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ANNUAL REPORT 2018/19

PRINCIPAL PARTNER

SWIMMING – AN ESSENTIAL PART OF WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LIFE Swimming WA – Annual Report 2018/19

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Swimming WA is the peak body for the sport of swimming in Western Australia.

Swimming WA represents 85 Clubs and more than 12,795 registered Members across the State.

Each day, dedicated volunteers work in conjunction with the team at Swimming WA to provide opportunities for Western Australians of all ages, genders, ethnic backgrounds and physical abilities, to engage in the most important pursuit of all – swimming!

As a not-for-profit Association, Swimming WA relies on the generous support of its Members, the State Government, sponsors, suppliers, event partners and the people of Western Australia, who enable the growth of swimming across the State.

Our thanks to you all.

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CONTENTS Swimming WA Leadership Swimming WA Life Members and Staff

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2019 Westpac Swimmer of the Year Awards

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2019 Gwangju FINA World Championships

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Swimming WA Hall of Legends and Hall of Fame

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Vale

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Our Clubs

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President’s Report

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Chief Executive Officer’s Report

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Strategic Plan

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Membership 22 Participation 28 Club Survey Results

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Buoyant

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Competition 40 Performance 50 Media & Marketing

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Commercial Sustainability

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Infrastructure 68 Financial Performance

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Cover photo courtesy of Swimming Australia Ltd

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HOLLY BARRATT

2019 Lyn McClements Medallist.

A champion of the Rockingham Swimming Club.

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To ensure swimming is an essential part of Western Australian life.

Swimming WA will actively promote and provide opportunities that will increase participation in swimming, producing life-long swimmers and champions in our community.

TRUST

We are individually responsible and will be held accountable for our actions and our performance.

TEAMWORK

We are inclusive in our teamwork and share responsibility as one team.

COMMUNICATION

We have open and honest two-way conversations with our staff and Members.

SAFETY

We will lead a culture that will ensure safety is always our priority.

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SWIMMING WA LEADERSHIP BOARD

COMMITTEES

Ten (10) Swimming WA Board meetings were held during 2018/19. The number of Board meetings attended by each Director during the year:

Finance and Governance Mr Mark Griffiths (Chair) Mr Nick Short Mr Peter Galvin Ms Bianca Zito Ms Storm Kent Darren Beazley (ex officio)

Mr Louis van Aardt

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Mrs Dorothy Harris

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Mr Barry Cook

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Mr Peter Galvin

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Mr Tim Andrew

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Dr Shaza Salleh

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Ms Hellen Hull

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Honours and Awards Mr Alf Mathews (Chair)

Technical Education and Officials Mr Darren Beazley (Chair) Mr Peter Anderson (Chair) Mrs Kaye Bolger From September 2019 Mrs Stella Carrara Ms Holly Barratt Mrs Jacqui McNamara Dr Shaza Salleh Mrs Alison Tilt Mr Greg Wilson Mr Darren Beazley (ex officio) Mr Trevor Verran Ms Georgi Powers Investment Committee Lakelands Swim School Pty Ltd Mr Barry Cook (Chair) Mr Tim Andrew (Chair) Mr Steven Boyce Mr Louis van Aardt Ms Sarah Wells Mr Barry Cook Mr Darren Beazley (ex officio) Mr Darren Beazley (ex officio) Competition and Planning Judiciary Committee Mr Darren Beazley (Chair) Emeritus Professor Mrs Carolyn Morrison Gary Martin (Chair) Mrs Robyn Arblaster Ms Venetia Bennett Mr Tony Ball Mr Rob Thompson Mrs Helen Harding Ms Helen Hull Multi Class Advisory Group Ms Deb Jones Ms Georgi Powers (Chair) Mr Chris Twomey Mr George Brown Mr Peter Foley Country Swimming Ms Kym Latham Mr Darren Beazley (Chair) Ms Nicole Ralph Mr Norm Bario Ms Janice Saunders Mrs Dorothy Harris Mr Liam Smith Ms Brittany Russell Mr Hayden Lewis Mr Darryl Wood Ms Jennifer Popham Mrs Jan Smith Ms Georgi Powers Retired July 2019

Mr Louis van Aardt

Mr Peter Galvin

President

Director

Mr Barry Cook

Mrs Dorothy Harris

Director

Mr Tim Andrew Director

Director

Ms Helen Hull

Dr Shaza Salleh Director

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Open Water Swimming Mr Darren Beazley (Chair) Mrs Debra Doody Ms Sarah Kimber Mr Rhys Mainstone Mr Ralph McManis Mrs Katherine Reynolds Mr Josh McCleery

High Performance Mr Darren Beazley (Chair) Mrs Carolyn Morrison Mr Tommaso D’Orsogna Mr Steven Hill Mr Leigh Nugent Ms Joanne Richards Mr Jamie Salter

PATRON

MRS RINEHART Executive Chairman of the Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Group Mrs Rinehart plays a crucial role in the future direction of swimming in WA. Her public support of the Association and its activities has given great credibility to the sport of swimming over almost three decades. This year, Mrs Rinehart made a very generous donation to our athletes via the acquisition of underwater video analysis equipment, designed to assist our coaches and their athletes to maximise performance. It is exactly this type of support when it is most needed that makes Mrs Rinehart such a valuable Patron for the sport of swimming in Western Australia. Swimming WA has had a distinguished lineage of Patrons over the years including three former Governors of WA, and Mrs Rinehart’s acceptance of this honorary role and her well known enthusiasm for swimming, indeed for Western Australia, will go a long way towards increasing the profile of Swimming WA and encouraging West Australian swimmers.

VICE PATRONS

ROGER COOK MLA Deputy Premier of Western Australia In March 2019, Roger accepted an invitation to be a Vice Patron for the Association. From his seat in Kwinana, Mr Cook has been a stalwart for swimming in all of its forms not only for the Association, but also for Kwinana and the local swimming Clubs within that catchment area. Swimming WA hopes with Roger’s support, he’ll be able to assist us with growing the profile of swimming in Western Australia and also increasing our sphere of influence.

PETER KATSAMBANIS MLA Member for Hillarys In April 2018, Peter became Swimming WA’s Vice Patron. Peter is a highly credentialed politician with enormous support in the community. His family are heavily involved in swimming, so he has an authentic connection. He is a person with great vision and purpose and his support as Vice Patron is just what Swimming Western Australia needs as we strive to seek greater Government support for our Clubs and for swimming across the State.

AMBASSADORS BLAIR EVANS

Blair is an Olympic medallist from London 2012 and Olympian at the 2016 Rio Games. This year, she continued her role as a Swimming WA Ambassador by representing the Association at many primary school visits. She is the “face” of Aqua Technics on behalf of Swimming WA, works with the Development staff on Junior Dolphins and with the Association’s Learn to Swim School, WestSwim.

TOMMASO D’ORSOGNA

Tommaso is an Australian freestyle swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games in the mens 4x100m medley relay. At the 2016 World Short Course Championships in Canada, Tommaso achieved a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle, 4 x 100m freestyle relay, and 4 x 100 medley relay. Tommaso continued his role as a Swimming WA Ambassador this year appearing at Junior Development programmes and promoting the SunSmart message at Swimming WA functions and events across the state.

JOSHUA HOFER OAM

In 1981, at the age of 17, Josh competed in swimming events at the eighth Special Olympics World Games in Minneapolis, Minnesota and won three gold medals. At the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap in Madrid, Spain, he won eleven medals - five gold, four silver and two bronze medals.

In 1994, he competed at the first IPC Swimming World Championships in Malta and won a silver and a bronze. Josh has joined Swimming WA as our multi class Ambassador and has had a wonderful and positive impact in his first year.

SIMON HUITENGA

Simon was a silver medalist at the 2018 Australian Open Water Championships in the 10k male open event and recipient of Swimming WA’s Open Water Swimmer of the Year in 2017 and 2018.

He has supported the sport further as the 2018/19 OWS Series Ambassador. In between competing internationally and training, Simon took time to speak to swimmers, present awards to future open water champions and be the face of the 2018/19 OWS Series.

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ELIZABETH EDMONDSON

Returned from the 1964 Tokyo Paralympic Games with three swimming gold medals.

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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING A RICH HERITAGE LIFE MEMBERS 1925 T. W. Jones 1929 J. Cook 1936 M. D. Musgrove 1940 W. Boylan 1941 A. E. Middleton 1943 T. H. Goudie BEM 1943 J. G. Whittle 1944 A. E. Blakers 1946 C. E. Newsham 1950 W. J. Kirkby 1951 R. Bestman BEM 1951 W. F. Oats 1953 W. J. Kestel 1955 B. Oliver 1958 G. H. Yewers 1958 J. F. Howson OBE JP 1962 A. E. Wilson 1962 E. D. Yeldon 1968 F. W. Dawson 1968 C. A. Kanair 1972 D. M. Nordahl MBE 1979 R. W. Bally 1979 C. N. Boys SM 1979 J. M. Shepheard 1979 D. C. Watson 1981 J. F. Stephens 1981 E. J. Symes OAM 1982 L. T. Stephens 1982 A. L. Moebius 1983 T. E. Brazier Best wishes Carolyn

1984 R. A. Patching 1986 S. P. Bratton 1986 I. W. Murray 1989 C. A. Lee 1989 R. K. Duff 1994 W. DeSmedt 2001 J. Collins 2003 M. Jefferson 2003 H. Pedretti 2004 L. Arrowsmith 2004 M.Gerber 2004 P. Prunster 2006 C. Prunster 2007 J. Stonor 2008 P. Anderson 2008 A. Matthews 2009 T. Ball 2009 K. Holtom 2014 Peter Lawless 2014 Greg Wilson 2015 K. Bolger 2015 I. Arblaster 2015 R. Arblaster 2016 J. Bailey 2016 D. Harris 2017 S. Carrara 2017 S. Stephen 2018 J. McNamara 2018 K. Hazell

The Association would like to take a moment to wish Carolyn Morrison the very best of luck as she heads off on maternity leave in mid October.

Mrs Jacqui McNamara (York Swimming Club) accepting her Life Membership from Mr Alf Matthews Chair of the SWA Honours and Awards Commitee at the 2018 Swimming WA AGM. . .

Mrs Karin Hazell (Mandurah Swimming Club) accepting her Life Membership at the 2018 Swimming WA AGM from SWA President Mr Louis van Aardt, and Mr Alf Matthews.

Swimming WA Staff

Commencing with Swimming WA in July 2013 as Development Manager, Carolyn has risen through the ranks to become General Manager Performance and People and a stint as Acting CEO. Carolyn and her husband Glenn are expecting their Carolyn Morrison second baby in November.

GM Performance and People. On behalf of the SWA Board, Members and staff, our very best wishes to Carolyn and Glenn.

Front Row: Gabrielle LeBeck - Marketing Manager, Tiffany Ferguson-Blight - Development Coordinator, Grace Schmidt - Membership and Administration Officer, Kirsty Scafidi Membership and Development Manager, Nerida Griffiths - Executive Assistant, and Emily Randall - Commercial Operations Manager.

Back Row: Carolyn Morrison - GM Performance & People, Josh McCleery - Events and Operations Manager, Darren Beazley - Chief Executive Officer, Brighton Pass Competition and Records Coordinator, and Serge Sasic - Finance Manager.

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2019

WESTPAC SWIMMER

AWARDS

2019 WESTPAC SWIMMER OF THE YEAR AWARDS The 2019 Westpac Swimmer of the Year Awards were held at the Hyatt Regency Perth on Saturday, 18 May. Over 300 guests attended the dinner which saw Rockingham Swimming Club’s Holly Barratt win the Lyn McClements Medal.

The night was a celebration of the 2018/19 season and included special guests such as Ms Marguerite Olivier and Ms Talitha Ramsey representing Principal Partner Hancock Prospecting, together with Mr Rob Didcoe from the Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC). Swimming WA Vice Patron Mr Peter Katsambanis MLA was in attendance along with an array of members of the Swimming WA Hall of Legends, Hall of Fame and Life Members, together with sponsors, commercial partners and members of the media.

Hosted by ABC Sports Presenter Ms Karen Tighe, the Awards commenced with a warm welcome from Swimming WA President Mr Louis van Aardt who recapped the many achievements in 2018/19 and paid tribute to the ‘army’ of volunteers who work tirelessly across the State to ensure that swimming attracts people of all ages and swimming abilities.

A highlight of the Awards was the elevation of Mr Kingsley Bugarin (OAM) to the Hall of Legends (the third inductee). In a swimming career spanning five Paralympic Games and numerous National and International meets, Bugarin managed to gather a staggering 155 medals across several swimming disciplines with close to half of those medals won in international competition!

Ms Dianne Saunders was the 59th inductee of the Swimming WA Hall of Fame and her acceptance speech was filled with emotion. She received a standing ovation in honour of her achievement.

The Westpac Swimmer of the Year acknowledges outstanding achievement across a variety of areas in Western Australian swimming including;

The Lyn McClements Swimmer of the Year - Holly Barratt (Rockingham SC) The Open Water Swimmer of the Year - Rhys Mainstone (UWA-West Coast SC) The Multi Class Swimmer of the Year - Ben Popham (Arena SC) The Coach of the Year - Bud McAllister The Westpac Volunteer of the Year - Ron Barnes (Breakers SC) The SWA Patron’s Award - Holly Barratt (Rockingham SC) A full list of award winners appears on page 57.

Our thanks to Westpac for their continued support of the function.

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GWANGJU 2019 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Our very own West Australian, Brianna Throssell (UWA-West Coast, Mick Palfery WAIS) represented her State and the Australian Dolphins with some outstanding performances at the FINA World Championships in Gwangju.

Brianna competed in a total of four finals, collecting two gold medals, achieving a personal best and claiming a new world record!

Throssell, a WAIS scholarship holder, was a member of the Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay that stood high on top of the podium claiming gold and setting a new Championship record. The team of Bronte Campbell (52.85), Brianna Throssell (53.34), Emma McKeon (52.57) and Cate Campbell (51.45) came home in a time of 3:30.21, ahead of the United States (3:31.02) and Canada (3:31.78).

Throssell competed in the Women’s 100m Butterfly making the final alongside team mate Emma McKeon. Throssell battled in a very close field, registering a new personal best time finishing fifth overall in 57.09. A great individual accomplishment for Brianna.

In the Women’s 200m Butterfly, Throssell qualified for the semi-finals finishing 11th seed in 2:10.03, however, chose not to compete further in the event in order to manage her workload. A smart decision based on what was to come.

In a phenomenal finish to the fifth night of the Meet, Throssell was a pivotal part in breaking the world record in the Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay and claiming the coveted gold ahead of the USA. In spectacular fashion, the quartet of Ariarne Titmus (1:54.27), Madison Wilson (1:56.73), Brianna Throssell (1:55.60) and Emma McKeon (1:54.90) posted 7:41.50 to smash the previous world record of 7:42.08 which was set by the People’s Republic of China in 2009.

Throssell was then back in the water for the Women’s 50m Butterfly, touching in 26.14, qualifying equal 11th fastest to progress through to the semi-finals. The semi’s saw her qualify sixth fastest, lining up behind lane 1 for the final and finishing 8th overall with a time of 26.11.

FINA Committee Member and West Australian Technical Official, Mr Ryan Arblaster, also attended the Championships in an officiating capacity. Arblaster was appointed Male Referee during the Championships, an incredible achievement for a West Australian on the world stage.

Congratulations to Brianna and Ryan on their Australian team representation and results. The lead into Tokyo 2020 is looking extremely bright!

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SWIMMING WA HALL OF LEGENDS 2019

SWIMMING WA HALL OF FAME 2019

DIANNE SAUNDERS

SWIMMING WA HALL OF LEGENDS 2019 Kingsley Bugarin OAM

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Elizabeth Edmondson Lyn McClements

Following the establishment of the Swimming WA Hall of Legends in 2018, the third inductee, Mr Kingsley Bugarin was elevated from the Swimming WA Hall of Fame to sit beside 2018 inductees Elizabeth Edmondson and Lyn McKenzie (nee McClements). The award recognises the pinnacle of achievements in Western Australian swimming.

The Western Australian Swimming Association was delighted to induct Dianne Saunders (West Coast, Superfins - Australian Dolphin #214) as the 59th inductee to the Swimming WA Hall of Fame.

The highlight of Dianne’s career was when she represented Australia at the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games in the 100m Breaststroke. Dianne’s highest world ranking was ranked #2 in the S7100m Breaststroke. Over her career, Dianne broke 15 Australian Age records and 16 Australian records of which she remains the current Australian Open S7 200m Breaststroke Australian Record Holder. She has been an exemplary ambassador for the sport of swimming and despite injury setbacks later in her career, she has continued her involvement in the Swimming WA community attending Come and Try events, editing the monthly Superfins newsletter and promoting Multi Class Swimming.

KINGSLEY BUGARIN OAM Kingsley Haldane Bugarin OAM (Swan Hills, Claremont, Uniswim) had a swimming career spanning five Paralympic Games and included Australian representation at many National and International Swim Meets. Bugarin achieved a 155-count medal haul across the many Meets that he competed in during the span of his career – with close to half of those medals won in international competition. Through the 1984 New York Paralympics to the 2000 Sydney Olympics across all stroke disciplines. Bugarin brought home five gold medals, three silver and six bronze. Kingsley’s greatest achievement came on home soil in the Men’s S12 200m Short Course 200m Breaststroke, where he broke the World Record which still stands today.

After retirement and following an illustrious career, Kingsley still finds himself connected to the water through Open Water Swimming and Triathlon.

59th Swimming WA Hall of Fame inductee, Dianne Saunders (left) with Hall of Legends Member Lyn McKenzie (nee McClements).

SWIMMING WA HALL OF FAME 2019 Dianne Saunders

2018 Travis Nederpelt

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George Brown

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Eamon Sullivan

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Sandra Yaxley

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Belinda Woosley Jonathan Van Hazel Deane Pieters Jacqui McKenzie Kevin Holtom Lorraine McCoulough-Fry Tracey Cross Christine Barnetson Fiona Wildy

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Grant Stoelwinder Simon Redmond Roger Bruce Jennifer Reilly Bernie Mulroy Adam Lucas Gerry Stachewicz Lara Mist Lester Watkins 2010 Kevin Duff Alf Matthews Antony Matkovich Frederick de Lacy Todd Pearson Philip Harrington Jose William Kirby Peter Lawless Julia Greville Peter Anderson Rachel Harris Helen Denman

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3rd Hall of Legends inductee, Mr Kingsley Bugarin OAM.

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Priya Cooper OAM Shelley Taylor-Smith Ian Brown Nicole Redford Kingsley Bugarin Tom Stachewicz Sarah Thorpe Barry Armstrong Neil Brooks Peter Evans John Kulasalu Ross Patterson Lyn McClements Lynette Watson John Ryan Elizabeth Edmondson David Dickson Kevin O’Halloran Sir Garrick Agnew Evelyn de Lacy Dorothy Green Ernest Hobbs Percy Oliver

LESLEY ARROWSMITH - ORDER OF AUSTRALIA Swimming WA congratulates Mrs Lesley Arrowsmith on being awarded an Order of Australia. A Swimming WA volunteer and Member of over 40 years, Lesley was awarded a Member of the Order (AM) in September 2019. Lesley was awarded an AM, as part of the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, for service to swimming as a Technical Official.

Lesley is a Life Member of the Victoria Park Swimming Club and Swimming WA, and has a long list of swimming officiating achievements to her name.

Lesley’s achievements include officiating at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games, Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, and Perth World Championships in 1992 and 1998. Lesley has been a Swimming WA Board Member, past National Official Assessor and served on the National and Western Australian Technical Officials Committees.

Lesley’s contribution to swimming in Western Australia and nationally since 1979 has been remarkable. On behalf of all Members across the State, congratulations Lesley!

VALE Walter Edward Stephen - Northam Swimming Club Mr Walter (better known as Wally) Stephen, was born in East Perth in June 1930, the youngest of 11. In March 1956, Wally married Shirley Hunter and went on to have four children.

Wally joined the Northam Swimming Club as a Member in 1969 to support his daughter Sandra’s swimming ambitions.

Subsequently, his three sons all joined the Club. His first Country Pennants was in 1969 at Merredin. Since that time, Wally attended many Country Pennants competitions as a Club Administrator, Official and parent. Wally instigated the ‘Country Pennants bible’ that was for many years passed from Host Club to Host Club.

Within the first few years, Wally qualified as a timekeeper. He became the Northam Club President in 1975 and was returned in 1976. He also held various committee positions over the years.

Wally’s skills came to the fore as the Club’s point of contact with the Council in the conversion of the Northam pool from 55 yards to 50 metres. On completion of the conversion to 50m, Wally coordinated a team of Club volunteers who repainted and reconfigured the pool from nine to eight lanes, and designed and manufactured the new starting blocks.

In 1980, Wally’s contribution to the Northam Club was recognised with the granting of Life Membership.

In 1986, the Club embarked on its largest project, the construction of purpose-built Clubrooms. Again, Wally was instrumental in bringing this project from conception to construction.

After a short illness, Wally passed away on the 15th of February 2019.

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OUR CLUBS

FREMANTLE PORT

HARVEY

KELLERBERRIN

PEEL

QUAIRADING

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SOUTH SHORE

PRESIDENT’S REPORT This year the Association broke “new ground” formalising an exciting partnership with the Western Australian government to deliver the ‘Asian Engagement Through Sport Strategy’ and expanding our service delivery to China, Malaysia, Singapore and beyond. As a part of our Coach Development and Athelete Retention Programme, initiatives such as these are vital to keep pace in a sporting landscape that is increasingly competitive.

Another exciting development this year was the appointment of the Honourable Roger Cook MLA, Deputy Premier; Minister for Health and Mental Health as Vice Patron of the Association. Mr Cook is an avid open water swimmer who regularly participates in the SWA OWS Series and will add to the good work of our Patron Mrs Gina Rinehart and Vice Patron Mr Peter Katsambanis MLA, Member for Hilarys. Welcome, Mr Cook.

May saw the 2019 Westpac Swimmer of the Year Awards held at the Hyatt Regency with Rockingham’s Holly Barratt taking home the 2019 Lyn McClements Medal. It was a glittering evening, befitting an amazing year of swimming and saw Kingsley Bugarin OAM elevated into the SWA Hall of Legends (our third inductee) and Dianne Saunders (2004 Paralympian - Athens) inducted into the SWA Hall of Fame. I congratulate all our inductees and award winners.

This year was not without disappointment and in a troubling development, (despite the presence of a long-term contract with Chisholm Catholic College), WestSwim Chisholm closed its doors on April 28 after operating since 2008 at that venue. However, I congratulate the Chief Executive and his team for continuing to build our commercial prowess in the learn to swim area by signing a 10 year agreement with the City of Joondalup which will see Swimming WA take on the swim fit and leisure swim programmes at the Craigie Leisure Centre in Craigie. WestSwim Craigie opened its doors on 5 August 2019 and will provide the Association with a presence at the Centre in the all-important ‘northern corridor’ of Perth. Our thanks to Mr Gary Hunt and the team at the City of Joondalup on this wonderful opportunity for swimming in this State.

SWA President presenting a cheque to Bunbury SC President Kylie Cattaway to help rebuild the Clubrooms.

In October 2018, Swimming WA delivered the SWA Strategic Plan 2015 - 2018 achieving a remarkable 85% of what we set out to achieve in 2014. At the 2018 AGM, our Members and stakeholders reflected with significant pride on our achievements and celebrated the solid foundation on which Western Australian swimming now finds itself.The AGM also saw the new SWA Strategic Plan 2019 – 2024 unveiled, reflecting a more ‘mature’ and stable sport capable of ‘tackling’ key issues that will ensure future growth.

Developed in conjunction with our Members, the SWA Strategic Plan 2019 – 2024 is aimed at increasing the number and the size of our Clubs. As the population in Western Australia continues to increase, the demand for the opportunity to swim in the pool and the open water will also increase.This is a wonderful opportunity for Swimming WA, its Regions and Clubs to establish themselves so that we are best placed to meet this demand.Your Board looks forward to working with you on this exciting journey.

The 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships were held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019 and Western Australia was represented by Brianna Throssell (UWA West Coast).

Brianna had a wonderful World Championships winning two gold medals and setting a new world record in the 4 x 200m Relay with team mates Ariarne Titmus, Madison Wilson and Emma McKeon.

The Australian girls bettered China’s old mark of 7:42.08 set at the 2009 World Championships in Rome. Our congratulations to Brianna and her coach Mr Michael Palfrey on this wonderful achievement.

This year saw former SWA Board Members Travis Nederpelt and Lara Mist retire from the Board. I thank them both for their service over the past three years and hope that it won’t be long before we see their children at a Swimming WA Club soon! This development saw Helen Hull and Shaza Shalleh elected to the SWA Board. Both will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Board.

Welcome Helen and Shaza.

Our continued thanks to WAIS and the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC) for your support of swimming right across the State. My thanks to our Sponsors, Official Suppliers and Event Partners for your continued belief in our future directions.

Finally, to our Life Members, our Regions, our Club Presidents and Committees, Club volunteers, Coaches,Technical Officials and of course, our athletes, thank you for making the past year such a success.

With Tokyo less than a year away, let’s all continue to strive to make swimming in Western Australia the pride of our State.

Best wishes, Louis van Aardt - President

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT 2018/19 was a year when swimming in Western Australia ‘came of age’.

Western Australian athletes and coaches performed remarkably well both internationally and nationally.

The 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea in July 2019 saw the Australian Dolphins compete fiercely and finish second behind the USA. Western Australia’s Brianna Throssell secured two gold medals and was part of a new world record in the 4 x 200m Relay. A wonderful achievement from a remarkable athlete.

The SunSmart Age Long Course Championships were contested in December 2018. Once again, some fantastic results were achieved and an amazing 100 records broken during the Championships. The Hancock Prospecting Open Championships in January 2019 included the Japanese Swim Team competing and providing elite level competition for a number of our local champions. We are hopeful that there may be more teams coming to Perth as a result of this visit. There were some superb performances from a number of athletes including Kate Harrison, Alex Milligan, Blair Evans, George Harley and Brianna Throssell, to name a few. The Championships were live-streamed with over 14,500 people tuning in.

In March, the 2019 SunSmart Country Pennants were hosted by the Karratha Amateur Swimming Club (KASC) at the Karratha Leisureplex. The Pennants were extremely exciting and the organisation was a credit to Club President Sharon Henderson and the Committee at KASC. The introduction of a Splash & Dash carnival for 8-year-olds saw many youngsters and their families swimming their ‘hearts out’ with their friends.

Congratulations to the Pilbara Region and KASC on a terrific Pennants. Best of luck to the Geraldton Amateur Swimming Club who will host the 2020 SunSmart Country Pennants.

Over the past year, Swimming WA took a moment to celebrate our rich heritage. December 2018 saw the culmination of a two year ‘labour of love’ by our sport. Donations of photos, records, newspaper clippings, meet programmes, Committee meeting minutes and so forth to the Association enabled noted historian, Dr Ken Spillman, to write the official history of Western Australian swimming - Buoyant.

Buoyant shines a light on many of the Clubs, coaches, competitors, administrators and officials that have been part of the sport’s development. After emphasising the role played in the sport’s establishment by Ernest Cavill, a member of one of the world’s most famous swimming families, the book describes the foundation of the Western Australian Amateur Swimming Association and its evolution over time to become Swimming WA Inc. It is an achievement that we should all be extremely proud of and I thank our Members for your support in producing this wonderful historical record for future generations.

In October 2018, the SWA Strategic Plan 2019 - 2024 was released and will see the Association and its Members tackle some of the more significant strategic structural changes that will benefit the sport over the longer term. Our Clubs are ready to embrace the challenge of growing the number and size of our Clubs in the years ahead and this Plan will be pivotal in the achievement of those objectives.

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Throssell swam the third leg of Australia’s world record setting gold medal 4×200 freestyle relay team. Throssell followed Ariarne Titmus and Madison Wilson and ahead of Emma McKeon.

Swimming WA Membership boomed this year surpassing the target of 12,000 Members set in 2014 a year ahead of schedule!

The pleasing aspect was that swimmer retention was 75% this year, up from 66% the previous year. This indicates that the Clubs are beginning to ‘evolve’ offering plenty of options for a multitude of swimmers of varying abilities. This ‘evolution’ is critical for the sport moving forward as the pressure on lane space increases and the awareness of swimming Clubs enters the sphere of the broader public.

The fact that the number of Swimming WA Coaches (an increase of 2%) and Technical Official Members (an increase of 16%) grew, is a strong indicator that the development work of the Association and its Regions are attracting talent to swimming which will ensure that we have the ability to meet our ambitious growth plans in the future.

Our sport benefitted from a united approach by our Regions, our Clubs and the entire Membership to continue to be an inclusive, engaging and well-organised sport. The result was 12,759 Members for the year which is a 6.2% increase in our Membership from the previous year. A full review of our Membership categories was completed with a new approach released in April 2019.

The Open Water Swimming (OWS) Series celebrated its 11th year and despite the reduction from 14 Rounds to 12, the participation numbers increased. SWA OWS Ambassador Simon Huitenga helped to promote the Series to a wide audience and Western Australian athletes once more performed strongly at the OWS Nationals in Adelaide. Our congratulations to Perth City Swimming Club for being the Champion Club at the National Championships.

The OWS Series Open Male Champion was Brad Smith (Breakers SC), with Rebekah Wellah (Peel Aquatic SC) the Open Female Champion. Congratulations to you both! This year saw an open water swim held at Hearsons Cove near Karratha for the very first time. The Yara Burrup Classic was driven by the interest of locals with the plan for the swim to become a formal Round of the SWA OWS Series in the longer term. With over 6,000 entries across 12 Rounds held from Karratha to Busselton, the OWS Series continued to be a huge success for the Association.

The 2019 Westpac Swimmer of the Year Awards held at the Hyatt Regency was a major highlight of the year. Holly Barratt was awarded the Lyn McClements Medal in what was a fantastic evening that also saw the 59th inductee to the Swimming WA Hall of Fame, Ms Dianne Saunders and the third inductee into the Swimming WA Hall of Legends, Mr Kingsley Bugarin. This year saw two Members bestowed with the honour of Swimming WA Life Membership. Our congratulations to Jacqui McNamara (York SC) and Karin Hazell (Peel Aquatic SC) on receiving Life Membership after remarkable contributions to swimming in Western Australia over many years.

Federations and related aquatic bodies in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Japan and China. As Swimming WA Chief Executive, I was fortunate to travel to China twice this year working with the Western Australian High Commissioner to develop bilateral partnerships. Our hope is that athletes from these countries will travel to Perth and compete in the Asia-Pac Super Splash in December and the SunSmart Age Sate Championships that same month.

The Association secured a long-term contract with Joy Education in Shandong Province for coaching and learn to swim consulting services as a result of this activity with several more approaches received that will see the Association expand its services into the Region.

In terms of the development pathway, the Association had to deal with a major challenge in April 2019 with the closure of WestSwim Chisholm. Despite having a long-term commercial contract in place and the thousands of youngsters that have learnt to swim at WestSwim Chisholm since 2008, Chisholm Catholic College ended the partnership suddenly, creating an enormous strain on a not-for-profit organisation such as Swimming WA. This decision necessitated WestSwim Churchlands to also cease operations. The Association would like to thank Churchlands SHS Principal Mr Neil Hunt for his support over the past three years and we wish the school well for the future.

WestSwim Lakelands enjoyed its first full year of operation and is already generating Members for the Clubs in the local area. They say that out of adversity comes opportunity and that transpired for Swimming WA this year. In June 2019, Swimming WA signed a long-term agreement with the City of Joondalup to access the lane space to establish WestSwim Craigie. The services being delivered here are aimed primarily at Swim Fit and recreational swimmers who live near the Craigie Leisure Centre. Opening its doors on 5 August 2019, WestSwim Craigie hopes to attract more Members for the swimming Clubs operating in the northern corridor. We look forward to working with the City of Joondalup in this exciting venture.

Swimming WA’s Commercial Partners continued to support the Association’s initiatives and we are delighted that our Principal Partner, Hancock Prospecting, renewed for a further three years.Gold Level Sponsors Heathway, QMS Media and Westpac renewed their sponsorship of Swimming WA this year. Silver Level Sponsor Aquatic Leisure Technologies and Bronze Level Sponsor Peet also renewed for a further three years. A longtime supporter of Swimming WA, Aussie Natural Spring Water renewed as an Official Supplier for a further two years. Our thanks to you all for your continued support.

The Association also welcomed Heatleys Safety and Industrial as a Bronze Level Sponsor. To Mike Arnold and the team, welcome to the Swimming WA family.

A major achievement for the past year was the partnership secured with the Western Australian government, Swimming WA has been appointed to assist the government with their part of the Asian Engagement Through Sport Strategy. Since January 2019, Swimming WA has been working with Swimming

The Riverton Super Splash was a huge hit.

As we now look toward 2020 and the Tokyo Olympics, the Association is preparing to implement the first phase of the SWA Strategic Plan 2019 - 2024. This phase will see a major drive toward decentralisation in terms of pool competitions with a greater emphasis on the importance of Regional Championships for our country Clubs. Our metropolitan Clubs will be divided into three Zones and will conduct Zone Championships in a bid to assist our Clubs to attract and retain more Members in the years ahead.

Swimming WA will also offer a fully-fledged recreational swimming competition (Westpac Summer League) aimed at a new audience of swimmers who are swimming currently, but not with a Swimming WA Club. Finally, in 2020, Western Australia will host both the Georgina Hope Foundation Australian Age and MC Swimming Championships from April 6th – 14th and the Hancock Prospecting Australian Club Championships from April 16 – 22.

It is such an exciting time for our sport and I thank our Members as they continue to ensure that swimming is an essential part of Western Australian life.

Best wishes, Darren Beazley - Chief Executive Officer

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SWIMMING WA STRATEGIC PLAN 2019 - 2024 After successfully implementing the SWA Strategic Plan 2015 – 2018, an extensive consultation process was undertaken to identify the challenges that our sport will face in the lead up to the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.

Key stakeholders involved in the consultative process were asked what were the major structural changes that swimming in WA must find the courage to tackle in the next few years.

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Now that a ‘pathway’ had been outlined, the Members highlighted six focus areas that they believed the sport and Association should address in the years ahead: The results of the consultation identified six crucial areas that would provide a “Pathway to our Future” success.

The Pathway

of our Future Success SWA CLUBS DIVERSIFY Catering for all ages, abilities and backgrounds.

WA COACHING FRATERNITY Engaged and integral to the future direction of the sport.

DECENTRALISATION - Competition programme - Event delivery - Governance - Sport development

CLEARLY DEFINED PATHWAY INCREASES LENGTH OF INVOLVEMENT Learn to Swim School Club -

INNOVATION IS CORE - New markets - Harnessing technology - Elite performance

FINANCIAL RESOURCES BOLSTERED Build returns from core operations.

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TIME TO ADDRESS THE IMPORTANT CHALLENGES SWIMMING WA STRATEGIC PLAN 2019 - 2024 SWIMMING WA STRATEGIC PILLARS The SWA Strategic Plan 2019 – 24 comprises five Strategic Goals or ‘pillars’. These ‘pillars’ are fundamental to the Plan and serve to guide the efforts in working toward delivering on the Plan. They are the foundation on which our success over the next six years will be built.

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2

3

4

5

Partnerships

People

Pathways

Commercial Sustainability

Community

Focus Areas COACHES

OUR GOALS FOR GROWTH IN 2019/20

Increase the number and quality of our Coaches with skills targeted at the appropriate age groups.

PARTNERSHIPS

HIGH PERFORMANCE Leverage off key partnerships (e.g. SAL, WAIS, etc.) to increase the number of Western Australians at elite levels who finish on the podium.

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Implementation of a comprehensive Regional Servicing Strategy.

•

Long-term strategy to maximise partnerships with WALGA and LGA’s established.

PEOPLE

•

SWA will invest in, develop, support, and promote our Coaches.

Retention of high quality SWA Club Committees and Volunteers increases.

MEMBERSHIP

•

Strategic approach to talent identification and development of SWA Technical Officials.

Our Regions and our Clubs have the guidance, resources and local support to ensure that the Club is nurturing, positive and sustainable over the long term.

PATHWAYS

JUNIOR PARTICIPATION AND DEVELOPMENT

• •

TALENT IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT Refinement of structures and processes to identify and develop talent to optimal levels.

A clearly defined pathway from learn to swim to a SWA Club that promotes swimming as a minimum ten-year journey.

ADULT PARTICIPATION (18 YEARS +) Opportunities for adults to participate in high-quality swimming experiences in and out of the pool across the State.

•

•

SWA and WAIS refine structures that clearly define pathways for elite performance.

Work with the industry to develop pathways for those involved ‘outside of the pool’ to reach their potential.

Development programmes refined and enhanced.

COMMERCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

•

Create a inspiring brand that is meaningful to the general public.

•

SWA will continue to invest in its Learn to Swim business WestSwim.

•

SWA will continue to target Membership growth.

COMMUNITY

•

Re-establish Regional structures to provide local leadership for swimming.

•

SWA will move to decentralise its operations and development activity.

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Membership A like-minded community of swimming enthusiasts

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The 2018/19 Season was highly successful from a Membership perspective. Since last year Swimming WA Membership numbers have increased by 6.2% to 12, 759 demonstrating that Swimming is fighting back the competition from other summer sports of preference, especially for female athletes.

Along with this was the decrease in the number of Junior Dolphins Members following the strong focus on our development programmes such as SunSmart Splash & Dash throughout this year.

The Association and Regional Committees will help our Clubs to focus this year on accommodating the influx of more and more younger Members, warranting that the ‘pipeline’ of new Members and their families are encouraged to join.This is a hard task and will prove a challenge, but all sports are working harder than ever before and it is our combined obligation to grow the size and strength of our Clubs to best remain relevant in the ever-changing environment that is sport in Western Australia.

The biggest areas of growth have been with the Open Water Swimming Series, Annual Junior Membership, WestSwim Learn to Swim Membership, and the Non-Competitive categories.

The Open Water Swimming Series Membership showed consistent numbers and a growth percentage of 3.36%.The constant growth over the past five years shows the strong commitment Members in this category have and the potential into future years.This is a fantastic result given the nature of open water swimming events and the impact that the elements can have.

The Association can guide and support our Clubs to grow and manage Membership, but the impetus for attracting and retaining Members must be “organic” and a focus for all Clubs. Localised structures and systems that enable Clubs to cater for swimmers from all walks of life and all ages forms a core component of the new SWA Strategic Plan 2019 – 2024. It is part of the progression of swimming in Western Australia and our sport is well placed to professionally and capably ensure that Swimming is an essential part of the Western Australian way of life!

With the newest WestSwim Centre at Craigie opening its doors this year, the WestSwim Membership category has seen significant growth in the past year with an increase of 32.29% from the previous year. With two thriving Centres now available, the projected increase for this category is very promising. All you need to do is make the transition to your Club a smooth one. With many more children to hopefully make the transition into Clubs, the Association will continue to focus on this area.

The non-competitive categories show a growth in our volunteer base which attests to the love that all of our Members have for the sport as more and more people are wanting to take up noncompetitive positions within the sport.The number of coaches and Committee Members for Clubs has risen impressively and are projected to follow this trend into the next season, with the number of Committee Members having increased by an impressive 16.34%.

The focus by the Association of recruiting and developing these coaches is continually proving its worth and the benefit for the Clubs will be that athlete experience will evolve positively as a result.

The main areas of concern for Membership are the Junior Dolphins and Seasonal Memberships. A series of factors negatively impacted these particular categories, including pool closures, a late start to summer in many Regions, and some Clubs being unable to reaffiliate with Swimming WA.

Rockingham Swimming Club Westpac Summer League team with CEO Darren Beazley and Swimming WA Ambassador Joshua Hofer OAM.

Swimming WA Membership – by Category 2017 – 2019 1.26%

3.500

3,076 3,037

3,000

2018-2019

1.54%

2017-2018

3,163 3,115

*New category

2,500

1.01%

2,000

1,955 1,935

1,500

299 257

180 155

28.57% 10 14

91 70

1,139

Open W OWS ater Serie s

16.13%

Techn ic Offic al ial

206 202

Com pe Indiv titive idual

333 419

245

16.34%

38.75%

Non-

405

1.9%

Com petitiv Coac e h

494

25.82%

Non-

366

39.5%

NonC Paren ompetitiv t/Gua e rdian

34.97%

Annu Competit al (dis iv coun e t)

Com Annu petitive al Jun ior

C Annu ompetitiv al Sea e sonal

petitiv Annu e al

314 398

Com

0

26.75%

Com 3 Me petitive et Pa ss*

500

689

C Junio ompetitiv r Do lphin e s

621

Non Life M-Compet embe itive r/SW A NonC Club ompetit iv Com mit e Mem tee ber

10.95%

1,000

32.29% 1,846

Asso c West iate Swim

4.000

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Membership

CLUB MEMBERSHIP OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON GROWTH

Annual Junior

Annual Seasonal

Junior Dolphins

Open Water

Sub Total

Coach

Technical Official

Total

All Saints

58

1

0

1

2

62

14

0

76

Aqua Attack

20

4

0

1

7

0

32

3

0

35

Aquajets

26

0

0

0

0

1

27

2

0

29

195

19

0

6

0

4

224

3

1

228

28

6

2

1

6

0

43

5

0

48

123

4

0

4

0

5

136

4

9

149

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

50

1

0

2

0

4

57

2

3

62

Arena Armadale Kelmscott Breakers Canning Lightning Central Aquatic

3 Meet Pass/ Adult

Club

Annual

Swimming WA Membership Numbers – Metro 2018/19

Fremantle

29

1

0

0

5

0

35

1

0

36

Guildford

188

25

0

22

1

10

246

6

5

257

Kingsway

0

0

0

0

0

3

3

2

0

5

Kwinana

80

8

0

10

0

1

99

4

0

103

Lesmurdie

93

1

1

0

0

0

95

3

0

98

Newman Churchands

10

0

0

0

84

1

95

2

0

97

North Coast

53

0

0

0

3

5

61

3

0

64

Perth City

116

0

0

0

11

7

134

4

2

140

Riverside

44

3

0

8

12

2

69

3

0

72

Riverton

65

1

0

3

1

0

70

1

4

75

Rockingham

192

14

0

16

2

3

227

6

2

235

South Shore

149

5

0

0

4

9

167

4

6

177

South Lake

90

9

0

8

9

0

116

3

6

125

127

4

0

2

0

1

134

6

5

145

St Hilda's

94

1

0

3

10

4

112

6

0

118

Superfins

7

0

0

0

0

0

7

6

0

13

Thornlie

47

6

0

2

4

0

59

1

5

65

Tuart Hill

108

4

0

6

1

5

124

3

0

127

UWA- West Coast

SouthSide Penros

226

4

0

9

0

12

251

8

6

265

Vic Park

36

4

0

2

0

0

42

3

5

50

Western Sprint

32

1

0

5

1

1

40

4

1

45

Westside Christchurch

88

2

0

1

0

1

92

3

1

96

2,375

128

3

112

161

81

2,860

115

61

3,036

Membership Numbers – Metro 2018/19

Annual Seasonal

Junior Dolphins

3 Meet Pass/Adult

Sub Total

*Coach

*Technical Official

Parent / Guardian & Club Committee

Individual

SWA Life Member / Staff

Sub Total

Total

2,375

134

3

132

158

2,802

115

57

2,138

4

42

2,325

5,127

Regional

1,008

176

629

235

228

2,276

91

49

1,429

5

30

1,580

3856

Open Water

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,977

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,977

1,977

"WestSwim Swim Schools"

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,847

-

-

-

1,847

1,847

Total

3,383

310

632

367

386

5,078

1,977

206

106

1847

3,567

9

72

7,729

12,759

2017-2018

3,575

210

689

331

188

1,935

202

155

1139

3,371

14

70

6,886

2016-2017

3,761

508

828

555

1,827

191

117

774

3,678

0

67

6,587

12,148 12,239

Club

5,652

* This represents only Members who have selected this catergory as first membership type

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WestSwim

Annual Junior

Metro

Open Water

Annual

LeisureSwim

Membership

3 Meet Pass/Adult

Open Water

Sub Total

Coach

Technical Official

Total

Australind

Junior Dolphins

80

Annual Seasonal

Albany

Annual Junior

Club

Annual

Swimming WA Membership Numbers – Regional 2018/19

7

1

2

0

0

90

5

3

98

48

0

1

4

1

1

55

3

1

59

Beverley

0

2

31

1

0

0

34

0

1

35

Boddington

2

4

26

7

5

0

44

4

0

48

Bridgetown

0

1

17

1

18

2

39

2

0

41

Broome

74

1

0

5

7

0

87

2

1

90

Bunbury

104

9

2

2

16

2

135

5

3

143

Busselton

32

3

0

2

3

2

42

4

0

46

0

13

28

14

2

0

57

1

4

62

35

2

0

2

0

0

39

2

2

43

Corrigin

0

6

31

5

0

0

42

2

0

44

Dalwallinu

0

3

30

2

0

0

35

0

0

35

Dowerin

0

0

0

17

37

0

54

0

0

54

Esperance

21

1

0

3

6

0

31

1

0

32

Exmouth

42

4

7

4

0

0

57

2

5

64

Geraldton

Carnarvon Collie

42

0

0

1

13

0

56

5

4

65

Gingin

0

2

39

5

0

0

46

1

0

47

GMAS

39

4

0

0

4

3

50

2

2

54

Harvey

10

1

0

0

0

0

11

1

0

12

Hedland

32

4

0

3

0

0

39

3

0

42

Kalgoorlie

46

5

0

0

0

1

52

4

7

63

Kambalda

0

1

20

1

1

0

23

2

0

25

Karratha

45

15

0

2

0

0

62

3

1

66

Lake Grace

0

0

0

0

9

0

9

1

0

10

Mandurah

73

4

0

2

0

0

79

4

4

87

Manjimup Marlins

28

6

0

4

4

0

42

2

0

44

Margaret River

55

2

0

0

0

1

58

2

0

60

Merredin

0

1

37

6

0

0

44

2

0

46

Moora

0

2

48

3

7

0

60

0

0

60

Morawa

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

2

15

1

12

9

3

0

40

0

1

41

0

3

0

5

25

0

33

2

0

35

Narrogin

28

2

0

0

2

0

32

2

1

35

Newman

36

8

0

3

0

0

47

0

0

47

Northam

11

4

28

8

7

0

58

2

6

66

Onslow

2

0

0

6

29

0

37

1

0

38

Pannawonica

0

0

17

15

0

0

32

3

0

35

Mt Barker Narambeen

0

4

31

16

4

0

55

4

1

60

Peel

70

2

0

8

14

3

97

3

3

103

Pinjarra

43

4

0

5

8

0

60

1

0

61

Quairading

0

4

22

4

0

0

30

0

0

30

Tom Price

0

4

46

1

0

0

51

3

0

54

Paraburdoo

2

5

27

35

0

0

69

0

0

69

14

2

0

0

2

1

19

0

1

20

Wickham Swim Club

0

2

22

4

0

0

28

0

1

29

Wogan Hills

0

5

37

5

1

0

48

2

4

54

York

0

2

32

6

10

0

50

1

4

55

1029

155

592

228

238

16

2258

89

62

2409

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Swimming WA Membership – Swimmers Only 10,000

Los Angeles Olympics 1984

8000

Atlanta Olympics 1996

Swimming World Championships 1991 Barcelona Seoul Olympics Olympics 1992 1988

Swimmer numbers

Sydney Olympics 2000

Athens Olympics 2004

Beijing Olympics 2008

Rio Olympics 2016

London Olympics 2012

6000

Trend

4000

/19

/18

2018

/17

2017

/16

2016

/15

2015

/14

2014

/13

2013

/12

2012

/11

2011

/10

2010

/09

2009

/08

2008

/07

2007

/06

2006

/05

2005

/04

2004

/03

2003

/02

2002

/01

2001

/00

2000

/99

1999

/98

1998

/97

1997

/96

1996

/95

1995

/94

1994

/93

1993

/92

1992

/91

1991

/90

1990

/89

1989

/88

1988

/87

1987

/86

1986

/85

1985

1984

1983

1982

/83

0

/84

2000

Membership Numbers – Metro (2014-2018) Club

Competitive

Non-competitive

14/15

15/16

16/17

17/18

18/19

14/15

15/16

16/17

17/18

18/19

All Saints

65

64

57

51

62

15

39

47

42

76

Aqua Attack

34

40

49

44

32

8

10

42

36

35

Aquajets

19

17

22

27

27

2

2

15

17

29

143

312

283

226

224

33

169

212

170

228

53

66

36

19

43

12

6

18

12

48

157

189

207

172

136

33

92

150

143

149

Arena Armadale Kelmscott Breakers WA Canning Lightning

9

8

12

9

1

5

6

9

5

1

Central Aquatic

62

57

53

58

57

22

24

41

46

62

Fremantle Ports

23

-

-

2

35

15

-

-

2

36

146

185

200

240

246

65

93

136

167

257

Kingsway

33

25

33

32

3

17

31

26

20

5

Kwinana

31

87

88

102

99

36

63

74

86

103

Lesmurdie Legends

75

89

83

78

95

55

33

54

57

98

135

44

142

27

95

17

11

13

6

97

-

-

-

94

61

-

-

-

55

64

Perth City

165

174

138

150

134

135

113

107

111

140

Riverside

28

46

51

52

69

4

7

52

28

72

Riverton Aquanauts

19

37

56

65

70

9

34

53

61

75

Rockingham

217

262

254

233

227

108

94

203

196

235

South Shore

69

110

128

155

167

53

70

97

123

177

Southlake Dolphins

115

116

142

152

116

90

109

122

131

125

Southside Penrhos Wesley

155

166

163

145

134

37

65

119

101

145

St Hilda's

111

97

160

134

112

30

22

98

96

118

Superfins

10

5

3

8

7

19

21

16

14

13

Thornlie

44

47

57

49

59

10

46

56

38

65

Tuart Hill

53

57

57

93

124

11

7

30

52

127

288

242

244

281

251

213

139

164

188

265

Victoria Park

63

81

72

72

42

70

71

58

61

50

Western Sprint

48

50

58

32

40

20

20

41

22

45

104

111

71

64

92

39

56

61

50

96

2,599

2,950

3,055

2,896

2,860

1,252

1,530

2,225

2,157

3,036

Guildford Kalamunda Districts

Newman Churchlands North Coast

UWA / West Coast

Westside Christchurch Aquatic Total

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Membership

Membership Numbers – Regional (2014-2018)

Los Angeles Olympics 1984

Club

Competitive

Non-competitive

14/15

15/16

16/17

17/18

18/19

14/15

15/16

16/17

17/18

Albany

83

111

110

106

90

14

59

70

76

98

Australind (Golden West Dolphins)

40

37

59

63

55

36

28

36

40

59

4

43

40

46

34

50

4

26

30

35

Boddington

29

67

55

43

44

43

31

18

18

48

Bridgetown

16

13

20

18

39

2

8

15

8

41

Broome

65

62

71

82

87

63

50

52

59

90

Bunbury

83

91

118

131

135

67

82

100

86

143

Busselton

86

84

88

55

42

15

46

59

45

46

Carnarvon

53

68

64

55

57

23

12

39

37

62

Collie

32

45

58

39

39

15

11

26

29

43

Corrigin

19

40

-

17

42

21

32

-

21

44

Dalwallinu

11

44

50

43

35

24

4

3

2

35

-

-

-

55

54

-

-

-

35

54

Esperance

38

29

35

41

31

10

21

29

31

32

Exmouth

65

63

66

65

57

42

35

27

50

64

Geraldton

34

52

73

93

56

22

23

49

50

65

Gingin Aquatic

12

48

29

92

46

47

33

20

58

47

Georgina Molloy Anglican School

39

60

62

74

50

15

30

43

41

54

Harvey

24

23

15

16

11

9

12

14

18

12

Hedland

71

54

47

49

39

2

23

31

38

42

Kalgoorlie

90

92

94

72

52

13

70

75

61

63

Kambalda

43

48

48

40

23

29

28

29

29

25

Karratha

89

75

146

109

62

23

56

100

48

66

Lake Grace

24

17

13

12

9

5

4

2

1

10

Mandurah

41

57

91

91

79

27

37

77

81

87

Manjimup Marlins

23

30

33

33

42

27

15

19

20

44

Margaret River

21

28

32

43

58

20

6

17

31

60

Merredin

31

51

42

39

44

52

11

19

24

46

Moora

35

36

33

46

60

1

-

2

2

60

Morawa

25

9

4

12

0

36

4

6

7

2

Mt Barker

48

41

44

44

40

4

10

31

23

41

Beverley

Dowerin

-

14

16

33

33

6

9

8

5

35

Narrogin

54

50

40

46

32

19

34

28

26

35

Newman

43

35

50

44

47

8

10

32

32

47

Northam

60

64

68

62

58

45

6

51

55

66

-

-

-

-

37

-

-

-

-

38

Narembeen

Onslow Pannawonica

11

64

64

47

32

72

33

37

30

35

Paraburdoo

30

127

116

83

55

32

80

74

60

60

Peel Aquatic

70

98

103

107

97

17

28

52

52

103

Pinjarra

24

27

52

48

60

15

9

39

25

61

Quairading

1

41

35

38

30

28

1

21

22

30

Tom Price

53

72

57

52

51

83

57

32

34

54

Wagin

42

50

70

90

69

13

8

20

18

69

Waroona

-

23

28

24

19

1

2

17

6

20

Wickham

46

34

21

35

28

5

2

5

6

29

Wongan Hills

33

47

53

45

48

18

16

32

33

54

York

35

31

52

52

50

11

14

13

23

55

Total

1,814

2,395

2,577

2,562

2258

1,234

1,115

1,506

1,526

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Participation Providing the opportunity for everyone to become involved

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LEARN TO SWIM WestSwim Lakelands

Participation

WestSwim Lakelands opened in May 2018 with over 200 students ready to experience a new facility with a streamlined and effective perpetual programme presented by a warm, dedicated and friendly staff.

Since then enrolments have been on the rise with the School increasing to over 600 students by March 2019.

WestSwim Lakelands is a purpose-built facility with inbuilt teaching ledges designed to promote independence and exploration for young swimmers, while keeping the majority of the pool at an adequate depth for squad swimmers.

This facility design has been complemented by a well-structured programme making a clear pathway from 4-month-olds to endurance squad swimmers.

This clear pathway is then continued to the local swim Clubs in the Mandurah/Peel area with Mandurah Swim Club conducting its Junior Dolphins training sessions at the facility, and Peel Swim Club inviting our squad swimmers to attend their Meet nights and open days.

Thanks to this interaction between WestSwim, Swimming WA and the local Clubs, WestSwim Lakelands is proud to congratulate its first graduating student; Ruby Morgan, who after attending the open day was invited to join the Peel Aquatic Swim Club.

WestSwim’s new branding has also been a popular success at the Lakelands facility with staff, students and parents enjoying the warmth and fun that it inspires, reminiscent of the West Australian coastline and sunset.

WestSwim Craigie has had the opportunity this year to open a new venture; WestSwim Craigie, a squad and Swim Fit programme based at Craigie Leisure Centre.

This venture opened on 5 August 2019 with over 250 students swimming multiple times a week. This programme is focused more towards competitive swimmers and upholds the same values and spirit as all other WestSwim programmes.

413 456 581 587 704 CHISHOLM CLOSED

436 405 411

308 323 327

Term 3

The Association will continue to expand into the area of learn to swim and to secure partners who want to play a role in teaching people of all ages to swim and who have the interests of the community at heart. To those learn to swim instructors and teachers who served WestSwim Chisholm so faithfully, our sincere thanks.

385 439 393 517 511

Term 4

The proceeds of WestSwim are directed back into our Clubs, Coaching and official training courses as an investment in the future of our sport.

Actions by entities outside of the WA swimming family are difficult to understand and accept as they are at odds with the positive actions of a community minded entity such as Swimming WA.

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As we move forward, WestSwim plans on becoming the premier Swim School for encouraging students to develop a strong foundation of swimming coupled with a love of water that will see them continue to swim clubs, surf clubs and all other aquatic sports.

After almost 11 years of operation, WestSwim Chisholm closed its doors on April 28th 2019. This was in response to a decision made by Chisholm Catholic College to replace our programme with that of a competitor. With this development and the financial pressure applied to the Association’s financial resources, WestSwim Churchlands was also forced to close its doors.

WestSwim Chisholm Enrolments Term 1

Staff at WestSwim Lakelands Front (L to R): Courtney Ryland, Vanessa Newick, Caitlyn Kelly, Shannon Mundy. Middle (L to R): Carolyn Long, Cara Riberi.

Back (L to R): Sara Duncalf, HollyAnn Stothard, Donna Edward.

590 652

0

100

2018/19

200

300

2017/18

400

500

2016/17

600

700

2015/16

800 2014/15

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JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

OPTUS JUNIOR DOLPHINS

The past year saw Optus Junior Dolphins Carnivals continue with three Optus Junior Dolphins Super Carnivals managed

by Swimming WA. Optus Junior Dolphins continued to offer meaningful participation for the more than 370 Junior Dolphins Members in Western Australia.

The Optus Junior Dolphins Carnivals kicked off on 10 November at Beatty Park and continued with Carnivals held at Northam, Scarborough Beach, Terry Tyzack, Claremont Pool and WestSwim Lakelands and concluded at Country Pennants in Karratha on 1 March.

In total, over 230 swimmers participated in Optus Junior Dolphins Carnivals in 2018/19. This year saw the end of the Optus sponsorship of the Junior Dolphins programme with Swimming Australia. Swimming WA will continue the programme across the State as part of the pathway from Learn to Swim into our Clubs.

SUNSMART SPLASH & DASH SERIES This year has seen significant growth in the SunSmart Splash & Dash Series with 20 SunSmart Splash & Dash Carnivals held over the season, up from seven the previous season. This season saw a greater number of metropolitan Clubs hold SunSmart Splash & Dash Carnivals, with 12 of 20 Carnivals hosted by these Clubs.

Swimmers were encouraged to attend multiple Carnivals through the use of Passports with passport stickers available for collection and prizes awarded for collecting all five different stickers.

SUNSMART SPLASH & DASH CARNIVALS 2018/19 HOST CLUBS

Kwinana (held 2)

Tuart Hill

UWA-West Coast (held 3)

Riverton

Thornlie

GMAS

Newman Churchlands

Esperance

Mandurah

Karratha (Country Pennants)

Australind

Kingsway

Gingin

Fremantle Port

Northam

Rockingham

TOTAL PARTICIPANTS - 592

Junior Dolphins participants at Scarborough.

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The aim of the Westpac Summer League Series is to increase Club Member engagement by placing emphasis on race participation and team point scoring. The carnivals are designed to be exciting, with a short in duration. Participants are encouraged to attend the event for the full duration with relays and individual events scheduled throughout.

The first Westpac Spirit Carnival of the year was held in November 2018 at the Pannawonica Swimming Centre in Pannawonica. The indigenous population in surrounding communities were able to participate in fun, games-based aquatic activities as an introduction to swimming and racing skills.

The 2018/19 season of the Westpac Summer League was once again a success, with 435 entries recorded for the season.

Given the Associations growth strategy, our Development team completed a full evaluation of the programme leading to changes in the programme’s format and marketing for 2019/20.

Clubs participating in the Westpac Summer League this year included South Shore, Breakers, Guildford Kalamunda, Thornlie, and Rockingham. Thornlie had the most consistent attendance over the five Carnivals and were overall winners of the League. They were awarded $1,000 prize money to enhance development programmes at their Club.

The second Westpac Spirit Carnival was held in April 2019 at the South West Sports Centre in Bunbury. Over 150 children from South Bunbury Primary School, South Bunbury Education Support Centre, Djidi Djidi Aboriginal School. and Greenbushes Primary School were bused to the Centre to participate.

Feedback from both Carnivals was extremely positive, with schools indicating interest to be involved in future years.

Participants in the Westpac Spirit Carnival - Bunbury.

BIO ISLAND JUNIOR EXCELLENCE Swimming Australia has partnered with Bio Island to deliver its Junior Excellence programme. The programme recognises swimmers aged between 9 and 16 years of age who achieved outstanding results in the past year.

WA results remained relatively steady with 1,758 swimmers qualifying for the programme. In the coming year, the age brackets have changed to include only children aged 9 to 13 years of age.

A number of Clinics were held for JX qualifiers in the 2018/19 season in metropolitan and regional areas, including Broome, Moora and Collie. These Clinics were highly successful and booked out very quickly. With experienced coaches and athletes attending such as Cameron Hawthorn and Blair Evans, the swimmers were able to pick up some tips and be inspired.

Final Westpac Summer League Leaderboard.

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN JX STATISTICS: AWARD

Gold Silver Bronze Blue

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS 17/18

256 487 476 536

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS 18/19

205 497 534 533

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Participation

THE WESTPAC SUMMER LEAGUE SERIES

OWS Series

The biggest OWS Series in the Southern Hemsiphere

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SWIMMING WA OPEN WATER SWIMMING SERIES

Participation

This year Swimming WA celebrated the 11th season of the Open Water Swimming Series, taking part with a record number of 6,008 participants.

After the 2017/18 Anniversary season, a new logo was created with a supporting marketing campaign. The Series was condensed with the number of Rounds reduced to 12, (down from 14), with a focus on increasing participation for each Round.

This goal was achieved with an average of 501 participants attending each Round, up from 428 the previous year!

The Series marketing campaign revolved around the #ComeSWIMwithus concept conveyed through mainstream media outlets and social media channels. The objective was to raise the profile of the Series and expose it to a broader Western Australian audience, whilst maintaining high levels of engagement with the OWS Series ‘faithful’. The campaign encouraged participants to have family and friends “Come swim with us” and try an Open Water Swimming Round.

OWS Series Membership Type 2018/19

43% 57%

Annual Day Member

Number of Rounds Participated in per Swimmer 2018/19

1% 3% 3%

2% 4% 7%

54%

11%

1 2 3 4 5

19%

6 7 8+

SWA OWS Ambassador Mr Simon Huitenja promoted the Series over the Summer.

The Series was promoted heavily by Nova 93.7, The West Australian newspaper and on several billboards, courtesy of QMS Media, including a large digital screen in Leederville. The strong relationship with Gold Level Sponsor Westpac also provided many marketing opportunities along with vehicle partner New Town Toyota. In a new initiative for the Series, Mr Simon Huitenga, as WA’s own Tokyo Olympic hopeful, was recruited as Series Ambassador.

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Tuart Hill SC were big supporters of the Australia Day Round at Sorrento.

SERIES OPENING ROUND

AUSTRALIA DAY

The Series opening Round was held at Leighton Beach, a record number of participants (678) experienced perfect conditions and the Series was off to a successful start.

Australia Day saw 942 participants take part at Sorrento Beach.

This Round has been a feature of the Series with the swim attracting the highest level of participation in the Series annually.

The 100m Splash & Dash swim attracted children, parents and novice open water swimmers in what is a true ‘family oriented’ swim.

With our new supplier WASE Timing, Swimming WA trialled new swimmer tracking technology in a first for Open Water Swimming. After the successful trial, the technology was launched to the Open Water Swimming community in Busselton and was incorporated into the Series for all participants completing a distance of 5km or more. Through the downloadable App, friends, family and coaches were able to track the position of their swimmer throughout the race, bringing them closer to the action than ever before.

OPEN WATER COMPETITIONS

The Swimming WA Open Water Club Premierships were held on Saturday, 16 February 2019. Of the 715 total participants, 196 swimmers represented 36 Swimming WA Clubs.

The Kevin Holtom Participation Award (the Club with the highest percentage of their total Club Membership participating in the Round) was won by St Hilda’s Swimming Club. The Jeanette Bailey Cup (awarded for the overall winning Club on the day) was also won by the St Hilda’s Swimming Club. Our sincere thanks to all participating Clubs for their support, to what is now a regular feature of the Western Australian OWS Series calendar.

The final Round for the 2018/19 OWS Series broke venue records at Scarborough Beach (516) with waves helping swimmers to cross the line for the final time for the season.

A live swimmer tracking App was introduced this year.

Following feedback from swimmers and coaches, a 10km Round was held at Coogee Beach prior to the State Championships to give Swimming WA Members another opportunity to qualify for the National Open Water Championships in Adelaide.

With picturesque conditions, our mid-festive season swim at Mullaloo continued to attract high numbers of participants (649), proving once again that when the sun is out the series does not take a break.

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David Johnson and Jeanette Bailey presenting The Jeanette Bailey Cup to Alexia Pavlovic - St Hilda’s Swimimg Club with the Westpac State Marketing Manger - Niki Long.

OWS Series Individual Participation 2015 - 2019 6,008 registrations for the Series was a record number made greater by the fact that there were only 12 Rounds this year.

This represents a 17% increase in participation on 2017/18.

Participation

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

The OWS Series Awards presentation followed at The Sandbar Scarborough Beach and we congratulate the following on an outstanding Series: 2018/19 OWS SERIES AWARD WINNERS U15 YEARS

LEGENDS (35-49 YEARS)

Ashvinie NADARAJAH

Jamie BOWLER

Owen CATTAWAY

Nicola FRASCHINI

U18 YEARS

SUPER LEGENDS (50+ YEARS)

Fiona CULLINANE

Bridget YOUNG

Byron KIMBER

John MUIR

OPEN (18-34 YEARS) Rebekah WELLER Bradley SMITH

2018/19 Swimming WA OWS Series Winners.

OWS Series Registrations at all Rounds 2018/19 Venue

Final Round participants of the 2018/19 OWS Series at Scarborough Beach.

Number of Swimmers

Leighton

678

Busselton

354

Coogee

713

Rockingham

468

Champion Lakes

252

Mullaloo

649

Harvey Dam

317

Sorrento

922

Shorehaven

244

Bunbury

180

Cottesloe

715

Scarborough

516

Total

6,008

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COUNTRY SWIMMING REPORT 2018/19 has been a very successful year for Country Swimming.

Regional Structure

The Regional system in Country WA continues to work and develop effectively. To streamline resources, the Pilbara and Kimberley Regions have joined to become the Northern Swimming Region. With less than three Clubs, the Midwest Region and Gascoyne Region remain as developing Regions in the State. The Association is encouraged that in the next year, smaller towns in these Regions will have enough support to affiliate with Swimming WA. Each Region has worked with Swimming WA to implement development opportunities for Regional Swimmers. The communication of Swimming WA messaging has proven to be paramount in maintaining an effective Regional structure and seeing success spawn from our Regional swimmers.

Highlights

Achievements from Country Swimming were summed up at Swimming WA’s night of nights. The. Westpac Swimmer of the Year Awards. Technical Official of the Year went to Jacqui McNamara (York SC), with Mandurah Swimming Club winning the Westpac Champion Regional Club of the Year. Jason Evans (Bunbury) was awarded the ascta (WA) Development Coach of the Year, with swimmers Brielle Krispyn (Manjimup) winning the Junior Swimmer of the Year and Tom Gawned (Albany) winning the Frank Osman Memorial Shield.

All Regions have hosted at least one Meet in their Region this year and it is noted that every month, except for January and May, a swim Meet was held in a Regional pool. These Meets were well supported by Regional Clubs as well as Metropolitan Clubs and served as a great source of revenue for Clubs and Regional Associations.

In consultation with Swimming WA, the Regions have taken the opportunity to run development sessions for their swimmers throughout the year including; four Coaching Courses, five Junior Dolphins Carnivals, and six SunSmart Splash & Dash Carnivals.

This year Technical Official recruitment and accreditation has been integral for the growth of Regional WA swimming. Technical Official courses continue to be conducted in conjunction with competitions throughout the Regions. The time and dedication of the Technical Education Officials Committee and the Technical Official Presenters this year should be acknowledged.

As a direct result, it is pleasing to note that there are 74 Technical Official Members based in Regional WA. Kaye Bolger (Albany), and Jacqui McNamara (York) represented Regional WA at International Meets this year. Thank you for all your support this year.

Jan Smith - Swimming WA Regional Coordinator

The SunSmart Country Pennants was once again the highlight of the year. The rotation sent Regional swimming to the Pilbara this year with the host Club Karratha showcasing the best of what the Pilbara can offer. It takes the host Club Committee and Members two years of hard work and organisation to put this event together. The Karratha Amateur Swimming Club are to be commended on their excellent delivery. 497 competitors from 32 Clubs competed. Special recognition goes to Pannawonica Swimming Club, Onslow Occy’s Swimming Club, Wickham Swimming Club and Paraburdoo Swimming Club for competing in their first SunSmart Country Pennants.

Over the weekend 16 Country Records were broken. Four swimmers were presented with the Closest to State Record award. Mt Barker won the Best March Past award. Karratha now hands the baton over to Geraldton SC who are the hosts of the 2020 SunSmart Country Pennants.

The SunSmart Country Championships was again held at HBF Stadium in January. 319 competors from 27 Clubs competed.

It was the first year that a Swimmer of the Meet trophy was awarded. The Winner was Tom Gawned (Albany SC).

SunSmart Country Pennants 2019 E Grade Winners - Hedland SC.

Many country swimmers qualified to attend State Championship Meets. 64 swimmers qualified for the SunSmart Long Course State Age Championships and 65 swimmers qualified for the 2019 Junior Long Course Championships.

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HIGH ACHIEVERS

Participation

The Volunteer of the Year was awarded to a very worthy recipient from a “pool” of Volunteer of the Month winners from July 2018 to April 2019. This year’s winner was Ron Barnes (Breakers WA Swimming Club) for his dedication over many years. Ron was recognised for his contribution as commentator at Swimming WA Meets, a duty he approaches with a level of professionalism always exceeding expectations.

Ron is also an active Club Member at Breakers WA Swimming Club, where he is often seen with a pair of BBQ tongs in hand and is active in ensuring correct governance occurs during key decision making. For many swimmers and swimming alumni, Ron is a familiar voice inviting Members back to the pool time and time again.

The 2019 Champion Club Award was awarded to Guildford & Kalamunda Districts Swimming Club (Metropolitan) and Mandurah Swimming Club (Regional) for their performance in areas of governance, strategic partnerships, athlete performance and development support.

Swimming WA would like to acknowledge all nominees and applaud the magnificent contribution that Clubs have given to support swimming in Western Australia over the past year.

Ron Barnes - Westpac Volunteer of the Year 2019.

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INCLUSION The Westpac Spirit Carnivals have been a highlight of the inclusion calendar, engaging over 200 staff and students in the Pilbara and South West Regions. Held in Paraburdoo and Bunbury, each Carnival hosted children from various indigenous and non-indigenous backgrounds for a one-day Carnival based on participation and run entirely by volunteers. These Carnivals were proudly supported by Swimming WA Gold Sponsors Westpac and SunSmart.

Swimming WA proudly hosted a Come and Try event for all swimmers interested in trying a swimming competition. Aimed at recruiting Multi Class swimmers, the event provides swimmers with a pathway to joining a Swimming WA Club.

Swimming WA also hosted a Classification event for Multi Class swimmers in November 2018. This event saw five swimmers attend, including two who were new to classification. This allowed those swimmers to compete under their nationally recognised classification for the year, including at their School Swimming Carnivals.

Ben Popham Multi Class Swimmer of Year 2019.

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2019 SWIMMING WA ANNUAL CLUB SURVEY RESULTS The Annual Club Survey is an opportunity for all Clubs to provide feedback on key strategic items. The survey is released in April each year with the results published annually.

CLUB SATISFACTION

Our Club is satisfied that Swimming WA makes decisions that represent the interest of the Club and its Members at all times.

Our Club actively promotes Swimming WA and its activities.

4%

100

88%

96% 73%

Agree

60

23%

Somewhat Agree

40

4%

Somewhat Disagree

0%

Disagree

80

76%

76%

69%

23%

20 0

73% 2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

SUMMARY OF CLUBS RESPONSES

88%

Our Club is satisfied with how Swimming WA keeps governance Policies, Constitution, By-Laws etc. up-todate.

94% 90.4% 86% 83%

Our Club is satisfied with Swimming WA’s capability to execute effective corporate governance (e.g. Board structure, auditing, legal and regulatory requirements.)

92% 85% 88% 83% 88% 89% 86% 85%

Our Club is satisfied with how Swimming WA helps the Club to manage risks (eg. Member Welfare Policy, Child Protection Policy, Complaint handling etc).

75% 96%

78%

Our Club actively promotes Swimming WA and its activities.

90.4% 90% 70% 79%

63%

Our Club is satisfied with the Swimming WA High Performance strategy and structure.

31%

65% 45%

Facilities. Compared with 12 months ago, our Club is satisfied with access to pool space within the Club’s catchment area.

68%

61% 35%

Open Water. Our Club believes the Open Water Series is a valuable event on the Swimming WA calendar.

81%

81% 65%

Learn to Swim. Our Club receives a high percentage of Club Members directly from partnered or local Learn-to-Swim Centres (including WestSwim).

44%

26% 2019 0

2018 20

2017 40

2016

2015 60

PRINCIPLE PARTNER

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A HISTORY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING BUOYANT The book was titled “Buoyant” and launched at the Beatty Park café on December 7th 2018 at a function where Swimming WA Hall of Fame and Life Members celebrated this wonderful publication. The Association is very grateful to both the Western Australian Historical Society, Lotterywest, Mrs Gina Rinehart, Dr Spillman and the numerous volunteers across the State who made the publication of our sport’s history possible.

The process was very much a ‘labour of love’ and the process uncovered many interesting facts about swimming in Western Australia including;

•

Our State has always had a deep and special connection to water, from the first indigenous peoples;

•

Matthew Hale (first Bishop of Perth) in 1857 “called for public baths to be built to reduce the number of people seen by the swan river in various states of undress”;

•

In November 1888, Albany built privately owned swimming baths, with competition commencing in January 1891

•

1892 saw the formation of Western Australia’s first swimming Club – Perth Swimming Club under the guidance of Ernest Henty;

•

Frank Schryver was the first Western Australian to compete at an Olympic Games in 1912 in Stockholm in Sweden;

•

In 1934, the great Percy Oliver (Claremont Swimming Club) won the 100 yards freestyle as a 14 year old. He and Evelyn de Lacy (Maylands SC and ANA) were funded

by WAASA at the National Championships in Brisbane and Sydney. Both went on to represent Australia at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin;

•

Evelyn de Lacy was the only Western Australian woman to have competed at an Olympic Games prior to Christine Barnetson and Belinda Woolsey;

•

Kevin O’Halloran delivered WA’s first Olympic Games Gold medal as part of the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne;

•

Elizabeth Edmondson was the first Western Australian to win an individual gold medal in 1964 followed by Lyn McKenzie in 1968 at the Mexico Olympic Games. Both were inducted into the SWA Hall of Legends in 2018;

•

Jennifer Reilly competed in two Olympic Games and won eighth national titles and as a 400m IM swimmer., is regarded as one Western Australia’s greatest ever swimmers;

•

Today’s champions such as Holly Barratt and Brianna Throssell have an amazing lineage

Three of the best - Belinda Woolsey, John Ryan and Todd Pearson help launch Buoyant.

SWA Hall of Famers George Brown and Elizabeth Edmondson at the launch.

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Participation

In 2017, Swimming WA determined to write the history of the sport of swimming in Western Australia. The Association was able to access grants from the Western Australian Historical Society, Lotterywest and Hancock Prospecting, and secured the services of noted historian and former swimming coach, Dr Ken Spillman. Working with a small Sub-Committee, Dr Spillman was able to make contact with many of our stalwarts of swimming from across the State.

Competition The opportunity for our athletes to reach their potential

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POOL MEETS Over the past year, Swimming WA continued to push the boundaries to reshape and review the current annual competition schedule on offer throughout the State. The Competition and Planning Committee spent much of the year reviewing and strategising the placement of Meets across the year along with their event listings to ensure that there was clear purpose and benefit to competitive swimmers. In 2018/19.

Swimming WA introduced three Metropolitan Zones, offering a new tier of competition for swimmers. The Zone level competition is scheduled to be implemented for the 2019/20 season.

Competition

Swimming WA responded to the advice of Members and combined the State Short Course Open and Age Championships during the 2019 Winter Season. The State Long Course Open and Age Championships remained separate Meets and both enjoyed great success in attracting interstate and international competitors to challenge local WA Members.

SunSmart Metro Club Premierships and Country Pennants

Once again, the Labour Day long weekend in March hosted the ‘Festival of Swimming’ with Metropolitan and Country Clubs vying for top pennants. In addition, over 500 swimmers travelled to Scarborough for an Open Water Series Round. Throughout the weekend, more than 1,500 Members took part in Swimming WA events.

The SunSmart Club Premiership, held at HBF Stadium, saw Clubs participate within four divisions with UWA West Coast taking out A Division honours. The SunSmart Country Pennants, held at Karratha Leisureplex, stood up to the test with more than 30 Clubs participating. Peel Aquatic won top honours after some outstanding individual performances taking out A Division.

SUNSMART METRO CLUB PREMIERSHIPS WINNERS A Division

UWA West Coast Swimming Club

March Past

South Shore Swimming Club

B Division

Arena Swimming Club

March Past

Riverton Aquatic Swimming Club

C Division

Kwinana Swimming Club

March Past

Victoria Park Swimming Club

D Division

North Coast Swimming Club

March Past

Newman Churchlands Swimming Club

Joshua Spencer - Rockingham.

SUNSMART COUNTRY PENNANTS WINNERS A Division

Peel Aquatic Swimming Club

B Division

Exmouth Swimming Club

C Division

Karratha Swimming Club

D Division

Pinjarra Swimming Club

E Division

Hedland Swimming Club

March Past

Mt Barker Swimming Club

Swimming WA Competition in action at our premier venue HBF Stadium.

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2018/19 Swimming WA Meets Meet

Date

Athletes

Teams

Entries

28-29 July 2018

636

37

2725

25-26 August 2018

490

35

2427

SWA SC Open Championships

7-9 September 2018

229

28

773

SWA Junior SC Championships

22-23 September 2018

470

38

2350

SunSmart LC Season Opener

13-14 October 2018

476

29

1852

SunSmart LC Qual Meet 2

1-2 December 2018

481

37

1732

15-18 December 2018

543

49

2620

SWA SC Qual Meet 2 SWA SC Age Championships

SunSmart State Age LC Championships

11 January 2019

293

48

1090

SunSmart Country Championships

11-13 January 2019

329

33

1891

Hancock Prospecting WA Swimming Championships

18-20 January 2019

237

27

855

Hancock Prospecting LC Junior Challenge

19-20 January 2019

196

30

758

SunSmart LC Rookie Meet

SunSmart Sprint Championships SunSmart End of Summer Sensation

2 February 2019

378

29

1292

23-24 February 2019

561

31

1928

23 March 2019

379

32

925

Hancock Prospecting LC Junior Championships

12-14 April 2019

513

50

1954

SWA Short Course Qual Meet 1

22-23 June 2019

475

36

1854

29 June 2019

129

24

475

SunSmart Last Chance Meet

SWA Short Course Sprint Showdown

Junior Short Course Championships 2018.

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RECORDS OFFICER’S REPORT

Tony Ball – Swimming WA Records Officer A total of 431 State records were broken during the 2018/19 season compared to the 572 for the previous season.

Congratulations go to the following swimmers:

The top five female record-breakers were Crystal Edwards UWSC with (23), Isabella Russell SHILD (15), Bridgette Brodalka AAA (12), Natalie Van Selm BRW (12) followed by Alyssa Burgess ARE (11). There were a total of 12 local female record breakers.

Australian Age All Comers Record Boys 15years 200m Backstroke– Joshua Edwards-Smith of UWA West Coast in a time of 2:00.23 on 17 December 2018 Boys 15years 100m Backstroke– Joshua Edwards-Smith of UWA West Coast in a time of 0:55.83 on 1 March 2019 Boys 16years 100m Backstroke– Joshua Edwards-Smith of UWA West Coast in a time of 0:55.01 on 17 April 2019 Boys 16years 200m Backstroke– Joshua Edwards-Smith of UWA West Coast in a time of 1:57.82 on 20 April 2019

The top five male record breakers were Joshua Edwards-Smith UWSC (100), Ashton Brinkworth UWSC (9), Kalani Ireland PERC (8), Damian Badenhorst ROC (6) followed

by Aidan Balfour SSPW (5). There were a total of 17 local male record breakers.

Highest Achievement Record Performances

State Record Statistics

Summary of Top Record Breaking Clubs 2018/19 Club

Long Course

Short Course

Aust. Age

All Comers

All Time

Residential

8

21

61

56

St Hilda's

5

8

Breakers

5

UWA West Coast

Rockingham Japan

14

Aqua Attack

2

Arena

Grand Total

Total

All Comers

All Time

Residential

Total

146

21

51

35

107

253

8

21

5

8

9

22

43

5

5

15

5

12

8

25

40

2

1

3

4

6

6

16

19

14 2

2

6

7

4

11

14 2

2

2

9 1 2

Westside Christchurch Aquatic

2

12 11

Western Australia Southside Penrhos Wesley

6

2

2

9

9

5

5

4

4

China

4

4

4

Shanghai Pudong (China)

4

4

4

South Shore

1

3

3

2

Aqua Tech (Singapore)

2

Perth City 2

Singapore

2

2

2

2

2 1

1

MLC Aquatic (Victoria) 8

53

1

2

1

1

X Lab (Singapore)

1

2

Peel Aquatic

Total

1

1 89

78

1

1 228

2

1 47

92

64

203

431

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Competition

Australian Age Record Boys 15years 200m Backstroke– Joshua Edwards-Smith of UWA West Coast in a time of 2:00.23 on 17 December 2018 Boys 15years 100m Backstroke– Joshua Edwards-Smith of UWA West Coast in a time of 0:55.83 on 1 March 2019 Boys 16years 100m Backstroke– Joshua Edwards-Smith of UWA West Coast in a time of 0:55.01 on 17 April 2019 Boys 16years 200m Backstroke– Joshua Edwards-Smith of UWA West Coast in a time of 1:57.82 on 2h April 2019

The top five record-breaking Clubs were UWA West Coast (253), St Hilda’s (43), Breakers (40), Rockingham (19) then Aqua Attack with (12). There were a total of 17 Clubs whose Members broke records (last season was 19).

The oldest Male Long Course record broken was the AquaTech Swimming of Japan time in the All Comers State 13 years 4x50m Medley Relay on 16 December 2018 which broke the record previously held by New South Wales set on 28 March 1989, a record that stood for 29 years and 263 days.

The most improved Male Long Course record broken was the WA All Comers State 17 years 400m Medley Relay which was reduced from Singapore’s time of 3:57.02 to Japan’s new time of 3:42.82 a 6.37% improvement.

The oldest Male Short Course record broken was Joshua Edwards-Smith (UWA West Coast) time in the 18 years 200m Backstroke on 5 October 2017 which broke the record previously held by Adam Lucas of West Coast set on 3 September 2002, a record that had stood for 15 years and 32days.

The most improved Male Short Course record broken was the WA All Comers State 12 years 200m Freestyle Relay which was reduced from UWA West Coast’s time of 1:52.31 to China’s new time of 1:48.47, a 3.54% improvement.

The oldest Female Long Course record broken was Natalie Van Selm of Breakers in the 10years 200m Individual Medley on 10 November 2018 which broke the record previously held by SuLin Nurul of City of Perth set on 3 January 1983, a record which had stood for 35 years and 311 days.

The most improved Female Long Course record broken was the WA Residental State and Club 16 years 200m Medley Relay

which was reduced from the Arena’s time of 2:02.99 to UWA West Coast’s new time of 1:59.83, a 2.64% improvement.

The oldest Female Short Course record broken was Crystal Edwards of UWA West Coast in the 17/18 years 50m Breaststroke on 26 August 2018 which broke the record previously held by Helen Denman of Claremont Uniswim on 26 August 1994, a record which had stood for 24 years exactly to the day.

The most improved Female Short Course record broken was the WA Residential Open 50m Backstroke which was reduced from Holly Barratt of Swan Hill time of 0:27.52 to Holly Barratt of Rockingham’s new time of: 26.63, a 3.34% improvement.

Nic Brown (UWA-West Coast) competing in the Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay at the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships, Hangzhou, China, 11-16 December 2018.

Summary of Individual Female Records – Metro and International 2018/19 Name/Club FEMALE

Long Course Aust Age

Short Course

Aust. Age All Comers

Crystal Edwards UWA West Coast

WA All Time

WA Residential

1

WA All Corners

WA All Time

WA Residential

Total

1

2

9

11

22

23

Total

Aust. Age All Comers

Grand Total

Isabella Russell St Hilda’s

3

3

3

9

2

2

2

6

15

Bridgette Brodalka Aqua Attack

2

2

2

6

2

2

2

6

12

Natalie Van Selm Breakers

1

1

1

3

3

3

3

9

12

Alyssa Burgess Arena

7

4

11

Holly Barratt Rockingham

1

1

2

11 2

Tahlia Thornton Breakers

2

3

9

7

9

9

9

Brianna Throssell UWA West Coast

3

2

5

5

Seria Hasebe Westside Chrstchurch

2

2

4

4

Kate Harrison Westside Chrstchurch Bianca Petsos UWA West Coast Airi Mitsui Japan

1 1

Caitlin Leather Bunbury

1

Yifei Chen Shanghai Pudong CHN Total

44

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21

15

2

2

4

4

1

1

3

3

1

1

1

1

1

1

43

13

30

24

1

1

67

110

Summary of Individual Male Records – Metro and International 2018/19 Name/Club MALE Joshua Edwards-Smith UWA West Coast

Long Course

Short Course

Aust Age

Aust. Age All Comers

WA All Corners

WA All Time

WA Residential

4

4

9

24

Ashton Brinkworth

3

UWA West Coast

Kalani Ireland

Total

WA All Time

WA Residential

Total

26

67

2

29

2

33

100

4

7

2

2

9

2

Perth City

2

Damian Badenhorst Rockingham

Aidan Balfour

Southside Penrhos Wesley

Jackson Anderson St Hilda’s

UWA West Coast

Ben Roberts

2

6

6

1

2

2

5

5

3

3

2

2

UWA West Coast

2 2 1

Rockingham

2

1

Alex Milligan

Tommy Sucipto

2

2

South Shore

Japan

8

4

Tristan Lin

Shuyu Kinoshita

6

4

UWA West Coast

UWA West Coast

3

2

Adrian Todoro

Grant Irvine

2

2

2

Breakers

1

1

1

3

1

1

1

3

3

1

1

1

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

Finlay Larmour

1

Peel Aquatic

Nicholas Brown

1

1

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

UWA / West Coast

Sasha Bell

1

UWA West Coast

Ziang Li

1

2

Shanghai Pudong CHN

Ephraim Tan Singapore

Jun Wei Glen Lim Singapore

Taiyo Hayashi Japan

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Chenjie Xu

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

China

Hugh Moran

1

UWA West Coastt

Mingyang Qiang

Shanghai Pudong CHN

Yuanrui Lan China

Total

4

4

19

33

35

95

15

39

18

72

167

Grand Totals

4

4

26

54

50

138

28

69

42

139

277

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Competition

TJ Chong Sue

Grand Total WA All Corners

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Country Record Statistics During the 2018/19 season, a total of 232 country records were broken compared to the 242 for the 2017/18 season.

The top five record-breaking Clubs were Albany (86), Bunbury (51), Peel Aquatic (46), Manjimup (25), followed

by Geraldton (18). There were a total of eight Clubs whose Members broke records.

The oldest Male Short Course record broken was Tom Gawned of Albany in the 14 years 100m Butterfly set on 5 August 2018which broke the record previously held by Joshua Sinclair of Peel Aquatic set on 26 August 2000, a record that had stood for 17 years and 344 days.

The most improved Male Short Course record broken was the Country All Time 14 years 50m Butterly which was reduced from Callum Leather of Peel Aquatic’s time of 0:27.68 to Tom Gawned of Albany’s new time of 0:25.85, a 7.08% improvement.

The top five Female record-breakers were Brielle Krispyn MJP (25), Abbey Carter GRTN (18), Caitlin Leather PAQ (8), and Heidi Gstaettner PAQ with Regan Ashby PAQ both with (6) each. There were a total of five country Members that broke country records.

The oldest Female Long Course record broken was Heidi Gstaettner of Peel Aquatic in the 10 years 100m Butterfly set on the 13 April 2019 which broke the record previously held

by Carrina Ferreo of Champion Bay set on 21 August 1981, a record which had stood for 37 years and 235 days.

The top five Male record-breakers were Tom Gawned ALBA (64), Kyle lee BUN (64), Finlay Larmour PAQ (14), followed

by Itsuki Tomita ALBA, Conor Langlands, Finlay Wallace BRM and Sean Alcorn MDR all with two each. There were a total of seven Country Members that broke country records.

The most improved Female Long Course record broken was the Country All Time & Country Residential 10 years 50m Butterfly which was reduced from Shania Eliassen of Mandurah’s time of 0:34.68 to Heidi Gstaettner of Peel Aquatic’s new time of 0:33.25, a 4.30% improvement.

The oldest Male Long Course record broken was Kyle Lee of Bunbury in the 16 years 200m Individual Medley set on 18 December 2018 which broke the record previously held

by Joshua Sinclair of Peel Aquatic set on 12 January 2001, a record that stood for 17 years and 340 days.

The most improved Male Long Course record broken was the Country Residential 17 years 1500m Freestyle which was reduced from Lyndon Goldsmith of Bunbury’s time of 16:54.82 to his new time of 16:07.15, a 5.98% improvement.

The oldest Female Short Course record broken was Abbey Carter of Geraldton in the 11 years 100m Backstroke on 22 September 2018 which broke the record previously held by Toni Ciffolilli of Bunbury on 5 July 1992, a record which had stood for 26 years and 79 days.

The most improved Female Short Course record broken was the Country All Time & Country Residential 12yr 800m Freestyle which was reduced from Teleya Beattie of Albany’s time of 10:27.79 to Regan Ashby of Peel Aquatic’s new time of 9:54.98, a 5.43% improvement.

Country Pennants 2019 A Grade Pennant Winners - Peel Aquatic Swimming Club.

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Summary of Individual Female Records – Country 2018/19 Name/Club FEMALE

Long Course State

Short Course All Time

Residential

Total

5

6

11

Brielle Krispyn Manjimup

State

Abbey Carter Geraldton

Caitlin Leather Peel Aquatic

Heidi Gstaettner Peel Aquatic

Residential

Total

7

7

14

25

9

9

18

18

1

1

2

3

3

6

8

2

2

4

1

1

2

6

2

3

3

6

6

17

23

23

46

63

Regan Ashby Peel Aquatic

8

Total

Grand Total All Time

9

Competition

Summary of Individual Male Records – Country 2018/19 Name/Club

Long Course All Time

Residential

Total

Tom Gawned

10

9

Kyle Lee

30

Finlay Larmour

MALE

State

Short Course

Albany

Bunbury

Peel Aquatic

Itsuki Tomita Albany

State

Grand Total All Time

Residential

Total

19

24

21

45

64

17

47

1

3

4

51

1

1

2

6

4

12

14

1

1

2

2

2

Conor Langlands

1

1

2

2

Finlay Wallence

1

1

2

2

1

1

2

2

Karratha Broome

Sean Alcorn

1

Mandurah

Total

42

28

70

2

34

31

67

137

Grand Total

50

37

87

2

57

54

113

200

All Time

Residential

Total

All Time

Residential

Total

Albany

19

14

33

28

25

53

86

Bunbury

30

17

47

1

3

4

51

Peel Aquatic

4

4

8

19

17

38

46

Manjimup

5

6

11

7

7

14

25

Geraldton

9

9

18

18

Broome

1

1

2

2

Karratha

1

1

2

2

67

64

133

232

Summary of record breaking Clubs – Country 2018/19 Club MALE

Total

Long Course State

Short Course

58

41

99

State

2

2

Grand Total

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LC/SC

WA All Comers State Relay Record

OCCASION

Australian Age All Comers Record

DATE

WA All Comers Record

Records include interstate and overseas swim Meets and national events

Australian Age Record

WA SWIMMER RECORDS CREATED OR BROKEN 2018/19

AA

ACA

ACW

ACS

01-Jul-2018

2018 Pan Pac Trials - Adelaide

Away

LC

28-Jul-2018

2018 Swimming WA SC Qualifying Meet # 2

Home

SC

2

04-Aug-2018

2018 Arena Swim Club SC Meet

Home

SC

1

05-Aug-2018

2018 South Shore Super Sprint

Home

SC

1

12-Aug-2018

2018 UWA West Coast Short Course Challenge

Home

SC

3

18-Aug-2018

2018 Peel Short Course Winter Challenge

Home

SC

25-Aug-2018

2018 Swimming WA State Age Short Course Championships

Home

SC

14

9

07-Sep-2018

2018 Swimming WA State Open Short Course Championships

Home

SC

2

1

22-Sep-2018

2018 Swimming WA State Junior Short Course Championships

Home

SC

5

1

03-Oct-2018

2018 State Teams Short Course Championships

Away

SC

14-Oct-2018

2018 SunSmart LC Season Opener

Home

LC

21-Oct-2018

2018 Bunbury Open Carnival

Home

LC

25-Oct-2018

2018 Hancock Prospecting Short Course Champs

Away

SC

10-Nov-2018

2018 Officials Group LC Pentathlon

Home

LC

1

11-Nov-2018

2018 Breakers LC Big Splash # 1

Home

LC

1

18-Nov-2018

2018 South West Region 1 Carnival

Home

LC

01-Dec-2018

2018 SWA SunSmart LC Qualifying Meet

Home

LC

15-Dec-2018

2018 SunSmart WA State Age Championships

Home

LC

11-Jan-2019

2019 SunSmart Country Championships

Home

LC

18-Jan-2019

2019 Hancock Prospecting State Open LC Championships

Home

19-Jan-2019

2019 Hancock Prospecting LC Junior Challenge

02-Feb-2019 01-Mar-2019

7

4

LC

12

10

Home

LC

1

2019 Swimming WA SunSmart Sprint Championships

Home

LC

2019 SWA SunSmart Club Premierships A Division

Home

LC

09-Mar-2019

2019 Rockingham LC Summer Carnival

Home

LC

23-Mar-2019

2019 SWA SunSmart Last Chance Meet

Home

LC

07-Apr-2019

2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Championships

Away

LC

12-Apr-2019

2019 Hancock FMF Junior LC Championships

Home

LC

15-Apr-2019

2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Age Championships

Away

LC

11-Jun-2019

2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Trials

Away

LC

30-Jun-2019

2019 Officials SC Pentathlon

Home

SC

WA State Teams Representatives - Hugh Moran and Josh Edwards Smith.

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1

1

1 1

1

2

2

4

4

3

3

54

28

WA All Comers Club Relay Record

WA All Time Record

WA All Comers Club Relay Record

WA All Time Club Relay Record

WA Residential Record

WA Residential State Relay Record

WA Residential Club Relay Record

Country All Time

Country All Time Relay Club Record

Country Residential

Country Residential Relay Club Record

ACC

WAT

WATS

WATC

RE

RES

REC

CAT

CATC

CR

CREC

Total

1

1

2

8 1 6

6

1

1

1

1

1

20

2

5

1

23

9

1 1

7

7

19

3

3

4

1

1

17

4

23

6

17

7 3

2

4

5

149 5

24

6

8

67 7

1 17

15

40

1

2

4

4

1

19

1

1

1

25

8

1

11

2

1

4

4

3

3

1

5

18

2

22

2

2

1

2

1

4

1

1

1

100 6 55

1

3

2

46

1 5

3 4

5

9

2

4 1

1

2

6

6

2 21

2 10

21

2

8

4

73

4

2 1

19

125

2

1

4

1 4

5 3

1 4

Competition

7

1

28

28

92

23

1 27

107

18

4

10

5

2

91

14

662

2019 Medallists - SunSmart WA State Swimming Championships - Mens 4x100m Medley Relay.

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Performance Unearthing and providing a clear pathway for Swimmers, Coaches and Officials

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THE PERFORMANCE PATHWAY The Swimming WA Performance Pathway Programme, led

by State Head Coach Leigh Nugent, held several high quality activities throughout the year. The programme is designed to support and develop talented swimmers and their coaches as they progress through their careers.

2018 WA AGE SHORT COURSE ATHLETES GIRLS 13/14

The main activity for the year was the week-long camp held at UWA in July. The National Flippers and Gold and Silver State Flippers squads were put to their paces in the pool and spent time out of the pool learning about strength and conditioning exercises, injury prevention and sports psychology.

In early October 2018, 41 athletes, six coaches and two support staff travelled to Canberra to represent Western Australia in the States Teams Championships. The state vs state rivalry was intense with pride on the line for all competitors. Western Australia finished in fourth position, however, was close to claiming third place and is edging closer each year.

Five Technical Officials represented Western Australia at the event, which provided a highly valued theory and practical development programme in conjunction with the Championships.

PERFORMANCE PATHWAY SQUADS WAIS

21

Elite Transition (MultiClass)

2

Kathryn Raffelt - Westside

Kate Harrison - Westside

Vienne Seneque - St Hildas

Kara Leeming - UWA

Elyse Weston - Breakers

Emily Nayler - Guildford

Rosie Wilson - Breakers

Amelie Prinsloo - South Shore

GIRLS 15/16 Lily Beste - Rockingham

Samantha MacFarlane - Breakers

Sena Cooper - St Hildas

Emma Bond - UWA

Crystal Edwards - UWA

Jade Mann - Guildford

Seria Hasebe - Westside

Sarah Overheu - Westside

Lucinda Jones - Busselton

Taliyah Thornton Smith - Breakers

BOYS14/15 Damian Badenhorst - Rockingham

Jacob Dearle - Central Aquatics

Brendan Best - UWA

Tom Gawned - Albany

TJ Chong-Sue - UWA

Finlay Larmour - Peel

Jesse Coughlan- St Hildas

Adriano Todoro - UWA

Joshua Edwards-Smith - UWA

Ruan Van der Riet - UWA

BOYS 16/17 Aleksander (Sasha) Bell - UWA

Jason Martin - Guildford

Robert Bonsall - UWA

Hugh Moran - UWA

Jordan Davis - St Hildas

Joshua Spencer - Rockingham

Kalani Ireland - Perth City

Adam Sudlow - UWA

Matthew Joubert - South Shore

Jack Wilson - North Coast

National Flippers

6

MULTI-CLASS

State Flippers Gold

26 19

Lucinda Foley - Breakers

State Flippers Silver State Flippers Bronze

11

Country

19

Performance

Swimming WA and the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries continued to provide significant financial travel support for emerging athletes.

A total of 44 athletes received travel assistance from Swimming WA in 2018/19. The funds are provided to ensure that athletes are financially supported while pursuing excellence in their swimming careers.

Ellie Fry - Westside Christchurch

Amy Ralph - Victoria Park

SUPPORT STAFF Will Scott - Head Coach - Rockingham

TAG FUNDING

Deb Jones - Coach - St Hildas

2018 Hancock Prospecting Australian Short Course Championships

9

2019 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships

6

Brooke Kemp - Coach - Rockingham

2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships

4

Harry Clarke - Coach - Breakers

2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Age Swimming Championships

25

Zac Acott - Team Manager - SWA Staff

Chris Twomey - Coach - South Shore

Jon Harrison - Coach - Westside Chelsea Unwin - Volunteer Team Coordinator - UWA

TECHNICAL OFFICIALS Dot Harris - Mentor Official - Waroona Neil Doherty - Official - Thornlie Ray Webb - Official - SouthSide Shirley Godfrey - Official - Westside Katherine Hurford - Official - Thornlie

Performance Pathway Athletes (Kalani Ireland, Perth City, Joshua EdwardsSmith - UWA-West Coast & Alyssa Burgess - Arena) representing Australia at the Junior World Championships in Hungary.

Kylie Baker - Official - Southshore

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CHIEF REFEREE’S REPORT Swimming WA Technical Officials have continued to commit to our Association and swimmers with their ongoing support for Meets at all levels. From Club nights through to international events, our dedicated group of volunteer Officials are present.

They have worked hard to continue to deliver excellent officiating to all levels of Meets in WA and in the past year 22 Officials have worked at National and International level. Our representation at these levels indicates WA Officials are trained and working to the highest possible standards to then bring back to our local Meets.

Many Officials have continued their pathway to higher accreditation which has meant more representation from WA at the National level. I commend each of these people for their commitment to our sport. With upcoming changes to our competition structure, the requirement for more trained Officials will increase and Clubs will need to look at this area and encourage suitable Members to train and work as Technical Officials.

Along with assisting their Clubs, there is also the benefit of the opportunity to progress on their pathway to the higher levels of Officiating.

Open Water Swimming continues to be a big part of our programme and it is great to see that we have increased our numbers in this area. As with pool swimming, we are fortunate in WA to have officials at the highest Australian level to assist in Training and Mentoring. Again the opportunities exist to work at the highest calibre of events.

Regionally we have many Officials who continue to support their Clubs. With many miles travelled and hours spent on pool deck we are ever appreciative of these people.

To our Technical Officials working at all levels, thank you for your dedication and support of our swimmers.

Kaye Bolger - SWA Chief Referee

Left - Kaye Bolger (Albany) Right - Kate Reynolds (UWA West Coast) representing WA at the Pan Pacific Para Championships in Cairns July 2019.

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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COACHES

In partnership with Swimming Australia, Swimming WA State Head Coach, Mr Leigh Nugent, continued in his position mentoring coaches from all over Western Australia and delivering invaluable professional development workshops for Swimming WA Members.

The delivery of nine Coach Accreditation Courses this year ensured that Swimming WA’s is continuing to recruit and up-skill coaches in the sport. Swimming WA coach membership grew significantly totalling 251.

Swimming WA was represented by Mr Michael Shaw (UWA West Coast) on the international stage having been selected on an Australian Dolphins Junior team in 2019.

HIGH PERFORMANCE TRAINING CENTRES

WAIS and Swimming WA continued their collaborative approach to high performance with the three metropolitan High Performance Training Centres (HPTC) continuing their success.

All three Centres placed swimmers onto the Australian team and the pipeline of talent continues to build in the underpinning programmes.

Leight Nugent - State Head Coach.

Performance

Going into its sixth year, the Central HPTC showed strong results placing Brianna Throssell onto the Australian Dolphins team for the 2019 World Long Course Championships in South Korea, after qualifying in both the 100m and 200m Women’s Butterfly events. Ashton Brinkworth backed up his solid 2018 season after being selected on the Australian Squad for the World University Games. Olympian Grant Irvine also joined the Central HPTC squad after moving to Perth to reside.

The Southern HPTC’s Holly Barratt was selected onto the Australian Dolphins team for the World Short Course Championships, winning her largest individual international medal haul to date with a silver and bronze medal. Holly was also the winner of the 2019 Lyn McClements’ Medal at the 2019 Westpac Swimmer of the Year Awards.

The Northern HPTC continued to have another strong year with Ben Roberts being selected on the Australian squad for the World University.

Recognition goes to the underpinning Clubs and their coaches of the HPTC’s, who commit to the athlete and coach pathway and support the strategic direction of Swimming WA.

Holy Barratt (Rockingham SC), Brianna Throssell (UWA West Coast) and Jemima Horwood (UWA West Coast).

• UWA West Coast • Southlake Dolphins • Rockingham • Arena • Breakers The Swimming WA performance programme was able to utilise the state-of-the-art WAIS facility on a number of occasions in the hope of inspiring the swimmers to achieve WAIS scholarship levels.

As the sport leads into the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, swimming will once more front and centre to the next generation of prospective Members, and the Association will be ready to accept them into our Clubs.

Holly Barratt - World Short Course Championships.

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ELITE PERFORMANCE Western Australian Athletes on the International Stage The 2018/19 season saw many Western Australian swimmers selected on Australian teams highlighted by four junior swimmers and a coach selected onto the Junior World Championships Australian team. SWA Members selected included Alyssa Burgess (Arena, Simon Redmond), Kalani Ireland (Perth City, Matt Magee), Joshua Yong (UWA West Coast, Michael Palfery - WAIS ) and Joshua Edwards-Smith (UWA West Coast, Michael Shaw). Also included in Australian Dolphin selection was coach Michael Shaw from UWA West Coast.

After strong performances at the 2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships, Ashton Brinkworth (UWA West Coast, Michael Palfery - WAIS) and Ben Roberts (Breakers, Bud McAllister - WAIS) were selected to represent Australia at the World University Games.

December saw the FINA World Short Course Championships held in Hangzhou China, where Holly Barratt (Rockingham, Will Scott - WAIS) and Nicholas Brown (UWA West Coast, Bud McAllister - WAIS) compete. In his debut senior team appearance for the Australian Dolphins, Nicholas came seventh after recording a new personal best in the final of the Men’s 200m Butterfly. Holly Barratt collected three medals in a stellar campaign for the Dolphins, claiming silver in the 50m Butterfly, bronze in the 50m Backstroke and bronze in the 4x50m Freestyle relay.

The year also saw two emerging stars of Open Water Swimming in Reilly Kennedy (Perth City, Matt Magee) and Chloe Green (Perth City, Matt Magee) selected for the Australian Open Water Junior Development team.

Fresh off their appearances at the Para Pan Pacific Championships in Cairns in late 2018 and Jeremy McClure (South Shore, Chris Twomey) and Ben Popham (Arena, Simon Redmond) were selected as part of the Australian squad selected to represent Australia at the World Para Championships, (based on their performances at the 2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships).

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Cheer Squad at State Teams Canberra.

Joshua Edwards-Smith 2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Age Championships.

Swimming WA’s Para Pan-Pacs team (Left to Right: Ben Popham, Guy Harrison-Murray, Katherine Downie and Jeremy McClure.

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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITORS 2018/19 2019 HANCOCK PROSPECTING AUSTRALIAN AGE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS - ADELAIDE Bianca Macfarlane

Alannah Cameron

Charlize Barnett

James Petroff

Thomas Noordzy

Jake Shepherd

Samantha Macfarlane

Sienna Cummins

Tyrone Crees

Aleksandr Bell

Madeleine Parchewsky

Jacques Swarts

Darla Mavor

Caitlyn Ribbons

Amy Ellul

Jacob Bell

Max Radotic

Luke Wallinger

Taylor Monaghan

Jack Wilson

Neeve Fasher

Brendan Best

Joshua Shipton

Sergey Levkovskiy

Aidan Naughtin

Oliver Brehaut

Elizabeth Hughes

Robert Bonsall

Asher Stevenson

Jasmine Mueller

Abigail Phillips

Finlay Larmour

Harrison Hynes

Cooper Brinkworth

Adriano Todoro

Georgia Prescott

Charlotte Schmiedte

Caitlin Leather

James Ingles

Rowan Brown

Luciano Todoro

Finn Vinicombe

Hannah Sivic

Mackenzi Logan

Reilly Lovegrove

Emma Buchan

Ruan Van der Riet

Matthew Teng

Elyse Weston

Kalani Ireland

Georgia Rothnie

Flynn Burgess-Hamilton

Teegan Watson

Jamie Anderson

Freya Weston

Kiara Simons

Kelton Rothnie

Tj Chong Sue

Lucas Wilson

Daniel Brown

Rosie Wilson

Damian Badenhorst

Mathew Vandenberg

Jacob Dearle

Jayden Yong

Alyssa Burgess

Seekara Wilson

Lily Beste

Jett Walker

Crystal Edwards

Joshua Yong

Charlotte Ericksen

Max Coulter

Summer Burkett

Alison Webb

Joshua Edwards-Smith

Amy Ralph

Tiana Forrestal

Jye Jensen

Ethan O'Sullivan

Sena Cooper

Zach Farrell

Tegan Reder

Chelsea Green

Amy Kerr

Harrison Ratcliffe

Jesse Coughlan

Catherine Frehner

Ellie Fry

Lane Kruger

Kyle Lee

Joshua Spencer

Jordan Davis

Neve Fyneman

Sarah Godfrey

Ryan Lummis

Kaiden Richings

Ethan Stewart

Lucy Frank

James Harris

Kate Harrison

Calia Vlastuin

Fletcher Scott

Mark Trainer

Macsen Friday

Joel Hill

Seria Hasebe

Iona Anderson

Callum Blacker

Kate Wallington

Cooper Joyce

Ella Hodgson

Jason Lu

Tom Anderson

Chad Hutton

Sean Beck

Nicolas Le page

Emily Holland

Thomas Michael

Joel Bayntun

Paris Jose

Jack Della-Marta

Nicolas Monger-Molowny

Ayeesha Khan

Kayla Monaco

Georgia Blaine

Gregor Law

Kynan Ganza

Jack Natalotto

Ruby Knott

Kathryn Raffelt

Kieran Corbett

Drew Mann

Jian Gao

Mia O'Dea

Matthew Lamb

Matilda Wittenoom

Keala Crawley

Emily Nayler

Matthew Joubert

Brodie Rowand

Kara Leeming

Kai Wylie

Lucinda Foley

Hayden Schwinkowski

Georgia Mack

Remy Seneque

Julian Leone

Matilda Wittenoom

Morgan Knox

Elyssa Thomas

Joshua Agnihotri

Vienne Seneque

Charlotte McDermid

Kai Wylie

Connor Lindsay

Christopher Verran

Aidan Balfour

Eliza Hodder

Hugh Moran

Performance

Tom Gawned

2018 HANCOCK PROSPECTING AUSTRALIAN SHORT COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS - MELBOURNE Holly Barratt

Katherine Downie

Madison Howe

Justine Spurr

Aleksandr Bell

Sacha Downing

Grace Hull

Tommy Sucipto

Emma Bond

Crystal Edwards

Grant Irvine

Jordana Tonner

Ben Brbich

Joshua Edwards-Smith

Taj Jones

Sophie Vergone

Nicholas Brown

Jackson Govers

Kevin Kalember

Jack Wilson

Arna Couper

Chloe Green

Hugh Moran

Talara-Jade Dixon

Jasmine Hopkins

Kieren Pollard

2019 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS - ADELAIDE Owen Brown

Daisy Hewitt

Flynn Mason

Adam Sudlow

Jake Bueddemann

Harry Hewitt

Ella Packer

Camille Talbot

Max Coten

Simon Huitenga

Josie Page

Harry Taverner

Fiona Cullinane

Jye Jensen

Amity Parsons

William Thorley

Sienna Cummins

Benjamin Jones

Rori Parsons

Ashlin Traeger

Tia Donovan

Justin Kalugin

Bianca Petite

Chloe Truscott

Sacha Downing

Reilly Kennedy

Luke Petite

Tessa Viljoen

Kelsey Eastwood

Byron Kimber

Leonardo Rachetti

Rebekah Weller

Sophie Ellerton

Riku Kuwazoe

Kaiden Richings

Annie Wilson

Chloe Green

Zoe Lawn

Nicholas Rollo

Jack Wilson

Callum Griffiths

Kyle Lee

William Rollo

Rosie Wilson

Ella Harnetty

Sophie Lim

Ben Roots

Charlie Hewitt

Rhys Mainstone

Benjamin Russell

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2018 State Short Course Team.

2019 HANCOCK PROSPECTING AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS - ADELAIDE Kayla Weekes

Joshua Hofer

Ashton Brinkworth

Kara Broadbridge

James Hansford

Madison Howe

Mathew Vandenberg

Nicholas Brown

Alyssa Burgess

Kalani Ireland

Talara-Jade Dixon

Blair Evans

Lauren Gastevich

Katie Mcfarlane

Jackson Govers

Ashleigh Glover

Ben Popham

Chloe Truscott

Grace Hull

Jemima Horwood

Tristan De Villiers

Holly Barratt

Taj Jones

Zac Incerti

Keiren Pollard

Kevin Kalember

Rielly Joyce

Grant Irvine

Ben Roberts

William Lorimer

Anna Monaghan

Alex Milligan

Jake Smith

Justine Spurr

Isaac Pollard

John Shepherd

Adrian Rogers

Lachlan Belke

Jordana Tonner

Liam Smith

Jade Mann

Jeremy McClure

Jonte Blake

Adam Sudlow

Arna Couper

Ethan Bradley

Emma Bond

Bianna Throssell

Katherine Downie

Bundi Dingjan

Lennard Booth

Emma Warburton

Kelsey Eastwood

Matthew Harding

Ashton Brinkworth

Tegan Reder

CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB MEDALS (INCLUDES MC AND RELAYS) Year

Medals

Clubs

2019 HANCOCK PROSPECTING AUSTRALIAN AGE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS 15/16

17

5

16/17

28

5

17/18

45

8

18/19

41

7

2018 HANCOCK PROSPECTING AUSTRALIAN SHORT COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS 15/16

5

3

16/17

13

5

17/18

14

3

18/19

10

3

2019 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WATER SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS 15/16

13

4

16/17

8

3

17/18

12

4

18/19

13

5

2019 HANCOCK PROSPECTING AUSTRALIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS 15/16

4

3

16/17

5

2

17/18

10

4

18/19

11

5

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WESTPAC SWIMMER

AWARDS

AWARD

WINNER

CLUB

Nathan Sason

UWA West Coast

The Frank Osman Memorial Shield

Tom Gawned

Albany

Jack Howson Trophy

Crystal Edwards

UWA West Coast

Nedlands Golf Club Cup

Lauren Gastevich

Arena

The Hall of Fame Alumni Trophy

Alex Milligan

UWA West Coast

Swimming WA Life Member’s Trophy

Brianna Throssell

UWA West Coast

Junior Swimmer of the Year

Brielle Krispyn

Manjimup Marlins

Max Gerber Multi-Class Championships Trophy

Lucinda Foley

Breakers

The Bob Bestman Trophy

Joshua Edwards-Smith

UWA West Coast

Hancock Prospecting Perpetual Trophy

Nicholas Brown

UWA West Coast

Sir Frank Beaurepaire Trophy

Ben Popham

Arena

Swimming WA Patron’s Trophy

Holly Barratt

Rockingham

The Ben Beale Memorial Award

Owen Brown

Breakers

The President’s Award

Joshua Hofer OAM

Perth City

Westpac Champion Club of the Year Award Metroplitan Westpac Champion Club of the Year Award Regional ASCTA WA Development Coach of the Year Award

Guildford Kalamunda

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Mandurah

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Jason Evans

Bunbury

The Age Group Coach of the Year

Michael Shaw

UWA West Coast

The Swimmers Swimmer of the Year

Ashton Brinkworth

UWA West Coast

The Age Group Swimmer of the Year

Joshua Edwards-Smith

UWA West Coast

Technical Official of the Year

Jacqui McNamara

York

The Westpac Volunteer of the Year

Ron Barnes

Breakers

Hall of Fame Induction

Dianne Saunders

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Hall of Legends Induction

Kingsley Bugarin OAM

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Multi Class Swimmer of the Year

Ben Popham

Arena

Open Water Swimmer of the Year

Rhys Mainstone

UWA West Coast

Coach of the Year

Bud McAllister

WAIS

The Roy Hammond Trophy

Brianna Throssell

UWA West Coast

The Ivy Hicks Trophy

Ashton Brinkworth

UWA West Coast

The BG Agencies Cup The Peter Evans & Neil Brooks Cup Lyn McClements Swimmer of the Year Medal

Emma Warburton, Blair Evans, Brianna Throssell, Kara Broadbridge Joshua Edwards-Smith, Alex Milligan, Nicholas Brown, Ashton Brinkworth Holly Barratt

Performance

The Old Court Cup

UWA West Coast UWA West Coast Rockingham

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ASCTA (WA) REPORT Throughout 2018, the ASCTA(WA) branch continued to focus on our strategic objectives of continually evolving and developing the sport of swimming within Western Australia. This is achieved by supporting the development of Coaches through education, whilst also improving the professional standards by providing ongoing support and recognition.

Dolphin #214) of the ASCTA/Swimming Australia Teacher & Coach Courses. An exciting edition to this year’s conference is the re-introduction of coach awards to recognise the great achievements of coaches in WA.

ASCTA(WA) Conference

Working closely with Swimming WA and State Head Coach Leigh Nugent, throughout the year we offered coaches the opportunity to attend all levels of state training camps/clinics from Junior to Elite level to come and learn from, and observe, the best swimmers and coaches in action.

The ASCTA(WA) Conference, that was held on the 6 & 7 of October 2018 at the University of Western Australia, was a resounding success with an increased number of participants. We continue to share our conference with Swimming WA who are very supportive of ASCTA(WA) and our mission.

David Lush (2018 Coach of the Year) was our keynote speaker and he inspired the coaches with two world-class lectures detailing his journey from Rottnest to Rio and the methods he employs at BGS that have proven so successful. Leigh Nugent (WA & SA State Head Coach) gave a masterclass presentation on Breaststroke and Matt Magee (2017 OWS Coach of the Year) educated the coaches on the Physiology of Developing Distance Swimmers.

We had two coaching streams catering for the needs of the participants, and were privileged to have some of the top coaches in Western Australia presenting on various topics ranging from “Priorities in Developing Junior Swimmers” (Deb Jones) to “Preparing the Mature Athlete for Elite Competition” (William Scott).

We endeavoured to introduce a Swimming Teacher Stream,

however, the uptake was not as popular as we had anticipated.

We were very excited to offer both Silver (Advanced) & Gold (Performance) Course modules in WA for the first time in so long. This was highly appreciated by our members who previously had to undertake an expensive trip to the East Coast to attend. Furthermore, we ran a SAT CS and Bronze Licence (Development) Course. We are currently organising the 2019 ASCTA(WA) Conference that will be held at Perth College on the 12 and 13 of October. Our Keynote Speaker is Rohan Taylor (Australian Olympic Team Coach & Victoria State Head Coach) along with a host of other fantastic swimming industry presenters. Like last year, we will be offering most (Australian

Performance Pathway Camps & Clinics

This proved very successful with coaches being exposed to new approaches and concepts from multiple coaches and the sharing of ideas enriched everyone. We hope to continue to provide similar opportunities in future years.

Swimming WA Competition Planning Committee (CPC) Representatives

This year we are fortunate to have two coaches invited to join the Swimming WA Competition Planning Committee (CPC).

Deb Jones (St. Hilda’s) and Chris Twomey (Chairman asctaWA) to liaise with the CPC and ASCTA(WA) Committee to help advise and support in developing a competition structure in Western Australia that will meet the needs of novice to elite swimmers.

Social for Coaches after State Opens

ASCTA(WA) in liaison with Swimming WA provided food and drinks for all the coaches after the WA State Open Championships that were held towards the end of January.

The purpose of the event was to bring everyone together to congratulate them on their endeavours throughout the Championships and to provide networking opportunities. It was a great evening and we hope to provide more social events soon.

Young Leaders Programme

This year, Swimming WA with funding from local government, were able to offer eleven scholarships to young leaders in the sport of swimming that included ten coaches and one technical official. The program which is strongly supported by ASCTA(WA) enabled the development coaches to attend our ASCTA(WA) Conference and other professional development opportunities throughout the year. This is a fantastic program targeting the future swimming coaches in WA, and we look forward to assisting in ensuring the program grows and succeeds.

Scholarship Programme to attend ASCTA Convention in Brisbane

Due to our strong financial position, ASCTA(WA) was very proud to offer three $1,000 scholarships to our members this year, in way of assistance to attend the ASCTA Convention in Brisbane. The scholarships were offered at three different levels; regional, development & performance. The three coaches that benefitted from the program were Angela Scott (Geraldton), Andreas Muller (Perth City) and Deb Jones (St. Hilda’s).

Chris Twomey - Chairman ASCTA(WA) 2018/19 Coach of the Year - Bud McAllister.

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ASIAN ENGAGEMENT THROUGH SPORT A key achievement this year was Swimming WA’s inclusion in the State government’s “Asian Engagement Through Sport Strategy”.

Swimming has joined soccer, hockey and netball in working with the State government to establish bilateral partnerships with Swimming Federations and related bodies in the Region over the next two years.

The State Government’s Asian Engagement through Sport Strategy provides an opportunity and a catalyst for Swimming WA to explore the components within the Swimming WA Strategic Plan 2019 – 2024 that relate to a broader view than merely domestic issues. The Swimming WA Asian Sports Strategy (ASA) is an opportunity for the Association to explore options that will provide: Greater levels of opportunities for athletes to improve their skills, knowledge and understanding of the sport via international links.

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Provide Western Australian coaches and officials with professional and business development opportunities that will not only improve their skills set for the benefit of Western Australian Clubs and swimmers, but hopefully provide them with encouragement to stay within the sport over the longer term.

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Provide Swimming WA with a ‘point of difference’ as we aspire to become an ‘employer of choice’ providing professional development and extension opportunities for Swimming WA staff and volunteers to work within the international swimming framework.

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Establish commercial “intelligence” and experience that will provide data and experience.

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Increase the profile and influence of Western Australian swimming with the State government and the broader community building bilateral cultural relationships that transcend sport.

This is a long-term strategy but an important one, in order to strengthen our relationships with the State government and to provide that level of international competition that we hope will attract and retain talent at the Open level.

Performance

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The City of Perth will host an athlete welcome function on December 13 2019 which we hope will be the beginning of a long-term relationship as the size and scale of the Asia-Pac Super Splash grows.

The Nanjing Institute of Sport has partnered with Swimming WA in this initiative.

Swimming WA has operated in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand over many years. A team will train in Malaysia in October of this year under the direction of State Head Coach Leigh Nugent, and Rockingham Swimming Club’s Brooke Kemp spending a week training and competing in Kula Lumpur. This is part of the Association’s efforts to retain and develop talented swimmers and provide them with experiences that broaden their skills.

China and Japan represent new opportunities for Western Australian swimming. The CEO travelled to Zibo City (Shandong Province), Nanjing (Anhui Province) and Hangzhou (Zhejiang Province) as a guest of the Western Australian High Commissioner for Tourism, Mr Shane Crockett. The visit was designed to explore opportunities for Chinese coaches and their athletes to compete in the Asia-Pac Super Splash to be held in Perth on December 14 and 15 2019. There is significant interest in competing in Western Australia in both the pool and open water.

Chief Executive Officer Darren Beazley tours Zibo City Aquatic Centre.

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Media & Marketing Engaging with the Western Australian community

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PROFILE This year saw a significant emphasis and investment by the Association on broadening the appeal of our sport.

Ongoing work with our three major media channels; in radio thanks to our partners at Nova 93.7, print thanks to The West Australian, and outdoor through QMS Media, ensures our events will continue to gain reach and awareness in the community.

All three entities assisted in not only increasing the profile of swimming in Western Australia, but also our registrations and attendance at a variety of functions throughout the year, including the Westpac Women in Sport Luncheon.

Another area in which the Association excelled this year was expanding our message internationally. In January, the Association announced a two-year partnership with the Western Australian government via their ‘Asian Engagement Through Sport Strategy’.

The subsequent coverage on Network 10 with Minister Tinley endorsing the Association’s commitment and celebrating that the Japanese swimming team was competing in the 2019 Hancock Open State Championships, attracted interest from several Chinese Swimming Federations resulting in the Joy Education Contract that was signed in May of 2019, and significant interest since.

There is little doubt that it is an increasingly competitive space.

However, media interest and coverage and is vital to the longterm future of swimming in Western Australia, is ensuring that our “above the line” strategy continues to position swimming as an extremely important sport to the community.

This year we made significant steps forward in our social media with some terrific levels of engagement from the Membership and the broader community via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

The ability to be timely and reporting on so many events that happen right across this large State remains a challenge for the Association, but our efforts certainly saw a significant reach from our Members right across Western Australia.

Pleasingly, a lot of our Clubs are now beginning to engage with their local media outlets as well as through their website and they are to be congratulated for the great work that they have done to this point.

Network 10 covered the Japanese Team in Perth for the 2019 Hancock Prospecting Open Championships.

Rhys Mainstone WA Open Water State Championships Male Open Winner.

Outdoor Media - OWS billboard in Busselton.

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Media & Marketing

In that vein, the Association, with support from a number of sponsors such as Westpac, invested in live streaming of the 2019 Hancock State Open Championships. The highest audience achieved over the three days of competition was 14,500 viewers with a number from interstate and also overseas. The work the marketing team does at the Association is not only important for increasing the level of interest and profile of our athletes, but equally as important in terms of maintaining relevance.

MEDIA ENGAGEMENT

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SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL REACH IN THE COMMUNITY Swimming WA’s social media channels had an overall increase of reach and awareness in the past year. Facebook is the most influential social media channel. Moving forward into the 2020 season, a number of new initiatives will be introduced to further enhance impact and growth on all Swimming WA’s social media channels.

Swimming WA’s Social Media Growth June 17 June 18 June 19

12 month increase

Facebook Swimming WA

4,956

5,431

5945

514

Open Water Swimming WA

24,78

3,201

3657

456

Instagram Swimming WA

1,936

2,068

2745

677

Open Water Swimming WA

-

185

550

365

Swimming WA

1,132

1,239

1290

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Twitter

Top Three Facebook Posts 2018/2019 - SWA Post type

Reach

Enagement

Reactions/Comments & Shares

A tribute to Gordon Shaw - Mandurah Swimming Club Head Coach

11556

3962

317

2019 Swimmer of the yYear, Holly Barratt

4105

1071

226

Young Leaders for 2018/19

7987

2293

201

Facebook Follower Engagement 2017 - 2019 Type

June 2017

June 2018

June 2019

Likes/reactions

18,994

22,510

36,000

Shares

1,571

1,078

1,700

Comments

1,603

2,260

4,900

TOTAL

22,168

25,848

42,600

Instagram A overall increase of fol1owers up150% for Swimming WA and OWS followers. Using the hashtags #swimmingwa and #comeswimwithus promoted on all Instagram campaigns has increased follower engagement. Posting rich content such as action and candid shots of swimmers, officials, coaches and crowds has proven to be effective for the promotion of events in building Swimming WA presence and awareness on Social Media channels.

Twitter

The Swimming WA Twitter followers increased slightly over the year and is still seen as an important tool as a news-steam to reach Members.

2019 Westpac Swimmer of the Year Awards

The 2019 Westpac Swimmer of the Year Awards had tremendous impact with remarkable Facebook engagement prior and post event. The reach for the successful event was a remarkable reach of 69,270. (This reach of 2309 enagements per day between April 22 - 22 May 2019).

Media & Marketing

Facebook Video

In 2018/19 Swimming WA continued to post videos for various events and announcements on the SWA Facebook page. During 2018/19 Facebook viewers watched over 36,541 minutes of video footage, an impressive result. In the 2020 season video content will continue to gain further momentum and reach.

SWA Website SWA Website was updated in April 2019 aligned with Swimming Australia. Behaviour analytics illustrated viewer engagement spiked between October 2018 through to March 2019. There was a total of 139,994 page views and 107, 079 unique page views for the year. Returning visitors increased 25% with a large increase of 75% of new visitor traffic to the SWA site.

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Commercial Sustainability Building the sport of swimming through corporate relationships and strategic alliances

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OUR PARTNERSHIPS The 2018/19 year was extremely positive for Swimming WA commercially. Not only did our Sponsors continue to support our efforts, but in many cases renewed their commitment to swimming in this State longer term.

Principal Partner This year we were delighted that our Principal Partner, Hancock Prospecting, renewed for a further three years. This new Agreement will take us through to 30 years of partnering with Hancock Prospecting.

To Mrs Rinehart and the entire team at Hancock Prospecting, the Association thanks you sincerely for your continued support. Know that thanks to your generosity, all of our Clubs and stakeholders will be doing all that we possibly can to provide opportunities for youngsters to be able to reach their potential.

Gold Level Sponsors In further good news this year, Westpac completed the third year of their Agreement and renewed for a further Term. To the team at Westpac, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank you so very much for your support of programmes such as the Westpac Summer League, Westpac Spirit Carnivals and of course, the Westpac Swimmer of the Year Awards, Thanks for your continued faith in the direction that swimming is taking in this State.

When you think about the support that Healthway provide to things such as the SunSmart Long Course Season, SunSmart Splash & Dash Series, and also the SunSmart Club Grants Programme, swimming is very fortunate to have their support and we thank the team at Healthway.

Swimming WA also acknowledges the support of the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries who again are a fundamental supporter of the Association’s efforts.

Silver Level Sponsors This year we were fortunate enough to renew Aquatic Leisure Technologies promoting the Aqua Technics brand for a further three years. Their support of the Aqua Technics Travel Scholarship as well as the Aqua Technics Rising Star, and of course the Ben Beale Memorial Award, have made this sponsor part of the “fabric” that is Western Australian swimming and we thank them for their continued support.

SWA was thrilled to welcome Vorgee Australia as a Silver Level Sponsor for the next three years. Vorgee is a name long associated with swimming right across this country. We were delighted to be able to partner with them, not only for our competitive swims, but also for our Learn to Swim business for the years ahead. We look forward to a long-term relationship with Vorgee.

Bronze Level Sponsors SWA renewed its partnership with Peet Limited for a further three years. Their sponsorship of the Open Water Swimming Series particularly with relation to the Shorehaven development has been such a success, that despite there being a tight market concerning property development, Peet was only too pleased to support the Association for a further three years. Our thanks to Brendan Gore and the team at Peet.

L to R: Allan Maitland (Head of Retail WA, Westpac), Darren Beazley, Nick Reade (Chief Executive BankSA), Tony Monaco (State General Manager WA - Broker Distribution).

Gold Level Sponsor Healthway also renewed during the past 12 months, committing for a further two years as a Gold Level Sponsor of swimming in Western Australia.

Official Suppliers This year SWA partnered with Arbonne Independent Consultant promoting nutritional products and we were delighted that they renewed for a further two years, once again demonstrating great faith in the future direction of SWA. SWA also renewed with our official supplier ASB Marketing for a further year, and we thank the team at ASB for the wonderful work that they do with our merchandise in the Open Water Swimming Series.

Event Partners

Swimming WA would like to take this opportunity to thank the Western Australian Institute of Sport for their continued support of the Association. Their work in developing elite athletes can sometimes go unnoticed, but there is no doubt without it, swimming in this State would be much the poorer. On behalf of all us here at SWA, our thanks to Steve Lawrence and the team at WAIS for your continued support.

Vorgee Australia signed a three year partnership with Swimming WA this year.

Swimming WA is delighted to have AIM (WA) renew their Partnership Agreement. The agreement allows Swimming WA staff to continue their personal development in training and leadership.

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Commercial Sustainability

QMS Media exercised its option to continue its partnership with Swimming WA for a further two years and we thank them most sincerely. Their billboards have become a huge part of the marketing of the OWS Series, and we’re thrilled to have them involved long-term.

This year also saw the Association secure Heatleys Safety and Industrial as a Bronze Level Sponsor for the next two years.

Heatley’s is a name synonymous with supporting the community in areas in relation to workplace safety and clothing and with their support, we hope to significantly increase our online offering to our Members and the broader community.

Westpac Winners Lane.

SWA Foundation Inaugural Diamond Mile.

THE SWIMMING WA FOUNDATION The beneficiary of our 2018/19 fundraising campaign was our Multi Class swimmers. The Foundation raised almost $12,000 this year thanks to the generosity of the Western Australian community.

New to the campaign in 2019, was the inaugural Swimming WA Foundation Diamond Mile. Open water swim held at Bather’s Beach, with a diamond shape course. Swimmers chose to swim either 800m or 1,600m in a non-competitive style event focused on inclusion and enjoyment. All profits went to the Swimming WA Foundation.

A special thanks to Arbonne for their $1,000 donation and to those that attended the Westpac Swimmer of the Year and left donations totalling $550.

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2018/19 SWA FOUNDATION FUNDRAISING AMOUNT Westpac Women in Sport Auction

$2,920

Arbonne

$1,000

Westpac Women in Sport Lunch Donations Westpac Swimmer of the Year Donations

$550 $851

Westpac ‘Lane 5’ Fundraiser

$2,000

SWA Foundation Diamond Mile (OWS)

$4,555

Premier McGowan Donation

$100

TOTAL RAISED

$11,936

Karen Tighe and Glenn Mitchell interviewed by Tim Gossage.

Silent Auction winner Sharon Russell (Westpac) receiving her painting from Joshua Hofer OAM.

EVENTS FUNCTION WESTPAC WOMEN IN SPORT Commercial Sustainability

This year’s Westpac Women in Sport Luncheon was held at the Hyatt Regency Perth on Friday ,15 March. Over 100 attendees enjoyed a two-course menu and beverages package whilst listening to inspirational guest speaker Ms Christina Matthews who spoke of her climb up the corporate ladder to become the WACA Chief Executive Officer and the hurdles she faced along the way.

The MC, Network 10 is Mr Tim Gossage, led a “conversation” with Karen Tighe and Glenn Mitchell who spoke of the battles they faced as husband Glenn dealt with mental health issues. As part of the luncheon, the SWA Foundation conducted an 8-item live auction and realised $2,920 for the Foundation.

Our sincere gratitude to our MC, Guest Speakers and to Westpac for making this event a memorable day on the Swimming WA calendar.

Guest Speakers - Karen Tighe, Christina Matthews, Sharon Russell and Glenn Mitchell.

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Infrastructure Access to high quality facilities for the long term

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CLUBS AND FACILITIES – ROOM TO GROW Last year was another busy year in terms of infrastructure projects that will enable our Swimming WA Clubs to grow in the years ahead.

In line with the SWA Strategic Plan 2019 – 2024, the Association’s plans to expand saw the Association sign a long-term agreement with the City of Joondalup to operate WestSwim Craigie at the Craigie Leisure Centre in Craigie.

The new WestSwim Centre focuses on Swim Fit and Squad Swimming Programmes, so a slightly older audience than the WestSwim Lakelands Learn to Swim children. It is an exciting project and we thank the City of Joondalup’s CEO, Garry Hunt and his staff, for his vision in assisting SWA to achieve this result.

The Bunbury Swimming Club (BSC) faced a significant challenge this year when on May 7th, the BSC clubrooms were damaged by fire. The Club received significant support from the Community, but even with insurance the cost to restore them left the Club with a deficit of $5,000. The Association was pleased to help with SWA President Mr. Louis van Aardt travelling to Bunbury in August to present a cheque for $5,000 to BSC President Kylie Cattaway. Swimming WA hopes that BSC will be able to continue to build on an amazing legacy for future generations of swimmers in the South West Region.

Swimming WA continued its work consulting to the Shire of Northam during the past year and the pool is under construction and due for completion in 2020. This move will see the closure of the Northam Memorial Swimming Pool which opened its doors in the 1960s. Whilst in some ways it will be a sad day, the new pool will enable the Wheatbelt to have a significantly better facility and the Northam Swimming Club to have Clubrooms in which to operate and grow in the years ahead.

The Armadale Kelmscott Swimming Club were thrilled to open the Armadale Aquatic Centre redevelopment in March 2019.

Swimming WA Ambassadors Brianna Throssell and Josh Hofer OAM were in attendance for the opening at the centre, which boasts a 25-metre pool, indoor leisure pool, programme pool, 50-metre outdoor pool, a Splash Pad, crèche, café, gym and group fitness rooms. Our thanks to the City of Armadale for making this project such a huge success and supporting the club and swimmers..

A major success this year was the refurbishment of the Kambalda Swimming Pool which will reopen in November 2019.

The Association worked with the local Federal Member Kyran O’Donnell and the Kambalda Swimming Club to ensure that the pool was not only refurbished, but open so that they wouldn’t miss another summer. The Association would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Kambalda Swimming Club President, Linda Duncan and her Committee, for the terrific fight that they took up and the great outcome that they have secured for swimming in the Goldfields region.

Construction of the new pool in Northam is underway.

The Association is now working with the Shire of Plantagenet and the historic Mount Barker pool. The city of Greater Geraldton is also considering a potential refurbishment of the Geraldton Aquatic Centre in the years ahead. The role of the Association with WALGA and the LGA’s across the State is something our people take very seriously. Without water space there is no future for swimming, and as a sport we must work with government and positively impact projects such as these.

Infrastructure

Armadale Aquatic Centre redevelopment March 2019.

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SWIMMING WA

Western Australian Swimming Association (Inc) ABN 19 894 160 812

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 30 June 2019

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CONTENTS Board Directors’ Report

72

Consolidated statement of financial position

73

Consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income

74

Consolidated statement of changes in equity

75

Consolidated statement of cash flows

76

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

77

Statement by Members of the Board

92

Independent Auditor’s Report

93

Auditor Independence Declaration

95

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BOARD DIRECTORS’ REPORT Events subsequent to reporting date Your Board submits the consolidated financial statements of the Group comprising the Association and its subsidiaries for the financial year ended 30 June 2019 and the auditor’s report thereon.

Board Members Mr Louis van Aardt – Re-elected 07/10/2017 - President Mr Tim Andrew – Board Member – Appointed 17/12/15 Mr Barry Cook - Board Member - Elected 08/10/16 Ms Dot Harris – Board Member – Re-elected 08/10/16 Mr Peter Galvin - Board Member - Appointed 07/10/17 Ms Helen Hull –Board Member - Elected 06/10/18 Dr Shaza Salleh – Board Member - Elected 06/10/18 Outgoing Board Members Ms Lara Mist – Board Member Resigned 06/10/18 Mr Travis Nederpelt – Board Member Resigned 06/10/18 Principal activities The principal activities of the Association during the period were to provide services to members of the Association through administering swimming in all its form across the State. The Association held organised swim meets both in the pool and open water on behalf of the Membership and provided a Learn to Swim programme.

Review and results of operations The Association, before consolidation with Lakelands Swim School Pty Ltd, recorded gross income of $3,161,149 with an operating deficit of $31,155.

The consolidated Group recorded gross income $3,638,699 (2018: $3,120,238) with an operating deficit of $381,681 (2018: deficit $221,727).

Swimming WA was proud to open WestSwim Craigie on Monday 5th August 2019. The learn to swim and squad programme operates out of the Craigie Leisure Centre as part of a ten (10) year Agreement (with an option for 10 more) with the City of Joondalup. The Association operates an office out of the centre utilised by the WestSwim Craigie Coordinator.

Environmental regulation The Association’s operations are not regulated by any significant environmental regulation under a law of the Commonwealth or of any State or Territory.

Proceedings on behalf of the Association No person has applied to the court for leave to bring proceedings on behalf of the Association, or to intervene in any proceedings to which the Association is a party, for the purpose of taking responsibility on behalf of the Association for all or part of those proceedings.

No proceedings have been brought or intervened in on behalf of the Association with leave of the Court.

Auditor’s remuneration There were no non-audit services provided by the auditors during the reporting period. The auditors’ remuneration is disclosed in Note 20 to the Financial Statements.

This report is made in accordance with a resolution of the Directors of the Swimming WA Board.

Sincerely,

The net assets of the Association at 30 June 2019 were $289,808 (2018: $671,489).

Significant changes in the state of affairs

Louis van Aardt

The Association commenced operations at the Lakelands Swim School in May 2018. The Association has operated a learn to swim programme over the last ten years, but this is the first operation where the Association, through a wholly owned subsidiary Lakelands Swim School Pty Ltd, operate a facility as opposed to the hiring of lane space.

President

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Perth, Western Australia Dated

26 September 2019

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION As at 30 June

Note ASSETS Current assets

Consolidated

Restated Consolidated

2019

2018

$

$

Cash

7

50,399

13,920

Trade and other receivables

8

151,992

333,848

13,339

28,653

Prepayments Financial assets at fair value though profit or loss

9

632,691

779,647

Inventory and other assets

10

33,044

24,129

881,465

1,180,197

218,288

260,772

11,184

5,291

229,472

266,063

1,110,937

1,446,260

Total current assets Non-current assets Property, plant and equipment

11

Intangibles Total non-current assets Total assets LIABILITIES Current labilities Borrowings

12

145,285

107,568

Trade and other payables

14

595,920

655,340

Provisions

15

39,250

11,863

780,455

774,771

40,674

-

40,674

-

Total liabilities

821,129

774,771

Net assets

289,808

671,489

566,340

566,340

(276,532)

105,149

289,808

671,489

289,808

671,489

Total current liabilities Non-current liabilities Borrowings

13

Total Non-current liabilities

EQUITY Reserves Accumulated surplus Total equity

16

The above Consolidated Statement of Financial Position should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

Financial Statements

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME For the year ended 30 June Consolidated Note

Revenue

Restated Consolidated

2019

2018

$

$

3,605,539

3,072,372

(1,521,096)

(1,270,981)

(64,574)

(40,967)

(274,761)

(82,674)

Other expenses

(2,152,830)

(1,929,879)

Net expenses before financing

(4,013,261)

(3,324,501)

33,045

47,496

115

370

Finance costs

(7,119)

(17,464)

Net finance income

26,041

30,402

(381,681)

(221,727)

-

-

(381,681)

(221,727)

-

-

(381,681)

(221,727)

4

Expenses Employment benefits expense Depreciation and amortization Operating lease expenses

Change in fair value of investments Interest earned

Deficit before income tax expense Income tax expense Deficit after income tax expense for the year attributable to the members of Western Australian Swimming Association (Inc) Other comprehensive income for the year, net of tax Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to the members of Western Australian Swimming Association (Inc)

6

The above Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Comprehensive Income should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

For the year ended 30 June 2019 Restated Consolidated Accumulated surplus

Business Continuity Reserve

Bob Bestman Reserve

Total equity

At 1 July 2017

$

$

$

$

Balance at 1 July general

326,876

531,000

35,340

893,216

(221,727)

-

-

(221,727)

Other comprehensive income for the year

-

-

-

-

Total comprehensive expense for the year

(221,727)

-

-

(221,727

Balance at 30 June 2018

105,149

531,000

35,340

671,489

At 1 July 2018

$

$

Balance at 1 July general

105,149

531,000

35,340

671,489

(381,681)

-

-

(381,681)

Other comprehensive income for the year

-

-

-

-

Total comprehensive expense for the year

(381,681)

-

-

(381,681)

531,000

35,340

289,808

Deficit for the year

Deficit for the year

Balance at 30 June 2019

(276,532)

$

$

The above Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

For the year ended 30 June 2019 Consolidated Consolidated Note

2019

2018

$

$

Cash flows from operating activities 3,870,377

2,990,566

(4,058,502)

(3,215,945)

(188,125)

(225,379)

115

260

(7,119)

(12,659)

(195,129)

(237,778)

(20,885)

(135,173)

(5,893)

18,225

-

92,510

(215,105)

(237,905)

Proceeds from disposal of investments

395,105

145,424

Net cash generated by/ (used in) investing activities

153,222

(116,919)

Loan advancement

112,461

-

Repayment of borrowing

(27,442)

Cash receipts from customers, members and sponsors Cash paid to suppliers and employees Cash generated from operating activities Interest received Interest paid Net cash (used in) operating activities Cash flows from investing activities Acquisitions of plant and equipment Acquisition of intangibles Investment income Acquisitions of investments

Cash flows from financing activities

Net cash generated by financing activities

85,019

-

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

43,112

(354,697)

(93,648)

261,049

(50,536)

(93,648)

Cash and cash equivalents at 1 July Cash and cash equivalents at 30 June

7(b)

The above Consolidated Statement of Cash flows should be read in conjunction with the accompanying note.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 30 June 2019 1

Reporting entity

Western Australian Swimming Association (Inc) ("the Association" or "the Parent") is an incorporated association that is domiciled in Australia.

These consolidated financial statements comprise Western Australian Swimming Association (Inc) and its subsidiary Lakelands Swim School Pty Ltd (the "Subsidiary) (together referred to as the "Group") and are as at and for the year ended 30 June 2019.

The Group is primarily involved in providing facilities to members of the Group through administering swimming in all its form across the State. The Group held organised swim meets both in the pools and open water and provided a Learn to Swim programme.

The address of the Association’s principal place of business and registered office is 220 Vincent Street, North Perth, WA 6006.

The consolidated financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 26th September 2019.

2

Basis of preparation

(a)

Financial reporting framework

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards – Reduced Disclosure Requirements and Interpretations as adopted by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and the Associations Incorporation Act 2015. (b)

New or amended Accounting Standards and Interpretations adopted

The Group has adopted all new or amended Accounting Standards and Interpretations issued by the Australian Accounting Standards Board ('AASB') that are mandatory for the current reporting period.

The adoption of these Accounting Standards and Interpretations did not have any significant impact on the financial performance or position of the Group.

The following Accounting Standards and Interpretations are most relevant to the Group: AASB 9 Financial Instruments The Group has adopted AASB 9 from 1 July 2018. The standard introduced new classification and measurement models for financial assets. A financial asset shall be measured at amortised cost if it is held within a business model whose objective is to hold assets in order to collect contractual cash flows which arise on specified dates and that are solely principal and interest. A debt investment shall be measured at fair value through other comprehensive income if it is held within a business model whose objective is to both hold assets in order to collect contractual cash flows which arise on specified dates that are solely principal and interest as well as selling the asset on the basis of its fair value. All other financial assets are classified and measured at fair value through profit or loss unless the entity makes an irrevocable election on initial recognition to present gains and losses on equity instruments (that are not held-for-trading or contingent consideration recognised in a business combination) in other comprehensive income ('OCI'). Despite these requirements, a financial asset may be irrevocably designated as measured at fair value through profit or loss to reduce the effect of, or eliminate, an accounting mismatch. For financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss, the standard requires the portion of the change in fair value that relates to the entity's own credit risk to be presented in OCI (unless it would create an accounting mismatch). New simpler hedge accounting requirements are intended to more closely align the accounting treatment with the risk management activities of the entity. New impairment requirements use an 'expected credit loss' ('ECL') model to recognise an allowance. Impairment is measured using a 12-month ECL method unless the credit risk on a financial instrument has increased significantly since initial recognition in which case the lifetime ECL method is adopted. For receivables, a simplified approach to measuring expected credit losses using a lifetime expected loss allowance is available.

Impact of adoption AASB 9 was adopted using the modified retrospective approach and as such comparatives have not been restated. There was no impact on opening accumulated surplus as at 1 July 2018 from the adoption of this standard. (c)

Standards and Interpretations in issue not yet adopted

Australian Accounting Standards and Interpretations that have recently been issued or amended but are not yet mandatory, have not been early adopted by the Group for the annual reporting period ended 30 June 2019.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 30 June 2019 2

Basis of preparation (continued)

(d)

Basis of measurement

The financial statements have been prepared on an accruals basis and are based on historical costs, modified, where applicable, by the measurement at fair value of selected non-current assets, financial assets and financial liabilities. The amounts presented in the financial statements have been rounded to the nearest dollar. (e)

Functional and presentation currency

These financial statements are presented in Australian dollars, which is the functional currency of the Group. (f)

Critical accounting estimates and judgements

Estimates and judgments are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that may have a financial impact on the entity and that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. (g)

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, which contemplates the continuity of normal business activity and the realisation of assets and the settlement of liabilities in the normal course of business.

As disclosed in the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2019 the Group incurred a loss of $381,681 and had net cash outflows from operating activities of $195,129 for the year ended 30 June 2019. As at that date the Group had net current assets of $101,010.

The Directors believe that it is reasonably foreseeable that the Group will continue as a going concern and that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of the financial report after consideration of the following factors: • • •

3.

The Group is budgeting to operate profitably for the 12 month period from the date of signing of the report without significantly affecting the Group’s core programmes; The Group has the ability to curtail discretionary expenses to conserve cash as and when required to deliver on its core strategy; and The Group’s business model includes a continuous plan to review partnership opportunities with key state and national sponsors and suppliers. At present the Group is in the process of negotiating new sponsorships, which have not been budgeted in the budget for the next 12 months, and is reviewing supplier contracts on an ongoing basis.

Significant accounting policies

The accounting policies set out below have been applied consistently to all years presented in these financial statements. (a)

Revenue Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable. Revenue is recognised when the right to receive the revenue has been established.

Revenue from major activities of the Group is recognised as follows: Government grants Non-reciprocal grant revenue is recognised in profit or loss when the Group obtains control of the grant and it is probable that the economic benefits gained from the grant will flow to the Group and the amount of the grant can be measured reliably. When grant revenue is received whereby the Group incurs an obligation to deliver economic value directly back to the contributor, this is considered a reciprocal transaction and the grant revenue is recognised in the statement of financial position as a liability until the service has been delivered to the contributor, otherwise the grant is recognised as income on receipt.

Sponsorships Sponsorship revenues are recognised in the period in which the sponsorship agreement covers.

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30 June 2019 3.

Significant accounting policies (continued)

(a)

Revenue (continued) Membership subscriptions Revenue from the provision of membership subscriptions is recognised on receipt for the current year. Membership paid in advance is recognised as such and is brought to account at the relevant time.

WestSwim WestSwim revenues are recognised on an accrual’s basis.

Interest revenue Interest revenue is accrued on a time basis, by reference to the principal outstanding and at the effective interest rate applicable, which is the rate that exactly discounts future cash receipts through the expected life of the financial asset to that asset’s net carrying amount.

Sale of goods Revenue from sale of goods is recognised at the point of delivery which corresponds to the transfer of significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods and the cessation of all involvement in those goods.

Rental income Revenue from rentals is recognised on a straight-line basis over a period of the lease term to reflect a constant periodic rate of return on the net investment.

Donations Revenue from donations are recognised as revenue when received.

All revenue is stated net of the amount of goods and services tax (GST).

(b)

Current and non-current classification Assets and liabilities are presented in the statement of financial position based on current and non-current classification.

An asset is classified as current when: it is either expected to be realised or intended to be sold or consumed in the company's normal operating cycle; it is held primarily for the purpose of trading; it is expected to be realised within 12 months after the reporting period; or the asset is cash or cash equivalent unless restricted from being exchanged or used to settle a liability for at least 12 months after the reporting period. All other assets are classified as non-current.

A liability is classified as current when: it is either expected to be settled in the company’s normal operating cycle; it is held primarily for the purpose of trading; it is due to be settled within 12 months after the reporting period; or there is no unconditional right to defer the settlement of the liability for at least 12 months after the reporting period. All other liabilities are classified as non-current.

(c)

Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents in the statement of financial position comprise cash at bank and in hand and short-term deposits with an original maturity of three months or less that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.

(d)

Trade and other receivables Trade receivables are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any allowance for expected credit losses. Trade receivables are generally due for settlement within 30 days.

The Group has applied the simplified approach to measuring expected credit losses, which uses a lifetime expected loss allowance. To measure the expected credit losses, trade receivables have been grouped based on days overdue Other receivables are recognised at amortised cost, less any allowance for expected credit losses.

(e)

Financial instruments- Investments and other financial assets Investments and other financial assets are initially measured at fair value. Transaction costs are included as part of the initial measurement, except for financial assets at fair value through profit or loss. Such assets are subsequently

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30 June 2019 3. (e)

Significant accounting policies (continued) Financial instruments- Investments and other financial assets (continued) measured at either amortised cost or fair value depending on their classification. Classification is determined based on both the business model within which such assets are held and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial asset unless, an accounting mismatch is being avoided.

Financial assets are derecognised when the rights to receive cash flows have expired or have been transferred and the Foundation has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership. When there is no reasonable expectation of recovering part or all of a financial asset, it’s carrying value is written off.

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss Financial assets not measured at amortised cost or at fair value through other comprehensive income are classified as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss. Typically, such financial assets will be either: (i) held for trading, where they are acquired for the purpose of selling in the short-term with an intention of making a profit, or a derivative; or (ii) designated as such upon initial recognition where permitted. Fair value movements are recognised in profit or loss

(f)

Inventory and other assets Inventory and other assets is measured at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

(g)

Property, plant and equipment Recognition and measurement Items of property, plant and equipment are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.

Cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to the acquisition of the asset.

When parts of an item of property, plant and equipment have different useful lives, they are accounted for as separate items (major components) of property, plant and equipment.

Gains and losses on disposal of an item of property, plant and equipment are determined by comparing the proceeds from disposal with the carrying amount of property, plant and equipment and are recognised net within other income in profit or loss.

Subsequent costs The cost of replacing a part of an item of property, plant and equipment is recognised in the carrying amount of the item if it is probable that the future economic benefits embodied within the part will flow to the Association, and its cost can be measured reliably. The carrying amount of the replaced part is derecognised. The costs of the day-to-day servicing of property, plant and equipment are recognised in profit or loss as incurred.

Depreciation Depreciation is calculated over the depreciable amount, which is the cost of an asset, or other amount substituted for cost, less its residual value.

Depreciation is recognised in profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of each part of an item of property, plant and equipment, since this most closely reflects the expected pattern of consumption of the future economic benefits embodied in the asset.

The estimated useful lives for the current and comparative periods are as follows: Current •

Plant and equipment (Fittings and equipment)

2 to 10 years

•

Motor vehicles

5 to 6 years

•

Computer Equipment

4 to 5 years

•

Leasehold Improvements

5 to 10 years

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30 June 2019 3.

Significant accounting policies (continued) Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed at each financial year-end and adjusted if appropriate.

Impairment of non-financial assets Non-financial assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognised for the amount by which the asset's carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount.

(h)

Loans and borrowings Loans and borrowings are initially recognised at the fair value of the consideration received, net of transaction costs.

They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

(i)

Finance costs Finance costs comprise interest expense on borrowings and bank charges. They are recognised in profit or loss using the effective interest method.

(j)

Trade and other payables These amounts represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Group prior to the end of the financial year and which are unpaid. Due to their short-term nature they are measured at amortised cost and are not discounted. The amounts are unsecured and are usually paid within 30 days of recognition.

(k)

Leases Operating lease payments are recognised as an operating expense in the statement of comprehensive income on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

(l)

Employee benefits Wages & salaries and annual leave liabilities for wages and salaries, including non-monetary benefits, are expected to be settled within 12 months of the reporting date and are recognised in respect of employees' services up to the reporting date. They are measured at the amounts expected to be paid when the liabilities are settled. Expenses for non-accumulating sick leave are recognised when the leave is taken and are measured at the rates paid or payable.

(m)

Fair value measurement When an asset or liability, financial or non-financial, is measured at fair value for recognition or disclosure purposes, the fair value is based on the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date; and assumes that the transaction will take place either: in the principal market; or in the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market Fair value is measured using the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, assuming they act in their economic best interests. For non-financial assets, the fair value measurement is based on its highest and best use. Valuation techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data are available to measure fair value, are used, maximising the use of relevant observable inputs and minimising the use of unobservable inputs.

(n)

Income tax No provision for income tax has been raised as the Association is exempt from income tax under Div 50 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

(o)

Goods and services tax Revenue, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of goods and services tax (GST), except where the amount of GST incurred is not recoverable from the taxation authority. In these circumstances, the GST is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of the expense.

Receivables and payables are stated with the amount of GST included. The net amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the ATO is included as a current asset or liability in the statement of financial position.

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Basis of Consolidation Subsidiaries are entities controlled by the Association. The Association controls an entity when it is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity. The financial statements of subsidiaries are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date on which control commences until the date on which control ceases.

4

Revenue Consolidated

Restated Consolidated

2019

2018

$

$

Membership

565,291

590,735

Sponsorship

1,192,800

1,023,242

446,760

436,840

18,951

17,817

102,365

138,999

40,037

16,600

Swim Meets

268,418

298,179

Open Water Swimming

212,208

200,412

Learn to Swim

685,822

291,411

Coaching Courses

22,134

8,944

Donations

11,936

6,937

Rent

36,295

35,599

2,522

6,657

3,605,539

3,072,372

Consolidated

Restated Consolidated

2019

2018

$

$

Membership

263,486

190,372

Sponsorship

272,232

421,671

15,420

14,880

1,333,773

1,106,453

-

15,288

Swim Meets

244,701

305,844

High Performance area

182,973

147,652

Development

269,486

219,232

Open Water Swimming

396,132

373,209

1,010,871

513,281

24,187

16,619

4,013,261

3,324,501

Grant Funding School Carnivals and Support Operations Sale of Publications

Other revenue 5

Expenses

Technical Officials Support Operations Sale of Publications

Learn to Swim Coaching Services

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Depreciation Consolidated

Restated Consolidated

2019

2018

$

$

64,574

40,967

64,574

40,967

Consolidated

Consolidated

2019

2018

$

$

50,399

13,920

50,399

13,920

Consolidated

Consolidated

2019

2018

$

$

Loss includes the following specific expenses: Depreciation Property, Plant and equipment

7

Current assets – Cash and cash equivalents

Cash at bank and in hand

a)

Cash at bank earns interest at floating rates based on daily bank rates.

Interest rate sensitivity

Bank balance $50,399 b)

+50 basis points

-50 basis points

252

(252)

Reconciliation of cash

Cash at the end of the financial year as shown in the cash flow statement is reconciled to the related items in the statement of financial position as follows: Cash at bank and in hand Bank overdraft (note 12)

Financial Statements

50,399

13,920

(100,935)

(107,568)

(50,536)

(93,648)

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Current assets - Trade and other receivables Consolidated

Restated Consolidated

2019

2018

$

$

Trade receivables

43,444

106,112

Other receivables

108,548

227,736

151,992

333,848

Allowance for expected creditor losses The Group has not recognised any losses in the profit or loss in respect of any expected credit losses associated with its trade and other receivables.

9

Current assets – Financial assets at fair value though profit or loss

Managed funds - Perpetual Private Investment Wrap

Consolidated

Consolidated

2019

2018

$

$

632,691

779,647

632,691

779,647

Consolidated

Consolidated

2019

2018

$

$

22,908

15,256

9,151

7,888

985

985

33,044

24,129

Managed funds are managed by Escala Partners, Sydney.

10

Current assets – Other

Inventory Consumables Other assets

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Non-current assets - Property, plant and equipment Plant and furniture and fittings

Computer Equipment

$

$

At 30 June 2018 At cost

Motor Vehicles

Leasehold Improvements

Total

$

$

$

493,906

28,655

4,505

237,886

764,952

(309,315)

(3,831)

(1,541)

(189,493)

(504,180)

184,591

24,824

2,964

48,393

260,772

Additions

4,794

1,164

-

16,132

22,090

Disposals

-

-

-

-

-

Depreciation charge

(41,480)

(6,385)

(776)

(15,933)

(64,574)

Net written down value at 30 June 2019

147,905

19,603

2,188

48,592

218,288

498,700

29,819

4,505

254,019

787,042

(350,795)

(10,216)

(2,317)

(205,426)

(568,754)

147,905

19,603

2,188

48,593

218,288

Accumulated depreciation Net written down value

At 30 June 2019 At cost Accumulated depreciation Net written down value 12

Current liabilities - Borrowings Consolidated

Consolidated

2019

2018

$

$

100,935

107,568

Equipment Loan Finance**

44,350

-

Balance at 30 June 2019

145,285

107,568

Consolidated

Consolidated

2019

2018

$

$

Equipment Loan Finance**

40,674

-

Balance at 30 June 2019

40,674

-

Current

Bank overdraft*

13

Non-current liabilities - Borrowings

*In prior year the Group negotiated with Westpac Banking Corporation to provide a secured bank overdraft facility amounting to $116,000 (2018: $116,000). As at 30 June 2019 these facilities have utilised to the amount of $100,935 (2018:$107,568). The undrawn amount of the facility at 30 June 2019 was $15,065 (2018: $8,432). The bank overdraft facility is interest bearing at a variable rate of 5.89% (2018: 6.99%), and is repayable on demand. **During the year the Group negotiated with Westpac Banking Corporation to provide a secured bank facility amounting to $205,000. As at 30 June 2019 these facilities have utilised to the amount of $85,024. The undrawn amount of the facility at 30 June 2019 was $119,976). The bank overdraft facility is interest bearing at a variable rate of 5.51% and is repayable over the course of 36 months.

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Current liabilities - Trade and other payables Consolidated

Consolidated

2019

2018

$

$

195,994

304,982

51,187

57,826

Unearned revenue – Sponsorship income 2019/20

178,698

95,200

Payables – other

170,041

197,332

595,920

655,340

39,250

11,863

39,250

11,863

Trade payables Accrued expenses

15

Current liabilities - Provisions

Employee benefits

The entire amount of the employee provision is presented as current, since the Association does not have an unconditional right to defer settlement for any of these obligations. The Association’s Policy on annual leave and the closure of the office over two periods of the year, it is expected all employees take the full amount of accrued leave or require payment within the next 12 months.

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Equity

(a)

Reserves

Business Continuity Reserve Bob Bestman Reserve

Consolidated

Consolidated

2019

2018

$

$

531,000

531,000

35,340

35,340

566,340

566,340

Nature and purpose of reserves Bob Bestman Reserve is a bequeath from the estate of Mr Bestman directed to and for the education of Western Australian Technical Officials.

Business Continuity Reserve is funds to ensure the Association is financially secure over the next two years.

The policy of the Group is to ensure that funds or at least this value are held as either cash and cash equivalents or liquid investments.

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Financial instruments –Risk management and fair value measurement Market risk The Group is exposed to equity price risk, which arises from investments measured at fair value through profit or loss.

Management of the Group monitors the proportion of equity securities in its investment portfolio based on market indices. Material investments within the portfolio are managed on an individual basis and all buy and sell decisions are approved by the Risk Management Committee.

The primary goal of the Group’s investment strategy is to maximise investment returns to improve its returns in general.

Management is assisted by external advisors in this regard. Certain investments are designated at fair value through profit or loss because their performance is actively monitored and they are managed on a fair value basis.

Fair value measurement Fair value hierarchy The following tables detail the Group’s assets and liabilities, measured or disclosed at fair value, using a three-level hierarchy, based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the entire fair value measurement, being: Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity can access at the measurement date Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly Level 3: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

Consolidated – 2019 Assets Managed funds

632,691

-

-

632,691

Total

632,691

-

-

632,691

Managed funds

779,647

-

-

779,647

Total

779,647

-

-

779,647

Consolidated – 2018 Assets

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Related parties (a)

Subsidiaries Set out below is a list of material subsidiaries of the Group.

Ownership Interest Name Lakelands Swim School Pty Ltd

(b)

Principal place of business

2019

2018

Australia

100%

100%

Transactions with related parties All outstanding balances with associates are priced on an arm’s length basis and are to be settled in cash within twelve months of the end of the reporting date. None of the balances are secured. No expense has been recognised in the current year or prior year for bad or doubtful debts in respect of amounts owed by related parties. A guarantee has been given for the overdraft facility obtained by Lakelands Swim School Pty Ltd.

(c)

Key management personnel The key management personnel comprise the Board of Directors and the Management. Total remuneration paid with respect to the 30 June 2019 year for key management personnel is $511,020 (2018: $549,779).

Financial Statements

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Parent entity disclosures

As at, and throughout, the financial year ending 30 June 2019 the parent entity of the Group was Western Australian Swimming Association (Inc).

Restated Consolidated

Consolidated

2019

2018

$

$

(31,155)

13,359

-

-

(31,155)

13,359

Current assets

1,350,309

1,080,684

Total assets

1,461,966

1,439,801

Current liabilities

524,233

470,913

Total liabilities

524,233

470,913

Reserves

566,340

566,340

Accumulated surplus

371,393

402,548

Total equity

937,733

968,888

Result of parent entity (Deficit/ surplus) for the year Other comprehensive income Other comprehensive income for the year Financial position of parent entity at year end

Total equity of parent entity comprising of:

20

Remuneration of auditor

During the year the following fees were paid or payable for services provided by the auditor, its related practices and non-related audit firms:

Audit of financial statements- RSM Australia Audit of financial statements- KPMG Total auditors’ remuneration 21

Consolidated

Consolidated

2019

2018

$

$

8,500

-

-

9,000

8,500

9,000

Contingencies The Group has no contingencies as at 30 June 2019 or 30 June 2018.

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Operating leases

(a)

Lease commitments The Association has the following non-cancellable operating lease: Office lease expiring in six months. The lease has an escalation clause; Lease of Lakelands facility expiring in eight years and ten months, the lease has an escalation clause; and Photocopy lease expiring in three years and six months.

(i)

Future minimum lease At 30 June, the future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases were payable as follows: Consolidated

2019

2018

$

$

Within one year

277,400

278,465

Later than one year but not later than five years

977,080

978,152

916,934

1,130,833

2,171,414

2,387,450

More than five years

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Consolidated

Events occurring after the reporting period Swimming WA was proud to open WestSwim Craigie on Monday 5th August 2019. The learn to swim and squad programme operates out of the Craigie Leisure Centre as part of a ten (10) year Agreement (with an option for 10 more) with the City of Joondalup. The Association operates an office out of the centre utilised by the WestSwim Craigie Coordinator.

Financial Statements

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Prior year restatement The Board have prepared the financial statements for the 30 June 2019 financial year with a retrospective restatement of the following error in the statement of financial position and statement of comprehensive income for the 2018 comparative.

Statement of comprehensive income: 2018 $ Reported

Adjustment

$

$

Note

2018 $ Restated $

3,065,964

6,408

Employment benefits expense

(1,270,981)

-

Depreciation and amortization

(55,256)

14,289

Operating lease expenses

(82,674)

-

(1,919,508)

(10,371)

47,496

-

47,496

370

-

370

(17,464)

-

(17,464)

(232,053)

10,326

(221,727)

Cash and cash equivalents

13,920

-

13,920

Trade and other receivables

Revenue

Other expenses

Investment income Interest earned Finance costs Deficit before income tax expense

(a)

3,072,372

(1,270,981) (b)

(40,967) (82,674)

(c)

(1,929,879)

Statement of financial position: ASSETS Current assets 328,131

5,717

Prepayments

28,653

-

28,653

Investments

779,647

-

779,647

24,129

-

24,129

1,174,480

5,717

1,180,197

260,772

-

260,772

63,048

(57,757)

323,820

(57,757)

Inventory and other assets Total current assets

(a) (c)

333,848

Non-current assets Property, plant and equipment Intangibles Total non-current assets

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5,291 266,063

21

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Prior year restatement (continued)

Statement of financial position (continued): 2018 $ Reported

Adjustment

$

$

Note

2018 $ Restated $

LIABILITIES Current assets Loans and Borrowings

107,568

-

107,568

Trade and other payables

655,340

-

655,340

11,863

-

11,863

Total current liabilities

774,771

-

774,771

Net assets

723,529

(52,040)

671,489

Reserves

566,340

-

566,340

Accumulated surplus

157,189

(52,040)

Total equity

723,529

(52,040)

Provisions

EQUITY

(a) (b)

105,149 671,489

Notes to adjustments: a) Recognition of refund receivable from Australian Taxation Office for franking credits on investments (2018: $6,408 and 2017: $ 9,680) which have not been previously recognised. b) Reversal of capitalised deferred expenditure costs of $72,046 recognised in the year ended 30 June 2017 that do not meet the recognition requirements under Australian Accounting Standards and the subsequent amortisation of the balance of $14,289 in the year ended 30 June 2018. c) Write-off of other receivable of $10,371 which was not recoverable in the year ended 30 June 2018.

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STATEMENT BY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

In the opinion of the directors of Western Australian Swimming Association (Inc): (a) the Group is not publicly accountable; (b) the consolidated financial statements and notes, set out on pages 4 to 22, are in accordance with the Associations Incorporation Act 2015, including: (I)

giving a true and fair view of the Group's financial position as at 30 June 2019 and of its performance, for the financial year ended on that date; and

(II)

complying with Australian Accounting Standards - Reduced Disclosure Requirements and the Associations Incorporation Act 2015; and

(c)

there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Group will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable.

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the directors:

Louis van Aardt President Perth 26 September 2019

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AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION As lead auditor for the audit of the financial report of Western Australian Swimming Association Inc. for the year ended 30 June 2019, I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, there have been no contraventions of:

(i)

the auditor independence requirements of the Associations Incorporations Act 2015 (WA) in relation to the audit; and

(ii)

any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit.

RSM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Perth, WA Dated: 26 September 2019

ALASDAIR WHYTE Director

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