11/06/2026
|| Letâs Take A Minute ||
On Sunday we observed a minutes silence to honour two club members who have recently passed, Nip Nelder & Joy Baker. They are apart of our rich history and the foundation of our sport.
Nip Nelder was a member of the Wandoan Club who never played however his three sons did. Nip and his son Lenny built the wooden stalls for the 1988 State Championships held in Wandoan. They cut lancewood rails from âCooagaâ and loaded them by hand into their blue international acco truck during the week and carted them to the Showgrounds on weekends to build the stables.
Joy Baker was our club treasurer for fifteen years. The story goes that one year at the club AGM, Bill Blackley the president at the time called for the treasurers report and Joy, the treasurer replied âIâm not happy with this reportâ, to which Bill, thinking the club had run a loss replied âWhy not??â Joy replied âNo, Iâm ten cents outâ. With that Keith Bowling took out his wallet and said, âHere Joy I will give you the ten cents to make up the differenceâ, Joy replied âSit down Keith, that will make me twenty cents outâŚâ
In 1995 Joy and Ian Baker received life memberships to the Wandoan Polocrosse Club and they were both patrons of the club for a long period of time.
Our thoughts are with their friends and family.
