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The Wimmera Veteran Golfers had a fantastic turnout for the 4BBB Event on Monday 2nd June at Jeparit, with 63 Players, including 15 ladies!
There were some great scores, but the winners for the day with 49 points were Josie Illig & Mal Elliott all the way from Grange Golf course
Runners-up with 45 points were Chris Phelan & Russell Schultz from Warracknabeal, & 3rd place went to Wayne & Ann Morton from Jeparit with 44 points (on a countback with David Baker/Daryl Dunford and also Shurlee Skiller/Elaine Oakley.
Even though there are 8 Par 3’s at Jeparit Golf Course, we only had NTP’s on 4 of them. On the 3rd: Jenny Tink & Graham Launer; on the 5th: Chris Campbell & Anthony Jones; on the 12th: Elaine Oakley & Brian Pitt; & on the 15th: Ann Moreton & Brendan Etherton.
Congratulations to all the days Winners & thank you to Jeparit for hosting a fantastic day.
With the drought conditions throughout the Wimmera and beyond, it is also affecting our Sandscrape Golf courses which don’t have irrigation & rely on Autumn rain to green them up for our Golfing Season. Hence, we would like to thank all those that are participating in our Scrape events early in the season & supporting our smaller Wimmera Clubs. One thing for sure …. There is a lot of “run” when you hit your ball down the fairway!
Photo of our winners: Ann & Wayne Morton, Mal Elliott, Josie Illig, Chris Phelan & Russell Schultz.
Our next event will be at Hopetoun on Monday 16th June. It will be a normal Stableford round & the 2nd in our Sandgreen Championship’s.
& 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:
On Monday 19th May the Wimmera Veteran Golfers participated in the Annual 3 Way Challenge at Harrow again, against Glenelg & Lower South East Districts. It was a fantastic turnout, with a total of 78 players including 26 players from the Wimmera.
The Wimmera won last years challenge, being only the 2nd win in 25 years (the first & previous win was in 2013), so were very eager to have a back-to-back win) And the Wimmera won the Challenge (again!) with 33.6; Glenelg 2nd with 31.3 & Lower South Eastern scored 30.4.
Our 26 players representing the Wimmera (Men & quite a few ladies) were from Dimboola, Edenhope, Jeparit, Horsham, Minyip, Warracknabeal, Murtoa, Stawell, Natimuk, Moor Park, Nhill & Rainbow. Well done Wimmera!
A Grade Winner (0-18 handicap) was won by our Wimmera President: Ian Hair with 36 points. Runner-up on a countback went to R Thorlis with 35; 3rd Ken Dancey; 4th Daryl Watson - both also on 35; & 5th Roy McCallum with 32.
B Grade Winner & best score for the day went to another Wimmera Player: Colin McKenzie with a fantastic 40 points. Runner-up on 36 points was Trevor Williams; 3rd went to one of our Wimmera Ladies Val Scott with 34 points; 4th on a countback went to George Donaldson & 5th Graham Whitman - both with 33 points.
NTP’s: 2nd: Bryan Dufty; 7th Brian Prosser; 10th Ian Hair & 17th Trevor Williams.
Congratulations Wimmera & all the days winners!
And a huge thank you to Harrow for hosting a fantastic day!
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.
