Atomic Round 3. Sydney, NSW 2018

Info Sheet

Entry List

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#	Name	Address (State)	Division
1	Steve Crawley	QLD	Open
2	Daniel Lawton	NSW	Open
3	Lex Forbes	VIC	Open	Grand Master's (65 and over)
4	Lex Court	NSW	Open	Master's (60-64)
5	Mark Knight	NSW	Open	Master's (60-64)
6	Gary Hanson	VIC	Open	Master's (60-64)
7	Neville Enright	NSW	Open
8	Mark Young	NSW	Open
9	Malcolm Halliday	NSW	Open
10	Matt Jorgensen	NSW	Open
11	Gareth Rendell-Goodhew	QLD	Open
12	Allen Parish	QLD	Open
13	Sean Hill	NSW	Open
14	Wade Walker	QLD	Open
15	Paul Hardiman	ACT	Open
16	Brett Crowe	NSW	Open
17	Gordon Gammie	NSW	Open
18	Trent Rogers	NSW	Open
19	Warren Cossell	QLD	Open
20	Paul Gann	NSW	Open
21	Ruth Beeby	VIC	Open	Women's
22	Jarred Fancett	NSW	Open
23	Shaun Chapman	NSW	Open
24	Mat Cameron	NSW	Open
25	Tom McLean	NSW	Open	Grand Master's (65 and over)
26	Scott Sandilands	QLD	Open
27	Jeremy Thomas	NSW	Open
28	Danny Jobson	NSW	Open
29	Mark Thompson	NSW	Open
30	Jon Chen	ACT	Open
31	Lee Male	NSW	Open
32	Nathaniel Latham	NSW	Open
33	Jason Meech	NSW	Open
34	Brendan Pieschel	NSW	Open
35	Mitchell Maddison	NSW	Open
36	Ryan Honeybrook	NSW	Open
37	Terry Grima	NSW	Open
38	Bill Woods	NSW	Open	Master's (60-64)
39	Bradley Hart	NSW	Open
40	Russell Babekuhl	NSW	Open
41	Josh Courts	NSW	Open
42	Gianni (GZ) Zaniol	NSW	Open
43	Adriano Tosolini	NSW	Open
44	Francis Di Mattina	NSW	Open
45	Glenn Allen	NSW	Open
46	Luke Rogan	QLD	Open
47	Heath Hardcastle	NSW	Open
48	Tony Pettie	VIC	Open
49	Cullen Di Mattina	NSW	Open	Youth (16 - under 21)
50	Cedric Lopez	NSW	Open
51	Lynden Briggs	NSW	Open
52	Zeaiter Zeaiter	NSW	Open
53	Matthew Hooper	NSW	Open
54	Andrew Taylor	NSW	Open
55	Mark Halliday	NSW	Open
56	Paul Dunlop	NSW	Open
57	Jack Gammie	NSW	Open
58	Paul Bonham	NSW	Open
59	David Hedge	NSW	Open
60	Byron Hill	NSW	Open
61	Blake Partington	NSW	Open
62	Craig Ainsworth	NSW	Open
63	Luke Atkinson	QLD	Open
64	Sam Forsythe	NSW	Open
65	John Ellis	NSW	Open	Grand Master's (65 and over)
66	Ralph Eriksson	NSW	Open
67	Doug Baker	NSW	Open
68	James Kilpatrick	NSW	Open
69	James Hayes	NSW	Open
70	Phillip Leaver	NSW	Open

Results

Place	Angler	State	Division	F1	W1	F2	W2	TF	TW	Penalty	Net	Prize
1	Chris Purnell	NSW	Open	3	2.25 kg	3	2.80 kg	6	5.05 kg		5.05 kg	$2070.00
2	Adam Costa	NSW	Open	3	1.74 kg	3	2.39 kg	6	4.13 kg		4.13 kg	$1080.00
3	Kris Hickson	NSW	Open	3	1.80 kg	3	2.28 kg	6	4.08 kg		4.08 kg	$700.00
4	Kane Terry	NSW	Open	3	2.43 kg	3	1.51 kg	6	3.94 kg		3.94 kg	$320.00
5	Glenn Allen	NSW	Open	3	1.59 kg	3	2.20 kg	6	3.79 kg		3.79 kg	$270.00
6	Richard Benson	NSW	Open	3	2.05 kg	3	1.73 kg	6	3.78 kg		3.78 kg	$240.00
7	Luke Kay	NSW	Open	3	2.07 kg	3	1.68 kg	6	3.75 kg		3.75 kg	$220.00
8	Byron Hill	NSW	Open	3	1.94 kg	3	1.71 kg	6	3.65 kg		3.65 kg	$190.00
9	David Shanahan	VIC	Open	3	1.68 kg	3	1.96 kg	6	3.64 kg		3.64 kg	$160.00
10	Sean Hill	NSW	Open	3	1.82 kg	3	1.80 kg	6	3.62 kg		3.62 kg	$130.00
11	Jack Gammie	NSW	Youth (16 - under 21)	3	2.04 kg	3	1.51 kg	6	3.55 kg		3.55 kg
12	Kevin Boese	NSW	Open	3	1.92 kg	3	1.59 kg	6	3.51 kg		3.51 kg
13	Joshua Richards	NSW	Open	3	1.66 kg	3	1.73 kg	6	3.39 kg		3.39 kg
14	Alan Coulter	NSW	Open	3	2.21 kg	3	1.17 kg	6	3.38 kg		3.38 kg
15	Brendan Pieschel	NSW	Open	3	1.23 kg	3	2.00 kg	6	3.23 kg		3.23 kg
16	Tyson Hayes	QLD	Open	3	1.28 kg	3	1.93 kg	6	3.21 kg		3.21 kg
17	Andrew Taylor	NSW	Open	3	2.11 kg	3	1.06 kg	6	3.17 kg		3.17 kg
18	James Kilpatrick	NSW	Open	3	1.60 kg	3	1.55 kg	6	3.15 kg		3.15 kg
19	Dale Baxter	VIC	Open	3	1.12 kg	3	2.02 kg	6	3.14 kg		3.14 kg
20	Carl Dubois	NSW	Open	3	1.85 kg	3	1.27 kg	6	3.12 kg		3.12 kg
21	Brad Chin	NSW	Open	3	1.43 kg	3	1.66 kg	6	3.09 kg		3.09 kg
22	David Ayton	VIC	Open	3	2.23 kg	2	0.83 kg	5	3.06 kg		3.06 kg
23	Andrew Nguyen	NSW	Open	3	1.00 kg	3	2.05 kg	6	3.05 kg		3.05 kg
24	Kayle Rattenbury	NSW	Youth (16 - under 21)	3	2.06 kg	1	0.89 kg	4	2.95 kg		2.95 kg
25	Andrew Hancox	NSW	Open	3	1.26 kg	3	1.63 kg	6	2.89 kg		2.89 kg
26	Andrew Death	NSW	Open	3	1.52 kg	3	1.36 kg	6	2.88 kg		2.88 kg
27	Daniel Rappolt	NSW	Open	3	1.32 kg	3	1.55 kg	6	2.87 kg		2.87 kg
28	Scott Marcinkowski	NSW	Open	3	2.06 kg	2	0.77 kg	5	2.83 kg		2.83 kg
29	Terry Grima	NSW	Open	2	1.00 kg	3	1.81 kg	5	2.81 kg		2.81 kg
30	David Hedge	NSW	Open	3	1.45 kg	3	1.32 kg	6	2.77 kg		2.77 kg
31	Kevin Varty	NSW	Open	3	2.09 kg	1	0.55 kg	4	2.64 kg		2.64 kg
32	Francis Di Mattina	NSW	Open	3	1.24 kg	3	1.38 kg	6	2.62 kg		2.62 kg
33	Brett Crowe	NSW	Open	3	1.56 kg	3	0.92 kg	6	2.48 kg		2.48 kg
34	Jason Reid	NSW	Open	3	1.46 kg	2	0.99 kg	5	2.45 kg		2.45 kg
35	Zeaiter Zeaiter	NSW	Open	3	1.79 kg	1	0.50 kg	4	2.29 kg		2.29 kg
36	Gary Hanson	VIC	Master's (60-64)	3	1.67 kg	1	0.53 kg	4	2.20 kg		2.20 kg
37	Lex Court	NSW	Master's (60-64)	3	1.20 kg	2	0.91 kg	5	2.11 kg		2.11 kg
38	Geoff Alford	ACT	Open	3	1.06 kg	3	1.02 kg	6	2.08 kg		2.08 kg
39	Ben Wilson	NSW	Open	3	1.30 kg	2	0.76 kg	5	2.06 kg		2.06 kg
40	Jonathan Chen	ACT	Open	3	1.46 kg	1	0.56 kg	4	2.02 kg		2.02 kg
41	Warren Forbes	NSW	Open	3	1.29 kg	2	0.72 kg	5	2.01 kg		2.01 kg
42	Matthew Petrie	VIC	Open	3	1.34 kg	1	0.65 kg	4	1.99 kg		1.99 kg
43	Tom Mcbride	ACT	Open	2	1.12 kg	2	0.87 kg	4	1.99 kg		1.99 kg
44	Steven Pryke	VIC	Youth (16 - under 21)	3	1.13 kg	2	0.84 kg	5	1.97 kg		1.97 kg
45	Paul Dunlop	NSW	Open	3	0.95 kg	2	1.00 kg	5	1.95 kg		1.95 kg
46	Chris Hokin	NSW	Open	3	1.92 kg			3	1.92 kg		1.92 kg
47	Warren Cossell	QLD	Open	3	1.32 kg	2	0.60 kg	5	1.92 kg		1.92 kg
48	Zachary Morozoff	NSW	Youth (16 - under 21)	1	0.51 kg	3	1.27 kg	4	1.78 kg		1.78 kg
49	Craig Wallace	NSW	Open			3	1.75 kg	3	1.75 kg		1.75 kg
50	Sam Blundell	NSW	Open	2	0.80 kg	2	0.92 kg	4	1.72 kg		1.72 kg
51	Adriano Tosolini	NSW	Open			3	1.66 kg	3	1.66 kg		1.66 kg
52	Simon Morley	NSW	Open	1	0.37 kg	3	1.23 kg	4	1.60 kg		1.60 kg
53	Trent Rogers	NSW	Open	1	0.56 kg	2	0.89 kg	3	1.45 kg		1.45 kg
54	Danny Jobson	NSW	Open	2	1.40 kg			2	1.40 kg		1.40 kg
55	Brian Maissin	NSW	Open	2	1.21 kg			2	1.21 kg		1.21 kg
56	Gianni Zaniol	NSW	Open	2	1.00 kg			2	1.00 kg		1.00 kg
57	Doug Baker	NSW	Open	1	0.34 kg	1	0.56 kg	2	0.90 kg		0.90 kg
58	Tameika Purnell	NSW	Women's	1	0.32 kg	1	0.48 kg	2	0.80 kg		0.80 kg
59	Michael Walker	NSW	Open	2	0.64 kg			2	0.64 kg		0.64 kg
60	Liam Mcneilly	NSW	Open	1	0.45 kg			1	0.45 kg		0.45 kg
61	Cedric Lopez	NSW	Open			1	0.43 kg	1	0.43 kg		0.43 kg
62	Aaron Rivera	NSW	Open	1	0.31 kg			1	0.31 kg		0.31 kg
63	Ralph Eriksson	NSW	Open	1	0.30 kg			1	0.30 kg		0.30 kg
64	Mitchell Maddison	NSW	Open
64	Neil Hutchins	SA	Open
64	Paul Hardiman	ACT	Open
64	Lex Forbes	VIC	Master's (60-64)
64	Con Saloumidis	NSW	Open
				Total Fish D1	Total Weight D1	Total Fish D2	Total Weight D2	Total Fish	Total Weight	Average Weight
				157	83.83 kg	135	71.75 kg	292	155.58 kg	0.53 kg
Atomic Big Bream Winner
	Angler	State	W
	Kevin Varty	NSW	1.18 kg
Mortgage Corp Monster Mover
	Angler	State	W1	W2
	Craig Wallace	NSW	0	1.75
Division Winners
Youth (16 - under 21)
	Angler	State	F1	W1	F2	W2	TF	TW
	Jack Gammie	NSW	3	2.04 kg	3	1.51 kg	6	3.55 kg
Women's
	Angler	State	F1	W1	F2	W2	TF	TW
	Tameika Purnell	NSW	1	0.32 kg	1	0.48 kg	2	0.80 kg
Master's (60-64)
	Angler	State	F1	W1	F2	W2	TF	TW
	Gary Hanson	VIC	3	1.67 kg	1	0.53 kg	4	2.20 kg
Grand Master's (65 and over)
	Angler	State	F1	W1	F2	W2	TF	TW
Pro Angler 17 Tandem (Teams Event)
	Angler	State	F1	W1	F2	W2	TF	TW
	Jamie Bowden and Tammie Arnold	NSW	1	0.37 kg			1	0.37 kg
First Time Competitors
	Angler	State	F1	W1	F2	W2	TF	TW
	Jack Kederian	NSW	3	1.51 kg	2	0.66 kg	5	2.17 kg

Videos

Day 2 Weigh-In

Day 1 Weigh-In

Report

Atomic round 3 of Hobie Kayak Bream Series 10 was contested over the April 7-8 weekend in unseasonably warm conditions in Sydney.

Anglers who made use of the pre-fish day on Friday reported that there was a lot of fish activity, in a variety of locations on the Georges River system, all well within reach of the event site at Donnelly Park.

The record field of 70 entries, was the biggest for a Sydney round since the series? beginnings in 2009. Anglers came from New South Wales (NSW), Victoria (Vic), Queensland (QLD), South Australia (SA) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), for many it was their first time fishing the Sydney arena.

On day one 157 fish were brought back to the event site, weighing a total of 83.83kg. On day two 135 fish weighing 71.75kg were caught, producing, a two-day total 292 fish which weighed 155.58kg. Surprisingly, the average weight of 530g was approximately 20% larger than the average fish caught, in all rounds across Australia, over the last 10 seasons .

A large proportion of competitors had pre-planned to fish the flats at the front of the system. They had to take on the long 8km-plus pedal from the start location to reach their spot in Woolaware Bay but most felt the haul would be well worth the time lost with a line in the water. Some headed directly there, while others stopped along the way making use of the early morning to try to bag out, or at least get some fish in their well hitting the bridge pylons, boats and channel drop-offs along the way.

Once they finally hit the flats there was still a lack of wind and for some anglers the fish weren?t reacting to presentations, so they headed for heavier structure and cover. Up among the old, boat hull wrecks, abandoned oyster paddocks, oyster racks and mangroves, the Hobie kayak anglers cast into places no boat could get anywhere near, and there were plenty good size fish to be found. New to the environment, some anglers struggled with technique and lures, while others found the right combination and were topping up their bags with half kilo plus fish.

With the main body of anglers up in Woolaware Bay, others were in small, scattered groups in the deeper channels, regularly pulling in fish that would see many of them bag out and upgrade up to around 1.5kg at the close of each session.

Other solitary anglers were regularly on the move, hitting the variety of built up and natural structure that hugs the shoreline in the endless number of small bays and jutting headlands sitting in the Georges River.

One angler though, did more leg work than most and all alone he headed to the flat weed beds in 1 to 1.2 metres beyond the shores of Towra Point.

PURNELL PACKS A MIGHTY PUNCH

Chris Purnell from Sanctuary Point travelled almost to Kurnell to fish on his own, no other angler coming within 1km of him over the two days of competition.

?We don?t have a lot of structure down the south coast where I come from. So, I thought if I want to fish the way I like to fish then I?m going to have to do the miles?.

At the close of the day one session, after cranking all day on the flats at Towra, except for a few casts at Towra Point, Purnell had only caught 3 bream. Three bream, however, that were big enough to see him sitting in second place on 2.25kg, just 180g behind day one leader Kane Terry on 2.43kg.

Up at Towra once again, in the morning on day two, with no early fish in the well and no contact with other anglers, Purnell was getting fairly edgy feeling his place near the top of the leaderboard was slipping away. He relaxed a little after catching his first fish just before 9:00am, with two hours of the day gone there was plenty of time left. He relaxed, enjoyed his fishing and by around 11am he had a full bag.

Purnell only caught four fish on the day, upgrading around 11:30am, but his excellent 3 fish bag of 2.80kg took him to a two-day total of 5.05kg, enough to win first place in the tournament, $2070 in prizemoney and 920g ahead of the second placegetter.

Rod: Duffrods 6?10? 1-3kg Totally Immersed Custom Rod
Reel: Shimano Sustain 1000
Line: OH Dragon 6lb
Leader: FC Rock 3lb
Lure: Pro Lure Matt Black S36

COSTA CLAIMS SECOND

Adam Costa from Sydney in NSW was competing on the verges of his home waterway Port Hacking but was sitting well back in the field after the day one session in 18th place on 1.74kg. He had been among the crowd that hit Woolaware Bay and was mainly targeting fish around the boat hulls.

On day two he pulled two excellent fish, one at 820g and another, spot on 1kg. His third fish was just over the average for the tournament at 560g giving him a 2.39kg bag for the day and 4.13kg for the tournament.

Costa took home $1080 for his effort over the weekend.

HICKSON HAULS IN THIRD

Kris Hickson from the Port Macquarie region, has been putting in a big effort this season in the Hobie kayak series and has built an impressive pointscore in Angler of the Year with just three rounds completed.

Atomic round 3 of Hobie Kayak Bream Series 10 was contested over the April 7-8 weekend in unseasonably warm conditions in Sydney.

Anglers who made use of the pre-fish day on Friday reported that there was a lot of fish activity, in a variety of locations on the Georges River system, all well within reach of the event site in Donnelly Park.

The record field of 70 entries, was the biggest for a Sydney round since the series? beginnings in 2009. Anglers came from New South Wales (NSW), Victoria (Vic), Queensland (QLD), South Australia (SA) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and for many it was their first time fishing the arena.

On day one 157 fish were brought back to the event site, weighing a total of 83.83kg. On day two 135 fish weighing 71.75kg were caught, producing, a two-day total 292 fish which weighed 155.58kg. Surprisingly to many, the average weight of 530g was approximately 20% larger than the average fish caught over the last 10 seasons.

A large portion of competitors had pre-planned to fish the flats at the front of the system. They had to take on the long 8km plus pedal from the start location to reach their spot in Woolaware Bay. Some headed directly there, while others stopped along the way making use of the early morning to try to bag out, or at least get some fish in the well from the bridge pylons, boats and channel drop-offs along the way.
Once they hit the flats there was still a lack of wind and for some anglers the fish weren?t reacting to presentations, so they headed for heavier structure. Up among the old boat hull wrecks, abandoned oyster paddocks, oyster racks and mangroves, anglers cast into places no boat could get anywhere near and there were plenty good size fish to be found. New to the environment, some struggled with technique and lures, while others found the right combination and were topping up their bags with half kilo plus fish.

With the main body of anglers up in Woolaware Bay others were in small groups in the deeper channels regularly pulling in fish that would see many of them bag out and upgrade to around 1.5kg at the close of each session.

Other solitary anglers were regularly on the move hitting the variety of built up and natural structure that hugs the shoreline in the endless number of small bays and headlands sitting in the Georges River. One angler though did more leg work than most and all alone he headed to weed beds in 1 1.22 metres of water along the shores of Towra Point.

PURNELL PACKS A MIGHTY PUNCH

Chris Purnell from Sanctuary Point travelled almost Kurnell to fish on his own, no other angler came within 1 km of him over the two days of competition. ?We don?t have a lot of structure down the south coast where I come from. So, I thought if I want to fish the way I like to fish then I?m going to have to do the miles?.

At the close of the day one session, after cranking all day on the flats at Towra, except for a few casts at the Towra Point, Purnell had only caught 3 bream. However, his bag was big enough to see him sitting in second place on 2.25kg, 180g behind Kane Terry on 2.43kg.
In the morning on day two with no early fish in the well, Purnell was getting edgy feeling his place near the top of the leaderboard was slipping away. He relaxed a little after catching his first fish just before 9:00am, with two hours of the day gone. By around 11am he had a full bag.
He only caught four fish on the day, upgrading around 11:30am, but his excellent 3 fish bag of 2.80kg took him to a two-day total of 5.05kg, enough to win first place and $2070 in prizemoney and 920g ahead of the second placegetter.

Rod: Duffrods 6?10? 1-3kg Totally Immersed Custom Rod
Reel: Shimano Sustain 1000
Line: OH Dragon 6lb
Leader: FC Rock 3lb
Lure: Pro Lure Matt Black S36

COSTA CLAIMS SECOND

Adam Costa from Sydney in NSW was competing on the verges of his home waterway Port Hacking but was sitting well back in the field after the day one session in 18th place on 1.74kg. He had been among the crowd that hit Woolaware Bay and was mainly targeting fish around the boat hulls.

On day two he pulled two excellent fish, one at 820g and another, spot on 1kg. His third fish was just over the average for the tournament at 560g giving him a 2.39kg bag for the day and 4.13kg for the tournament.

Costa took home $1080 for his effort over the weekend.

HICKSON HAULS IN THIRD

Kris Hickson from the Port Macquarie region, has been putting in a big effort this season in the Hobie kayak series and has built an impressive pointscore in Angler of the Year with just three rounds completed.

After he started day two in 17th position and particularly as he was on an arena he had never fished before Hickson said, ?I was super stoked and a little shocked to get a 3rd?.

Hickson ended up with 1.80kg on day one and 2.28kg on day two for 4.08kg and a handy $700 prize purse.

ATOMIC BIG BREAM

Kevin Varty from Nowra (NSW) caught the Atomic Big Bream of the weekend, his fish weighing in at 1.18kg was dragged aboard his Hobie up in Woolware Bay making the long haul each day worth the trip.

MORTGAGE CORP MONTER MOVER

The Mortgage Corp Monster Mover over the two days was Craig Wallace who moved up from the bottom of the field with zero fish on day one to bring home a solid 1.75kg bag on day two and finish in 49th position.

NEXT ROUND

Power-Pole round 5 on the Blackwood River over in Western Australia is the next round and back over on the east coast the very popular Lowrance round 6 on St Georges Basin is coming up on May 5-6.

SPONSORS

Daiwa, Power-Pole, Atomic, Gerber, Rhino-Rack, Lowrance, Hobie Polarized, Lurefans, Strike Pro, Mortgage Corp, Pro Lure, Cranka Lures, TT Lures, JML Anglers Alliance.

Hickson said, ?I was super stoked and a little shocked to get a 3rd?, X. Hickson ended up with 1.80kg on day one and 2.28kg on day two for 4.08kg and a handy $700 prize purse.

ATOMIC BIG BREAM

Kevin Varty from Nowra (NSW) caught the Atomic Big Bream of the weekend, his fish weighing in at 1.18kg was dragged aboard his Hobie up in Woolware Bay making the long haul each day worth the trip.

MORTGAGE CORP MONSTER MOVER

The Mortgage Corp Monster Mover over the two days was Craig Wallace who moved up from the bottom of the field with zero fish on day one to bring home a solid 1.75kg bag on day two and finish in 49th position.

NEXT ROUND

Power-Pole round 5 on the Blackwood River over in Western Australia is the next round and back over on the east coast the very popular Lowrance round 6 on St Georges Basin is coming up on May 5-6.

SPONSORS

Daiwa, Power-Pole, Atomic, Gerber, Rhino-Rack, Lowrance, Hobie Polarized, Lurefans, Strike Pro, Mortgage Corp, Pro Lure, Cranka Lures, TT Lures, JML Anglers Alliance.

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