Wednesday, May 02, 2007

 

SE Casting Tournament Results April 28/29

Results for the Sportcast USA SE Open - SE States Casting Championships

April 27, 28 & 29, 2007

Shalotte, NC

This was really a great tournament. We had a good turnout and the weather was good but not great and we had some good distances. Tommy Farmer gave another great seminar on Friday. Ron Snell from the Anyfish Anywhere (AFAW) was at the tournament all three days and he bought the entire line of Anywhere Anyfish rods for everyone to try out. We where like a bunch of kids in candy store trying out these rods and they are very impressive. Tommy made an 815 foot OTG cast with the AFAW Big Beach rod on Friday using a 150 gram weight. Everyone who “tried out” the AFAW rods really like them and many said that there were going to get one. You can purchase the AFAW rod from Tommy at Carolina Cast Pro. The barbeque lunch on Saturday that Wayne Hill provided free of charge was fantastic. Everyone ate so much that the casting in the afternoon was a little sluggish. We had quite a few new casters and one legionary caster from the eighties. Most notable of the new casters was Mike Basnitte who place in the Masters class and was banging out cast over 800 feet in practice on Friday. To my knowledge, this the first time a new caster placed in the Masters Class in their first tournament. Gary Born, who casted with greats like Rod Arra, John Holden, and Neil MacKellow in the eighties, is getting back into casting. Gary had some great storied about casting in the eighties and everyone was happy to meet him. All in all everyone had a good time and we are already looking forward to the next tournament in Crisfield on May 18, 19 & 20.



Sponsors

Anyfish Anywhere
http://www.anyfishanywhereusa.com

Carolina Cast Pro
http://www.carolinacastpro.com/

One More Cast
"Hatteras Island"
P.O. Box 544
Avon, NC 27915

Member Contributions

Tommy Farmer gave another great seminar, free to everyone who showed up on Friday. Thank you Tommy.

Wayne Hill made all the arrangements for the field, hotel, and sanitation and provided a delicious lunch to all the casters on Saturday. Thank you Wayne.

Emma Mitchell gave the Club two beautiful Sportcast USA flags which she hand sewed herself. Thank you Emma.

Thanks to all the members and casters who helped set and take down the field. .A special thanks to Wanda Pearce for doing the registration and John Pearce with helping out with everything, and Charlie and Candy Portaluppi for collection the equipment after the tournament. Without your help these event would not be possible.

Regional and State Champions

Tommy Farmer - South East Regional Champion
Tommy Farmer - North Carolina State Champion
Wayne Hill - South Carolina State Champion

Records

Tommy Farmer – 100 gram Pendulum 709.8 feet
Tommy Farmer – 6 ounce Pendulum 797.0 feet
Tommy Farmer – 6 ounce OTG 705.2 feet

Prizes
Anyfish Anywhere donated an 11 foot Estuary rod, rain jackets, rain trousers, rig wallets, velcro straps, and two very large cooking pots. One More Cast donated packs of clip down pulley rigs and Hatteras style fishfinder rigs. We also had a Zziplex rod form and an anonymous donor. The prizes were awarded by a random drawing there were enough prizes for almost all the casters. Sportcast USA wishes to thank Anyfish Anywhere, One More Cast, and the anonymous donor for their generosity.

Weather

The weather was great on Friday, practice day, with good wind and low barometric pressure. Everyone who practiced was getting good distances and Tommy has a personal best of 841.9 feet with a 150 gram weigh on a Zziplex FT. The weather on Saturday and Sunday (tournament days) was sunny and warm and the winds were changing from over the left shoulder in morning down the court in the afternoon for both days. The wind speed was between 0 and 8 mph with and an occasional gust to 15 the afternoon.

Results

Click to view results. All distances are in feet.


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