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Final One Day Qualifier for the Quinte Classic
Calm waters with some patchy fog greeted the 67 teams for the final
one day event and qualifier for the Quinte Classic on Sunday, August
29th. With this being the final qualifier, a number of
teams were looking for a good finish to either move up in the placings
or to give them the required three tournaments to be eligible. Still
other teams were looking for a top ten finish to help with their
chances for the “Angler/Team of the Year” title at the Classic.
The field left in two flights at 7:00 and 7:20 a.m. with check in
at 4:00 and 4:30 p.m. at the George St. ramps in Belleville. Early
weights were somewhat lower than usual with 17.00 lbs. taking the
early lead atop the leader board. After all teams had weighed-in,
local anglers Danny Elliot and Ed Bunnett claimed the top spot with a
weight of 19.90 lbs. and took home $3,400.00 as well as a$50.00 gift
card from Kelsey’s /Montana’s, Belleville and two gift bags
compliments of Mark’s Work Warehouse. These anglers went to “big
water” and although they didn’t have big fish, had enough to hold off
the rest of the field. These two anglers won this final qualifier
last year too and certainly are now in a good position going into the
Quinte Classic.
Second place resulted in a two way tie at 19.30 lbs. Brampton’s
Paul Downer and Richard Campbell from Courtice and Toronto’s Jimmy
Looi and Yu Zhang each took home $1,850.00 for their day on the
water. The husband and wife team of Pat and Wendy Wong from
Markham with 18.65 lbs. took fourth place and received $900.00 and
they also had the second largest fish of the day, a largemouth at 4.80
lbs. This fish gave them two G. Loomis rods compliments of our
friends at Shimano Canada. $700.00 went to the fifth place finishers,
Brian Greven from Brechin and his partner Dan Maw from Lindsay, for
their weight of 18.10 lbs. These anglers also had the Canadian Tire
Big Fish of the Day and received the pool money of $1,340.00, big fish
plaque and two $75.00 gift certificates compliments of Canadian Tire,
Belleville.
Elginburg’s and Kingston’s Bruce Tufts and Lee Sprague received
$450.00 for their sixth place weight of 17.85 lbs. and $300.00 went to
Belleville’s Bill Tripp and Brad Pound for their seventh place finish,
weighing-in 17.30 lbs. Locals Casey Ruttan and Jeff Kerr received
$175.00 for their weight of 17.15 lbs and early leaders Mike Lloyd and
Jim Watson also took home $175.00 for their ninth place weight of
17.00 lb.
The top team in the 115 H.P. and Under division went to Richard
Campbell and Paul Downer and they took home an additional $175.00 to
add to their second place finish! “These very consistent anglers have
had a very good year and are the leaders in this division going into
the Classic, stated tournament director Pete Thompson, and will be
hard to beat”.
The “Back At Ya At Bay” angler appreciation award went to locals
Glen Thompson and Daryl Erwin who received their entry fee back -
$175.00! Our thanks to Bay Marine on Hwy. 2 for this award – drop in
and see their new line of Ranger boats.
The final draw of the day was for the chance at the three nights,
four day Caribbean Cruise compliments of Karol Marshman of Marshman
Jewellers and T.A.D. Group-Sports Marketing, Robert Coolahan. At each
tournament this year, a team has been drawn to go into a final draw at
the Quinte Classic and the qualifiers Sunday were Ryan Somerville and
Larry Courtice. The Series will also give $500.00 to the winners to
help cover additional expenses!
Tournament Director Pete Thompson read off the unofficial list of
Classic qualifiers but asked anglers to double check on the
www.quintefishing website after Tuesday for the official Quinte
Classic qualifiers list. The top 50 teams and/or individuals,
including ties, with the lowest aggregate point’s totals in at least
three or from their best three tournaments will qualify. “Please do
not send in Classic entry money till after the official list has been
posted, added Thompson. Points totals are very tight this year and
we want to be sure that everyone that should be in is indeed in this
final event of the 2010 season”. |
