Results from 2018 GXB Competition

Results from the 2018 GXB Surfcasting Competition on November 2-3 were as follows. JUNIORS (pool fishing, rubber fish), snapper: Layla Woods 5.61kg (winning $100) 1, Kahlia Kaaka 4.61kg ($50) 2, Parker/ Wairahi Everitt 4.22kg ($25) 3; trevally: Wairahi Everitt 5.32kg ($50) 1, Maahia Golley 3.95kg ($20) 2, Tumanako Kaaka 3.79kg ($15) 3, kahawai: Tyler Woods 2.04kg ($50) 1, Kora Cooper 1.99kg ($20) 2, Lennox Everitt 1.89kg ($15) 3; Average weight: Astyn Everitt/ Wairahi Everitt 2.86kg ($100 shared); Earlybird draw, $300 voucher: W Everitt; Cash draws, three x $100: Mita Cooper, Kahlia Kaaka and one mystery issue prize. INTERMEDIATE, snapper: Rangimarie Slade 5.2kg ($200), Krystal Yates 5.19kg ($150) 2, Mekhi Heka 4.3kg ($100) 3; trevally: Andre Lee 4.8kg ($100), Krystal Yates 4.74kg ($75), Taimana Yerkovich 4.03kg ($50); kahawai: Harry Taffe 2.85kg ($100), Shardon Frost 2.43kg ($75), Tylah Maunder 1.96kg ($50): Average weight, 2.10kg: Hazel Snowden 2.09kg ($200), early bird ($300 voucher): Tu Everitt, cash draw: Keria Kaaka ($100) and two mystery lucky draws.

SENIOR, snapper: Glen Vincent 6.98kg ($500), Stephen Heka 6.3kg ($300), Matt Evans 6.07kg ($200); trevally: Steve Petricevich 6.805kg ($200), Tim Everitt 6.35kg ($150), Mark French 6.19kg ($100), kahawai: Jill Wilson 4.01kg ($200), Steve Malcon 3.03kg ($150), Gavin Parlour 2.82kg ($100). Average wight of 2.44kg was shared was shared by three anglers, thus taking $600 each: Chad Prentice, Dave Hallett and Mark Frost all with 2.44kg Ladies: Tamala Ukufia 5.93kg (sponsored product). Early bird prize (chilly bin and other): Shanda Hohepa, Barbecue and meat voucher: Johnny Everitt. Also, Boro Everitt Memorial Trophy mystery weight (set at 7.10kg): Glen Vincent 6.98kg. Furthest travelled (winning monogrammed sports bags), male: Gary Baxter from Inverall, NSW, Australia, and female: Leanne Rider Brisbane, Australia.

Other lucky draw winners included Jet Lee and Kaneihana Kaaka: gravity deck chairs, Pera Matchit: navigation systems, Panama Poiafati: bluetooth stereo system, Dennis Clarke and Maya Job: picnic/ barbecue table, Tapa Henry: weedeater, Matt Evans: 32” television, Quintin Nathan: set of quad bike tyres, Tumoana Ukufia: 90ltr chilly bin, Mariah Hohepa Everitt: 4WD tyres, Jerry ‘Squid’ Brown: tipping car trailer with cage.

See Tuesday’s edition for a report on the event.