Life Membership

What

A life member of Barker Alumni Football is bestowed on a former/present club member who has made a significant and consistent contribution to the club and football community over many years.

The nominee for life member may have finished their active participation with the Club but may also be in their twilight playing career.

Why

The club wishes to acknowledge people who given up their time to be an integral part of the fabric of the football club over an extended period of time.

Member powers / benefits

There are two key benefits of life membership:

1. Perpetual voting rights on club matters at AGMs (voting is otherwise restricted to registered players), life members are encouraged to continue to support the football club into the future.

2. A life member is rewarded through access to Alumni student registration rates (regardless of Alumni and student status).

Restrictions

No more than two life members can be inducted into the Barker Alumni Football in a single year. Life member induction is made by consensus of the club management committee with nominations restricted to those put forward by existing life members and current club officials.

Induction

Life membership induction will occur at the end of the football season during the Gala dinner, where the football club will invite the nominee to the Gala event as a guest. A brief history of the nominee's association with the club is given, as well as an overview of the life membership benefits.

Life Members

Craig 'Bundy' Robinson - Inducted 2017 - ‘Bundy’ oversaw club management around the turn of the century. In an era of paper match-cards and ground keeping obligations, Bundy has given up a signficant amount of his time over many years to ensure OB FC ran smoothly.

Michael ‘Poony’ Poon - Inducted 2017 - An ageless wonder, ‘Poony’ continues to play in the 035 team and is believed to be the most capped OB FC player in club history.