2015 Annual Report - Waikato Badminton

ANNUAL REPORT
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STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS
For presentation to Members at the
Annual General Meeting to be
Held at the Eastlink Badminton Stadium
30 Old Farm Rd, Hamilton East
6TH DECEMBER 2015
At 7.30 pm
LIST OF OFFICERS: 2015
PATRON
Pat Dallinger, MBE
PRESIDENT
Philip Paterson
VICE PRESIDENT
Fiona Purdue
CEO:
Tjitte (TJ) Weistra
DIRECTOR OF COACHING
Peter Jensen
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER
Loloma Foster
KIWISPORT OFFICER:
Amy Wright
ACCOUNTANT
Brian Bartels, Hemi, Edwards, Bartels
COMMITTEE
Bikash Mukherjee, Fiona Steeghs, Kirsten Rose, Paul
Hanton, Tejinder Virk, Dwayne Irwin, Maurice Smith
MASTERS SELECTORS
TJ Weistra, Peter R. Jensen
JUNIOR CONVENOR
Kirsten Rose
HON LIFE MEMBERS
Pat Dallinger MBE, Maureen Sherborne,
Jocelyn Silvester, Doreen Wood, Maurice Smith,
Malcolm Brown, Bill Bartels, Alicia Urlich,
(Peter Icke †, Joyce Musk †)
President’s Report
I am pleased to report that 2015 was another successful year for Waikato Badminton in a lot of
different ways due to the efforts, vision, planning, passion and hard work of the present and
previous Management Committees, Staff and Volunteers.
In 2013 the WBA developed a three year Strategic Plan (2013-2015) to try and accomplish the
objectives of our Regional Sporting Organisation.
At the end of our three year strategic plan we have achieved most of our goals. Some of which
seemed a bit too optimistic 4 years ago when we set them up.
For example as planned we have increased Hall hire revenue by over 60% from 66,000 to over
100,000 and this was while we kept the rates for clubs the same over the last 4 years. We have
more players using our hall more often which is great.
The other reports in this AGM report will detail all the main achievements but I would like to
thank the Management Committee and all the Waikato Badminton Staff as well as all the Waikato
Volunteers at family, community group, school, club, regional, national and even International
level for their passion, commitment, and effort in making our great game of Badminton “happen”
in the Waikato and the world in a really, wonderful, fun, competitive and skilful way.
The above objectives are still and will continue to be what the Waikato Badminton Association
must be about if we are going to be taken seriously as the deliverer of this wonderful sport of
Badminton to the people of the Waikato, which is why they are the objects of our “New
Constitution” that was adopted unanimously at a Special General Meeting recently.
We outgrew our old constitution so instead of trying to continually make small alterations each
year we decided to find something new that fitted with what we are doing.
The new constitution reflects how our Association of affiliated Clubs will be governing badminton
in the Waikato. An elected group of Club members (Board) will be giving strategic and governance
direction to the WBA while a team of staff and sub-committees aim to achieve the objectives of
the Association. This team is being led by a Chief Executive Officer who reports to the board. So,
from December it will be called a Board of Directors with a President and Vice President.
Thank you to everyone that has helped shape and mould the new WBA constitution to fit our
culture and badminton community so that we can continue to grow and deliver badminton to the
Waikato for many more years. Special thanks to Alistair Gatt who has written the new
constitution and all his help and advice in designing it to fit our Association.
The New Waikato Badminton Association Board will be looking for input and suggestions for the
2016 to 2019/20 strategic plan during the next year.
We have a group of paid staff with specific roles to drive the Waikato Badminton objectives and
goals. We have a CEO position filled by TJ, a Financial Controller, Loloma, and the Director of
Coaching role filled by Peter R. Jensen as well our Kiwi Sport Officer Amy Wright who took over
from Tracey Hallam at the start of 2014.
As you all know TJ is our CEO. This is TJ’s second year in his role as WBA CEO. Last year I said “TJ is
everything anyone could want in a CEO. His leadership, drive, commitment, passion, vision, mana,
abilities and skills have enabled the WBA to achieve its objectives and goals.” This year he has
continued to grow in his role finding new sponsors, meeting with business leaders and sporting
organisations such as Sport Waikato and organising new events from Junior Interclub
Competitions to the Waikato International. He is the contact person for every club and seems to
know everyone who plays or administrates badminton in Waikato, New Zealand and a good deal
of the rest of the world. He is continuing to find new revenue streams and find ways for more
people to play and enjoy badminton. He also still strings racquets, empties rubbish bins, changes
light bulbs and sweeps floors. Thanks so much TJ.
A lot of our funding comes from Grant funding, Pub Charities and other organisations such as
Charitable Trusts, Regional Sports Trusts and Government Organisations like Sport New Zealand
and I would like to thank Loloma for her tremendous efforts in this area. She has developed a
good relationship with many of these funders due to her diligence, honesty and attention to
detail. Thanks again Loloma. Also thanks for keeping track of all our financial transactions and
payments.
Amy Wright was our KiwiSport Officer and has delivered Badminton sessions to thousands of
Waikato School children. We try to work with junior clubs in areas to get these children engaged
in playing badminton once Amy has finished. Thanks Amy and thanks to Sport Waikato for
including Badminton in their Kiwi Sport programme. Unfortunately Sport New Zealand has
changed the way they will fund Kiwi Sport programmes going forward. We will not be able to
employ a full time person to plan and deliver Kiwi Sport Badminton all year round to all the
schools in all of the Waikato. We will have to target groups of students in parts of the Waikato for
some of the year with the help and support of the local schools and clubs and then contract
someone to deliver these projects. Because of these changes Amy’s contract was not renewed at
the end of September 2015.
The Director of Coaching role was created last year and filled by Peter R. Jensen from Denmark in
April 2014. He was joined by his family, his wife Lene and two daughters Josephine and Julie in
July 2014. Waikato Badminton is very lucky to have a world class coach like Peter. He has quickly
fitted in and developed a great culture and rapport with all our players. He is delivering world
class coaching programmes to them while also coaching the New Zealand National Squad and
Under 19 New Zealand National Squad. He is also developing local coaches and delivering
coaching courses. Waikato Teams and Individual players have had many great results in National
and International tournaments due to Peter’s coaching. He also played in both the Wisden Cup
team (Silver Medal) and the Masters One team that won the New Zealand Division One Masters
Competition. Thanks Peter and also Lene who has done an amazing job by helping out as a
volunteer wherever she can such as painting the inside of the stadium to make it look as smart
and modern as the new enlarged office we built in February this year .
Congratulations to all the Waikato players from U13 to Super Veterans that have achieved so
many great results this year in both team and individual competitions. My special congratulations
to the two Waikato junior players, Erena Calder-Hawkins and Chris Steeghs who are both part of
the New Zealand Junior Team that competed in Lima, Peru in both the Team and Individual World
Junior (Under 19) Champs.
Thanks again to everyone involved with Waikato Badminton. With your continued support and
help I know that 2016 will be just as successful. A special thank you and congratulations to the
below Award winners in particular Loloma Foster who was awarded a Badminton New Zealand
Service Award at the 2015 BNZ Awards Night held at Sky City in Auckland.
2015 AWARDS
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Service to Badminton in NZ (awarded by BNZ)
Administrator of the Year:
Volunteer of the Year:
Coach of the Year:
Club Service Awards:
Loloma Foster
Steve Kim
Rupinder Virk
Andrew Chan
John Jiang Hillcrest
Murray Orr
Senior Recognition:
Vinnie Harris
Senior Player of the Year:
Oliver Leydon-Davis
Masters Recognition:
Stuart Morgan
Masters Player of the Year:
TJ Weistra
Junior Player of the Year
(2014)
Chris Steeghs
Junior Recognition Trophy
(2014)
Vineet Singh
Most Improved Player Overall (2014)
Matthew Graham
Most Improved Elite Squad Player (2014)
Jahvaya Wheki
Most Improved Junior Rep Players (2014)
Bianca Yunus, Deveal Wijaya
Most Improved Development Squad Players (2014) Amreen Virk, Jackson Bell
Loloma Foster – Badminton NZ Service Awards
Philip Paterson
WBA President
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Annual Report
Introduction / Background
It is my pleasure to hereby present the CEO report based on the 2014 / 2015 financial year and
the 2015 season which has been successful in many ways. A small surplus has been achieved
despite some significant challenges in in the finance arena but thanks to yet another increase in
stadium court hire, ongoing support from our funders / sponsors and new revenue streams
created throughout the year have ensured that our books are looking good. A big thank you once
again to Loloma for her work in the finance and accounts department which she has been doing
for well over 15 years now and for which we are very grateful.
Peter R. Jensen, our Director of Coaching, and his family have now been with us for over 1,5 years
and we could not be more pleased with Peter’s work and the overall contribution of his family to
Badminton in the Waikato. Unfortunately Amy Wright, our KiwiSport Officer, has had to leave us
due to significant changes in the KiwiSport structure from 1 October 2015 which meant we were
unable to renew her contract after 30 September this year. We will aim to gain sufficient funding
to continue with the KiwiSport programme on a part time basis from March 2016 as KiwiSport is a
crucial programme and I encourage all our junior clubs to discuss with me how together we can
put together a project which will see more kids playing Badminton and linked from schools to our
junior clubs. Thanks to Amy for her contribution to the KiwiSport programme.
To Philip Paterson, WBA President, thanks again for supporting my role as CEO. It has again been a
pleasure working with you, sharing our passion for not only Badminton but also the WBA as an
organisation.
To the WBA Management Committee, thanks for your trust and support, you have done a great
job in ensuring we keep moving forward as an organisation which is necessary in the always
changing landscape of sport and recreation. There is a lot more we can achieve as an organisation
and for that I ask the AGM to support our committee and the proposed changes to our
governance structure which are on now firmly on the table at this AGM.
The below report is based on the six strategic themes of the WBA Strategic Plan:
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Growing Numbers & Statistics
Between 1 October 2014 and 30 September 2015 well over 100 new Stadium Membership
cards were issued. This is yet again a major increase which was reflected in an increase of
court hire usage. The total amount of stadium hire for the financial year has for the first time
in history exceeded the $100,000 mark.
Club membership numbers are steady at approximately 1000 which is similar to last year.
Given the downwards trend of decreasing club membership across sports in New Zealand and
the rest the world this is a good result. Badminton is still growing in popularity but there are
challenges with this growth as the increase in numbers is not necessarily based on the
traditional club membership model as we know it. We are very aware that some clubs are
struggling with membership numbers and subsequently the income from memberships which
assist the running of the clubs. A proposal will be tabled during this AGM to drastically change
the affiliation model and to reduce the affiliation fees for clubs affiliated to the WBA. We seek
your support for these changes which aims to future proof our association and the clubs.
A number of new clubs have started up this year and we welcome all of them into our
Badminton family. Having new clubs affiliating to the WBA is against the overall and trend and
can partly be credited to the continued growth of especially the Hamilton population as well
as an increase in people choosing Badminton as their preferred activity.
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Servicing Stakeholders
We always look for ways to increase the ways we interact with our stakeholders. This year we
launched a new website and we have focused a lot on engaging with our stakeholders through
the website and social media which has resulted in a huge increase in website traffic and
Facebook likes and post engagement. Combined with regular emails to keep clubs and
members up to date with the latest events and activities I hope you have all felt informed and
up to date with all things Badminton.
We have many other stakeholders such as Badminton New Zealand, Sport Waikato, sponsors
etc. Below a brief overview of the most important stakeholder activities of the previous 12
month period:
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WBA Road Show
Funding application and accountability assistance to various clubs
2 x Badminton NZ Community Coaching Course
Renewal of MoU signed with Sport Waikato supporting our Director of Coaching role
Partnership with Eastlink Sports for the delivery of Holiday programmes
Partnership with Eastlink Sports for the employment of an Eastlink Sports Development
Coordinator
WBA Awards Night
New rental agreement with a second Martial Arts Club
Sponsors invited to finals day of Mitre 10 Mega Waikato International
Sponsors and Life Members invited to Wisden & Slazenger Cup function
Partnering with Badminton NZ to host a range of national events of significance
Servicing schools with equipment needs
PayPal / Credit Card Top Up facility added to current court hire system
BNZ Community Coaching Course - Paeroa
The office extension that was completed in February 2015 has been absolutely magnificent as
it not only has created a much more pleasant work environment for staff but has also allowed
us to increase the level of service we are able to provide to members, casuals, visitors etc. A
big thank you to the Management Committee for supporting this project.
The beginning
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The Results
Funding, Sponsorship & New Revenue Streams
We received a total of just over $157.000 worth of funding in the last financial year which was
slightly less than budgeted. The target was not reached because we didn’t obtain any funding
for the purchase of new tracksuits which subsequently led to no new tracksuits being bought.
Sponsorship and fundraising revenue was steady due to advertisement in the stadium and
several fundraising activities. Due to successfully finding sponsors for several of our events this
last season our events revenue also increased. Revenue was generated from renting out space
to a second Martial Arts club which share the social room space with another martial arts club,
by hiring out our venue to Badminton NZ for the hosting of national events, new partnership
with Badminton NZ to deliver High Performance services to the rest of New Zealand with
Peter R. Jensen, our Director of Coaching (DOC), being appointed as the NZ National Coach
and a continued partnership with Sport Waikato which generates $10,000 of funding for the
DOC position.
The WBA continues to be well positioned when it comes to successful funding applications
which can be credited to careful planning of applications and the enormous amount of work
Loloma does in this area.
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Coaching & Representative programmes
Peter’s work in the coaching arena is really paying dividends with a number of successes for
Waikato Badminton achieved this year with the highlight being that Chris Steeghs and Erena
Calder-Hawkins were selected to represent New Zealand at the World Junior Championships
in Peru.
Plenty of podium finishes were recorded in all age groups this year with some outstanding
results (medals) at National age group championships. Congratulations to Julie Jensen (gold in
the U13 girls doubles at nationals), Adam Jeffrey and Lily Rose (both silver in boys and girls
doubles at the U15 national)……………………………..
Our Masters Division 1 team finally did it!!! They won the BNZ Inter Association Division 1 title
for the first time since it was introduced in 1982.
Masters Division 1 team
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Events
For the first time since 2007 WBA hosted an international event again which was great. After
various years of focusing on regional and local events only as part of the strategic plan we
were in the position to host an international event with the help of sponsors and without any
negative financial consequences for the organisation. Thanks to Mitre 10 Mega for their
support in 2015 and I’m pleased to say that for the 2016 edition Maurices Pools & Spas has
come on board as principal sponsor ensuring we can run another great event.
Unfortunately we were unable to host the NZ National Secondary School Championships due
to unforeseen circumstances. Too many secondary school national championships for various
sports had been awarded to Hamilton and as a result there was no accommodation available
to accommodate over 50 teams. Together with Badminton New Zealand the decision was
made that the event would go to North Harbour instead with Waikato being awarded the
event for 2016.
The annual Waikato ABCD Championships has turned into a real big event with over 100
players entered for the 3rd year running. It was combined this year with a fundraiser for our
juniors as well as the Wisden & Slazenger Cup teams and I would like to thank all the people
that gave up their time and put in a great effort to raise several thousands of dollars.
For the second year we organised a “Glow in the Dark” event which was a huge success with
over 140 University Students participating and over 120 participants from our clubs and local
community. The event is already in the calendar for the 2016 season.
Then there was the inaugural Junior Interclub Competition which was held in August. 6 teams
from 6 different clubs participated on one Sunday with the Hamilton Chinese Learning School
winning the first edition. The feedback was very positive and we will be looking to build on this
event in the coming years.
2015 Bike Fundraiser supported by NZHL – Hamilton Metro & Glow in the Dark Event
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Public Relations and Marketing
Promoting Badminton and creating more awareness of the available facilities to play
Badminton have been high on the list in the last 12 months. Social media has been a very
important tool to create (new) engagement with current and potential new members and our
Facebook profile has again grown hugely as a result of targeted campaigns. The new website
has been a real asset in terms of raising our online profile with current and new members
finding their way around the site much easier than previously. The added PayPal / Credit Card
Top Up facility via de stadium membership card login has been welcomed by many card
holders with over 90% of all top ups now being completed online using PayPal / Credit Card.
We decided to stop advertising in the Waikato Times as the response rate was very low in
comparison to the cost involved. For half of the costs we advertised four times in the Fitness
Journal which is growing rapidly in terms of popularity, distribution outlets and number of
issues being printed on a monthly basis. It also allowed us to profile our sport in a magazine
that reaches readers with a definite interest in sport and recreation.
We welcomed a few new sponsors this year for which we are very grateful. As funding streams
are getting harder to excess it is important we get as many businesses partnering with
Waikato Badminton. We really appreciate the support we are getting from local business and I
wish to extend a special thank you to Blair Miller from New Zealand Home Loans, Hamilton
Metro, for all his support this year.
To conclude
A stable financial year combined with overall growth in terms of the number of people playing
Badminton, the successful hosting of events and some outstanding results on court achieved by
Waikato Reps have made for another great year. The constitutional change will no doubt bring
some fresh challenges but most importantly it will bring new opportunities. Your support in
ensuring this change benefits the WBA in the (near) future will be greatly appreciated.
TJ Weistra
Chief Executive officer
DIRECTOR OF COACHING
Annual Report
2015 has been an exciting year for me, my first “full year” at Waikato Badminton, and a year that I
looked forward to when I started in April/May 2014. I learned a lot during 2014 and had many
ideas and things I would like to change. To mention a few; summer training, changing the
numbers in our squads, and hopefully most important changing the overall view on badminton be
it the view of players, parents or administrators.
I’m trying every single day when I go to the stadium to encourage everyone coming in to
understand that Badminton is a SPORT, not just a social / recreational sport. At the same time I
try my best to convince all players and parents that it’s possible to combine school / study and
badminton and an international career is within reach if you are willing to put in the hard work.
Besides all the normal daily and weekly trainings/routines and my big passion for changing “The
Badminton Culture” in Waikato/New Zealand, 2015 has also been a very busy year with many
different events such as:
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2 coaching courses held in the Waikato Region,
16 Club visits during the 2015 Road Show in March/April,
Training sessions for HBHS, Peachgrove Intermediate, Thames Valley and a lot of
individually age group tournaments around New Zealand to just mention a few.
Our junior and senior players have achieved some outstanding results throughout the year and
won a lot of medals at several events (see junior report and the Inter Association Teams & Results
for more detailed results).
My special congratulations to the two Waikato players Erena Calder-Hawkins and Chris Steeghs
who both were selected to represent New Zealand at the World Junior Championships in Lima,
Peru in November.
Thanks to Philip Paterson and our new Development Squad trainer Vincent Harris for your hard
work and effort on Mondays and Wednesdays with our “Stars of tomorrow” – The Development
Squad.
I also would like to thank Waikato Badminton and especially TJ for his support in my role as
Director of Coaching but also everybody who has contributed to making me and my family’s
moving to New Zealand such a good experience – here a special thanks to Phil & Pauline.
Finally, I just want to let everyone know how fortuned all “Badminton players” in the Waikato
region are; great facilities, easy 24/7 access, fantastic environment and so many opportunities in
all age groups.
So my quote of the year:
“If it is important to you, you will find a way
If not you’ll find an excuse”
Peter R. Jensen
Director of Coaching
KIWISPORT
It has been a very interesting and rewarding year for me now being in the role for a total of 1 year
and 8 months. Even though I am not new to the role there has still have been ups and downs of
course, but I guess I am more equipped now in responding to those downs.
Introducing Badminton to children this year has yet again been a very rewarding experience, in
particular when redelivering in the primary schools in the rural communities of the wider Waikato
region. I believe that these children really enjoy the experience that Badminton brings them. It is
much harder to give a good experience to those schools that did not have a large indoor facility
(Sports Gym) as there were more factors the students had to cater to for being outside.
I would say I still really enjoy going into Primary schools the most as their response to the
badminton sessions are more rewarding. It is great to see the enjoyment in their faces when they
can successfully complete the tasks and then be able to have rallies with their friends. I have
found it a little difficult this year to keep the year 2’s interested with the balloons as they have
already experienced a session with them. However if you give them a shuttle they find it very
difficult to hit and do anything with it. That was one of my challenges this year to find new and
innovative ways to keep that younger aged primary school children interested in badminton.
Numbers – January 6 2014 – 1 October 2015
Primary schools (specifically years 1-4):
KiwiSport has delivered badminton sessions to 1,515
children on one occasion in 2014 and 1,923 in 2015. This is an increase of 408 children having had
a badminton KiwiSport session.
Years 5-8 at primary / intermediate schools: 3,254 children have received a KiwiSport session in
2014 compared to the 3,640 in 2015. An increase of 386 children.
Secondary School level : 824 students have received a KiwiSport Session at least once in 2014
compared to 2,795 which had played it in 2015. This is a huge increase in numbers by 1,971.
The above numbers do not include follow up sessions and children with disabilities.
The number of children in 2014 that received a follow up session was 3,667 and the number of
children with disabilities that received a KiwiSport session was 134. The 2015 total number that
received a follow up session was 4,266 and the total for children with disabilities was 80, an
increase of 599 for the follow up sessions and a decrease of 54 for disabled children.
I feel that the figures for High School level have improved drastically compared to last year.
However nothing in particular was done any different to last year just that more schools are using
badminton as a way to teach biomechanics to their students. From KiwiSport meetings I still
believe that all KiwiSport officers are finding it difficult to increase their secondary school
numbers.
The percentage of where I was delivering KiwiSport sessions this year and last year are as follows:
Last Year 2014
Primary Years 1-4
- 27.1%
Primary/ Intermediate Years 5-8
- 58.2%
Secondary Years 9-13
- 14.7%
This Year 2015
- 31.4%
- 45%
- 23.6%
During the last two holiday periods I have had the pleasure of delivering Holiday programmes and
being involved with the running of the Eastlink Sports Holiday Programme. That particular Holiday
Programme has been a huge success with the amount of increase of children attending each one.
The last holiday programme I was unfortunately sick however they had close to 30 children
attending per day which is awesome compared to the earlier one which was only getting 20
children max per day.
Yet again one of my key successes this year has been The South Waikato Championships and The
King Country Championships, which were both held in the event centres at Tokoroa and Te
Awamutu. This was the second time I had the responsibility of running the South Waikato
Championship tournament by myself and through the response of the previous year had an
increase of students attending that tournament. The tournaments were run on the 11th and 13th
August and overall the days were a huge success and allowed a large number of secondary school
students to play badminton which they normally would not experience. The feedback from the
teachers involved as coaches for the South Waikato Championships was yet again positive. They
felt that the tournament ran smoothly and was great to see so many students playing badminton.
It was good to see the numbers had also increased from the previous year and that so many had
come back to play in the tournament again. The feedback received from the King Country was
also positive as it was the first time running it but yet had a very good turnout of students playing.
One School however found the structure of the tournament confusing and therefore the students
did not enjoy it as much as they could have. I feel that this was due to the lack of understanding
of the rules and could have been avoided if they had said yes to a school taster session before the
tournament had started. I hope now that The South Waikato Championships and The King
Country Championships are now going to be tournaments that are locked into the secondary
schools tournament planner for years to come.
Overall I have found this year very rewarding and have enjoyed delivering KiwiSport Badminton to
children. Looking back I feel I have built a few key connections in clubs which through my in school
sessions has increased numbers. I still find it a difficult process for me on how to entice children
who display some Badminton talent into clubs, or regular play.
Lastly I would like to thank you Waikato Badminton for allowing me this opportunity to be the
KiwiSport officer for the last year and 8 months. It has definitely been one of my best jobs I have
ever had and have fond memories delivering badminton. I wish Waikato Badminton all the best
for the future and hope that the junior numbers do not start to decrease, but find new and
exciting ways to get school children playing badminton.
Amy Wright
KiwiSport officer
JUNIOR CONVENOR’S REPORT
Congratulations to all of our junior players for their successful season. Below is a summary of the
major achievements made by Waikato Representative players in the 2015 season.
WBA hosted the following events:
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Under 13 Waikato Open (North Islands)
Under 15 Local Derby Teams Event
Adidas Under 17 Open
X-TRM NZ Under 17 National Championships
On behalf of WBA, I would like to extend a special thank you to all of the volunteers for their
assistance during the 2015 season.
Thank you also to all of the parents and helpers who travelled with our teams this year, many
taking leave from work, and being the same people who supported the teams during interassociations and many other local (and not so local) tournaments. These people assisted by being
cooks, helpers, drivers, motivators and most importantly supporters.
Under 15:
Phil Paterson (Coach), Kirsten Rose (Manager), Wendy Perkinson, Mike Perkinson
and Kadir Wijaya.
Under 17:
Peter Jensen (Coach), Lene Jensen (Manager) and Carmen Johnstone.
Under 19:
Peter Jensen & Vinny Harris (Coach) and Katrina Peake (Manager).
Thanks also to the following people/sponsors:
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TJ Weistra for managing the preparation of tournaments and liaison with BNZ and
Northern Region arranging the local derby competition for the players and to Phil for his
coaching of the Under 15 team.
Peter Jensen for his enthusiastic coaching of the Under 17 and Under 19 team this year,
they have all learnt so much. Congratulations also to Peter for his continued role with
Badminton New Zealand coaching the NZ Under 19 Squad.
Our junior sponsor Pop n Good Popcorn.
The support of our patron Pat Dallinger MBE. Pat along with other life members, Doreen,
Alicia and Maureen continue to enthusiastically support our juniors at events.
Amy Wright for assisting with the running of the non-rep tournaments. Thanks also to TJ
and Loloma for all their assistance with the set-up of these events. The increased numbers
shows the players benefit from these tournaments.
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2015 SEASON
Waikato Under 15 and Under 17 Inter-association
Both teams won a Bronze Medal at the New Zealand Nationals Championships Teams Event.
Selection for New Zealand High Performance Squads
Congratulations to the following players for making the 2015 New Zealand Squads:
Under 15 Squad
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Adam Jeffrey
Under 19 Squad
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Erena Calder-Hawkins
Chris Steeghs
Jasmanjot Virk
Jahvaya Wheki
Mathew Graham
Throughout the year, several junior players achieved great results in tournaments entered. These
results can be directly attributed to all their hard work and the amount of effort put into their
trainings sessions, etc., on a weekly basis. Hard work = great results!
As in previous years, there were high numbers of players entering Waikato run tournaments
making them very successful.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Similar to last year, we are always in need of more parent help for both the hosting and travelling
events. This year, things were made a bit easier due to Badminton New Zealand changing the
format. Previously, the Palmerston North event had been held as a North Island team’s event
over seven days. The new format that was held this year was a National Teams event over four
days only. Going forward, I personally feel that the new format was easier to accommodate for
the team, parent helpers did not have to take as much time off work, but also it was easier on the
players not having to cope with the individual event that had previously followed the team’s
event.
JUNIOR PLAYER SUCCESS IN 2015
X-TRM New Zealand Under 13 National Championships
 Julie Jensen & Clive Luna
 Julie Jensen & Roanne Apalisok
Winner Mixed Doubles Plate
Winner Girls Doubles
New Zealand Under 15 Nationals - Teams Event
Waikato won a Bronze Medal
X-TRM New Zealand Under 15 National Championships
 Julie Jensen
 Adam Jeffrey & Joshua Feng
 Lily Rose & Ella Smith
Winner Girls Singles Plate
Runner-Up Boys Doubles
Runner-Up Girls Doubles
New Zealand Under 17 Nationals - Teams Event
Waikato won a Bronze Medal
X-TRM New Zealand Under 17 National Championships
 Jahvaya Wheki
Winner Girls Singles Plate
 Neisha Bouma
Runner-Up Girls Singles Plate
 Serena Yu & Lily Rose
Runner-Up Girls Doubles Plate
June Bevan and Australasian Under 17 Championships
Waikato represented by Neisha Bouma, Jack Boyle and Jasmanjot Virk.
New Zealand Under 19 Nationals Championship – Teams Event
Waikato was placed sixth in this competition.
X-TRM New Zealand Under 19 National Championships – Individual Event
 Chris Steeghs & Erena Calder-Hawkins
Winners Mixed Doubles Plate
 Chris Steeghs & Daxxon Vong
Runner-Up Boys Doubles
New Zealand Junior Badminton Team – 2015 BWF World Junior Championships
Erena Calder-Hawkins & Chris Steeghs selected
On a final note, I would like to congratulate Chris and Erena on their selection in the New Zealand
World Juniors Team and wish them luck for the competition in Lima, Peru from the 4 th to the 15th
of November 2015.
Kirsten Rose
Junior Convenor
JUNIOR INTER-ASSOCIATION TEAMS
U15 Team:
Jackson Bell
Ben Perkinson
Adam Jeffrey
Alen James
Deveal Wijaya
Julie Jensen
Priya Duggal
Serena Yu
Lily Rose
Eunice Tao
U17 Team:
Joseph Johnstone
Hongzhe Zhang
James Johnstone
Jack Boyle
Jasmanjot Virk
Josefine Jensen
Jara Loeliger
Neisha Bouma
Jahvaya Wheki
Kiran Bassan
U19 Team:
Chris Steeghs
Matthew Graham
Vineet Singh
Ben Rose
Erena Calder-Hawkins
Bianca Yunus
Natalie Trow
INTERCLUB
This year Dwayne Irwin oversaw the running of interclub - with 2 rounds being played.
In the first round we had 3 grades; B, C and Men’s only (Russ Proctor).
Men’s only had 7 teams with Waikato Punjabi beating Hillcrest in the final.
C Grade had 11 teams with WBA Juniors beating Horsham Downs in the final.
B Grade had 6 teams with Hillcrest beating Hamilton 1 in the final.
In the second round we had the Presidents and Dallinger Cups.
The Presidents Cup had 8 teams entered with Masters RED beating Masters BLUE in the final.
The Dallinger Cup had 5 teams entered with Hamilton beating WBA Juniors in the final.
So in total we had 13 clubs entering a total of 37 teams over both competitions this year including
WBA again entering teams of Juniors.
Thanks to all the clubs that entered teams this year, and it’s great to see an increase in the
number of teams from last year.
A sub-committee is doing a full review of this season to look at how interclub ran this year, with a
view to having a more even competition next year with grading of players. All clubs will be
informed of the outcomes of the review early next year.
It was a challenge running interclub while I was away in the middle of the year so thanks to TJ for
running things while I was away.
Results for 2015:
Dallinger Cup
Dallinger Cup
Presidents Grade
A & J Silvester Cup
Russ Proctor Cup
Russ Proctor Cup
B Grade
Craik Shield
C Grade
Chas Hall Cup
Dwayne Irwin
WBA Interclub Convener
Winner
Runner-Up
Winner
Runner-Up
Winner
Runner Up
Winner
Runner-Up
Winner
Runner-Up
Hamilton
WBA Juniors
Masters RED
Masters BLUE
Waikato Punjabi
Hillcrest
Hillcrest
Hamilton
WBA Juniors
Horsham Downs
INTER ASSOCIATION TEAMS & RESULTS
DIVISION I: Wisden Cup:
Asher Richardson
Peter R Jensen
WJ Weistra
Oliver Leydon-Davis
Zvonimir Durkinjak
Manager:
v
v
v
v
v
Joy Lai
Susannah Leydon-Davis
Erena Calder-Hawkins
Josefine R Jensen
Kelly Stern
Philip Paterson
NZBA Waitakere 2
Canterbury
Auckland 1
Barfoot & Thompson WTK 1
X-TRM Nth Harbour
FINAL PLACING:
Coach: Peter Jensen
won
won
won
lost
won
12-4
11-5
11-5
8-8
11-5
2nd
DIVISION II: Slazenger Cup:
Vinny Harris
Chris Steeghs
Matthew Graham
Jasmanjot Virk
Jack Boyle
Manager:
v
v
v
v
v
Amanda Brown
Jahvaya Wheki
Neisha Bouma
Bianca Yunus
Lene Jensen
Bay of Plenty
Southland
Wellington North
X-TRM North Harbour
Auckland
FINAL PLACING:
Coaches : Peter R. Jensen & Sheree Hart
lost
won
lost
lost
lost
6th
DIVISION IV:
Nallapan Soomu
Rupinder Virk
Manveer Bassan
Tejinder Virk
Vineet Singh
John Jiang
Scott Ormond
June Jiang
Pamela Bouma
Maysell Downey
Natalie Trow
Coco Hsueh
Amanda Bennebroek
Lily Rose
Linda Davey
7-9
8-8
0-16
4-12
5-11
RESULTS:
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Northland 1
The Workshop Manawatu 2
North Harbour 3
Counties Manukau
Taranaki
Hawkes Bay 2
Hutt Valley 1
Wellington North 2
FINAL PLACING:
won
won
lost
lost
won
won
won
won
9-7
0-16
6-10
7-9
10-6
15-1
12-4
8-8
lost
won
lost
won
lost
6-10
13-3
1-15
9-7
2-14
2nd
DIVISION V: North Island:
Dwayne Irwin
Saud Irfan
Matthew Law
Joseph Webber
Bradley Small
Jair Mandriaza
Rebecca Crib
Nadia Young
Kate Whitten
Lucy Overmire
Julia Chu
RESULTS:
v
v
v
v
v
Thames Valley
Northland II
Waitakere 4
Bay of Plenty II
Counties Manawatu
FINAL PLACING:
III
4th
MASTERS AND VETERANS:
MASTERS 1: Division 1:
K Niven Trophy
Ray Downs
Peter Jensen
Nalllappan Soomu
TJ Weistra
Alastair Gatt
Gene Fletcher (Reserve)
Sheree Hart
Amanda Stewart
Tracey Hallam
Doriana Rivera Aliaga
Linda Davey
RESULTS:
v Auckland 1
v Wanganui 1
v North Harbour 1
v Auckland 2
v Bay of Plenty 1
v Hawkes Bay 1
v Waitakere 1
v Wellington 1
FINAL PLACING:
won
won
won
won
won
won
won
won
1st
10-2
8-4
7-5
12-0
12-0
12-0
10-2
10-2
MASTERS 2: Division 3
Rupinder Virk
Irving Young
Mike Henson
Mike Perkinson
Deidre Bartels
Pamela Bouma
Susanne Paalvast
Debbie Boyte
Reserves:
Kevin Bartels
Gordon McKay
Warren Robinson
Murray Orr
Imelda Marnane
RESULTS:
v Auckland III
v Waitakare IV
v Auckland IV
v Bay of Plenty II
v North Harbour IV
v Wellington North I
v Wellington II
v Oroua
FINAL PLACING:
lost
lost
won
won
won
won
lost
won
5-7
2-10
7-5
12-0
8-4
6-6
4-8
10-2
3rd
MASTERS 3: Division 4
Alan Neal
Stu Morgan
Maurice Greaney
Jair Mandriaza
Susan McGlade
Carolyn Goodin
Tracey Dent
Lyn Wheki
Reserves:
Murray Orr
Philip Paterson
Willy Mentzel
RESULTS:
v Eastland
v Horowhenua Kapiti 1
v Waitakere VI
v Waitakere V
v Hutt Valley 2
v Hawkes Bay 2
v Thames Valley I
v Wellington 3
FINAL PLACING:
lost
won
lost
won
lost
lost
lost
lost
8th
2-10
7-5
2-10
8-4
6-6
5-7
3-9
3-9
MASTERS 4: Division 5 : Zone B
Maurice Smith
Andrew Chan
Yoong Thien
Edward Siak
Murray Orr
Yvonne Ennion
Katy Gander
Bui Zhou
Sharon Becht
Willy Mentzel
Qui Chun Yan
RESULTS:
v Bay of Plenty III
v Horowhenua Kapiti II
v The Workshop Manawatu 2
v Wellington North II
FINAL PLACING :
VETERANS 1: Division 1
5-7
2-10
5-7
3-9
5th
Massey Cup
Ray Downs
Warren Robinson
Kevin Bartels
Bruce Darby
Jackie Downs
Debbie Boyte
Willy Mentzel
Carol Leydon-Davis
RESULTS:
v Waitakere I
v Waitakere II
v North Harbour 1
v Auckland I
v Wellington North I
v Wanganui I
v Bay of Plenty 1
v Hawkes Bay 1
FINAL PLACING:
lost
lost
lost
lost
lost
won
lost
lost
lost
lost
lost
lost
3-6
5-4
4-5
1-8
4-5
4-5
2-7
1-8
9th
VETERANS 2: Division 2
Stu Morgan
Irving Young
Mike Perkinson
Paul Davies
Tracey Dent
Debbie Boyte
Imelda Marnane
Monika Sullivan
Reserves:
Alan Neal
Carolyn Goodin
RESULTS:
v Wellington North II
v Auckland II
v Waitakere III
v The workshop Manawatu
v Taranaki 1
v North Harbour II
won
won
lost
lost
lost
lost
6-3
7-2
3-6
2-7
0-9
2-7
v Northland 1
v Counties Manukau I
FINAL PLACING:
lost
won
2-7
7-2
8th
VETERANS 3 : DIVISION 4
Paul Hanton
Murray Orr
Maurice Greaney
Susan McGlade
Yvonne Ennion
Gayle Hobbs
RESULTS:
v North Harbour IV
v Counties Manukau II
v Thames Valley II
v Waitakere VI
v Auckland III
v Auckland IV
FINAL PLACING:
won
lost
5-4
lost
lost
lost
won
4-5
4-5
3-6
2-7
5-4
6th
SUPER VETS: Division 1
Maurice Smith
Andrew Ho-Yin Chan
Murray Orr
Wilhelmina Mentzel
Gayle Hobbs
Carol Leydon-Davis
RESULTS:
v Auckland I
v Counties Manukau
v Waitakere
v Taranaki
v Auckland 2
FINAL PLACING:
Division 1 :
lost
lost
lost
lost
lost
1-8
2-7
3-6
3-6
4-5
TOURNAMENTS
MARK DEAN MEMORIAL:
B Grade
C Grade
Winners
Runners Up
Winners
Runners Up
Hosted by Hamilton Badminton Club
Jasmanjot Virk / Josefine R. Jensen
Nallapan Soomu / Pam Bouma
Maurice Smith / Cui Zhou
Deveal Wijaya / Julie Jensen
MITRE 10 MEGA INTERNATIONAL : 17 – 19 April 2015
Men : Singles
Women’s Singles
Men’s Doubles
Women’s Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Winner
Runner Up
Winner
Runner Up
Winners
Runners Up
Winners
Runners Up
Winners
Runners Up
Jacob Maliekal
James Eunson
Joy Lai
Alice Wu
M Chau/S Seasinghe
R Azam/M Fariman
S Mapasa/G Somerville
R Serasinghe/A Wu
S Serasinghe/S Mapasa
M Chau/G Somerville
WAIKATO A B C D GRADES CLOSED:
South Africa
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
Pakistan/Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
21 June 2015
A GRADE:
Men’s Singles
Winner
Runner Up
Men’s Doubles
Winners
Runners Up
Mixed Doubles
Winners
Runners Up
Women’s Singles Winner
Runner Up
Women’s Doubles Winners
Runners Up
TJ Weistra
John Jiang
Alastair Gatt / TJ Weistra
Peter Jensen / John Jiang
TJ Weistra / Doriana Rivera Aliaga
Vinny Harris / Felicity Leydon-Davis
Josefine Jensen
Felicity Leydon-Davis
Erena Calder-Hawkins / Felicity Leydon-Davis
Neisha Bouma / Josefine Jensen
B GRADE:
Men’s Singles
Winner
Runner Up
Men’s Doubles
Winners
Runners Up
Mixed Doubles
Winners
Runners Up
Women’s Singles Winner
Runner Up
Women’s Doubles Winners
Runners Up
Scott Laurie
Reon McFarlane
Nallappan Soomu/Rupinder Virk
Kevin Bartels/Ray Downs
Scott Laurie/Deidre Bartels
Nallappan Soomu/\Pam Bouma
Joyce Chiang
Natalie Trow
Deidre Bartels/Lily Rose
Amanda Bennenbroek/Natalie Trow
C GRADE:
Men’ Singles
Winner
Runner Up
Men’s Doubles
Winners
Runners Up
Women’s Singles Winner
Runner Up
Womens’ Doubles Winner
Runners Up
Mixed Doubles
Winners
Runners Up
Devael Wijaya
Agostos Calawan
Naveen Eapen / Texin Thangalathil
Tom Chang / Kan Kwong
Ruth Concannon
Jara Loeliger
Julie Jensen / Serena Yu
Ruth Concannon / Xiaocui Zhou
Devael Wijaya / Serena Yu
Maurice Smith / Xiaocui Zhou
D GRADE:
Women’s Singles Winner
Runner Up
Mixed Doubles
Winners
Runners Up
Eunice Tao
Amreen Virk
Christopher Smith / Grace Penwarden
Jatinder Singh Girn / Casey Meiklejohn
JUNIOR TOURNAMENTS
Adidas Waikato U17 Open: 21-22 March 2015
Girls Singles
Winner
Runner Up
Plate
Classic Plate
Consolation Plate
Sally Fu
Christine Zhang
Jahvaya Wheki
Rebecca Fong
Polly Wong
Auckland
Waitakere
Waikato
Auckland
Auckland
Boys Singles
Winner
Runner Up
Plate
Classic Plate
Consolation Plate
Winners
Runners Up
Plate
Winners
Runners Up
Plate
Winners
Runners Up
Plate
Oscar Guo
Dacmen Vong
Ryan Tong
Calvin Pang
Alistair Lee
S Fu/C Zhang
G Galvez/A Tagle
J Wheki/P Wong
O Guo/M Lin
J Boyle/J Virk
E Lie/J Wang
O Guo/C Zhang
D Vong/S Fu
M Lin/G Galvez
Nth Harb
Auckland
Auckland
Waitakere
Auckland
Auck/Waitak.
Nth Harbour
Waikato/Auck
Nth Harb/Auck
Waikato
Nth Harb
Nth Harb/Waitak
Auckland
Auck/Nth Harb
Girls Doubles
Boys Doubles
Mixed Doubles
X-TRM NZ U13 National Championship : 26-27 September 2015
Girls Singles
Boys Singles
Girls Doubles
Boys Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Winner
Winner
Winners
Winners
Winners
Roanne Apalisok
Srijan Konchada
R Apalisok/J Jensen
S Konchada/J Wang
S Konchada/S Li
X-TRM NZ U15 National Championship : 28-30 September 2015
Waitakere
Waitakere
Waitak/Waikato
Waitak/Cant
Waitak/Nth Harb
Girls Singles
Boys Singles
Girls Doubles
Boys Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Winner
Winner
Winners
Winners
Winners
Nth Harb
Nth Harb
Auck/Nth Harb
Waitak/Nth Harb
Nth Harb
Tamara Otene
Edward Lau
J Jiang/T Otene
N Zhang/E Lau
E Lau/T Otene
X-TRM NZ U17 National Championship : 2-4 October 2015
Girls Singles
Boys Singles
Girls Doubles
Boys Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Winner
Winner
Winners
Winners
Winners
Sally Fu
Oscar Guo
C Zhang/S Fu
D Vong/O Guo
O Guo/C Zhang
Auckland
Nth Harb
Waitak/Auck
Auck/Nth Harb
Nth Harb/Waitak
X-TRM NZ U19 National Championship : 7-9 October 2015
Girls Singles
Boys Singles
Girls Doubles
Boys Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Winner
Winner
Winners
Winners
Winners
Christine Zhang
Nicolo Tagle
R Devathasan/D Yin
N Tagle/B Hillier
O Guo/D Yin
Waikato U13, U15, U17, U19 Closed Championships: 23-24 May 2015
U13:
Boys Singles
Girls Singles
Boys Doubles
Girls Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Winner
Runner Up
Winner
Runner Up
Winners
Runners Up
Arjun Duggal
Andy Zhou
Julie Jensen
Amreen Virk
Arjun Duggal/Daniel Lee
Nithin Perumal/Aaron Wan
Winners
Runners Up
Winners
Runners Up
Joy Guo/Julie Jensen
Eunice Tao/Amreen Virk
Arjun Duggal/Joy Guo
Nithin Perumal/Amreen Virk
Nth Harbour
Nth Harbour
Auck/Nth Harb
Nth Harb/Auck
Nth Harbour
Some of the winners at the 2015 WBA Junior Closed Championships:
Lily Rose, Jahvaya Wheki, Josefine Jensen, Neisha Bouma, Jack Boyle,
Jasmanjot Virk, Hongzhe Zhang, Adam Jeffrey
U15:
Boys Singles
Girls Singles
Girls Doubles
Boys Doubles
Mixed Doubles
U17:
Girls Singles
Boys Singles
Girls Doubles
Boys Doubles
Mixed Doubles
U19:
Girls Singles
Boys Singles
Boys Doubles
Girls Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Winner
Runner Up
Winner
Runner Up
Winners
Runners Up
Winners
Runners Up
Winners
Runners Up
Adam Jeffrey
Devael Wijaya
Lily Rose
Serena Yu
Lily Rose/Serena Yu
Priya Duggal/Kriti Saija
Adam Jeffrey/Ben Perkinson
Jackson Bell/Devael Wijaya
Adam Jeffrey/Lily Rose
Devael Wijaya/Serena Yu
Winner
Runner Up
Winner
Runner Up
Winner
Runner Up
Winners
Runners Up
Winners
Runners Up
Jahvaya Wheki
Josefine Jensen
Jack Boyle
Jasmanjot Virk
Lily Rose/Jahvaya Wheki
Neisha Bouma/Josefine Jensen
Jack Boyle/Jasmanjot Virk
Adam Jeffrey/Hongzhe Zhang
Jack Boyle/Jahvaya Wheki
Hongzhe Zhang/Neisha Bouma
Winner
Runner Up
Winner
Runner Up
Winners
Runners Up
Winners
Runners Up
Winners
Runners Up
Josefine Jensen
Jahvaya Wheki
Chris Steeghs
Matthew Graham
Jack Boyle/Jasmanjot Virk
Matthew Graham/Chris Steeghs
Erena Calder-Hawkins/Jahvaya Wheki
Neisha Bouma/Josefine Jensen
Jack Boyle/Jahvaya Wheki
Douglas Shephard/Neisha Bouma
SECONDARY SCHOOLS COMPETITION
Hamilton:
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


Division 1 Mixed
Division 2 Boys
Division 2 Girls
Division 3 Boys
Division 3 Girls
Won by
Won by
Won by
Won by
Won by
Hamilton Boys High School
St Pauls Collegiate
Waikato Diocesan
Fairfield College
Fairfield College
South Waikato:
 Juniors
 Seniors
Won by
Won by
Putaruru College J1
Putaruru College S1
King Country:
 Juniors
 Seniors
Won by
Won by
Piopio 1
Piopio 3
WBA Junior Interclub
Sunday 16 August 2015
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Chinese Learning School:
Cambridge Juniors:
Te Rapa Juniors:
Horsham Downs Juniors:
Hamilton Juniors:
Tamil Society Juniors:
Reagan Ling, Athena Lyu, Joanna Li, Tina Jiang
Zed Abercrombie, Dylan Skinner, Ngaia Reweti
Micah Whitten, Michael D’Souza, Maria Smith, Emily Jin
Gabriel Pahl, George Pritty, Amourette Pahl, Maddy Pritty
Gene Keller, Jack Hayes, Danika Marais, Hannah Wilson
Nileshan J., Rahul D., Shreyaa S. Hemangini D.
Special thanks to Hemangini, Amourette and Maddy who also played for Cambridge in some
matches. Thanks to Amie Wright, all the parents and club coaches who helped organise and
umpire their teams.
And they all biked until the cows came home!!!
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