Brian Lenihan with his sister Bernice Bolton, from Carina
July 3, 2023
Friends and family members packed into the Kumbia Race Club clubhouse on Friday evening to mark the retirement of well-known local butcher – and Kumbia icon – Brian Lenihan.
Brian, who turns 81 this year, told southburnett.com.au he started in the butcher shop 58 years ago.
Friday was his official retirement day.
But he emphasised that although he’s retiring from the shop, he wasn’t retiring as president of the Kumbia Race Club – a role he’s held for 47 years!
Brian was sporting a neck brace at his big celebration, courtesy of a serious motor vehicle crash a few weeks ago while heading to the Injune races.
He cracked two vertebrae and three ribs in the rollover.
Heather Anderson with Donna and Dean Raffin, all from KingaroyBrian’s niece Thea McAndrew and great-niece Nina McAndrew, from Brisbane; and daughter-in-law Bernadette Lenihan, from ChinchillaBrian’s daughters Michelle Wagner and Alex Walters, from Bundaberg, with friend Bernie Kamholtz, KingaroySandy Lennox and Darryl Reed, from Inverlaw, were enjoying catching upKumbia Race Club vice-president and secretary Myolene Voller with her mother and race club treasurer Margaret KearneyFormer Kumbia Apex Club member Ian Stolzenberg wanted to thank Brian for all his support to the club and Kumbia events over the years …. Ian and Brian are with Kingaroy barber Heather AndersonMore of Brian’s rellies … son Tom Lenihan, from Chinchilla; cousin Terry Oberle, Moonie; and son Chris Lenihan, KingaroyJeff Fawcett, from Kumbia, was working hard at the barbecueFriends and relatives were snacking and chatting inside the Kumbia Clubhouse
One Response to "Friends Gather To Congratulate Brian"
Brian, you are an excellent role model in so many ways. You are a champion. You are a great family man, husband to Winnie, father, butcher, friend and lover of the racing industry. You and your Lenihan family name will live on in Kumbia’s history for a long, long time. We all salute you and thank you for what you have contributed. Very best wishes for retirement. Well deserved.
Brian, you are an excellent role model in so many ways. You are a champion. You are a great family man, husband to Winnie, father, butcher, friend and lover of the racing industry. You and your Lenihan family name will live on in Kumbia’s history for a long, long time. We all salute you and thank you for what you have contributed. Very best wishes for retirement. Well deserved.