Welcome to Wimmera Veteran Golfers
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Monday 25th March the combined Wimmera Vets & Ladies played at Horsham Golf Club, with 50 attending. It was a great day! & the course was fantastic.
Our winners for the day were:
A Grade: winner – Russell Schultz (Warracknabeal) with 31 points, & runner-up was Bob Hayes (Horsham) with 30 points.
B Grade: Winner – Peter Hammond (Horsham) with 32 points, & runner-up was Peter Scott (Horsham) with 30 points on a countback with Brian Scott & Brian Pitt.
C Grade: Winner – John Goode (St Arnaud) with the best score for the day of 36 points & runner-up was Ralph Chequer (Horsham) with 35 points.
NTP’s: on the 2nd: Brian Pitt (Murtoa) & Josie Illig (Grange), 8th: Russell Schultz (Warracknabeal) & Fiona Weir (Rainbow), on the 11th: Wayne McDonald (Toolondo), & on the 13th: Rex Konig (Murtoa).
Congratulations to all our winners for the day.
Thank you to Horsham for hosting a great day & donating the prizes for the day.
The next Vets event on our schedule is a 3 Way Challenge at Chalambar on Tuesday 2nd April.
Our next Wimmera Vets event will be on Monday 15th April @ Warracknabeal Golf Club. 9am Registration for 9.30 Hitoff. (This was changed from Kaniva)
Photo (L to R): Bob Hayes, Ralph Chequer, Peter Hammond, John Goode & Peter Scott.
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Please note: You must be a financial member for 2024 to accept prizes or participate in vets.
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The programs for 2024 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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Jo Donnelly is the new Secretary and she can be contacted 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.
