Six new player life members

All discussions to do with the SANFL

Six new player life members

Postby DOC » Fri Mar 02, 2018 4:19 pm

THERE may have been more loyal servants of South Australian football than Rodney Maynard but few have had that rare combination of talent, dedication, application and geniality.

Genial! That’s a way of saying he’s a good bloke - maybe the nicest footballer you could ever meet. We always say that about the great, albeit modest, Barrie Robran but “Rocket” Maynard is up there with him.

Whether it was as a player with Norwood and the inaugural Crows, or as a player, coach and umpire in his beloved hometown, Lameroo, Maynard’s service has been exemplary and selfless.

It is significant that he was the first player to win the Crows Best Team Man award. His overall contribution to the game was recognised in 2015 when he was inducted into the SANFL Hall of Fame.

However, for all his awards for dedicated service, there is one football honour that has eluded him - he is not a life member of any of those clubs.

Fortunately, that great anomaly has now been rectified. The SANFL has conferred player life membership on Maynard and five other South Australian footballers whose careers were interrupted by the formation of the Crows and Port in the AFL.

The qualification for life membership of the SANFL, a significant honour, is 200 games over a minimum of 10 years’ service.

Maynard, Stephen Rowe, Scott Hodges Sean Tasker, Greg Anderson and Darren Jarman, all had their SANFL careers interrupted by the AFL. While it can be argued that Anderson and Jarman chose to move interstate, they still meet the criteria which have been amended to allow them, Maynard, Rowe, Tasker and Hodges to be granted SANFL Player Life Membership.

To qualify for life membership, these players in this unique situation, had to have played a total of 200 games over 10 years, including a minimum of 150 SANFL (including state games). The balance of the games can be comprised of AFL games for the Crows or Port as long as those games were played while the SANFL owned the licences of the two AFL clubs.

Jarman, 121 games for the Crows, and Anderson, 59, returned to Adelaide while the SANFL still owned the licence of the Adelaide Football Club so their Crows games count in their overall totals.

Scott Hodges played 183 games for Port in the SANFL, plus two state games; Sean Tasker 155 for North, Glenelg and Sturt as well as three state games; Rowey played 185 games for Norwood plus three state games.

Maynard played 157 for Norwood plus three state games. In all cases, their Crows games have taken them over the required 200 games.

The predicament of these players who had been stuck in this no-man’s land of life membership has long been a cause of retiring SANFL director, David Shipway, who championed the initiative to have these players recognised as being worthy of player life membership.

The process required exhaustive research by the league’s dedicated statistician Mark Beswick, who prepared the required results for a selection panel of SANFL greats to consider.

The outcome wasn’t immediate as there was initially some concern that to consider special circumstances would create an awkward precedent.

In the end sanity prevailed and the outstanding contribution of the six players has been rewarded with the honour of SANFL Player Life Membership which will be presented to them at the SANFL’s AGM on March 13th.

“Rocket” Maynard makes the trip from Lameroo to Adelaide to watch every home game of the Crows. Each time he pays for his tickets. One of the benefits of SANFL Player Life Membership is entry to all AFL minor round games at Adelaide Oval.

There have been many SANFL players who have qualified for that privilege. At last Rodney Maynard is now one of them. It’s been too long coming.
User avatar
DOC
Coach
 
 
Posts: 17914
Joined: Wed May 16, 2007 7:15 pm
Has liked: 724 times
Been liked: 2076 times

Re: Six new player life members

Postby Blacky » Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:27 pm

i will be interested in which officials receive merit awards this year
Current image:
Maximum dimensions; width: 100 pixels, height: 100 pixels, file size: 20.51 KiB
The avatar functionality is currently DISABLED.
Blacky
Reserves
 
 
Posts: 966
Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:31 pm
Location: Front bar at WESTIES
Has liked: 8 times
Been liked: 40 times
Grassroots Team: Morphettville Park

Re: Six new player life members

Postby Dutchy » Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:29 pm

Blacky wrote:i will be interested in which officials receive merit awards this year


Merit awards?

Are we back in Primary school? :lol:
User avatar
Dutchy
Site Admin
 
 
Posts: 44458
Joined: Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:24 am
Location: Location, Location
Has liked: 2311 times
Been liked: 3484 times

Re: Six new player life members

Postby oldfella » Fri Mar 02, 2018 11:46 pm

Dutchy, sanfl merit award for services to the game in south australia -- while given little aclaim or publicity is actually a highly honoured award by the sanfl to official with meritotius service within various leagues affiliated to the sanfl both in the city and rural zones.

Hardly a school award my friend ☺
oldfella
Under 16s
 
 
Posts: 445
Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:47 pm
Has liked: 39 times
Been liked: 14 times

Re: Six new player life members

Postby Dutchy » Sat Mar 03, 2018 11:43 am

Probably should come up with a better name that "merit award" then!
User avatar
Dutchy
Site Admin
 
 
Posts: 44458
Joined: Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:24 am
Location: Location, Location
Has liked: 2311 times
Been liked: 3484 times

Re: Six new player life members

Postby oldfella » Sat Mar 03, 2018 2:12 pm

Dutchy wrote:Probably should come up with a better name that "merit award" then!


That i agree with mate not sure what though perhaps service to game award or something similar
oldfella
Under 16s
 
 
Posts: 445
Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:47 pm
Has liked: 39 times
Been liked: 14 times

Re: Six new player life members

Postby Blacky » Sat Mar 03, 2018 5:36 pm

Some people get them and some people don't
Current image:
Maximum dimensions; width: 100 pixels, height: 100 pixels, file size: 20.51 KiB
The avatar functionality is currently DISABLED.
Blacky
Reserves
 
 
Posts: 966
Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:31 pm
Location: Front bar at WESTIES
Has liked: 8 times
Been liked: 40 times
Grassroots Team: Morphettville Park

Re: Six new player life members

Postby Grenville » Sat Mar 03, 2018 7:59 pm

The best opposition player I've met was Mick Redden, champion player and a legend of a bloke.
User avatar
Grenville
Veteran
 
 
Posts: 3709
Joined: Sat Nov 14, 2015 5:53 pm
Has liked: 262 times
Been liked: 761 times

Re: Six new player life members

Postby Dutchy » Sat Mar 03, 2018 9:48 pm

Blacky wrote:Some people get them and some people don't


Obviously hoping you get one eh?
User avatar
Dutchy
Site Admin
 
 
Posts: 44458
Joined: Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:24 am
Location: Location, Location
Has liked: 2311 times
Been liked: 3484 times

Re: Six new player life members

Postby Blacky » Sat Mar 03, 2018 10:15 pm

Dutchy wrote:
Blacky wrote:Some people get them and some people don't


Obviously hoping you get one eh?

I won't get one mate that I do know
Oldfella will back me on that one
Current image:
Maximum dimensions; width: 100 pixels, height: 100 pixels, file size: 20.51 KiB
The avatar functionality is currently DISABLED.
Blacky
Reserves
 
 
Posts: 966
Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:31 pm
Location: Front bar at WESTIES
Has liked: 8 times
Been liked: 40 times
Grassroots Team: Morphettville Park


Board index   Football  SANFL

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 16 guests

Around the place

Competitions   SANFL Official Site | Country Footy SA | Southern Football League | VFL Footy
Club Forums   Snouts Louts | The Roost | Redlegs Forum |