Annual Report 2010/11 - Australian Water Polo Inc

The Women’s High Performance
Program is again a decentralised NTC
and ETC based program utilising the
same centres as the men’s program.
However, in addition, the AIS women’s
camps-based program permits the
national squad to train together under
ideal circumstances.
Joint Management Committee (JMC)
agreements form the cornerstone of
the relationship between the national
organisation and the SIS/SAS network.
An important and essential requirement
for the establishment of any NTC
program is the commitment the
member association to support
the program with an underpinning
program and unfortunately the quality
of the underpinning programs vary
considerably which presents a unique
challenge for AWPI.
Water polo, for a relatively low-profile
sport, enjoys a very comprehensive and
extensive international program and
we are indebted to the many national
federations that host our teams on what
seemingly is an annual basis. In the
period under review, our teams made
10 international tours to attend world
league events, international tournaments
and training camp activities.
AWPI also hosted a very successful
Preliminary Round of the FINA Men’s
and Women’s World League in Sydney
Australia May 2011.
The international program was arranged
in most part by our representatives at
the LEN Calendar Congress held Reykjavik
Iceland in May 2011 and we are indeed
grateful of the work done by Tom Hoad
and Chris Harrison at this congress.
I have deliberately avoided making
reference to the performance of our
teams as others have addressed these
elsewhere in the report particularly the
respective coaches.
Acknowledgements
It is appropriate to acknowledge the
support of all funding and support
agencies that contribute to the High
Performance Program, namely the
ASC, AIS, SIS/SAS, AOC and sponsors, in
particular, Turbo Crotton SA, SOPAC and
NSWIS; to the national senior, junior,
youth and girls’ coaches, assistant
coaches, managers, support staff and
referees, AIS coaches, managers, support
staff and the NTC coaches - thank you
for your dedication and support given to
our athletes.
John Whitehouse
High Performance Manager
> Australian Government Direct Athlete Support
Australian Water Polo Inc acknowledges
and thanks the Australian Government
through the Australian Sport
Commission for the funding under the
Australian Government Direct Athlete
Support program for the year ended
30 June 2011 where the amount of
$272,999.99 was made available to our
female athletes and $130,000 to our
male athletes.
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