Life Membership GFC - 1991
Laurie’s outstanding service to the club was in the main off the ground rather than on it. Laurie played a handful of games in an era when the club only had one team, and as a youngster ran the boundary for the club. Laurie was a Committee member for many years, but his strength was the way he mixed with players and members, and was the first to welcome new people to the club. Famous for his Thursday night Dim Sims and Wooding Trips, he would mix the cordial for the players to have at three quarter time for many years. Laurie was a keen student of club history and was front and centre at reunions and presentation nights passing on his stories and showing his memorabilia. It’s impossible to calculate the number of hours Laurie spent volunteering for the club, but he richly deserved his Life Membership granted in 1991