FORRESTFIELD Senior Leisure Club’s founding member and treasurer Eric Ayrey has retired after serving his club as a member for 25 years.

The leisure club celebrated Mr Ayrey’s long-time service to the club by presenting him with a cake and dedication certificate, recognising him and his wife as co-founders of the club.

The club began as a women’s only social club in Forrestfield known as the leisure social sports and travel club, which Mrs Ayrey was a member of.

It has since grown to be a more inclusive club, having both female and male members, and also welcoming members beyond Forrestfield such as Maida Vale, High Wycombe, Lesmurdie, Kalamunda, and Midland.

The club would organise group trips, tours, tavern visits, social gaming gatherings and afternoon teas.

When being presented with the cake and dedication certificate, Mr Ayrey stood up and said it was his pleasure to be the treasurer for all those years and thanked everybody for all they’d done.

Club coordinator Lorraine Steward said Mr Ayrey’s work often involved collecting fees to fund club outings, accounting for numbers of members present at each event and noting who they were.

“When Eric is not at the club, his spare time is spent on his vegetable garden and he also never misses his carpet bowls on Wednesdays,” she said.

“He loves going out with his friends to lunch and was always willing to help his fellow members with anything they needed.”