VVGA President George Thorne made a presentation to the Perry Fletcher Award winner of 2004 David Trewarne at the dinner on the Monday evening during the Sandscrape championship at Bandiana. Perry Fletcher has donated badges for all past winners.and they will be presented during the year.
The VVGA Council meeting minutes from the July meeting are now available for download here (PDF 967kb) or through the Downloads page.
The 2010 VVGA Annual Report is also available for download here (PDF 317kb) or through the Downloads page.
In 1993 Perry Fletcher the famous Engraver and leading artist donated a magnificent plate to the VVGA to raffle and provide funds for the Association. The Council decided that it was too valuable to part with and introduced the Annual Perry Fletcher Award to be presented to a veteran who had made an outstanding contribution to Veteran Golf in Victoria, the plate would be held for 12 months.
This award has been presented each year at the State Championship since 1993 and there are now 17 recipients.
After handing the plate back there was no long term acknowledgement of having won the Award so Perry was commissioned to create a badge that can be worn with pride
The picture (right) shows Perry with his portrait which was entered for the Archibald Prize and below the new creation to be introduced this year. All recipients will receive a badge enclosed in a nice case and suitably engraved. Several winners have passed on and the award will be given to their Family.
Below (left to right): The badge in the case, Enlargement of the Badge, The original plate
The first meeting of the Council for 2010 was conducted at the VGA Board Room on February 15th.
Highlights of the meeting were:
- Introduction of Bill Willetts as Northern Zone Councillor.
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Review of events at Harrow, PortArlington and Horsham all successful.
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Future Sandscrape planning to possibly include Southern Zone
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Termination of Perpetual Trophies for Gross and Nett Four Ball and Country to be replaced with suitable momentos. An Honour Board has been established on the VVGA Web page to record winners.
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Support of Seniors events in October
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2010 events progress
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2011 events approved
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AVGU report
Councillor District reports
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David Greenhill session on new handicapping system.
The full Minutes of the meeting now available for download. (PDF 1.7Mb)
The Victorian Veteran Golfers Association held their Annual General Meeting in the temporary club house of the Horsham Golf Club on October 5th.
At the meeting new Councillor Bill Willetts who is taking over from David Trewarne was welcomed. Later that evening David was presented with an engraved water jug to mark his 11 years on Council two as President.
George Thorne in making the Presentation thanked David for his dedication and service to the Association.
David suitably responded then as chairman of the Perry Fletcher Award committee he presented the award for 2009 to Doctor Norman Castle. Norman joined the Council in 1998 was Captain from 2000 to 2004 and President in 2005 and 2006 Despite his busy life looking after the Stawell community over the last 53 years he has made the time to devote to the Veterans.
Each year the Award which is a magnificent plate engraved and donated by Perry Fletcher is awarded to a Veteran who has made a significant contribution to Veteran Golf over a long period. Norman was a worthy winner and suitably responded.
Minutes of the meeting are available for download. (PDF 88kb)
Below, from left: Norman David and George.
Well known Veteran and Harrow legend Max Grigg invited his two grandchildren Kate (left) and John Cameron and Bianca Ferguson to entertain the Veterans at the dinner held on the Monday evening of the VVGA Sandscrape Tournament. They were sensational and the display of Irish Dancing left the audience in awe. They obviously will enjoy an exciting future having already accomplished a great deal. Kate is 18 John 15 and Bianca 14. Deb Cameron Mother of Kate and John and daughter of Max explained to the audience, “Kate, John and Bianca are all members of the O’Shea Ryan Academy of Irish Dance, located in Melbourne. The teacher, Geraldine Ryan, travels from Melbourne once a week for a two hour class. Kate and John must travel one hundred and eighty kilometers each week.
At the age of nine, John traveled to Nepal, to participate in a special performance in front of the King.
In September 2008, Kate and John were both invited to travel with the dance academy to participate in a Military Tattoo in South Korea, with bands from Canada, North America Thailand, and Korea performing for crowds of up to 5,000 each night.
Kate and John have both performed overseas several times, traveling to Italy, France, Holland and Denmark.
Shoes are very expensive, with the latest pair of hard shoes up to $250! Dresses are also quite expensive, starting at around $800 and going up. The more hand embroidery on a dress, the more expensive it becomes. Most dresses are traditional and made of wool.
A twenty minute work out is the equivalent to a football sprinting session.
John hopes that one day he can travel to the home of Irish dancing, Ireland, and perform with the best of them, a great dream to have as a fifteen year old.
The teenagers are largely funded by themselves.
