Awards & Honours

• 2002
• 2015
• 2019
• 2025

• Matthew Bath (1995)
• Aaron Richter-Steers (2005)

• Jordy Campbell (2007, 2009)
• Sebastian Bell (2013)
• Aaron Walker (2016)
• Joel Wood (2017)
• Sam Shepherd (2017)
• Lisandro Luaces (2019)
• Diego Vazquez (2020)

• Rose Argent (2004)

• Graham Bird (2002)
• Peter Ware (2005, 2006)
• Damon Bell (2017, 2019)

• Sterling Collier (1997)
• Tony Duncombe (1997)
• Todd Knaus (2001)
• Aaron Richter-Steers (2002, 2005, 2006)
• Andre Kvia (2002)
• Bruce Morhaus (2002)
• Jed Wright (2003)
• Adam Bostock (2004)
• Shaun Packham (2004, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015)
• Kai Connell (2006)
• Jonathan Pierce (2007, 2018)
• Jordy Campbell (2009)
• Kazuhiro Tsukamoto (2011, 2014)
• Sam Robson (2012)
• Sebastian Bell (2013)
• Connor Cannon (2014)
• James Tomlinson (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
• Tyson Kaye (2015)
• Sam Shepherd (2017)
• Ben Ahern (2017)
• Aaron Walker (2017)
• Pierce Essery (2019)
• Diego Vasquez (2019)
• Lisandro Luaces (2019)

• Tanika Hand (2006)
• Rose Argent (2006)
• Sophie Thompson (2011)
• Lisa Bolt (2018)
• Zoe Corbett (2018)
• Violet Innes (2019)
• Maddie Green (2019)

• Junior Player of the Year: Sterling Collier (1995)
• Women’s Open Golden Boot: Terry Doherty (1997)
• Men’s Open Golden Boot: Stephen Hegedis (2011)
• Men’s Open Golden Boot: William Ennis (2016)
• Women’s Division 2 Fairplay Award: Byron Bay FC (2017)
• Men’s Division 6 Fairplay Award: Byron Bay FC (2019)

• Sebastian Bell (2013)
• Joel Wood (2017)
• Jonathon Pierce (2018)
• Oliver Stautner (2020)

ot all awards come from Football Far North Coast. On occasion the club and its individuals are recognised from other sources such as Northern NSW Football and the Byron Shire Council.

• FFNC Newcastle Permanent Volunteer of the Month: Greg Meek (June 2015)
• FFNC Newcastle Permanent Coach of the Month: Damien Smith (June 2016)
• FFNC Newcastle Permanent Volunteer of the Month: Kerry Northcott (August 2017)
• Byron Shire Council Sportsperson of the Year: Chris Layland (2018)
• FFNC Newcastle Permanent Coach of the Month: Chris Layland (August 2020)
• FFNC Newcastle Permanent Coach of the Year: Chris Layland (2020)

Peter Keenan is the inaugural Byron Bay FC Hall Of Honour inductee.

Peter joined the Club in 1979 and for 34 years worked tirelessly doing every job that is possible. Peter started played seniors in his first year with the club and it was his persistence and passion in the early 1980s that saved the senior club from folding.

He been Club President four times and has held so many positions on the committee member that he cannot remember them all. He has just always been there.

Peter played several Premier Division Grand Finals and over the years worked his way down the grades until his final championship came in 2011 as he was part of the team that won the Men’s Division 6 Pointscore Championship.

A bad injury sustained while playing Division 5 in 2013 forced his fifth – and final – retirement but his service to the club did not stop. Retirement from playing simply meant Peter handed in his jersey and began his new career as Division 5 assistant manager alongside his great mate Kenny Baynes.

Over the years Peter was also been Premier Reserves coach, Premier Division manager, a junior coach, canteen coordinator and field coordinator.

Keenen Electrical has sponsored the club on countless occasions, as did his parents beforehand. Peter is first person to put his hand in his pocket to fund the club [or a player in need] and the first person to put his hand up to do a job.

The club was delighted to see Peter awarded the Bill Turner Award for Outstanding Contribution to Football in Northern NSW and is very proud that Peter is the inaugural member of the club’s Hall of Honour.

At the time of his induction, Vlad had been with Byron Bay FC for 25 years.

One of the most passionate men you will ever meet, Vlad played with great success and made a successful transition to coaching. He coached the Premier Division side on three occasions and coached other senior and junior teams six times. Perhaps the most notable being when he guided the U16 Boys to the treble as winners of the Pointscore Championship, Grand Final and ANZAC Cup.

Vlad was the Brunswick Valley District Junior Development Squad Coach, has been a FFNC representative coach twice, a Northern Brand coach twice, and took the U15s to the Country Championships.

Vlad also organised holiday coaching clinics in Lismore, Alstonville, Byron Bay and Brunswick Heads. He was an inaugural member of the coaches association and its treasurer. He worked very hard to secure Graham Bird as Byron Bay’s first professional coach.

As a player, Vlad has been captain coach of the Premier Division side and was an ANZAC Cup finalist. In 1996 and 1997 he played Division 2 with his son Todd, which is still one of his fondest memories. He hung up the boots after winning the Division 6 Pointscore Championship in 2011.

In his spare time Vlad has been Club President four times and held various other positions, including manager of the Premier Division team. He is of course a life member.

No one gives the club more than Kerry. At the time of this award, Kerry had run the juniors for the previous five years and has also been Treasurer. She has been instrumental in raising the quality of coaching for juniors and if there is a chance to give the juniors more coaching, more opportunity, more gear or more encouragement then Kerry is up for it.

Charlie was Junior President and was instrumental in amalgamating the seniors and juniors in 1986. This move was critical in saving the seniors set them up to be promoted to Premier Division in 1990.

Tony was Club President on numerous occasions and has held various committee positions along with coaching and playing.

Peter coached at Byron Bay FC with distinction for many years including six seasons at the helm of the Premier Division squad. Peter oversaw the club’s first Grand Final Championship in 2005 and first Pointscore Championship in 2006. He was won an ANZAC Cup as coach in 2007.

Graham was our first professional coach. It’s said Mark Stewart moved training from the pub to the Rec Grounds and Graham continued the growth by turned the side into a proper squad. In the first year with the team he avoided relegation and in the next season he took them to the grand final. Graham was named Football Far North Coast Coach of the Year in 2002.

In the early years people didn’t always have a designate role, they just did what was asked and no-one embodied this more than Joyce. She was a team manager, ran the canteen and was ground coordinator. Living across the road from the Byron Bay Memorial Recreation Grounds made Joyce the go to person and she was still custodian of the key to the lights up to 2005.

One of the founding fathers in 1970 who took on coaching and managing teams – and every other job that was going – when Byron Bay FC was getting established, Darryl played a major role in instigating the Summerland Soccer Association.

Chris coached at Byron Bay FC for 18 consecutive years from 1988 and returned again in 2012 after a small break. He has taken five teams to Grand Finals, winning three.

Debby started as a supporter of the Club in the late 1970's to support her mates who were playing and remains one of our most dedicated supporters. But that’s not all: Debby has also been a coach, a committee member, has run the canteen, been the hardest working fundraiser in the club’s history and a tireless event organiser.

Graham has been manager of the Premier Division team including the 2005 and 2006 championships.

Jenny has been on the committee for many years and coordinated the refs.

Shaun played with distinction since U6s and was long-time captain of the Premier Division side, including leading the club to multiple championships and winning multiple selections in the FFNC Team of the Year.

James has also played since U6s and is a premiership winner with Premier Division. The family business, Packham Electrical, has been a long term sponsor of the Club.

KB, Val Porter, Valmai Porter and Lachlan Baynes. Val was the first female coach at Byron Bay and ran the canteen.

At the time of the award, Valmai was a Committee member and coordinated the referees. KB was assistant coach of juniors side U9 to U16 and is an original 1978 Ram, a premiership player, a life member and in 2013 coach our Men’s Division 5 team.

Lachlan has been Junior Club Person of Year and currently plays in the Premier Reserves.

James (Jim), Rhonda, Mark, Scott and Sean are founding members and the family are all life members.

Jim attended the first public meeting of the Byron Bay Youth Soccer Club and played in the first senior team in 1973.

Mark, Scott and Sean all played in the 1970s U8 Penguins original junior team.

No one gives the club more than Kerry. At the time of this award, Kerry had run the juniors for the previous five years and has also been Treasurer. She has been instrumental in raising the quality of coaching for juniors and if there is a chance to give the juniors more coaching, more opportunity, more gear or more encouragement then Kerry is up for it.

Mark was an U18 Australia representative who became captain/coach of Byron’s O35s Championship winning sides: scoring in both grand finals. He has also been the Premier Reserves captain/coach and played in Premier Division at the age of 45.

Aaron was a junior FFNC representative player and was awarded player of match in the 2001 grand final. He has won multiple championships with Byron Bay, has earned multiple FFNC Team of the Year selections and was named FFNC Player of the Year in 2005.

Shaun played all his football with Byron Bay, starting in U6s and became captain of the Premier Division side. He has scored in a grand final win, has captained Byron Bay to silverware and has been selected in multiple FFNC Team of the Year squads.

Jed was an Australian schoolboy and FFNC representative. He played for Byron Bay from U15s to Premier Division and went on to play in the Queensland Premier League.

John represented Australia at U17 level and went on to play for the Newcastle United Youth Team in the National Soccer League before heading to Norway to playing and coaching. He was a 2005 and 2006 Grand Final winner.

Todd played with Byron Bay from 1989 where he went through all the junior sides, played for the Country State team, toured New Zealand with the state sqad and was in the Northern Branch representative team from U13s to U16s. He was also part of the North Coast Academy squad for four years. Todd played seniors from 17 years of age and earned selection in the FFNC Team of the Year.

Alison played in the club’s first women’s team and was selected six times to play for New South Wales.

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Tony was a striker who was captain/coach of the club. Tony also played for Sydney City and in the Newcastle State League.

Sterling was a goalkeeper for Byron Bay in the 1990s when he went from juniors to seniors. He played in State and Northern Branch teams from U13s to U16 and as a senior goalkeeper was signed by National Soccer League side Brisbane Strikers.

Tony joined Byron Bay FC a senior player and with his silky skills is known as the best midfielder the club has ever had. Tony went on to captain/coached the Rams.

Allan started his Byron Bay FC career in juniors and worked his way all the way up to the Premier Division side. He last played in 2002.

Ron was an imposing player: a big, hard runner who always troubled the opposition goalkeeper. He won two grand finals as a player – scoring the best goal in the 1978 decider – and one as a coach.

Mark began his Byron Bay career as an U8 Penguin in 1970. He went on to represent the Summerland Soccer Federation seven times and in 1973 was a member of the club’s first undefeated team, winning the Pointscore Championship and Grand Final. He played his first senior game for the club at only 12-years-old in 1974 and in 1977 was an U15 State Titles finalist with Northern NSW, gaining selection in the National Team.

Paul captained the 1978 reformed Rams to a Premiership in their first year with a 6-2 win over Mullumbimby and was awarded player of the match in the final. He also captain/coached the Premier Division and later played O35s. He is a great leader.

• Kenny Baynes
• Joel Bradford
• Jordie Campbell
• Stuart Carruth
• Des Clark
• Paul Clark
• K Connel
• Evan Copper
• Chris Cranmer
• James Herbertson
• Craig Hutchinson
• Nathan Jones
• Chris Kelly
• Ian Lennie
• Andy Miller
• Al Murray
• James Packham
• Jonathan Pierce
• Wayne Proctor
• Don Robinson
• Eden Robinson
• Sam Robinson
• Tom Ruhl
• Mark Stewart
• Jens Waters
• Youngie