Dry Casting Report October 2003.


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

The 5th October 2003 is one that I will long remember. I actually got a lady to attend and compete with us. For the first time in her life my wife has picked up a fishing rod and started casting with me.

As a raw beginner I must say she impressed even me, as well as a few others. Lets hope by the time 2005 comes around and we organise a team to go to Yeppoon in Queensland for the Nationals again, we can send a damn good ladies team to kick some butt. Now all I have to do is get her to actually come fishing, teach her how to bait a hook.

I must thank those veterans who helped her through, especially Hendo and Mal Head, and the companionship, tips and encouragement from Vix. Oh, and Roy for pointing out the difference between feet positions for darts as against casting.

She'll be back... Just got to remember all the tips and pointers, then put them all together.

Once again we had impeccable weather with the omnipresent easterly winds. Albeit at the start these winds were only a woofteenth of what they were last month. Some reasonable distances were put up by Joe and the seniors in the 112 gram.

Then came the Artificial Bait. On my first cast I must have got the only decent puff of wind about as it dropped me right down. My second cast exceeding it by a good 12 metres. Then again, upon perusing the results I think some others also experienced the same problem. Timing with the fluctuating wind strengths became either a boon or a bane.

Once again I utilised radios for the scoring of the distance events and consequently twenty one casters completed the day by 11:00 am. As Nick was heard to say; "Well now I can go home and mow the lawn for my wife." What a SNAG (SNAG=Sensitive New Age Guy)

I have received a constructive comment in the use of the radios. In using them I have not put out the Red/Green Cast/No cast flags. Apparently in the veterans section this has caused some consternation regarding the safety factor for the scorers. I would have hoped that communication from the field with the scribe at the casting point would have been sufficient to alleviate that problem. I will endeavour to ensure that the flags will be available for future events.

For those not already 'in the know', I have obtained a 'rubber dice' marked with the numbers for the distance layouts. As Jimmy Strong will tell you, he had the privilege of using it first for the selection of the Veterans distances this month. Anyone wishing to have 'a roll of the dice' need only attend prior to 7:00 am on the day of casting and they will be made most welcome.

All help in setting up and dismantling the courts is greatly appreciated by Bob and Terry.

It was good to see a number of new faces turn up to watch and get some coaching from both George and Joe at the completion of competition.

Until next time, TT2 (Tele Tubby 2) - DCO

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Results for the day:-

OB=out of bounds, NC=no cast, SO=snap off.

Seniors	[112 Cast 1 Metres	gram] Cast 2 Metres	112g Total Points	[Art Cast 1 Metres	bait] Cast 2 Metres	A/B Total Points	Double Handed Accuracy	Single Handed Accuracy	Day Total Points
George Holman	156	154	31	118	120	24	146	26	227
Gary Gildersleeve	143	145	29	118	112	23	142	21	215
Nic Allsworth	158	163	32	137	122	26	131	12	201
Joe Pullella	170	177	35	143	129	27	123	13	198
Chas Riegert	160	171	33	118	130	25	106	8	172
Andrew Aubrey	123	126	25	119	122	24	96	19	164
Ric Parker	137	136	27	107	107	21	90	26	164
Malcolm Harris	144	146	29	114	114	23	87	14	153
Terry Willison	147	OB	15	114	OB	11	91	18	135
Veterans
Mal Head	126	128	25	104	99	20	154	19	218
Allan Jones	119	127	25	111	103	21	133	23	202
Roy Killick	122	119	24	97	103	20	134	23	201
Tony D'Alonzo	110	119	23	109	95	20	134	9	186
Terry Fuller	106	OB	11	87	91	18	111	15	155
Bob Henderson	136	OB	14	107	113	22	87	22	145
Jim Strong	83	93	18	OB	70	7	100	13	138
Trevor Stam	OB	101	10	83	BO	8	86	6	110
Ladies
Filomena D'Alonzo	101	93	19	81	80	16	92	10	137
Vix Alexander	101	99	20	83	87	17	52	14	103
Annella Riegert	OB	OB	0	45	18	6	52	0	58

Winners of the Day:-

Event:	Seniors Winner		Veterans Winner		Ladies Winner		Juniors Winner
112 gram distance	Joe Pullella	35	Mal Head	25	Vix Alexander	20	Rhys Jones	25
Artificial Bait	Joe Pullella	27	Bob Henderson	22	Vix Alexander	17	Rhys Jones	19
Double Handed Acc.	George Holman	146	Mal Head	154	Filomena D'Alonzo	92	Rhys Jones	104
Single Handed Acc.	George & Ric	26	Allan & Roy	23	Vix Alexander	14	Rhys Jones	23
Days High Points	George Holman	227

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