Dry Casting Report November 2003.


		Surf Casting and Angling Club of W.A. (Inc.) Dry Casting Report November 2003

The day once again dawned clear and beautiful, but that omnipresent easterly wind was still the bane of SCAC casters.

I arrived at the Yokine Reserve a little before 7:00 am to be just about blown out of the car park with a gust of wind as I alighted from my vehicle. Mind you, a bloke my size takes some shifting with just a puff of wind.

Just a week after the State Titles, only 18 people turned out to keep the day a happy and social occasion. I must welcome Mark Hansen and his good partner Wendy to casting. It is good to see some new faces especially of the feminine kind. Vix is not feeling so lonely anymore and is relishing the company and competition.

Eight seniors, six veterans and four ladies set about the days competition with the seniors hitting off on accuracy first. The roll of the die bringing up course 3 for seniors and course 4 for the vets. Most seniors found getting out to 82 metres at the fourth distance a little difficult when the wind decided to hamper them just a bit more as they prepared to cast.

Congratulations must go to Roy the boy for his magnificent effort of 154 points in the veterans section, then to back it up with another 27 points in the single handed. By the time that the seniors got around to casting their distances, the wind was still blowing hard. I put my first 112 gram cast up in the air only to see it drift south in the wind and land so far out of court the markers needed a cut lunch and waterbag just to go looking for it. Mind you, I was not alone with the problem. George managed to get BOTH his 56 gram casts to follow suit and land out of court as well.

However, we all had fun. At the conclusion of the normal program, we had a single handed open event. Only seven peole were game enough in the conditions to try with only one hand to get a cast down range into that wind.

Yours truly watched Mark try and use a cumbersome outfit that he managed a fair 57 metres. On his second cast I got him to use a slightly lighter outfit and he immediately put it in with the regulars at 74.5 metres. A huge improvement. Everyone had a giggle or two and a couple of casts each with the longest single handed cast of the day reaching 87.2 metres.

As Bob had to 'go to work' and he was our set up man, we managed to get through the day and be packed up just before midday.

As we were all leaving, the wind started to die down to a gentle but satisfying breeze. In these circumstances, a little food for thought. I know it has been traditional that we cast at 8:30 on the first Sunday of each month, however, for the period say from November through to say March, would you consider starting the casting in the afternoon. Maybe a 2:00 pm start might be able to avoid the easterly winds and might even pick up a sea breeze.

Just a thoughty. Until next time, (Tele Tubby 2) - DCO

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Results for the day:-

Seniors	[112 Cast 1 Metres	gram] Cast 2 Metres	112g Total Points	[56 Cast 1 Metres	gram] Cast 2 Metres	56g Total Points	Double Handed Accuracy	Single Handed Accuracy	Day Total Points
Chas Riegert	0	156	16	132	127	26	108	22	172
George Holman	135	144	28	0	0	0	120	21	169
Malcolm Harris	128	135	26	107	121	23	83	17	149
Nick Allsworth	133	138	27	114	0	11	90	8	136
Rick Parker	0	0	0	105	99	20	100	10	130
Andrew Aubrey	118	128	25	0	115	12	88	2	127
Mark Hansen	89	105	19	85	0	9	63	0	91
John Romano	94	101	20	80	75	16	34	7	77
Veterans
Roy Killick	113	110	22	102	110	21	154	27	224
Bob Henderson	121	129	25	117	121	24	147	15	211
Tony D'Alonzo	112	115	23	100	105	21	111	23	178
Jim Strong	65	83	15	76	0	8	98	18	139
Terry Fuller	53	0	5	0	81	8	104	22	139
Trevor Stam	0	74	7	48	0	5	82	12	106
Ladies
Vix Alexander	87	84	17	0	73	7	81	10	115
Filomena D'Alonzo	0	0	0	0	0	0	89	0	89
Annella Riegert	64	60	12	58	67	13	21	10	56
Wendy Hansen	55	0	6	0	30	3	0	0	9

Single Handed Open event:-

Name	Cast 1 metres	Cast 2 metres
Nick Allsworth	68.6	70.4
Chas Riegert	85.9	87.2
Malcolm Harris	67.5	72.1
John Romano	61	64.1
George. Holman	76.2	74.5
Mark. Hansen	57	74.1
Vix Alexander	0	33

Winners of the Day:-

Event:	Seniors Winner		Veterans Winner		Ladies Winner
112 gram distance	George Holman	28	Bob Henderson	25	Vix Alexander	17
56 gram distance	Chas Riegert	26	Bob Henderson	24	Annella Riegert	13
Double Handed Acc.	George Holman	120	Roy Killick	154	Filomena D'Alonzo	89
Single Handed Acc.	Chas Riegert	22	Roy Killick	27	Vix & Annella	10
Single Handed Open	Chas Riegert	87.2
Days High Points	Roy Killick	224

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