TORQUAY BOWLS CLUB
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Nominations are open for Now closed until Feb 2026
Life Membership (LM) or Distinguished Service Award (DSA) - Scroll to bottom of this page for info
Nominations Open – Monday 3rd February 2025
Nominations close – Friday 7th March 2025
Life Members
This is the highest accolade the club can give. Our Life members have for over at least 10 years contributed a significant benefit to our club. They have enhanced the way we operate and have achieved many good and positive things for our club. This is the highest honour the club can give to a high achieving affiliated member. The constitution and Regulations allow for 12 living Life Members.
* Our Members who have rolled away. RIP
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J. W. White* Awarded ?
C.M.R. Colclough* Awarded ?
J. Pettitt* Awarded 1940
Mr Eric. (Ted) Duffield* Awarded 1942
A.C. Rice* Awarded 1942
J. Goodman* Awarded 1962
H.M. White* Awarded 1973
C.H. Dixon* Awarded 1973
Mr Joe Meagher* Awarded 1986
A. Lois Muir* Awarded 1986
Mr Max E. Cornish* Awarded 1986
Mr Arthur Hughes* Awarded 1986
Mr Roy R. McKenzie* Awarded 1986
Mrs Lois Muir* Awarded 1986
Mr Alan Smith* Awarded 1990
Mrs May McKenzie* Awarded 1990
Mr Robert Duffield* Awarded 1992
Mr Robert Wood Pettitt* Awarded 1993
Mrs Helen Casey Awarded 1993
Mrs J. Elaine Webster* Awarded 1995
Mr Alf C. Burrell* Awarded 1995
​Mr Don Mariager* Awarded 2003
Mr Fraser Stewart* Awarded 2003
Mrs Beryl Scott Awarded 2008
Mr Bennett F. Dunstan* Awarded 2010
Mr Louis L. Crameri* Awarded 2011
Mr Geoff Grigg Awarded 2015
Mr Kevin McCormack* Awarded 2016
Mr Ian Gribble Awarded 2017
Mrs Claire Crameri Awarded 2018
Mrs Gwenda Grigg Awarded 2022
Mr John Forbes Awarded 2022
​Mrs Rosemary Canning Awarded 2022
Mr Gary Banks Awarded 2025
Mrs Karen Harrington Awarded 2025
Mr Alan Sampson Awarded 2025
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Distinguished Services Award
This is the next accolade the club can honour a person with, either member or non-member. A recipient of a DSA has been recognised as a person who has enhanced our club through diligent or generous service. This recognition is well deserved and a great honour and is open to all deemed to deserve this honour. We do not have a limited number of DSA awardees
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* Our Members who have rolled away. RIP
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Bill Hamshere* Awarded 2016
George Oxley* Awarded 2018
​John Goodwin* Awarded 2019
John Forbes - Also Life Member Awarded 2020
​Rosemary Canning - Also Life Member Awarded 2020
​Bill Dobson Awarded 2022
Wayne Chaffey Awarded 2024
Lynette Blake Awarded 2024
Lance Avent Awarded 2025
Joe Issell Awarded 2025
Ron Sommerville Awarded 2025
Brett Watson Awarded 2025
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Life memberships and Distinguished Services Awards will be open for nominations on the 3rd of February 2025. If you would like to nominated a person for these awards please contact the Board Secretary for further information. Please see the below forms that will be required to be read or submitted. Do not submit the nomination to the Board Secretary until after the 3-2-25. Thank you for your interest. Closed until next year
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