Griffiths moved to Stawell for employment and the club has remained dear to his heart ever since. 

Originally, he started playing for the Stawell Football Club and said the people involved had encouraged him stay at the club past his playing days. 

“After I stopped playing, I continued to get involved with the administration side of things,” he said. 

“And it only improved when we merged with the Warriors.” 

He retired from football in 1993.

Griffiths was the president of Stawell when the merger between Stawell and the Warriors took place. 

“It brought the people together,” he said. 

“The Warriors were particularly strong in the committee and Stawell were lacking committee members so after talking between the clubs, it ended up that we merge. 

“We had two big public meetings before it all went through.”

Griffiths is proud to be part of such a historic club.

He said he also enjoyed the family culture. 

“It’s definitely one of the older clubs around the place. I would have to go look back in the history books, but I think it’s well over 120 years old,” he said. 

Griffiths said one of his most memorable moments at the club was watching his three daughters go through the ranks. 

Griffiths’ daughters Bethany and Holly played netball at the club and have since moved away from Stawell.

His third daughter Kirby continues her netball playing B Grade for the Warriors. 

“It was also good to see kids of other club members come through,” he said. 

Griffiths said football premierships over the years were also special memories. 

“You can’t go past the football premierships we won in 1987, 1995 and 2000,” Griffiths said. “They were all great in different ways. Other memorable things were the upgrades to the footy club rooms, which was a lot of good work from all the volunteers around the club.” 

Griffiths has also served on the committee, as a reserves coach and sponsor. 

He has been proud of the senior football team in 2017 – even though, he said, they had their troubles. 

The Warriors face Horsham Saints in an elimination final at Murtoa on Sunday. 

“It’s a bit of a mixed bag at the moment,” Griffiths said. 

“The last bit of the season has been a bit hard with injuries. At the start of the season we thought we would finish in the top three, but because of injuries we are limping to the line.”