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Fantastic turnout at Warracknabeal on Mon 17th Nov with 75 competing in a 4BBB (58 men & 17 ladies)& we had some great scores on the day, but the winning Score for the day went to Ron Thouliss & Geoff Smith (Warracknabeal) with 43 points.
Runners-up with 42 Points were Heather Richards & Jo Donnelly (Dimboola), 3rd went to Mick Cheney & Roy Liersch (Warracknabeal), & 4th Place went to Jenny & Leon Tink (Serviceton) with 40 points on a count back.
Nearest the Pins: on the 5th was Steve Harris (Horsham) & Shirley Skiller (Natimuk); on the 7th: Colin McKenzie (Horsham) & Debbie Burton (Donald); on the 9th: Rob Burton (Donald) & Shirley Liersch (Warracknabeal); & on the 13th: Ian Hair (Natimuk) & Judi Armstrong
Big thank you to Warracknabeal for hosting another fantastic event for us all; & thank you to all those that travelled for our 2nd last event for the season. We’re pulling fantastic numbers!
Our next event will be in 3 weeks time on Monday 8th December at Horsham (10.30am for 11am hitoff)
We are asking everyone to let David Baker know if you will be playing at Horsham on the 8th Dec.
Please send David a Text (on 0417 868 467) with your name & Golflink #, so that they can have all our cards printed out & it will make the process easier.
See you in Horsham.
Photo of the days Winners (L to R): Geoff Smith & Ron Thouliss (Warracknabeal), Jo Donnelly & Heather Richards (Dimboola), Roy Liersch & Mick Cheney (Warracknabeal), & Leon & Jenny Tink (Serviceton).
3 Special Service Awards:
We Presented 3 Special Service Awards to 3 of our very valued members since our AGM for all their dedicated service to the Wimmera Vets over the years.
Norrie Poulton (Hopetoun), Bob Hayes (Horsham & Daryl Dunford (Chalambar)
Thank you So much guys for all your valued service & commitment to our Association.
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.
