LIFE MEMBER HONOUR ROLL
The Ainslie Football Club are proud to launch the Life Member Honour Roll, highlighting the contributions of such significant people in our Club’s history.
The Club has inducted 110 Life Members since 1931, without these extraordinary individuals we would not be the Club we are today.
Patrick Palmer
Received life membership in 1991.
Patrick Palmer started out his Ainslie career in 1978 playing in the Second Grade team, between then and 1992 he would bow out at 203 Second Grade games and 20 First […]
David Lalor
Received life membership in 1990.
David started playing at Ainslie in 1967, and would play 91 Reserve Grade games and 26 First Grade games between then and 1973. Taking a break from the game he would […]
Karl Blundell
Received life membership in 1990.
Karl’s story begins before his time at Ainslie, in 1965 he started what would be a legendary run as a goal umpire for AFL in the ACT. Known for being a […]
Martin Smith
Received life membership in 1987.
Martin “Marty” Smith is the 2nd of the legendary Smith brother trio. Starting at Ainslie as a junior he showed quick improvement to make a name for himself joining the senior […]
Clare Palmer
Received life membership in 1986.
Clare Palmer started in 1965 with Ainslie fundraising then as Junior Manager and Coach of U7s and U8s. In the 1970s-80s Clare was on the Junior Committee as Treasurer, Vice President, […]
Ian Kirkpatrick
Received life membership in 1986.
lan Kirkpatrick, a former Manuka player, has had a long association with Ainslie. From 1970 as a coach of Junior teams, then as Junior Development Officer in the 1980s.