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Chief Executive’s Report Winning awards is certainly one way of recognising the quality of leadership and capability in an organisation. I am delighted to say that Harbour Sport ActivAsian Programme won the Community Impact Award at the Sport and Recreation Awards this year and Harbour Sport were also finalists in the Westpac North Business Awards where we entered the Not for Profit section. Congratulations and thanks to all those involved who contributed to making an impact across the Harbour Community. Local Government continues to be an important area of collaboration for Harbour Sport. We have continued to operate at both a local level with the local boards, updating and presenting information which is of value to the local community and then moving to a subregional level where we advocate on behalf of the sport and recreation community to each of our five local boards across North Harbour. Across Greater Auckland, Harbour Sport take up opportunities to again ensure that Auckland Council is informed and updated with progress in the Harbour region and we identify greater Auckland sport and recreation issues. KiwiSport is very much part of the fabric of the RST now, having managed the partnership fund for over three years. A new Investment Plan was accepted by Sport NZ and the only change has seen more money put into non contestable pots. This indicates the community’s confidence in Harbour Sport knowing where the community needs are and what form of programme is most appropriate. Growing participation numbers in sport has continued to be a focus for sport development this year. Baseline data has been collected across New Zealand detailing how many people are playing what sports, at what age and for how long. This has been a huge task but there is an expectation that the data collected will be very valuable in the future. Regional Whole of Sport plans continue to be implemented by our team assisting Regional Sports Organisations in growing their participant numbers and increasing the quality of offerings in the region. Project activities this year have ranged from running Active Families and Green Prescription by assisting young families and older people into sport and physical activity, helping to get bike tracks built and training for teachers and community leaders, running walking groups for young Mums, leading bike groups mostly of older adults through to the ActivAsian Chinese and Korean Sport focus. For Sports Organisations and Sports Leaders, Harbour Sport developed a forum and a network to inform, upskill and offer knowledge to our sports community as well as a huge range of one on one support. Coaching continues to be the major barrier that young people identify as preventing them from fully participating in sport so a range of coaching programmes both in school and out of school, for student leaders and adults has been implemented and continues to be offered across North Harbour. Signature events including Massey University Harbour Sport Excellence Awards and Youthtown Shore to Shore round out a wide range of support and programmes offered to enhance the sport and recreation community in North Harbour. With a few changes in staff, Harbour Sport has additional capability to deliver sport and recreation in the region. The staff are dedicated, committed and skilled individuals who are motivated and prepared to do what they need to do to make a difference for sport and recreation in the community. My great thanks to the very hard working staff who give so much of themselves to impact the Harbour Community. My thanks to our new Board Chairman, Anthony Ford. The role of the Chair at Harbour Sport goes far beyond that of a regular Chair of RSTs outside Auckland. There are so many more layers of complexity in Auckland and I thank Anthony sincerely for his huge contribution not only at the Harbour Sport level but also across Greater Auckland. To the rest of the Board, thank you for the time that you give up to volunteer your skills and expertise, for your wisdom and commitment to develop sport and recreation in the Harbour region. Toni-Maree Carnie Chief Executive Page 4 “Where too much sport is never enough”
Sport Capability STRENGTHENING AND CONNECTING COMMUNITY SPORT The Sport Capability Team has a targeted approach to sport development this year. The 2011/<strong>2012</strong> year has seen further development of ‘Whole of Sport’ partnership agreements and projects within these plans with Sport NZ’s seven national focus sports (Rugby Union, Rugby League, Netball, Hockey, Football, Gym Sports and Cricket) and Harbour Sport’s regional identified sports (Softball, Volleyball, Basketball and Touch). Harbour Sport has also supported several projects for sports outside of the Sport NZ targeted organisations which have shown success: • Harbour Hockey – Year 5/6 programme and coach development projects initiated and completed. Volunteer and Event support for Champions Trophy. • Gym Sports NZ – Generic coaching workshops delivered. Strategic Plan consultation and development with North Shore Trampoline initiated and completed. ODT process with North Harbour Gymnastics initiated. • Harbour Rugby – Targeted Club Development with KiwiSport projects developing capability of clubs and linking local community. • North Harbour Volleyball – Secondary school club link project. Event programme development, social and recreational volleyball, North Harbour Beach Volleyball Open. • Tennis Northern – Secondary Schools Project • Squash Auckland – Asian Engagement initiatives • North Harbour Badminton – KiwiSport Smash Club project • Sport and School Links – Supported Baseball, NZ Australian Football League, Swimming, Volleyball, Touch, Netball, Rugby Union and Rugby League to connect with Harbour Schools. • Sports and KiwiSport – supported regional sports to collaborate and target school cluster delivery of sport programmes. 17 Sports and over 70 schools are now involved in KiwiSport across the region. GOVERNANCE AND SPORT LEADERSHIP The North Harbour Sports Council continues to evolve and is an important advisory group for Harbour Sport. Membership now includes 28 regional Sports Organisations representing approximately 100,000 sports participants in the region. Achievements over the 2011/<strong>2012</strong> year have included submissions to the Local Boards on the Local Board Plans, and significant submissions to the Auckland Plan. The group will continue to operate and feed directly into the Auckland Sports Coalition with a focus on ensuring the needs of the Harbour sporting community are heard through a collective voice. The “Sector Knowledge” days that Harbour Sport facilitates on behalf of Harbour Regional Sports Organisation CEO’s and development staff have been further evolved providing specific training around identified topics to meet needs in the community. This forum has provided a variety of professional development and network opportunities which ensure Harbour sport organisations are continuously improving and providing quality sporting environments for their members. The development of the “Game Plan”, the Sport Capability Team publication provides stakeholders with relevant information to upcoming events and our involvement within the Harbour region. This resource has proved very popular with increasing numbers utilising and applying the content on a regular basis. The ‘Mi Club’ workshop was developed where Harbour Sport facilitates a workshop for outside providers to provide clubs and sporting organisations with knowledge and development resources. This proved very popular with 28 clubs and 40 attendees. SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT Development of secondary school relationships has been strengthened through the development of KiwiSport projects. Twenty of twenty – one secondary schools have utilised the funding and are involved in projects that develop coaching skills, create opportunities to play local sport, and encourage lunchtime sport activities. Sport Development work carried out in the school space was around whole of school sport planning that support initiatives to develop capability and drive sport programmes. Several schools have developed their sport plans that the school has committed to implementing. Relationships have been strengthened with RSO’s to enable them to develop opportunities that meet the needs of their secondary school students. GACU Coaching This year Harbour Sport has concentrated on up skilling and developing youth coaches and working with young people. Advocating for and influencing heads of schools/ clubs/community groups to understand that coaches can have a positive influence on the people they are coaching has been a focus this year. Another priority has been bringing together tertiary and high performance ideas and strategies into a community context so our coaches can continually improve. “Where too much sport is never enough” Page 5
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