Life Member Since 1986

1974 – Paul called a meeting and formed the Gold Coast Touch Association and was appointed Secretary-Treasurer of the Association.

1978 – Paul was at the meeting where the Australian Touch Association was formed and was elected the Co-Director of Promotions.

1985 – 1989 Vice President of the Australian Touch Association

1979 – Paul formed the Queensland Touch Association and was named the Foundation President of the Association, a role he held through to 1992.

1980 – Paul was involved in the organisation of the first National Championships in 1980.

1981 – Names inaugural Life Member of Gold Coast Touch Association

1986 – Foundation President of the Federation of International Touch, a role he held through to 1990

1986 – Received foundation Life Membership of the Queensland Touch Association

2005 – Received Life Membership of South Queensland and Burnett District Touch Association

2011 – Received Life Membership of Touch Football Australia.

Life Member Since 1986

1973 Foundation Player – Brisbane Touch Football Association
1974 – 1981Foundation Secretary – S.E.Q.T.F.A. (Brisbane) – Later Known as Metropolitan T.F.A.
1978 Foundation Secretary of South Qld TFA (Region)
1979 Awarded Life Membership of Metropolitan T.F.A.
1982 – 1985 President – Metropolitan T.F.A.
1985 – 1986 – Foundation President of Brisbane City T.F.A. (Region)
1979 – Foundation Secretary/Treasurer of Qld Touch Association and Served as Secretary Until 1984
1980 – Co-Ordinator of the Inaugural Qld Touch State Championships
1980, 1982 and 1983 – General Manager of The Qld Touch Teams Competing at National Championships
1979 – 1993 – Qld Delegate to Australian Touch Association
1985 – 1996 – President Qld Touch Association
1986 – Awarded Life Membership of Qld Touch Association
1994 – 1997 – President of Australian Touch Assn And Delegate to F.I.T.
1995 – General Manager Australian Teams – World Cup
2000 – Awarded A.S.M for Services to Touch Football

Life Member Since 1987

Life Member Since 1987

Life Member Since 1992

1978-1985 Foundation President – Squash United Touch Club
1980-1985 Vice President – Ipswich Touch association
1982-84 Ipswich Delegate to SEQTA
1982-1985 Coach of SUTC – three successful Men’s “A” titles
1983-84 South East Queensland Delegate to QTF
1984 Vice President – South East Queensland
1984-85 Foundation Secretary – South West Queensland Touch
1984-95 Ipswich Delegate to SWQTA
1984-97 Queensland Board of Management
1986-87 President – Ipswich Touch Association
1986-1987 Coach of ITA Men’s Open team to three successful Men’s Open titles
1987 Coach of SWQTA Men’s Open team to a State Men’s Open title
1988-1990-1992 Coach of Queensland Men’s Open team to three successful National titles
1991-1999 Coach of the Australian Men’s Open team winning three World Cups.
1992 Queensland Delegate to TFA
1995-1996 Coach of Queensland Men’s Open team to back-to-back State of Origin titles without losing a game.
2004 First coach to be inducted into Australian Touch Football “Hall of Fame”.
2010 Awarded “Men’s Coach” – 30 Years of Australian National Championships
2011 Peter McNeven Medal, struck in honour of coaching excellence, Awarded “Elite 8’s Men’s Coach of the Championship”.
2013 Federation International Touch Coaching Commission Chair
2014 Federation International Touch Board Member

2024 Federation International Touch Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Life Member Since 1992

Life Member Since 1993

Life Member Since 1996

1976 starting off as Vice President of Gold Coast Touch.

1984 to 1994 Executive Officer of Queensland Touch Association

1990 – Awarded Life Membership of Gold Coast Touch Association

1996 – Awarded Life Membership of Qld Touch Association

1994 – 2005 CEO of the then Australian Touch Association, and during this time Bill was one of three committee members who initiated and introduced the National Touch League concept.

1995 – 2007 Secretary General of the Federation of International Touch (FIT) and served on the World Cup events committee

2000 – Awarded Australian Sports Medal

TFA Service to the Sport Award named in his honour “The Bill Ker Medal”

2015 – Awarded Life Membership of Touch Football Australia.

2022 – Awarded Life Membership of the Federation of International Touch (FIT)

2024 – Awarded Icon Status with Federation of International Touch (FIT); highest honour in sport of Touch recognising individuals who have contributed enormously over several decades, shaping the sports history and future.

Life Member Since 2000

Life Member Since 2010

1973: Began playing Touch in the Brisbane Touch Football Association
1979: Began playing Touch in Redlands Touch Association
1987: Redlands Delegate to South Coast Touch Association
1988: Vice President South Coast Touch Association (later changed to South Queensland and Border Districts Touch Association)
1989 – 2002: SQBD Administrator
1989 – 2002: SQBD Delegate to Queensland Touch Association
1991: Organised a Parliamentary Reception for all SQBD World Cup representatives
1992 – 1996: QTA Director of Junior Development
1992 – 1996: State Coach Men’s Over 40
1993: Life Member of Redlands Touch Association
1993: Completed Graduate Diploma of Sport Coaching at University of Queensland
1994: Developed, planned and helped deliver the content of the inaugural Queensland Development Camp for Under 20 participants
1995: Australian Assistant Coach World Cup Men’s Over 40
1996: Developed, planned and organised the inaugural Queensland Junior State Cup
1998: Coach of the South Africa Men’s Open Tour for the Tour of South East Queensland and NSW State Cup
2007 -2011: Chairman of QTA
2007 – 2010: QTA Delegate to Touch Football Association (TFA)
2009: Life Member of SQBD
2010: Life Member of QTA
2014 – Present:  Federation of International Touch Coaching Commission Member

Life Member Since 2023

1981: Began playing Touch Football
1993: Began refereeing Touch Football in Townsville
1997 – 1999: Technical Director at North Queensland Touch
1999: Received Level 5 Referee Badge at NTL
2000: Received Level 6 Referee Badge at NTL
1999, 2001 & 2004: Referee at State of Origin
2003: Awarded 10 Year Service Award
2004 – 2007: Represented Australia as a referee at 19 International Events
2004 – Present: President at Bundaberg Touch
2004 – Present: Referee Director at Queensland Touch Football
2008 – Present: Member on the TFA National Referee Panel
2011 – Present: Board Member at Central Queensland Touch
2011 – Present: Referee Director at Central Queensland Touch
2011 – Present: Member on the Federation of International Touch Referee Panel
2023: Awarded 25 Year Service Award at NTL
2023: Awarded Volunteer of the Year at QTF Awards