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MESSAGE FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION 2 Softball Australia Australia, for its small population and remoteness of location, continues to confound the world with its achievements on the international sporting stage. This position has been reached by the development of a comprehensive and effective national sport system that encourages sport and structured physical activity for all Australians and creates opportunities to enable those who are talented and motivated to reach their potential. This system has evolved with the strong support of the Australian Government, State/Territory and local governments, the private sector and sporting organisations at all levels. At the national level, primary responsibility for developing and directing sport lies with national sporting organisations. On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Sports Commission plays central leadership, co-ordination, funding and advocacy roles in the operation of the Australian sport system, largely through the national sporting organisations. Indeed the Australian Government, through the Commission, is the major investor in Australian sport. In 2007-08 the Australian Government, through the Commission, provided Softball Australia with funding of more than $2 million for the development of the sport and its continued enhancement at the grass-root and elite levels. The Commission also allocated a further $270,000 under the Australian Government Sport Training Grants program. This program provided targeted direct financial support to Beijing Games medal potential athletes. The Australian Sports Commission recognises that Softball Australia has continued to work to build its membership base and has made significant progress in establishing quality business processes with the view to maximising service delivery to its membership. Following the recent review of softball, the Australian Sports Commission has been very pleased with the progress of Softball Australia in moving toward a soundly governed and professionally managed national sporting organisation. On behalf of the Commission, I look forward to working with Softball Australia in the future for the betterment of Australian sport. Mark A Peters Chief Executive Officer Australian Sports Commission
PRESIDENT The last 12 months have been a very important time in the history of Softball Australia, with some major success, on and off the diamond, and some significant challenges beginning to be addressed and the seeds of major change being planted. In what can only be described as a remarkable performance, our under 19 men’s team the ‘Aussie Colts’ brought home a fourth successive ISF Junior World Championship Gold medal. Head Coach John Nielsen and the entire team and staff are congratulated on an outstanding performance. Our men’s program continues to deliver fantastic results despite the ongoing funding challenges for this form of our sport. Congratulations are also extended to the Aussie Spirit who, after a hectic 12 months, competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and brought home a bronze medal. The bronze medal game received enormous coverage in Australia and demonstrated the high entertainment value of softball at the elite level. Well done to Head Coach Fabian Barlow and the entire team who we are all very proud of. Winning Olympic bronze is an outstanding achievement and I would also make special mention of Natalie Ward, Melanie Roche and Tanya Harding who are the first Australian female athletes to win medals at 4 consecutive Olympic Games. The decision of the IOC to not include softball on the Olympic program for 2012 is a bitter pill for Softball to swallow, however the ISF Back Softball Campaign is in full swing and the International promotional and lobbying campaign is giving Softball a chance for reinclusion in 2016. The Olympic decision impacts on a number of areas including; the dreams of young Softball participants, the aspirations of those athletes currently in the female talent pathway, promotion of softball to the wider public and High Performance funding from the Federal Government, which is vitally important for our success at the international level. Other major challenges facing Softball in the short term include: increasing participation numbers and increasing revenue from non-government sources. Both are considerable challenges and in many ways go handin-hand. By increasing participation more membership revenue will come into softball at all levels and more participants also makes softball more attractive to commercial partners and sponsors. The Softball Australia Board is acutely aware of these challenges and has been developing strategies to address them. The last 12 months has seen a number of initiatives specifically created to tackle many of the aforementioned issues. The most public of these initiatives has been the ASC Review and the adoption of the "Too Few; Too Much Report". The Report provides softball with a blueprint to advance the sport which starts with Constitutional and Governance Reform and also include specific recommendations relating to events, game development and high performance. Many of the recommendations are quite large and all of Softball’s stakeholders must rally together to advance the sport to ensure a bright future. The Softball Australia Board has also been working very hard at confirming the roles of directors, keeping a strategic focus and improving the transparency and consultation associated with all decision making. The management of the finance area has been a major area of focus and a number of steps have been taken to ensure best practice is adopted in this important area. Softball Australia 3
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