Family and friends this week bid farewell to veterans golfer Lionel Noke who died recently after a battle with cancer.
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Lionel, 67, was a popular figure around the golf club and played for a number of years in the same group Saturday mornings with Ron Eveleigh, Mal Morris and John Chatfield.
“Lionel was a good bloke and someone who would do anything for you,” John said.
“He was a good mate to many, a bit rough around the edges, but never the less someone who had a good heart and enjoyed life.
“He was devastated when he couldn’t play golf and I think the game will be poorer following his death.”
Lionel was cremated at Dubbo on Tuesday following prayers.
Chief mourners were his wife Leila and their children Moana, Steven and Debra.
He is survived by his brothers Peter (and Donna) and Billy; and sisters Leonie (and Don) Horder; and Christine (and Merv) Keating.
Friends said that Lionel enjoyed rugby league as a young bloke and also got involved in pigeon and greyhound racing and that he particularly liked his golf in the latter years.
Truck driving was his main occupation but he also worked in the loading gang at the Dubbo regional abattoirs.
“He once played off seven handicap,” John Chatfield said.
“Our group enjoyed some really good times on the course and we always had a small bet, it was two lines on a Systems seven.
“Sometimes you won, sometimes you lost but at the end of the day it was all about the company you keep.”
Most of us will remember Lionel as the guy who told most jokes on the golf course, most one liners but mostly good just the same.
He will be missed.
