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We had 38 attend the Stawell event on Monday 2nd March, for the 1st round of the Wimmera Vets Greens Championships. Enough for 2 divisions:
A Grade winner was Mark Krell with 35 points, Runner-up was Des Pickford with 34 points & 3rd was Ron Thouliss with 33 on a countback.
B Grade winner (19 +) was Tony Kernick with 34, Runner-up on a countback was John Fairservice with 33 points, & 3rd also with 33 points was Ferdie Masiero.
Nearest the pins: on the 6th - Jeff Savage, on the 9th Ron Thouliss, the 13th Rob Porter & on the 17th David Baker.
Congratulations to all the days winners & thank you to all those that travelled today.
Our next event will be at Horsham on Monday 16th March, so if you’re going to play, please let David Bsker know so we can have all the cards ready for us when we get there to save time. Remember, Horsham is 10.30 for 11am hitoff.
Photo of the days winners: Des Pickford, Ferdie Maserio, Tony Kernick, Mark Krelle, Ron Thouliss, John Fairservice
4 Special Service Awards:
We Presented 4 Special Service Awards to 4 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) & Max Rogers (Natimuk)
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).
(Photo’s of some of the winners today - they all ran away before I could take their photos 😣)
Wayne McDonald (Toolondo), Val Scott (Horsham), Liz Kealy (Edenhope), & John Goode (St Arnaud).
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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.
