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The Wimmera Veterans & Senior Ladies Golfers had a fantastic turn-out for their last event for 2024 on Monday 9th December at Nhill Golf Club. 71 players including 10 ladies competed over 3 Divisions.
A Grade (0-17) Winner was Peter Kelly (Donald) & Runner-up was Brian Dufty (Nhill) with 36pts.
B Grade (18-23) Winner was Daryl Watson (Natimuk) with 38 points and Runner was Liz Mulraney (Edenhope) with 37pts.
C Grade (>24) Revised Winner was Chris Heenan (Edenhope) with 34 Points, and then Chris Campbell (St Arnaud) with 33 on a countback with Nola Hair (Horsham) & also Leon Toy (Horsham). Our best score for the day was David Whisker (Edenhope) with 39 who is just shy by 8 months of being a “Vet” - so David was awarded an “Encouragement Award” for the day.
NTP’s: on the 4th - David Ryan (Nhill), on the 7th - Peter Kelly (Donald), on the 9th - Rod Stanford (Nhill), on the 12th - Barry Lawes, & on the 14th - Brendon Stemp (Horsham)
There was also the President Vs Captain Challenge throughout the year, & the Winner this year was David Baker - Congratulations David
President (Ian Hair): 987 - Captain (David Baker): 1,039
Congratulations to all the days winners! & thank you to Nhill Golf Club for hosting a great day and to all those attending.
So ….. that’s it for Wimmera Vets for 2024 - but huge thank you to you all for being part of our Wimmera Vets & Ladies events this year! It’s been a great year & we’ve been really happy with the attendance numbers at all our events. Let’s hope next year is bigger & better & thank you all for supporting our hosting clubs.
Our first event for next year will be at Nhill on Monday 10th Feb, so until then, wishing you all a Very Merry Xmas & a Fantastic New Year from us all on the Wimmera Vets Committee & good golfing.
Photo of the days winners: Peter Kelly, Nola Hair, Daryl Watson, Liz Mulraney & Chris Campbell.
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 2024 to accept prizes or participate in vets.
- 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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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.
