Welcome to Wimmera Veteran Golfers
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Yet another fantastic turnout for our combined Men’s & Ladies Wimmera Vets. Monday 11th November we played at Chalambar Golf Club with 54 playing including 10 ladies. Thank you so much to Chalambar Golf club for hosting a great day! It’s a beautiful course!
A Grade (0-18) Winner was Bob Hayes (Horsham) with 37 pts & runner-up was Stuart Muller (Chalambar) with 36 points.
B Grade (19-25) Winner was Bill Hosking (Chalambar) with 39 points & Runner up was John Berg (Chalambar) with 37 pts.
C Grade (26- )Winner was Val Scott (Horsham) with 34 points & Runner-up was Phil Hall (Chalambar) with 33 points on a c/b.
NTP’s: on the 4th - Bill Hosking, 8th - Stuart Muller, 16th - Noela Hair, & on the 18th - Ian Hair.
Congratulations to all the days winners.
Next event will be on Monday 25th November at Edenhope Golf Club.
Get some friends together and car-pool
Photo of the days winners: John Berg, Val Scott, Bill Hosking, Bob Hayes, Stuart Muller, Phil Hall.
& 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.
