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The Association’s
accounts for 2001 clearly shows
the precarious nature of our
finances. The majority of the
Association’s income is
dependent on club donations,
grants and sponsorship.
Last year the
percentage of income from these
sources was 67% compared to the
33% from subscriptions and
tournament fees. The 2002 new
subscription structure should
increase the income percentage
from subscriptions and
tournament fees.
The unpredictable
nature of donations, grants and
sponsorship means that failure
to obtain money from any one of
these sources would put in
jeopardy the Association’s
ability to fund major
expenditure items. This
situation cannot go on
indefinitely and therefore it is
critical that the Association
secures revenue sources that
will allow budgeting and
planning to be done with a
degree of certainty.
As is shown in
our accounts both the Hillary
Commission and our major sponsor
the New Zealand Peugeot agents
Sime Darby Automobiles NZ Ltd
continued their financial
support of the Association. The
funding of the team to the World
Championships would not have
been possible without the club
donations and a grant from the
New Zealand Community Trust.
On behalf of the
NZPA I would like to thank the
Hillary Commission, Sime Darby
Automobiles NZ Ltd, The New
Zealand Community Trust and the
various petanque clubs for their
support.
I would also like
to thank Peter Whittington for
auditing the Association’s
accounts.
Tournaments
The
2001 Singles,
Doubles and Triples
Championships plus the New
Zealand Open Doubles showed
an overall loss
of $657.35. The sole contributor
was the New Zealand Open
Doubles, which showed a loss of
$2,277.61. This raised questions
about whether the NZPA could
afford to hold future New
Zealand Opens.
It was clear that
without sponsorship or an
increase in the number of
entries and entry fee that this
tournament would continue to be
a drain on the NZPA finances.
Subsequently the Auckland
Petanque Association offered to
stage a replacement Open Doubles
tournament in 2002. The NZPA
will have no financial interest
in this tournament.
World
Championships
The funding of
the New Zealand team to the
World Championships was again a
severe test of the Association’s
financial resources. The
majority of the funding came
from club donations and a $5,000
grant from the New Zealand
Community Trust. The club
donations totalled $6,386.45.
The following is a breakdown of
the donations per region:
Last year the
NZPA appointed a Team Manager
(Graeme Morris) to the World
Championships team. The addition
of an extra person to the team
not only increased number of
personel in the team (from 4 to
5) but also the costs of sending
the team to the World
Championships.
However the
appointment was subject to the
appointee raising the money to
cover the additional travel
costs. With grants from the
Prime Community Trust, Masterton
Trust House and funds raised by
the Masterton Petanque Club the
additional travel costs were
met. This year the number of
personel in the team will revert
back to the usual four.
Grants &
Sponsorship
The Hillary
Commission increased their grant
from $4,000 to $5,000. Because
of the change in the financial
year in 1999, both the 1999 and
2000 grants appeared in the 2000
financial year.
Late last year
Sport & Recreation New Zealand
was set up to replace the
Hillary Commission. In a recent
letter to the Association it was
indicated that no decisions have
been made on the funding
process. Any major delays in
sorting out the funding process
could have a serious impact on
the Associations finances.
The New Zealand
Peugeot agents, Sime Darby
Automobiles NZ Ltd, continued in
their role as the major sponsor
of petanque with the NZPA
receiving $3,000. Towards the
end of last year a sponsorship
proposal was put to Sime Darby
Automobiles for 2002.
Pubkications
The expenditure
increased last year with the
publication of the ‘Introduction
to Petanque’ colour brochure and
the ‘Petanque The Game’
booklets. The first printing of
2000 copies (at a cost of
$1,282.50) of the ‘Introduction
to Petanque’ brochure proved so
successful that a further
printing of 2000 copies was
ordered in December.
The booklet,
‘Petanque The Game’, has also
proved to be very successful. By
the end of the financial year
300 copies have been printed at
a cost of $546.19 and 184 copies
sold producing an income of
$646.00
Petanque New
Zealand Magazine
Four issues of
the magazine were published in
2001. At a printing cost per
copy of $1.08, the total cost of
printing 1590 copies was
$1,717.20.
Committee Meetings
Two meetings were
held in 2001. Both meetings were
held over two days in
Wellington. With committee
members coming from various
parts of New Zealand the travel
costs are largest part of the
meeting expenses. In 2001 travel
costs represented 66% of the
total meeting expenses.
Meeting Costs
From time to time
it has been suggested that the
committee should use audio
conferencing. A comparison of
costs between a physical meeting
and audio conferencing for 8
people is as follows:
Brian W Smith
NZPA Treasurer |
