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ANNUAL REPORT

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Under 17

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RUNNERS UP

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Nuriootpa Hockey Club Annual Report 2014

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MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE PRESIDENT: Phil Armstrong VICE PRESIDENT: Marty Gallasch SECRETARY: Amy Schulz TREASURER: Amanda Schulz HOOKIN2HOCKEY COORDINATOR: Gail Kirby OTHER MEMBERS: Brad Fairey

Craig Schulz Gail Kirby Greg Schulz Jai Lowke Kerrie Beckwith Nicole Rowley Ross Beckwith Sarah Lowke Steven Gallasch Wal Lehmann Andrew Pomeroy (Junior Representative)

OTHER POSITIONS CANTEEN MANAGER: Annie Pomeroy SPONSORSHIP: Nicole Rowley, Amy Schulz WEBSITE: Amy Schulz SOCIAL EVENTS: Nicole Rowley, Sarah Lowke, Amy Schulz STOCKWELL REC PARK COMMITTEE: Wal Lehmann JUDICIARY REPRESENTATIVE: Brad Fairey BVHA REPRESENTATIVES: Phil Armstrong Nikki Rowley EQUIPMENT MANAGER: Marty Gallasch LINEMARKING: Brad Fairey Craig Schulz


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SPONSORS Major Sponsors Stockwell Hotel Gold Sponsors Schulz Painters & Decorators Silver Sponsors Vine Inn

SA Lending Centre Dimchurch Vineyards

Bronze Sponsors Oag’s Diesel Service

Wayne Marschall Crash Repairs The Co-op Greenock Creek Tavern


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TEAMS

Grade Result Coach Manager

A Men Premiers Marty Gallasch Wal Lehmann

A Women 4th Rebecca Moroney Nicole Rowley

B Men Green Premiers Adrian Hoffmann Ben Griffiths

B Men Gold Runner-Up Brian Ivkovic -

B Women 3rd Mark Schutz Sarah Lowke

Under 17 Premiers David McInerney Karen Daniel

Under 14 Premiers Andy Milne

Hookin2Hockey – U11

Hookin2Hockey – U9

Tracy Warner, Daniel Wilsdon

Gail Kirby, Sharyn Saegenschnitter, Tony Simpfendorfer

TEAM TROPHY WINNERS

Team A Men Brad Fairey Medal - B&F

Greg Schulz

Most Consistent

Dexter Falkenberg

Best Team Player

Cody Longo

A Women Bev Klemm Medal - B&F

Jaclyn Knott

Most Valuable Player

Kim Blatchford

Most Improved

Lisa Daniel

B Men Green Best & Fairest

Sam Griffiths

Most Consistent

Ethan Mills

Rising Star

Byron Hoffmann

B Men Gold Best & Fairest

Simon Camilleri

The Rocks Phil & Connor Armstrong

Future Star Wilbur Bishop

B Women Best & Fairest

Rebecca Handke

Player’s Player

Deb Middleton

Coach’s Award

Sarah Lowke

Under 17 Best & Fairest

Dexter Falkenberg

Most Consistent

Lisa Daniel

Most Improved

Ben Weichert

Under 14 Best & Fairest

Amy Wilsdon

Most Consistent

Henry Sheedy

Most Improved

Ruby Lehmann


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CLUB TROPHY RECIPIENTS

Life Membership

Brad Fairey

Kellett Family Senior Club Person Award

Gail Kirby

Danny Van Der Biezen Memorial Award (Junior Club Person)

Andrew Pomeroy

The “Schutty” Award (Service to Coaching)

Martin Gallasch

Good Sportsperson Award

A Men – Adam Pietsch A Women – Lisa Daniel

STATE REPRESENTATION

Kim Blatchford – SA Country Women’s Squad

Meikaela Milne – SA Under 15 Girls Squad

Kloe Schiller – SA Under 13 Girls Squad


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Nuriootpa Hockey Club

Annual General Meeting Minutes

Wednesday 13 November 2013

7.00pm Greenock Tavern

Item

No

Item

1 Present

Phil Armstrong, Amy Schulz, Craig Schulz, Marty Gallasch, Steven Gallasch, Greg Schulz,

Sarah Lowke, Jai Lowke, Nikki Rowley, Donna Milne, Ross Beckwith, Kerrie Beckwith,

Rebecca Moroney, Wal Lehmann, Rebecca Handke, Kim Oag, Brad Fairey, Gail Kirby,

Sharyn Saegenschnitter, Tracy Warner, Annie Pomeroy, Andrew Pomeroy

2 Apologies

Kim Doecke, Courtney Ribbons

3 Minutes – Annual General Meeting held 14 November 2012.

Minutes of the last AGM were accepted as read:

Moved: Nikki Rowley Seconded: Craig Schulz CARRIED

4. Adoption of Annual Reports

4.1 President’s Report

Read by Phil Armstrong

4.2 Treasurer’s Report

Read by Kim Oag

Moved: David McInerney Seconded: Nikki Rowley CARRIED

4.3 Hookin2Hockey Coordinator’s report

Read by Gail Kirby

4.4 A Grade Men’s Report

Read by Marty Gallasch

4.5 A Grade Women’s Report

Read by Rebecca Moroney

5. Election of Office Bearers

5.1

5.2

5.3

Election of office bearers was run by Phil Armstrong with the following outcomes:

President

Phil Armstrong nominated by: Nikki Rowley seconded: Marty Gallasch Accepted

Carried

Vice President

Marty Gallasch nominated by: Amy Schulz seconded: Nikki Rowley Accepted

Carried

Secretary

Amy Schulz nominated by: Marty Gallasch seconded: Kim Oag Accepted

Carried


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5.4

Treasurer

Kim Oag nominated by: Phil Armstrong seconded: Kerrie Beckwith Accepted

Carried

6. Election of remainder of Committee

Nominations put forward:

Nikki Rowley

Steven Gallasch

Gail Kirby

Craig Schulz

Greg Schulz

Ross Beckwith

Jai Lowke

Sarah Lowke

Brad Fairey

Kerrie Beckwith

Wal Lehmann

Request to ask Andrew Pomeroy and Daniel Wilsdon rotating as ex-officio U18 Members of Committee.

7. Any Other Business

7.1 Expressions of Interest for 2013 Season

A Grade Men – Marty Gallasch

A Grade Women – Rebecca Moroney, Andy Milne

B Grade Women – Tracy Warner, Gail Kirby Manager

U/18 – David McInerney, Marty Gallasch

U/15 – Andy Milne, Mark Schutz

U/13 – Raj Pomeroy, Nick Bishop, Renee Bishop

Hookin2Hockey Coordinator – Gail Kirby

Hookin2Hockey Coaches – U11 Daniel Wilsdon and Tracy Warner

7.2 Update on Turf - Preparations for building the turf are underway. Completion date will be

approximately March 2014.

7.3 Playford Wells Hockey Club –made the decision to leave the Barossa Valley Hockey

Association as of 2014.

9 Meeting Closed

8:16 pm

10 Next Committee Meeting

Ordinary Committee Meeting – 6.30pm Friday 6th December 2013 Phil Armstrong’s Residence


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PRESIDENT’S REPORT

2014 marked the first year of turf hockey in the Barossa Valley. I am very happy to say Nuriootpa

Hockey Club adapted well to the new turf pitch winning 4 of the 6 premierships on offer, importantly

these premierships including both junior grades.

Again we fielded sides in all grades & entered 2 men’s B Grade teams for the first time in a decade.

Our Hookin2Hockey numbers continue to grow & Gail Kirby deserves special thanks for her efforts with

our youngest club members.

The extended playing hours presented some new challenges for our canteen volunteers with our club

choosing to offer canteen facilities on both Friday nights & for 10 hours on a Saturday. Thank you to all

those who assisted in this extended, essential and ultimately successful part of our club duties.

We fully committed ourselves to the Heritage Round once again & put on an impressive show both on

& off the field.

As a committee we deliberately kept our annual subs low this year as well as deciding not to charge a

match fee. We agreed, if necessary, to operate at a small financial loss in the hope of encouraging

more players to join our club.

A wrap up of the 2014 season would be incomplete without mentioning the development of our ‘shed’.

What was previously just a storage facility has become a meeting place lined with memorabilia & very

impressive bar & heating. Thank you to all those who have helped transform ‘the shed’. More

improvements are planned over the off season.

Individual milestones & achievements were also many, a few of the highlights were:

Courtney Ribbons achieved both BVHA Life Membership & the Hockey SA Award for Outstanding

Service to Hockey.

Brian ‘Packa’ Ivkovic became the first club member to reach 400 senior games (scoring in 4 of

them)

Brad Fairey passed the 300 game mark and also became our 16th Life Member.

As always, our club had many members who made significant contributions at an association level in

both executive & coaching positions. Thank you to Sue & John Stephens, Courtney Ribbons, Gail Kirby

& Andy Milne for your efforts at Association level. Looking forward from an association viewpoint, talks

are continuing with the Riverland Association & have recently started with Clare & Districts Association

on options to provide better hockey competitions to our members.

Once again thank you to the sponsors, team coaches/managers, canteen volunteers & all our other

volunteers for your efforts over 2014.

It has been great to see so many club members regularly turning up to our monthly club meetings. I

would like to personally thank our committee members & executive who continue to manage & lead

this club forward. Your efforts leave us organised, financially strong and in a great position to support

our teams on the field.

It has been a pleasure to be Nuriootpa Hockey Club’s president for the last 4 years.

Phil Armstrong

President


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TREASURER’S REPORT

Nuriootpa Hockey Club

Financial Statement as at 31/10/2014

End of Financial Year YTD

Actual Comments 2013

Actuals 2012

Actuals

Expense Categories

ACCU Lottery 600.00 Lotto Money Returned to ACCU 560.00 940.00

Advertising 608.60 Leader Newspaper 392.01 190.40

Association Fees 10976.00 Match Fees, Training Fees 4367.50 3565.00

Canteen 4655.32 Food, Drinks 1416.68 2939.32

Coaching Expenses 575.00 Bek Moroney, Training at PADHC 750.00

Donations

Equipment 597.25 Hockey World- Face masks etc. 3515.69 811.33

Fines 100.00 200.00

Float 300.00 1000.00 940.00

Fundraising 2394.82 Entertainment Books, Liquor Licence, Choc Boxes 875.40 1900.00

Gifts

Heritage Round 643.95 Bread, Ice, Alcohol 2141.05

Hockey SA Insurance *7733.00 2013 Insurance, 2014 Insurance 3516.00

Honorarium 50.00 Junior Development Sponsorship 430.00 200.00

Insurance 1307.00 Public Liability Insurance Renewed 1661.00 1661.00

Line marking 336.00

NHC Jackets 253.44 615.01

Merchandise 842.60 Umbrellas

Miscellaneous *16366.77 Turf Contribution, PO Box renewal, Fridge for shed, Tent 702.12 465.55

PayPal Fees

Postage/Stationery 202.83 Stationary 28.00 21.50

Presentation Day 4456.70 Lunch 4035.00 4571.99

BVHA Presentation night 540.00

Nuri HC socks 704.55 921.50

Registration Day

Repairs & Maintenance 3142.87 Concreting outside clubrooms

Sponsorship 122.00 401.50

State Reps 150.00

Stockwell Park Electricity 395.94

Stockwell Park Hiring Fees 188.00 Park fees 474.25 464.05

Training tops 1054.00

Trophies 839.75 Presentation Day Trophies 1390.70 1067.95

Umpires

Uniforms

2180.02 Playing Shirts, Embroidery, Heritage Rd Socks 665.83 144.10

Capital Expenditure 500.00

Total Expense Categories 58610.48 27525.22 26622.14


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Income Categories

ACCU Lottery 1162 Lotto Tickets 1145.05 2697.05

Bank Interest 266.52 1140.30 429.03

Canteen 7936.29 Canteen Takings 2385.30 1257.15

Donations 66.90

Equipment 875.00 Hin2H stick packs 250.00 1515.00

Float 300.00 Float re-banked 1000.00 1370.00

Fundraising 8227.18 Entertainment Books, Chocolate Boxes, Bingo Night, Trivia Night 4533.05 7689.35

Heritage Round 1492.74 Bar, Heritage Rd Socks and Tops 1980.00

Hockey SA Insurance 2912.32 Insurance 3610.31 3657.63

Grounds

Grants

NHC Jackets 7.45 120.00 3130.00

Merchandise 769.00 Umbrellas, Ties, Stubby holders 30.00

Misc 355.00 BVHA 2014 Ground equaliser 440.00 210.00

Presentation Day 1700.00 Tickets from non-players 2311.15 1900.00

BVHA Pres night 95.00

Project Income 5174.74

Sponsorship - Other 2950.00 5500.00 8800.00 Sponsorship-Junior Development($450) 500.00

Nuri HC socks 0.81 348.00

Sponsorship - Trophies

Subscriptions 12494.66 Junior and Senior Subs 7499.69 9984.46

Training Tops 294.00

Umpires

Uniforms 1134.37 Playing Shirts, Socks, Jackets 498.03 320.00

Total Income Categories 42583.34 33679.88 48201.31

Profit/Loss -16027.14 6154.66 21579.17

Bank Accounts

Cheque Acc

Balance as at 31/10/14 $18,247.99

Add back outstanding cheques $839.75

Less Outstanding Deposits $196.00

Expected Balance on Statement $17,604.00

Term Deposit 30/10/14 $26,776.82

Total Bank Accounts $44,380.82

*$15,000 contribution to Turf Pitch

*2013 Hockey SA Fees paid in 2014

Amanda Schulz

Treasurer


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HOOK IN2 HOCKEY REPORT It was a bit of an uncertain start to the H2H season on how the program was going to run in 2014, with

times and format. But after much discussion with clubs, to introduce a mid-week U9 program, it was

decided by the BVHA H2H committee that clubs continue with their individual training nights, and that

U9 & U11 games will be played on the Saturday.

The club was once again able to have a presence in the local primary schools with the H2H program

in term 1, before the season started, at Nuriootpa and Redeemer, and for the first time Kapunda and

Light Pass. This was done with the help of Hugh Purvis from Hockey SA, and thank-you to Sharyn

Seagenschnitter for coming out to some of the schools when I couldn’t.

This then lead to an after school H2H program to run at Kapunda Primary on Wednesdays during term

2. It was well attended and introduced 14, U11’s to the skills and game of hockey. Thank you to Tracy

Warner for her help when she was available.

Nuriootpa started its official training on Thursday 1st May with a Sausage Sizzle for players and family

after. Thank you to Dimchurch for suppling bread and sausages.

Again we had a great return of last year’s players and a few new faces. We had 30 U9’s registered,

which gave us 3 teams, though we had 4 who were happy not to play out on a Saturday. A big thank

you to Tony Simpfendorfer and Sharyn Seagenschnitter who helped coach, and the many parents who

helped out on the Thursday nights with drills. Junior Byron Hoffmann was a great, helping at trainings

and umpiring a game every Saturday, thank-you.

Tracey Warner was coach for the U11’s, and had the help of Daniel Wilsdon and support of Manager

Matt Lehmann. They did a wonderful job with the 11 U11 players they had. Thank you to them all.

With the U11 and then U14 teams having a full field team and then some on the bench, there was not

much opportunity for lower players to play up this year. This brought about the importance and a

reminder, for coaches to communicate with the coach below or the H2H co-ordinator on which players

have the potential or could be recommended to play a game up.

Our H2H presentations were on Sunday 31st August at Stockwell Clubrooms with a BBQ Lunch. Each

child received a key-ring with the clubs logo and their name. Thank you to Dimchurch Vineyards and

April Hoffmann for their donation and time to this day.

Gail Kirby

Hook in2 Hockey Coordinator


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A MEN REPORT 2014 was a steep learning curve for both the players and the coaches of the senior men. But with the

pain of a Grand final loss fresh in the memory, the group was more than ever determined to do what

was necessary to win the flag this season.

The first step was the appointment of Cameron Mullins to head fitness coach, Cam with the assistance

of Craig and Greg Schulz put a motivated group through a gruelling pre-season that prepared the core

of the side well for the rigours of turf. This proved crucial early in the season as the sides superior

fitness was a deciding factor in the opening rounds.

The transition from grass hockey to turf hockey was a lot more trying than many, including myself

anticipated as the shift in strategy was hindered in many cases by 10 to 15 years on “Grass” instinct.

But over time and with much effort the senior men’s group made progress and looked more and more

fluent week by week. Long term injuries to Mick Grope and Steve Gallasch early in the season created

chances for the next generation to make a name for themselves and happily they did well with the likes

of Cody Longo, Steve Oag and Dexter Falkenberg cementing A grade spots by the end of the year,

while Daniel Wilson, Rusty Falkenberg and Ethan Mills showed us glimpses of what they will one day

be capable of.

By seasons end, the group was seriously starting to hit their straps led by the inspirational Craig and

Greg Schulz and the final month of the season threw up some difficult selection decisions, but in my

opinion that is the sign of a healthy system and should be encouraged.

In short, considering that 2014 was the first year of turf hockey, everyone involved this year should be

proud of their efforts and look forward to future improvements in the year to come. Winning the

premiership and having both B grade sides playing in the grand final was a satisfying result, but should

only be seen as a starting point for the coming years.

Lastly I would like to thank Ross Beckwith for his considerable efforts as assistant coach, Wal Lehmann

for once again managing the side and acknowledge Craig Schulz, Greg Schulz and Cam Mullins for all

their work this season.

While creating history again by winning the first flag on turf in both A Grade and B grade, I would like

to point out that the great Nuriootpa Hockey club did not get where it is by being content with its own

achievements, but by continuously aiming to improve itself.

That is the challenge I put to the NHC senior men in 2015.

Marty Gallasch A Men Coach


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A WOMEN REPORT

Unfortunately there is only one word for the 2014 season and that is disappointing. Especially for a

team that started with so much promise and early on was considered the team to beat by many in the

competition.

With the preseason sessions on the turf at Port Adelaide we gained a small advantage and certainly

hit the ground running and were undefeated until we played Gawler at Gawler – our first loss for the

season and in many ways the turning point for the season as we struggled to regain any consistent

form from here.

With only one grass game the draw worked in our favour but we were unable to capitalise on it. We

still produced some very good games throughout the remainder of the season – but also some very

disappointing games as well.

With injuries, illness, holidays, school trips, work, birthdays, interstate visitors and pregnancies all

having an impact on the starting line-up and attendance at training week in week out for the remainder

of the season it was difficult to build a solid foundation.

There are however several issues that need to be addressed if the club is to be successful in the

women’s competition in the foreseeable future. I have specified these in more detail in a letter to the

committee but essentially they involve a better structure at training, player depth (retention and

recruitment), playing group attitude and a non-playing manager.

There are some good base level foundations that can be built on, but it will take work and a willingness

to move forward and change with the game.

Do I still believe that this team is capable of great things – absolutely and without question. What they

need to understand is that you don’t need a team of champions to be a champion team.

At the end of the day all of the highlighted issues are fixable and while season 2014 was disappointing

there were some highlights – but they will be different for everyone. It could be a specific goal scored,

representative achievements or a specific win. It could even be a game we didn’t win but we were more

than competitive in and executed the game plan and fought hard until the final whistle (prelim final

comes to mind for me). There were many moments like this and more during the season - I embrace

them all, good and not so good as they are all part of the roller coaster that is coaching.

Do I feel like there is unfinished business – yes, would I do it again – yes.

If I was to coach again next season there would be many things that would be done differently with a

higher focus on fitness, stronger development of good basic skills and better execution in teaching the

game plan to both teams. Definitely a focus on junior development and their inclusion in the senior

squads, as well as some much needed player recruitment.

Either way I am truly grateful for the opportunity. I have personally learnt a lot over the past two years

and still have much to learn about the skill of coaching but if this is the end – for now – of my coaching

with Nuriootpa Hockey Club – my only true regret is that we didn’t bring home a premiership.

Rebecca Moroney

A Women Coach

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