The B.A.R. Trophy
This trophy was presented by three leading Sydney referees, Dr I.R.(Roger) Vanderfield, Mr A.T.(Arthur) Tierney and Mr H.B.(Bernie) Freeman, who came to Canberra regularly during the 1950s to conduct examinations for New South Wales Senior and Member Badges. Initially known as the V.A.T. Trophy (recognizing the surnames of the three donors) the name of the trophy was changed in 1963 to the B.A.R. Trophy using the first name initial of the donors. The trophy, which is an engraved pewter mug, is presented each year to the most improved referee as selected by the Coaching & Grading Committee. The decision behind the presentation of this award was to encourage ACT referees to better themselves and to express the gratitude of the donors for the hospitality and friendship extended to them by the various members of the ACTRRA.
1960 Louttit, John
1962 Lawler, Peter 1963 Hogarth, Bob 1964 Smith, Jim 1965 Battle, Michael 1966 Hancock, Ted 1967 Hurley, Brian 1968 Gibson, Alan 1969 Richards, Peter 1970 Larsen, Paul 1971 Girdlestone, John 1972 Ridley, Andrew 1973 Hillsdon, Dick 1974 McLennan, Bill 1975 Sheville, Bernie 1976 Scholtens, Paul 1977 McPhillips, Peter 1978 O’Connell, Barry 1979 Symonds, John 1980 Howden, Bruce 1981 Lees, Kim 1982 Lawler, Brian 1983 Thomas, Rod 1984 Keogh, Michael 1985 Conway, Peter 1986 Lonie, Michael 1987 Cowie, Robert 1988 Curtis, Leigh 1989 Matthew, Graeme 1990 Humphery, Elton 1991 Edwards, Graham 1992 Tanzer, Michael 1993 Cleary, Michael 1994 Hall, Michael 1995 Heaney, Brian |
1996 Hamlyn, Karl
1997 Hibberson, Gary 1998 Corin, Greg 1999 Mould, Alastair 2000 Bowden, Brett 2001 Cheetham, Carl 2002 Corrigan, Sarah 2003 Snow, Mark 2004 Thomas, Greg 2005 Kearns, Nathan 2006 Toirkens, Michael 2007 Paloni, Robert 2008 Hughes, Shane 2009 Boyle, William 2010 Crozier, Andrew 2011 McCarthy, Dominic 2012 Nishantha, Rohan 2013 Dale, Brad 2014 Morris, James 2015 Hogan, Matthew 2016 Rahilly, Michael 2017 Burnell, Chad 2018 Ingram, Brodie 2019 Beissner, Dennis 2020 Ingram, Brodie 2021 Fenton, Harry 2022 Mass, Nathan 2023 Gumbrell, Ethan 2024 Linton, Harrison |