"The Yard of Ale" is a long running Avoca tradition that is awarded to a member of the Club as a token of thanks for all their hard work on and off the pitch.  The member who receives the award has gone above and beyond their duties and always show respect, fair play and sportsmanship at all times.

Previous Winners:

1980 Geoff Sarratt

1981 Robbie Chapple

1982 Dee O'Connor

1983 Roy Scott

1984 Norman Felton

1985 Brian Taylor

1986 Wesley Guard

1987 Susanne Monks

1988 Guy Percival

1989 David Cole

1990 Nigel Kingston

1991 Tom Gelletlie

1992 Tanya Anderson

1993 Simon Filgas

1994 Andrea McAuley

1995 Elaine Sutton

1996

1997 Julie Beamish

1998 Roger Dunwoody

1999 Ian Keogh

2000 Catherine Mahony

2001 Brendan Quigley

2002 Peter Agnew

2003 Jackie Orr

2004 Ian Wilkie

2005 Mark Keegan

2006 Sarah McSharry

2007 John Ralph

2008 Carl Breaden

2009 Kate Cullen

2010 Kate Lawless

2011 Declan Ryan

2012 Cara Kelehan