The minutes of meeting held on February 11th 2008 are available for download in the download section. 

Recently retired VVGA Zone Councillor and great Hacker supporter Neville Marsden (below) was returning to his home in Mansfield from a farewell veteran game in Benalla with two other Mansfield members in his Toyota 4 wheel drive on December 10th.

As they neared Mansfield they noticed that there was an accumulation of diesel appearing on the rear window, and the fuel gauge was dropping rapidly. They were close to a garage so they called for assistance When Neville  got out of the vehicle he could smell smoke and to their surprise he was virtually surrounded by flames as the leaking fuel filter had allowed more fuel to escape, and the heat of the engine had ignited the released diesel. The other passengers quickly abandoned the car, and between them they were able to save their golf clubs. You have to get your priorities right.

A quickly obtained fire extinguisher was too late to save the vehicle so Neville went out in a “ blaze of glory”      

The Minutes of Annual General Meeting held on October 8th are now available for download.

The Annual General Meeting of the Association was held in the Clubhouse of the Traralgon Golf Club on October 8th 2007. Delegates representing the 21 Districts were in attendance .

George Thorne was elected President taking over from Norman Castle and Paul Campbell elected by the Council as Vice President. Robert Taylor replaced Neville Marsden as Central Zone Councillor. Minutes of the Meeting are available to download.

Below Delegates at the meeting

The 2007 award went to the Engraver and donator of the magnificently engraved plate. Perry has been engraving veteran trophies for over 20 years and has been a very dedicated supporter of Veteran Golf .

He has preferred to remain in the background engraving the winner’s names on trophies he has supplied and engraved until this year when he was invited to attend the celebration dinner at the Championship.

He was shocked to receive the award and despite his modesty the decision of the Council to award him the Perry Fletcher award was unanimously approved by all Veterans. We are most grateful to him for providing a unique culture to our events.

Outgoing President Dr Norman Castle has presided over the VVGA for the past 3 years using his experience and skill to develop the culture of Veteran Golf in Victoria.

Norman has pointed out on many occasions that it is a privilege for clubs to host major veteran events and that veteran golfers are a very important group of people, many of which have made significant contributions to their respective clubs and to golf in general. Norman emphasized that the Victorian Veterans deserve the respect and consideration of host clubs. Hosting involves doing everything possible to ensure the players are made to feel at home and are cared for in every way and treated with respect..

Norman summed up by stating that clubs hosting major veteran events should concentrate on maximizing hospitality not profit He encouraged Zone Councilors to ensure that the guidelines are understood and implemented to ensure the VVGA events continue to set high standards for the competitors

The Minutes of the Council Meeting held on February 12th are now available for download.

The VVGA Council conducted their first meeting on 12th February at the VGA Office in Burwood. Minutes of the meeting are available for download in the appropriate section.

VVGA events for 2008 were allocated to Cowes Golf Club, Bright Golf Club, St Arnaud Golf Club, Kyalla Golf Club and Barham Country Club.

Back Norman Castle (Stawell) David Trewarne (Bendigo)Paul Campbell (Metro) Bill Hutchinson (Dimboola) George Thorne ( Warragul)

Front Alan Munro (Hamilton) Alan Ferres (Ballarat) and Malcolm Macpherson (Metro)