In 2016, the Association instigated a new award – “Recognition of Service Award”. This award is presented to an individual that has made a significant and long standing contribution to the Association through sport or cultural activities. The Recognition of Service Award is an acknowledgement and appreciation of continuing and substantial involvement in ACC activities over an extended period. To qualify the nominee needs to have met the following service criteria:
- Currently be either of the following:
– employed by an ACC member school
– an employee of the ACC
– engaged or contracted by a member school or the ACC office as an official, coach or support personnel at an ACC event or activity. - Have been a key contributor to the delivery or support of a major ACC event or activity for 10 years or more. Note: Service years can be cumulative across more than one member school.
- Demonstrated active support of the ACC motto “Excellence, Honour and Fairness in student activities” as well as the ethos of Catholic Education.
AWARD RECIPIENTS
(Year in brackets denotes the year in which the recipient was recognised for their service)
DE LA SALLE COLLEGE
Alexander, David
(2021)
Athletics (2014-2017), Basketball (2014), Cross-Country (2014-2017), Football (2014-2018, 2019) Hockey (2012-2014), Tennis (2011,2014), Volleyball (2014-2016, 2017-2018)
Barns, Gerard
(2017)
Cricket, Football, Hockey, Athletics
Bonnici, Rob
(2021)
Athletics, Basketball, Cricket, Cross-Country, Hockey
Crellin, Peter
(2019)
Junior Golf coach 2000-present, assisting in Cross Country, Athletics and as a weekly sport coach
DiCiccio, Peppe
(2022)
Coached Year 9 soccer and Cricket, Snr Tennis & Table Tennis, Athletics
Edgar, Jon
(2019)
1stXVIII Football, Basketball, Cricket & Volleyball Coach. Director of Sport (2007-2010,2015-present)
Evans, Larry
(2018)
Chess coach over 20 years
Frost, Cindy
(2018)
Director of Music, ACC Music Workshops, ACC Concerts 2002-present
Martin, Chris
(2022)
Coaches Football (Premiership in 93 and 95 for Year 9), Soccer, Volleyball, Table-Tennis, Tennis, Cricket & Hockey, Athletics 1988-2015 (relays, high jump, shot put and discus)
Murrell, Andrew
(2018)
Drama Workshops over 10 years
Phibbs, Liz
(2020)
Cricket & Hockey coach over 10 years
Rhoden, Marty
(2018)
Cricket 2007-present
Ryan, Mick
(2019)
Long serving Football and Tennis coach, assisting also with Athletics, Cross Country and Cross Country
Stokes, Ken
(2022)
Hockey (Yr 8 Premiership 2015), Cricket, Soccer, Football (Year 10 Football Premierships 2001, 07), Tennis, Volleyball, Cross Country, Table Tennis & Golf (Snr Championship 2015, 17, 19)
EMMANUEL COLLEGE
Chaperon, Steven
(2022)
Football, Cricket, Lawn Bowls, Soccer, Hockey, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball, Golf (5 Jnr & 5 Snr Titles), Basketball, ACC Swimming, Cross-Country & Athletics.
Pichner, Michael
(2019)
Involved in coaching multiple sports over 35 years. Started and runs Emmanuel College Soccer Academy
Puglisi, Carmelo
(2017)
Director of Music (St Bede’s 1998-2002, St Bernard’s 2003-2015, Emmanuel 2016-present), ACC Music Workshops, ACC Concert Production Team
Robertson, Brad
(2022)
Director of Sport (2014-Present), Football (Yr 10 Premiership), Cricket (Snr Premiership), Table Tennis, Volleyball & Basketball
Robertson, Glen
(2019)
Cross Country, Swimming, Basketball, Hockey, Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball 2006-present
MAZENOD COLLEGE
Becker, Phillip
(2022)
Teacher at Mazenod for 23 years, ACC Table Tennis Coach
Caird, Joanne
(2020)
ACC Public Speaking & Debating
Connolly, Adrian
(2022)
Director of Sport (2011-2020) ACC Football, Hockey, Cricket & ACC Athletics (Announcer)
Fox, Gary
(2019)
Basketball coach 2002-present
Jenkinson, Noel
(2021)
Chess (10+ Years Coaching, State & National Competitions)
Johnson, Matthew
(2021)
Coaching (30+ Years), Football
Leutchford, Doug
(2018)
Director of Music, ACC Music Workshops, ACC Concert Production Team 1997-present
May, David
(2022)
ACC Tennis (Int & Jnr), Football (Int & Jnr), Basketball (Int & Jnr)
Miller, Michael
(2022)
Parade College (2005 – 2018) – Coached Football, Soccer, Hockey, Basketball, Table Tennis, Volleyball & Tennis
Mazenod College (2019 – Present) – Coached Volleyball, Football & Basketball
Montoya, Emilio
(2019)
Swimming, Soccer coach 2001-present, Director of Sport (2021 – Present)
Moore, Joe
(2018)
Volleyball coach for over 250 teams 1987-present
Phibbs, Ben
(2022)
ACC Football, Cricket, Basketball, Volleyball & ACC Athletics & Cross-Country
Riley, Peter
(2018)
Cricket, Football, Table Tennis 1992-present
PARADE COLLEGE
Fahey, Paul
(2018)
Director of Sport (1994-2003) Athletics, Cricket, Cross Country, Football, Swimming, Table Tennis 1987-present
Gaut, Phil
(2020)
Director of High Performance (2009-2019)
Kenda, Oscar
(2018)
Athletics, Hockey, Soccer, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball 1997-present
Macaulay, Martin
(2017)
Director of Music 1997-present, ACC Music Workshops, ACC Concert Production Team
McCarthy, Gerard
(2021)
Table Tennis
Morrell, Digby
(2022)
Football, Basketball, Tennis & Table Tennis
Peckham, Robert
(2019)
Athletics, Basketball, Football and also involved in multiple sports 2002-present
Seckold, Craig
(2018)
Director of Sport (2004-2016) Athletics, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Hockey, Soccer, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball 1996-present
Turner, Ben
(2021)
Cricket, Football, Sports Administrator (2005-2016), Director of Sport (2017-Present)
SALESIAN COLLEGE
Barcellona, Melina
(2018)
Football, Table Tennis, Tennis 1987-present
Beckham, Steven
(2017)
Athletics (management of officials at ACC events) 1999-present
Cox, Tim
(2017)
Involved in coaching multiple sports 1999-present
Egan, Carl
(2017)
Coached multiple sports, Director of Sport for 16 years, Involvement in various ACC sporting sub-committees
Sellwood, Stephen
(2021)
Hockey, Soccer, Volleyball, Founder of the Salesian Sports Academy (2018-Present)
ST BEDE’S COLLEGE
Bourke, Brian
(2018)
Football 1980-present
Borella, Luke
(2021)
Athletics, Basketball, Cross-Country, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis (2003-Present), Volleyball
Burn, Lis
(2021)
Athletics, Basketball, Cricket, Hockey, Swimming, Table Tennis (1993-Present), Volleyball
Comas, Mark
(2020)
Basketball, Football, Table Tennis, Soccer (2000-Present)
Cracknell, David
(2017)
Hockey 1987-present
Hambly, Neil
(2021)
Director of Music (2010-2020)
Harrison, Geoff
(2022)
Tennis, Table Tennis & Soccer
Heatley, Julie
(2017)
Swimming 2004-2016
Heatley, Shane
(2020)
Football 1989-Present
Honan, James
(2022)
Football, Tennis & Table Tennis
Jacobs, Damon
(2021)
Table Tennis, Tennis (2003-Present)
Kensley, Robyn
(2022)
ACC Public Speaking & Hockey
Lalor, Owen
(2017)
Football & Cricket 1999-present
Lyons, Melisa
(2021)
Hockey (1987-Present), Soccer, Swimming
Martyn, Guy
(2022)
Athletics, Football (2019 Herald Sun Shield Premiership), Basketball & Cricket
Matthews, Rachel
(2020)
Athletics, Basketball, Cricket, Football, Swimming, Table Tennis & Volleyball (1997-Present)
McAlroy, John
(2022)
Football, Tennis & Cricket at De La Salle & St Bede’s
Murphy, Christopher
(2017)
Athletics & Cross Country 1984-present (CBC St Kilda & St Bede’s)
Naughton, Michael
(2017)
Director of Sport (De La Salle 1991-1997, St Bede’s 2012-2020), Involved in coaching multiple sports, Organiser of ACC Championship events (Swimming 1993-1994 and Athletics 1996-1999)
Radford, Sam
(2021)
Director od Sport (St Bede’s 2021), Athletics, Basketball, Cricket, Cross Country (2001-Present), Football at Emmanuel & St Bede’s
Rafferty, Kevin
(2017)
Athletics, Cricket, Cross Country, Football, Hockey, Volleyball at Salesian and St Bede’s
Russo, Paul
(2017)
Tennis, 1990-2013
Saluni, Walter
(2021)
ACC Music – Director of Music (2021 – Present), Junior Choir (2003-2005, Present), Stage Band (2007-Present), Concert Band (2007-Present), Senior Choir (2014-Present), Basketball, Table Tennis, Volleyball
ST BERNARD’S COLLEGE
Brown, Gerard
(2017)
Athletics & Cross Country
Hall, Brian
(2019)
Involved in coaching multiple sports for over 30 years
Kelly, Peter
(2021)
Athletics, Cross-Country, Swimming, Helped to setup ACC lawn Bowls and Rally Days
Kirkwood, Bernadette
(2018)
1st XVIII Football Trainer, Swimming, Tennis, Sports Co-ordinator
Nunan, Kevin
(2022)
ACC Debating & Volleyball
Osborne, Craig
(2020)
Director of Sport (2007-2017) Basketball, Cricket, Football (2001-Present)
Smith, Nicholas
(2021)
Basketball, Cricket, Football (2017 & 2018 SNR Premiership Team & Involved in St Bernard’s 1st Herald Sun Shield Premiership, 2021 SNR Premiership), Tennis
Waters, David
(2022)
Athletics (Coach During the Decade of Dominance Over 10 Straight Years of Titles), Football, Basketball & Tennis
ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE GEELONG
Alford, Len
(2020)
Cricket trainer for over 10 years
Breheny, David
(2018)
Cricket, Cross Country, Football, Swimming 1997-present
Dawson, Shane
(2018)
Football Trainer 1999-2017, ICT Manager for Athletics (2005-2014), ICT Manager for Cross Country (2007-2013) ICT Manager for Swimming (2008-2014) 1998-2017
Hinds, Mick
(2020)
Cricket trainer for over 25 years
Vaughan, Greg
(2020)
Manager of 1st XVIII Football for 25 years
St Mary’s
Afkari, Mohsen
(2019)
Table Tennis, Volleyball over 20 years
Cavolo, Edy
(2018)
Cricket, Football, Hockey, Soccer, Tennis 1997-present
Genovese, Rosario
(2021)
Hockey, Soccer, Table Tennis, Volleyball
Kaufman, Pat
(2018)
Athletics, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Handball, Swimming 1984-present
Lima, Salvatore
(2019)
Soccer coach for over 25 years
O’Meara, David
(2018)
Director of Music (Samaritan 2000-2008, CBC St Kilda 2009-2021) ACC Battle of the Bands organiser
Tomazi, Les
(2019)
Involved in coaching multiple sports for over 30 years
Wantrynch, Kevin
(2021)
Football, Hockey, Swimming (2009-2010), Volleyball (2016-2018)
Williams, Leigh
(2022)
Football, Basketball, Athletics & Table Tennis
WHITEFRIARS COLLEGE
Bates, Taryn
(2021)
Athletics, Cross-Country, Football, Hockey, Soccer at St Joseph’s College Geelong, St Bernard’s College & Whitefriars College
Bird, Brad
(2017)
Basketball, Football, Athletics
Bird, Tracey
(2020)
Athletics, Basketball, Cross-Country, Swimming, Volleyball (1994-Present)
Ciardulli, Peter
(2017)
Head of Sport 1998-2010, Football, Cricket, Hockey, Athletics
Collins, Trent
(2021)
Cross-Country, Hockey, Soccer, Volleyball
Cotter, Shane
(2017)
Swimming, Tennis, Football, Cross Country
Dalrymple, Andy
(2017)
Golf, Cricket, Football
Freeman, Jeremy
(2022)
Football, Volleyball
Height, Kristan
(2022)
Director of Sport (2019-Present), Cricket, Football, Tennis & ACC Athletics, Cross-Country & Swimming
Kellar, Gavin
(2020)
Assistant Head of Sport (2008-2010), Director of Sport (2011-2018), Athletics, Basketball, Cricket, Cross-Country, Football (2005-Present)
Popischil, Frank
(2018)
Soccer, Hockey, Tennis, Cricket
Rennie, Peter
(2018)
Hockey, Football, Cricket, Volleyball
Sykes, Tom
(2022)
Soccer, Hockey