At Winter Bowls last Saturday, 2 May 2026, the mystery of the missing banana took a dramatic and unexpected new turn.
In fact, the latest development has the potential to divide the women’s group at the club.
Cath Stevens arrived at the club, marched straight up to Victoria Kavanagh and revealed the extraordinary step she has taken to protect her banana from possible theft.
As shown in the feature photos, Cath has now written her name on her banana in large black texta.
Yes. We have reached that stage.
To recap this disturbing saga:
A few weeks ago, Victoria was photographed apparently trying to eat her pencil during the lunch break, strongly suggesting somebody may have stolen her lunch.
Suspicion immediately fell on Di Fullerton, who spent most of that same break enthusiastically eating a banana while supposedly serving on the hard-working organising committee.
Then, only days later, Sonia Matteucci intensified the situation by deliberately eating a banana on the green while playing against Victoria, clearly haunting her opponent.
Now Cath has escalated matters further by introducing permanent banana identification measures.
How can this crisis possibly be defused?
One option is for the Club President to issue an official black texta to every women’s member.
But would that calm tensions — or simply pour petrol on the fire?
Can the women’s group be reunited before the situation completely spirals out of control?