In Accordance with Rowville Football Club Rules, the following nominations have been received for Life Membership.

Craig Williamz
Matthew Brigham

There is no limit to how many Life Members can be elected in any year.

A brief summary to support each nomination is listed below, voting will be conducted by electronic ballot. Members Names are only collected to validate eligibility and actual ballots are anonymous.

Voting Closes at 8PM on Wednesday November 25th , 2015

6. Life Members
6.1 To be eligible to become a Life Member of the Club a person must have:
6.2 been a Member of the Club for ten (10) years or more. For the purpose of this rule a person will be deemed to have been a member of the club during any period the person was a member of the Rowville Junior Football Club prior to 2009, or,
6.3 made an outstanding contribution, given significant service, to the club in a voluntary, honorary or professional capacity.
6.4 A nomination for a person to be admitted Life Membership must:
6.4.1 be submitted to the Secretary on the appropriate form, signed by a Proposer and Seconder and detailing why the person should be admitted to Life Membership, not less than twenty-eight (28) days before the Annual General Meeting. .
6.4.2 be submitted to all Members and Life Members for consideration not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the Annual General Meeting.
6.4.3 be voted upon by all Members and Life Members.
6.4.4 receive 75% of votes cast in favour of admittance to Life Membership.
6.4.5 be endorsed by a Special Resolution at the Annual General Meeting
6.5Any life member of the Club will have the same rights, privileges, benefits and obligations of Membership of the Club as a Full Member of the Club.

Voting Eligibility

Please note only 2015 Rowville Football Club Financial Members or Life Members are eligible to vote. Only one vote per nomination will be counted per member.

Craig Williamz

Craig Williamz has been associated with the Rowville Football Club for the past 12 years
A selfless individual, Craig affectionately known as “Crackers” to many, has spent countless hours volunteering his time prior to and during home games coordinating and assisting to run our beloved Hill Bar.

For those who are not aware of what it takes to make this happen, there’s at least a couple of hours set up and pack up each home game in addition to hours spent behind the BBQ.

When you are talking more than a decade of continuous volunteer service, that’s a huge commitment!

Behind the scenes, there’s the meat to collect, eggs and rolls to pick up – not to mention the countless other supplies to organise, gas bottles to fill, cleaning of equipment, sourcing volunteers etc.

If there is anyone at the club who needs a lending hand, you can always count on “Crackers” to willingly offer assistance. A cheeky character “Crackers” is well loved by players and members alike. Craig has held a position on the committee for years and embodies everything RFC stands for – Commitment, Trust and Respect.

Craig’s business CD Automotive has been a major sponsor of the club for more than 7 years. His support has been invaluable and without the generous financial assistance of his company, the club would simply not be in the position it finds itself today.

A well-deserved recipient of the Volunteer of the year award this year, we are confident Craig will have resounding support from members and players alike.

Matthew Brigham

Matthew has been a member of Rowville Junior Football Club & Rowville Football Club for the past 28 years.

Matthew started as a junior at the age of 13 and as a 16 year old played in the under 18A team fielded by Rowville Junior Football Club. He has played over 300 games (junior and senior).

He was also Runner for the RFC Senior side under Paul Mynott for a season.

Matthew has been a member of the committee and social team for a number of years and was also vice president of the club in 1998.

He has also been a sponsor of the club and a player sponsor over the years.

Matthew has been nominated for Life Membership for the last 4 years unfortunately only just missing out each time.

He has a young family and has moved away from Rowville but still attends most games both home and away and social functions.

Matt is still one of the first ones to put his hand up to help out whenever required to do so i.e. helping out with the install of the undercover area seating and also organising and helping run past players functions over the last couple of years.

Matthew still remains an active member of the Rowville Football Club to the current day.

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