Club 1896 was established in 2019 to recognise and reward The Brisbane Golf Club’s longest-serving members.

Each year BGC will distinguish members who have achieved 50 years of membership in any category by inaugurating them into Club 1896. The incoming members will be announced at the annual presentation and prizegiving event.

Each year, as was the case at the inaugural luncheon on 13 September 2019, all members of Club 1896 will be invited to a special luncheon, hosted and provided by BGC, to celebrate their membership.Club 1896 inaugurated 31 golfers at the inaugural luncheon who have been members of BGC for more than half a century. The longest-serving of those members was Mrs Pat Vincent, who joined in 1951.Now 36 Members have joined this exclusive Club.

The long-term membership recognition does not stop at 50 years. BGC also salutes those golfers with 25 years membership, presenting them with a commemorative bag tag each year.

Club 1896

Pat Vincent 1951 Helen Hudson 1952 Geoffrey Brown 1954 Julie Cockburn 1956 Janice Battersby 1956 Margaret Maher 1957 Norma Walker 1957 Gregory Adam 1958 Lorna Murray 1959 David Forrest 1960 John Murray 1960 Colin Gallagher 1961 Bruce Hunter 1961 Peter Coates 1962 Don Deane 1962 Kenneth Horn 1962 Peter Murray 1962 Adrian Bishop 1966 Robert Nicholson 1966 Bob McKeon 1966 Georgina Hamlyn 1967 Ross McTaggart 1967 Michael O’Shea 1968 Patricia McKeon 1969 Ross Hunter 1969 John Rogers 1969 Harold Shand 1970 Jill McTaggart 1971 Rosalie Lewis 1971 Brian McPherson 1971 Ian McKim 1972 Bruce Richter 1972 Greg Wright 1973 John Golledge 1973 Jill Hughes 1973 Lance Pennington 1974 Ann McKim 1974 Jenny Chatterton 1974 Ian Charlton 1974 Bob Crawford 1974 John Martin 1974

*Shows date joined.