australian swimming 93rd annual report 2001/2002

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22 high performance The Committee’s focus throughout 2001–2002 has been on maintaining the successes of 2000 while implementing changes that will complement our established strengths in the lead up to Athens in 2004. National Team Coaching Structure Critical to this process has been the succession plan for the retirement of National Head Coach of twelve years, Don Talbot. The first part of the plan was to appoint a Women’s Head Coach and Men’s Head Coach for the FINA World Championships in Fukuoka. Having had success at this meet, these two positions were continued for the Goodwill Games in Brisbane, where the Telstra Dolphins carried all before them. The second part of the succession plan was to create the new position of High Performance Director. The position was widely advertised and after an exhaustive selection process Greg Hodge accepted the position. Greg came to Australian Swimming from the NSW Institute of Sport, where he was the inaugural Swimming Head Coach. Greg hit the ground running in 2002 and has consulted extensively with coaches involved at the elite level. The first team under Greg’s directorship was to the FINA World Short Course Championships, which were conducted in April. The team performed remarkably well under very trying circumstances and came home the number one nation. This team had Mark Regan (Women) and Alan Thompson (Men) as its Head Coaches. The new structure will be in place for all national teams in 2002 and will be reviewed after all major competitions are completed. greg hodge Australian Swimming High Performance Director Telstra Dolphins Program In the second half of the year, the Committee, in conjunction with the High Performance Director, modified the Telstra Dolphins domestic program. This was done to incorporate the camp aspects of the program with the competitive requirements. The first camp, under the new regime, took place in Cairns. This trip served as the orientation camp for the Commonwealth Games Team. The final activity of the camp was the first Telstra Grand Prix of 2002. By combining the two activities, both team coaches and the athletes were able to spend a minimum amount of time away from their home programs and families. This worked particularly well and will be continued throughout the 2002 competitive program. National Youth Program The National Youth Program continued in 2001–2002 despite the lost of its long term sponsor. The ASI Board determined that both the national program and the ASI funded state programs would be funded out of ASI’s general funds. National Youth Coach, Leigh Nugent ran four camps in his program. In July, 2001, a sprint camp for girls and a breaststroke camp for boys were conducted on the Gold Coast. Those athletes attending these camps then competed in the Telstra Grand Prix. A distance individual medley camp was held on the Gold Coast in October, 2001. The final camp in the Program was held in Melbourne for girl sprinters.
The Committee and the National Youth Coach are assessing competitive opportunities for the National Youth Squad. Once this task is completed, recommendations will be made to the Board on the types of competitions the Squad should attend. In June, 2002, the Committee received the very pleasing news that a new sponsor had been signed to support the Program. The National Youth Squad will be known as the Fisher & Paykel Flippers for the next three years—a great result for the Program. International Competition The major competition for the Telstra Dolphins has been the FINA World Championships. The Dolphins topped the gold medal tally with thirteen and provided the sporting public of Australia with some exciting television during the event. The Committee has again encouraged ASI to provide competitive opportunities for the Telstra Dolphins, outside the major championships. These opportunities include sending developing athletes to FINA World Cups and high grade events in Europe such as the Mare Nostrum Series. Teams members and their results are listed elsewhere in this document. It is appropriate that the work of our network of national coaches be acknowledged. These coaches work very hard to put their athletes on teams and should they be fortunate to also be selected for a team, they work very hard to ensure Australian Swimming Teams have the best possible preparation and support. The High Performance Committee greatly appreciates your e≈orts. Thank you also to the support sta≈ on our teams. Our managers, sports scientists and medical personnel are amongst the world’s best. Thank you also to the Australian Swimming High Performance sta≈, Greg Hodge, John Priestly, Roxanne Pickering and Bernadette Evans for their work throughout the year. Finally, it is not possible to refer to Australian Swimming’s success without mentioning and thanking Don Talbot and Vena Murray for their e≈orts. Having now retired from Australian Swimming, they can take great satisfaction in the fact that their leadership and vision has brought Australian Swimming to the forefront of our sport in Australian and the world. The challenge is for those still involved to keep the momentum going and build on the great foundation. Ron McKeon coordinator Committee Members Ron McKeon Coordinator Alan Thompson Institute/Academy Representative Kieren Perkins Swimmers’ Commission Greg Hodge High Performance Director David Urquhart ASCTA 23 ashley callus Gold Medallist 100m Freestyle 2002 FINA World Short Course Championships
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Page 3 and 4: contents 03 Foreword 04 Message fro
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Page 9 and 10: Education and Development R Educati
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Page 31 and 32: Northern Territory Northern Territo
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Page 35 and 36: clementine stoney 2001 Female Backs
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Page 41 and 42: Qantas Qantas renewed their sponsor
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Page 45 and 46: Board Report Your board members sub
Page 47 and 48: Statement of Cash Flows for the Yea
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Page 55 and 56: Statement by Members of the Board I
Page 57 and 58: state delegates Mr Colin Davis TAS
Page 59 and 60: national office structure Australia
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Page 63 and 64: leisel jones 2001 Female Breaststro
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Page 69 and 70: 2001 University Summer Games 22 Aug
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2001 Telstra Australian Short Cours
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Summary of Records Created in Austr
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Australian Club Records R Long Cour
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