Results – Dodleston, Cheshire. 18/09/21

The Dodleston venue was selected to replace the Oswestry event (due to issues with the grass not being cut in previous years). The ground was ideal for the casting comps and instruction given its large area and lack of surrounding obstructions for the wind. Unfortunately the strong wind hoped for by the competition casters (but perhaps not the instructors) was not forecast but we did have a consistent, light southerly. The competition events kicked off with a very exiting accuracy event where Kei broke the overall record – he held this record for all of 4 minutes before TC grabbed it back. The T38, S55 and T120 were next up, followed by the #5, #7 and ST27 after a refreshment break. The following results are in feet and inches:

#5 Trout Distance: Zhongxiang Zhu 133.01; Kei Okamoto 130.01; James Evans 127.06; Steve Parkes 123.07; Tracy Thomas 112.00; Mike Heritage 110.06; Andrew Bagshaw 105.06; Stuart Tod 96.00; Paul Brown 91.09; Andy Henderson 86.10; Geoff Lawrence 84.06; Stephen Lindley 80.10.

Virtual #5 Trout Distance: Jose Nieto 128.11, Nick Moore 120.02

#7 Trout Distance: Zhongxiang Zhu 138.04; James Evans 135.00; Andrew Bagshaw 129.07; Steve Parkes 125.10; Kei Okamoto 125.02; Tracy Thomas 123.05; Mike Heritage 120.07; Paul Brown 110.01; Stuart Tod 107.09; Stephen Lindley 94.09; Andy Henderson 94.07; Geoff Lawrence 94.06.

Virtual #7 Trout Distance: Jose Nieto 135.02

B100 (#5 + #7): Paul Brown 201.10; Andy Henderson 181.05; Geoff Lawrence 179.00; Stephen Lindley 175.07.

ST27: Zhongxiang Zhu 151.10; Kei Okamoto 149.08; Mike Heritage 147.06; James Evans 143.01; Andrew Bagshaw 140.01; Steve Parkes 137.07; Stuart Tod 131.08; Tracy Thomas 129.00; Paul Brown 109.10; Andy Henderson 106.03; Geoff Lawrence 73.05.

S55: James Evans 190.03; Kei Okamoto 186.11; Steve Parkes 176.02; Stuart Tod 172.06; Tracy Thomas 155.05; Paul Brown 151.00; Mike Heritage 150.06; Zhongxiang Zhu 141.09; Andrew Bagshaw 118.00; Geoff Lawrence 117.04; Andy Henderson 116.04.

T38: James Evans 176.05; Stuart Tod 176.05; Andrew Bagshaw 169.00; Kei Okamoto 162.05; Zhongxiang Zhu 148.02; Tracy Thomas 140.07; Steve Parkes 133.06; Paul Brown 128.03; Andy Henderson 116.05; Geoff Lawrence 110.00.

T120: James Evans 210.06; Stuart Tod 200.08; Kei Okamoto 199.02; Andrew Bagshaw 174.00; Geoff Lawrence 172.06; Zhongxiang Zhu 170.07; Steve Parkes 170.06; Tracy Thomas 165.08; Andy Henderson 164.02; Paul Brown 147.07.

Accuracy (points): Zhongxiang Zhu 61; Kei Okamoto 59; James Evans 49; Tracy Thomas 39; Mike Heritage 32; Stuart Tod 29; Steve Parkes 22; Andy Henderson 19; Andrew Bagshaw 16; Paul Brown 13; Geoff Lawrence 10

Overall event (points): 1st James Evans 15, 2nd Kei Okamoto 20, 3rd Zhongxiang Zhu 23.

Records: Zhongxiang Zhu extended his Overall Accuracy record and Kei extended the S50 target in the same event. Kei also beat the S50 #5 record previously held by James Evans with cast of over 130ft. Mike Heritage beat the V70 ST27 record, previously held by Mick Copeman, by over 10ft. Well done all!

Badges: John Lomas was delighted to upgrade his 25yd badge acquired a few years ago to a 30yd badge – well done John.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 at 8:13 pm and is filed under Results. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.