"Like everyone, from those who knew him like a brother to those who simply knew the smiling face down the street, I hoped for a miracle.  

If ever there was going to be one, it would be for a bloke who produced so many with the Steeden every weekend from late-February until mid-September - with a handful of clubs in just about every code. That miracle, sadly, tragically, hasn’t come.

The tributes for Brown began last Saturday: the Group 10 All Stars contest - a game the dynamic No.7 would have lined up proudly for the Indigenous side - observed a minute silence, while also naming the man of the match award the Terry Brown medal. Very fitting.

Here's the messages and tributes we have received so far:

A premiership winner at the club in 2014, the Orange City Lions also remembered their mate prior to beginning their season against the Boars in Parkes with a moving show of unity between grades before kick-off of first grade. 

The touching moments will continue this Sunday when the Group 10 season gets underway, particularly at Blayney’s King George Oval, where Brown’s teammates will play their first game minus their young general.

Everyone of those people is still waiting for Terry - a son, a brother and a friend to so, so many - to be found. To come home. They have been for the last week-and-a-half.

And for many of them, when that first ball is kicked on Sunday from Bathurst to Orange and Oberon to Blayney, he will be."

Touching words about a young man who touched so many in the central west and beyond.

While acknowledging that all hope is not lost and the search continues with fingers crossed we ask that you pay tribute to Terry and post messages of support for his family and friends here: