Previous Club Honours
It was fitting that for the first year Gil’s daughter Lianne was awarded the Chalice for her dedication to coaching, playing and her volunteer role at LFC despite the ordeal of losing her father.
The Gilbert Merlo Chalice
The Gilbert Merlo Chalice is awarded to honour the memory of our past President who championed ladies football at LFC and the NSFA. The Chalice is awarded annually to celebrate outstanding achievement in girls/ladies football. This could be an individual female player or a female team. ‘Outstanding achievement’ is not necessarily about winning, but rather about commitment and passion for women’s football at Lindfield FC.
Clive Solari, who stepped in as president upon Gil’s passing recalls, “The idea of the Chalice first came to me when I was in the church for Gil’s funeral. Much of Gil’s eulogy was about his amazing achievements for LFC and I remember thinking that the club must celebrate this great guy. So I set myself the challenge of designing the Chalice. A rewarding yet emotional process.”
Each year we email all our members and ask them for nominations for a player or team.
Past recipients are:
2015 Lianne Merlo
2016 Sarah Jenkins
2017 W35D Matriarchs Team
2018 G12 Kerr Team
2019 Gabriela Tonazzi-Field
2020 G18A Diamond League Team
2021 Season Cancelled due to Covid
Club Honours 2021
“Unfortunately due to Covid19 we were unable to complete the 2021 season and therefore all competitions were abandoned. This means no division winners were announced and LFC has not awarded any other Awards”
— Sarah Jenkins LFC President
Club Honours 2020
Every season starts with a clean slate waiting for the stories to be written! 2020 you were a surprise! You changed many things in our everyday lives and it was a difficult year for many, with football being the highlight of the week. But our results speak for themselves, it takes a bit more than a pandemic to keep us off the football field. Thank you to all our members who continued to play and… play to their best!
NSFA Female Football Award
Congratulations to Paul Grundy and the entire LFC Team who have worked incredibly hard and have lead the way on developing the Female Game. This was recently recognised by the Northern Suburbs Football Association when they presented Lindfield the Female Football Award for 2020!
The award is presented to the NSFA club that has best embodied the NSFA's #WhatsBestForHer strategy in showing commitment to developing female football within their club.
Pictured: Lindfield WPL player Amanda Skellern, NSFA Head of Female Football Eilidh Mackay and Lindfield FC Vice President and Director of Coaching Paul Grundy.
LFC Life Membership
Congratulation to Sarah Jenkins who was awarded Life Membership for her outstanding and dedicated service to LFC as a player, manager and committee member over the last 10 years.
Check out our dedicated page honouring our valued LFC Life Members for the full list and some interesting stories.
Gil Merlo Chalice
Congratulations to the G18A Diamond League Team who are this year’s winners.
The G18As, coached by Marcus Swift and managed by Anna Deck, showed true LFC Spirit during what was an incredibly difficult year for the team. Thanks to Lizzie Ramsay, Head of Girls Junior Development, for presenting this award.
This year we had 9 other nominations.
We recognise and appreciate their effort during the season.
Emily Brown Inspirational coach of the G10As
Alyssia Mow Dedicated G12B Logarzo Player
Francine Christophis & Ellen Coulitis Long serving players/managers of the W35C (Mockingbirds)
Alex Bardwell Supportive WAAB player
Kimberley Skellern Resilient WAAA Captain/Player
WAAA Premier League Winning Team
Alison Kerry Selfless W35A player
Emily Audet Dedicated G18B player
Jann LaForest Devoted W35A Player/Manager
Lynne Davis Award
Congratulation to Graham Ness for winning the Lynne Davis Award.
Graham had a very successful year coaching both the Premier League winning WAAA team and the Diamond League Winning G16A team.
LFC Club Spirit Award
Congratulation to Anthony Meagher (Manager) and Marius Papi (Coach) for the outstanding display of leadership and care for our U18C players.
LFC Division Winners and Runners Up
Lindfield FC Womens’ PL Champions for 2020!
What a terrific season with top results coming from across the board!
Congratulations to our 10 division winners and 11 runners up.
U12D Div 4 Winners
U13A SL Runners Up
U13B Div2 Runners Up
U14A SL Winners
U14D Div3 Joint Winners
U15B Div2 Runners Up
U15C Div3 Winners
U16A SL Winners/6
U18A SL Runners Up
U18D Div4 Runners Up (On goal difference)
G12 Kerr DL Runners Up
G14B DL Runners Up
G16A DL Winners
MAA PLR Winners
MAA Div4R Runners Up
M35 Div1 Runners Up
M35 Div2 Runners Up
WAAA PL Winners
WAAC Div2 Runners Up
W35A Div2 Winners
W30 6as Winners
Match Report: Women’s PL Lindfield A v Northbridge A
A bumper (socially distanced) crowd gathered at the Theatre of Beans for the biggest game of the season. After an end to end start, Northbridge drew first blood 8 minutes in following a run-away down the left wing and a well controlled finish from the cross. 0-1 Northbridge. However, our girls worked through their game day nerves and went to halftime with all the momentum.
10 minutes into the second half, a ball in from Jemima Davison on the right wasn’t dealt with by the Northbridge keeper, and Sam Greentree was there to fire it home. It was 1-1 and the Lindfield girls were hitting their stride. At 70 minutes, Northbridge conceded a free kick in dangerous territory, about 30 yards out. Lindfield’s resident free kick taker, Jemima Davison, stepped up and delivered a top left hand corner bomb. 2-1 to Lindfield - cue pandemonium at Charles Bean! Lindfield then had to weather some waves of attack from Northbridge who played some good combinations through the midfield, but the girls were able to see out the game with a valiant defensive effort. Hannah Turl sealed the biggest three points of the season and the Silverware for the team, after receiving a ball threaded through Northbridge’s defence and hammering home a goal with her trusty left boot. 3-1 to Lindfield! Congratulations ladies - well deserved! This team went on to represent NSFA defeating MWFA in the Champions Cup!!!
Invincible Reserve Grade
The Men's Premier League Reserve Grade side secured the invincible tag in the final round of the 2020 Men's Premier League Season against Knox United yesterday afternoon. The 3-0 win was their 15th win of the season, confirming that the loss column remained at 0 for 2020. Young speedsters, Max (2) and Jimmy scored the goals yesterday, capping off a perfect season for the side.
The squad boasted the perfect blend of youth and experience, meaning that week after week the team found new ways to win. Highlights during the season were going up 3-0 in the first 5 minutes away at Berowra, come from behind victories at Northbridge and Chatswood, and of course the 6-0 footballing lesson they gave to second placed Willoughby Dalleys. This all came after losing a pair of Goalkeepers in the first two weeks. Outfield player Cal Robertson stepped up, put the gloves on and had a fantastic season between the sticks for the team.
Well done gents, superb season. A special thank you must also go to the youth players who stepped in during the final 6 weeks of the season. The LFC production line continues to produce and we’re sure we will see more of them in the senior set up in years to come!
Season Stats:
Played: 18
Won: 15
Draws: 3
Losses: 0
Goals Scored: 58
Goals Conceded: 15
Congratulations to Lindfield W035A team on winning the NSFA div 2 competition
Congratulations to our Womens 30’s team for winning the NSFA 6-A-side comp!
LFC Player Awards 2020
U16A Premiers in back to back seasons! Click HERE for more details of this awesome feat!
Our First ever Lindfield Club Spirit Award went to Carlos Cocaro.
Carlos and his lovely wife Sirley pictured at the Lindfield 60th Birthday Party where this award was presented.