Diggers Cup

1982 -
The Diggers Cup is a club member, mixed gender event traditionally played on ANZAC day each year as part of the commemoration of the service provided by our armed forces. Of the field of players on the day only those who have served in the armed services of Allied nations are eligible to win the Diggers Cup. All the field, Diggers and non-Diggers, compete for normal competition trophy prizes on the day.
 
The inaugural Diggers Cup was conducted on Sunday 25th April 1982. Newsletter April 1982 explains that this event commenced to distinguish the qualification requirements for the Veterans Cup which had alternated its qualification requirements between those over 50 years of age and those with RSL membership.
 
Interestingly, the club's Council of Management Minutes suggest that Anzac Day was recognised much earlier than this. On 15/1/1973 the Match Committee were requested to consider an annual Anzac Day event and on 10/2/1973 it was agreed to play for the ''ANZAC HELMET'' each year on Anzac Day. Then, on 16/4/1973 the 'Anzac Helmet … To be played for in conjunction with Whisky event.' The relationship of these records and the current Diggers Cup trophy that features a helmet is not known. Furthermore, the minutes record that 'Associates (ladies) … were not to schedule a fixture for April 25th, 1974 but that the Council of Management will keep Tuesday the 23rd of April, 1974 free of trade events for the Associates use.' This clarifies that the event was for men only at that point in time.
 

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DIGGERS CUP TROPHY Event with assocations to winners' names 1982 -

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TWEEDIE, Robert (Bob) Winner 1982
AINSWORTH, Keith Winner 1983
AINSWORTH, Keith Winner 1984
POPHAM, George R. Winner 1985
EGLITIS, Martin Winner 1986
O'BRIEN, Frank Winner 1987
DEVEREAUX, Allan J. Winner 1988
KING, Robert J. (Bob) Winner 1989
FORBES, Ian Winner 1990
GREY, Brian J. Winner 1991
MCCAFFREY, Brian Winner 1992
BRADY, R. H. (Henry) Winner 1993
THOMAS, Ron A. Winner 1994
BACKHOUSE, Norm Winner 1995
CALVERT, Gordon Winner 1996
MILLS, Carl John Winner 1997
LEWIS, Gordon Douglas Winner 1998
WOOD, William (Bill) Winner 1999
MILLS, Carl John Winner 2000
CLAYTON, James Francis (Jim) Winner 2001
CALVERT, Gordon Winner 2002
DAVIS, Peter Murray Winner 2003
BARNES, Allan Winner 2004
GREY, Brian J. Winner 2005
DAVIS, Peter Murray Winner 2006
KELLY, Alan Winner 2007
O'MEARA, Patrick Lindsay Winner 2008
BOOTH, James D. Winner 2009
LIVELY, Lois M. Winner 2010
BONSER, Marcus Frederick (Mark) Winner 2011
WEST, Leslie Albert (Les) Winner 2012
DEAN, Helen Winner 2013
RAMSAY, Paul Stephen Winner 2014
MACKIN, Bernard (Benny) Winner 2015
CLAYTON, James Francis (Jim) Winner 2016
ARNAUTOVIC, Tomislav (Tom) (OAM) Winner 2017
MADDISON, Ronald Wayne (Wayne) Winner 2018
MILLS, Carl John Winner 2019
NOT_PLAYED Not played this year due to Covid 19 pandemic 2020
OLIVER, Paul Winner 2021
SINGH, Sobaran Winner 2022
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