King Kahawai Competition Grey River 31st January 2010
The week’s weather was great everyone was so excited that the conditions looked like they were going to be perfect for the Clubs annual King Kahawai Competition on the Grey River on Sunday 31st January, the day dawned sunny but windy. The early bird boaties on the day had a bit of a struggle to get their boats in the water as full time was not until about 12.30 pm and with the lagoon water depth so low a few boats had a wee sit on the sand bar.
But once the fishing got under way the river was a hive of activity with approximately 30 boats counted on the river and the majority of the259 angler’s registered turning up to try their hand at catching that average sized Kahawai on the river, 67 Kahawai weighed in at the Greymouth Fishing Clubs clubrooms. Greymouth Mayor Tony Kokshoorn was on hand to hand out the many prizes.
The early bird prize of a gas BBQ & Patio Heater was won by junior angler Bethney Teasdale,
The main prize of $500.00 cash was won by junior angler Lauren Graham who also took out the junior female consolation prize with the average weight of 2.410kg.
The junior male consolation prize was won by Jon Blacktopp with the average weight of 2.420kg.
The senior male consolation prize was won by Chy Docherty with the average weight of 2.460kg.
The senior woman’s consolation prize was won by Sonia Graham with the average weight of 2.380kg.
There were numerous spot prizes given out in a lucky draw with the main spot prize of a Mission Kayak kindly donated by Mission Kayaks and Smiths City going to junior angler AC Smit.
The club would like to thank all their sponsors for helping to make this year’s King Kahawai competition a great success.