Comment from Paul Arden – Just back from the BFCC’s competition day. A great day, plenty of casting, and the casting is getting better. I’m not quite on form but I’ve been fishing in Canada and so that’s my excuse and I’m sticking with it. Managed a couple of victories, one a scrape win in the #5 distance and the other a surprise win in the T120. Jonathan Tomlinson pulled victory in the #7 and neither Mike nor I could beat him! Mick Bell won the T38. Next year we’ll be making sure both join us for a complete weekend so I can Palinka Sabotage their game like everyone else’s.

Special mention goes to Adam who threw 116′ in the #7 and 111′ in the #5. Snake Pliskin threw over 100′. Alex swore in Russian a few times.

A wonderful day as always, expertly organised by Mike Marshall. Mike, if you don’t know, instructs at Hanningfield, where we first met ten years ago, back in the days when I was teaching at Ardleigh. He’s a competition caster and despite the fact that he’s 103 (fishing seasons) old, he still regularly wins full line and shooting head stuff. In fact he holds the #7 record, which is outstanding

#5 – Paul Arden  122′ 5″; John Reynolds  119′ 1″; Mike Heritage  118′ 6″; Jonathan Tomlinson  113′ 4″; Adam Denes 111′ 5″; Mick Bell  109′ 2″; Andrew Bagshaw 103′ 10″; Dean Bass  95′ 7″; Andy Miller 92′ 9″; Tony Bennett  87′ 7″; Colin Howlett 85′.

#7 – Jonathan Tomlinson  132′ 4″; Paul Arden  132′; Mike Heritage  129′ 8″; Tony Bennett 123′ 7″ S60 RECORD; Mick Bell  116′ 5″; Adam Denes  116′ 3″; Andrew Bagshaw  108′ 7″; John Bishop  107′ 9″; Colin Howlett 105′; Alex Titov  104′ 7″; Roger Miles  101′ 11″; Steve Kemp  101′; Dean Bass  96′ 11″; Geoff Mitchell  96′ 1″; Terry Jenner 91′ 7″; Roy Cannon 66′.

T38 – Mick Bell 184′ 9″; John Reynolds  183′ 5″; Paul Arden 181′ 9″; Andy Miller  177′ 7″; Andrew Bagshaw  171′ 10″; Jonathan Tomlinson 171′; Dean Bass 156′; Colin Howlett  150′; Mike Heritage  147′ 8″. Tony Bennett 141′.

T120 – Paul Arden  225′ 4″; Colin Howlett 223′ 7″; Mike Marshall 220′ 8″; Andy Miller  215′ 2″; Jonathan Tomlinson 204′ 2″; Mick Bell  201′ 3″; Andrew Bagshaw 194′ 7″; Terry Jenner  180′ 4″; John Reynolds 172′; Mike Heritage 167′ 10″.

#5F – Jonathan Tomlinson 129′ 10″ ; Mike Heritage 118′ 9″ ; John Reynolds  114′ 5″; Richard Flint  112′ ; Alex Titov  110 5″ ; Tony Bennett  110′ 2″ ; Andrew Bagshaw  103′ 11″ ; Steve Morris 101′ 5″ ; John Bishop 97′ 7″ ; Anthony Williams 96′ 2″ .

#7F – Mike Marshall  142′ 1″ OR & V70 Records ; Jonathan Tomlinson 135′ 8″ ; Mike Heritage  134′ 4″ ; Tony Bennett  118′ 8″ ; Richard Flint 116′ 3″ ; Shaun Cumming 115′ 11″ ; John Bishop 108′ ; Andrew Bagshaw  108′ ; Steve Morris  103′ ; Anthony Williams 96′ 9″ .

T 38 – John Reynolds  203′ 11″ ; Jonathan Tomlinson 203′ 1″ ; Andy Miller 186′ 10″ ; Barney Wright  171′ 6″ ; Colin Howlett  169′ 2″ ; Steve Morris  168′ 5″ ; Richard Flint  167′ 6″ ; Andrew Bagshaw  165′ 4″ ; Shaun Cumming  160′ 1″ ; Tony Bennett  159′ 8″ ; John Bishop  153′ 10″ ; Mike Heritage  151′ 5″ ; Alex Titov  137′ ; Anthony Williams  115′ 4″ .

T120 – Andy Miller  248′ 11″ ; Colin Howlett  237′ 4″ ; Jonathan Tomlinson 230′ 4″ ; Shaun Cumming  208′ 3″ ; John Reynolds  197′ ; Andrew Bagshaw  190′ 11″ ; Tony Bennett  180′ 9″ ; Mike Heritage  178′ 5″ .

Badges – 35yds Alex Titov, John Bishop.

#5F – Mike Heritage  114′ 1″ ; John Reynolds  103′ 3″ ; Tony Bennett  99′ .

#7F – Mike Marshall  130′ 10″ ; Mike Heritage 127′ 9″ ; John Reynolds  121′ Tony Bennett  111′ 11″ ; Colin Howlett  96′ 10″ ; Steve Morris 94′ 7″ ; Terry Jenner 92′ 10″ .

T38 – John Reynolds  174′ 6″ ; Mike Heritage  153′ 3″ ; Colin Howlett  151′ ; Tony Bennett  149′ 9″ .

T120 – Mike Marshall  214′ ; Mike Heritage  189′ 9″ ; Colin Howlett 180′ 8″ ; Tony Bennett  162′ 6″ ; John Reynolds  159′ .