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Wimmera Veteran Golfers had 53 playing in a 4BBB Event at Sheep Hills on Monday 12th May & what a fantastic day! The course even had a flush of Green for us!!
There were some fantastic scores on the day, but the winners of the day were Rex Konig (Murtoa) & Anthony Jones (Moor Park) with the best score of the day … 46 points!
Then we had a 5 way countback for 2nd & 3rd. Runners up were Colin Moore (Jeparit) & Barry Cakebread (Dimboola) with 45 points & 3rd went to Ian Hair & Daryl Watson (Natimuk) also in 45 points.
(We then had 3 other groups on 45 as well! Elaine Oakley & Shirl Skiller; Daryl Dunford & John Goode; & Anthony Newand, Mal Elliott & Colin McKenzie) Well done to you all - just missed out)
Nearest the Pins: on the 4th: Jenny Edelsten (Rainbow) & David Baker (Horsham); on the 7th: Elaine Oakley (Horsham) & Noel Roberson; & on the 16th: Heather Richard’s (Dimboola) & David Baker (Horsham). Congratulations to all our winners & thank you to Sheep Hills for hosting a great day for us all.
So ….. next event for the Wimmera Vets will be on Monday 19th May at Harrow Golf Club. It will be a 3 Way Challenge between Wimmera, Glenelg & Lower South East Veteran Golf Districts.
The Wimmera won the Challenge last year (only the 2nd time in 25 years), so will be hoping to have a win again this year!
Photo of the days winners (L to R): Barry Cakebread, Colin Moore, Daryl Watson, Ian Hair, Anthony Jones & Rex Konig.
& 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!
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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.
