Annual Report of St Ives Football 2008 Season.

The attached financial statement forms part of this report.

Training
2008 saw the club introduce a new focus on training with the Kick-Start professional coaching available to all non-competition players and similar professional training at St Ives High School available to all our junior competition teams. The club also trialled a program of subsidised specialised training for two teams.

Growth
The club continued its growth in 2008 with 896 players in 2008. This growth was in contrast to many neighbouring clubs and made us the 4^th largest club in our association. I credit this growth to the hard work and dedication of our many volunteers. That other surrounding clubs experienced little growth or decline in numbers probably indicates that we will experience challenges in 2009.

Of particular note is our under 10’s teams. With 1o teams in total, this is the most of any club in KDSA.

Finances

Net profit for the year was a loss of $1500.

Total income for the year grew by $22,000 to $194,754 based on increased player numbers and use of high interest account to maximise income. Expenses grew as the club spent significantly more on new playing strip and equipment as well as the cost of the training programs.

The club has established a sinking fund to be used for capital works, this will hold funds gained from sources such as social functions.

Over the 2008/2009 summer, the club has organised a 5-a side competition for U8/U9 players. Money collected for this competition as at 30 August is shown as a liability. Profit from this competition shall be included in the 2008/9 financial reports.

Results
Teams from U11 and above play in competitions where results are recorded. It was a fabulous year for so many teams it is hard to highlight some above others however I will mention a few.

• Our 11A’s finished first in Division 2 this year and so we will be looking to have them move to division 1 in 2009 U12’s. They are not the only team looking to promotion with our C’s finishing 2^nd in their division
• U14A’s did themselves proud finishing 3^rd in division 1
• Our U14 Girls did a similar job finishing 4^th in division 1
• The St Ives women are hot! Finishing
  • 2^nd in over 30’s division 1
  • 2^nd in over 30’s division 3
  • 2^nd in All Age division 3
  • 2^nd in All Age division 4
  • (and it took immense self control to not use the term “always a bridesmaid”)
• Finally, our men’s over 35 Div1 and Div1 reserves finishing 2^nd and 3^rd respectively.

A full list of competition teams and their ranking appears on the following page.