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Another fantastic day for our Wimmera Vet golfers at Warracknabeal on Monday 13th October, with 72 playing a 4BBB including 20 ladies & 52 Chaps
Winners today with a fantastic score of 45 points was Shirley Liersch & Lorraine Sleep from Warracknabeal. Runners up were Bill Hutchinson (Dimboola) & Ross Warwick (Horsham) with 44 points. 3rd place with 43 points (on a countback) were Ian Moorhead & Ray Robinson (Dimboola), & 4th went to Jenny Edelsten (Rainbow) & Diane Roberts (Warracknabeal) also with 43 points.
NTP’s: on the 5th - Jenny Tink (Serviceton) & Anthony Jones (Moor Park); on the 7th - Corrine Heintze (Minyip) & Paul Baldock (Dimboola); on the 9th - Jenny Edelsten (Rainbow) & Ian Hair (Natimuk); & on the 13th - Lynn McKenzie & Anthony Henry.
Congratulations to all the days winners
Big thank you to Warracknabeal Golf club for hosting a fantastic day for us all!
Photo of today’s winners: (L to R): Bill Hutchinson, Ross Warwick, Ray Robinson, Ian Moorhead, Shirley Liersch & Lorraine Sleep)
& Also,
Big thank you to Jenny Edelsten for organizing new White Ladies Veteran Golfers Shirts for us to order through Allan & Trevs Horsham. They look fantastic!! If you’d like to order one too, pop in to Allan & Trevs Horsham (near Bunnings) and order yours! Only $30 ($20 subsidised through the Vets - same as the blue ones). Also, when you order your shirt, let the guys there know if you’d like your name embroidered on the front when they do the embroidery.
They look fantastic Ladies!
Lastly:
Congratulations to the Wimmera Vets - winning the Inaugural Wimmera / Kara Kara Vets Challeng at Donald - in memory of Peter Kelly from Donald.
Thank you to everyone attending today, & big thank you to Ern Kraulis (President) & John Robertson (Secretary) of the Victorian Veterans Committee for attending today.
Photo of our Wimmera Exec Committee Receiving the Trophy from Left -Ron Oakley (Glenelg Vets President): (Centre) David Baker (Wimmera Captain), and (Right) Ian Hair (Wimmera President).
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Our Champions for 2025 are:
Greens Champion - Mark Edelston (Rainbow)
& Sandgreen Champion - Anthony Jones (Moor Park)
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Please note: You must be a financial member for 2025 to accept prizes or participate in vets.
- The programs for 2025 are printed, so get your copy at the next event (some program changes are likely in response to scheduling, attendance, club support and distances travelled for the events.) The committee appreciates the support of all in keeping our small association functioning
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You can contact our Committee using the club email address: veteran.golfers@gmail.com
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Thanks to Crop Opti and Allan & Trev's workwear for supporting the WDVGA polo shirts. They look great. If interested in ordering a shirt, please drop a note to wimmera.veteran.golfers@gmail.com.
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Please pass this message on to those without access to email/social media
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You can update an email address through the "contact us" link on the website.
The Australian Veteran Golfers Union (AVGU) is an Australian wide organization with an association in each Australian state and boasting of 30,000 members. The AVGU conducts a National Veteran Golfers Union Championship each year, which is open to all Veteran Golf members. The event is rotated between states and venues.
The Victorian Veteran Golfers Association (VVGA) has 5,000 members distributed among 21 districts. Each district conducts events at least monthly using over 250 golf courses throughout Victoria. Veteran Golfers are welcome to play in any of these events. Open VVGA championships are conducted at 5 different locations annually. The Four Ball, Country, Sandscrape, Teams and State Championships events make up the VVGA major events.
There is a new VVGA website - it can be sourced at https://www.vvga.org.au
The Wimmera District Veteran Golfers Association (WDVGA) has approx 150 members and our fixture schedules events at 19 golf courses in the area bounded by Edenhope, Kaniva, Rainbow,Hopetoun and Ararat during the year. Events are held on Mondays, generally fortnightly.
