Honour Roll

Each year, the Association acknowledges its top performing referees with the awarding of certain awards.  A number of the awards are named after members who have made significant contributions to the Association, to refereeing and to football:

• the Referee of the Year receives the Syd Russell Memorial Award;
• the Under 18 Referee of the Year receives the Shirley Bones Memorial Award;
• the FFA Level Three Referee of the Year receives the Peter Clay Memorial Award;
• the Senior Referee of the Year receives the Sean Morgan-Smith Memorial Award; and
• the Rookie of the Year receives the Michelle Cole Memorial Award.

The Senior Referee of the Year Award is awarded to the best referee over 55 years of age.

The FFA Level Three Referee of the Year Award is awarded to the best referee between 26 and 55 years of age who also holds the FFA Level Three referee accreditation.

The Vice President Juniors Achievement Award (VPJAA) is awarded to a junior referee for outstanding achievement in all endeavours of refereeing throughout the season.

Year	Referee	Assistant	Senior	Level Three	Under 25	Under 21	Under 18	3rd Year	2nd Year	Rookie	VPJAA
2024	A Cowdery	S Menzies	J Barnes	C Melville	J Mackie	T Dale	B Cramp	D Kenny	M Melville	L Rozier	Y Peek
2023	A Cowdery	M Aiello	F Maiuolo	R Berlee	J Mackie	C Eason	B Foster	L Fiedler	D Kenny	T Hall	A Williams
2022	C Stocks	H Sheridan	M Llana	M Feledy	J Mackie	J Nel	M Velarde	B Cramp	M Vyhnalek	X Roperti	L Fiedler
2021	H Smith	J Nel	M Olsen	A Cowdery	J Hill	B Giuffrida	T Dale	M Alcock	A Halberstadt	M Nel	N Barlow
2020	NA	G Peterson	NA	NA	NA	NA	J Boon	H Lovlin	M Velarde	S Stanbury	D Flewin
2019	A Best	B Giufridda	D McLean	H Smith	N Peterson	J Hill	J Mackie	S Denham	T Dale	C Eason	Z Chew
2018	A Best	J Mackie	W Plant	D Bury	T Williams	I Covic	A Llana	B Giufridda	J O'Brien	J Boon	E Robb
2017	J Martins	J Mackie	G Lenihan	D Bury	T Williams	J Courts	J Hill	J Gallagher	H Armstrong	G Peterson	A Giles
2016	S Brennan	R Senior	G Lenihan	D Turner	A Smith	J Morales	J Courts			B Giufridda	J Gallagher
2015	S Brennan	I Covic	K Lewis	L Peterson	A Smith	J Morales	J Courts			E Michell	J Hill
2014	S Brennan	J Courts	G Lenihan	J Martins	A Smith	J Morales	A Iles			A Zhou	R Mackie
2013	J Martins	R Senior	G Lenihan	D Le Ban	S Brennan	N Barrett	J Morales			I Covic
2012	J Martins	J Hepworth	S Logue	Not Awarded	S Brennan	J Ward	T Williams			L Power
2011	J Martins	C Jones	K Stewart	A Whitford	B Downie	S Brennan	N Barrett			J Pierre
2010	J Martins	T Egger	F Best	C Grant	B Downie	A Smith	N Barrett			A Powers
2009	R Shepheard	T Lee	K Lewis	C Grant	B Downie	A Smith	M Collins			H Jewell
2008	J Raphael	T Lee	F Best	P Respicio	B Duke	S Steindl	A Smith			N Barrett
2007	R Shepheard	T Lee	N-O Mathisen	E Penny	M Gillett	B Duke	A Trevor			A Wallis
2006	A Vale	C Ramsay	P Robson	C Grant	M Gillett	B Duke	A Trevor			J Jackson
2005	R Shepheard		D Torevell	P Clift	M Gillett	B Duke	H Louis
2004	R Shepheard		J Cuttle	M Gillett	P Clift	M Gillett	B Duke
2003	L Hudson			C Grant	M Gillett	P Clift	B Duke
2002	A Vale			R Cant	R Shepheard	M Gillett	A Best
2001	A Vale			R Cant	R Shepheard	M Gillett	A Best
2000	G Wilks			G Courts	R Shepheard	A Carratt	M Gillett
1999	A Vale			G Courts	R Shepheard	L Ventress	A Carratt
1998	C Stocks			G Kellow	N Dracakis	M Higgs	T Simonsen
1997	L Hudson				C Stocks	R Shepheard	M Higgs
1996	L Hudson				C Stocks	R Shepheard	A Jordan
1995	A Rathbone				A Vale	C Parratt	R Shepheard
1994	A Rathbone				A Vale	M Dine	M Jordan
1993	A Rathbone				A Vale	M Dine	R Ashover
1992	A Rathbone				G Coupland	S Bendall	M Dine
1991	A Rathbone				A Vale	G Coupland	D Goodwin
1990	S Russell					A Hill	J Humphrey
1989	C Coupland					G Coupland	D Heffernan
1988	S Russell					A Hill	G Coupland
1987	D Hill					P Blackwood	G Coupland
1986	S Russell					A Eason	T Haerland
1985	J Geeves					A Lax	O Gonzales
1984	G Geeves Jnr						K Artuso
1983	A Bartlett						M Connor
1982	J Geeves
1981	A Rathbone