Dear Members, This weekend will see the return of the much anticipated honour board event the R.W.Wilson Memorial, this is a handicap team match play event. Saturday’s event is the qualifying round for the match play phase with the top 32 teams going through to play the seeded draw over the following weeks. Those members not yet booked but still wishing to compete in this event and qualify for the match play please make sure to get your name on the sheet soon. Please see the attached R.W.Wilson Memorial competition conditions here.
The R.W.Wilson Memorial is named in honour of the late Bob Wilson, Bob was a former Captain at Virginia Golf Club from 1957 &1958 and president, 1961 & 1962 and later Patron 1982 – 1997. Bob was considered one of the most respected and liked Virginian’s of all time. In 1973 the club Captain introduced the a four-ball match play tournament to be named in Bob’s honour, and over time it has become one of the clubs most prestigious events. See the below list of previous winners.
| PREVIOUS WINNERS | |||
| 1973 | S. Denham & A. McLean | 2000 | H. Grunow & G. Webb |
| 1974 | R. Jordan & R. Bywater | 2001 | H. Grunow & R. Watson |
| 1975 | J. Bertram & W. Shepherd | 2002 | S. Wearne & K. O’Connell |
| 1976 | R. Jordan & R. Bywater | 2003 | A.D. Wright & J. Jackson |
| 1977 | J. Collins & P. Hay | 2004 | P. Rys & C. Davies |
| 1978 | R. Laughlan & B. McGrane | 2005 | C. Kennedy & S. Kennedy |
| 1979 | J. Bertram & W. Shepherd | 2006 | G. Webb & H. Grunow |
| 1980 | A. Foran & J. Wilshere | 2007 | P. Conlon & D. Breitkreutz |
| 1981 | A. Foran & J. Wilshere | 2008 | J. Cooke & C. Hunter |
| 1982 | G. Bacon & C. Hill | 2009 | H. Grunow & G. Webb |
| 1983 | J. Gee & I. Manly | 2010 | G. Barnes & D. Fay |
| 1984 | R. Cartella & G. Cox | 2011 | B. Burgess & N. McGrath Burgess |
| 1985 | N. Lane & P. Harris | 2012 | P. Nutter & R. Cartella |
| 1986 | R. Bywater & I. Tait | 2013 | S. Firth & P Hall |
| 1987 | K.J. Murphy & P. Lewin | 2014 | S. Morrow & D. Breitkreutz |
| 1988 | M. Free & N. Free | 2015 | P. Nutter & R. Cartella |
| 1989 | F. De Pasquale & P. Conlon | 2016 | M. Shaw & C Mathews |
| 1990 | S. Greasley & S. Barnham | 2017 | M. Shaw & C Mathews |
| 1991 | L. Smyth & G. Tibbits | 2018 | M. Shaw & C Mathews |
| 1992 | L.Bode & P.Lewin | 2019 | D. Shepherd & B. Adams |
| 1993 | N. Jory & R. Watson | 2020 | J. Daley & D. McLauchlan |
| 1994 | C. Davies & P. Rys | 2021 | L. Dewberry & T. Wiseman |
| 1995 | A. Claybourn & J. May | 2022 | |
| 1996 | H. Grunow & G. Webb | ||
| 1997 | B. Bartholomew & D. Oakhill | ||
| 1998 | S.L. Mackay & R. Knudsen | ||
| 1999 | G. Matarazzo & J.P. Kavanagh |
