League life member

Ron Cole, president, Kyneton District Soccer Club.

Ron Cole has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the Kyneton District Soccer Club and the Bendigo Amateur Soccer League for more than 40 years.

His remarkable dedication to the game in every capacity earned him the honour of being inducted as a life member of Bendigo Amateur Soccer League.


Cole has served 27 years as an executive committee member at his club, with two stints as secretary from 1992-1994, and then again from 1999-2002.

He held the role of treasurer 1995-1998. Cole has served as club president for 16 years, from 2009 until present. More recently he has led his club to be Football Victoria’s Regional Club of the Year in 2021, being the first regional club to receive a Football Australia 5-Star rating. He also led the club to gain Football Victoria’s Club Changer 2-Star rating.


Cole has been a committed and passionate coach at the Kyneton District Soccer Club for 15 years and has coached multiple championships winning team across senior men, senior women and juniors.

His playing career spanning an impressive 40 years, playing 312 senior games and scoring 178 goals. He is a three times Division 2 BASL leading goal scorer, 14 times club leading goal scorer. Three times club B&F seniors, two times club B&F reserves.


Cole has been a dedicated referee for more than 20 years, and still referees to this day.


He has served over 15 years as a BASL committee member, with seven years as a BASL executive member in the role of vice-president.

Cole received worthy recognition for his outstanding commitment to football community by being named the 2023 Football Victoria ‘Volunteer of the Year’ winner.


A Kyneton District Soccer Club life member, and a true legend of the game, it is an honour for the club and community to have such a passionate and outstanding volunteer in its midst.