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The Grand Final at Forster was perfect in more ways than one (To say the least), a great way to wrap up a very successful series. 48 Competitors battled it out for Bream honours over a two day combined bag limit event. Day one was differing to other rounds with many of the top pros out of the running, needing massive bags to culminate a whole series effort. Not to say the top eight didn’t deserve to be there, anyone who had progressed to the Grand Final had nothing left to prove.
Day two saw some rise and some fall, best of all it reward a win to a local’ish angler who had been competing in Bream Tournaments for the last seven years. Daniel Brown took out the event, earning himself a Hobie Pro Angler kayak, wads of dollars, prestige, a incredible looking trophy and a spot on the next AFC series. His victory speech showed that the man was humbled but also quite knowledgeable.
As for the KFA massive we left holding our heads high (Some were raw from the local Saturday night RSL bash). Craig ‘450’ Coughlan was close to the top 10, Jason and myself made the low 30’s and Paddy notched up some more valuable tournament experience that money just can’t buy. Over 1200kms travelled to and from the event (More for the South Coast) saw us arriving home well after midnight, bruised and battered and inspired as hell to participate and win through next year.
At this stage I would like to take the opportunity to thank Hobie and ABT for a wonderful series, along with Daiwa, Berkley, JML, Hogs Breath and the rest for supporting such grand experiences. The full results are online on the Hobie Fishing website, along with images of the event and a general positive rant and rave.
THE HOBIE ABT GRAND FINAL TOP 5:
1ts Place Daniel BROWN, NSW 3 2.17 3 2.45 6 4.62
2nd Place Andrew KRUSHKA, TAS 3 2.28 3 1.94 6 4.22 3
3rd Place Jordan TRUSTY, VIC 3 2.32 3 1.46 6 3.78
4th Place Greg LEWIS, NSW 3 1.74 3 1.87 6 3.61
5th Place Stewart DUNN, NSW 3 1.94 3 1.64 6 3.58
To view the full results, please click here.
