G at Australian Seachange Newsletter - Southern Freedivers
G at Australian Seachange Newsletter - Southern Freedivers
G at Australian Seachange Newsletter - Southern Freedivers
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Sunday, day 2, had a similar start, however the competition was shortened to four hours and GTs<br />
were also taken off the list. The bo<strong>at</strong>s headed out to Faith reef soon after 6:30 am for the quick trip<br />
to the reef. A slight swell was running from a light north-westerly wind which soon fl<strong>at</strong>tened out on<br />
the approach to the reef. Sunday was similar but with more cloud and milder conditions, but still<br />
ideal for spearfishing. The day’s dive started <strong>at</strong> 8:45 am with a 12:45 finish. With the shortened time<br />
divers got away quickly and were soon dispersed across the reef.<br />
Faith was a little disappointing, even though being only 5 km north of Charity, fish were not as<br />
plentiful with divers having to work hard for their fish. As a result, only 4 divers weighed 10 or more<br />
species with Tony Heugh and Adam Smith both weighing 12 species. Again it came down to weight<br />
and Tony won the day with 7.5 kg more fish. Mick Saunders and Ken Hunter of Mackay both had<br />
good days bringing in 11 and 10 species respectively which helped improve on their S<strong>at</strong>urday scores.<br />
Several of the divers in the top 5 dropped down the ranking by not doing as well as the previous day.<br />
By being consistent and coming second on each day, Adam Smith won the competition with 190<br />
percentage points. Tony Heugh was runner-up on 161 points, closely followed by Jake Boyd on 158.<br />
The Veterans performed impressively by making up 4 of the top 6 places, which shows th<strong>at</strong><br />
experience counts – see below for full results.<br />
Place Name and Club Day 1<br />
points<br />
Day 1 %<br />
points<br />
Day 2<br />
points<br />
Day 2 %<br />
points<br />
Total %<br />
points<br />
1st Adam Smith (TSC) 2220.6 95.4 1420 95.0 190.4<br />
2nd Tony Heugh (TGCFC) 1421.5 61.0 1494.5 100 161.0<br />
3rd Jake Boyd (TSC) 2328.7 100 876 58.6 158.6<br />
4th Michael Saunders (MDUSC) 1190 51.1 1412 94.5 145.6<br />
5th Simon Baldwin (TGCFC) 1278 54.9 1269 84.9 139.8<br />
6th Ken Hunter (MDUSC) 841 36.1 1296 86.7 122.8<br />
7th Lee Jamnicky (TGCFC) 1000.9 43.0 1132.5 75.8 118.8<br />
8th Clint Stoneham (TSC) 1035 44.4 1083 72.5 116.9<br />
9th Dave Welch (TSC) 1358.2 58.3 815 54.5 112.8<br />
10th Bryson Sheeny (TGCFC) 1103.7 47.4 969 64.8 112.2<br />
11th Craig Barnett (MDUSC) 1461.7 62.8 619 41.4 104.2<br />
12th Shayne Martin (MDUSC) 1198 51.4 720 48.2 99.6<br />
13th Andrew Lucas (MDUSC) 1220 52.4 611 40.9 93.3<br />
14th David Jensen (CCSC) 901.5 38.7 777 52.0 90.7<br />
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