2011/2012 Year In Review - Blacktown International Sportspark

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Chairman’s
Message
As Chairman of Blacktown Venue Management and on behalf of the BVM Board of Directors it gives me great pleasure
to welcome you to the 2011/12 ‘Year in Review’.
Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney has undergone many changes over the past 11 years, welcoming new
sporting organisations to the ‘family’, developing new sporting facilities, new and innovative events and activities.
Most recently too, the birth of a new brand – Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney – to acknowledge our
growing profile on the national and international sporting stage.
In the past 12 months alone the Sportspark’s visitation has increased by a staggering 18% and we hosted 10% more
activities and events than the previous year. For the first time in our history I am proud to say we have topped 500,000
participants, spectators and visitors in a single year – a 200% increase in just over 10 years.
With almost 3 million visitors having taken this journey with us and with major sports such as AFL, Cricket, Baseball,
Softball, Athletics and Soccer permanent features on our annual calender, I am confident that the Sportspark’s future
is very bright indeed.
This past year, the BVM Board committed to a strategic approach toward realising that positive future by
commissioning a review of the Sportspark Master plan.
Currently at draft stage, the final and adopted Master plan will provide a solid vision for the Sportspark’s ongoing
development over the next 20 years. With the help and support of our partners and stakeholders – AFL, GWS Giants,
Cricket NSW, Sydney Thunder, NSW Softball, Baseball NSW, Sydney Blue Sox, Athletics NSW and Little Athletics NSW,
the International Goalkeepers Academy and, latterly, the newest team on the national sporting landscape, Western
Sydney Wanderers of the A League – these are indeed exciting times for sport in our wonderful City.
The Board and I are proud of our collective achievements at Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney over the past 12
months and I would like to thank Blacktown City Council, its Councillors and officers and my fellow Directors of BVM for
their ongoing and unwavering support. I would like to add a special congratulations to Deputy Chairman Mr Ron Moore
& Director Mr Bill McNamara who celebrated 10 years of continuous service to the Board of Blacktown Venue
Management this year – a marvellous achievement. This year we also welcomed a new Director, Peter Smith, to the
Board and I wish him a long and successful tenure.
Finally, I take this opportunity to thank CEO Kevin Jones and his small but highly capable team for their wonderful
work in creating and maintaining a venue that this City can be proud of and that is the envy of many. As a team, we
are certainly proud of Blacktown International Sportspark and its reputation as a regional centre of sport.
We will continue to meet the highest standards and to provide quality opportunities for our community to engage in
sport. That is our mission.
Yours In Sport,
Cr Alan Pendleton
Chairman
Blacktown Venue Management Ltd
BLACKTOWN INTERNATIONAL SPORTSPARK