Life Members

Altona has had many wonderful people contribute to the success of the club but very few have been honoured with life membership. To become a life member is not something that is given out lightly at Altona.

Life members have contributed over many years, often decades, to the club. Many have been long term players as well as committee members and volunteers for long periods of time. Our life members have all been different in terms of what they have provided to the club. Some were there to see the club become established, others saw us through hard times when we were struggling financially and put us on the right track, others represented our Club’s interests to council and to lacrosse Victoria and the Australian Lacrosse Association, others continued to do the vital yet thankless jobs that no one else wanted to do. What they all had in common however was a love of lacrosse and a fanatical desire to do whatever it took for however long it took to see Altona Lacrosse Club succeed.

Members of our club can look up at that life member board and know with certainty that every name there has given their all for the club over many, many years, if any of those people named on that board, had not been at Altona then we would not be the club we are today, and that is why they are recognised.

Our life members

1984 Mrs L. Danger
1985 Mr F. Dekusel
1987 Mr G. Sharpe
1989 Mr R. Benedierks
1992 Mr W. Shillingford
1998 Mr B. Mackinnon
2000 Mr R. Caldwell
2004 Mr A. Frost
2012 Mr G. Mackinnon
2013 Mrs V.Hanniver
2014 Mr S.Crooks
2018 Mr S. Hanniver
2018 Mr W. Martin