NSWACT Alpine Team s Patron, Sponsor and Supporter Program

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1 Sponsorship Proposal NSWACT Alpine [Effective date is March 2013] NSWACT Alpine Team s Patron, Sponsor and Supporter Program Our Mission: To lay a meaningful sports foundation for our aspiring Alpine athletes NSWACT Alpine Committee

2 Table of Contents 1.0 Invitation Sponsorship Requirement Sponsor Benefits Purpose of Support Why Alpine Skiing? Current NSWACT Alpine Funding About NSWACT Alpine NSWACT Alpine State Teams Selective NSWACT Alpine Athlete Profiles & Achievements NSW Snowsports Membership NSW Alpine Facebook Snapshot Snowy Mountains Tourism 11 Page Addendum: NSWACT Alpine Contributors & Partners Patrons 12 (The back page) 13 2

3 1.0 Invitation NSWACT Alpine is seeking interested sponsors in support of its athlete programs and NSWACT State Team members. 2.0 Sponsorship Requirement Your organization s participation is sought across one of three levels of financial contribution: o Level One - Supporters: $500 contribution o Level Two - Sponsors: $1,000 o Level Three Patrons: $5,000 plus We are also seeking a potential Lead Sponsor. If you feel that there is sufficient attraction in this proposal to develop that type of sponsor relationship please do not hesitate to contact Annette Pilat, NSWACT Alpine Chair/NSW Snowsports Director to discuss. In that circumstance we will do everything we can to acknowledge a Lead Sponsor in everything we do and say. 3.0 Sponsor Benefits We will promote all sponsors at every opportunity. All contributions will be recognized in an appropriate way according to the size of your financial contribution. Sponsor benefits will be commensurate with the amount of cash support provided. For example: o o o Supporter s donor promotion to NSWACT community Sponsor s donor your name /logo on our website, Facebook page, newsletters and program materials Patron s donor VIP invitation to State Alpine team functions and corporate promotions Sponsor Benefits: Patrons Sponsors Supporters Promotion to NSWACT team members Yes Yes Yes Promotion to NSWACT Alpine community Yes Yes Yes Your name/logo on websites, newsletters & Yes Yes Yes program material NSW Snowsports website links to your Yes Yes XXXXXX website Promotion on NSW Alpine Facebook Yes Yes XXXXXX Acknowledgement at NSW Alpine & State Yes Yes XXXXXX team functions VIP invitation to State Alpine team Yes XXXXXX XXXXXX functions & corporate promotion Any other support we can provide our valued Patrons Yes XXXXXX XXXXXX 3

4 We will work to provide value for all of our sponsors and continuously seek to build on these partnerships where possible promoting both NSWACT Alpine and our sponsors to the alpine skiing community. 4.0 Purpose of Support All funds raised will be used solely in support of NSWACT Alpine s provision of athlete programs, scholarships and grants to NSWACT team members and the continued development of alpine skiing in New South Wales at the grassroots through to an elite international level. This includes the athlete pathways, training programs, competition support, sport development initiatives and other athlete supports. Presently NSWACT Alpine assists these athletes with a limited range of benefits and programs including fitness testing and training sessions and small financial grants to assist with the costs of travel and accommodation for interstate competitions. This Sponsorship program will help various athletes to realize their longerterm dreams. For a number of our athletes, assuming the correct support can be provided to them, have the potential to be up there with some of Australia s greatest male/female skiers and represent Australia on the world s stage at an Olympic Winter Games or a World Cup/Championship Alpine event. Since the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympic Games where Australia was first represented in Alpine skiing there has only been 40 successful Australians who have managed to compete at this level over 16 separate Olympics. Our most heralded Alpine skier is Zali Steggal, a four time Olympian. She finished her racing career after 2002 Salt Lake City and won a bronze medal in Slalom at the 1998 Nagano Games and a World Championship gold medal in This remains the only ever Winter Olympic medal won by an Australian in Alpine skiing. Part of NSWACT Alpine s vision is to provide the best athlete support it can deliver to its talented athlete pool in an effort to try and repeat Zali s incredible feat. We want to grow our financial coffers to underpin our discipline programs and athlete support to better our chances of achieving solid results in Alpine ski racing. The next Winter Olympic Games will be held in Sochi, Russia in February 2014 a few NSWACT athletes are already working hard towards securing their athlete qualifications to the Australian team. The team will be announced in January Why Alpine Skiing? Alpine has the greatest depth in terms of participation than any other Australian snowsports discipline. 4

5 Yet Alpine ski racing is an expensive winter sport the financial barriers can mean that sometimes not even the most talented athletes (nor coaches) can stay on in the sport over the longer run. NSWACT Alpine want competitive alpine racing to be available to as wide a range of talented and motivated athletes as possible. There are significant ongoing financial outlays necessary by athletes and their families for: apparel, equipment needs, on-snow coaching, fitness training, lift passes, club membership and race entries, race licenses, comprehensive overseas travel/competition insurances, athlete supports (fitness clubs, physiotherapy, sports psychology aids), local, interstate and overseas travel etc. For example, the typical cost for a junior FIS racer competing in both the southern and northern winters is approximately $40,000 per year. As athletes progress to higher levels these costs only increase. It takes a high level of dedication, determination and investment expenditure for a successful athlete to make a podium or be a regular on the World Cup circuit. Typically it will take a younger aged athlete a journey of more than 10 years to develop into a mature age athlete capable of becoming an international sports contender. Even for accomplished competition skiers there may still be limited financial resources available to that athlete. There is currently minimal direct funding support available in Alpine ski racing at the sub-elite and elite levels in Australia. Parents and families of State Team members provide almost all of the necessary financial support. By example, the Olympic Winter Institute currently operate and fund snowsports programs in Aerial Skiing, Mogul Skiing, Skier-Cross, Snowboard- Cross and Snowboard Halfpipe but not in Alpine. At the last Vancouver Olympic Games for the second games in a row Australia had no female representative and for the first time we also had no Alpine male competitors in the technical ski racing events of Giant Slalom and Slalom. With more funding and support at the state and national levels we can change that. Working co-operatively with Ski & Snowboard Australia, NSWACT Alpine through this supporters initiative wants to grow and strengthen its financial resources and make this support available to its talented athletes to give them the opportunity to keep pursuing their development in their chosen Alpine discipline (speed or technical) and to help foster future Olympic champions in Alpine racing 6.0 Current NSWACT Alpine Funding NSWACT Alpine supplies its existing athlete programs and services from a modest budget and this is a large constraint to increasing the support it can give these aspiring ski racers. 5

6 Limited annual income is received per annum, mainly by-way-of a share of Alpine discipline member registrations (via Ski & Snowboard Australia s membership platform). Occasionally there are a number of specific small government grants that may become available, although grants by their variable nature cannot be depended on too far. Clearly NSWACT Alpine needs to increase its funding from alternate sources if it wants to be able to sustain and increase the amount of support we provide each year to this group of young and developing athletes. Through this new NSWACT Alpine Patron, Sponsor and Supporter Program we are aiming to bolster the funds available to assist in increasing the benefits and services we are able to provide to our State team members and athlete programs. Should you require more detailed financial information on NSWACT Alpine please contact Annette Pilat, NSWACT Alpine Chair/NSW Snowsports Director at: nswalpine@live.com 7.0 About NSWACT Alpine NSW Alpine and ACT Alpine operate together through a volunteer joint committee (NSWACT Alpine) that works together with Ski & Snowboard Australia s (SSA) National Alpine Committee in the development of the National Alpine Athlete Pathway and in the delivery of the programs, which underpin that pathway. NSW Alpine also works closely with the NSW Race Clubs (Perisher Winter Sports Club and Thredbo Ski Racing Club) in relation to the holding of FIS (International Ski Federation) and Children s races and in the carriage of NSWACT Alpine programs. NSW Alpine also seeks NSW Government grants to assist with the running of the programs. Some of these current programs include: fitness training for Alpine athletes, Course Officials training, the Alpine Rising Stars Awards for Interschool athletes and assistance to the NSWACT Children s, Junior and Open teams. NSW Alpine is a discipline sub-committee of NSW Snowsports (also known as The New South Wales Ski Association Ltd. ABN: ). NSW Snowsports is the Peak Body and State Sporting Organisation (SSO) for snowsports in New South Wales. It has been representing and servicing snowsports enthusiasts, athletes and the sport since Please visit our website at (choose the Alpine tab) to find out more about NSW Alpine, including its office bearers, policies and plans. 6

8.0 NSWACT Alpine State Teams The selection criterion for the NSWACT teams can be found under the State Teams section on the Alpine tab at NSW Snowsports website (as above), as can the current teams.

7 8.0 NSWACT Alpine State Teams The selection criterion for the NSWACT teams can be found under the State Teams section on the Alpine tab at NSW Snowsports website (as above), as can the current teams. Alternatively for Territory athletes at ACT Snowsports website: under the Alpine tab). The NSWACT Alpine Open and Junior teams are named in June each year and the Children s team is named at the end of the Australian ski season. NSWACT State teams comprise the following groups. There are approximately 32 team members: o Children s team ages 10 to 15 years (20 members) o Junior team ages 16 to 19 years ) o Open team ages 16 to mid-twenties years ) 12 athletes Photo: 2012 NSWACT State Team/present:- Front row left to right Alexandra Pilat, Max Hough, Zac Kelly, Oliver Thompson & Ned Neill; Middle row Annabelle Hough, Hannah Sugarman, Tatiana Skwarko, Toni Hodkinson, Matilda Coates, Theodore Coates & Connor Leggett; Back row Madison Hoffman, Lucy Neill, Phoebe Wood, Ed Casey, Jack Adams.& Jake Bennett. 8.1 Selective NSWACT Alpine Athlete Profiles & Achievements: NSWACT Alpine has a number of exceptionally talented athletes with the ability to produce overseas podiums and a burning desire to be the best. Here are a few of the current State Team athletes wanting to go all the way on the world s stage. (Continued ) 7

Children s Team Members: Theodore Coates, a Jindabyne local aged 14 years is one of our younger up and coming champions who won the international FIS Children s Vratna 2012 Slalom event (Child 1

Photo: Theodore Coates - 2012 SSA Australian Children s National GS Champion Under 14 Boys Oliver Thompson also from Jindabyne is aged 16 years.

8 Children s Team Members: Theodore Coates, a Jindabyne local aged 14 years is one of our younger up and coming champions who won the international FIS Children s Vratna 2012 Slalom event (Child 1 Boys) in Slovakia in January In 2013 he was able to defend his title. Over 15 different European Nations competed in this event. Photo: Theodore Coates SSA Australian Children s National GS Champion Under 14 Boys Oliver Thompson also from Jindabyne is aged 16 years. He won gold at the prestigious Canadian Whistler Cup in Super-G (Child 2 Boys) in April Oliver has grown up training in Perisher and Thredbo ski resorts and races throughout Australia, Canada and Europe. He is a dedicated long-term Alpine pathway sportsman skiing from strength to strength with a very promising future and will be a first year FIS athlete in Photo: Oliver Thompson 2011/12 North American trophy spoils 8

Junior Team Member: Sam Robertson lives in Thredbo Village. He is still a junior but one of our Open FIS team members. Sam has already won 3 Australian Junior Championships in Giant Slalom and Slalom.

9 Junior Team Member: Sam Robertson lives in Thredbo Village. He is still a junior but one of our Open FIS team members. Sam has already won 3 Australian Junior Championships in Giant Slalom and Slalom. And he has represented Australia at two Alpine World Junior Championships and significantly at the 2013 World Ski Championships held in Schladming, Austria where he competed in Super-G. He spends each year running down the Australian circuit and training and racing overseas with SSA at their international alpine base situated in Leogang, Austria. Sam is currently the number one ranked male speed skier in Australia for Down-Hill. Photo: Sam Robertson training Super-G at Perisher, late Spring 2012 laying it down hard and fast FIS Open Team Member: Lavinia Chrystal is currently NSWACT Alpine's top female racer and is a member of the Australian women s team. Lavinia comes from Sydney and has been skiing since the age of 3 years. Lavinia is a three times Australian National Champion and represented Australia at the 2011 World Championships in Germany. Lavinia also won the 2011 Australia-New Zealand Continental Cup yellow bib in Giant Slalom and continues to work hard towards becoming an Alpine Olympian. 9

10 Photo: Lavinia Chrystal 2011 World Championships, Vattenfall in Germany Slalom run. NSWACT Alpine alumni include Jono Brauer, Craig Branch, A.J. (Aaron) Bear, Brad Wall, Michael Dickson, Alice Frolich-Jones, Jenny Owens and Zali Steggal. 9.0 NSW Snowsports Membership NSW Snowsport is a member based organization made up of individual and family members, interschools members and corporate (club) members representing their club memberships and affiliated groups. Actual membership numbers by category in 2011 were: Memberships (direct contact): - Active members (athlete core) Accredited coaches or instructors 20 - Accredited officials or judges Affiliated club members 6,195 Total: 7,011 Participations (via schools programs/community events): - NSW Interschool Events: 9,600 entries from 191 NSW rural and city schools 10.0 NSW Alpine Facebook Want to know how our Aussie Alpine racers are going during the northern season? For the most complete and up to date coverage of all Australian Alpine ski racing news and results, from children through to FIS and World Cup, just go 10

11 to the below Facebook link, click on the NSW Alpine icon and "like" NSW Alpine on Facebook Snapshot Snowy Mountains Tourism Around 1.2 million people visit the Snowy Mountain during the 18 weeks of winter. This migration of snow fanatics is said to be: the largest continual sporting event for New South Wales each year. Season 2012 was one of the busiest on record for Perisher and Thredbo ski resorts, opening early and closing later than usual. Both resorts reported some of the best snow conditions since

12 Addendum: NSWACT Alpine Contributors & Partners Patrons (=>$5K) <to be completed> Sponsors (=>$1K & <$5K) <to be completed> Supporters (=>$0.5K & <$1K) <to be completed> Partners (Program Supporters) <NSWACT Alpine Partner logos> 12

13 (The back page) Racer Ready? We hope that you found our Sponsorship proposal of interest. The most important thing is to be convinced of your chances Olympic Champion Alberto Tomba 13

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