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Another fantastic turn-out at our Wimmera Vets on Monday 16th June - at Hopetoun , with 51 players from as far out as Kaniva, St Arnaud & Grange! Thank you to all who attended yesterday!
(41 men & 10 ladies)
Enough for 3 Divisions again:
A Grade (1-16): Winner on a c/b was Bryan Dufty (Nhill) with 37, Runner-up also on 37 was Brendan Etherton (Nhill), & 3rd was Mal Elliott (Grange)
B Grade (17-23): Winner was Chris Phelan (Warracknabeal) with 37, Runner-up was Colin McKenzie (Horsham) with 36 and 3rd on a c/b with 35 was Wayne McDonald (Toolondo).
C Grade (24+): Winner was Max Burns (Murtoa) with 35 on a c/b with Runner- up Stan Ryan (Warracknabeal) also on 35. Third place went to Wayne Morton (Jeparit) with 34 on a 3 way countback.
NTP’s: on the 1st: Chris Campbell & Tubby Drendell; on the 5th: Chris Campbell & Bob Hayes; on the 11th: Chloe Mulraney & Graeme Launer; on the 15th: Chloe & Bryan Dufty; & on the 17th: Anne Morton & Tubby Drendell.
Congratulations to all the days winners & huge thank you to Norrie for organizing all the carts for our members today & the lovely Hopetoun Ladies for looking after us on the day
Our next event will be at Minyip on Monday 30th June. It will be a 4BBB again, so organize your partner or David will try and organize one for you on the day. Good hitting all
Photo of some of the days winners: Mal Elliott, Bryan Dufty, Chris Phelan, Max Burns, Wayne Norton, Brendan Etherton (Jacko), & Colin McKenzie.
& 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:
On Monday 19th May the Wimmera Veteran Golfers participated in the Annual 3 Way Challenge at Harrow again, against Glenelg & Lower South East Districts. It was a fantastic turnout, with a total of 78 players including 26 players from the Wimmera.
The Wimmera won last years challenge, being only the 2nd win in 25 years (the first & previous win was in 2013), so were very eager to have a back-to-back win) And the Wimmera won the Challenge (again!) with 33.6; Glenelg 2nd with 31.3 & Lower South Eastern scored 30.4.
Our 26 players representing the Wimmera (Men & quite a few ladies) were from Dimboola, Edenhope, Jeparit, Horsham, Minyip, Warracknabeal, Murtoa, Stawell, Natimuk, Moor Park, Nhill & Rainbow. Well done Wimmera!
A Grade Winner (0-18 handicap) was won by our Wimmera President: Ian Hair with 36 points. Runner-up on a countback went to R Thorlis with 35; 3rd Ken Dancey; 4th Daryl Watson - both also on 35; & 5th Roy McCallum with 32.
B Grade Winner & best score for the day went to another Wimmera Player: Colin McKenzie with a fantastic 40 points. Runner-up on 36 points was Trevor Williams; 3rd went to one of our Wimmera Ladies Val Scott with 34 points; 4th on a countback went to George Donaldson & 5th Graham Whitman - both with 33 points.
NTP’s: 2nd: Bryan Dufty; 7th Brian Prosser; 10th Ian Hair & 17th Trevor Williams.
Congratulations Wimmera & all the days winners!
And a huge thank you to Harrow for hosting a fantastic day!
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 2024 are:
Greens Champion - Colin Moore (Jeparit)
& Sandgreen Champion - Janice Midgley (Minyip)
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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.
