VRWC Life Members

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The Victorian Race Walking Club recognises its life members in a special way. A life membership is only given to the most hard working and committed members of a club and acknowledges the great contribution of that person to the club.

Over some 90 years of existence, VRWC has only given out 45 life memberships which are as follows

1928 Frank O’Rourke *
1933 Alfred Robinson *
1933 Frank Byrne *
1933 William Billsborrow *
1936 James McDonald *
1938 Rupert Blackley *
1946 Edward Drayton *
1948 Herbert Gardiner *
1948 Jack Larkin *
1955 James Gaylor *
1955 Norman Goble *
1955 Fred O’Grady *
1956 Frank McGuire *
1959 Charles Jacobson *
1960 Jack Cummins *
1961 Augustus Theobald *
1964 Ralph Field *
1964 George Knott *
1971 Radcliffe Grace *
1975 Elsie Jacobson *
1978 Mabel Robinson *
1983 Ray Smith *
1987 Robert Gardiner
1987 Ronald Miller
1990 Thomas Daintry *
1990 Harold Summers
1998 Alan Johnson
2001 Mark Donahoo
2005 Tim Erickson
2007 Peter Vysma
2008 Marlaine Stanway *
2008 Barbara Gardiner **
2008 Joyce Summers **
2009 Lloyd Nichols
2010 Kate Suich **
2012 Stuart Cooper
2014 Michael Bodey
2014 Judy Mason *, **
2014 Gordon Loughnan **
2015 Diane Lowden **
2017 Heather Carr
2018 Allan Minter
2019 David Cash
2019 Ian Laurie **
2023 Terry Swan

Terry Swan is awarded his VRWC life membership
by club president Stuart Cooper

* Deceased
** Honorary Life Members

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