Barry Killham was a long serving committee member of NSW Juniors in the 1990’s and 2000’s.

He was a big part of the rejuvenation of SJRU in the late 1990’s and a driving force behind the change in the structure of the NSW Juniors committee around the same time. Barry went on to become President of NSWJRU for two seasons in 2003-2004.

Barry was elected Chairman of MNZ in 1996 and thus was the MNZ delegate on the NSWJRU Committee at that time. He was instrumental in the re-establishment of SJRU in late 1997 to better serve and represent the three Metropolitan Zones across Sydney.In 1998 under Barry’s guidance as the new President, SJRU was incorporated and their constitution completed.

Barry lead the SJRU up until the end of the 2005 season. Barry was also very active in NSW Juniors over his time, initially as a delegate/VP in 1996 but also as President in 2003 & 2004. Alongside his NSW Country counterpart David Paul, Barry was a major figure in all junior rugby in Sydney and NSW for a decade.  

Amongst the highlights of his term was the introduction of a full-time administrator in 1998. And winning the argument to have SJRU stand-alone rather than fall under SRU as was discussed in 1998. In total Barry was President of SJRU for a massive eight years.

Barry was awarded Life Membership of NSWJRU in 2005.

His recorded roles/contributions include;‍

President NSWJRU 2003-2004

MNZ Chair 1996-97

SJRU President 1998-2002

Juniors delegate to AJRU 1998-2005

VP (SJRU) NSWJRU 2005

Barry passed away in 2014.

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