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ANNUAL REPORT

Life. Be in it. Sport for All

CRANBOURNE

2011

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Life. Be in it. Berwick. Kambrya College Bermersyde Drive Berwick, 3806

Centre Manager Shannon Thiel Life. Be in it. Sport for All. Cranbourne & Berwick 0417 575 045 (03) 8786 7892 [email protected]

Recrosport Director Ian Loxton [email protected]

Marketing Director Bob Poppins [email protected]

www.recrosport.com.au

All Photographs provided by David Torr, and are not

for use without prior consent.

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CONTENTS

01 / A Note from the Director

02 / Overview

04 / Casual hire

06 / Program Development

08 / Participation Report

09 / Total Team Numbers

10 / Court Usage

13 / Outlook for 2012

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As Managing Director of Recrosport with our partners “Life. Be in it.” we are looking forward to providing a range of competitive sports for the Berwick community from the newly extended centre. Despite a very wet winter the extension works have gone well and we will be commencing sports activities for the community in September this year.

I was introduced to the former Principal Kambrya College Ian McKenzie by Bob Hastings a former employee of Recrosport and then a lecturer at Berwick TAFE. Following many meetings a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Recrosport and Kambrya College with the aim of achieving a major sporting complex for the community by adding two full sized basketball courts

to the existing court at the College to be used by the School in School hours and the community after school hours. Recrosport was then invited to manage the single court at the College after School hours and donate all match fees after costs to the College which set aside the money towards the future facility.

Ian McKenzie moved to Casey Central Secondary College as Principal in 2007 and Michael Muscat, who was Deputy Principal pushed the vision forward when the College successfully formed a local cooperative which raised $450,000 toward the project. A total of $200,000 was accumulated by the College as a result of Recrosport’s out of school hours management of the existing court. Recrosport borrowed $750,000 toward the project’s total cost of

$1,400,000. In 2008 an architect was appointed and a Town Planning permit was obtained. A local builder, Brendon of J.R Pryor submitted a quote within budget for commencement of work in July 2010. Wet weather delayed commencement of construction effectively until January 2011 and completion is due, largely within budget by September 2011 thanks to excellent work by J.R.Pryor. Community interest has been strong and programs are already showing signs of filling quickly.

Our thanks to all who contributed to the project’s success; the Principal, staff and Council of Kambrya College; the community of Berwick, the individuals mentioned above and the Recrosport sports staff.

A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR

Recrosport Director Ian Loxton

(03) 9874 5196 0419 358 804

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‘Life. Be in it. Sport for All. Cranbourne’ continues to be the leading sports facility in the municipality. It strives to maintain high participation rates and a leading level of professionalism of the competition programs, which are conducted not only at the Cranbourne centre but at additional venues. As a result, Cranbourne has again maintained full occupancy for the majority of its programs.

Due to the high level of success we have created through our ongoing development and the professional approach we take in running our competitions, we continue use of additional venues including Hillcrest Christian College. This two court centre has allowed us to register a further 100 playing teams per week across five competitions. This surplus of teams would otherwise be refused entry as the Cranbourne

centre simply cannot cater for the demand we have experienced for many years. It remains unfortunate that even with additional facilities some teams throughout the year were placed on waiting lists or offered alternate programs.

This year, our objective was to strengthen relationships with the local schools. Our time in schools was spent promoting our free ‘in school’ program which allows us to conduct sports clinics aimed at encouraging children to try something new and exciting at the centre either in a team or development program. This interest is created through each individual’s experience in our structured sports clinics held at each school. Our alternative to clinics is class and assembly talks. This process allows us to speak to greater numbers with the focus on encouraging mass participation. From the 36 primary schools that

took part in our program, the response received was greater than that of previous years. More importantly of the children that attended our clinics at the centre, which was offered as part of our development programs in schools, we achieved the highest retention rate to date with some 70% of children opting to join a development program or a team.

The Cranbourne centre is in a very strong position with high occupancy rates which given the opportunity and availability of additional venues, would only be expected to increase. As the population in Casey, particularly around Cranbourne, continues to grow at a rapid rate, we will be in the unfortunate position to cap the number of teams in each competition unless additional courts are built or venues become available for use at primary and secondary schools.

OVERVIEW

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The ‘Life. Be in it’ Sport for All centre allows the wider community to hire the facility during 8.00am to 3.30pm for various training sessions, primary and secondary school based competitions and tournaments.

The McDonald’s Hoop Time day long tournaments conducted by Basketball Victoria continue to use the facility for various primary school based tournaments. This program is predominantly focused at children in Grades 3 to 6, with the emphasis being on fun. Similar to our own in school development at schools, the Hoop Time program allows children without having played basketball before to become involved in a fun, controlled environment. Its presence at the facility

gives us the opportunity to showcase the centre and in return promotes the competitions available to participants.

The Victorian Primary School Sports Association (VPSSA) have also been involved in the use of our venue for similar basketball and netball competitions, including local and district lightning premierships.

The Cranbourne District Basketball Association (C.D.B.A) and the Cranbourne South West Netball Association (C.S.W.N.A) continue to use the allocated time on Sunday to develop their representative teams. In support of the members hard work and dedication, neither association is charged for the use of the courts.

Unfortunately, with almost all competitions at Cranbourne reaching capacity, we are unable to satisfy all requests for court hire, however, we do have a limited amount of availability on a Friday, which this year was quickly taken up by clubs.

This year, the Cranbourne Representative committee, Cranbourne Cavaliers represented two teams, seniors and youth league, in the Big V competition. It was a tough year for both sides, with the youth league team narrowly missing out on the finals in their first year. Furthermore, the Big V have accepted the application to enter a Women’s team into next years competition.

CASUAL HIRE

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The core focus of development remains our ‘Life. Be in it’ schools program. Although the program has been altered slightly in the past fifteen years, the principle remains – free sports clinics conducted by specialised coaches aimed at encouraging children to become physically active in sport outside of school.

Our in school program has proven year after year to be successful. A key to this success is our excellent working relationship with a large number of

primary schools located within the municipality. We will continue to work closely with each school, strengthening each relationship to ensure that our development program is successful and remains committed to encouraging a growing number of children to participate in sport.

We also run on-going ‘Skill, Fun & Play’ sessions and ‘Come & Try’ clinics. Children who enjoyed the clinics in the schools are invited into the centre during program times

to participate in these programs. These programs act as an induction into each sport. The success of the various programs that we conducted this year is evident in the competition playing numbers with all junior primary school competitions reaching capacity, except one.

More importantly, the interest we have generated through our school promotions has been rewarding, with more children aged 5-9 years old playing than ever before.

JUNIOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

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SENIOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

Given our current participation rates, we have not dedicated as much time and effort into these programs as in previous years. Our previous Summer season and Winter season had all but one night operating at additional venues. With this said, we understand the importance of making

the centre known to the community, especially in a growing area. For this reason, our school promotional material advertised various senior competitions, plus other promotional material including but not limited to our letter box drop to 25,000 residents was completed.

Looking forward, we made the decision to remove the Ladies netball competition on Thursday evening to outside venues, thus allowing for the Men’s basketball competition the ability to expand and strengthen in standard.

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Netball remains a well participated sport for seniors. It continues to strengthen in standard and in participation numbers. Both ladies nights, Monday and Thursday

are well occupied with both competitions using additional venues. The Wednesday evening Mixed competition is also well participated, but we do receive a large drop-off

and pick-up rate at the end and beginning of each season as the teams are faced with predominantly 9.15pm and 10.00pm games due to the sheer volume of junior teams.

NETBALL

BASKETBALL

ASSOCIATIONS

The Thursday night men’s competition has been held at full occupancy for many seasons. The restriction on the number of teams that we were able to cater for in this program unfortunately left us in the position of directing team to our alternate Men’s competition

Cranbourne District Basketball Association (C.D.B.A) & Cranbourne South West Netball Association (C.S.W.N.A)

Both associations continue to support the efforts of centre management. Our goals and ambitions are very similar as we strive to encourage growth in our sports. While centre management completes almost all administration

on Tuesday or not accepting their entry at all. Although Tuesday has been well received, it is assumed that many teams that could not be accommodated are now playing at other venues. The decision to move the ladies netball to outside venues was difficult, but

and development across all competitions, junior and senior, our associations play a vital role in training new and existing officials and running various courses with the support of each governing body.

Largely, each association places much emphasis on their representative teams. Through the hard work and dedication, both associations were

the long term prospect of increasing the men’s teams on Thursday, along with the standard was a greater benefit long term and the benefits are already starting to pay dividends.

very competitive in their selected age groups and competition levels, none more so than the 13&U CSWNA team that were crowned state champions.

As the junior participation rates continue to rise, the representative program will continue to develop and improve not only in playing performance but coaching.

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Winter Season

Junior Netball Junior Basketball Senior Netball Senior Basketball M/Week Netball Sunday Netball Sunday Basketball

Summer SeasonPARTICIPATION REPORT (PLAYING NUMBERS)

050

100

150

200

250

2009 09/10 2010 10/11 2011 11/12

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2006 06/07 2007 07/08 2008 08/09 2009 09/10 2010 10/11 2011 11/12

649 752 723 814 751 809 755 848 797 837 772 780

Winter Season Summer SeasonTOTAL TEAM NUMBERS

900

450

225

675

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620

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616

417

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128

128

136

138

136

134

136

136

154

170

176

166

150

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6674

7486

7490

8690

9610

494

104

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857

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661

867

262

668

666

872

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266

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9610

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2626

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Following the same patterns of success we have experienced and enjoyed particularly across the past 5 years, management will largely concentrate on making the community better aware of the programs that are conducted at the centre.

It is important that families new to the area are encouraged to participate in sport and we believe with two of the most participated sports in Victoria, netball and basketball offered, it

is a certainty that we will require additional courts to cater for this increase.

Previous years have allowed us to trial various techniques all designed to encourage mass participation at a junior and senior level. Although largely our competitions meet capacity, it is important that we continue to find what development options are more beneficial than the other. Our strong relationships within the primary schools, will allow us to continue to

OUTLOOK FOR 2012

our visitation program, however next year a greater emphasis will be placed on setting up school based clubs. Clubs are an important part of our junior programs moving forward and much priority will be given to setting up, working with and building relationships with people who are volunteering to run these clubs.

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Shannon Thiel “Life. Be in it. Sport for All.”

Cranbourne & Berwick (03) 8786 7892

[email protected]