Nick O’Neill (1969-) – Life Member 2023
Nick has rendered outstanding service in his roles as an official and on the APSOC Executive. While still competing, he joined the Executive as an elected member in 2012, became…
Life Members
Candice Charles (1964-) – Life Member 2015
Candice came to Melbourne from Adelaide and, having befriended a leading Old Scotch athlete, joined Old Scotch Collegians Athletic Club in 1990. This was shortly after finishing third female in…
Alan Rowe (1946-) – Life Member 2014
Alan has had a fifty year involvement in athletics as an athlete, club administrator and official. Alan attended Carey Grammar in the 1960s and was one of the school’s leading…
John Macmillan (1938-) – Life Member 2012
John has been associated with APSOC for over forty years. He is a loyal Old Xaverian and has been a regular competitor in APSOC competition. A look at the competition…
Jeffrey Coster (1948-) – Life Member 2010
At the 2010 APSOC Annual General Meeting, the President (Ross Tennant) put forward the Executive’s proposal that Jeff Coster be elected as a Life Member. Jeff was Association Treasurer from…
David Metherall (1947-) – Life Member 2007
David has been a member of the APSOCAAA since 1989. He was a founding member of Old Haileybury Athletics Club in this year and its inaugural President. He has represented…
Stuart Facey (1950-) – Life Member 2007
Stuart Facey commenced running with Old Scotch as a junior in 1968 and ran (and walked) every season until 2015. He would be one of the most consistent APSOC runners…
Bernie Laffey (1928-) – Life Member 2007
Bernie had a successful career in a number of sports, including Australian Rules football and squash. He won the Best and Fairest trophy for Port Melbourne in the VFA in…
Mark Purvis (1957-) – Life Member 2004
Mark Purvis joined Old Scotch Athletic Club in 1974 and competed on the track for a couple of seasons, but did not make his APSOC debut until 1983. At this…
Christopher Worsnop (1957-) – Life Member 2003
Chris joined OXAC in 1978 following his younger brother Mark, competing initially on the track. He first ran APSOC and VAAA cross country races in 1979. By the close of…
Luke Travers (1961-) – Life Member 2002
Luke played a strong role in the growth of St Kevin’s AC during the 1980’s and 1990’s, both as a runner and team manager. He was APSOC President 1991-92. As…
Tarquin Oehr (1951-) – Life Member 1998
After trying many sports at Scotch and not being good at those involving a ball, Tarquin took up cross country running in year 11. The following year Scotch had a…
Field Rickards (1949-) – Life Member 1998
Field came to APSOC from a rowing background with his great friend the late Tom Yuncken (OM). In 1987, Field took over as Handicapper, a role he has now filled…
Brian Sneddon (1924-2008) – Life Member 1995
Brian Sneddon (OX) took an interest in the APSOC through his son David. He was a timekeeper/official through the 1970’s and continued for many years into the 1990’s.
Michael van Assche (1931-2015) – Life Member 1995
Michael joined Old Xaverians Athletic Club in 1948 and competed in sprints, middle distance and field events. In later years he was a VAAA Grade 1 official and announcer at…
James (Jim) Plunkett (1917-2002) – Life Member 1995
Jim Plunkett was an official/timekeeper with Old Xaverians, and in particular with APSOC, from the 1960’s to the 1980’s. He was never a competitor, but took an interest in athletics…
Peter Le Get (1934-) – Life Member 1995
Peter’s membership of APSOC has been in two distinct phases, 1950 to 1957 and from about 1980 to the present. Peter joined Old Wesley Athletic Club while still at school…
Alan Hooley (1924-2014) – Life member 1995
Alan Hooley’s first contact with APSOC was through his second son, Bruce, a talented distance runner who competed successfully for Old Scotch during the 1970’s and 1980’s, including winning the…
Peter Bruce (1942-) – Life Member 1993
Peter Bruce has been a member of the Old Xaverians Athletic Club for over fifty years, having been a competitor in track, cross country and road events for forty of…
Geoffrey Westcott (1942-) – Life Member 1989
Geoff is not the best known of the Association’s Life Members. In over thirty years of competing, he has not once breasted the tape to take a handicap or fastest time…
Keith Lodge (1931-2016) – Life Member 1989
Keith’s involvement in athletics goes back to 1943 when, as a twelve year old, he represented St Kevin’s College in the Associated Catholic College Carnival. He helped the College to…
William (Bill) Franzke (1946-) – Life member 1989
Bill attended Wesley from 1958 to 1965 and was a member of the athletics team from 1962 to 1965. He competed in the APS Carnival 880 yards in 1964 and…
Barry Jones (1943-) – Life Member 1983
Barry’s connection with the St Kevin’s AAC goes back to the late 1950’s when he joined the club as a junior. He began his APOSC running in 1962 and quickly…
Neil Lucas (1945-) – Life Member 1983
Neil Lucas was Scotch’s Captain of Athletics in 1964, having represented the school at three Combined Sports in middle distance events. He was an active Old Scotch competitor on the…
Colin Findlay (1937-) – Life Member 1981
Colin joined Old Scotch Collegians Athletic Club in the summer of 1953-54, having had reasonable success in cross country and middle distance running at school. As a schoolboy, he achieved…
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