Bong Bong Picnic Race Club and Bowral Show Society president, David Goulder passed away on December 1 at the age of 72 following a battle with cancer.
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Born in 1945 to Ernest and Myra Goulder in Hurstville, David grew up in the Southern Highlands, attending Mittagong Public and Bowral High School.
His childhood was spent playing around the bush of Mount Alexandra with siblings Ray, Alan, Lyn and friends before he left school to join the family business just shy of his 15th birthday.
In June 1967, David married Lyn Smith and the two built a life and family together in Bowral where they purchased a nursery business, while David also worked nights at the Bowral Brickworks.
A devoted family man, daughter Wendy was born in 1970 while sister Joanne completed the pack four years later.
A few years on, David had rejoined the family business, EW Goulder and Sons Upholsterers, where he worked side by side with his two brothers until the business closed in the early 2000s.
David was an integral member of the Southern Highlands community and was actively involved with many sporting clubs and community organisations.
He was the inaugural chairman of Mittagong Recreation Centre, a life member and president of the Bowral Show Society, Bong Bong Picnic Race Club and a past committee member of Berrima District Pony Club.
David enjoyed pigeon racing and was a life member and president of the Mittagong Racing Pigeon Club. As a young man, he would send pigeons as far as North Queensland and South Australia for the birds to return home to Mittagong.
He played first and second grade cricket for Bowral, and was part of the 1968-69 first grade premiership team, claiming the top score in one game that season with 186 runs.
David was a true gentleman, hardworking, honest, great at sport, always reliable, a funny larrikin and fantastic role model that has touched all our lives.
- Alan Chittick, friend and fellow Bong Bong Picnic Race Club life member
For 25 straight summer and winter seasons, David played basketball with the Men’s Tigers, where they won each first grade competition. He also played touch football, and in the 1990s joined a mixed team with his daughter, Jo and continued to play with the Coffin Dodgers on a Thursday night until April this year.
At the age of 68, David began playing rugby league with the Murringo Mongrels in the Young Masters competition and also played games with his son-in-law Peter with the Bowral Kookaburras at the Masters competition.
In the late 1990’s, David and Lyn bought a farm at Murringo, near Young, and divided their time divided between Mittagong and the farm.
As the years progressed, David became a devoted grandfather to Jack, Darcy, Elly, Grace, Kate and Ava.
David was a family man with family values and will be remembered for his love and dedication to his wife, children and grandchildren.
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