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.

Click here to read the Club 1896 Terms and Conditions.

Club 1896

72 Years: Geoffrey Brown

70 Years: Janice Battersby

66 Years: David Forrest, John Murray

65 Years: Colin Gallagher

64 Years: Don Deane, Kenneth Horn, Peter Murray

63 Years: Peter Murray

60 Years: Adrian Bishop, Robert Nicholson, Bob McKeon

59 Years: Ross McTaggart

56 Years: Ross Hunter, Pat McKeon, John Rogers 

56 Years: Harold Shand

55 Years: Rosalie Lewis, Brian McPherson, Jill McTaggart

54 Years: Ian McKim

53 Years:  John Golledge, Jill Hughes, Greg Wright

52 Years: Ian Charlton, Jenny Chatterton, Bob Crawford, John Martin,  Ann McKim,   Lance Pennington

51 Years: June Callaghan, Drew Clarke, Rob Hollingworth,  Doug Perry

*From 2025.