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Australian State Sports Federations and their ACT counterpart meet in Melbourne in mid April to adopt a constitution for Community Sport Australia Ltd, the company formed to nationally represent the Federations, to advocate and gain support for community sport and to recommend ways for improving the sustainability of community sport.

CSA Ltd Secretary and QSport CEO Peter Cummiskey states the arrival of the new entity is in response to a range of factors, some of which continue to be rate limiting on the growth of sport, and the need to maintain and enhance the vital broad base on which the Australian sporting system is built.

CSA Ltd supercedes the less formal linkage of State/ Territory Sports Federations via ASSFA (the Australian State Sports Federations Alliance). Meanwhile, the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games are now less than five years away with the unveiling on 4 April of the Games logo on the Gold Coast.

The 21st Games will run from 4-15 April 2018 and it is anticipated will result in up to $2billion in related economic benefits and an associated 30,000 f.t.e jobs.

For more on the above, see pages 3, 8 & 10.

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QSport 20 years old Page 13

Diary Dates Page 13

20th Anniversary Lunch Page 15

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Community sport focus for QSport and state counterparts: five years to go to 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games

SportswatchAutumn 2013

Well, where does one start after a month or so of sporting headlines, the like of which we’ve arguably not seen in this part of the world, not for a while at least.

Deteriorated standards in a handful of sports’ elite dimensions is not a good look, particularly when it’s the significant likes of AFL, NRL, our Test cricket team and our Olympic swimming effort that are the subjects being scrutinised by government, media and a public wondering, by and large, how it will end.

It’s highly unlikely that any, let alone many, in sport, particularly in the great majority of sport below the elite level, have rushed lemming like out of community sport because of the actions of a privileged few whose egos or lust for monetary gain may have stained themselves and elite sports dimensions with which they have been/ are associated.

That said, there’s no mistaking the potential for the sort of things being uncovered to seep into the sub elite strata of sport, acknowledging it could already have been/ is already occurring.

In all this, the word “governance” keeps appearing as both “problem” and “solution” in the associated commentary on what has transpired, with the irony of much of it coming out of Canberra surely not lost on most.

Still, that’s to be expected and, by and large, is not unreasonable.

With the AFL and NRL now underway, the upcoming Ashes in England and the impending Federal election, only the swimmers will slide off the radar as big football and Test cricket and a politician or three via polls will endure a “winter of our discontent”, hopefully followed by a spring and summer when the sun shines more positively on the Australian sporting landscape.

In the meantime, life goes on for all the participants, including here in Queensland from which at last

count few, if any, were involved in any of the recent goings on causing so much concern.

Up here north of the border, floods have given us all another reminder, so soon after 2011, that nature remains a powerful impactor on our man made infrastructure, including for sport, and the State’s fiscal bottom line.

Again, as in past such events, Queenslanders have rallied to help those less fortunate, including QSport which fortuitously was staging its 20th Anniversary Luncheon in February and was able to hastily turn its usual business card draw at that function into a fundraiser raffle which drew over $3,500 from the 250 attendees for the Premier’s 2013 Flood Appeal.

The floods also have spurred government and industry representatives into dialogue over what’s occurred and what can occur to assist sport short and longer term, including 2014 and beyond, at a time when governments State and Federal face fiscal constraint into the foreseeable future.

The QSport Board has prepared itself for further discussions with government at all three levels.

At the national level, it will prosecute the community sport agenda via its membership of Community Sport Australia Ltd, established by State Sports Federations and their ACT counterpart to represent them collectively at national level and to pursue support for the vital State and local sporting bodies delivering sport in Australian communities.

That means dialogue with the major political parties at Federal level in the run up to the upcoming election and recognition that whilst elite level sport garners most of the Federal assistance available, national media driven coverage and support, the vast community based system is more reliant on government support of one sort or another, particularly for infrastructure, for places for people to participate in sport.

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casual vacancy and along with Rob Moore, will join continuing Board members when the Board meets in mid April.

With the State Budget expected in June, the Board will be out to confirm government support for sport, including member State sporting bodies, for next year and beyond as soon as practicable.

Along the way, government support and other non government sponsorship of QSport events like the annual Queensland Sport Awards/ Hall of Fame Presentation in late November will be sought while activities introduced last year like the Members Luncheon Workshop series and the CEOs’ Mentoring Program will be turned out by a QSport Office that has welcomed back Administration Office Karissa Petersen after 12 months’ maternity leave.

As the saying goes, “many hands make light work” and while we don’t boast “many”, two more will be welcomed.

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On the QSport front, State sporting organisation members met on 21 March prior to the QSport AGM that evening, at which QRL CEO Rob Moore was elected to the QSport Board for the next two years to represent Field Team sports in the position vacated by outgoing Sue Nisbet, Softball Queensland General Manager.

QSport acknowledges her contribution to the Board over six years and her appointment to the Minister for Sport’s Review of Gender Imbalance in Sport Participation in Queensland.

QSport also acknowledges the contribution of Queensland Cricket CEO Graham Dixon who will be replaced on the Board as he continues treatment to counter illness which began just on 12 months ago.

Graham has been a very solid contributor over many years to sport - and not just cricket – prior to his election at last year’s AGM.

QSport wishes him and his family well as he continues his recovery.

The QSport Board has confirmed that Anna Carroll, Netball Queensland CEO will fill the resultant


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One of the “facts of life” about sport in this sports conscious country is that the majority of the media attention in terms of reach afforded sport is for the elite, national/ international dimensions of sports – and a relative few at that on a regular basis.

So when something serious is/ is possibly/ goes wrong with a significant slice of that aspect of sport, the media not surprisingly is not far away, if not on top of the story.

Throw in the national government and an agency or two like the ACC and ASADA which cotton on to what will be a bigger than big story, perceived and/ or real, and you have the perfect storm and the events of not so long ago which produced headlines like “Australian sport in crisis” and “Australian sport’s blackest day”.

My colleague at vicsport in CEO Mark McAllion picks up on all this in his insightful piece titled “The Value of Sport” in the latest March edition of vicsport’s “Sportview”, providing a balance to the gloom and doom associated with the speculation about AFL / NRL clubs practices that if proven to be unacceptable, will validate in large part the process followed to date.

What Mark McAllion’s article does is lay out the positives that the other component of the Australian sporting system in State domestic and locally based very largely volunteer run community sport delivers for Australians and not just those involved in participation level sport.

His comments also point out that by and large, what community based participation level sport hasn’t done well enough at is communicating the positive benefits of this area of sport involvement.

While many get their kicks out of watching the elite dimensions of sports, more arguably don’t require that necessarily to involve themselves and their families and friends in community level sport.

It comes as no surprise that such a not for profit sector doesn’t communicate well enough for its own liking.

Certainly the members of newly formed Community Sport Australia Ltd in State/ Territory Sports Federations know that, for it’s one of the reasons for CSA’s formation as a formal, incorporated entity.

State/ Territory Federations are all reliant to varying degrees on their Governments for resourcing and don’t see their constituent State/ Territory sports organisations being able to alter the balance between government and non government support substantially anytime soon.

At the Federal level, government support is still very much aimed at the elite, with international success very much on the checklist for ongoing support and not much, relatively speaking, available to support the delivery of sport at State and local level, a task left largely to State and local governments.

Recently, I attended a “Business of Sport Summit” in Sydney, an exercise that time and money only permits every few years and certainly not annually.

Apart from some useful networking and hearing a number of very interesting speakers, the event drove home emphatically that there are indeed not one but two sporting systems in this country and that Sports Federations are working in the tougher of the two in many regards.

The rapid advances in technology and the impact they have and will continue to have on sport at elite level is an eye opener, including further divide elite sports into “haves” and “have nots”.

The implications of that for the linkage between elite and participation levels are significant and one can only wonder at how many sports will handle the next decade if the last ten years and certainly the recent few are any guide.

As all levels of government struggle with external and some internally induced constraints on revenue and increasing demands for expenditure on the generally accepted essentials, the “must do’s” of health and education, it does not augur well for

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politically classified “should” and “could do’s” like support for the largely ill health preventing sport and active recreation, the positive social inclusion that sport brings to communities, the positive character building traits that participation level as opposed to spectator connected elite sport provide to Australians, particularly in their formative years.

There’s plenty of evidence to suggest that organisations with far greater resources than a collective of State/ Territory Sports Federations, branding themselves with a title that is reflective of those they’re trying to enhance and not much else at present, struggle to communicate, to engage, to convert those with resources to better assist the general populace in community sport.

The CSA agenda though is about a large slice of the general populace getting a significant, arguably essential aspect of community activity, the glue of local sport, better accepted by some politicians and their advisors in terms of support for a sustainable future.

That means building the capacity of State sporting bodies and their constituent local clubs to keep delivering, to enhance the quality and quantity of participation they can offer to improve the health

and wellbeing of local populations, young and old, male and female, able and disabled, indigenous and more recently arrived, and so on.

It’s fine to tell politicians and bureaucrats how valuable in economic terms sport is to a population.

If they’re under the pump for additional funding and can’t easily deliver, than what’s ahead?

Well, what’s ahead is dialogue about longer term capacity that’s not only about dollars and cents and short term expediency.

Sports Federations are important conduits in the government/ industry dialogue that over time can deliver better intelligence, better engagement for both if properly understood and supported.

State sporting organisations are critical to that process, ensuring that the proper administration, conduct, development, promotion and recognition by constituent clubs is maintained. Without adequate support, the fabric of orderly, organised sport will disintegrate, slowly at first but ever so surely over time for not a great outcome.

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The unveiling of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games emblem at Broadwater Parklands, has set the course for an inspiring five year journey until the Opening Ceremony on 4 April, 2018.

Commonwealth Games Minister Jann Stuckey said the Games emblem captured the essence of the Gold Coast and what the Commonwealth Games was all about.

“The emblem has been inspired by the Gold Coast’s stunning beach side location, its iconic skyline, and the colours are representative of the coast, the hinterland and the celebratory atmosphere which is synonymous with the region,” Ms Stuckey said.

“Centred upon fluid representations of a gymnast, a hurdler and a swimmer, the emblem reflects the Games’ deep heritage and humanity.”

“Today’s unveiling shows the world the Gold Coast can’t wait to share this moment in history.”

GOLDOC Chairman Nigel Chamier OAM said the emblem was a result of months of research and development.

“Market research was undertaken to unpack the deeper emotional factors which define the Gold Coast as a place, and those that define the Commonwealth Games specifically,” Mr Chamier said.

“Local focus group workshops were held and we then defined the Games core proposition before engaging brand and design company WiteKite to develop the artwork.”

“It has been a very exciting and thorough process and GOLDOC believes the emblem is an outstanding reflection of community sentiment

and broader perception of the Gold Coast and its role as host city for the Commonwealth Games.”

City of Gold Coast Acting Mayor Donna Gates said the official launch of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games would reignite the city’s passion and anticipation.

“We all remember how excited we were back in 2011 when we learned the city had won the rights to host the Commonwealth Games, and this major milestone keeps the Gold Coast and the State of Queensland firmly on the world-stage,” Cr Gates said.

“The Gold Coast community is passionate about being the host city for the 2018 commonwealth Games and our new Games emblem will proudly be displayed around the city for all to see.”

The emblem has also received praise from the President of the Commonwealth Games Federation HRH Tunku Imran of Malaysia.

“I’m delighted with the emblem. I feel it captures perfectly the warmth, the energy, the fun and the vibrancy of the Gold Coast and Queensland and represents everything the Commonwealth is looking forward to in 2018,” Prince Imran said.

Emblem unveil heralds great Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games


GOLD COAST 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES

• The Games will be staged from 4 – 15 April 2018 • There are more than 70 Commonwealth countries competing in the Commonwealth

Games • Athletes and team officials: 6,500 • Technical officials: 1,000 • Workforce: Approximately 1,000 staff by 2018 • Volunteers: 15,000 (estimated) • Tickets: 1.5 million (estimated) • Live broadcast coverage: Approx. 1,000 hours and 1.5 billion global TV audience • 17 sports and 4 Para-‐sports

Sports Venues Aquatics Gold Coast Aquatic Centre Athletics and Ceremonies Carrara Stadium Athletics (Marathon) Southport Broadwater Parklands (South) Badminton Carrara Sport and Leisure Centre Cycling (Track) Queensland State Velodrome Gymnastics/Basketball (Finals) Basketball(Preliminaries)

Gold Coast Sports Arena Cairns Convention Centre/Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre

Hockey Gold Coast Hockey Centre Lawn Bowls Broadbeach Bowls Club Netball and Main Media Centre Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Rugby Sevens Robina Stadium Shooting Belmont Shooting Centre Table Tennis and Boxing Oxenford Studios Triathlon Southport Broadwater Parklands (North) Squash and Weightlifting Runaway Bay Sports Super Centre Wrestling Coomera Sport and Leisure Centre

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QSport 20 years oldOn Friday, 8 February, QSport – the trading name for the Sports Federation of Queensland Inc. – celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Federation’s incorporation as a formal, legal entity under Queensland’s incorporated associations’ legislation.

The milestone was celebrated in fine style at an invitation only luncheon attended by over 250 guests in the Plaza Terrace Room at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The guest list included past and present Board members, senior staff and sponsor representatives as well as a wide range of current members and guests.

The event, m.c’d by current QSport CEO Peter Cummiskey, started with due acknowledgement of those who had been “in at the start” of sports’ industry based collective back in 1992-3 but then moved on to the present via inputs from State Minister for Sport Steve Dickson, attending in his own right and also deputising for QSport Patron

in Premier Campbell Newman who was tied up in flood recovery consultations, the ARL Commission Chairman John Grant and recently retired five times Olympics participant in beach volleyballer Natalie Cook.

The recent floods were a good excuse to turn the usual business card draw at such an event into a fundraiser raffle which netted over $3,500 for the Premier’s 2013 Flood Appeal.

QSport is the one of the youngest of the State/ Territory Sports Federations around the country which have formed Community Sport Australia Ltd to represent the Federations nationally and to gain support for community sport.

Federations were formed in WA (1951) and Victoria (1965) before a surge in the late 80’s/90’s that added ACT (1989), NSW and SA (1991) before Queensland and Tasmania joined in (1993).

Elsewhere in this edition of Sportswatch are photos taken at the luncheon on 8 February.

QSport 2013 Diary DatesGeneral Meetings Thursday 6 June 2013 2.30pm-3.30pm

Thursday 22 August 2013 2.30pm-3.30pm

Thursday 12 December 2013 3.00pm-4.00pm

Sport Group Meetings Thursday 6 June 2013 3.45pm-4.45pm

Thursday 22 August 2013 3.45pm-4.45pm

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Former QSport Board members David Speechley (left) and Tony Keogh reacquaint at the QSport 20th Anniversary Luncheon.

Minister for Sport Steve Dickson addressing the 250 attendees in the BCEC Plaza Ballroom

The 250 attendees contributed over $3,500 to the Premier’s 2013 Flood Appeal


ARL Commission Chairman John Grant (left) talking to QSport CEO Peter Cummiskey in a thought provoking Q and A

Five times Summer Olympics beach volleyballer Natalie Cook entertained all present with a typically upbeat presentation

QSport Chair John Brennan OAM thanked guest speakers and all in attendance

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