A member is eligible to be nominated for Life Membership after 10 years continuous service to the Association. Each year an extensive process is undertaken when voting on Life Membership, and all members names who appear below are worthy recipients of Life Membership.
Such is the calibre of our Association’s Life Members, only 10% of all members have gone on to become a Life Member of CBDRLRA.
ALL LIFE MEMBERS
| 1933 George Russell* | 1967 Keith Clubb* | 1992 Tom Healy |
| 1933 Vic Meinrath* | 1968 Alan Matthews* | 1993 Peter Longhurst |
| 1938 R Oxford* | 1969 Stan Williams* | 1994 John McCormack |
| 1939 Alec Spankie* | 1970 Jack Harvey* | 1995 Phil Daws |
| 1940 R Wade* | 1971 John Farrelly* | 1996 Brian Barker |
| 1941 R Hibbard* | 1972 Ron Smith* | 1997 Barry Ruttle |
| 1942 H Miller* | 1973 Arthur King* | 1998 David Abood |
| 1943 William Devine* | 1974 Brian Knight* | 1998 Mitchell Hoffman |
| 1944 E Fletcher* | 1975 Claude Hennessy* | 1999 Matthew Hewitt |
| 1945 George Griffin* | 1976 Ron Peters* | 2000 Glenn Jeffcoat |
| 1946 G Pearce* | 1977 Tom Delauney | 2001 Joseph Attard |
| 1947 Jack O’Brien* | 1978 Les Mathews* | 2002 Cliff Haynes |
| 1948 Ernie Wearing* | 1979 Colin Turnell | 2002 Wayne Loveday |
| 1950 Dan Elphick* | 1980 Ron Fordham* | 2003 Sam Issa |
| 1951 W Ward* | 1981 Wally Kirk* | 2004 Jim Hall |
| 1952 S Robb* | 1982 Robert Garwood | 2005 Kim Archer |
| 1953 Jack Eedy* | 1982 Robert Styles* | 2005 Lionel Brown |
| 1954 W.G Burns* | 1983 Robert Hunt* | 2007 Chris Bettiol |
| 1955 Leo Randle* | 1983 Ray Payne* | 2008 Richard Daizli |
| 1956 Wally Farrin* | 1984 Peter Wallace | 2012 Brad Zarb |
| 1957 Terry Johnson* | 1984 Barry Bolton | 2014 Gavin Beecroft |
| 1958 Fred Csisz* | 1985 Arthur Carragher* | 2014 John Gorzanelli |
| 1959 John Martin* | 1985 Tod Walker* | 2016 Barry Belford |
| 1960 Frank Wilcox* | 1986 Michael Thompson | 2017 Adam Gee |
| 1961 James O’Conor* | 1986 Paul Archer OAM | 2018 John Maarbani |
| 1962 Jim Doherty* | 1987 Peter Ryan | 2019 Warren Gee |
| 1963 Reg Dick* | 1989 David Turvey | 2020 Ian Butler |
| 1964 John Smith Jnr* | 1990 Mario Cafarelli | 2021 Daniel Gardner |
| 1965 Alan Aggett* | 1991 Paul Field | 2021 Nathan Loveday |
| 1966 John Leeds* | 1992 George Elias | 2023 Kane Thorburn |
* Deceased life members