THE Ballarat Football League took time to reflect on the outstanding contributions of five special achievers on Wednesday night.
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The late Keith Lawrence (Sebastopol), late Ken Eyers (North Ballarat), Paul Nicholls (Ballarat), Malcolm Scott (North Ballarat, Sebastopol and Bacchus Marsh) and Sharyn Canny (Golden Point and East Point) were inducted into the BFL’s hall of fame.
Shirley Lawrence and Aileen Eyers accepted the awards on behalf of their husbands.
Almost 200 people gathered to salute the inductees at the fifth hall of fame dinner at the Ballarat Leagues Club.
Nicholls and Scott had stellar playing and coaching careers, while Canny played and coached netball, as well as being a key figure in the formation of the BFNL senior netball competition.
Lawrence and Eyers were best known as visionary administrators.
KEITH LAWRENCE
+ 55 years service to Sebastopol
+ club games record holder - 286
+ Sebastopol secretary (1952-62), vice-president (1962-64), president (1965-77), treasurer (1986-98)
+ inaugural Ballarat and Bacchus District Football
League president (1973)
+ Sebastopol, Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh District Football League, BFL life member
KEN EYERS
+ North Ballarat player and junior coach (1950-53)
+ vice-president (1969), president (1970-72,75-76), other administrative roles until 2005
+ BFL president (1980-82), BFL chairman (1984-86)
+ Ballarat FL interleague committee (1983-86)
+ significant role in fundraising and establishment of Saxon House
+ NBFC bingo centre manager (1980-2008)
+ North Ballarat FC, North Ballarat Sports Club, BFL life member
+ North Ballarat Football Club hall of fame member
PAUL NICHOLLS
+ 160-plus junior games with Ballarat
+ senior club games record holder - 248 (1985-2004)
+ Ballarat best and fairest 1992 and 1995
+ Ballarat FC life member
+ Ballarat FL interleague representative (1991-98), three years as captain
+ West Adelaide in SANFL for 3 years
MALCOLM SCOTT
+ 100-plus North Ballarat junior games
+ 100-plus North Ballarat senior games (1978, 1979,1982 premierships)
+ 50-plus Sebastopol games
+ Sebastopol coach (1983-85, 1999-2001), 1985 and 2000 grand finals
+ 100-plus Bacchus Marsh games and five-time leading goalkicker
+ BFL leading goalkicker (1987 and 1990)
+ represented BFL 20 times
+ BFL representative coach
+ VCFL representative player
+ Sebastopol life member and Bacchus Marsh team of the era
SHARYN CANNY
+ One of five members involved in the development/establishment of
BFL senior netball (1990)
+ Key stakeholder establishing Golden Point’s Senior Netball Club and senior player (1991-1996)
+ Golden Point senior premiership player/coach (1994-1995, 1999-2000)
+ Golden Point A Grade best and fairest 1993 and 1994
+ BFNL representative (1991-92, 94)