The recent presentation cabaret to wind up the 2021/22 season saw 30 members honoured with club medals acknowledging long service – ranging from 20 years and upwards in increments of ten – until the lone 50-year medal awarded to Lyle Taberner, our longest serving member.
Apart from his amazing contribution off the green as a plumber when the club was in its infancy, Lyle’s on-green achievements are of legendary status. He has won the club singles on five occasions; pairs nine times, plus the triples, mixed pairs and fours twice.
Then there’s success at association and group/region level, where he has flown the Karingal flag to gold on no fewer that 30 occasions, including the 1992 Champion of Champions; five singles crowns and 12 pairs titles, plus more
And for the trivia buffs – Lyle has represented us in pennant on more than a thousand occasions – an association record.
Here is the list of long serving members who were announced at the function.
50 years (1): Lyle Taberner
40 years (4): Colin Burley, Jan Ferrier, Elizabeth Klok, Peter Naughton
30 years (13): David Allen, Peter Attwood, Barbara Burley, John Drummond, Diana Francis, Jan Geddes, Harry Leenstra, Jean Leenstra, Tony Murray, Arthur Ogier, Mary Redston, Bob Stevens, Peter Wright
20 years (12): Annette Agnew, Graeme Avery, Grant Burley, Geoff Fitzgerald, Ivan Gibson, Beverley Hamill, Ken Hamill, Brian Johnson, Rodney Redston, Ron Russell, Judy Taberner, Richard Wed
2021/22 Vice president Les Pimm presents Lyle Taberner with his 50-year service award.