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It's entirely up to you what you do with them."

- Domonique Bertolucci

Recent Connections


Club Governance

An update to the Association Incorporation Act in 2015 provided an opportunity for many clubs to review their (rules) constitution to bring it into alignment with the new Act and their mode of governance.  Often, as part of a broader club governance conversation and support, KBC has assisted over 200 incorporated groups including sports clubs, community and social groups, school and special interest group and collaborative joint-share facility management groups.

Recent connections since 2024+ include:

Sporting and Recreation Clubs
Albany Boating and Fishing Association
Exmouth Basketball Association
Exmouth Bowling Club
Exmouth Diamond Sports Club
Exmouth Eagles Football Club
Exmouth Golf Club
Exmouth Junior Soccer Association
Lower Great Southern Hockey Association
Newman Football League
Railways Football and Sporting Club
Newman Netball Association

Special Interest Groups
Albany Art Group
WA Landscape Design Association

Community Groups
Albany Farmers Market
Exmouth Men’s Shed
Exmouth Seniors and Pensioners Club
Narrikup Sport and Community Group

School and Kindy Groups
Exmouth Playgroup

Joint Share
Pemberton Community Sports Club


Strategic Futures Planning

Recent connections with clubs that have undertaken facilitated Strategic futures planning (often with funding support from the DLGSC Every Club Funding) include:

Shire of Plantagenet
Bullets Netball Club
Kendenup Country Club
Kendenup Tennis Club
Mount Barker Tennis Club
Mount Barker United Soccer Club
Mount Barker Bowls and Sports Club
Mount Barker Rifle Club
Mount Barker Sporting Shooters Club

 

Shire of Capel
Capel Bowls Club
Capel Golf Club
Capel Horse and Pony Club
Dalyellup Diamonds
Dalyellup Dockers Junior Football Club

Shire of Denmark
Denmark Mountain Bike Club

 

Others
Albany and Regional Volunteer Service
Albany Surf Life Saving Club
Busselton Golf Club
Great Southern Badminton Association
Great Southern Academy of Sport
Mandurah City Football Club
Mid West Academy of Sport
Railways Cricket Club
Success Netball Association
Shire of Mandurah – ‘Strategic Planning 101’ Workshop for Sports Clubs and Community Groups


Sport and Community Volunteers Training

The following Shires and peak sporting bodies have supported the delivery of sport and community volunteer training workshop and/or facilitated session to over 200 clubs and associations :

City of Albany
City of Busselton
City of Bunbury
Shire of Capel/Dardanup
Shire of Carnarvon
Shire of Esperance
Shire of Exmouth

Shire of Katanning
Shire of Gnowangerup
City of Mandurah – blended learning
Shire of Narrogin
Netball WA – Governance Workshop for EGNA
Volleyball WA – Governance Training

Lower Great Southern Hockey Association – Club Governance Training
Katanning CRC – ClubWorks Workshops
South Coast NRM– Governance Training for not-for-profit sector
South West Sports Development Federation (SWSDF) - supported by Shires of Manjimup, Nannup, Bridgetown, Boyup Brook – ClubWorks blended learning

Department of Sport and Recreation (now DLGSC) – preferred supplier and delivered Club Business Workshops delivered to over 120 regional clubs and groups

Give2Sport Project with Denmark Basketball Association – Award wining Give2 Sport Pilot project to build sustainability within the DBA, through the training and mentoring of youth onto the Executive Committee.


Club Management

Albany All Breeds Dog Club
development of key documents, including constitution and bylaws, to support their growing club.

Albany Netball Association
review, update and collation of ANA bylaws, procedures and policies.

City of Albany
Smart Clubs Introduction to Business Planning Series

Albany Surf Life Saving Club
Policy development and Organisational restructure


Organisational Development

Tambellup Community Pavilion Association and Management Plan
Working with the Shire of Broomehill-Tambellup, KBC helped to establish a Tambellup Community Pavilion Association, with strong representation from the various clubs and groups and a supporting management plan for the new Tambellup Community Pavilion to become a welcoming and inclusive community place for sport, business and social gatherings within Tambellup.

Great Southern Grammar Game Changer Project
Working with staff and sport volunteers from within Great Southern Grammar, the project identified and developed the Great Southern Griffins Sports Club, under Great Southern Grammar Inc.

Eaton Boomers Football Club and Eaton Sports Club
The review and recommendations to the Shire of Dardanup on an Eaton Sports Club/Eaton Boomers Football Club Management Plan.

Frankland River Country Club Needs Assessment and Feasibility Study
Frankland River Country Club Needs Assessment and Feasibility Study – for the Shire of Cranbrook – (with Greg McLennan and Steve Mason) This included a review and amendments to the constitution and update of the governance model for the Country Club

Great Southern Cricket Future Directions Project
Working with the West Australian Cricket Association and local cricket clubs and interested supporters, the review and confirmation of the directions for cricket in the Great Southern region.