PARSC ROCK AND SURF – ROUND 1 OF 2014 GM KENRICH ROUND ROBIN COMPETITION

The first round of the annual PARSC Rock and Surf GM Kenrich Round Robin Competition was held at Kasouga from Cape St.Blaize to Kariega rocks on Saturday 25th January. Conditions were good to start with a calm sea and clean warm water but an enormous amount of seaweed covered the entire area making fishing quiet tricky. The weather changed and the sea became choppy and the wind was more than a gentle breeze. Never the less ten teams of 4 fished the competition, together with a number of individual anglers. Overall 59.3kg of edible fish consisting of 10 different species with 38 as total were caught of which 100 % were successfully released.

The team with the winning IGFA points on the day was Team 2 consisting of Adrian Bezuidenhout, Niall Borland, Lenard Bodill and Jeremy Smith. Team 4 consisting of Darian Keeton, Mark Pote, Brian Wright, and Simon du Plessis came in second place . Third place went to Team 6 consisting of Paul Knight, Terry Stewart, Don Murray and Bruce Amos. In the Round Robin League, Team 1 beat Team 10, Team 2 beat Team 9 , Team 3 beat Team 8 , Team 4 beat Team 7 and Team 6 beat Team 5.

The Current Top Round Robin Teams are as follows:

1ST: Team 2: 171 pts. ((Adrian Bezuidenhout, Leonard Bodill, Jeremy Smith, Niall Borland)

2nd: Team 4:170 pts.( Darian Keeton, Mark Pote, Brian Wright, and Simon du Plessis)

3rd: Team 6: 158 pts. (Paul Knight, Terry Stewart, Don Murray and Bruce Amos)

The top individual Angler was Adrian Bezuidenhout with a bag of 6.5 kg, who also caught the heaviest White Steenbrass 4.8 kg and the heaviest fish released and the Sotheby’s catch of the day. Darian Keeton came in 2nd place with 6.2kg. Paul Knight came in third with 5.4kg, and also caught the heaviest Stone Bream 1.1kg. Deon Marais caught the heaviest Mussel Cracker 2.5kg, Brendan Marais heaviest shad 0.5kg, Don Murray caught well and also got the heaviest of a few species: Cat face Rock cod 1.2kg, Spotted Grunter 0.8kg and a Cape Stumpnose 0.8kg, Tienie Lindeque caught the heaviest Yellow belly Rock cod 1.5kg and Jeremy Smith got a Zebra of 1.1kg. So a good few fish were caught by a number of people.

Adrian Bezuidenhout won the masters section (over 55’s) with 3.4 kg and Brendan Marais won the U21 section with 7.5 kg . There was no winner of the ladies section or U16 section.

We would like to wish the following members whom are fishing in the National Competitions in the next week or 2 Darian Keeton, Deon Marais fish for EP Masters Team, Melissa du Randt EP Ladies, Brendan Marais and Andrew du Toit for EP U21, Niel van der Linde for EP A team Captain and Scott Knight for the u16 team good luck and Stywe Lynne. A mention about Dave Kemp who fished for the Presidents A team against Namibia in the Guskohlner Trophy. He captained the side and the team won. Well done David.

A special thanks go to all our Round Robin Sponsors , namely : GM Kenrich ,Sotheby’s , Rosehill Superspar, Pick and Pay , Kekkel and Kraai (Grahamstown ) , Solly Kramer’s , Feathers Farm , Kowie Toyota , South Seas Butchery , Halyards Hotel ,Smuts Butchery , Buckland’s Private Game Reserve , Sports ‘n All , Sea Star Accommodation , Kowie Remax , Kenton Pharmacy , Ocean Basket , Wimpy , Guido’s , Specialised Petroleum Products ,Build it , Kowie Automotive , McCallum Brokers , Inso

Aluminium ,Multi Security ,Mr Video , BUCO , Talisman TWK , SIRAC , The Fresh Fish Market , Frameworks .

The next PARSC Rock and Surf Competition will be the Round 2 of the GM Kenrich Round Robin to be held between the Birha and Mgwalana on the 8th February 2014.