Elderly pair and friends killed in Waverley crash

The Waverley community is reeling at the deaths of four elderly people in a horrific road smash.

Waverley lawn bowls clubmates have confirmed the four were Ian Porteous and his wife Rosalie Porteous, Ian's sister Ora Keene and close friend Brenda Williams.

The four were in one of two cars that collided in Waverley yesterday.

The four in the Porteous car were all associated with the Waverley Bowling Club. Denis Smith knew them well.

"We'll miss them terribly," he said today.

"It's a big hole in our club and words will never cover what we feel but we're all in shock at this stage. We'll all miss them terribly," he said.

"The club's only a very small club and that's a big hole in it."

Denis' wife Colleen Smith said the four were "lovely".

"They were a great family. They were really great mates the whole four of them.