Long-time resident dies

Allan Whitfield, a long-time resident of Empire Bay, died suddenly at his home on October 19.

Allan was a keen "fisho" and held the position of treasurer of the Ettalong Beach War Memorial Fishing Club for a record 20 to 25 years.

He was a regular fisherman on the old club fishing boats, Irene H and Delia J, and often caught the fish of the day.

Allan was also a weightmaster for a time, with the Woy Woy Sea Anglers Club.

A boilermaker by trade, he worked at Tulloch's Engineering, at Rhodes and the Kent Brewery at Broadway.

With his brother, Charles, he moved to the Central Coast in the 1970s and operated a general store at Wyong and then Booker Bay.

A sporting and sociable man, he will be missed by all who knew him.

Media release, November 8 Keith Whitfield