The Saturday was to be a friendly practice session but with torrential rain , cold southerly wind and very muddy field conditions proved discretion was the better part of valour and we elected to head back to the caravan Park and put a few of the rods together in preparation for the Sunday which was the official day of the comp.
Gary Bonner like Mick Smajkic had opted for an E1000, Gary's being 13'10" and running a reducer to allow him to cast it at a longer length but be more manageable with the thinner reducer. Jason had opted for the Kompressor SS, though as he hadn't done much work with it opted to cast with his Tip Tornado Sport on the Sunday.
Well the Sunday couldn't have been more different, though the cold south easterly wind did make it mandatory for the guys to wear good jackets or run the risk of freezing parts of the anatomy off. The Sun however was shinning and if you could get out of the wind it was quite pleasant.
We did have one obstacle to content with though in the form of a number of cattle that had mist being mustered the day earlier by the farmer so it necessitated a three pronged effort with Gary and Jason in one car and I in another herding the cattle toward the gate which was manned by Nick, after a bit of fun we managed to get them all sorted and the casting could commence.
As you will see from the table of results the distances put down by the guys was nothing short of brilliant with repeated PB's from most of them and some massive distances by Scott who was on form and sending the leads down field to great effect. Scott was using both the E1000 at its full length and also the WR300 @ 14'6". It was great to see the rods load up and Scott's skill with the rod was something to see.
However I must say that the stand out performer on the day must go to your Mick Smajkic who hit repeated PB's and it was a testament to the amount of practice that he has put in lead up to the comp. Mick was using his E1000 (13’6”) I believe for the majority of the time but also had a few throws with the TT Sport.
Sadly I don't have any video footage of the event to share but will be posting up some photos that I took in between casts, Here are the overall results. Great bunch of people, great friendship and a brilliant way to spend a day in the sun.
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