Tuross

Bowling Club’s Autumn Carnival a Great Success

Tuross Head Bowling Club held a very successful three day Carnival on May 15 – 17. The Carnival comprised different events each day with entrants compe ng for a prize pool of over $3000! The success of the event was due to the wonderful sponsorship of the local businesses, great organisa on from Marcel Kors and Andrew Farrington, nice weather (for the most part!) and the greens being in first class condi on.

The first event was the Hallmark Real Estate and Tuross Pharmacy Mixed Pairs. It was very compe ve event as shown that over the three games played no side managed to win all three games. The winners were the Dalmeny team of Vicki Dedini and Brian Seaman who won two games and drew the third. They had a points margin of plus 20.

In second place were the Tomakin side of Helena and Greg Megee who finished with 2 wins and plus 24. The local pairing of Jonathan Green and Rose Farrington were next with 2 wins and plus 22. Peter and Irene Macdonald completed a good day for the locals when they had the best last game of plus 11.

On Tuesday 20 teams competed over three games of 2 bowl triples in the Pla num Blinds and Awnings Luxaflex Open Triples. In another very compe ve event only two teams won all three games. Cooma visitors of Cobber Seears, Terry Croker and Mel Storta took the main prize with 3 wins and plus 27. Locals Mick Challice, Ray Brown and Allan Etheredge finished second with 3 wins and plus 23.

A er an absence of several years, former regular visitors from Wagga – Kevin Ra er, Bob Robertson and John Hetherington - had a successful day taking out third place with two wins and plus 25. The Bodalla/ Narooma combina on of Ma Morton, Paul Van der Heuvel and Keith Picke had the best last game win with plus 17.

Two full greens of 28 sides competed in the final event - the AMH Motor Group Open Pairs. Despite the cold change play was again very compe ve with only 4 of the teams managing to win all games. The Moruya team of Peter Pritchard and Joel Hilliard won the day with three wins and plus 27.

Paul Van der Heuvel and Ma Morton just managed to take home second place when they pipped Tuross players Sue Fahey and Lorraine Bird. Both teams had 3 wins and plus 13 but the Bodalla pairing won 2 more ends over the day to finish second.

Malua Bay players Peter Hutchison and Tony Melrose picked up the best last game .

May Dalmeny Boardriders

Sunday the 7th of May met us with the first savage cold snap of the year. There was only a small window of good weather to hold the competition as the day prior was a beautiful autumn day but the ocean was as flat as a pancake, and the day following our competition had an unsurfable 6 foot stormy swell with severe southwest winds. There were reports of fresh snow on the Clyde mountain as club members tore themselves away from the comfort of their woodfires to meet at Kianga Main beach for our pointscore.

Any wetsuits left out overnight were found almost frozen stiff in the morning - as any surfer knows this is not an inviting situation to be found in on a cold wintery day.

Along with arctic conditions, a howling southwest wind was predicted to hit by lunch. Luckily this front didn’t roll in until after the competition was complete. A considerable swell was visible on the horizon, with some members secretly wishing it would roll in sooner than was forecast.

Blankets and mittens were shared amongst freezing members as they sipped from their thermos or warmed their hands on the radiant heat from the sizzling BBQ, manned by club vice president Dean Lange. Today’s special offering from the BBQ tent (ontop of the usual fry up) was a juicy Marlin fish burger cooked to order and lathered with all the chutney’s and relishes, fresh lettuce and tomato.

Final results:

Under 8s - Spike Gunn

Under 13s - Flinder Black

Under 14 boys - Oscar Jackson

Under 18 boys - Hamish White

Over 45 men - Andrew Johnson

Open mens - Matt Hoar

Under 18 girls - Marley Eaton

Open women - Melissa Hoar

Longboards - Simon Brown

Right: Andrew Johnson 60 years and feeling fabulous

While many surfers left promptly to warm up at home after their heats, a few legendary committee members stuck out the day and braved the icy conditions to support the club with set up and pack up, or to stay and judge or help with the BBQ. On Saturday the 27th May Dalmeny Boardriders are hosting the Far South Coast Junior Regional Titles - if you see the tents stop by for a tasty treat and to check out our best local junior surfers battle it out.

Next competition: Sunday June 4th

Moruya River.

The river continues to be productive this week, with plenty of anglers finding a fish or two for their efforts. The lower to middle sections have been the most productive, with bream, Luderick, flathead and tailor being the mainstay of the systems captures this week.

Preddy’s wharf has seen a few very nice tailor being taken, along with some nice bream and Luderick. There have also been a few sneaky mulloway taken from along here also. Live yakkas have been the best bait for these fish.

Up around the Quarry wharf, the resident bream, tailor and flathead have all been taken from in amongst the granite boulders that make up the fish holding structure below the wharf itself. Don’t be tempted to put too heavy of a sinker on, as this is snaggy country, and you will donate lots of gear if you do. Further upstream, bream can be found hiding in under the local moored boats. If you are going to cast lures or baits towards these man made structures, don’t hit the boats!!! Several of these boats are peoples homes, and unless you want to face an angry resident, be precise with you casting. If you can’t be accurate with your casts, don’t target these areas. A bit of respect goes along way!!

The northern bank, from the town bridge down to the airport flats, has long been a great stretch to walk the bank with a few select plastics or hard body lures and prospect for a flathead, bream, tailor or even mulloway. Please remember that Malabar Creek is a designated sanctuary zone, and can not be fished! The creek is clearly sign posted as a sanctuary, and fisheries have been known to sit and wait! Please do the right thing. The deeper holes further upstream will start to hold more fish as the water temps drop, so give the hospital a bit of a look as we move into the cooler stretch of the year. Tuross River.

With still warmer ocean temps in affect, the lower to middle sections of the Tuross system, will be the better areas to target this weekend. The southern potato point side will still have reasonable numbers of flathead and bream in around the weed beds and flats areas for those want to target these species this weekend.

While the middle sections around four ways and the associated racks and snags will be holding good numbers of bream still.

These areas can be targeted with soft plastics, hard body lures or with bait and a keenly placed burly trial. Giving the fish the option of a “free” feed can help entice them to bite when the fishing starts to get a little harder due to dropping water temps.

Coila lake will be a good option this weekend for both a late season run of prawns with tomorrows dark, and the resident bream looking for a feed of school run prawns. Rock and Beach.

From the stones, drummer will be a very viable option this Saturday, with stable sea conditions making rock fishing safe. Sunday however will be a different story, with big seas forecast to come through later in the weekend. The beaches continue to produce salmon and tailor, with some solid fish being taken this week.

Moruya breakwall, has been producing some nice fish this week, with salmon, tailor, bream, trevally and flathead all possible captures for this fish magnet of a location.

Keep an eye on sundays swells and winds, as Saturday will be the pick of the days. Offshore.

Plenty of snapper and flathead have been reported this week, with small numbers of dolphin fish as the summer run of them finishes up. Winter is traditionally the time for big snapper, as the move into shallower waters to chase the annual run of cuttlefish. Big fish in shallow water can be a lot of fun, and can be easily targeted on bigger soft plastics.

The Kings gear continues to sell well this week, and stocks are holding up for the more popular items. The bait freezer is also well stocked, with mullet fillet the only missing item this week.

The forecast is looking great for the first half of the weekend, with a southerly change coming through on Sunday. There is no rain at this stage, so get out and enjoy the weekend. Whether you are fishing or camping, get outside this weekend and enjoy the area we are lucky enough to call home.

Stay safe everyone and remember, “everyday’s a good day for fishing…” beagle abode: the leading online weekly Eurobodalla real estate guide, showcasing the current Eurobodalla, and wider South Coast property market

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