Local newspaper article on Wests/Ole
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Kapi-Mana News, January 26, 2010
Fresh faces for clubs: Winkel and Kila take up new roles
By Kris Dando
It's a time of change at Western Suburbs Football Club and Ole Soccer Academy, and with new American and Dutch connections, the future looks bright.
Western Suburbs' premier XI have been prominent in recent years, winning a swag of Central League titles and the 2006 Chatham Cup.
Ole, meanwhile, has continued to forge ahead, establishing relationships with American universities, hosting young talent at their premises in the old Porirua Hospital grounds in order to develop elite players, holding programmes in schools and hiring new coaches.
But near the end of last year there was a change in personnel and you can expect to see new faces at Ole and Wests in 2010.
Former pro player Nate Winkel brings experience and business acumen - he was previously a development manager at the NZ Stock Exchange - to the role of Ole's executive director. He says he has been given a "blank slate" in order to progress the organisation.
"In terms of the philosophy and geography here, we're pretty happy. But there did need to be a re-defining of how the two [Wests and Ole] operate - Wests is a soccer club, after all, while Ole is a charitable trust, and each has different goals. If I was going to design a job for me, this would be it - I'm really excited about what we can accomplish.
The thirty-one-year-old, born in the US, played football at university before embarking on an eight-year pro career. After working in business and as a director of club development in China, he was attracted to the role at Ole because of previous links to New Zealand.
Ole begins its new Elite Pathway3 programme early next month, with a group of about 20 teenagers taking up residence. They will face 6am starts and heavy workloads as they learn what it takes to become a professional footballer.
Added to the mix will be Dutch coach John Kila, who arrives this week and will work with Ole youngsters and coach the Wests' first and second team. In the latter capacity, he takes over from the successful Matt Calcott, who has taken up a position as coach at rivals Miramar.
Kila has more than 20 years coaching experience in the Dutch second and third divisions, including at AFC Amsterdam, a partner club to the famous Ajax club.
There is no pressure on the Ole footballers to play for Wests, but some inevitably will, Winkel says. In terms of how many Wests first XI players from 2009 will be back and how many have followed Calcott to Miramar, that will be finalised very shortly, with pre-season training to start in the coming weeks.
Fresh faces for clubs: Winkel and Kila take up new roles
By Kris Dando
It's a time of change at Western Suburbs Football Club and Ole Soccer Academy, and with new American and Dutch connections, the future looks bright.
Western Suburbs' premier XI have been prominent in recent years, winning a swag of Central League titles and the 2006 Chatham Cup.
Ole, meanwhile, has continued to forge ahead, establishing relationships with American universities, hosting young talent at their premises in the old Porirua Hospital grounds in order to develop elite players, holding programmes in schools and hiring new coaches.
But near the end of last year there was a change in personnel and you can expect to see new faces at Ole and Wests in 2010.
Former pro player Nate Winkel brings experience and business acumen - he was previously a development manager at the NZ Stock Exchange - to the role of Ole's executive director. He says he has been given a "blank slate" in order to progress the organisation.
"In terms of the philosophy and geography here, we're pretty happy. But there did need to be a re-defining of how the two [Wests and Ole] operate - Wests is a soccer club, after all, while Ole is a charitable trust, and each has different goals. If I was going to design a job for me, this would be it - I'm really excited about what we can accomplish.
The thirty-one-year-old, born in the US, played football at university before embarking on an eight-year pro career. After working in business and as a director of club development in China, he was attracted to the role at Ole because of previous links to New Zealand.
Ole begins its new Elite Pathway3 programme early next month, with a group of about 20 teenagers taking up residence. They will face 6am starts and heavy workloads as they learn what it takes to become a professional footballer.
Added to the mix will be Dutch coach John Kila, who arrives this week and will work with Ole youngsters and coach the Wests' first and second team. In the latter capacity, he takes over from the successful Matt Calcott, who has taken up a position as coach at rivals Miramar.
Kila has more than 20 years coaching experience in the Dutch second and third divisions, including at AFC Amsterdam, a partner club to the famous Ajax club.
There is no pressure on the Ole footballers to play for Wests, but some inevitably will, Winkel says. In terms of how many Wests first XI players from 2009 will be back and how many have followed Calcott to Miramar, that will be finalised very shortly, with pre-season training to start in the coming weeks.
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Great to see local football in the papers, but Kris Dando should do his research before printing what he is told.
Ole Academy Incorporated is not a Charitable Trust, it is an Incorporated Society (like any other football club). It may have tax-exempt status, but that doesn't make it a charity.
To explain the difference - Charitable Trusts are organisations where a group of people (a Board) hold assets for the benefits of another group of people, usually defined by a "charitable purpose". The Board has no discretion to spend money or do things except for the benefit of those other people who fall within the Trust's aims.
An obvious example (see below) is the Life Flight Trust. It's charitbale purpose is to "provide an emergency air search, rescue and ambulance service to serve particularly persons within a 100 miles radius of Wellington city..."
There is also a lot more rigour around who can be on the Board of a Charitable Trust and there are significantly more rules to comply with.
An Incorporated Society on the other hand is a legal entity that allows a group of people with a common interest to form a corporate body for THEIR OWN benefit.
Incorporated Socieities (as the name implies if you think about it) exist for the benefit not of the community but of THEIR MEMBERS.
Most football clubs are Incorporated Societies. You become a member by paying your subs and you elect a bunch of members to run things (the Executive or whatever). Anyone can be on the Executive of an Incorporated Society and Socieities can pretty much do whatever they like as long as they submit financial returns every year to the Registrar of Incorporated Societies.
Anyway, that's today's legal lesson children. I hope Kris Dando is reading.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
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By the way all of this is available online.
You can search for the Ole Academy Inc here: http://www.societies.govt.nz and if you're a real nerd you can read their rules and view their financial statements too.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
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