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PRESS
RELEASE 2002 DIPLOMATIC FISHING TOURNAMENT
The
2002 Diplomatic Fishing Tournament took place during the
weekend of 16-17 November at Buckenderra Holiday Village
on Lake Eucumbene. The mainly fine, sunny weather over
the weekend made the event most enjoyable for participants.
However, as is often the case in such conditions, the
fishing was fairly tough.
18
Diplomatic Missions, involving 109 anglers (89 adults
and 20 juniors) and 15 teams took part in the tournament
and social weekend. In total 41 fish were weighed in (since
only the heaviest fish caught counts, not all fish are
weighed in), with an average weight of 661 grams. The
most successful method this year was trolling which accounted
for some 70% of fish weighed-in. Bait fishing followed
second with 20%, with fly fishing registering 10% of the
catch. Approximately 75% of the entire catch were rainbows.
Jeff
Boyd fishing for the New Zealand High Commission, was
this year's Individual Grand Open Champion, with an excellent
52 cm brown trout weighing 1678 grams, caught trolling
at Middling Bank. Jeff won a Magellan 310 GPS provided
by Downtown Duty Free. Additionally, he will enjoy a dinner
for two courtesy of the Hyatt Hotel Canberra.
The
New Zealand team comprising Jeff Boyd, David Brooks, and
Mark Elliott took out the all important team event with
a cumulative catch weight of 3195 grams. Thanks to the
DFT Organising Committee, the victors will dine at the
Crowne Plaza, Brindabella Seafood Buffet. Runners up were
the Afghanistan and Department of Foreign Affairs and
Trade teams placing second and third, respectively.
A
47cm, 1066 gram brown, put Colin Myles fishing for the
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, first in the
Individual Adults Division. Colin’s reward will be to
spend a week on Lake Eucumbene, courtesy of Buckenderra
Holiday Village. Another outstanding achievement was consecutive
wins of the Fly-fishing category by Monir Farhadi,(Afghanistan),
which will allow him a free visit to fish Bocco Homestead
on the MacLaughlin River.
The
Juniors (under 15 years old) were led by Ali Saikal, (Afghanistan
Embassy), whose 1346 gram brown landed him a fly rod,
reel, and casting lessons courtesy of Pratt's Tackle Box
and Anglers' Art.
For
further information please contact: Bill Huber, Chair,
Diplomatic Fishing Tournament, phone (02) 6261 2206, fax
6261 3779, mobile 0408 486 204.
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