Honour Board

Waratah Football Club Life Members

Year	Name	Year	Name	Year	Name	Year	Name	Year	Name
1963-64	1.  Keith Crooks (dec)	1963-64	2.  Pat Skelley (dec)	1963-64	3. Norm Tibbet (dec)	1963-64	4. Murry Hatch (dec)	1963-64	5. Bruce Behmdt (dec)
1963-64	6. Terry Roney	1963-64	7. Barney Lyons (dec)	1963-64	8. John O'Callaghan (dec)	1963-64	9. Hubert Neil 'Spike) Jones	1963-64	10. Noel Lynagh (dec)
1963-64	11. Reg Hoy (dec)	1963-64	12. Joe Richards (dec)	1963-64	13. Col Beck (dec)	1964-65	14. John Horton (dec)	1967-68	17. Syl 'Spud' Murphy (dec)
1968-69	18. Graham 'Perc' Arbon (dec)	1968-69	19. A E 'Snowy' Klose	1969-70	20. Phil Murphy	1969-70	21. Jack Corrick (dec)	1971-72	22. Wes Walmsley
1971-72	23. Ron McLean (dec)	1972-73	24. Cam Howell (dec)	1973-74	15. Len Poulter (dec)	1973-74	16. Peter Keating (dec)	1973-74	25. Rod Powell (dec)
1973-74	26. Mike Poulter	1975-76	27. Wallace Nickels	1976-77	28. Richard Griffiths	1976-77	29. David Fong	1976-77	30. Lloyd Norrish
1977-78	31. Peter Goodrem	1977-78	32. Trevor 'Cabbage' Lee	1977-78	33. Bob 'Boofa' Haines	1978-79	34. John Arnold	1978-79	35. Craig 'Hank' McPhee
1978-79	36. Keith Nickels	1978-79	37. Roger Zerna	1979-80	38. Wilson 'Winga' Lee	1980-81	39. Mitch Lee	1981-82	40. Ron Baker (dec)
1981-82	41. Auntie Cathie Nickels (dec)	1985-86	42. Peter 'Harry' Dwyer	1985-86	43. Tom Sandery	1986-87	44. Jessie Nickels (dec)	1986-87	45. Audrey Fraser (dec)
1986-87	46. Lloyd Nickels (dec)	1986-87	47. Allan 'Ali' Fraser	1987-88	48. George Krueger (dec)	1988-89	49. Alfie May	1991-92	50. Dave Craufurd
1991-92	51. Bob Brand	1992-93	52. Helen Fischer	1995-96	53. Viviene Manu Lasike (nee Nickels) (dec)	1995-96	54. Tony Street  (dec)	1996-97	55. Dion Hodge
1996-97	60. Lenny O'Bryan	1997-98	56. Robert 'Bob' Garlepp	1998-99	59. Russell May	1998-99	58. Graham Ross	1998-99	57. Antony 'Herbie' Hoban
2001-02	61. Rod Fowler	2001-02	62. Rod McLean	2002-03	63. Paul Carroll	2003-04	66. Shane Carroll	2003-04	67. Selwyn Short
2003-04	68. Garry Smart	2007-08	69. James Bury	2008-09	70. Ali Johnston (dec)	2009-10	71. Bob Jenner	2009-10	72. Royce Andrews
2011-12	73. Steve Mugford	2011-12	74. Stewart McBean	2011-12	75. Brian Price	2012-13	76. Jake Smart	2012-13	77. Lincoln Withers
2017-18	78. Jan Wray	2018-19	79. Chris Williams	2020-21	80. Garry Gallagher	2020-21	81. Brent Rowley	2021-22	82. Lauren O'Shea
2021-22	83. Bree Martin	2021-22	84. Lisa 'Robbo' Roberts	2022-23	87. Sue Kotz	2022-23	88. Steve Kotz

 

 

The committee may at its discretion, grant Life Membership to –

(a) Any player who has played at least one hundred and fifty (150) league games with the Club.

OR

(b) Any member who has given at least ten (10) years outstanding service to the Club in consecutive years, which may include playing service of no less than one hundred and fifty (150) games in any other grade, but must be accompanied by outstanding service commensurate to or immediately consecutive to playing service, providing said member has been nominated and seconded in writing by two (2) financial members of the Club.

 

Nominations for Life Membership are to be presented to the Club no later than 01 February of any given year.

 

 

Club Legends

Club Legend status is only awarded to a Life Member of the Club who has continued to serve the Club by way of a significant contributing presence for ten (10) years after being awarded Life Membership.

Year	Recipient
2007	Auntie Cathie Nickels (dec)
2020	Brian Price
2020	Bob Jenner

 

Nominations for Club Legends are to be presented to the Club no later than 01 February of any given year.

 

 

The Aunty Cath 'Club Person of the Year'
YEAR	RECIPIENT
2003/04	Neil Sutherland
2004/05	Gail McLeod
2005/06	Bob Jenner
2006/07	Bob Jenner
2007/08	Grant Hatcher
2008/09	Rebecca Hall
2009/10	Ian Brasher
2010/11	Bob Jenner & Brian Moon
2011/12	Jan Wray
2012/13	Kathy Sadler
2013/14	-
2014/15	Sherryn Killmister
2015/16	Kathy Hutt
2016/17	Dirk Alber
2017/18	Paul Gross
2018/19	Darren Habets
2019/20	Scott Seymour
2020/21	Sarah Neal
2021/22	Elle Langworthy
2022/23	Shane Carroll

 

The Aunty Cath Club Person of the Year award is named in honour of Auntie Cathie Nickels.

Sadly Aunty Cath recently passed away in May 2022. A true icon of our club, our game and the broader AFLNT, Aunty Cath will be remembered for her friendship, dedication and love of our club and her ‘Spunky Boys’.

Aunty Cath demonstrated until the end what it means to be a Warrior.

She leaves behind a true legacy, as the first female Club Secretary in the NTFL, the longest standing timekeeper of 35 years, the first female WFC Club Life Member and the first female AFLNT Life Member.

A fiercely loyal supporter, a force to be reckoned with and with quick wit, it’s no wonder the Club created the Club Legend status, a level above Life Member, for Aunty Cath to be the first ever WFC Club Legend.

 

Rosemary Griffiths 'Volunteer of the Year'
YEAR	RECIPIENT
2008/09	Scott Belford
2009/10	Stewart McBean
2010/11	Duncan Sadler
2011/12	Duncan Sadler
2012/13	Jan Wray
2013/14	Stephanie Jungfer
2014/15	Jan Wray
2015/16	Jan Wray
2016/17	Jan Wray
2017/18	Sue Kotz
2018/19	Karla Fishley
2019/20	Chris Lai
2020/21	Shane Carroll
2021/22	Lauren O'Shea
2022/23	Sharona Bishop

 

 

Alexander Aurrichio Humanitarian Award 

Year	Recipient
2020-21	Arnold Kirby
2021-22	John 'Coota' Dunstone
2022-23	Sarah Neal

 

On the 8th of June 2020 our club lost our dear mate Rooch in a tragic road accident. To keep his memory alive, the Alexander Aurrichio Humanitarian Award was founded.

A humanitarian is someone that is concerned with or seeks to promote human welfare. A humanitarian is compassionate, humane, unselfish, generous, merciful and kind.