Sisters Michelle Trigg and Cheryl Sudholz, alongside close friend Jo Taylor received the award for reaching the 300 game milestone.

Since 2014 when the football and netball boards amalgamated to form the HDFNL no netballer has received the honour.

The trio have an impressive resume together at the Rams.

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They have all played A Grade together at the club since 2000 and were part of the Rams 2015 premiership side and the back-to-back premierships in 2017 and 2018.

In addition to that all three have some pretty impressive individual accolades.

Taylor has won the league Best and Fairest a remarkable six times and Trigg has won it once.

Sudholz was named best on court in the 2017 grand final and also took home the Rams Best and fairest that year. She coached the 2015, 2017 and 2018 premierships.

"It's very humbling," Trigg said to The Wimmera Mail-Times on receiving the award.

"It's been a 21 year road to getting here."

Sudholz echoed the sentiment and was appreciative that the three players were recognised together.

"It's really nice that the three of us can do it together, since we've played together for so long," Sudholz said.

The sisters joined Natimuk in 2000 after a short stint with Kalkee, where they have been ever since.

"Pretty much my whole netball life's been with my sister," Trigg said.

"Being able to play with her is fantastic. We're pretty inseparable."

They're so inseparable in fact that they amazingly both reached their 300^th game milestone on the exact same day.

Trigg told the Mail-Times at the time that it was "like it was written in the stars".

There have been plenty of highlights take place between the new Life Members over two decades.

"The three premierships we won (were a highlight)," Trigg said.

"That was awesome and obviously playing with the two girls that got their Life memberships."

Sudholz pointed to the 2015 premiership as being a standout.

"I was coaching that one as well and there was still a lot of people around the club that played 40 years before," Sudholz said.

"That year the pressure was really on and I felt it everywhere. But in a good way.

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"It also probably spurred us on that little bit more because we've always been up in the finals, but it was always next year. That was our unfortunate motto."

Upon reflection of her time in the competition so far, Trigg said she is appreciative of the people that have been involved in her career right throughout the league.

"The likes of the people who actually already hold HDNA life memberships like Jenny Kirchner, Shurlee Skiller and Linda Kelly - they've always been lovely and supportive.

"Moments like when I used to umpire for the league, those ladies were always so lovely, helpful and always got you there."

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