Welcome to Wimmera Veteran Golfers
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Wimmera Vets had a fantastic day on Monday 24th March, this time at Horsham Golf Club, with a record attendance of 89 playing including 16 ladies.
Thank you to all those attending, & Thank you to Horsham Golf club for hosting a great day!
3 Divisions again:
A Grade: Winner was Marc Edelsten (Rainbow) with 37pts, Runner-up was Daryl Dunford (Chalambar) with 34 points on a count back with 3rd place winner Mick Polycarpou (Dimboola) also on 34 points.
B Grade: Winner was Wayne Whelan (Horsham) with 34 points, on a count back with Runner-up Chloe Mulraney (Kaniva) also with 34 pts & 3rd went to Barry Cakebread (Dimboola) with 31pts.
C Grade: Winner was Ian Ruwoldt (Horsham) with 35pts, on a count back with runner-up Val Scott (Horsham ) also with 35pts, and 3rd place went to Peter Hammond (Horsham) with 31pts.
NTP’s: on the 2nd - Gary Jelly & Val Scott; on the 8th - Mal Elliott & Pam Van Kempen; on the 11th - Russell Schultz & Donna Vivien; and on the 13th - Les Errington & Kate Hood.
Congratulations to all the days winners!
Our next event for the year will be at Warracknabeal on Monday 7th April.
9am registration for an 9.30am hitoff
(And remember ..... Daylight Saving finishes the night b4, so turn your clocks back the night before!)
No photo this week - sorry
Photo of some of the days winners from Warracknabeal on 3rd March: John Peters, Anthony Jones, Mal Elliott, Geoff Smith, Donna Vivian & Janice Midgley.
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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 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.
