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Annual report series: CEO Report
06 Jun, 2017
Step by step the footprint for AFL grows within New Zealand. For future success we require a steady and sure alignment of our major partners, strong governance and operational excellence.
The AFL New Zealand Board and employees look to punch above our weight within the competitive sports dynamic we are confronted by in New Zealand.
St. Kilda Saints LogoFollowing on from three AFL fixtures in Wellington, the St Kilda Football Club continue to showcase their intent in targeting international markets with New Zealand at the forefront of their strategy. The signing of Taranaki born Rowan Marshall, now sees four New Zealand born players on their roster and the search for new talent within AFL New Zealand High Performance continues. A St Kilda FC preseason camp held the Bay of Plenty in December continues engagement with a variety of facility and high performance organisations within New Zealand.
St Kilda’s desire to participate in AFL fixtures in New Zealand’s most populous centre, Auckland, has attracted the support of Regional Facilities Auckland and ongoing plans for the redevelopment of Western Springs Stadium. The long term vision of three annual AFL fixtures within New Zealand also provides added value to AFL New Zealand’s participation programmes. This has been recognised by St Kilda in conjunction with AV Jennings who will actively support AFL KiwiKick and Secondary Schools programmes through a sponsorship agreement in 2017.
An artist’s impression of Western Springs Stadium
St Kilda and AV Jennings are not alone in providing financial support to our community programmes. Early in 2016, Foundation North signed a three year funding agreement with AFL New Zealand providing a six figure sum over that period. This fantastic support along with further funding initiatives with Pelorus and Infinity Trusts, provides balance and certainty to our long term strategies.
Regional Facilities Auckland has been an essential partner in assisting our domestic competitions and the establishment of a new ground for the AFL New Zealand Premiership at QBE Stadium on Auckland’s North Shore. The ground condition and facilities has been a massive boost for local players and this will be further extended when a new hybrid turf field becomes available in mid March 2017. The first competitive sports match on the oval that backs on to the QBE Stadium will certainly cause a stir as the AFL posts are erected for the first time.
TVNZ and the Duke Channel have provided AFL with the ability to promote the game with confidence. Showcased on both SKY and Freeview, the 2016 AFL Premiership appeared on NZ screens in unprecedented levels. Screens were not restricted to New Zealand households and with TVNZ on demand, securing the ability to simulcast live matches, phones, computers and tablet screens broadcast live AFL to millions of New Zealanders at no cost.
The current status of our broadcast rights agreement came about through the magnificent efforts of more valued partner contributions. The AFL as our major partner, ensured that an international development focus was attributed to the need for broadcast. This coupled by great work from board members Toni Maree Carnie, and Australian based Deputy Chair Michael Nettlefold has resulted in the final result. The appointment of International Manager Grant Williams by the AFL along with the work of AFLNZ Board Members, Andrew McKenzie, Geoff Dickson, Andrew Sloman, Trina Tamati, Garry Carnachan and Tim Stevens, has resulted in the New Zealand AFL story continuing to maintain relevancy within AFL strategy.
AFL New Zealand Board Members
High Performance is an attractive proposition for our market and this is evident through the continual expansion of the programme. 2016 saw four teams/associations visit our shores and one Australian tour reciprocated by our Under 18’s. This will grow again in 2017 with the International Cup added to an already packed itinerary.
With the introduction of two new domestic participation initiatives, the Regional Youth Competition and the AFL New Zealand Premiership, it can be understood how much reliance we have on the dedicated, concerted and efficient performances of our fulltime and casual workforce. The importance of these competitions has been recognised by Sport New Zealand with strong financial support and the benefits of coach, umpire, manager and player development are now filtering through to member clubs within the regions.
The monitoring of the organisations current commitments and our ability to carry out the determined strategies, require constant assessment. Our current partners are now providing AFL New Zealand with the highest level of engagement and support of my ten year tenure. A team effort.
Robert Vanstam
AFL New Zealand CEO
06 Jun, 2017
Step by step the footprint for AFL grows within New Zealand. For future success we require a steady and sure alignment of our major partners, strong governance and operational excellence.
The AFL New Zealand Board and employees look to punch above our weight within the competitive sports dynamic we are confronted by in New Zealand.
St. Kilda Saints LogoFollowing on from three AFL fixtures in Wellington, the St Kilda Football Club continue to showcase their intent in targeting international markets with New Zealand at the forefront of their strategy. The signing of Taranaki born Rowan Marshall, now sees four New Zealand born players on their roster and the search for new talent within AFL New Zealand High Performance continues. A St Kilda FC preseason camp held the Bay of Plenty in December continues engagement with a variety of facility and high performance organisations within New Zealand.
St Kilda’s desire to participate in AFL fixtures in New Zealand’s most populous centre, Auckland, has attracted the support of Regional Facilities Auckland and ongoing plans for the redevelopment of Western Springs Stadium. The long term vision of three annual AFL fixtures within New Zealand also provides added value to AFL New Zealand’s participation programmes. This has been recognised by St Kilda in conjunction with AV Jennings who will actively support AFL KiwiKick and Secondary Schools programmes through a sponsorship agreement in 2017.
An artist’s impression of Western Springs Stadium
St Kilda and AV Jennings are not alone in providing financial support to our community programmes. Early in 2016, Foundation North signed a three year funding agreement with AFL New Zealand providing a six figure sum over that period. This fantastic support along with further funding initiatives with Pelorus and Infinity Trusts, provides balance and certainty to our long term strategies.
Regional Facilities Auckland has been an essential partner in assisting our domestic competitions and the establishment of a new ground for the AFL New Zealand Premiership at QBE Stadium on Auckland’s North Shore. The ground condition and facilities has been a massive boost for local players and this will be further extended when a new hybrid turf field becomes available in mid March 2017. The first competitive sports match on the oval that backs on to the QBE Stadium will certainly cause a stir as the AFL posts are erected for the first time.
TVNZ and the Duke Channel have provided AFL with the ability to promote the game with confidence. Showcased on both SKY and Freeview, the 2016 AFL Premiership appeared on NZ screens in unprecedented levels. Screens were not restricted to New Zealand households and with TVNZ on demand, securing the ability to simulcast live matches, phones, computers and tablet screens broadcast live AFL to millions of New Zealanders at no cost.
The current status of our broadcast rights agreement came about through the magnificent efforts of more valued partner contributions. The AFL as our major partner, ensured that an international development focus was attributed to the need for broadcast. This coupled by great work from board members Toni Maree Carnie, and Australian based Deputy Chair Michael Nettlefold has resulted in the final result. The appointment of International Manager Grant Williams by the AFL along with the work of AFLNZ Board Members, Andrew McKenzie, Geoff Dickson, Andrew Sloman, Trina Tamati, Garry Carnachan and Tim Stevens, has resulted in the New Zealand AFL story continuing to maintain relevancy within AFL strategy.
AFL New Zealand Board Members
High Performance is an attractive proposition for our market and this is evident through the continual expansion of the programme. 2016 saw four teams/associations visit our shores and one Australian tour reciprocated by our Under 18’s. This will grow again in 2017 with the International Cup added to an already packed itinerary.
With the introduction of two new domestic participation initiatives, the Regional Youth Competition and the AFL New Zealand Premiership, it can be understood how much reliance we have on the dedicated, concerted and efficient performances of our fulltime and casual workforce. The importance of these competitions has been recognised by Sport New Zealand with strong financial support and the benefits of coach, umpire, manager and player development are now filtering through to member clubs within the regions.
The monitoring of the organisations current commitments and our ability to carry out the determined strategies, require constant assessment. Our current partners are now providing AFL New Zealand with the highest level of engagement and support of my ten year tenure. A team effort.
Robert Vanstam
AFL New Zealand CEO
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I liked it better when Colin was banned.
Curb your enthusiasm - you’re a St.Kilda supporter!!
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Shite like that has nothing to do with how the Saints are performing. hence why it's shite.Sainternist wrote:I liked it better when Colin was banned.
The Saints are under review, will it make any difference to the underachievers ?
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This has a lot to do with how St Kilda will perform in the future. Once up an running, within 15 years we will have 10,000 kiwi based members and every Kiwi that emigrates to Aus will automatically barrack for St Kilda. Three home Etihad games a year that would have otherwise made losses will now make profits. The Saints will finally secure their place in the AFL for the next 100 years and become as big as Hawthorn have.Wayne42 wrote:Shite like that has nothing to do with how the Saints are performing. hence why it's shite.Sainternist wrote:I liked it better when Colin was banned.
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f****** kiwis' game is rugby. you are never going to get 1,000 members, let alone 10,000. as the guy in the castle would say. "Tell 'em they're dreaming?
bulls*** post.
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It would be far easier to sell snow to eskimos than to establish a viable AFL club in NZ. The soccer team has had enough trouble staying afloat, and at least that's a game that's long been played semi-professionally over there.
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So a whole lot of Kiwis are going to ditch Union and the All Blacks for AFL? Really? Pie in the sky nonsense.citywest wrote:This has a lot to do with how St Kilda will perform in the future. Once up an running, within 15 years we will have 10,000 kiwi based members and every Kiwi that emigrates to Aus will automatically barrack for St Kilda. Three home Etihad games a year that would have otherwise made losses will now make profits. The Saints will finally secure their place in the AFL for the next 100 years and become as big as Hawthorn have.Wayne42 wrote:Shite like that has nothing to do with how the Saints are performing. hence why it's shite.Sainternist wrote:I liked it better when Colin was banned.
Anyone pushing this within our Club ought to be sacked, because they're quite simply an arse clown. Then we have that competence free zone, Michael Nettlefold involved! Didn't that overpaid and dangerous bumbler do enough damage to our Club? Good governance would demand that the Club never do business with him again, not even if he were running a lawn mowing business!
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+1saynta wrote:f****** kiwis' game is rugby. you are never going to get 1,000 members, let alone 10,000. as the guy in the castle would say. "Tell 'em they're dreaming?
bulls*** post.
You said it, Saynta. CW has been off with the pixies from the land of the white cloud for a long time now. It's probably a good thing he continues to stay up there. Wouldn't want him to come down from it. A fall could well have him hitting the ground hard and most likely catastrophic.
Curb your enthusiasm - you’re a St.Kilda supporter!!
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You don't really understand the point of being in nz so you? Of course over a few years we will get plenty of members what do you think the membership will cost hundreds and be for every game? It will be under 100 less for kids and it's during the union off-season. Kids want to see new things parents want to take kids to things the occupy them that's where the growth starts. No one expects everyone to dump rugby but going to see a few afl games a year will become something to do in the off-season remembering there sports mad like us. Put it this way if Ireland bought a game of Gaelic here every year and advertised it well would there be a crowd?
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