Karen Walker 2004 Nick Mitchell
2006 Angela Robinson 2007 Joanne Basford
2007 Neil Isles 2009 Gary Lampard
2009 Les McLean 2010 Lisa Sette
2011 Sam Meeks 2012 Paul Stannard
2013 Steve Rodwell 2014 Jeanetta Rodwell
2014 Belinda Clarke
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SUNBURY LITTLE ATHLETICS CENTRE INC. JUNIOR LIFE MEMBERS
1996 Daniel Carty 1998 Mark Carty
1999 Angela Robinson 2004 Melissa Horwood
2005 Joanne Sanford 2008 Ellie Thom
2009 Lauren Basford 2009 Rachel Northover
2010 Jarryd Barrett 2011 Holly McLean
2011 Sam Charville 2011 Brayden Lowing
2011 Sarah Lampard 2012 Bryleigh Doherty
2011 Jayden Bailie 2012 Brittany Jackson
2012 Alex Chillingworth 2013 Josh Charville
2013 Kiara Hiatt 2013 Connor Barrett
2013 Ryan Scherer 2014 Erin Stannard
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SUNBURY LITTLE ATHLETICS CENTRE INC.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
AGENDA
Saturday 21 March 2015
1. Apologies
2. Minutes from 2014 AGM
3. Business Arising
4. Committee Reports
President
Secretary
Registrar
Treasurer o Appointment of auditor
Team Manager
5. General Business
Life Members
Junior Life Members
6. Election of Committee for Season 2015/16
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Minutes of the Annual General Meeting Sunday 6th
April 2014 1. Meeting Opened: 1100hrs
2. Present: Mark Chatman, Rebecca Stepanoski, Malani Samaranyake, Belinda Clarke, Pauline Clarke, Robyn
Thies, David Thies, Andrea Barrett, Maureen Charville, Annie Berne, Keiran Berne, Stacey Meldrum, Anna
Rovis, Jo Drew, Jackie Moffat, Toni Waretini, James Waretini, Kristy Hermelin, Fiona Cortese, Lainey
Hildebrand, Ewen Hildebrand, Belinda Phillips, Brent Phillips, Brock Haxby, Mark Doherty, Narelle
Coughlan, Carolyn Evans, Lou Stepanoski, Justine Haxby, Stephen Quarrell, Ben Metcalf, Lyall Clewer,
Susan Clewer, Jared Watson, Emma Lynch, Deborah Watson, Peter McAskil, Steve Rodwell, Senarath
Pathirana, Trevor Charville, Amanda Chatman, Vikki Sheppard, Glenn Sheppard, Robbie Lynch.
3. Apologies: Nil
4. Minutes of previous meeting, moved as correct
Moved: Emma Lynch Seconded: Carolyn Evans
5. Business arising from previous meeting:
Adopt the Modification of Incorporation Moved Deborah Watson Seconded Lyall Clewer
All in favour
6. Reports
As distributed at the AGM
-President Report: Mark Doherty
-Secretary Report: Emma Lynch
-Registrar Report: Carolyn Evans
-Treasures Report: Senarath Pathirana
-Team Managers Report: Steve Rodwell
7. Junior Life Membership awards
Steve Rodwell presented Ryan Scherer, Connor Barrett, Josh Charville and Kiara Hiatt with their junior life
membership awards recognising membership of Sunbury Little Athletics Centre from U6-U15 age groups.
8. Life Membership Awards
Steve Rodwell was awarded Life Membership.
9. Election of Committee for 2014/2015
Deborah Watson declared all positions vacant and handed chair to Steve Rodwell to run the centre election.
Elected committee members for Season 2014/2015 are as follows:
Position Nominee Moved Seconded
Accept
President David Thies Robyn Thies Mark Chatman Y
Vice President Lou Stepanoski David Thies Steve Rodwell Y
Secretary Emma Lynch Deborah Watson Justine Haxby Y
Treasurer Senarath Pathirana Mark Chatman Emma Lynch Y
Registrar Carolyn Evans Steve Rodwell David Thies Y
Region Delegate David Thies Jared Watson Robyn Thies Y
Asst Region Delegate Lou Stepanoski Emma Lynch Mark Chatman Y
Equipment Manager Lyall Clewer Emma Lynch Deborah Watson
Y
A/Equipment Manager Mark Chatman Deborah Watson Emma Lynch Y
Chief Recorder Robyn Thies David Thies Mark Chatman Y
Chief of Officials Steve Rodwell Lou Stepanoski Emma Lynch Y
Chief Time Keeper Lyall Clewer Emma Lynch Justine Haxby Y
A/Time Keeper
Chief Starter Lou Stepanoski Mark Chatman Emma Lynch Y
Asst. Starter
Team Manager
Asst. Team Manager Justine Haxby Deborah Watson Steve Rodwell Y
Canteen Manager
Canteen Asst.
Fundraising Deborah Watson Justine Haxby Lou Stepanoski Y
A/Fundraising
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Announcer
General Committee Jeanetta Rodwell Steve Rodwell Deborah Watson
Y
Vikki Sheppard Steve Rodwell Jared Watson Y
Lyall Clewer Mark Chatman Emma Lynch Y
Jared Watson Steve Rodwell David Thies Y
Mark Chatman Lyall Clewer Steve Rodwell Y
Justine Haxby Lyall Clewer Steve Rodwell Y
Ewen Hildebrand Lainey Hilderbrand
Emma Lynch Y
First Aid Coordinator Andrea Barrett Emma Lynch Rebecca Stepanoski
Y
First Aid Asst. Emma Lynch Lyall Clewer Deborah Watson
Y
Uniform Steward Belinda Clarke Emma Lynch Deborah Watson
Y
Web Page Manager David Thies Robyn Thies Mark Chatman Y
Asst. Web page Mgr. Robyn Thies David Thies Mark Chatman Y
Chief walk judge Lyall Clewer Emma Lynch Justine Haxby Y
Finish Marshall Amanda Chatman Emma Lynch Carolyn Evans Y
10. Next Meeting: TBC
11. Meeting Closed: 1145hrs
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PRESIDENTS REPORT
Hello everyone and welcome to our Annual General Meeting (AGM). My name is David Thies and
I have been President of Sunbury Little Athletics Incorporated for the season 2014/15. I have been
involved with Sunbury Little Athletics for the past 6 years and on the committee for the last 4. I
encourage any parent to come and join the committee as it is a fantastic experience and we have
a great group of people.
Let me start by thanking our committee:
Emma Lynch Secretary / Finding raffle prizes! / Program Coordinator
Lou Stepanoski Vice President / Region Delegate / Sponsorship
Carolyn Evans Registration / Photographer
Robyn Thies Data Manager / Treasurer
Deb Watson Fundraising / Trophies and Medals
Justine Haxby Team Manager
Vikki Sheppard Canteen Manager
Lyall Clewer Equipment Manager / Time Keeper
Belinda Clarke Uniforms / helps out in Canteen
Steve Rodwell Region Delegate / Announcer / Program Coordinator
And on General Committee:
Mark Chatman
Ewan Hilderbrand Also Coaching
Jeanetta Rodwell Also Assistant Team Manager
Jared Watson
Also a big thank to our usual Officials at events: John Haywood, Gary Lampard, Paul Stannard,
Amanda Chatman, Sue Clewer and Narelle Coughlin.
I would also like to thank Steve Coughlin for stepping in as our announcer after Steve Rodwell left
us for work in WA.
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Our canteen team did an outstanding job this year so a massive thank you to Vikki Sheppard,
Allison Kellet, Tracy Sparks and Belinda Clarke. Their efforts made a massive contribution to our
club raising a massive total of just over $7000!!!
There is a special thank you I need to pass on and that is to one of our athletes who not only
competes each week but also officiates at events and now coaches our athletes 2 nights a week!
A big thank you to Alex Chillingworth, an awesome effort and very much appreciated.
Finally a big thank you to our parent helpers. Without everyone’s dedication this year would not
have run as well as it did.
We have a lot of sponsors this year and would like to thank them very much for their financial
contributions or Goods and Services. Some of our major sponsors are:
Rams Western Region, Snap Fitness, Sunbury Bowls Club,
Flag of India, Bumble Beanz, Sportsco, Sunbury Cycles,
Bakers Delight, Mcdonalds, Subway and O’Shannassy Meats
This year our membership increased by 30% and we almost hit our target of 200 athletes. The
year started with Cross Country in which we hosted 2 events, one of them being our Open Day.
We had around 200 athletes attend from around Victoria. From Sunbury we had around 35
athletes compete in the Cross Country Season.
The summer season started in October and we were straight into it with a presentation for Junior
Mabia for winning at the Australian Championships. We then hosted the Region Multi Event at
Sunbury which was a fantastic day and a great success. Sadly our own Multi Event was washed
out (twice). Thank you to everyone that helped on the day as it was a massive effort.
We then moved onto Region Relays with a massive 37 team entered. It was a huge effort to put
those teams together so a big thank you to Steve Rodwell as well as Lou Stepanoski for assisting.
Then there was the running of the day and thank you to our Team Managers Justine Haxby and
Jeanetta Rodwell for the day going off without a hitch. Of the 37 teams 8 made it to State Relays.
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Our Christmas Family Fun Day was a great day and money raised from the raffle and the dress up
theme went towards our donation to the Royal Childrens Hospital.
We had 5 athletes compete at State Multi at Moe, Georgia Stepanoski (43rd), Byron Lynch(25th),
Jett Rowe(42nd), Sebastien Bell-Bartells(8th) and Brennan Wilkins(2nd). Well done on making the
long trip!
A few weeks later we had Region Track and Field where we had 37 athletes compete. It was the
first time for most of the U7 and U8 to come to a big event and they did extremely well. From the
older kids we had 15 make it to State Track & Field coming up in a couple of weeks.
Again thank you to our Team Managers Justine Haxby and Jeanetta Rodwell for running the two
days flawlessly.
This year we have had a couple raffles to raise money for the Royal Children’s Hospital. The
committee also decided to donate dollar for dollar on what we raised. I am proud to announce that
Sunbury Little Athletics will be donating $1,500 to the Royal Children’s Hospital Appeal.
Overall it has been a fantastic year for athletes with many PB’s being achieved and records
broken. We will now move into the cross country season starting in April/May. Keep an eye on
the website/team app for details as it gets closer.
As the 2014/15 season comes to a close I encourage all members to become actively involved in
the club and help to secure its future success. We have a great bunch of children who are trying
their best at each event each week and we need enthusiastic parents to get involved to become a
volunteer or join the committee to help with the club in going forward and achieving great results.
Finally a big thank you to my committee for all their help and hard work during the year. A special
thanks to Emma Lynch for all her hard work as Secretary and also to Robyn Thies for all the data
entry and being Treasurer.
David Thies
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SECRETARYS REPORT
My name is Emma Lynch and I have been the Sunbury Little Athletics Secretary for the Season
2014/2015
Firstly I would like to thank David Thies for a fantastic year as president, without Dave’s dedication
this season would not have run as smoothly as it has. I would also like to thank all the members of
the current committee this season, your passion and enthusiasm has made it a great year and
your support has been invaluable.
It has been great to see some long standing Centre records broken this season and of course all
the PB’s by the athletes on a weekly basis.
Congratulations to those athletes who have competed in the State multi, Region relays and
Region track and field events this season. To those who have qualified through to State Track
and Field Championships this March congratulations and the best of luck to you all.
I would like to thank all our sponsors this year Rams, Snap Fitness, Sunbury Bowling Club,
Sunbury Mc Donald’s, Bumble Bee café, Sportsco, Flag of India, Sunbury Cycles, Bakers Delight,
and Subway. This season we were also successful in receiving a grant of $2000 dollars from
Sunbury Helping Hands to go towards our new timing gates, and a $1500 dollar grant from Hume
City council, for running and education costs.
It is through our sponsors support and community grants that we are able to renew and upgrade
our equipment and club facilities. To all the other businesses that donated goods for our Christmas
and Dinner Dance raffles, I thank you for your contribution.
Finally thank you to the children, it has been a great experience to see you all achieve your best
each week, and see all your smiles whether it be a PB or I’ve called you for your favorite event,
you all make it a meaningful and worthwhile experience. I would encourage members to consider
joining the committee or putting their hand up to help around the club.
I will be standing for the role of Secretary again, and I look forward to seeing you all again next
season.
Regards
Emma Lynch
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REGISTRARS REPORT
This year we had 195 financial members at Sunbury Little Athletics, which was considerably
higher than last years which was 159.
We have had a few children that have joined from bring a friend day and from siblings who have
turned 5 during the season.
Next season we are going to try and make the patches that are provided by LAV a little more user
friendly, by either laminating them or printing them out to ensure that the barcodes do not get wet.
Along with the registrations I have spent most of the season on the oval taking photos of all the
children competing in various events, they are displayed here behind me and to anyone that has
access to facebook you can upload photos yourself to our Sunbury Little Athletics page.
I also created a small movie which was used at the Dinner Dance, a modified version will be put
onto the webpage shortly.
Thank you to all committee who have assisted me throughout the season, special mention to Dave
& Robyn Thies who always help me with the registrations online and payments made and to those
that have provided me with additional photos to print out aswell.
I will be standing again for the Registrar’s role and look forward to another fun filled year.
Carolyn Evans
Registrar 2014/2015
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Treasurers Report
Sunbury Little Athletics financial year was from 1st March 2014 to 28th February 2015. The
financials for 2014/15 year are in the process of been audited by an independent auditor at this
time.
I took over Treasurer at the end of August from Senarath. I would to thank Senarath for being
Treasurer but due to his study commitments had to pass it on.
During the financial period Sunbury Little Athletic had an income of $45,716.55, with expenditure
of $46,557.36, leaving a loss of $821.21. The current closing ledger balance is $21,063.90.
This year our canteen was our biggest revenue raiser with profit of $7,031.75. A big thank you to
Vikki Sheppard for taking on this role.
The club also received a grant from Sunbury Helping Hand of $2,000 which went towards the
timing gates. The Hume Council has also given us a $1,500 grant which will go into next financial
year.
The biggest expense for the year was the purchase of the new timing gates, laptop and speakers.
The club also purchased new shot puts, discuses, fridge for canteen, starting blocks, new sign.
During the year we had some fundraising events being cross country open day, Region Multi,
chocolate drive, Bunnings Sausage Sizzle. The club also had a couple raffles which the proceeds
went to the Royal Children’s Hospital. The club raised $1,500 for the Royal Children’s Hospital.
We would also like to thank our sponsors for the year. Our major sponsor being RAMS. Other
sponsors being Snap Fitness, Sunbury Bowling Club, Flag of India, Bumble Beanz (our coffee lady
Michelle who does a wonderful job making our coffee each week). A special thanks to Lou for
organising our sponsors for the year.
Please do not hesitate to ask any questions regarding the financial performance and management
of Sunbury Little Athletics Centre, either formally as part of the AGM or to me separately.
I have a full set of financial records available should anyone wish to inspect them.
Robyn Thies
Sunbury Little Athletics Treasurer
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TEAM MANAGERS REPORT 2014/2015
The role of the Centre Team Manager is to encourage athlete participation in regional and state
events. To act as the main contact with Northern Metro Region and Little Athletics Victoria
Officials with team entries and to represent Sunbury by organising the athletes at these events
and the parents that are required to officiate.
The Team Manager is required to finalise athlete entries prior to the events as well as organise a
parent roster as requested by Northern Metro Region. When it comes to Region and State events
the Team Manager is required to be present at 7am for a meeting and remain there until days end
for the entire weekend.
This year we have had a number of committee members take on the role as Team Manager.
Without these people the days would not have ran as smoothly as they did, so we would like to
thank the following people; Emma Lynch, Trish Bell-Bartells, Justine Haxby, Jeanetta and Steve
Rodwell.
During the season our Sunbury athletes competed at the following events:
Northern Metro Mutli Championships.
Held at home at Sunbury, 56 Athletes competed.
Victorian State Mutli Championships.
Held at Moe, 5 Athletes competed.
Northern Metro Relay Championships.
Held at Coburg, 37 Teams, 67 Athletes competed.
Victorian State Relay Championships.
Held at Lakeside Athletics Stadium, with 8 Teams qualifying.
Northern Metro Region Track and Field Championships.
Held at Keilor, 37 Athletes competed.
Victorian State Track and Field Championships.
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To be held at Lakeside Athletics Stadium with 14 Athletes qualifying.
During the year we have had some outstanding individual and team performances. We wish those
athletes that will represent Sunbury at the State Track and Field Championships all the best.
Thank you to all the parents that offered their help and support and fulfilled our Centre Duties at
the numerous events. These days would not run without you and your children would not get to
experience competing against other athletes from other centres.
Congratulations everyone on a successful season and we look forward to seeing you again next
year.
Regards
Team Managers
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