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Our best performance was losing to Manly 7 matches to
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1939 Manly defeated us 8 matches to 3. 1949 We played our first matches in the Group 1 Pennants. It was during this year that the president of our club, E.J. Hyde was elected a vice president of the New South Wales Golf Association. We were now considered a Club of some prestige. During the next five years we had mixed successes without winning the Pennant. Names such as E. Lean and J. Sparrow appeared as those who had achieved wins against State representatives H. Berwick and N . Weeks respectively. 1954 It was felt we had maintained our prestige as a Group 1 Club with C. Carruthers having good wins. We were drawn in a strong section with St Michaels, Manly and the Australian. 1955 During the season we had little success only winning the one match against the powerful Moore Park team. The performance showed we had players with the necessary skill but the team lacked players with match playing experience. 1957 We entered our first Junior team in the Eric Apperly Shield, which was inaugurated in 1952 for Junior" A" Pennant matches. This event was a Saturday morning event which was regarded as important for the developing young players, who in later years could become contendors for the Senior Pennant Team. Many achieved this honour. 1958 Our team was "whitewashed", being defeated in all six matches. However, our No 1 player Bill Wright, who is a left hander, won five of his six matches, beating the current Australian Amateur Champion, Barry Warren, on two occasions. He lost the sixth match to the State Champion, R.L. McCarthy. 1958 In this year the Junior team playing in the Apperly Shield tied with Pymble and were beaten for the position of outright winners by a count back on matches won. 1959 The Apperly Shield team won their division but was beaten in the semi-final by St. Michaels. 1%0 The Pennant Team ran into solid opposition being grouped with Bonnie Doon, Ryde Parramatta and the Lakes. They were ably captained by Mr. Ross Buddle. 1%1 This was the year that changes were made in the
Our 1977 Pennant Team runners up in their division. David Henricks, Phil Wood, Greg Wicks, Bruce Boyle and Doug Fellows . Gary Tozer, Tony Gresham and Bill Wright. a Norwegian Spruce was planted next to the pathway, leading to the spike bar, as a living tribute to him. (5) Several memorial trees have been planted on the course by families of members and associate members as a long serving token of the esteem in which they were held.
GROUP 1 PENNANTS APPERL Y SHIELD In 1925, after the completion of the first 18 hole course, which offered a Par of 70, it was decided to enter teams in the Suburban District Golf Inter-Club competitions. In 1926, our Club was represented for the first time with teams being entered in the "B" and "C" grades. We enjoyed our first Club win in 1927 by defeating Concord in a closely fought match. After indifferent successes, which included wins by the "C" grade over Mosman in 1929 and Kogarah in 1934, we were successful in winning the "B" grade Northern Districts Division in 1936. We first played "A" grade in 1937. During the season we lost to N .S.W. 9 matches to 2. These two matches were the first we had won since joining the top grade. 78
