Dry Casting Report January 2004.


		Surf Casting and Angling Club of W.A. (Inc.) Dry Casting Report January 2004

The New Year has arrived but things haven't changed in regards to our venue for dry casting at Yokine Reserve.

My good wife and I arrived a tad before seven o'clock with only Bob and Terry setting up, and Jim Strong as early as always.

I got the die rolled around to select the distances and TT1 got it sorted as quick as a blink.

I must comment here that, without the help of Terry Willison and Bob Henderson in setting up the courts and layouts, we simply wouldn't have a dry casting day. In appreciation of their efforts I simply ask that casters PLEASE help with the packing up at the end of the day and give these two members a little relief.


	The Club owns an air conditioned holiday house at Kalbarri which is available for rent to the public and club members at competitive rates

The other Terry turned up and drew to my attention a comment I made in a past report. His words were something like "who upset the wind gods by cursing those damn easterlies?" Yes that indefatigable wind was blowing its heart out again.

Hendo noted that there was a guy down the other end when he was setting up that had a wind monitor. He stated that at that time the wind was blowing at about 35 kilometres per hour. Now if we could only get to cast from the other end of the park.... But alas, we are stuck with where we are.

Prior to casting I had occasion to speak with one of the local Rangers. Nice guy. He drove around our courts before we started and we all smiled when he approached another wandering pedestrian with a dog running loose, and told him to back off from where he was heading, directly into our casting courts. It would be nice to have him down there every month.

8:30 rattled up pretty quick and the veterans got into their distance casting while the seniors vainly tried to hit that pretty pink target. Mind you, Peter Stoeckel and I managed the feat, much to the disdain of several others. Especially when I hit it twice in a row. The second cast at the closest distance, then the first cast at the longest distance, followed by a big zero on the next cast. Talk about hot and cold casting. Gotta get consistent....

This day we welcomed Kevin and Janet Hughes of the Bunbury Club along. It looks like they might become regular casters as they now reside in Perth. Additionally, Abra de Klerk, a prospective new member of the SCAC came along with his South African type gear, and demonstrated that with a little practise he will also be a very competitive caster. As he said, "just got to get my gear right".

All in all, the day was most pleasant with 12 seniors, 8 veterans, 2 ladies and 2 juniors, a total of 20 people casting on this day.

A little tip for casting. When the wind is blowing as bad as it was today, try lengthening the drop on your weight and thereby throwing flatter into the wind. A high cast will indubitably result in having the weight blown back towards the caster. A low cast punches into the wind better and gets further out there. Look at the results of today's casting and see what I mean. I kept the trajectory low and ended up with my best cast some 13 metres longer than the next best caster and whopping 23 metres longer than the third best. Think about it next time and try for yourself.

A couple of matters for the Sergeant at Arms. 1. Pete Stoeckel's first cast in the 56 gram broke off and was spotted and quickly retrieved by Kevin Hughes. The weight was NOT a 56-gram unit at all, but an 84-gram (3oz) weight. Any wonder it went 160 metres into that wind.. Naughty boy Peter. 2. Normally at the conclusion of casting we have a sausage sizzle. Hendo is usually so efficient in his duties as social organiser, but, today he left the gas line for the B-B-Q at home and we were not able to cook any sausages. Come on man. I mean, I am fading away to just a shadow of myself. I need food.....

This months winners are as per the table of results below. Until next time, stay safe and remember to practise. It pays dividends, ask Roy.

TT2 (Tele Tubby 2) - DCO

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Results for the day:-

Seniors	[112 Cast 1 Metres	gram] Cast 2 Metres	112g Total Points	[56 Cast 1 Metres	gram] Cast 2 Metres	56g Total Points	Double Handed Accuracy	Single Handed Accuracy	Day Total Points
Chas Riegert	136	151	29	124	135	26	130	26	211
George Holman	132	127	26	122	0	12	137	23	198
Gary Gildersleeves	131	126	26	112	111	22	128	13	189
Joe Pullella	146	139	29	112	110	22	116	5	172
Malcolm Harris	126	134	26	110	103	21	99	16	162
Terry Willison	116	0	12	101	108	21	81	21	135
Ric Parker	0	117	12	100	0	10	100	12	134
Peter Stoeckel	0	114	11	0	92	9	113	0	133
Kevin Hughes (vis)	105	105	21	0	0	0	101	9	131
Andrew Aubrey	105	107	21	0	82	8	85	6	120
Mark Hansen	82	96	18	66	87	15	56	5	94
Abra De Klerk	94	99	19	0	0	0	50	7	76
Veterans
Roy Killick	0	98	10	85	69	15	167	29	221
Mal Head	105	102	21	90	0	9	128	25	183
Terry Fuller	79	89	17	79	0	8	142	14	181
Bob Henderson	115	109	22	107	0	11	117	20	170
Allan Jones	109	114	22	0	99	10	98	18	148
Jim Strong	73	76	15	72	52	12	91	19	137
Geoff Raftis	91	94	19	0	84	8	85	10	122
Trevor Stam	85	0	9	54	0	5	46	2	62
Ladies
Janet Hughes (vis)	81	0	8	0	0	0	76	7	91
Vix Alexander	65	0	7	0	0	0	37	2	46
Juniors
Rhys Jones	114	103	22	84	83	17	73	6	118
Andrew Stoeckel	54	0	5	35	35	7	35	16	63

Winners of the Day:-

Event:	Seniors Winner		Veterans Winner		Ladies Winner		Juniors Winner
112 gram Distance	Chas and Joe	29	Bob and Allan	22	Janet Hughes	8	Rhys Jones	22
56 gram Distance	Chas Riegert	26	Roy Killick	15	Janet and Vix	0	Rhys Jones	17
Double Handed Acc.	George Holman	137	Roy Killick	167	Janet Hughes	92	Rhys Jones	73
Single Handed Acc.	Chas Riegert	26	Roy Killick	29	Janet Hughes	8	Andrew Stoeckel	16
Days High Points	Roy Killick	221

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