PARSC ROCK AND SURF – ROUND 2 OF 2012 ROUND ROBIN COMPETITION – EXCELLENT CATCHES AGAIN !
The second round of the annual PARSC Rock and Surf Round Robin Competition was held at Mgwalana and Birha on Saturday 18th February . Conditions were good with warm and clean sea with a lot of working water . A strong easterly wind picked up later in the day . Ten teams of 4 fished the competition , together with a number of individual anglers . Overall 146.1 kg of edible fish consisting of 12 different species were caught of which 96% were successfully released .
The team with the winning IGFA points on the day was Team 4 consisting of Adrian Bezuidenhout , Leonard Bodill , Niall Borland and Jeremy Smith . Second place went to Team 10 consisting of Deon Marais, Craig Du Toit , Brendon Marais and Andrew Du Toit , with Team 6 consisting of Mark Warren ,Don Fryer , Rodger Coates and Colin Reed coming 3rd . In the Round Robin League , Team 1 beat Team 9 , Team 2 beat Team 7 , Team 6 beat Team 3 and Team 10 beat Team 8 and Team 4 beat Team 5.
The Current Top Round Robin Teams are as follows :
1ST : Team 4 : 362 pts ( Adrian Bezuidenhout , Leonard Bodhill , Jeremy Smith , Niall Borland )
2nd : Team 1 : 353 pts (Neil van der Linde , Dave Kemp , Len Titmuss , Mike Williams )
3rd : Team 6 : 297 pts ( Mark Warren , Roger Coates , Don Fryer , Colin Reed )
The top individual Angler was Neil van der Linde with a bag of 24.3 kg ,who also caught the 3 heaviest fish of the day , cob of 8.7kg , 7.4 kg and 6.0 kg respectively .He was followed by Darian Keeton with a bag of 13.4 kg , catching the heaviest bronze bream 2.3kg and the heaviest galjoen 2.2kg . Jeremy Smith came in third ,who also caught the heaviest spotted grunter 0.9kg and the heaviest pignose grunter 2.6 kg . Adrian Bezuidenhout caught the heaviest Poenskop 1.4kg , Dave Kemp the heaviest white musselcracker 5.7kg , Don Fryer the heaviest zebra 1.5kg , Ryan Reeves the heaviest shad 2.6kg , Paul knight the heaviest blacktail 1.1 kg, Rodger Coates the heaviest Yellow belly rock cod 0.7 kg , Mike Brown the heaviest banded galjoen 0.6 kg and Rob Bessenger the heaviest mullet of 1.4 kg which also won him the Sotheby’s Catch of the Day as a mullet of this size is hardly ever caught in our area on Rock and Surf tackle .
Colin Reed won the masters section (over 55’s) with7.3 kg and Brendon Marais won the U21 section with 7.5 kg There was no ladies winner and Andrew Du Toit won the U16 section with 3.7 kg .
A special thanks go to all our Round Robin Sponsors , namely : Sotheby’s , Rosehill Superspar , Pick and Pay , Kekkel and Kraai (Grahamstown ) , Solly Kramers , Feathers Farm , Kowie Toyota , South Seas Butchery , Halyards Hotel , Prestons Liquor Store , Bucklands Private Game Reserve , Sports ‘n All , Sea Star Accommodation , Sunny Sports , Kowie Timber Products , Kowie Remax , Leach Pharmacy , Ocean Basket , Wimpy , Guido’s , Specialised Petroleum Products , Home Essentials , Kowie Automotive , McCallum Brokers , Inso Aluminium ,Multi Security , Huntshoek Lodges
The next PARSC Rock and Surf Competition will be the Settlers City Toyota Under 50’s vs Over 50’s Competition at Darian’s on Saturday 3rd March with lines in at 07h00 and weigh in at the club at 17h00 followed by a Sponsored Braai .