Pennant Hills Golf Club 1923-2023 Celebrating 100 Years

Foreword

We are fortunate to belong to a golf club that celebrates its first 100 years with enthusiasm and pride. Joan Eyles has written this, the fourth publication on the development and history of Pennant Hills Golf Club. She properly cites in appreciation the first history written in 1959 by Ernie Hyde who was President from 1933 to 1953 and the second being an update of the intervening 30 years by Bob Giblin in 1988. The third history was penned by Ron Harper commemorating our Diamond Jubilee and published in 2000.

Ron Harper, Ann Crisp, Adrienne Gorme, together with the energetic Bruce Jones, deserve special mention as they are responsible for the systematic curating, classification and digitisation of our records that have provided such a reliable source for Joan to chronicle the stories and events in this book. That our history is so well preserved is due in large part that members care about their club.

We have a rich and varied history.

Our course was not the creation of a single designer, it was carved out by the members themselves. One of the strengths that emerges in the 100-year story of our Club is member involvement; members volunteering, members giving. Joan has captured this in a thoughtful way. The book takes us back through the fascinating journey of growth and development.

The legacies of camaraderie, respect, inclusiveness and integrity live on. These values challenge us to continue the culture of contributing, ensuring that in 2123 the membership at that time will reflect on the second hundred years with the same pride as we have in the builders and shapers that have fashioned the first 100 years.

We are a leading Sydney private members golf club, we own the land on which our great course and club is built, we enjoy strong bonds of friendship and take pride in our membership. It is time for a celebration. Let the next 100 years of golf and enjoyment begin.

Club President Michael Rowan

From Strength to Strength

Welcome to Pennant Hills Golf Club, established in 1923.

The history of our Club has been well documented over the years. The first history was written by Ernest J Hyde, a founding member and later President and Life Member, titled The Story of the Pennant Hills Golf Club 1922 to 1959. The second, by Robert N Giblin, The History of the Pennant Hills Golf Club, retraced those steps and covered the years through to 1988. The most comprehensive history, Golf in the Pennant Hills District, was compiled by Ron Harper and published in 2000. At the instigation of then Vice President Bruce Lumsden, the Historical Interest Group was formed in 2002 to catalogue Ron Harper’s working notes. Ann Crisp and Adrienne Gorme took up the challenge of collating and maintaining information and memorabilia relating to the Club’s history. Ann has been assisted by a number of members since then. More

recently, Bruce Jones has been working to digitise the entire records collection making much of the information held in the archives more readily accessible.

It is by the efforts of these members, and others who have contributed their stories, that we can now take you on a fascinating journey through a century of growth and development, highlighting some special events that shaped us into the wonderful Club we enjoy today.

In collating this history, I especially want to acknowledge Bruce Jones for his invaluable support with both research and photography.

Joan Eyles

November 2022

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land upon which the course is located, the Wallumedegal people of the Dharug nation.

Joan Eyles

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The Story Begins Chapter 1

The first steps towards establishing a golf club at Beecroft were taken in April 1906.

Asmall group of enthusiasts led by Dr MC Lidwill first set out a course on a paddock on Beecroft Road, Cheltenham. By June, the new Beecroft Golf Club had secured the use of land between Copeland Road and Mahers Road, Beecroft, and a 9-hole course was soon in play. This course was on the land currently occupied by Pennant Hills Golf Club. However, by April 1910, the landowners required the land for other uses and the club, after a brief move to Normanhurst, was soon disbanded.

At the end of World War I, the BeecroftCheltenham area, previously dominated by small farms, was being subdivided into generously sized blocks with large homes and more modest villas being erected close to the railway station. Churches were built and a new School of Arts became the focus for a large range of activities.

The idea to build a new golf course at Beecroft was the brainchild of Dr Arthur C Holt who had set up a medical practice in Beecroft in 1913. He encouraged a number of prominent residents to attend a meeting in the Beecroft School of Arts on the 10th September 1922 to float the idea to the community of forming a golf club in the neighbourhood. Dr Holt was elected to the first Presidency of the new club. The meeting was chaired by Robert Vicars,

a local businessman, and at the end of the enthusiastic discussions a committee of three was formed to locate a site for a golf course. The present area of our course was inspected but the committee rejected it because of its somewhat hilly nature, great tree growth, and the considerable amount of playing area that would be lost because of the creek flowing through the eastern end.

However, Robert Vicars decided to do something bold to bring the proposed club into being. He contracted to buy the land for £4,750, equivalent to around $400,000 today, then offered it to the Club for the same price. This offer quickly brought matters to a head and the committee accepted. Robert Vicars is revered as one of the Founders of our

Robert Vicars

Club. He was made a Life Member in 1947 and the clubhouse now includes the Vicars Room as one of its lounges.

The new Club was constituted as an ordinary shareholding company with shares of £5 value. Each member joining the Club was required to take up one £5 share which was regarded as an entry fee. The newly established Board of Directors calculated that an outlay of £2,500 would be sufficient to build a 9-hole course and a clubhouse.

Pennant Hills District Golf Club Limited was registered on 26th February 1923.

The first Ladies Committee meeting was held on 22nd February 1924. Mrs Violet Vicars, wife of Robert Vicars, was elected Lady President.

HE CONTRACTED TO BUY THE LAND FOR £4,750, EQUIVALENT TO AROUND $400,000 TODAY, THEN OFFERED IT TO THE CLUB FOR THE SAME PRICE.

the course overall remains the brainchild of the members.

The First 9-hole Course

The first task was to build a temporary 9-hole course so that golf could be played while plans were being made for an 18hole course.

Ernest J Hyde joined the Club in 1923 and is regarded as contributing more outstanding service to the early development of the Club than any other person. He was President from 1933 to 1954 and was also involved at both State and Federal levels of golf.

He recalled the pioneering days:

“Of the land area of about 99 acres, some 25 acres along the Pennant Hills Road from Copeland Road to Mahers Road with an average depth of 300 yards had been farmed and cultivated since the early days of the country. It was on this portion of the area that the first nine holes were played.

A farm house and a well were situated on the present third fairway and until the latter was filled in - this job took some time - this portion of the area could not be used. A sunken road ran from Pennant Hills Road to the dam and this caused a lot of inconvenience in play until it was ultimately filled in. The slight depression on the present twelfth fairway is the only indication left of its existence.

The remainder of the area was covered with hundreds of trees and stumps which had to be removed, waterholes had to be filled up and in many places shelf rock excavated. In addition, noxious weeds and pests infested the area and it was obvious that a great amount of work would have to be done before an 18-hole golf course could be constructed.

The only preparation for play was to run a lawn mower over those places selected for greens without any attempt to build up or improve them, and they provided some weird putting surfaces.“

Ernest J Hyde

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This layout of the first 9-hole course was drawn by EJ Hyde. Play on this course commenced around the Easter of 1923. The length was 2035yds (1860m) with a par of 33.

Despite the crudity of the layout it was regarded as temporary and was played for about 15 months. Hyde recalled that “members and associates seemed to enjoy the picnic atmosphere which prevailed. The important point was that they had great faith in the future of the club.”

Committee Minutes recorded that by May 1923, membership was 35 men and 8 women. The first two junior members joined in June of that year.

Women golfers played the same course as the men for the first few years. As the course was lengthened, the tees that were left behind were designated as ladies’ tees and on some holes new forward tees were constructed.

EJ Hyde’s original 9-hole course layout. Hole lengths:

“Mrs Flynn, who lived on Mahers Road, made it plain to players at the 4th green that they were welcome to come across the road to have a free drink of water from her well. Thirsty players on a hot day took advantage of her offer. Soon, crossing the road for a Devonshire tea at Mrs Flynn’s became the “thing to do”.

The First 18-hole Course

The first 18-hole course was laid out by committee members with the assistance of Tom Howard, a professional golfer and 1923 Australian Open Champion. He became involved in advising the Directors at a very early stage, having been paid one guinea for “professional services” in April 1923.

Tom Howard, 1923. He assisted with the layout of the first 18-hole course.

1923. Looking across the (then) first fairway to the original clubhouse.

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As EJ Hyde remembered:

“It was decided to use the area on the northern side along Copeland Road to [Devlins] Creek... Contracts were let for clearing the present first, sixteenth and seventeenth fairways of trees and other obstructions, small couch greens were formed for the first, second, sixteenth and seventeenth holes, and the ground cut out from the eastern bank of the creek to form the eighteenth green. … Whilst this progress was being made a large amount of work was being carried out by the members in working bees, individually clearing the scrub, removing the stumps and filling in the holes and wells. The removal of stumps was a most difficult task employing the use of a forest devil and chains.”

The Forest Devil and a 12” Shanks lawn mower were purchased in October 1923. As well, a local plumber was contracted to lay town water to all 18 greens. Two months later with a bank balance of only £35/13/10, all staff were laid off. The financial situation must have recovered quickly however as by February the following year course improvements were again surging ahead aided by donations from the Ladies Committee and several founding members.

On the land that had been cleared for farming prior to 1923, the Club planted many trees. While it is not possible to determine the exact number, Club records reveal that prior to 1940 well over 600 trees had already been planted.

The Club’s constant commitment to preserving and improving the indigenous tree species of the area is clearly stated in Club records throughout our history.

The Forest Devil in action. Harry Hazelwood, a member, in the foreground.

An 18-hole course, with some temporary greens, was ready for play on the season opening day in March 1924, but it wasn’t until June that all the greens were completed and the first 18-hole course was officially opened for play.

The principal golfing journal of the day, Golf in Australia, in its April 1924 edition, described the new course. Perhaps it sounds familiar.

Pennant Hills District Golf Club – One of Sydney’s New Courses

“On Saturday, March 22nd the full course of eighteen holes was opened for play. The links are, as well as being the prettiest around Sydney, also the most interesting to keen golfers. The first hole is played over a deep gully with a creek running through it, and to the novice the first shot presents all the excitement of a great adventure. Members have been known to spend the afternoon in the gully on a voyage of discovery, and it is rumoured that a treasurehunting expedition, properly equipped, would meet a rich reward. The present scribe has personally contributed largely to the buried treasure. The last hole is also played across this gully, but members appear to have profited by experience on their return, or else have developed more power in their elbows but this hole can be an easy three or a bad twenty.

The rest of the course presents its fair proportion of easy situations and difficulties, and it is noted with pleasure that the quality of play in general has much improved, although experts note a tinge of blue in the atmosphere, and corresponding warmth in the temper of players.

There is still room for new members. When residents awake to the charm of their own particular links and understand what an excellent and congenial crowd meet there, it is confidently believed that it will not be long before the “house full” notice will be necessary.

Situated on the high lands overlooking Beecroft and on the main Pennant Hills Road, the links present a most charming and delightful natural picture. With an area of 97 acres ample room is provided for a most excellent course of 18 holes.”

With the new holes in play bringing the course close to the eastern boundary, it was felt that a decent clubhouse should be erected. It was decided to build a brick clubhouse on the high ground above the east side of Devlins Creek and near the 1st tee, at a cost of about £3,000.

It was appreciated that this 18-hole course was only the first step towards the final layout. The longer-term plan for the course was to use as much of the land area available as funds and resources would allow.

IT WAS NOT LONG BEFORE THE FIRST COMPLAINT OF SLOW PLAY WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE.

IN NOVEMBER 1924, MR CHARLES WRIGHTSON REPORTED CONGESTION ON THE COURSE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED HERE THAT ON THE PREVIOUS SATURDAY THERE HAD BEEN A FIELD OF 26 MEMBERS AND 9 ASSOCIATES.

1924. The waterhole, looking east. 1924. The 18th green from the tee.

Pennant Hills ranks as one of the oldest established golf clubs in Sydney. Only six have maintained an 18-hole course, on the same site, for longer. They are: Royal Sydney 1904

The Australian 1905

Killara 1907

Concord 1907

Manly 1909

Moore Park 1922

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This view, published in Golf in Australia April 17, 1924, looks towards the intersection of Copeland Road and Pennant Hills Road.

The picture clearly shows the nearly tree-less farmland where the first 9-hole course was laid out.

The blue gum towards the right of the photograph is beside the water hole which is close to the current 14th green.

In the photograph a dozen or so milking cows can be seen wandering around. The club obtained extra revenue from the local dairyman who paid £80 per annum for agistment. The white dots are fence posts supporting the three-strand wire fence protecting the couch greens from the cattle. In play, it was considered within the rules to allow your opponent to replay his shot should it strike one of these posts.

Looking towards the same intersection of Copeland Road and Pennant Hills Road from a similar location as the previous photo (page 19) taken in 1924.

Bridges

The new 18-hole layout brought with it the problem of crossing Devlins Creek on the 1st and 18th holes. The difficulties were overcome by placing four railway sleepers across a narrow section of the creek, close to the present cart crossing. This left a steep decent and climb on either side. A missed putt on the 1st green was forgiven as it was considered to be a “puffing putt”. After heavy rain the first players out were often tasked with replacing the sleepers which had washed away. We are told that many a pair of plus-fours were “baptized” in the process.

The sleepers were replaced with a lowlevel wooden bridge in 1929 and then a more substantial bridge in 1936. It was not until 1961 that a high-level steel and truss bridge for foot traffic was erected.

The old low-level bridge on the 1st fairway built in 1936. Photo taken in 2008. Replacing this low-level bridge in 2009. 2016. The new bridge.

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By 1925, more land had been cleared, extending the course, and another two fairways crossed Devlins Creek, the 11th (now the 9th) and the 12th (now the 10th).

The wooden foot bridge at the 9th, pictured here, was replaced by a higherlevel bridge in 1940. That bridge was replaced in 1985 by a ‘temporary’ steel and timber bridge. It was not until 2016 that the ‘new’ bridge was finally built.

Circa 1925. Crossing Devlins Creek at the 9th. EJ Hyde and son John.

The ‘temporary’ bridge pictured here in 2014. 2016. The new bridge.

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In 1927, a suspension bridge to cross Devlins Creek on the 10th fairway was erected.

Ron Waddell, who joined in 1951, remembers, “the old suspension bridge over the 10th gully was at first supported in the centre only. Later wooden supports were added a few yards from each end, which stabilised it a little more. Nevertheless, some of the members had great fun lagging behind a little until the rest of the group were half way across, then jumping wildly up and down causing the bridge to sway and lurch in a sickening manner”.

The suspension bridge pictured here in 1955.

And in 1964. This bridge was finally replaced in 1965. Storm damage in December 2018. It was 12 months before the bridge was reopened.

Circa 1970. Showing both the new bridge and the suspension bridge crossing Devlins Creek.

Expansion of the Course

From the Committee Minutes and AGM reports it is clear that during the 10 years after the first 9-hole layout, the course was in an almost constant state of development. Following the first 18hole layout there were essentially another three 18-hole layouts. The early versions suffered from the course being too short overall and the hole sequences had many shortcomings such as sequential par 3s. While improving the condition of the greens, teeing areas and fairways continued, the ultimate aim was to lengthen the course to a championship standard.

Circa 1929. From the 12th tee (now the 10th).

From a similar location on the 10th tee, December 2021, Rob Stevenson watched by Greg Hargreaves and Phillip Johnson.

| Par 33

Overview

course with temporary greens open for play

New 6th hole opened and 1st hole lengthened 5725m | Par 71

Course changes

16th hole lengthened to form a dogleg, adding 71m to length

Greens and bunkers rebuilt and more bunkers added

1931. The 17th tee and fairway with the 16th showing on the left. Ed Doran is hitting off the 17th tee during the Final of the Hislop Cup, 4-ball match.

1927. The newly opened 11th hole (now the 9th). The white posts outline the green. 2022. The 9th fairway viewed from a similar location.

Circa 1928. The 18th tee and green. A new green, higher up the hill, was constructed in 1933, doubling the length of the hole to 175 yds (160m).

Circa 1930. Players putting on the 6th green (now the 5th).

A significant milestone in 1929 was the design of the new greens at the 11th (now the 9th) and the 18th incorporating the first green-side bunkers on the course. When first introduced these traps were not popular with the majority of members who were convinced the course was hard enough already. The greatest difficulty in exiting the bunkers was that players needed to fashion a new range of shots using their existing lofting clubs. There would have been much discussion on the subject. The most commonly used club was the hickory shafted “basher”. No doubt part of the problem was that the sand wedge was not developed until 1931 by Gene Sarazen. Today there are 51 green-side and 12 fairway bunkers on the course, and they continue to be a topic of much discussion.

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As early as 1930 a motor mower with a set of quintuple blades was used for the first time. This gave the course a well-groomed appearance - except for the rough. Paspalum was such a curse that a local rule allowed for the plucking of stalks. This was a sticky and unpleasant job and was often a task given to the young caddies. A reaper was then purchased to cut the area beyond the fairways but paspalum remained a problem for many years.

The magazine Golf in Australia reported in December 1927:

“The rough is at its very roughest just now and balls off the fairway are hard to find. But a visit to the long grass holds another terror as bad as the possibility of being “lost”.

Golfers are a bright and intelligent race, so perhaps one of them will yet discover a way of removing grass seeds from the rough other than by the medium of the stockings and person of the player”.

The Club, along with all others, felt the effects of the Great Depression. Membership fell rather seriously but despite this drawback the Committee decided that the work of improving the course was to continue. In October 1932 another scheme for increasing the length of the course was approved. This layout provided for the playing of the existing 2nd green as the 1st, significantly lengthening the 1st hole from 155yds (140m) to 500yds (450m). This change required the construction of a new hole, the current 6th. The new course was first played in March 1934. It measured 6261yds (5725m) with a par of 71.

This was just 10 years after the opening of the first 18-hole course. The layout has changed little in the following years, but major improvements to the course were still to be made.

Circa 1943, looking east with Pennant Hills Road in the foreground. The Club Minutes of June 1937 note that 285 trees

been planted.

Circa 1931. The 10th green looking back towards the clubhouse (inset). Colourised by Bruce Jones.

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Chapter 2 Celebrating 100 years

By 1939, after more than a decade of hard work, clearing and planting trees, building greens and bridges, and improving the fairways and rough, the course had evolved into one now considered to be among the prime courses in Sydney and certainly a ‘jewel’ of the northern region of Sydney.

By now the course had achieved its objective to be of championship standard and attracted many visitors.

However, the effects of the Great Depression and World War II slowed down further development. Of course, the war years had a direct impact on club membership as many went away to serve, and also on club finances. In fact, for several years George Howard was the only man looking after the course. His duties included the catering, so Howard was at this time Club professional, head

groundkeeper, caddy-master, caretaker and caterer. He worked wonders on his own but clearly it was beyond one man’s ability to properly maintain a complete golf course and consequently the course gradually deteriorated and was somewhat run-down by 1948.

In 1951, the Club was in a healthy but static condition when two very significant things happened. While EJ Hyde was still President, Alex Marks commenced duty as Club Secretary, and Vince Church was appointed Head Greenkeeper.

In his 28 years as Secretary-Manager, Alex Marks endeared himself to the members and made Pennant Hills a wonderfully warm club to belong to or to visit. He ensured the Club ran with efficiency at every level. During his time, an air of greater informality started to develop and with the encouragement of Hyde and subsequent Presidents, Marks encouraged the friendly spirit and camaraderie within the Club.

In these early post-war years, the Club saw a surge in membership.

Alex E Marks

In 1951, Vince Church was appointed as Head Greenkeeper. Vince tells of the course condition when he joined: “We had 8 or 9 temporary greens, often referred to as ‘Tipperary Greens’…. They were shockers many of them were out of reach of hoses and became mostly sand greens”. In his 27 years at the Club, he oversaw great improvements in the course and Pennant Hills gained a reputation as one of the best-groomed courses in Sydney. Such was the Club’s appreciation of his service that when he retired he was made an Honorary Member. To list some of the major developments during his tenure: two new high-level bridges were constructed over the gully, new teeing areas were constructed for seven fairways and many bunkers were added or rebuilt. Trees were planted to delineate fairways, water outlets were supplied to all fairways and a pitch and putt practice green was added at the southern end of the clubhouse. He was regarded by his peers in the industry as the doyen of turf management in Australia. He had strategies that were far in advance of other superintendents of his era and was at the forefront of the creation of new ideas and methodologies at which he was, without question, an expert.

“WHAT – NO WAND! This you won’t believe. Popular Ex-Servicemen’s Hon. Sec. – Lee Chater to wit – sliced off the tenth one recent Saturday found his ball, and whilst identifying it caught with his hot little hand one perfectly good and alive rabbit. Lee would have thought nothing of it, but not so partner Clive Quinton. Presto – rabbit stew at the Chaters.”

(NEWSLETTER, JUNE 1952)

1952. Extending the 9th green.

1951. The 18HP Ferguson tractor and five-gang mower on 11th fairway.

Circa 1970. 9th green from the former ladies tee.

Vince Church

Through the 1980s, the course was again showing signs of deterioration, in part due to the unknown effects the proposed M2 Motorway would have on the course and the understandable reluctance to spend on infrastructure.

Richard Kirkby was appointed Course Manager in 1994 and was charged with the task of rejuvenating the course. His exceptional skills were evident as in a very short space of time the course was reportedly in better shape than ever. Richard retired in 2022. In his 28 years with the Club he oversaw major changes to the course including the Water Reclamation Plant and the realignment and reshaping of the 3rd and 5th fairways following the completion of the M2 Motorway. All the bunkers were rebuilt and the enormous challenges of irrigation and drainage were addressed. Richard oversaw the landscaping of the fairways and gardens to produce a truly beautiful golf course. Richard is highly regarded amongst his peers and served as the Vice President of the Australian Golf Course Superintendents’ Association for 4 years and Education Co-ordinator of that body for 7 years. He was appointed a life member of the Association in 2021.

1995. The old maintenance shed.

2017. Richard Kirkby in a flooded car park.

2003. Earthworks on 3rd fairway.

2022. Richard Kirkby. Well known for his favourite football team, the Rabbitohs.

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On a bright Sunday morning, 25th June, 1972, Peter Tressider had the honour on the 3rd tee. He was about to tee up when he observed a small plane silently flying low over the trees to the left of the fairway, it banked sharply right, heading in his direction. His playing group “chose to run across the fairway to a clump of trees…[the plane] eventually struck the ladies tee and then struck the tee we had been standing on, smashing into our golf buggies. It careened on, crashing to a stop…on Copeland Road.” The pilot and all five passengers were injured.

Another light plane landed on the 3rd fairway in 1984, coming to rest just behind the 2nd green. Fortunately there were no casualties on this occasion.

And then there was the unexpected landing of a hot-air balloon, again on the 3rd fairway, in 1986. There were no injuries. The balloon had taken off from Parramatta Park.

1972. The first plane to land on the course. 1984. The next plane crash. 1986. Hot-air balloon landing.

Water – of drought and flooding rain

When the first golf course was laid out in 1923 town mains water was laid on to allow hand-watering of the greens and possibly the teeing grounds. There was already a small waterhole near the current 14th green and over the years, particularly during drought periods, water was pumped from there to the parched fairways.

However, lack of irrigation was a major ongoing problem and so, in August 1941, a dam was constructed near the current maintenance facility.

As Ron Waddell remembers: “The dam at the side of the 17th fairway was a popular swimming hole in those days. On a hot summer day up to forty people could be seen in and about the hole. The hole would have been over eight feet deep as swimmers would dive into it from a high branch of an overhanging willow tree. The members did not object, and access by the swimmers was easy, as only a twostrand wire fence enclosed the course. We caddies could only look at the swimmers and dream, as we struggled through to the end of the round.”

1988. The 3rd fairway.

1999. Behind the 9th green.

2007. The 13th and 14th fairways.

Over the years there were several attempts to secure a permanent supply of water to either replace or augment the reliance on town water. In 1942 the services of a water diviner proved unsuccessful. Later there was a proposal to dam Devlins Creek but this would have encroached on the 6th fairway and the plan was abandoned.

From 1937 to 1945, there was a severe drought state-wide. In March 1940 the Committee made a local rule that balls lodging in a crack in the ground could be lifted and dropped without penalty. In December that year, as a water saving measure, hot water was disconnected from the showers.

In the mid-1960s the need for a supply of water and its reticulation was most obvious during another prolonged drought. Jimmy Turner, a member for 50 years, recalled the fairways drying up so much that cracks appeared. He said that these were most evident on the 5th and 11th holes, where balls could disappear as deep as 15 inches (40cm) into the cracks.

2010. The 1st green.

As early as 1966 there was a proposal to use water from the sewage system running through the course, however, the cost at that time was prohibitive and there were also environmental concerns about water quality. The idea was deferred indefinitely.

In 1996-7, a new automated irrigation system was installed providing water to all tees, fairways and greens. At the same time, distances to the centres of the greens were marked on the sprinkler heads. However, a secure water supply, other than town water, was at the top of the Club’s wish list in 1999.

– the number of days the course was closed between February and the end of July in 2022, when an extraordinary La Niña weather pattern dumped a record amount of rain on the east coast of Australia.

1994. Sprinkler system on the 17th fairway.

Town water piped to 18 greens.

Dam on Devlins Creek near 6th used to supply water.

Dam constructed near current maintenance shed.

Water diviner employed but not successful.

Proposal to mine sewer pipe in Devlins Creek rejected.

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Search for bore water not successful.

Proposal to construct dam beside 17th fairway rejected.

Overview of the water story

The Water Reclamation Plant

In 2003 at the height of a major drought, Sydney Water informed the Club that there would be no potable water available for course irrigation in the future. Richard Kirkby managed to negotiate an extension to existing arrangements, which allowed the Club time to explore options such as to dam either Devlins Creek or the gully between the 17th fairway and 18th tee, or treatment of sewerage from the line running down Devlins Creek.

Steve Walker, then Club Vice President and later President, took on the role of chairing a planning committee tasked with finding a solution to our long-term water security. A dam had the least chance of achieving this because of the limited capacity given the topography of the site and also council objections. Together with Stuart Fenton, the General Manager, plans to mine the sewage system were revisited and proposals were prepared by Water Technology Australia. This time, with changing attitudes and improved technologies, the plans were approved.

Steve Walker was the driving force behind, and management of, this huge project. Working with Stuart Fenton, he negotiated a grant of $1.1m from the State Government Water Savings Fund and a further $60k in Federal grants to assist in financing the project.

The Water Reclamation Plant, completed on time and within budget, was officially opened on Friday 30 May, 2008. The sewer mining project was the first of its kind for a privately owned golf club in Australia. The plant produces up to 100 million litres of reclaimed water for irrigation each year. Without it we would not be enjoying the course as we know it today.

In 2016, talks commenced with NorthConnex concerning the possible use of water run-off from their tunnel running adjacent to the golf course. In 2022, good progress has been made and plans have been provided to divert the water to the Water Reclamation Plant so that the treated water can be applied to all parts of the course. Some obstacles remain but completion of this project will make the Club self-reliant for water.

2008. Aerial view of the newly opened Water Reclamation Plant.

The Next Challenge – the M2 Motorway

In 1965 the Club was first advised that the Mahers Road and Pennant Hills Road frontages were likely to be affected by a Department of Main Roads (DMR) plan to build an expressway from Epping to Baulkham Hills. Formal advice was finally received from the DMR in 1967. For the next three decades the Club faced an uncertain future. Resumption of land along these two arterial roads was a very significant threat to the length of the course. If the course was adjusted to accommodate the proposed resumption by simply shortening and adjusting the 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 12th holes, the course would be reduced to a par 68 course and would lose its Group 1 rating, its championship capacity and its general status and reputation as one of the fine championship golf courses of Australia. A formal objection was lodged with the DMR and the Club’s prima facie case for full and adequate compensation was noted. Over the following years, spanning the offices of eight Presidents, many discussions were held with the authorities. All major expenditure on the course, such as bridges over Devlins Creek and irrigation, had to be carefully considered and sometimes postponed indefinitely.

Mr Frank Bird, a member of the Club, also happened to be the State Valuer-General from 1974 to 1980. Imagine the surprise of DMR officials when he arrived at meetings representing the Club some time after his retirement. He was heavily involved in discussions with the DMR and reportedly was instrumental in having properties on Mahers Road resumed rather than land on the golf course. The Club Newsletter of December 1989 noted that his knowledge of valuations and resumptions of land had been invaluable.

Even after construction of the M2 Motorway began in 1995 it was not clear how much of our land would be resumed. Finally, by the Club’s Annual General Meeting of 1996, the Planning Committee was able to report that the M2 had been moved entirely off the course, resolving 30 years of uncertainty over its potential impact on the Club.

Following construction of the M2 Motorway, the 3rd and 5th fairways were realigned. In 2003, the centre of the 3rd fairway was lowered by 3 metres and the left-hand side of the fairway was raised to provide a flatter rather than a sloping fairway. While the upper portion of the 5th had been levelled in 1997 to help prevent balls being hit onto the new M2 Motorway, from mid-way the fairway had a heavily sloping valley to the right that diverted balls well away from the fairway. Putting the spoil from the 3rd fairway to good use, the 5th fairway was redesigned, adding a fairway bunker on the right, filling the valley and adding knolls and swales along the right-hand side making the hole more easily playable.

1996. Tree removal by the DMR for the widening of Pennant Hills Road.

1958. 3rd fairway from behind the 2nd green.

2022. 3rd fairway from the same position.

1995. The 5th fairway.

2005. The 5th fairway after realignment.

Some advice for ladies playing in the Mixed Foursomes who do not fancy their chances of hitting over the gully from the men’s championship tee: Overheard [at start of play on the first hole] ... “If you go out of bounds, I’ll have an air swing” said Mollie as husband Jim Sutherland teed up on the men’s championship tee.

(NEWSLETTER, DECEMBER 1977)

The Club has purchased three motorised buggies. These are now available to all Club members, however preference in allocation will be given to those, who from disability or age, would otherwise not be able to play. These units are petrol driven and thus may be used twice per day.

(NEWSLETTER, NOVEMBER 1975)

2022. The 1st fairway from the teeing ground.

Circa 1990. The 13th fairway showing the young trees planted to create the dogleg.

2022. The 13th fairway showing the same dogleg.

A Beautiful Golf Course

In 1923, the area where the first 9 holes of the 18-hole course were laid out was almost bare of trees as the land had been used for farming. On the remainder of the land purchased by the Club the dominant tree species were Blue gum (Eucalyptus saligna) and Blackbutt (E. pilularis) with native undergrowth. As much of this bushland as possible was retained during clearing for the golf course. Members were, and are, justifiably proud of the course and while a visitor might complain about our very steep hills and gullies and the absence of ‘flat lies’, they are invariably impressed with its natural beauty.

Members have always taken a keen interest in the landscaping of the course. Photographs of the original clubhouse in 1924 show that it was surrounded by a small, carefully planted garden.

In 1929, landscaping around the newly extended clubhouse was well underway.

On the bare areas of the course, the first major tree-planting scheme was begun in 1923. Work continued in 1927 with the planting of Lophostemon trees along the Copeland and Pennant Hills Road boundaries to act as a wind break. These trees were also a very effective barrier to balls exiting the course. The first record of a car on Pennant Hills Road being hit by a golf ball was in September 1930, and of a ball breaking a car windscreen on Copeland Road was in April 1931.

However, in the early years, the focus on the golf course itself was to build and maintain the fairways, tees and greens in the best possible condition. With the arrival of Richard Kirkby more attention was given to the surrounds of the tees

and greens and with the services of dedicated horticulturists, garden beds and plantings have added much variety and beauty to the course.

The long history of members being actively involved in planting trees and establishing and maintaining garden beds continues. The ladies began an “Adopt a Garden Program” in 2015 and ladies’ and men’s groups meet regularly to help out with special projects.

2022. The 14th green. Volunteer gardeners.

Looking ahead

Course Development

The Board of Directors’ Strategic Plan 2022-2025 outlines their vision for our Club as “A Leading Sydney Private Members’ Golf Club”. A key part of achieving this vision is the implementation of the Course Master Plan. This involves the re-building of our greens, greens surrounds and bunkers, as well as addressing the out-of-bounds issues we have on the holes that border main roads on the course. This re-build will see the greens constructed to USGA standards that will significantly improve their drainage and playability. In addition, the grass will be replaced resulting in a weather-tolerant and more consistent putting surface.

A design brief has been written and issued to two reputable course architects, with concept designs being received during the first half of 2022. Once reviewed and approved by Members, we anticipate the commencement of the project following the completion of the Centenary Year celebrations late in 2023, with completion taking approximately 3 years.

The Foundation

The aim of the Foundation is to look to the medium- and long-term future and provide facilities and activities that will keep our Club at the forefront of the community for years to come. Managed by a Board of Trustees, the Foundation, through donations, will support and fund important projects in line with the aims and objectives of the Club that will generate significant member benefit. These projects are generally large capital expenditure undertakings.

The first major project is a Golf Academy and planning is well underway. Given the Club’s inability to offer an outdoor driving range due to the lack of suitable land on the course, together with the absence of all-weather lesson facilities, the Foundation identified the need for an integrated, state-of-the-art training and development centre. Thanks to members, as well as a NSW Government grant, there are now sufficient resources to complete the design stage through to DA approval. The Academy will provide the following services:

• A virtual driving range, virtual golf course and virtual swing analysis and club fitting. Trackman Australia has been appointed to provide this technology.

• An open foyer and lounge area as well as a meeting room for up to 20 people that can also be a facility for junior golfers to socialise and relax. One aim is to attract more school-aged children to the Club which will drive future membership.

• The potential for the Pro Shop to move into the new facility, which will be larger than the current area, and will allow for a greater range of merchandise to be available.

• Significantly increase the storage area for carts, clubs and buggies. The construction remains under consideration as it is dependent to a large extent on member generosity.

Another major project undertaken by the Foundation was the Second Memorial Gates Project. This has now been expanded to include several gates that give access to the course and management has now been transferred to the Club’s Board of Directors to deliver.

2022. The 6th green looking towards the 7th tee.

The original clubhouse, built in 1923, was a timber structure measuring just 20 x 12 feet (3.5 x 6m) divided into two rooms, the smaller room being used by the Associates.

It was originally located near the current women’s 2nd tee. It was moved from there to near the new 1st tee in March 1924 for the opening of the 18hole course.

However, with membership increasing and limited accommodation, there was a real need for a more spacious clubhouse to be built.

The first permanent clubhouse was designed by a member, architect Thomas Pollard Sampson. It was opened in July 1925. During construction of the new building, good use was made of the excavation spoil to form the putting green in front of the clubhouse. The original clubhouse was repurposed as the pro shop until 1953.

1924. The first clubhouse. Colourised by Bruce Jones.

1925. The new clubhouse with practice putting green in foreground.

By 1928 the membership had nearly doubled so plans were made to increase the size of the building. Sampson was again asked to draw the plans.

Building progress was slow, as all available funds were being allocated to course development and maintenance. The cost for the clubhouse was largely funded by an extension on the mortgage.

The official opening took place on 23rd October 1929.

The clubhouse in 1929.

1929

Celebrating 100 years

In 1938, Sampson was once again asked to draw up plans for a substantial addition to the clubhouse. The three function rooms, now named the Vicars, Beecroft and Devlins Rooms, were created at this time. The caretaker accommodation was removed to a separate cottage behind the clubhouse allowing the kitchen facilities to be greatly expanded and for the Associates to gain a lounge room.

The expanded clubhouse opened officially on 27th May 1939 with much fanfare and celebration, including a dance held on Saturday, 3rd June, with attendance registering a remarkable 315.

For the previous five years, the Club had held a “black tie” ball at Hordern Bros Florentine Room in the city. But in August 1939 the new facilities allowed it to be held in the clubhouse and 260 people turned out for a great occasion. Eleven days later, news came that Australia was at war.

No major social event was held at the clubhouse for the next 8 years.

The 1939 extension. Alex Marks has his back to the camera. Photo taken circa 1951.

Thomas Pollard Sampson who designed the original clubhouse.

The large clock, installed over the balcony at this time, was donated by AG (Gilbert) Tomlinson.

A little-known fact is that in 1942, from April to December, Australia’s military authorities took over more than half the clubhouse. It was at first prepared as a casualty clearing station and later the space was converted into a convalescent home for soldiers. While the invasion scare lasted, about 250 men and their equipment were encamped among the trees on the course.

An aerial view of the clubhouse taken in 1945. Note the original clubhouse situated next to the 1st tee (bottom left) in use as the pro shop.

Also, at the top of the photo, the caretaker’s cottage can be seen, with the chimney used for the army mess nearby.

Celebrating 100 years

1945. Aerial view of the clubhouse.

The Liquor Licence

In the early years the Club had no liquor licence although several attempts were made to get one. After a round of golf, the drinks consumed were usually tea or soft drinks. The liquor laws were terribly restrictive as reported by EJ Hyde:

“Of course at this time the Club had no liquor licence and this imposed hardships on the members. Each was supposed to bring his own bottle and it is doubtful if camaraderie in the Club ever reached a higher peak than during this period. Difficulty was also created for the Committee when our Club teams played matches against other clubs that had licences, and Pennant Hills players could not reciprocate in the same manner. Eventually the Club decided to provide two bottles of whisky and half a dozen lager for team matches played at the Club”.

Members were allowed to have personal supplies of liquor, properly labelled, held by the Club on their behalf. There is some indication that the boundaries of this arrangement were somewhat stretched.

In the late 1930s the House Committee minutes announced “profits” from the sale of liquor. Committee minutes from April 1940 reported “an impending increase of 15/- per gallon on whiskey and Mr. Trotter moved that we purchase a quarter cask (30/34 gallons) at present prices”.

Following changes to the NSW Government’s Liquor Act of 1946, the Club was granted a liquor licence in 1947.

In 1930, the Club purchased an ‘automatic fruit machine’, with profits from the machine allocated to a special fund for “improvements”. In 1940, the Club purchased a poker machine and by 1946 owned five machines.

For the year ending July 2000, profits from the poker machines amounted to $12k. With the machines becoming obsolete in January 2001, they were put into storage but the Club retained three gaming licences. With Club finances running below budget in 2009, these licences were sold.

Circa 1955. Hector (Reg) Austin playing a machine.

Circa 1955. The clubhouse viewed from the 10th fairway.

Circa 1956. Shirley Baker (pictured) joined the Club in 1953.

The clubhouse in 1956.

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Clubhouse Extensions 1949 to 2000

The first work carried out after the war was to improve the Associates’ facilities and by 1953 the ladies enjoyed a new lounge and locker room.

There were regular discussions about expansion, and eventually in 1962, finances allowed for substantial extensions. The changes included a new bar, offices, squash court, billiards room and a small terrace on the southwestern end of the building with a spike bar below.

The clubhouse in 1987.

The clubhouse in 1988.

Circa 1988. The ivy pergola on the terrace was added in 1967. The ivy was a very popular feature of the facade. By 2015, the pergola was in a very poor state of repair and it was dismantled during renovations in 2019.

In 1990 a major refurbishment of the function and lounge areas was undertaken and included the installation of attractive new ceilings with recessed lighting throughout.

Then in 2001 the clubhouse saw another major upgrade and extension. Changes included the addition of a hallway to separate the changerooms from the function rooms. The changerooms were upgraded, and the bar and casual dining area, offices, reception and boardroom were enlarged. The terrace on the southwestern corner was extended.

While there are several mentions in the late 1990s of the lack of air conditioning making it difficult to maintain dress standards, the clubhouse lounge rooms had to wait until this major refurbishment when the ceilings were remodelled. Members first enjoyed the luxury of air conditioning at a dinner on Friday 24th February 2001.

The function rooms in 1987.

And after refurbishment, 1991.

Clubhouse Extensions 2018

The next major move to upgrade and extend the clubhouse began in mid2007 when a planning committee was established. However, the Global Financial Crisis (2007-2009) quickly put the brakes on plans. Members were reluctant to add to the debt of the Water Reclamation Plant in a time of much financial insecurity.

The focus was on course improvements while the much-loved clubhouse was considered to still meet member needs.

The idea of extensions to the clubhouse was revisited in 2015. This time, a much more conservative plan would leave most of the original building, designed by TP Sampson, intact.

The Clubhouse Committee took on the enormous task of managing the extensions. The generosity and expertise of a number of members was invaluable in driving the project forward.

Work began in January 2018. For the next 18 months, outstanding efforts by the Board, Clubhouse Committee and our catering staff ensured that there were minimal interruptions to members’ preand post-golf refreshments and other services.

Perhaps the most notable achievement of the many dedicated members who have contributed to the several extensions and renovations of the clubhouse over the years, is that the clubhouse has maintained the attractive and cohesive feel of TP Sampson’s first design in 1925.

January 2018. Work began with the removal of the garden.

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HILLS GOLF

The Game Chapter 4

With a 9-hole golf course laid out in a matter of weeks, the first game of golf was played about April 1923.

The Early Game

APlaying Committee had been established to determine bogey (par) for each hole, arrange the golfing programme, apply handicaps, determine local rules and to establish competition fees.

Two official handicappers were appointed and handicaps were adjusted regularly. There is no record of the method used. It appears that the adjustment was in part a matter of judgement by the handicappers. When past President Jack Thomson joined

the Club in 1949 he was given a handicap, sight unseen, of 24. Beginning his first round, he hit off the 1st tee sending his ball into the distance, straight as an arrow. The handicapper, who observed the shot, said “better make that 20”. Surely the quickest handicap reduction in the Club’s history.

The first recorded competition was stroke, under handicap conditions, played on the 15th of September 1923. Men and women played the same course and there were 24 entrants. The event was won by Mrs Mabel Morgan who received the prize of an open order for 10 shillings. Mabel Morgan was an outstanding golfer who won five Club Championships. She also won a number of Ladies Golf Union events and was widely acknowledged as a formidable opponent in matchplay.

The season opening event on 22 March

1924, a mixed fourball, was played on the newly available 18-hole course. The event was won by Mabel Morgan and James Heane.The first Club Championships were played in 1924 and were won by Mabel Morgan and Herbert Reed. Reed won another two Club Championships in 1936 and 1937.

Apart from matchplay, all competitions were either stroke, bogey (now called par) or mixed foursomes. The first stableford competition at Pennant Hills was played in December 1935 and proved very popular with the members.

Early members of Pennant Hills Golf Club would have used the Haskell golf ball. Patented in 1899, the ball had a solid core wrapped tightly with rubber thread and covered with gutta-percha, and later, belata. Initially having an outside pattern of brambles this soon changed to dimples

THE FIRST RECORDED COMPETITION WAS STROKE, UNDER HANDICAP CONDITIONS, PLAYED ON 15 SEPTEMBER 1923

which provided better length and spin. The ball was used until the 1960s when solid-core balls were developed.

Did you know?

Dr Frank Stableford said: “I was practicing on the second fairway at Wallasey Golf Club [Cheshire, UK] one day in the latter part of 1931 when the thought ran through my mind that many players in competitions got very little fun since they tore up their cards after playing only a few holes and I wondered if anything could be done about it”. The first Stableford competition was held at Wallasey on May 16, 1932 and it was a hit with golfers.

GOLF DIGEST 20 APRIL 2020.

Celebrating 100 years

Mabel Morgan in 1929.

The Haskell golf ball with bramble pattern, rubber thread core and later dimple pattern.

For the record

While there have been many outstanding performances and records associated with the Club, a few are worthy of special mention.

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Course records

Men: Two men hold the course record of 63:

Kel Nagle during the 2nd round of the PGA Championships on 22 November 1952. He went on to win the Championship.

Tony Gresham equalled the record during a Silver Button (medal) round on 13 July 1968.

Women: Julia Boland achieved a course record of 66 on 23 September 2004 during the 2nd qualifying round of the Club Championships. She went on to win the Championship.

Stableford records

Men: Andrew Scott (HC 25) scored 54 points in December 1998.

Women: Susie Wales (HC 31) scored 52 points in December 1999.

Juniors: Wenxin Wang (HC 33) holds the record with 54 points. She achieved this on 15 February 2021.

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Club Championships –most wins

Men: Tony Gresham won 25 Championships between 1962 and 1990.

Women: Lavene Taylor won 11 Championships between 1955 and 1968.

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Tony Gresham, winner of the 1975 NSW Open. Regarded as the greatest amateur golfer of his generation, his record in Australia is unsurpassed.

Eclectic Record (Lifetime)

Tony Gresham: 35 for 18 holes. All were eagles except for the 6th (a mere birdie) and an albatross on the 12th.

Unfortunately, similar records have not been kept for the women.

Celebrating 100 years

A number of our members have gone on to have major roles in the wider golfing world

“In his last four rounds at PH Tony Gresham shot scores of 66, 67, 69 and 68. Truly remarkable! We bestowed upon him the honour of playing on + 1 - and believe he is the only one in the State on a plus handicap.”

NEWSLETTER, JULY 1976

“Playing off scratch, Greg Wicks recorded 12 birdies to win this year’s eclectic event. In view of the fact that Greg played only 3 rounds the score is most meritorious.”

NEWSLETTER, JULY 1979

Since the early days of the Club, many members have served the wider golf community on Councils and Boards of State and National golfing associations. Their contributions have been recognised in several cases by their being awarded Life Membership of those bodies. The list is extensive and we are proud of our club members who have taken on these important roles. Their stories are well documented in Ron Harper’s history book from 2000. (See Introduction).

More recently, from 2010 to 2015, Chris Allen and Sue Fabian served as the inaugural Chair and Deputy Chair, respectively, of GolfNSW, the governing body of golf in NSW. Both have been elected Life Members of GolfNSW. Chris is also a member of Golf Australia Handicapping, Amateur Status and Rules Policy Committee, a State Selector and was a Member of the Jack Newton Junior Golf Foundation from 2005 to 2015.

Both Chris and Sue have also enjoyed National Referee Accreditation and, encouraged by them, Pennant Hills has for many years had the most NSW based State Rules Accredited individuals of any club.

First hole-in-one

W Mabel Morgan

1923-2023

M TP (Phillip) Nossiter

On the 2nd hole (140m) in March 1924 on the 9-hole layout

On the 18th hole (73m) in July 1924

Most holes-in-one

W Beverley Archer

Susie Wales

M Tony Gresham

4 holes-in-one (4, 9 and 14th holes)

4 holes-in-one (6, 9, 14 and 18th holes)

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for the Club for 28 consecutive years – an outstanding achievement.

Pennants

Being invited to represent the Club in pennants competitions is a special honour. In 1926 the Club entered a men’s team in C Grade and added a B Grade team the next year. They won their first pennant in B Grade in 1936 followed by a number of wins in other grades in subsequent years. Then in 1971 they won the top prize in the Metropolitan Major Pennant becoming Division 1 Champions. The men dominated this competition, again winning the top division in 1978, 1980 and 1987. As well, the men play in the Metropolitan Masters Pennant, an interclub event for men over 50, now also open to women, and the Eric Apperly Shield, a competition run by Golf NSW for men under 22, and since 2020, also open to women.

The women began playing pennants in 1927. They won their first pennant in C Grade in 1933. After a number of pennant wins in other grades in subsequent years, the women won the top division, the NSW Women’s Grade Division 1 Championship, in 2012 and 2013, and then again in 2015 when the top division became the Metropolitan Pennant.

The 1971 team. The first to win the major pennant: (Back) Laurie Sparks, Ross Buddle, Bob Wickens (Club Cpt), John Jones (Pres), Alex Marks (Sec Mgr), Neil Handley, Keith Hayes, John Ferris. (Front) Mal Bray, Bill Wright, Tony Gresham (Team Captain), Dennis Goodman, Ian Mackie. Absent: J W Burke and Greg Wicks.

The 2012 team. The first to win the major pennant: (Back) Kim Bourke, Deb Bennett (Team Captain). (Front) Tess MacDonald, Lauren Hibbert, Aliza Huff, Paige Stubbs, Michelle McGrath. Inset L: Isabella Chan, R: Ashley Cramond.

The women play in another five interclub pennant competitions as well as a Sunday Women’s Interclub.

The Club also has a team in the Metropolitan Mixed Pennant.

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The Men’s Game

While photos of our early members are few, and often of poor quality, here is one exception. This famous photo was taken on Championship Day, June 1931. Gathering in the clubhouse following the day’s competition has long been a great tradition for the Pennant Hills men. Although members enjoy their golfing experience, a highlight for many has been the Wednesday and Saturday presentations – usually conducted by the Captain and President, respectively. Presentations have become a feature not practised by other clubs, but are warmly embraced by our members and their guests. After the Club news is updated, competition winners and runners-up are acknowledged and winners are expected to give a short speech. Over the years, presentations have tended to be humorous. Great moments are of course noted, but no matter how badly one has played, any misfortunes during a round are rarely overlooked, and are often very entertaining.

Members compete for upwards of 24 trophies each year, many of which have been generously donated by fellow members.

Keenly contested major events include the Club Championship contested since 1924; Seniors Championship for members aged 55 and over contested since 1973; Junior

Celebrating 100 years

June 1931. Only some of the members can be identified but in the front row L-R: R Vicars Jr, EJ Hyde, E Doran, J Heane and F Scales. The first Club Professional, George Howard, is on the far right and behind him is Dr HM (Greg) Cutler who was Champion that day. Colourised by Bruce Jones.

Championship contested since 1967; Foursomes Championship contested since 1933; the Pennant Hills Cup, open to all-comers and contested since 1933; and the AE Marks Cup, formerly the Hislop Cup, contested since 1927.

Given the dominance of Tony Gresham’s record as the Club Champion (25 times between 1962 and 1990) the conversation in that era typically revolved around who he would play in the final, coupled with a plethora of fellow competitors’ hard luck

stories from their encounters. To this end, Greg Wicks met Tony on many occasions (unsuccessfully by his own admission) with a memorable situation occurring on hole 15 that Greg drove in the morning and afternoon rounds of a final contest –but walked away with a half in one round when Tony managed a one putt birdie, and a loss in the other when Tony holed out with his approach shot for an eagle 2.

Tony and Greg subsequently won the Club Foursomes Championship. Greg’s acceptance speech highlighted the fact that people could be excused for assuming Tony played well, but the reality was that all he had to do all day was to chip out sideways – which was usually met with applause and cries of “shot Gresh”.

In terms of member participation and popularity, the AE Marks Cup ranks very highly. The event is a handicap Fourball matchplay knockout, attracting large fields and contested over a number of months each year.

Amongst other longstanding events is Silver Buttons, played since 1946, which is a medal round contested usually 8 times each year, with winners of each grade playing off for a Gold Button in November.

Prior to 2004 stroke events were only contested on weekends, but it was decided (principally to provide an opportunity for members who did not play on weekends) to introduce two Wednesday stroke rounds per year. The number was increased to four rounds in 2013, with a Wednesday Medal final played in November. The inaugural Wednesday Gold Button was contested in 2016 when the event format was modified to allow 12 winners to play for a Gold Button.

2019. Members gathering for the presentation after the competition.

2020. Men’s annual dinner.

Another recent innovation was the introduction of the Super Pin, whereby players in Wednesday and Saturday competitions have the option to participate for a set amount (typically $3), with the nearest to the pin on hole 14 winning the total pool. Participation for this novelty event is not compulsory, which became abundantly clear when the late Commodore Geoff Lumsden had a hole-in-one, but was not entered in the competition. Determined never to be denied again he entered the competition the next time he played and, unbelievably not only did he have the nearest to the pin, but another hole-in-one. A search of the Guinness Book of Records failed to find anything remotely comparable.

As well as Pennant and Grade matches, the Club has been an active participant in interclub events. In November 1924 players from Parramatta Club were invited to play at the Club and a very pleasant day was reported. The following May, 26 members were invited to play at the Parramatta Club in a fourball match and were roundly defeated by the home team 11-2.

Interclubs in recent times include the Pack Cup, contested between Pennant Hills, Avondale, Concord, Killara and Pymble clubs since 1999; and the Masters Pennants which commenced with two teams in 1980 and now numbers over 100 participant clubs. In season 2021 this competition, for the first time, allowed women participants.

The Club has proudly hosted the NSW Amateur Championship on three occasions – 1964, 1972, when it was won by Tony Gresham, and 1998. The Club will host this Championship once again in 2023.

2021 Club member Andrew Richards won the NSW Amateur Championship and the prestigious Riversdale Cup (contested since 1896) being the first player, ever, to win both events in the same calendar year.

2001. Pack Cup Team. L-R: E Truscott, G Lane, A Goodwin, T Gilchrist, D Cluff, J Whiteford, M Bray, G Lumsden, H Goodwin.

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The Women’s Game

The women have always managed their own competitions and the organisation of the busy and engaging golfing calendar is the responsibility of the Women’s Committee.

In the beginning, all golf competitions were held on Saturdays, then in 1925 Thursday was adopted as Ladies Day. As the membership grew, restrictions on Saturday play were soon imposed and from July 1927 ladies were not permitted to play on Saturday afternoons or public holidays.

Since 1964, the Thursday competition has been organised as a drawn ballot. This very popular arrangement ensures that the women will have many different playing partners over the season and doubtless adds greatly to the wonderful camaraderie enjoyed by our women members.

1935. Associates putting out on a rough green.

2004. Presidents vs Captains Day.

The first Women’s Club Championship was contested in 1924 and was won by Mabel Morgan. She was a formidable golfer and went on to win the next four Championships. Lavene Taylor was another remarkable golfer, winning the Club Championships eleven times.

The Women’s Championships are conducted through two stroke qualifying rounds, followed by quarter- and semifinal matchplay rounds. The Championship concludes on “Finals Day” with matchplay over 36 holes. The finals of the Bronze and Bronze II Championships and the Silver and Bronze Matchplay Championships are also contested on this day. A large crowd follows these events and, since 1937, this very special day finishes with trophy presentations and afternoon tea in the clubhouse.

An enduring highlight of the calendar at PHGC is Presidents vs Captains Day, when the green Presidents team is pitted against the red Captains team in competition for golfing glory. Golf is followed by a special lunch celebration to acknowledge past Presidents and Captains, enduring Club memberships, 80th and 90th birthdays and golfing victories in the past and on the day. Club spirit is at an all-time high at this enjoyable annual event.

In any one year there are many coveted trophies to contest. The golfing year includes the President’s and Captain’s Cups, Foursomes Championships, the Fourball and Singles Knockouts, Pennant Hills Cup and Bronze Salver and Veterans’ trophies. The women also participate in externally organised golf events such as the Lexus of Parramatta Cup and Golf NSW Medal Competitions and events, with the highest scores in these competitions going on to represent the Club at the next level against other participating clubs.Team events are always well supported by the women and include Silver Summer Matchplay for handicaps up to 25, Cheltenham Teams for handicaps 26+ and the eagerly contested Devlins Creek Challenge which has a format of fourball, foursomes and stableford, played over 3 days.

As well, interclub matches are played annually against Oatlands Golf Club, since 1955, Avondale, since 1957 and Castle Hill, since 1967. These events are very popular and the women catch up on friendships forged over many years.

In 1939, the Associates Committee ruled that stockings must be worn during competition golf. In May 1971, the committee ruled that short pants or slacks were not permitted on the course, or in the clubhouse, but slacks could be worn on the course in inclement weather, if permission was given.

One member (name supplied) suggested that “on days when mixed events are held that the men’s lounge be open to Associates. The suggestion was opposed.”

FROM THE MINUTES OF THE AGM, 30 SEPTEMBER 1946.

In addition to the serious golf challenges, the Women’s Committee organises many fun events including an annual Mystery Day Trip to a secret destination and a multi-day trip away during Greens Renovations.

The women have a lot of fun combining a party with their golf and during the year they enjoy various events which are characterised by coloured apparel, trivia contests, and a chance to compete for themed merchandise. A Monday in early December is set aside for the fun and games of the Christmas 3 Ball Shamble, a more than 25-year tradition that witnesses the transformation of women golfers into a creative array of yuletide characters,

from the Three Wise Men to Plum Puddings and many more. Golf challenges such as putting with oven mitts and driving with a cricket bat are an integral component of this festive tradition.

The High Tee Classic, held in February, is a very popular open invitation event. It is the ultimate fusion of golf, delicious food and bubbles, the day concluding with a golf fashion parade. Then there is Green Day which celebrates St Patrick’s Day and Beany Day which marks the winter solstice.

Ladies dressed up for the occasion.

1950. Associates at the Southern Highlands, Jessie LeClerk, Myrle Travis, Gwen Barmby, Annie Banner, Majorie Beck.

Junior Members

In 1996, Helen Lowe, Associates Captain at the time, suggested to the Board that a program should be initiated to promote junior golfers with the aim of introducing young people into the membership ranks. The Board readily accepted the proposition that they should do what they could to encourage the youth of the community to take up golf.

The Junior Golf Program began in 1999 and has since developed into a full Academy that offers a variety of programs to young people aged up to 21 years.

The Pennant Hills Junior Golf Academy is subsidised in part by the Kendal Binns Junior Development Fund which is funded by members. Kendal Binns’ contribution to junior development saw him awarded Life Membership of the Club in 2021.

The aim of the Academy is to provide programs for all levels of junior golfers from beginners wanting to try a new sport to advanced juniors wanting to play tournament golf. Juniors are able to participate in the Jack Newton Junior Golf (JNJG), Golf NSW junior events and the US Kids events.

When highly qualified coach Rachel Bailey joined the Club in 2015, there were just 10 juniors. Now the Academy boasts over 70 juniors coming to train and to learn. Rachel was recently appointed coach of the Australian Junior Womens Team.

The Encourage Shield is an interclub competition run by JNJG for children aged 6 to 12 years. Our girls first played in 1996 and our boys in 1997. In 2020, our team won the Sydney Metropolitan series then finished 3rd in the state event.

Many of our members started golf as caddies, as seen here in 1955 with four sets of clubs.

The winning Encourage Shield Team, 2020. L-R: James Dailly, Brian Wu, Riley Lam, Matthew Nathan, Wenxin Wang, Agatha Hui.

Kendal Binns 1923–2022.

2021. Rachel with some of her squad.

2021. Juniors and families enjoying a fun event. Smoke from summer bushfires colours the sky.

The Pro Shop

Every game begins and ends in the pro shop and so the role of the club professional in engaging with members cannot be overstated. The pro shop was run as a private business by the club professional until 2010, when the Club took over management. The Club has enjoyed the services of several professionals who remained with the Club for many years. George Howard was our first club professional, in the role from 1924 to 1932, but then changing roles to be Head Greenkeeper and staying until 1948. Bill Davidson was with the club from 1939 to 1966 and Ian Alexander from 1966 to 1996.

In the early days, besides coaching, much of the professional’s work was in making and repairing golf clubs. Roles have gradually changed. While still devoting much of their time to coaching and to advising on and selling all manner of golfing equipment, the professional now oversees timesheets and competitions.

Our current club professional, Director of Golf Neil Rolfe, joined the Club in 2018 and quickly built a strong team of enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff. It is great to start your round of golf with a friendly welcome, assistance with equipment and sometimes, a very useful coaching tip. The professionals can always be counted on to help out with the women’s Annual Charity Day where, for a small donation, they will drive a ball over the gully or attempt a hole-in-one on the 14th hole.

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Another Challenge – A Global Pandemic

Soon after the worldwide Covid 19 pandemic began in January 2020, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (the R&A is the governing body of golf in our part of the world) announced modified “Model Local Rules” in order for clubs to operate in a Covid-safe environment. Such rules, most of which were adopted by our Club, included:

• Flagsticks: Requires that players leave flagsticks in at all times.

• Scorecards: Players must enter their own score on scorecards.

• Bunkers: No rakes in bunkers and preferred lies.

Unlike some other States, NSW golf courses were only closed for a matter of days when Government restrictions were first introduced. Subsequent changes to restrictions led to changes in the day-today operations of the Club including the closure of clubhouse facilities, limitations on playing group size and, perhaps the most challenging, travel restrictions that denied many members the ability to visit the Club at all. In some cases members

were subjected to time limits which prevented them from playing a full round.

Nowhere has the emphasis on member benefits been more evident than in the absolute determination of our Board and staff to keep members playing during the ever-changing regulations in lockdown periods. During the tightest lockdown in mid-2021, around 30% of our membership was unable to play at the Club because of travel restrictions. Following an initiative by our Club, an agreement was organised with a number of private golf clubs around Sydney to allow members from other clubs to play. While about 160 of our members were able to take advantage of this arrangement, our Club was able to host more than 100 golfers from other clubs.

2021. Lucie Gabb with a short putt on the 9th, flagstick in.

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From the early days when a group of Beecroft residents gathered to discuss the genesis of the golf club, and throughout its 100year history, the great joy of the Club has been the story of its enthusiastic and dedicated members.

Our founding members, Arthur C Holt who instigated the formation of the Club, Robert Vicars who championed the land deal for the golf course, Thomas B Nossiter, our first president, John A North our first captain and Ernest J Hyde, president from 1933 to 1950, would surely be pleased with their legacy.

The Club has had the benefit through the years of the experience and determined hard work of its excellent Directors. At the AGM of 2000, women members

were given voting rights in elections for the Board of Directors for the first time, and in 2003 they were given the right to nominate for the Board. It was another 6 years before our first Lady Director, Beverley Archer, was elected to the Board.

The first Ladies Committee meeting was held in February 1924. After electing their office bearers, they straight away set up a social sub-committee. The first entertainment organised was a bridge night held on 21 March. Information is sparse but it appears that dances held in

John A North Thomas B Nossiter

Beverley Archer

A STUDY OF MEMBER

SINCE

the Beecroft School of Arts were popular and bridge parties were held in private homes, all with the aim of raising funds to benefit the Club and charities. The women have continued to drive the social life of the Club.

What truly makes a great club are the people who come together to enjoy it.

A study of member statistics since 1923 shows that the average length of membership is nearly 25 years. This number alone speaks volumes for the

warm and friendly Club atmosphere created by our members.

Enjoying the longest memberships are John Duckworth who joined in 1948 (75 years) and Shirley Baker who joined in 1953 (70 years).

John Duckworth

Shirley Baker

STATISTICS

1923 SHOWS THAT THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF MEMBERSHIP IS NEARLY 25 YEARS.

The sport of golf is, of course, wellknown for its 19th hole celebrations and debriefings but our members are always ready to enjoy a variety of social events. With an extensive range of organised activities and with our excellent catering staff there are many reasons to come to the Club. While major events include Annual Dinners, Sportsmen’s Night, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day luncheons and Family Christmas Day, almost any excuse to enjoy the Club’s facilities is taken advantage of, creating an environment where lifelong friendships are forged and nurtured.

The first Club ball was held at the Beecroft School of Arts on Friday 2 July 1926. By 1934, a larger venue was needed and the annual ball was held at the Wentworth Hotel Ballroom. Completion of the clubhouse extensions in 1939 meant future events could be held there.

TO CELEBRATE THE END OF THE WAR YEARS:

“A dance will be held at the Club House on New Year’s Eve. Dancing will be from 10pm to 4am, and breakfast will be served.

Tickets are 15/- per person and the number will be limited to 200. Tickets may be obtained from the Secretary only. Dress informal.

FROM A NOTICE TO MEMBERS, DECEMBER 1945.

1934. Pennant Hills District Golf Club Annual Ball.

To celebrate the Club’s 50th anniversary, an attempt was made on the world’s speed golf record. Organised by John Ferris, the idea was to have a number of members scattered around the course who would attempt to set a fast time for one ball to be hit from the 1st tee to the 18th hole.

As reported in the Hills Newsletter;

“Proving one of the most popular events of the year, the ‘World’s Fastest Game’ attempt was a game full of fun and entertainment and good club spirit. Two teams attempted the event. The first team completed the course in 18 minutes 17 seconds, while the second team took 20 minutes 53 seconds. The first team, at their second attempt .… took only 15 minutes 43 seconds, completing the second nine in 6 minutes. There have been faster games recorded with larger teams but the Club was attempting to have this time recognised as the world’s fastest for a team of 20 players on a course over 6000 yards long.”

Some of the highlights included Tony Gresham’s drive on the first, which ended adjacent to the 2nd tee, Greg Wicks threw from the 9th to the 10th tee after putting out and John Heffernan chased a ball on the 10th, fell over and, without regaining balance, pitched it 3 feet from the pin.

1972 Fastest team. PHGC 50th Anniversary fun event.

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In September 1973 the publishers of the Guinness Book of Records wrote to advise that this “fastest round” had been recognised.

On the 75th anniversary, another attempt was made on the speed record, this time with a mixed team of 40 players. The ball was propelled around the course at a lightning speed of 15 min 23 sec. On the second attempt, the team achieved the amazing time of 14 min 15 sec, clearly bettering the time recorded 25 years before.

For the 9-hole competition which followed, quite a number of players recalled the early days by dressing in plusfours, plus-twos and neckties.

Being strong on tradition and, of course, celebrating good times, another speed golf event is planned for our Club’s 100th anniversary. Some members of the 75th anniversary team will again be involved.

1998 PHGC 75th Anniversary: Ken Purcell, Bob Louis (back(, Barbara Penn, John Penn, Pam Louis, Margaret Roy, Alan Meaker, Tony and Cynthia Curry, Diana Meaker.

From the beginning, Club members have been very active when it comes to raising funds, whether it is for a charity or for special projects around the clubhouse. The biggest charitable event supported by the Club each year is the ASX Refinitiv Foundation Golf Day. The Foundation aims to help Australian-based children’s disability and medical research charities. The ASX Golf Day has been held at Pennant Hills every year since the inception of the Foundation in 1999. The event runs over two days but many members of the Club volunteer their time over 4 days to help organise, set up and run proceedings. Everyone works very hard to make sure that all participants enjoy a wonderful time and that the Foundation receives maximum support.

The MonSTar Foundation hosts an annual golf day at the club and this too is generously supported by members who also volunteer with course set-up. The Foundation raises funds for Motor Neurone Disease as well as supporting educational programmes for children with disabilities and special learning needs.

Since 2008, the women have dedicated one Thursday, usually in October, to raising money specifically for cancer research. This Annual Charity Day and

accompanying raffle receives generous donations from across our membership as well as the pro shop and house staff. Initially the funds raised were used to support breast cancer research. Now, however, the focus has broadened to include all cancers. The day also provides an opportunity for our retired women golfers to join in a very competitive putting competition and to mingle over morning tea and lunch.

Every year in August, the men play for the Remembrance Trophy in conjunction with the Ex-Servicemen’s Trophy. The Remembrance Trophy has been played since 1947 and the Ex-servicemen’s Trophy since 1946. The event is held to recognise those of our members who have served their country. Beginning with a hearty barbeque and including a shoot-out on the 14th hole, very generous amounts are raised for Legacy.

2019. ASX participants on the 5th tee.

One of the outstanding events in the Ladies’ calendar is the Annual Dinner which was first held in 1954. The dinner celebrates the end of the busy year, and traditionally features an address by the Club Champion, a delicious Christmas

years

dinner and the opportunity to catch up with old and new friends. Since 1964 the formalities have been followed by the now famous Christmas Concert. Life Member Betty Musgrove initiated the concert tradition and set the standard

very high indeed. Secret women’s business characterises the many months of planning for the concert, with a night of hilarity and hijinks always on the cards. These concerts are much anticipated, with an extraordinary contribution made by the team of volunteers who produce, direct, take to the stage and organise props and costumes, all to the delight of the captive audience. The night is also a major fundraising activity for a chosen charity.

Unfortunately, the men are not invited to this marvellous night but in recent years they have been invited to a preview event one day prior.

CLUB MEMBERS HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO RAISING FUNDS, WHETHER IT IS FOR A CHARITY OR FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS AROUND THE CLUBHOUSE.

Bridge remains a very popular pastime. The monthly Friday Card Day and Ladies Tuesday morning bridge are enjoyed by many members, especially those who have retired from playing golf but want to maintain strong links with their golfing friends and with the Club.

Gwen Symons, daughter of George Howard (our first professional 1924-1932), pictured here enjoying a game of bridge with friends at the Club in December 2021. Gwen lived her early days in the caretaker’s lodgings attached to the clubhouse. She joined the Club in 1962 and was an accomplished golfer. Sadly, Gwen left us before her centenary was achieved.

Tuesday morning ladies’ bridge. (L to R) Janet Learoyd, Judith Coleman, Gwen Symons, Isabel Mortlock, Jean Miller.

As noted by President Michael Rowan at the Foundation relaunch in June 2021, where John Eales was guest speaker:

“John [Eales] described perfectly what leads people to select their ‘Club of choice’ and how a Club is only as good as the selfless acts of members who give generously to advance its aims, culture and capacity. How each member might act to make it a better Club.”

APPENDIX A. Presidents and Captains 1923-2022.

Presidents

Tom NOSSITER

EJ HYDE

1923-1933

1934-1953

Harry SMALL 1954-1957

Bill NORTHEY 1957-1963

Bill SHORTLAND 1963-1968

John JONES 1968-1972

Jack THOMSON

1972-1976

Bill SCOTT 1976-1979

Geoff WILLIAMS 1979-1982

Paul HENRICKS 1982-1991

Jack MULVANEY 1991-1994

John OAKLEY 1994-1998

Tony CURRY

Dick WEBB

Bruce LUMSDEN

Steve WALKER

Ian BLAIR

Chris PRAGNELL

1998-2000

2000-2003

2003-2005

2005-2009, 2018-2020

2011-2014

2009-2011

Alan WATSON 2014-2018

Michael ROWAN 2020-

Captains

John North 1924-1926, 1927-1928

Gordon VERNON

1926-1927, 1928-1929

Terry DALY 1928-1929

Robert VICARS Jnr 1929-1930

Ernie DORAN

1930-1932

Bert THEW 1932-1938

Tom DENCE

1938-1941

Harry SMALL 1941-1942, 1944-1945

Joe GRAHAM

Frank PARKER

John GRANT

Tom CARRUTHERS

Jim HINES

Eric THEW

Vic KENDALL

Bob WICKENS

Trevor MANSER

Harry STOYLES

Ken PURCELL

1942-1944

1945-1947

1947-1949

1949-1952

1952-1958

1958-1963

1963-1969

1969-1978

1978-1984

1984-1990

1990-1994

Dennis CLARK 1994-1997,2000-2001

Tony GRESHAM

Chris ALLEN

Darcy CLUFF

Rob STEVENSON

John BUCHANAN

Chris PRAGNELL

Damian MAGUIRE

1997-2000

2001-2006

2006-2010

2010-2015

2015-2018

2018-2021

2021-

Women Presidents

Violet VICARS

1924-1932

Helen NOSSITER 1933

Mabs LYON 1934

Mary HYDE

Vera DAVIS

Celebrating 100 years

Women Captains

Ethel HOLT 1924-1925

Mabel MORGAN 1926

Mollie VICARS

1935-1937

1938-1950

Thelma WHIPP 1951-1955

Gwen BARMBY

Margaret CALLOW

Joy HALLORAN

Dixie LOVELL

1956-1960

1961-1964

1965-1968

1969-1972

Mollie SUTIJERLAND 1973-1976

Betty MUSGROVE

Meg HORNBROOK

Pat JONES

Isabel MORTLOCK

Eilene HENRICKS

1977-1980

1981-1984

1985-1987

1988-1990

1991-1992

Ann HELY 1993-1996

Betty HUGHES 1997-1999

Sue FABIAN 2000-2003

Helen LOWE 2003-2006

Lucie GABB

Chrissie GRIER

Margie DEARLOVE

Susie NICHOLAS

1923-2023

1927-1930

Jean DERRIN 1931-1933, 1938-1947

Constance ATWILL 1934

Agnes DENCE 1935

Lillian BALL 1936

Marj BECK

1937-1938

Peggy SEALE 1948-1949

Margaret CALLOW 1950-1952, 1956-1957

Gwen LILLYCROP 1953-1956

Gwen OXLEY 1958

Fran STRATFORD 1959-1961

Dixie LOVELL 1962-1965

Betty QUAYLE 1966

Gai JACOBSEN 1967-1970

Mollie SUTHERLAND 1971-1972

Margaret KENDALL

1973-1974

Norma ALLEN 1975-1977

Eilene HENRICKS

Pat JONES

2006-2009

2009-2012

2012-2016

2016-2019

Judy TRICKETT 2019-2022

Susie WALES 2022-

1978-1980, 1989-1990

1981-1984

Pat DANIELS 1985-1988

Helen LOWE 1989-1994

Val BRADLEY 1995-1998

Gail CARPENTER 1999-2002

Bev ARCHER 2003-2006

Rhonda PARKINSON 2007-2010

Judy DEAN 2010-2014

Lesley ROBERTS 2014-2017

Sally MOFFAT 2017-2020

APPENDIX B. Club Champions.

Club Champions

1924, 1936-1937Bert REED

1925Jack RIDDELL

1926-1927, 1929-1931Greg (Bert) CUTLER

1928, 1938Ernie DORAN

1932George SOMERVILLE

1933 Fred HOOTON

1934 Charles WEBSTER

1935Tom DENCE

1939Charlie BROWN

1940-1945 Not played

1946Joe GRAHAM

1947, 1949Sandy RICHIE

1948, 1950, 1953-1954, 1957Charlie CARRUTHERS

1951-1952Ewan LEAN

1955-1956Jack SPARROW

1958Abbie BENTLEY

1959-1960, 1963 Bill WRIGHT

1961Barry RATCLIFFE

1962, 1964-1980, 1982-1983, 1985-1986, 1988-1990 Tony GRESHAM

1981Malcolm JONES

Club Champions

1984Brad ANDREWS

1987Gerry POWER

1991Brett RICHARDSON

1992-1995, 2001Mark STRONG

1996Phil BUSH

1997, 1999, 2000Grant NAYLOR

1998 Andrew STREATFIELD

2002Stuart EDWARDS

2003-2004David GRANT

2005-2009Murray FOGARTY

2010Jerram CHUDLEIGH

2011 Alex TRAN

2012Beau McDonald

2013, 2018Ben CLAPHAM

2014Luke FERRIER

2015Matt DAVIDSON

2016, 2019, 2020Andrew RICHARDS

2017Damian MAGUIRE

2021Jared DRIES

2022Ryan RICHARDS

Women Champions

1924-1928Mabel MORGAN

1929, 1930Lilie LOWE

1931Nancy HARROP

1932Marj BECK

1933Irene MORGAN

1934, 1935H. ATWILL

1936Lillian BALL

1937Irene MORGAN

1938Annette BROWN

1939Agnes DENCE

1940-1945 Not played

1946-1952Jean SMITH

1953, 1954June RABB

1955, 1957-1964, 1966, 1968 Lavene TAYLOR

1956Marjorie RINGROSE

1965, 1967,1971Barbara HENNESSY

1969, 1970, 1972, 1975,1983, 1984Eileen HENRICKS

1973Jo DOWNES

1974, 1989, 1991, 1995 Jan WILSON

1976, 1978-1980, 1982Jenny SWADLING

1977 Julie WOODS

1981, 1987Christine DEAN

1985Jenny ABRAHAMS

1986Sue SERHAN

Women Champions

1988Beth BLACK

1990, 1993Jeanie DOOLAN

1992Sally SMITH

1994, 1996-1998 Margaret REDWARD

1999-2000Sandy LONERGAN

2001Janelle LYNCH

2002Maxine SADLER

2003, 2005-2007, 2010Deb BENNETT

2004Julia BOLAND

2008 Laura VAN BAALE

2009Candice NERTNEY

2011, 2013Lauren HIBBERT

2012Ashley CRAMOND

2014Paige STUBBS

2015, 2017 Liz VAN HOOVEN

2016Kathy ELDRIDGE

2018, 2020Hannah SNEATH

2019Mary-Jo USHER

2021Monique HERMAN de GROOT

2022Anne ELDRIDGE

APPENDIX C. Our Members with Year Joined (As at November, 2022).

Name Year

ABRAHAM, Peter 1993

ABRAHAMS, Wayne 2010

ADCOCK, Geoff 1974

AGGAR, Brent 1994

AI, George 2020

AINSLIE, Evan 2021

AKDOGAN, Bill 2021

ALEXANDER, Ron 1994

ALFAFARA, Josh 2021

ALLEN, Chris 1984

ALLUM, Don 1964

ALY, Abbas 2012

ALY, Hayder 2017

AMEEN, Ahmadul 2017

AMOS, Anne 2013

AMOS, Deborah 2010

AN, Michael 2021

ANDERSON, David 1988

ANDERSON, Edward 2021

ANDERSON, Gail 2021

ANDERSON, Ian 1996

ANDERSON, Jim 1964

ANDERSON, John 1974

ANDERSON, Matt 1987

ANDREWS, David 2013

ANTONAS, George 2022

ANTONENAS, James 2006

ANTONINI, Simon 2021

ARAVANDIYA PILLAI, Mohan2019

ARCHER, Beverley 1988

ARTHUR, John 1995

ARTHUR, Mark 1985

ARTINDALE, Don 1974

ARTLETT, Rosemary 2012

ARTLETT, Stephen 2012

ASHTON, Geoff 2019

ASHTON, Norma 1992

ATKINSON, Hugh 1981

AXFORD, Jacqui 1963

AYNSLEY, Mike 2020

BAGLIN, Zachary 2022

BAILEY, David 2013

BAILEY, Scott 2013

BAIN, Robert 2015

BAIN, Suzanne 2021

BAKARICH, Richard 1980

BAKER, Shirley 1953

BALE, Trevelyan 2020

BAMPTON, Michael 2022

Name Year

BANKS, Laurie 1995

BARBER, Duncan 1994

BARBER, Jan 1994

BARBER, Maureen 2010

BARBER, Peter 1994

BARDWELL, Cath 2003

BARDWELL, Steve 2009

BARKER, Ian 2011

BARNES, Peter 2017

BARRAKET, Jonathan 1993

BARRATT, Jackie 2012

BARRATT, Steve 2001

BARRETT, Paul 2022

BARROWMAN, Andrew 2022

BARTLETT, Robin 1996

BARTSCH, Ron 2012

BASTOCK, Lynne 2016

BATTERSON, Josh 2015

BAXTER, Harry 2022

BAYFIELD, Matthew 2010

BELL, Bill 1999

BELL, Jenny 2013

BELL, Joshua 2021

BELL, Nick 2020

BENAD, Daniel 2022

BENAD, Sophia 2022

BENNETT, Dave 2016

BENNIE, Alex 1966

BENNIE, Andrew 1998

BENNIE, Marc 1998

BENTIVOGLIO, Marcus 2021

BERNE, John 1986

BERNE, Noelene 2010

BERRY, Neil 1995

BEVEN, Carlie 2016

BEVEN, Errol 1967

BEVEN, Riley 2020

BEVEN, Tony 2002

BEZETT, Simon 2016

BIASUCCI, Andrea 2021

BINNS, Kendal 1958

BINNS, Ruth 1997

BIRTLES, Jeffrey 2011

BISHOP, Ben 2020

BISHOP, Richard 2016

BLACKET, Hugh 1988

BLACKSHAW, David 2019

BLACKSHAW, Kian 2020

BLAIR, Coral 1999

Name Year

BLAIR, Ian 1991

BLAKER, Lorna 2002

BLEAKLEY, Paul 2021

BLYTON, Will 2022

BOARD, Martin 2016

BOARD, Meg 2016

BOLADERAS, Kirk 2021

BOLLOM, Bruce 1983

BOLLOM, Geoff 2009

BONNICHSEN, David 2011

BOOKER, Annie 1998

BOOKER, Don 1981

BORHAM, Tim 2022

BORLAND, Evan 1992

BORLAND, Neal 2002

BORROMEO, Max 2014

BOULT, Jacquie 2017

BOULTON, Rhonda 1987

BOURKE, Geoff 2020

BOURKE, Lynne 2021

BOWDEN, Cathy 2014

BOWDEN, Liam 2021

BOWDEN, Michael 2019

BOWYER, Marg 2010

BOYDEN, Peter 2015

BOYS, Daniel 2016

BOYS, John 1987

BOYS, Mark 1999

BOYS, Paul 2000

BRADBURY, Chris 2015

BRADBURY, Julie 2015

BRADBURY, Mark 2015

BRADBURY, Nick 2016

BRADLEY, Scott 1992

BRADY, Geoff 2007

BRAGG, Arthur 1985

BRAMSTON, Adam 2021

BRAMSTON, Robert 2019

BRAY, Greg 2022

BRAZIER, David 1974

BRENNAN, Damian 2021

BRENNAN, Trent 2005

BRERETON, Carolyn 1998

BREW, Arthur 2021

BREW, Berenice 2022

BRICE, Gordon 2017

BRIGGS, Mike 2001

BRILLANTES, Karlo 2020

BRINGOLF, Daniel 2022

BRISTOW, Daniel 2018

BRISTOW, Tony 2018

BROOKS, Frank 2007

BROWN, Bruce 2015

BROWN,

CHAPMAN, Henry 1988

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Name Year

CHAPPLE, Annelie 2015

CHARLES, Bev 2009

CHEADLE, Jo 1991

CHEADLE, John 1975

CHEADLE, Peter 2010

CHEATHAM, James 1992

CHEHADE, Joe 2015

CHEN, Adam 2021

CHEN, Nicole 2016

CHEN, Ted 2014

CHO, Michael 2021

CHOI, Jonathan 2021

CHOPRA, Naseem 2009

CHOPRA, Uday 2008

CHRISTIANSEN, Brian 2016

CHUDLEIGH, David 1996

CLARK, David 1999

CLARK, John 1991

CLARK, Peter 1991

CLARKE, Paul 2022

CLISDELL, Kerrie 2007

CLISDELL, Michael 2019

CLUFF, Darcy 1976

COBLE, Keith 1967

COCKS, Cilla 1998

COETZEE, Matt 2014

COFFEY, Simon 2001

COFFEY, Will 2022

COLEMAN, Judith 1977

COLLESS, Christine 1993

COLYER, John 1977

CONROY, Gordon 2003

COOK, Peter 1955

COOPER, Jan 1999

COOPER, Jill 2015

COOPER, John 2000

COOPER, Scott 2012

CORBETT, Ken 1991

CORBETT, Lachlan 2009

CORBY, Darren 1998

CORDEROY, Bryce 2010

CORDONY, Adam 1995

CORDONY, Chris 1991

CORMACK, Bill 1997

CORNISH, Rob 1993

COTE, Charles 2016

COUGHLAN, Chris 2014

COULTON, Allan 1995

COULTON, Chris 1988

Name Year

COULTON, Dave 2013

COULTON, Margaret 2014

COULTON, Nicholas 2020

COUPER, Derek 1996

COUSINS, Ian 2019

COVER, Jennifer 1983

COVER, John 1988

CRAIG, Warren 1993

CRANE, Belinda 2010

CRAWFORD, Leslie 2018

CRAWFORD, Robert 1956

CRAWLEY, Gary 2010

CRESSWELL, Simon 2022

CRIBB, Peter 1997

CRIDLAND, Andrew 2008

CRISP, Ann 1983

CRISS, Martin 2020

CROCKER, Matt 2021

CROFT, Colin 2004

CROOKSHANK, Rory 2020

CROSBY, Bill 1983

CROSBY, Jan 2010

CROSS, Jenny 2004

CROSS, Rob 2003

CUDA, David 2007

CULLY, Ben 2010

CUNNEEN, Andrew 2010

CUNNEEN, David 2007

CUNNEEN, Pam 2006

CUNNINGHAM, Corey 2004

CUTLER, Malcolm 2009

CUTLER, Norelle 2009

DA SILVA, Christian 2019

DAILLY, Elena 2020

DAILLY, James 2017

DAILLY, Kirk 2017

DAILLY, Scarlett 2021

DALTON, James 2016

DALTON, John 1983

D’ANDRETI, Joe 2006

DARGAN, Michael 2016

DAVEY, Andrew 2003

DAVEY, Brent 2020

DAVEY, Tom 2016

DAVIDSON, Andrew 1985

DAVIDSON, Matthew 2011

DAVIE, Kieren 2021

DAVIES, Colin 2021

DAVIES, John 2019

Name Year

DAVIS, Gordon 1970

DAVISON, Judith 2017

DAVISON, Warren 2012

DAWSON, Graham 2014

DAY, Andrew 2001

DAY, Michael 2001

DAY, Todd 2011

DAYHEW, Matthew 2022

DE CARVALHO, Ann 1997

DE CARVALHO, Vasco 1984

DE VRIES, Antony 2009

DEADMAN, Garry 2000

DEADMAN, Louise 2010

DEALL, Linda 2015

DEANE, Alexander 2002

DEANE, Hilton 2018

DEARLOVE, Kevin 2007

DEARLOVE, Margie 2002

DEARLOVE, Ray 1991

DEED, Jo 2010

DEEGALLA, Krishan 2021

DENBY, Alan 2015

DENNIS, Christine 2017

DENNY, Cyril 1980

DEVALIA, Pradip 2004

DICKSON, Stuart 2007

DINCEL, Bora 2015

DINH, Anh Huan 2021

DINH, Linh Lan 2022

DINH, Nguyen Khoi 2022

DITZELL, Peter 2015

DIXON, Bob 1993

DIXON, James 2022

DOCHERTY, Derrick 1977

DOHERTY, Geoff 1992

DOHERTY, John 1986

DONOVAN, George 1991

DOWNES, Derek 2011

DOYLE, Fergus 2007

DOYLE, James 2018

DOYLE, Pam 2010

DRAGICEVICH, Dan 2016

DRAGICEVICH, Tony 1997

DRIES, Jared 2011

DUCKWORTH, Jan 1973

DUCKWORTH, John 1948

DUDLEY, Geoff 2022

DUNCAN, Neil 2022

DUNCOMBE, Rod 2019

Name Year

DUNN, Robert 1993

DURHAM, Helen 2000

DWYER, Garrett 1994

EBERT, Bruce 2013

EDGE, Rod 2013

EDSTROM, Staffan 2010

EDWARDS, David 1981

EDWARDS, Joshua 2018

EDWARDS, Ken 2015

EDWARDS, Stuart 1999

EDWARDS, Thomas 2019

EINBERG, Clas 1981

EINBERG, Judy 1981

EKERT, Anthony 2015

EKERT, Archie 2021

ELDRIDGE, Anne 2005

ELDRIDGE, John 1985

ELKOJJE, Wally 2012

ELLOY, Keith 2015

ELSLEY, Ann 2015

ELSLEY, Brett 2013

ENGLAND, Robert 1991

EVANS, Richard 2012

EYLES, Joan 2002

EZZY, Fiona 2022

FABIAN, Dan 2022

FABIAN, David 1988

FABIAN, Miranda 2007

FABIAN, Paul 1994

FABIAN, Sue 1985

FAGG, Gordon 1992

FAIRBAIRN, Tim 2013

FAIRFAX, Margie 2003

FAJOU, Lauren 2020

FAN, Abbygail 2021

FAN, Darson 2015

FAN, Emma 2021

FARHART, Maurice 2022

FAZZONE, Pat 1989

FEARNSIDE, David 2007

FELIZZI, Maurice 2021

FELLOWS, Peter 2007

FELLOWS, Ron 1985

FENNELL, Richard 2021

FERDINANDS, Douglas 1985

FERGUSON, Kell 2013

FERNANDO, Ash 2022

FERRARI, Rob 2016

FINDLAY, Deborah 2021

APPENDIX C. Our Members with Year Joined (cont.)

Name Year

FINNIGAN, Bob 2012

FITZALAN, Kel 1997

FITZGERALD, Michael 2004

FITZGERALD, Veronica 2010

FITZGIBBON, Gerrard 2006

FLICK, Penny 1995

FLICK, Stephen 2015

FLYNN, Hilary 2013

FLYNN, Robert 1996

FLYNN, Stephanie 2014

FOGARTY, Murray 2005

FOTHERGILL, Mark 2015

FOWLER, Terry 2022

FOX, Alan 2022

FOX, Chris 2022

FOX, John 2022

FRANCIS, John 2018

FRASER, Clare 1997

FRASER, Peter 2000

FRAZER, Rod 2001

FREELANDER, Andrew 1999

FRERE, Trish 2003

FREY, Lucas 2014

FROST, Geoff 2021

FROST, Glen 2007

FROST, Jonathan 2008

FROST, Renee 2022

FRY, Ian 2013

FRYER, Robert 2017

FU, Bill 2022

FUNKE, Mark 2020

GABB, Lucie 1990

GABILA, Carlos 2022

GABRIEL, Peter 1961

GAGE, Charlie 2017

GAGE, Kelvin 2012

GALLAGHER, Anthony 1991

GALLAGHER, Sarndra 1976

GAMMIE, Jill 2020

GAMMIE, Paul 2018

GAMMIE, Tom 2021

GARCIA, Grant 2021

GARDINER, Isabel 2005

GARNSEY, David 2010

GARNSEY, Noi 2015

GARRIGAN, Susan 1995

GEEKIE, Ron 2020

GELDENHUYS, Jahn 2021

GENTLE, Scott 2020

Name Year

GERDES, Hugh 1993

GERDES, Mitchell 2005

GIBSON, Ken 1989

GILBERT, Michael 1984

GILBERT, Phil 1992

GILCHRIST, Sam 2010

GILCHRIST, Terry 1980

GILLAM, Harry 2016

GOETZ, Guenther 1993

GOGGIN, John 2021

GOLDBERG, Terry 1980

GOLDING, Cass 2016

GOLDING, Cheryl 2001

GOLDING, Jono 2005

GOLDING, Lauren 2017

GOLDING, Mark 1988

GOLDSMITH, John 2006

GOLSBY-SMITH, Tony 2001

GOODACRE, Stan 1961

GOODALL, Jill 1997

GOODALL, Leanne 2002

GOODING, Peter 2021

GOODRICK, Anne 2005

GOODRICK, Mark 2004

GOODRICK, Paul 1991

GOODWIN, Garry 2009

GOOLEY, Sally 1982

GORDON, Neil 2008

GORDON, Tony 2016

GORME, Adrienne 2001

GOTHAM, Chris 1987

GOUGH, Bernie 1999

GOURAV 2022

GRACE, Bobby 2000

GRACE, Meryll 2000

GRACIE, Art 2022

GRAHAM, Jeffrey 1986

GRAHAM, Kerrie 2012

GRAHAM, Peter 2003

GRAHAM, Philip 2006

GRANT, Judith 1990

GRANT, Pam 1983

GRANT, Peter 1977

GRANT, Shirley 2017

GRAY, Hazel 1995

GREEN, Ruth 2021

GREEN, Steven 2001

GREENHALGH, Rodney 2022

GREENWOOD, Norman1962

Name Year

GRESHAM, Tony 1956

GRESHAM, Wendy 1972

GRIER, Angus 2002

GRIER, Cameron 2001

GRIER, Chrissie 1999

GRIFFIIN, Jack 2020

GRIFFIN, Andrew 1987

GRIFFIN, Richard 1991

GRIGSON, Simon 1999

GULCZYNSKI, Andrew 2019

GULCZYNSKI, John 2019

HACKER, Angela 2004

HACKER, Rob 2003

HACKER, Sebastian 2022

HAIGH, Andy 1997

HALMARICK, Andrew 1983

HALVORSEN, Toby 2015

HAMER, Lisa 2007

HAMER, Steve 2009

HAMILTON, Brian 1983

HAN, Heidi 2021

HANDCOCK, Paul 1999

HANDEL, Peter 1998

HANN, Delma 2017

HANNON, Sue 2003

HAO, David 2021

HARDING, Graeme 1997

HARGREAVES, Dan 2009

HARGREAVES, Greg 1995

HARGREAVES, Kim 2007

HARGREAVES, Luke 2011

HARGREAVES, Matthew2005

HARGREAVES, Mick 2003

HARGREAVES, Tony 2008

HARPER, Ron 1993

HARRIS, Greg 2012

HARRIS, Luke 2011

HARRIS, Mitch 2009

HARRISON, Mark 2005

HARRISON, Pamela 1976

HARRISON, Stephen 2001

HARRISS, Luke 2016

HART, Glen 2003

HARTLEY, David 1999

HARVEY, Jenny 2000

HASLEHUST-SMITH, Hugh2022

HATGIS, Tony 2016

HAUGERUD, Oscar 2016

HAWACH, John 2022

HAWORTH, Anthony 2022

HAWORTH, Barbara 1989

HAWORTH, Jane 2004

HAY, Ron 1996

HAYWARD, Margaret 2015

HEANLY, Paul 2001

HEFFERNAN, Bob 1959

HEFFERNAN, Mark 1988

HELLMAN, Anne 2009

HELLSTERN, Robert 2021

HENRICKS, David 1970

HENRICKS, Matt 2000

HENRY, Karl 2008

HENRY, Kirk 2001

HENRY, Peter 2009

HENSLEY, John 2022

HERDEN, Desiree 2021

HERMAN DE GROOT, Monique2017

HERRIOTT, Gordon 1990

HICKEY, Richard 1992

HIGGINS, Rohan 2022

HILL, Charlie 2018

HILL, Peter 2006

HING, Al 2022

HIPKIN, Stephen 2022

HODGE, Brad 1988

HODGE, David 1975

HODGE, Warwick 1971

HODGE, Wendie

Coralie

HUGHES, Joe 2020

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Name Year

HUGO, John 1983

HUI, Agatha 2018

HUI, Danielle 2020

HUNTER, Jeff 2007

HUNTER, Michele 2010

HUNTER, Scott 2010

HUTCHINS, David 1974

HUTT, Ron 2007

HUXLEY, Julian 2021

HUXLEY, Simon 2021

ILLIDGE, Bruce 1998

ILLINGWORTH, Isabel 2013

ILLINGWORTH, Peter 2010

INGRAM, Evan 2021

INGRAM, John 1981

INGRAM, Margaret 1987

INGRAM, Paul 1983

JACK, Craig 2007

JACKSON, Dennis 2013

JACKSON, Jan 2002

JACKSON, Lionel 2015

JACKSON, Paul 2017

JACKSON, Pete 2018

JACKSON, Rod 2003

JACKSON, Ross 1987

JACKSON, Steve 1987

JACKSON, Thomas 2004

JACKSON, Yvonne 2000

JAMIESON, Jo 2003

JARVIS, Matt 2022

JENSEN, Alex 2018

JENSEN, David 1983

JIANG, Joanna 2021

JIN, Huan 2021

JODER, Heike 2021

JODER, Roland 2021

JOHNSON, Phillip 2001

JOHNSON, Rick 2004

JOHNSON, Trish 1997

JOHNSTON, Charlie 2019

JOHNSTON, Peter 1990

JONES, Andrew 2000

JONES, Brian 2007

JONES, Bruce 1992

JONES, Cheryl 2004

JONES, Colin 1984

JONES, Craig 2001

JONES, Greg 2005

JONES, Marian 2017

Name Year

JONES, Mick 2017

JONES, Pam 2010

JONES, Phillip 2020

JONES, Ross 2004

JORDAN, Brendan 2020

JORGENSEN, Di 2003

JOSEPH, Isabella 2020

JOSEPH, Jacob 2020

JOSEPH, Shirley 2020

JUNG, Ji Chul 2022

KAARS, Jonno 2020

KALYANAKUMAR, Selliah2011

KARATSIOLIS, Chris 2021

KARATSIOLIS, Lucas 2021

KAROLL, Trent 1991

KASMARIK, Andrew 2010

KASMARIK, Sandra 2000

KATARIA, Nitin 2008

KEARNEY-JACKSON, Max2017

KEARNEY-JACKSON, Sam2022

KEARNS, Paul 2014

KEENAN, John 2015

KEETELS, Jason 2016

KENCH, Marian 1972

KENNAWAY, Glenn 2015

KENNEDY, Scott 2007

KENNY, Michael 2001

KENNY, Patrick 2005

KERAMEAS, Michael 2022

KERR, Jacob 2017

KERR, Olivia 2014

KERR, Peter 2016

KEVIN, Chris 1989

KEVIN, Daniel 1999

KEVIN, Michael 1989

KHAN, Mamoon 2021

KHATRI, Sundeep 2010

KIDD, Diana 1968

KIDD, Peter 1981

KIM, William 2022

KIRKBY, Christopher 2001

KITTO, Darren 2021

KIVELL, Alastair 2011

KIVELL, David 1990

KLEIN, Brenden 2015

KLUGER, Peter 1971

KO, Cecilia 2022

KRAUS, Max 2015

KWONG, Pauline 2001

Name Year

LACEY, Mark 2012

LAM, Andrew 2017

LAM, Douglas 2014

LAM, Philip 2016

LAM, Riley 2017

LAMBERT, Hamish 2022

LANCASTER, James 2010

LANCASTER, Kai 2020

LANE, Gary 1983

LANGER, Rob 2020

LAWLER, Finley 2020

LAWLER, Julie 2022

LAWLER, Mark 2020

LAWN, Craig 2004

LAWRENCE, Coral 1977

LAWSON, John 2008

LEACH, David 2006

LEAROYD, Janet 1974

LEE, Adrian 2021

LEE, Gerard 2021

LEE, Greg 2017

LEE, Kay 2013

LEE, Raymond 2018

LEE, Tina 2009

LEIGH, Penny 1993

LEITHHEAD, Barry 2022

LEITL, Leo 2020

LENNOX, Andrew 1991

LENNOX, Richard 1983

LENNOX, Sandra 1983

LENZ, David 2007

LESTER, Kevin 2015

LESTER, Simone 2019

LEWIS, Brad 2007

LEWIS, Geoff 2002

LI, Lucas 2020

LI, Ying jun 2021

LICHAA, John 2021

LILLY, Chris 1982

LILLY, David 1976

LIMBERGER, Walter 1997

LINGARD, Garry 2015

LISSNER, Colin 1987

LITTLE, David 2000

LIU, Kevin 2021

LLOYD, Leonard 1992

LOATS, Jarrod 2010

LOGAN, Stuart 1995

LOK, Wing 2014

Name Year

LOMAX, Matt 2022

LONERAGAN, Fred 1989

LONERGAN, Sandy 1998

LONG, Gavin 1991

LONG, Karen 2010

LONG, Nigel 1995

LOOBY, Phillip 1985

LOSCO, Chris 2012

LOTTER, Jacques 2021

LOVE, Mary 2004

LOVE, Peter 2003

LOW, Justin 2012

LOWE, Debbie 2021

LUCAS, Max 1989

LUMBY, Janice 2015

LUMSDEN, Barbara 1988

LUMSDEN, Bruce 1985

LUMSDEN, David 1987

LUNDBERG, Steve 1996

LUNDY, Steve 2019

LUPTON, Vic 1992

LY, Trung 2020

LYNCH, Greg 2020

MA, Christopher 2022

MACARTNEY, Jean 1991

MACKENZIE, Wendy 2010

MACLEAN, Margaret 2017

MACMILLAN, Peter 2003

MACOURT, Andrew 2003

MACOURT, Judy 2001

MACOURT, Peter 1992

MACQUEEN, Angus 2019

MACQUEEN, Ian 1999

MACRI, Pieta 2022

MACRI, Stefano 2021

MADDEN, Ann 1974

MADDEN, Cameron 2007

MADDEN, Ray (H. R.) 1987

MADDEN, Steve 2012

MADIGAN, James 2007

MAGUIRE, Amie 2010

MAGUIRE, Damian 1986

MAGUIRE, Harry 2019

MAIN, Roddy 2006

MAIN, Russell 2007

MALLAM, Carolyn 1989

MALLAM, Guy 1990

MANSFIELD, Conor 2017

MANSFIELD, John 2003

1923-2023

APPENDIX C. Our Members with Year Joined (cont.)

Name Year

MARCH, Glenn 2016

MARCH, Nick 2016

MARCH, Pauline 2016

MARINER, Andrew 2006

MARTIN, Andrew 1986

MARTIN, Graeme 1978

MARTIN, Henry 2021

MARTIN, John 1986

MARTIN, Patricia 1977

MARTIN, Tim 1995

MASULANS, Michael 2008

MATHESON, William 2022

MATHIE, Malcolm 1997

MAXWELL, Su 2011

McALLISTER, Andrew 2017

McALLISTER, David 2008

McALLISTER, Jack 2017

McALLISTER, Julie 2020

McBEATH, Peter 1974

McBRIEN, Lachlan 2022

McBURNEY, Richard 2003

McCAFFERY, Craig 1998

McCARTHY, Ann 2016

McCONNELL, Milton 1985

McCOWAGE, Paul 2000

McDONALD, Alex 2009

McDONALD, Andrew 2006

MCDONALD, Annie 2002

McDONALD, Brendan 2009

McDONALD, Hanneke 2021

McDONALD, Jackson 2021

McDONALD, Katrina 2020

MCDONALD, Katy 1976

McDONALD, Robert 2009

McDONALD, Rosemary 2007

MCDONALD, Timothy 1993

McGILL, Ian 2001

McGRATH, Kelvin 2017

McGRAW, Wayne 1988

McKENNA, Linda 2000

McKEOWN, Blake 2012

McKIE , Glenda 2014

McKIE, David 2014

McKINNON, Andrew 2008

McKINNON, Bob 1994

McKNIGHT, Joshua 2017

McKNIGHT, Scott 2020

McLACHLAN, Lyall 2001

McLEOD, Helen 1974

Name Year

McMORRAN, Oliver 2022

McMURCHIE, Sue 2001

McMURCHIE, Tim 1999

McNALLY-SHEPPARD, Catherine 2020

MEADE, Gerard 1991

MEARES, Gerard 2015

MEARES, Riley 2017

MEE, Matt 2022

MEEK, Rob 2006

MEEK, Travis 2006

MEIKLE, Jann 1990

MEIKLE, John 1994

MELVILLE, Andrew 2008

MI, Isabel 2022

MICHAEL, Peter-John 2020

MIKHAEL, Adham 2021

MIKHAEL, Shady 2015

MIKHAEL, Shahir 2015

MILES, Margaret 1992

MILES, Ray 1994

MILLAR, Tracey 2010

MILLER, Ian 1983

MILLER, Jean 1981

MILLER, Peter 1996

MILLS, Alison 2014

MILLS, Andrew 2010

MILLS, David 2001

MILLS, Fraser 2021

MILLS, Michael 2011

MILROY, Belinda 1995

MILROY, John 1996

MILTON, Paul 2002

MINOGUE, Patrick 2011

MITCHELL, Steven 2001

MOFFATT, Ian 1989

MOFFATT, Sally 2003

MOHANRAJA, Ajaiy 2019

MOLEDINA, Zayaan 2022

MOONEY, Angus 2006

MOONEY, Anthony 2019

MOONEY, Ethan 2004

MOONEY, Lynne 1997

MOONEY, Michael 1991

MOORE, Andrew 1997

MOORE, Lilly 2003

MOORE, Martin 1996

MORAITIS, Kate 2017

MORAITIS, Phillip 2018

MORLEY, Simon 2015

Name Year

MORRIS, Jeremy 2022

MORRIS, Trish 2003

MORTLOCK, Isabel 1971

MORTLOCK, Ken 1978

MORTON, Des 1979

MOSSE, Paddy 2022

MOWAT, Andrew 2003

MULHOLLAND, Ross 2017

MUNRO, Andrew 2013

MURDOCH, Ian 1982

MURITI, Dean 2009

MURPHY, Paul 2014

MURPHY, Peter 2013

MURPHY, Sandra 2010

MURPHY, Steve 2008

MURRAY, David 1993

MURRAY, Hamish 2013

MYERS, Lorraine 1999

NAIR, Adi 2014

NAIR, Das 2007

NATHAN, Matthew 2016

NAYLOR, Andrew 1988

NAYLOR, Grant 1994

NAYLOR, John 1984

NAYLOR, Nerol 1995

NAYLOR, Richard 1991

NEALE, Joshua 2008

NELSON, Ian 1987

NELSON, Kevin 1966

NETTLE, Beverley 1981

NETTLE, Ted 2014

NETTO, Paul 2022

NEWMAN, Bruce 1980

NEWMAN, Cate 1995

NEWMAN, David 2015

NEWMAN, Murray 1982

NEWMAN, Scott 2006

NI, Jason 2022

NICHOLAS, Susan 2007

NICHOLLS, Gae 1990

NICHOLLS, John 1993

NICHOLLS, Mike 2022

NICOL, Ian 2002

NICOLSON, Greg 2018

NOAKE, Peter 2022

NOBES, Roger 1996

NOONAN, Robyn 1995

NORRIS, Simon 2011

NORTON, Peter 1978

Name Year

NORTON, Sam 2021

NOVAK, Casey 2022

OADES, Ian 2022

OAKLEY,

Name Year

PIKE, Kevin 1979

PILBEAM, Adam 2005

PILCHER, Simon 1987

PILLUTLA, Dinesh 2015

PINCHBECK, Matt 2019

PITTARD, John 2004

PLUMMER, Steven 2017

PONDEKAS, Deane 2015

POPE, Chris 2008

PORTER, Daniel 2017

POTTS, Patricia 2010

POWELL, Dean 1995

PRAGNELL, Chris 2004

PRATLEY, Ed 2010

PRATLEY, Mark 2006

PRATLEY, Will 2010

PRATT, Harry 2017

PRATT, Simon 1991

PRATT, Thomas 2013

PRIOR, Curtis 2018

PRIOR, Philip 2022

PUNIA, Pebbles 2012

PUNWATKAR, Vaibhav 2019

PURCELL, Max 2008

QIAN, Winnie 2022

QIU, Eric 2022

QIU, Jin 2021

RAJAGOPAL, Pradap 2021

RAMSAY, Elizabeth 2022

RAN, Lucas 2020

RATCLIFFE, Marlene 2013

RAYMOND, Robyn 2013

READ, Darren 2022

REDMAN, James 2016

REES, Maureen 1983

REID, Alan 1992

REID, Matthew 2020

REID, Mike 2020

REID, Tracy 2020

RICH, Alan 2002

RICH, Joshua 2022

RICH, Marg 2003

RICH, Tim 1986

RICHARDS, Andrew 2015

RICHARDS, Geoff 2015

RICHARDS, Michael 2017

RICHARDS, Ryan 2015

RIDLEY, Doug 2010

RIGNEY, Claude 1985

Name Year

RITCHIE, Fran 1980

RITCHIE, Ian 2001

RIVETT, David 2017

ROBERTS, Alun 2006

ROBERTS, Gary 2021

ROBERTS, Gorby 2014

ROBERTS, Lesley 2006

ROBERTS, Patsy 2018

ROBERTS, Peter 2012

ROBERTS, Tom 2011

ROBERTSON, Alistair 1968

ROBERTSON, Barbara 2014

ROBERTSON, John 2022

ROBINSON, Margaret 1995

ROBINSON, Peter 2022

ROBSON, Greg 2013

ROBSON, Scott 2020

ROCHFORD, Michael 1990

RODGER, James 2020

RODWELL, Nick 2005

ROGERS, Gregory 2016

ROGERS, Jane 2002

ROGERS, John 1988

ROGGE, Carl 1983

ROGGE, Sue 1997

ROPER, Lewis 2021

ROSS, Alan 2010

ROSS, Kent 2003

ROWAN, Michael 1991

ROWE, Gregory 1994

ROWE, Maggie 1990

ROWE, Steve 1989

ROWSTON, Clayt 1987

ROWSTON, Max 2018

RUSSELL, Gregg 2015

RUSSELL, Paul 1984

RUSSELL-GIBSON, Paul 2012

RUSSELL-GIBSON, Ros 2012

RUSSO, Tony 2016

RUTHERFORD, Joan 2002

RYAN, Josie 2021

RYAN, Peter 2011

RYAN, Thomas 2020

SASSO, Joel 2022

SAW, Ben 2018

SAWYER, Andrew 2021

SCHACHT, Peter 2017

SCHAD, David 2021

SCHEMBRI, Leighton 2022

Name Year

SCHINDLER, Tim 1990

SCOTT, Rosemary 2006

SCOTT, Thomas 2022

SEFTON, David 1978

SELIG, Fay 1981

SELIG, Gordon 1979

SELIG, Graham 1987

SELIG, Paul 1982

SERRA, Joshua 2022

SHAH, Jesse 2020

SHAND, Ian 2015

SHAND, Janet 2014

SHANKLAND, Richard 2002

SHARBEAN, Beshara 2015

SHAW, Allan 2005

SHAW, Fiona 2010

SHAW, Gareth 2015

SHAW, Leonie 2004

SHEPHERD, Moya 1999

SHEPPARD, Craig 2003

SHEPPARD, Liam 2009

SHERIDAN, Richard 2019

SHERRY, Jack 2017

SHERRY, Jessica 2017

SHERRY, Peter 2007

SHERRY, Sandra 2010

SHIELDS, Greg 2021

SHIM, Phillip 2020

SHIM, Ryan 2020

SIEW, Soo Cheng 2014

SIMMONDS, Gregory 2015

SIMMONDS, Jac 2020

SIMPSON, Dianne 2012

SIMPSON, Jim 2011

SINGH, Nikki 2019

SINGH, Paul 2021

SKILLICORN, Caitlan 2018

SKINNER, Rob 2022

SKUODAS, Adrian 2016

SKUODAS, James 2013

SKUODAS, Tina 2022

SMITH, Aaron 2021

SMITH, Ian 1990

SMITH, Jan 1986

SMITH, Lachlan 2021

SMITH, Mark 2001

SMITH, Neil 2019

SMITH, Phillip 2016

SMITH, Robyn 2022

Name Year

SNEDDON, Andrew 2018

SO, Michael 2021

SOUTHWELL, David 1991

SOUTHWELL, Phil 1970

SPARKS, Nicholas 2022

SPEARS, Jan 2008

SPENCE, Andrew 1996

SPENCER, Heather 1997

SPENCER, Rob 2020

SPROWLES, Caron 1995

SPROWLES, Christian 2020

SPROWLES, Peter 1993

SQUIRE, Simon 2017

STAFFORD, Luke 2016

STANFORD, Cam 2020

STANFORD, Glen 2022

STANFORD, Grant 2021

STANLEY, Ian 1991

STANNARD, Andrew 2016

STANTON, Lyn 2003

STANTON, Phillip 2013

STAPLETON, Angus 2016

STAPLETON, Timothy 1985

STEEL, Jenny 1992

STENNING, Max 2022

STEPHEN, Norma 1989

STEVENSON, Rob 2001

STEVENSON, Susan 2001

STEWART, Neil 2006

STINSON, Kate 2020

STUBBS, Amanda 2005

STUBBS, Craig 2008

STUBBS, Matt 2006

STUBBS, Paige 2005

STUCKEY, Jackson 2019

SU, Jason 2022

SUGDEN, Helen 1995

SUMMERGREENE, David1988

SUMMERGREENE, Hilary1976

SUMNER, Riley 2022

SUNDQUIST, Mark 2002

SURENDRA, Suren 2003

SURGEON, Jennifer 1982

SURGEON, Ted 1983

SUTHERLAND, Steve 2021

SUTTON, Neil 2010

SUVISTE, Marcia 2002

SUVISTE, Robert 2016

SWAIN, David 2003

APPENDIX C. Our Members with Year Joined (cont.)

Name Year

SYDES, Chris 2012

TABONE, Manny 2006

TAFFA, Edward 2021

TAM, Haysen 2020

TAN, Marcus 2022

TAVNER, Ben 2021

TAYLOR, Andrew 2022

TAYLOR, John 2010

TAYLOR, Stephen 1992

TEMPLE, Kay 1985

TEMPLE, Laurence 2021

TEMPLE, Russell 2001

TERRY, Common 2016

THAM, Kakada 2002

THOMAS, Caroline 2008

THOMAS, Gay 2003

THOMAS, Greg 1981

THOMAS, Lee 2015

THOMAS, Mark 2007

THOMAS, Robert 1983

THOMPSON, Beverley 1987

THOMPSON, Chris 2022

THOMPSON, Jacob 2017

THOMPSON, Malcolm 1993

THOMPSON, Michael 2018

THOMSON, Craig 2014

THOMSON, John 2022

THORN, David 2002

THORN, Helen 2017

THORNTON, Anita 2014

THORNTON, Keith 1965

TICEHURST, William 2017

TIMMINS, Mark 1969

TOMPSETT, Geoff 2022

TONG, Harry 2017

TONGSINOON, Chalio 2020

TOOHEY, Andrew 2005

TOOHEY, Lyn 2004

TOOHEY, Paul 1992

TOOKE, Joan 2009

TOUGH, Mark 1990

TOWNSEND, Stephen 1993

TRAVIS, Barry 1952

TREMELLING, Steve 2022

TREMLETT, Simon 2016

Name Year

TRIBE, Sally 1985

TRICKETT, Judy 2010

TRICKETT, Peter 1998

TRIKILIS, Steven 2021

TROOST, Annalize 2005

TROOST, Niels 2006

TROWLER, Rob 2020

TRUSCOTT, Ed 1984

TUBMAN, Bill 1997

TUBMAN, Helen 1995

TUCKER, Amanda 2015

TULLY, John 1994

TWEEDIE, Peggy 2013

TWOMEY, Chris 2021

TYSON, Rob 2021

UNDERWOOD, Jon 2019

USHER, Brett 2007

USHER, James 2021

USHER, Joanne 2007

USHER, Mary-Jo 2013

VALE, Harry 2022

VAN AARDT, Darren 2017

VAN ZUYLEN, Brian 2011

VASIC, Luca 2022

VAUGHAN, Chris 1996

VERCO, Chris 2001

VERCO, John 1996

VERMEER, Tony 1999

VILE, Lachlan 2012

VILE, Matthew 2016

VILE, Stephen 2016

WADDELL, Lachlan 2022

WADDELL, Ron 1951

WADLEY, John 2017

WAGSCHALL, Alick 1966

WAGSCHALL, Stuart 1985

WALES, Andrew 1999

WALES, Ben 2000

WALES, Susie 1997

WALKER, Andrew 2011

WALKER, John 1997

WALKER, Lachlan 1995

WALKER, Rod 2006

WALKER, Steve 1982

WALL, John 1997

Name Year

WALTER, Brett 1989

WALTERS, Doug 1981

WANG, Alfred 2019

WANG, Dragon 2020

WANG, Dy 2022

WANG, Henry 2020

WANG, Kathy 2019

WANG, Olivia 2020

WANG, Wenxin 2018

WANG, William 2022

WANG, William 2022

WANG, Wilson 2020

WANIGATUNGA, Asanga2021

WARD, Amy 2020

WARREN, Joel 2021

WATERS, Ralph 1983

WATERSON, Dave 2009

WATERSON, Terry 1986

WATSON, Adam 2015

WATSON, Luke 2021

WATSON, Vijay 2019

WATTS, Paul 2016

WATTS, Richard 2005

WEATHERLEY, Sue 2014

WEBB, Dick 1964

WEBECK, Geoff 1977

WEBSTER, Arthur 1997

WEILEY, Barbara 2011

WEINERT, Margot 2000

WEIR, Dave 2001

WELLS, Jason 2009

WHEATLEY, Barbara 2016

WHEATLEY, Ross 2006

WHITE, Graham 2011

WHITE, Peter 2006

WHITEHOUSE, Carole 2003

WHITEMAN, Patrick 2022

WHITEMAN, Pete 2005

WHITFORD, John 1962

WHITFORD, Peter 1986

WHITMARSH, Tanya 2014

WHITNEY, Tim 2003

WHITTEN, Peter 2018

WICKS, Greg 1971

WILKES, Robert 2001

WILKINSON, Mark 2010

WILLIAMS, Harry 2007

WILLIAMS, Jo 2001

WILLIAMS, Joel 2001

WILLIAMS, Mark 1998

WILLIAMS, Michael 1988

WILLIAMS, Rob 2001

WILSON, Don 2021

WILSON, Grace 1995

WILSON, Greg 2014

WILSON, Ian 1995

WILSON, Jan 1983

WILSON, Lex 1995

WILSON, Matthew 2019

WILSON, Pam 1992

Bob

WINTERS, Bernadette

Glenn

John

WYATT, Tyler

YI, Edward

YIP, Olivia

YIP, Patrick

YIU, Ken

ZHANG, Alex

ZHANG, Jono

ZHANG, Lansen

ZHENG, Jolena

ZHENG, Michael

ZHOU, Ming 2014

Disclaimer: The photographs reproduced in this book were mostly taken by the author and Bruce Jones. Other photographs are from the Club’s archives, and while every effort has been made, it has not been possible to attribute original ownership.

The photograph on page 6 was taken by Chris Bradbury and reproduced here with his permission.

Photographs on pages 13, 17, 18 and 30 of the early course were originally published in the journal Golf in Australia and reproduced here with the permission of GolfNSW.