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Another great day at Wimmera Vets! - 46 competing today (Monday 4th August) at Murtoa, including 12 ladies.
Enough for 2 Divisions again this week.
A Division: Winner with the best score of the day was Ron Thouliss (Warracknabeal) with a fantastic score of 41pts; Runner-up was Anthony Jones (Moor Park) with 38, & 3rd went to Karen Germano (Warracknabeal) with 35pts on a 4 way countback.
B Division: Winner with 39 points was Val Scott (Horsham); Runner-up was Wayne Morton (Jeparit) with 38 points & 3rd place went to Rex Konig (Hopetoun) with 37pts on a countback.
NTP’s: on the 3rd Chris Campbell (Murtoa) & Brian Gready (Murtoa); on the 6th Janice Midgley (Minyip) & Max Burns (Murtoa); on the 12th: Chris Campbell & Brian Pitt (Murtoa) & on the 14th Karen Germano (Warracknabeal) & Daryl Watson (Natimuk).
Congratulations to all the days winners & a big Thank you to Murtoa for hosting a fantastic day! The course was beautiful!!
Photo of the days winners: Karen Germano, Anthony Jones, Val Scott, Rex Konig, & Ron Thouliss.
& 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!
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 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.
