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UKSF Casting 1998
2/3May 1998 UKSF Casting Qualifiers
03.04.98
By Jeff Hayward
The event was 1st UKSF qualifier. There are 4 qualifying events, 1 a month,
each event gains the entrants points.
50 for 1st, 49 2nd, 48 3rd etc. After the 4 qualifiers, the top 40 accumulated
points scorers are able to take part in the final.
All the UKs this year will be held at Huntingdon racecourse Cambridgeshire, a change from last years venue the East of England showground at Peterborough.
The rules changed this year to allow the use of lighter line for 125g, 0.28mm minimum as opposed to 0.35mm for 150 & 175g.The light line is enabling casters to hit big distances and allowing more newfaces in the top 10. Because of the decrease in weight holding back the pendulum casters, longer rods are becoming more common , this produces a bigger arc and therefore increases in tip speed, Danny is using a 16 feet Kompressor Raptor to great effect, try using one of those on the beach!!!
UKSF at the weekend was once again dominated by THAT BELGIUM.Conditions were quite good. A fresh 15-20mph wind with gusts over 30mph,mostly in court but tending to favour the right side.
There are prizes at each event in the form of trophys and rods.
Sundays prizes were 1 x Zziplex Zero Plus, 1 x Zziplex ZF250, 1 x Zziplex
Powertex Bass for top 3 casters.
Overall there are trophys for top 3 in each weight 125,150 & 175g and
also Trophys for best newcomer (Steve Owers) and caster of the day Danny
Moeskops (Not surprising as he won all 3 weight categories AGAIN )
I`m unsure of prizes at the final not having been in one yet, but I think
there are prizes for lower places than the qualifiers. Results
Table for 1st round
| Position
Name Distance metres Weight |
1
Danny Moeskops 260.79 125 g |
2
Andy Green 260.02 125 g |
3
David Vicary 257.39 125 g |
4
Neil Kelland 255.60 125 g |
5
Andy Regan 254.10 125 g |
| Position
Name Distance metres Weight |
6
Bradley Riseborough 253.24 125 g |
7
Peter Thain 249.14 125 g |
8
Neil Mackellow 246.96 125 g |
9
Barry Blakeman 244.60 125 g |
10
Steven Owers 243.99 125 g |
| Position
Name Distance metres Weight |
11
Adrian Dunn 243.13 125 g |
12
Garry Blanchard 242.87 125 g |
13
Dennis Retter 242.07 125 g |
14
Roger Mortimer 238.26 125 g |
15
John Lambert 236.10 125 g |
| Position
Name Distance metres Weight |
16
Dave Coad 235.77 125 g |
17
Brian Holden 234.25 125 g |
18
Ian Bellis 230.53 125 g |
19
Derek Harris 230.30 125 g |
20
Andy Champkin 229.78 150 g |
| Position
Name Distance metres Weight |
21
Jeff Hayward 229.61 175 g |
22
Mick Jeffery 229.12 125 g |
23
Tony Foster 227.15 150 g |
24
Robert Wood 227.11 125 g |
25
Darren Grant 227.10 125 g |
| Position
Name Distance metres Weight |
26
Paul Macintyre 225.36 125 g |
27
Stuart Carlile 225.17 125 g |
28
Alan Forder 224.72 125 g |
29
Seb Shelton 224.14 125 g |
30
Colin Howlett 223.59 125 g |
| Position
Name Distance metres Weight |
31
John Jenkinson 223.49 150 g |
32
Aaron Brown 223.37 175 g |
33
Colin Francis 222.33 125 g |
34
Tony King 221.73 125 g |
35
David Hughes 220.82 125 g |
| Position
Name Distance metres Weight |
36
Tony Jones 219.67 150 g |
37
Malcolm Green 214.40 125 g |
38
Mark Cousens 212.58 125 g |
39
Simon Noakes 211.75 125 g |
40
Len Williams 210.27 125 g |
| Position
Name Distance metres Weight |
41
Mo Hanberger 209.76 125 g |
42
Mike Collingwood 202.61 125 g |
43
Peter Neale 202.52 125 g |
44
Steve Nelson 201.66 125 g |
45
Graeme Clarkson 198.94 150 g |
| Position
Name Distance metres Weight |
46
Phil Gaywood 191.13 125 g |
I`ll get all the prize winners for the next event and try to jot down some notes on the day especially for those embarrassing or comical moments.
UKSF Round 2
14.06.98
By Jeff Hayward
Generally it was a poor casting day, wind was at best in the far right of court and at times was a 90 degree cross wind, coupled with humid heavy air distances were down across the board.
Plenty of people spent the day cracking off probably down to conditions.Danny cracked off the first five rounds and was not a happy bunny flying rods and reels bore testament to this.
the overall results are attached and here are the results of the rest of the different caregories
125 g
1...Andy Green 226.45 m
2...Garry Blanchard 224.18 m
3...Peter Thain 220.53 m
150 g
1...Bradley Riseborough 225.73 m
2...David Vicary 221.89 m
3...Peter Thain 220.10 m
175 g
1...Danny Moeskops 241.30 m
2...David Vicary 236.70 m
3...Bradley Riseborough 233.70 m
Interesting to note that 175 g took top three places overall
Andy Green hit the centre line at over 220 m to take the centre line prize
Steve Owers was the farthest casting newcomer to take the newcomer prize, he also walked off with caster of the day for casting well with all three weights.
U.K.S.F. 2
POSITION NAME WEIGHT DISTANCE(m) ****(I'll
put this in a nice table when I get a chance....)****
1 Danny Moeskops 175 241.30
2 David Vicary 175 236.70
3 Bradley Riseborough 175 233.70
4 Neil Kelland 175 232.51
5 Andy Green1 125 226.45
6 Garry Blanchard 125 224.18
7 Andy Champkin 125 220.84
8 Peter Thain 125 220.53
9 Andy Regan 125 219.35
10 Brian Holden 125 218.89
11 Neil Mackellow 125 218.56
12 Colin Howlett 125 218.49
13 Robert Wood 125 218.26
14 Ian Wells 175 218.23
15 Aaron Brown 175 215.82
16 Dave Coad 125 215.50
17 Tony Jones 125 213.75
18 Derek Harris 125 213.29
19 Steve Owers 125 212.96
20 Dennis Retter 125 212.83
21 Adrian Dunn 125 210.97
22 John Lambert 125 210.94
23 Andy Lambert 125 210.63
24 Barry Blakeman 125 210.57
25 Alan Forder 175 210.00
26 Mick Jeffrey 125 209.48
27 Darren Grant 150 207.32
28 Tony King 175 207.21
29 Ian Bellis 125 206.43
30 Dean Murphy 125 206.07
31 Stuart Carlile 125 205.71
32 Jeff Hayward 175 204.70
33 John Jenkinson 150 203.10
34 Seb Shelton 125 202.61
35 Simon Noakes 150 200.97
36 Colin Francis 125 199.89
37 Tony Foster 150 199.38
38 Malcolm Green 125 199.28
39 Mark Cousens 125 199.00
40 David Hughes 125 196.60
41 Len Williams 125 196.40
42 Mo Hanberger 125 193.64
43 Steve Nelson 125 191.61
44 Lee Adams(jnr) 150 185.00
UKSF Round 3
05.07.98
By Jeff Hayward
Conditions for UK 3 were OK'ish wind was 10 - 15 or a little more but unfortunately out of court right all day.To have a chance of a big chuck you needed to be as far right as possible,the lower than expected distances were probably due to the side wind.
Danny was in better form winning by a country mile and not having the crack off problrms of UK2.
Nice to see 4 of the top 6 distances were with the bigger leads and .35 mm line but once again the majority of casters opted for the "freshwater" or "faggot" gear as we call it .28mm line and 125g leads.
Top three 175g chucks
Danny Moeskops 261.45m
David Vicary 244.04m
Neil Kelland 239.83m
150g
Bradley Riseborough 242.25m
Syd Burtcher 215.31m
Tony Foster 213.85m
125g
Danny Moeskops 253.00m
Andy Green 242.91m
Peter Thain 240.27m
Malcolm Greenwon centre line with 15cm
Dennis Retter took caster of the day for the best average with all 3 weights
Tony Jones hit a excellent 236.33 to take grade 2and Peter Neale grade 3 (I`ll find out next time what the different grades relate to) Best newcomer on the day was Rob Caley.
U.K.S.F. 3
POSITION NAME WEIGHT
DISTANCE(m)
****(I'll put this in a nice table when I get a chance....)****
1 Danny Moeskops 175 261.45
2 David Vicary 175 244.04
3 Andy Green 125 242.91
4 Bradley Riseborough 150 242.25
5 Peter Thain 125 240.27
6 Neil Kelland 175 239.83
7 Andy Regan 125 239.63
8 Tony Jones 125 236.37
9 Adrian Dunn 125 235.78
10 Andy Champkin 125 234.05
11 Dennis Retter 125 233.25
12 Derek Harris 125 233.03
13 Garry Blanchard 125 232.73
14 Jeff Hayward 175 231.20
15 Brian Holden 125 228.21
16 Ian Wells 175 228.15
17 Andy Lambert 125 228.11
18 Dave Coad 125 227.93
19 Robert Wood 125 227.87
20 Simon Noakes 125 225.94
21 Aaron Brown 125 225.40
22 Paul Macintyre 125 224.85
23 Syd Burtcher 125 223.81
24 Barry Blakeman 125 223.80
25 Colin Howlett 125 223.74
26 Darren Grant 125 222.98
27 Mick Jeffery 125 222.60
28 Mark Cousens 125 218.39
29 John Lambert 125 215.97
30 John Jenkinson 125 215.78
31 Ian Bellis 125 215.25
32 Alan Forder 175 214.89
33 Tony Foster 125 214.14
34 Seb Shelton 125 212.46
35 Colin Francis 125 211.83
36 Tony King 175 211.04
37 Malcolm Green 125 209.45
38 David Hughes 125 209.13
39 Len Williams 125 207.23
40 Stuart Carlile 150 202.17
41 Peter Neale 125 201.76
42 Rob Caley 150 200.32
43 Steve Nelson 125 196.40
44 Mo Hanberger 125 192.02
45 Mike Colinwood 125 190.78
46 Lee Adams 150 190.01
U.K.S.F. 4
02.08.98
By Jeff Hayward
From what I can remember it was a frustrating day with the variable winds living up to the term `variable.`
Distances were a bit of a lottery, with the wind direction changing almost for every cast.
Once again Danny reigned supreme and put metres on the best of the rest.
The top 40 casters over the 4 grand prix have now been invited to the masters final, which will take place on 20th September, with the clubmans event, on the 6th September.
POSITION NAME DISTANCE(m)
WEIGHT
****(I'll put this in a nice table when I get a chance....)****
1st Danny Moeskops 252.00 175
2nd Bradley Riseborough 243.91 175
3rd Peter Thain 239.89 125
4th David Vicary 239.80 175
5th Neil Kelland 235.63 125
6th Andy Green 233.48 125
7th Andy Regan 229.33 125
8th Colin Howlett 224.43 125
9th Neil Mackellow 223.62 125
10th Dennis Retter 223.58 125
11th Adrian Dunn 223.27 150
12th Ian Wells 222.10 175
13th Andy Champkin 222.03 125
14th John Lambert 220.47 125
15th Robert Wood 220.38 125
16th Steve Owers 219.89 125
17th Barry Blakeman 217.73 125
18th Garry Blanchard 217.40 150
19th Mark Cousens 216.47 125
20th Derek Harris 216.31 125
21st Tony Jones 215.54 125
22nd Ian Bellis 213.23 125
23rd Aaron Brown 213.18 125
24th Paul Macintyre 212.14 125
25th David Hughes 211.59 125
26th Andy Lambert 211.57 125
27th Darren Grant 211.25 150
28th Simon Noakes 210.74 125
29th Brian Holden 210.21 125
30th Jeff Hayward 209.43 175
31st Seb Shelton 207.81 125
32nd Alan Forder 207.33 175
33rd Tony Foster 204.76 150
34th Stuart Carlile 203.50 150
35th Colin Francis 197.54 125
36th Peter Neale 197.20 125
37th John Jenkinson 196.86 150
38th Len Williams 192.32 125
39th Phil Gaywood 193.78 125
40th Rob Caley 190.58 150
U.K.S.F. Final
06.09.98
By Jeff Hayward
Once again big Danny did the business and kicked ass big time winning everything he was eligeble for.
Weather was a lottery again with conditions poor all day with the wind generally out of court to the left only occasionaly straightening enough to add distance to those fortunate few who were on the oche at the right time.
Must get down to sorting out the casting page with Tony I`ll give him a ring and sort out a day of nonstop computing.
Position |
Name |
Distance (m) |
Weight (g) |
1st |
Danny Moeskops |
252.00 |
175 |
2nd |
Bradley Riseborough |
243.91 |
175 |
3rd |
Peter Thain |
239.89 |
125 |
4th |
David Vicary |
239.80 |
175 |
5th |
Neil Kelland |
235.63 |
125 |
6th |
Andy Green |
233.48 |
125 |
7th |
Andy Regan |
229.33 |
125 |
8th |
Colin Howlett |
224.43 |
125 |
9th |
Neil Mackellow |
223.62 |
125 |
10th |
Dennis Retter |
223.58 |
125 |
11th |
Adrian Dunn |
223.27 |
150 |
12th |
Ian Wells |
222.10 |
175 |
13th |
Andy Champkin |
222.03 |
125 |
14th |
John Lambert |
220.47 |
125 |
15th |
Robert Wood |
220.38 |
125 |
16th |
Steve Owers |
219.89 |
125 |
17th |
Barry Blakeman |
217.73 |
125 |
18th |
Garry Blanchard |
217.40 |
150 |
19th |
Mark Cousens |
216.47 |
125 |
20th |
Derek Harris |
216.31 |
125 |
21st |
Tony Jones |
215.54 |
125 |
22nd |
Ian Bellis |
213.23 |
125 |
23rd |
Aaron Brown |
213.18 |
125 |
24th |
Paul Macintyre |
212.14 |
125 |
25th |
David Hughes |
211.59 |
125 |
26th |
Andy Lambert |
211.57 |
125 |
27th |
Darren Grant |
211.25 |
150 |
28th |
Simon Noakes |
210.74 |
125 |
29th |
Brian Holden |
210.21 |
125 |
30th |
Jeff Hayward |
209.43 |
175 |
31st |
Seb Shelton |
207.81 |
125 |
32nd |
Alan Forder |
207.33 |
175 |
33rd |
Tony Foster |
204.76 |
150 |
34th |
Stuart Carlile |
203.50 |
150 |
35th |
Colin Francis |
197.54 |
125 |
36th |
Peter Neale |
197.20 |
125 |
37th |
John Jenkinson |
196.86 |
150 |
38th |
Len Williams |
192.32 |
125 |
39th |
Phil Gaywood |
193.78 |
125 |
40th |
Rob Caley |
190.58 |
150 |
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