Ainslie lost a great friend and passionate contributor when Bruce passed away on Sunday 4th October after a short illness, aged 86 .
Bruce first came to Canberra in 1964 with the Army and soon became involved with the AFC, initially […]
It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we share the passing of Hans Heystraten, aged 72, following a very short battle with cancer.
Born in Indonesia, Hans moved to Bairnsdale, Victoria, as a young boy. Throughout his football journey, […]
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Tim McKay.
Tim passed away on 8th of March 2026 from a heart attack on his ride back to Canberra from Collector. Tim was a key member of the Ainslie […]
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Michael Thorneycroft.
“Thorney,” as he was affectionately known, endured a short but intense battle with a rapidly onset form of dementia.
Mick was a valued member of our inaugural Ainslie Football […]
It is with sadness we farewell another longstanding life member of the Ainslie Football Club family, Clare Palmer.
Clare was a pioneer for women’s involvement in the administrative side of both the Ainslie and ACT juniors and the Ainslie seniors and […]
We have unfortunately lost another great Ainslie man in Billy Blomfield. Bill passed away peacefully in Milton at the age of 84.
Billy played 62 1st grade games for the club – debuted in 1957 as a 16 year old. He […]
With great sadness we’re writing to inform you Graeme “Curly” Gardiner passed away peacefully in the early hours of Wednesday.
His great mate and 1970 Premiership team mate Laurie Laffan has pulled together a few words reflecting on the […]
We sadly inform you that Don Andrews – a big influence in the AFC social club rise in the community passed away last week at 91 years of age.
Don was born in 1931 in Adelaide. He played football until […]