Sport
9 July, 2025
Vets out in force at Minyip, Hopetoun
On Monday June 30 the Wimmera Veteran Golfers played a 4BBB stableford round at Minyip Golf Club with 55 playing (42 men and 13 ladies).
The winners for the day with a fantastic score of 47 points were Norrie Poulton and Graham Puckle from Hopetoun.
Runners-up with 46 points were Neil Kerber and Dexter Schilling (Horsham), and third place went to Roger Perris and Rob Exell (Moor Park) with 44 points on a three-way countback.
Nearest the pins: 6th Val Scott (Horsham) and Graham Puckle; 13th Helene Turvey (Horsham) and Peter Hammond (Horsham); 16th Janice Midgley (Minyip) and Roger Perris; 18th Chris Campbell (Murtoa) and Mark McGrath.
Congratulations to all the day's winners and a big thank you to Minyip for hosting such a great day for us all.
Earlier, on Monday June 16 the Wimmera Vets played our first round of the Wimmera Veterans Sandgreen Championships at Hopetoun Golf Club with a great turnout of 51 players from as far out as Kaniva, St Arnaud and Grange! (41 men and 10 ladies).
A grade (1-16): winner on a countback was Bryan Dufty (Nhill) with 37, runner-up also on 37 was Brendan Etherton (Nhill) and third was Mal Elliott (Grange).
B grade (17-23): winner was Chris Phelan (Warracknabeal) with 37, runner-up was Colin McKenzie (Horsham) with 36 and 3rd on a countback with 35 was Wayne McDonald (Toolondo).
C grade (24+): winner was Max Burns (Murtoa) with 35 on a countback with runner-up Stan Ryan (Warracknabeal) also on 35 and third place went to Wayne Morton (Jeparit) with 34 on a three-way countback.
NTPs: 1st Chris Campbell and Tubby Drendell; 5th Chris Campbell and Bob Hayes; 11th Chloe Mulraney and Graeme Launer; 15th Chloe and Bryan Dufty; 17th Anne Morton and Tubby Drendell.
Our next event was on Monday July 7 at Dimboola Golf Club meeting at 9.30am for 10am hitoff in the second round of the vets' sandgreen championships.
