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17th Jan.1999
By Tony Swain

Casting was in one of the fields used by the Waymouth Casting Club (run by Andy Holland) within the Maiden Castle area just outside Dorchester.

The field was apalling, being water logged in places with mud 6 inches deep mid way across the court.
The wind direction was SW about 20 mph all day, staying in court or 'there abouts' all day.

In all about 30 casters turned up dispite the cold conditions and being Cod season. Casters used all of the weight catagories under UKSF rules: 125 gram ( 0.28 mm line), 150 gram ( 0.35 mm line) and 175 gram (0.35 mm line).

Three casters travelled from the Isle of Weight ( Bennett, Jackson and Jarvis ) and several from Cornwall. The standard of casting was very high indeed with approximately 12 people over 250 yds.

I did not cast well, more practice required me thinks when the weather is better...

Pos'n Yards Name
1 271 Barry Painter
2 271 Andy Green
3 269 Paul Jackson
4 267 Garry Dickerson
5 265 John Lambert
6 263 Jeff Hayward
7 259 Rob Bennett
8 258 Tony Swain
9 256 Dennis Retter

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Sunday 24th Jan.1999

by Tony Swain

Venue: South Wales ( Pen Coed )

The comps are open to all and are run under the Sea Angler rules NOT UKSF rules.
The difference being that Sea Angler does not allow the use of 0.28 mm main line only 0.35mm allowed.

Weather: The mist cleared about an hour before the casting started and there was no wind at all during the morning. As the day went on a sea breeze sprung up across court which picked up as the day went on reducing distances considerably.

Results were:

Pos'n
Name
Yards
1
Jeff Hayward
233
2
Joe Dowling
227
3
Derek Liddle
227
4
Philip Jones
226
5
Tony Swain
216
6
Pete Berry
215
7
Graham Hunter
207
8
Glynn Rodd
205
9
Mike Dixon
201
10
Mark Jones
201
11
Shaun March
200
12
Mark Bousie
199
13
Dave Benson
191
14
Peter Hall
179
15
Nick Wood
173
16
Pete Tyrrell
171
17
Alan Shepard
167
18
Brian King
155

Dates for Pen Coed this year.

30th May

13th June

11th July

8th August

29th August

19th September

31st October

28th November

12th December

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UKSF Grand Prix results for 18th April 1999.

Jeff Hayward

This year the rules show a change from the longest cast with any weight winning the tournament to a new format.

There is now a season long British Championship, which will be used as a ranking event for selection to the International Team.

Competitors are allowed to compete in three events i.e., 125 gram, 150 gram and 175 gram weight categories; but they will only be able to have a maximum of six attempts in any one weight category. Finishing positions will be calculated by the addition of the longest casts made in two weight events. Running at the same time as the British Championship there will also be the UKSF Grand Prix champions and Masters Champion and will work with last years rulings i.e., the longest cast with either of the three weight events will be counted and the caster at each competition with the longest cast will both receive a trophy as Grand Prix champion and be awarded maximum points. These points are accrued throughout the Grand Prix and the top 40 competitors are invited to the UKSF Masters final to battle it out for the 1999 UKSF Masters title.

The Grand Prix dates are 18 April, 23rd May, 4th July and 22nd August with the Clubman's Final on 5th September and the Masters Final on 19th September, all held at Huntington Racecourse. UKSF are also running a two day International event on Saturday July 31st and Sunday 1st August at the Gainsborough Sports Centre, Ipswich. This is an opportunity to see the top casters from Britain the Europe, South Africa etc. compete of the two days.

British Championship Prix Results

Position
Name
Points
1
D. Vicory
465.75
2
M. Watson
458.84
3
P. Thain
452.62
4
A. Regan
445.04
5
A. Green
443.49
6
B. Riseborough
442.32
7
J. Lambert
439.58
8
J. Hayward
435.52
9
N. Mackellow
434.56
10
R. Bennett
434.24
11
A. Dunn
432.92
12
M. Birks
432.40
13
S. Owers
424.49
14
P. Jackson
422.25
15
R. Wood
421.55
16
P. Jones
419.43
17
A. Brown
417.85
18
R. Caley
417.09
19
D. Retter
413.23
20
T. Jones
413.07
21
B. Holden
412.36
22
S. Carslile
412.06
23
D. Kay
411.85
24
D. Coad
407.82
25
P. Macintyre
407.32
26
I. Wells
407.29
27
B. Painter
405.14
28
A. Champkin
405.12
29
D. Aughes
401.77
30
N. Conlon
399.52
31
C. Howlett
398.45
32
S. Podwell
391.66
33
D. Jarvis
391.57
34
S. Shelton
391.03

125 gram event Results.

Position
Name
Yard's
1
M. Watson
233.05
2
A. Green
230.95
3
D. Vicory
229.36
4
J. Lambert
224.91
5
A. Dunn
221.16
6
P. Thain
221.07
7
M. Birks
220.83
8
A. Regan
220.61
9
J. Hayward
220.32
10
R. Bennett
218.24
11
N. Mackellow
215.56
12
D. Andrews
214.29
13
D. Kay
213.22
14
S. Owers
 210.17
15
P. Macintyre
 209.87
16
P. Jackson
 209.75
17
S. Carslile
 209.57
18
M. Jeffery
 209.03
19
I. Bellis
 207.95
20
T. Jones
 207.80
21
D. Retter
207.02
22
D. Aughes
205.61
23
B. Holden
 202.87
24
N. Conlon
 202.75
25
D. Coad
 202.65
26
G. Van Hermert
 202.14
27
P. Jones
 201.47
28
S. Podwell
 200.96
29
M. Cousens
 200.97
30
D. Jarvis
 200.00
31
A. Miller
199.20
32
M. Green
 198.91
33
S. Shelton
 198.37
34
C. Howlett
 197.12
35
B. Painter
 196.58
36
A. Champkin
 195.31
37
Mo. Manburger
 194.00

150 gram event Results.

Position
Name
Yard's
1
 B. Riseborough 220.00
2
 P. Jones 217.96
3
 J. Lambert 214.67
4
 S. Owers 213.66
5
 A. Green 212.54
6
 A. Dunn 211.76
7
 R. Caley 210.49
8
 A. Champkin 209.81
9
 B. Holden 209.49
10
 G. Dickerson 205.90
11
 A. Brown 204.36
12
 S. Carslile 202.49
13
 C. Howlett 201.33
14
 C. Francis 201.02
15
 P. Jackson 199.71
16
 R. Wood 197.75
17
 P. Macintyre 197.45
18
 I. Wells 196.81
19
 N. Conlon 196.77
20
 D. Aughes 196.16
21
 M. Birks 196.03
22
 J. Jenkinson 195.08
23
 T. Jones 193.30

175 gram event Results.

Position
Name
Yard's
1
 D. Moeskops 240.88
2
 D. Vicory 236.39
3
 P. Thain 231.55
4
 M. Watson 225.79
5
 A. Regan 224.431
6
 K. Southey 223.10
7
 B. Riseborough 222.32
8
 N. Mackellow 219.00
9
 R. Bennett 216.00
10
 J. Hayward 215.20
11
 A. Brown 213.49
12
 M. Birks 211.57
13
 I. Wells 210.48
14
 B. Painter 208.56
15
 T. Jones 207.80
16
 R. Caley 206.60
17
 D. Retter 206.21
18
 D. Coad 205.17
19
 D. Kay 198.63
20
 S. Shelton 192.66
21
 D. Jarvis 191.57
22
 S. Podwell 190.70

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