As written by her daughter Anne Alletson Brown
Early in the 1970's, Meg was the Country Vice-President of the Queensland Ladies Golf Union. In this role she undertook to visit as many of the country golf clubs in Queensland as she could, and I believe that only 3 clubs were not visited over a period of some 5 - 7 years.
One western course she visited boasted that they had been able to put the grader over the fairways the week before her visit!
Meg was accompanied at various times by Johnnie Boyle, a President of the QLGU and other times by Val Webster, also a President or Vice-President. They would fly to say Townsville, then drive west - not a mean feat for a couple of ladies of their age. Every course they visited, Meg played as she was a single marker in those days and was involved in the course rating.
Meg began to understand that country ladies felt they were left out of the "QLGU" - that this body represented only those ladies who played golf in the south eastern corner of the State. At the time, districts were being formed. So the concept of an inter-district match play tournament on handicap, was put before the QLGU committee and the event came into being in the early 1980's.
Pam Ranger, a member and committee person of the Surfers Paradise Golf Club presented the antique silver tray that now bears the name "Meg Nunn Salver" as the districts voted to name the event in her honour.
The first Salver was played in Rockhampton in 1983. Far North Queensland did not send a team as they were a newly formed district and did not have the funds to send one. The draw had been done and Gold Coast were to play Central Queensland first match off. Val Webster tossed the coin for the honour and Gold Coast won the honour. At that time I was captain and the lowest marker of the Gold Coast team so I hit the first ball ever in the tournament named in honour of my Mum. I still get tears in my eyes when I think of it.
My mother’s concept for the tournament was that the "grass-root turn up every week" country player could have the opportunity to play match play, represent her District and that each year new friends would be made amongst the teams and the Tournament be one of good golf, good companionship and great rivalry.
It was not Meg's idea that the players who were members of the state team should be included in the Meg Nunn Salver as they had ample opportunity to attend interstate tournaments of a higher level.
I have a replica of the salver here in our office, also the photos presented to her on the 15th anniversary of the tournament as a constant memory of great golfing days.