This event saw the formal introduction of the 55g Salmon overhead distance to the list of the competition events. This was cast in the morning, alongside the T38 and T120 events. Two 55g outfits, kindly supplied by Steve Parkes and Brian Szukala, were cast by everyone – the highest result is posted here.

The day itself was sunny and warm with a patchy breeze. Unfortunately this swung round during the morning events leaving some of the right handers dealing with an on-the-shoulder wind. The lanes were re-orientated for the #5, #7 and ST27 that were cast in the afternoon.

The results in feet and inches are as follows:

#5F – Steve Parkes 126.05; James Evans 122.00; Matt Tonkin 117.02; Tracy Thomas 116.00; Mick Copeman 110.01; Lee Martell 109.05; Kei Okamoto 103.05; Gilliaum Vermeulen 100.06; Zhongziang Zhu 92.09; Neil Owens 89.08; Keith Jones 85.02; Conrad Wells 84.00; Roger Hoad 69.08; Oliver Wells (JNR) 46.05.

#7F – Steve Parkes 127.09; Tracy Thomas 121.00; Matt Tonkin 119.03; James Evans 117.09; Lee Martell 107.05; Mike Heritage 106.10; Mick Copeman 105.03; Kei Okamoto 100.09; Gilliaum Vermeulen 98.10; Zhongziang Zhu 97.07; Conrad Wells 89.09; Neil Owens 89.08; Keith Jones 80.05; Roger Hoad 75.03; Terry Hodges 58.05; Oliver Wells (JNR) 55.08.

B100 (#5 + #7) – Gilliaum Vermeulen 199.04; Zhongziang Zhu 190.04; Neil Owens 179.04; Conrad Wells 173.09; Keith Jones 165.07; Roger Hoad 144.11; Oliver Wells (JNR) 102.01.

ST27 – Kei Okamoto 145.06; James Evans 139.03; Matt Tonkin 135.02; Gilliaum Vermeulen 132.06; Tracy Thomas 131.01; Steve Parkes 127.07; Lee Martell 125.03; Mick Copeman 120.04; Keith Jones 103.04.

T38 – Steve Parkes 177.01; Matt Tonkin 156.08; Kei Okamoto 152.03; Lee Martell 134.10; Gilliaum Vermeulen 133.05; Brian Szukala 111.04.

T120 – Matt Tonkin 219.07; Gilliaum Vermeulen 213.02; Steve Parkes 205.10; James Evans 199.01; Kei Okamoto 184.11; Brian Szukala 166.04; Lee Martell 147.07.

Salmon 55g – Steve Parkes 179.02*; Brian Szukala 179.02*; James Evans 175.01; Matt Tonkin 174.11; Mike Heritage 163.06; Kei Okamoto 156.03; Gilliaum Vermeulen 150.05; Mick Copeman 139.05; Tracy Thomas 134.06, Lee Martell 128.03.
* Steve Parkes won the shoot-out with 180.05.

The overall event result was 1st Steve Parkes, 2nd Matt Tonkin, 3rd James Evans.

Records: Tracy extended her #5 and ST27 records, she also re-took the women’s #7 record. With the introduction of the new event, all 55g records were up for grabs, these were taken as follows: Steve Parkes (overall + SNR), Brian Szukala (SNR 50), Mike Heritage (SNR 60), Mick Copeman (SNR 70) and Tracy Thomas (women’s overall).

The full results from the first BFCC completion of the year are posted below. The events cast were the #5F, #7F, ST27 and T120. Distances are in feet and inches.

#5F – Toby Merigan 106.05; Andy Parkinson 102.10; Matt Tonkin 101.09; Kei Okamoto 99.03; Tony King 96.05; Rob Doyle 94.05; Mike Reynolds 92.08; David Fisher 91.01; Ian Pople 81.08; John Dawson 80.00; Chris Tucker 74.00; Dean Mockridge 63.10; James Mockridge (J) 60.00; Max Mockridge (J) 44.00

#7F – Toby Merigan 112.10; Matt Tonkin 112.03; Kei Okamoto 108.08; Andy Parkinson 108.06; Rob Doyle 107.10; Tony King 99.00; Ian Pople 92.09; John Dawson 92.01; David Fisher 88.10; Chris Tucker 85.07; Mike Reynolds 77.10; Dean Mockridge 74.01; James Mockridge (J) 66.00; Max Mockridge (J) 57.00

ST27 – Toby Merigan 141.03; Matt Tonkin 140.11; Rob Doyle 136.06; Kei Okamoto 127.11; John Dawson 125.06; Tony King 124.01; Ian Pople 111.06; David Fisher 99.06; Mike Reynolds 84.04

T120 – Matt Tonkin 212.03; Kei Okamoto 190.07; Tony King 169.01; Rob Doyle 159.10; Toby Merigan 159.06; Mike Reynolds 148.11; Ian Pople 140.10 ; David Fisher 128.00

Overall Position – Toby Merigan 10; Matt Tonkin 10; Kei Okamoto 15; Rob Doyle 20; Tony King 22; Andy Parkinson 27; Ian Pople 32; John Dawson 34; Mike Reynolds 35; David Fisher 35; Chris Tucker 42; Dean Mockridge 45; James Mockridge (J) 47; Max Mockridge (J) 49