The first AGFR Tournament was held in 1979 at the Peninsula Golf Club on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. Eighty-eight Rotarians accompanied by 28 partners played in the Inaugural Tournament, for which the Guest of Honor was the incoming President of Rotary International, James Boman and his wife. The first tournament was held over 3 days with 10 Rotary Districts and all States (except Qld) represented.

   

A constitution was drafted by Don McRae, Kevin Beaumont and John Hood and later adopted to form the basis of our current AGFR model constitution today. The original AGFR logo which was based on the IGFR style was designed by John Hood and Kevin Beaumont,  however the current logo was designed by Peter Raue of the Wodonga Rotary Club and was first used in 1993 at the Albury/Wodonga tournament.

 

Presidents of AGFR

• John Hood (VIC)   1979 – 1984

• Bob Louis (NSW)  1984 – 1987

• Don McRae (VIC)  1987 – 1989

• Kevin Beaumont (VIC)  1990 – 1994

• Doug Barton (SA)  1995 – 1998

• Lloyd Fleming (QLD)  1997 – 2002

• Peter Partridge (TAS)  2002 – 2005

• Bill Gurnett (VIC)  2005 – 2007

• Robert Motteram (SA)  2007 – 2010

• Greg Armstrong (NSW)  2010 – 2013

• Wayne Nicholls (NT)  2013 – 2016

• Allan Newstead (VIC)  2016 – 2019

• Leigh Iles (TAS)  2019 – 2022

• Aidan Wood (Qld) 2022 –

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