Category: General News
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Last chance to enter a Business House team!…
Colvin is taking last entries for November’s Business House competition starting on Wednesday 4th and then the next 4 Tuesday nights after that. He is on 0223008056. Business House – November 2015
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Opening Day on Saturday!
Celebrate the summer season’s Opening Day with us this Saturday. If the weather is good, the greens will be available for a roll. Please come along to the clubhouse from 5pm onwards. Pizza will be served at about 6.30pm. Also its that time again – subscriptions for this season can be paid. If you do…
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R.I.P Finbarr
The club has been saddened with the loss of popular social member Finbarr Clabby. Finbarr and his Irish mates have been regular participants in the Business House competition and enjoy coming up to the club for a roll-up over a few ales. Finbarr was found drowned in Wellington harbour on the Sunday morning after a…
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R.I.P Don!
VBC was saddened by the passing on of one of our life members Donald Scrimshaw recently in Waimea in the Nelson area. Donald was club treasurer from 1968-75 and won 6 club titles over the period 1966-81 including two fours titles with his son Neil. He also won the Wellington Easter Fours in 1975 and…
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New Year Honour for Tony
Congratulations to Tony Ford for being awarded the Queen’s Service Order for services to Tonga and the Judiciary. You can read more about Tony’s career on his wikipedia page and about the QSO Honour here.
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R.I.P Bobbie Dazzler…
The VBC mourned the loss this week of Bob Gately. Bob won the full slam of club titles winning the junior pairs and singles in the early 1990s, and picking up 5 senior titles: 1996-97 Pairs with Geoff Walters 2000-01 Fours with Roy Gibb, Clint Carrol and Dwayne Cameron 2002-03 Fours with Maurice Andrews, Laurie…