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Life Members

For Extraordinary service

Life Membership recognises members who have provided extraordinary and outstanding service to the Club, typically over 15 or more years.

To be eligible, members must have made significant contributions in at least two of the Club’s core areas, such as lifesaving, education, competition, administration, juniors, fundraising, or officiating.

Nomination Process:

  • Nominated by two long-serving members and endorsed by two Life Members.

  • Reviewed by the Life Membership and Honours Panel (75% approval required).

  • Final approval via a 75% member vote at a General Meeting.

In exceptional cases, shorter service or Associate Members may also be considered.

Life Members marked with an asterisk are honoured in memory.

Yamba Club Secretary being awarded Life Membership by current Life Member at AGM in 2025.
Life members at Presentation 2011.

Awarded to:

Life members of

Yamba SLSC

James Baird
Raymond Burridge*
O. J. Carmont*
Bradley Collis
H. Cox*
E. E. Donovan*
H. G. Donovan*
James Dougherty OAM

Joseph Dougherty
William M. Dougherty OAM

S. J. Eades*

Leah Essex
N. M. Godbee* OAM
C. Goddard*
J. C. Goddard*
F. J. Hall BEM*
A. A. Hockey*
Linda Horton
Donald Lee
K. Lovell*
Clifford Lowien*


 

Cletus McGrath

Kim Morgans
R. C. Morris*
F. R. O'Grady*
F. O'Loughlin*
John Patricks
Trevor Phillips OAM*
Kenneth Ryan
Terry Sahlqvist
Geoff Sanders
James Saunders
C. W. Schaeffer*

Geoff Schaeffer
Alan Schofield
Michael Smith
A. V. Stevens*
Peter Sweetman
Andrew Tarrant*
L. Tiernan*
Gregory Zietsch

Associate Life

Members

Keith Bradley
W. G. Chalmers*
Marjorie Cousens*

Catherine Dougherty

Ted Howe*
Jack Kelly*
J. F. Kelly*

Aub Morgan*
M. Page*
W. T. Robinson*

R. R. Smith*
W. J. Zietsch*

Life members of Surf Life Saving Far North Coast

James Baird

James Dougherty OAM

N.M. Godbee OAM*

Colin Goddard*

F. J. Hall BEM*

Donald Lee

William Onslow

Life members of

Surf Life Saving Far North Coast

- Board of Control

N. M. Godbee OAM*

Colin Goddard*

Life members of

Surf Life Saving Far North Coast

- Board of Junior Activities

Bruce Muggleton*

Life members of Surf Life Saving

New South Wales

Max Godbee OAM*

Life members of Surf Life Saving Australia

Max Godbee OAM*

Office Hours:

Mon: 10am - 1pm

Wed: 10am - 1pm

Fri: 10am - 1pm

Call: (02) 66 462 463

Postal Address:

PO Box 219

Yamba NSW 2464

Find us: 

1 Marine Parade

Yamba NSW 2464

We acknowledge the Yaegl people as the Traditional Owners of the land on which we live and work. We honour the First Nations peoples culture and connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

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