This weekend, her memory continues to live on with the second annual White Ribbon Shield raising awareness and encouraging people to take a stand to counter violence against women. 

Clunes and Learmonth will go head to head in the Central Highlands football and netball leagues at Learmonth on Saturday, and weighted points will be tallied from the winners of every game across juniors, seniors and grades for the victorious club to take home the shield.

Sharon was killed at her Ballarat central home in April 2013, leaving behind young son Aron. 

Aron, 7, will present the shield to the winning club at the weekend, as he did last year with his grandparents, John and Denise. 

Mr Siermans said as long as he and his family were alive, they would present the shield as it was about and for Sharon.

“The support from the community we have is incredible,” he said. 

Sharon and her three brothers played at Learmonth in the juniors, and all played at Learmonth later. 

Mr Siermans said the fact that 34 women had died in Australia at the hands of men this year was simply not acceptable. 

“If we keep going down this road, there might be 100 by the end of the year. It’s mind boggling that men think they can use women,” Mr Siermans said. 

Family violence professional and Ballarat White Ribbon Day chairman Bob Maika said it was positive to see clubs taking a stand for violence against women. 

“Campaigns like White Ribbon Day need to work at a grassroots level. Football and netball clubs are often where a community gathers on the weekend,” Mr Maika said. 

He said it was a good opportunity to raise awareness about the White Ribbon ideals, but also sow seeds about individuals can do in their relationships, workplaces and social settings to stand up to violence against women.

“It’s about an attitude change collectively in the community.”

He said it was heartening to hear the club stand up and say that this wasn’t a gesture, but it believed in and stood by the White Ribbon message. 

Mr Siermans and Mr Maika encouraged the public to support the cause by attending.