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‘Athletics leader in Sydney’s Northern Suburbs & Northern Beaches Areas’
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2015-16
For the period 1 April 2015 - 31 March 2016
To the Sydney Pacific Athletic Club Community: athletes, coaches, officials, committee, partner organisations and supporters - thank you!
Well done to everyone for very enjoyable, diverse and successful 2015-16 winter and summer seasons that concluded on 31 March 2016.
The Sydney Pacific Athletic Club continue to grow in numbers, stature and diversity. Highlights of the Club and its 2015-16 Athletics Season include:
1. New and ongoing camaraderie and friendships
2. New and non-traditional ways of generating income for the Club
3. The Joint Submission, to the NSW Minister for Sport for a significant investment in upgrading the Narrabeen Track & Field facility, that was prepared in February/March 2016 by the Sydney Pacific Athletic Club and Manly Warringah Little Athletics and supported by the CEOs of both Athletics NSW and Little Athletics NSW
4. The Club’s largest and still growing membership (athletes, coaches and officials) for more than 15 years - 172 members at 22 May 2016 ranging in age from 12 to 74 with 44%
female and 56% male athletes:
Over 60 years
8% 50 to 60 years 10%
40 to 50 years 13%
30 to 40 years 8%
20 to 30 years 13%
Under 20 48%
PERCENTAGE OF CURRENT SYDNEY PACIFIC ATHLETIC CLUB ACTIVE ATHLETES BY AGE
GROUP
22 MAY 2016
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5. Training with Sydney Pacific Coaches at many locations (18 active Coaches across a range of T&F events and cross country running):
o Track & Field (T&F) facility, Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation Narrabeen (the principal Sydney Pacific Athletic Club training location)
o Foxglove Oval, Mt Colah o School T&F facilities, Hornsby o Turramurra Oval, Turramurra o Dunbar Park, Ryde
o Lower north shore roads
o Northern beaches and sand hills
6. Ongoing strengthened relationships with Little Athletics Centres including Manly- Warringah, Northern Districts, Ku ring gai and Mosman – a credit to Committee Members, Coaches and the Little Athletics Centres
7. Great support from Athletics NSW, Little Athletics NSW, and the Ku-ring-gai Council (maintaining Turramurra Oval)
8. Many outstanding team and individual PB performances including:
Finishing in the Top 3 Clubs for the 3rd consecutive year at the 2015 NSW State Relay Championships
Finishing 5th overall in the 2015 Treloar Shield out of more than 40 competing clubs
Sydney Pacific Masters in blistering form winning 70 medals at the 2016 NSW Masters Championships
Sydney Pacific Juniors wining 19 medals at the 2016 NSW Junior and Youth ChampionshipsThe focus and opportunities for the Sydney Pacific Athletic Club in the coming years will include:
1. Continuing camaraderie, friendship and enjoyment 2. Ensuring the Club’s financial sustainability
3. Continuing to grow and develop the Club’s membership: competing and non-competing Athletes, and Coaches and Officials
4. Continuing to develop and maintain mutually beneficial partnerships with Little Athletics Centres, Secondary Schools across northern Sydney, Athletics NSW, Little Athletics NSW and other relevant community focussed groups
5. Further exploring the scope of competition and event offerings to members and to the wider athletics community including X-Country and Fun Runs on the north suburbs and northern beaches and a Winter T&F Series and X-Country
6. Using relevant social media tools for communication, for awareness-raising and for engagement with the Sydney Pacific Athletic Club
Thank you very much for your ongoing contributions to, participation in and support of the Sydney Pacific Athletic Club.
Robert McEntyre
Sydney Pacific Athletic Club President, 2015-16
