Counties Sport Fishing Club Newsletter
March 2024
www.csfc.co.nz
2 Counties Sportfishing Club Inc. csfc@hotmail.co.nz Contents Cover Photo : A stage piled high with goodies to be won at the Fish N Chicks competition. Club Details 03 Bits ‘n Bobs 04 Family Day Competion 07 Event Sponsors 08 Nationals 2024 10 Counties Classic 2024 11 Fish ‘N Chicks 2024 13 Youth Nationals 15 Diary 16 Committee 17 Leader Board 18 Sponsors Grid 22 0800 482 248 www.acslgroup.nz
Next Meeting Wednesday 27th March At Waiuku Cossie Club Meeting starts
at 7.30pm
Nationals Debriefing
Prize draw for Nationals teams
The more points you scored in Nationals the more entries you will have in the prize draw
You do not need to be a Cossie Club member to attend. All CSFC members and guests welcome. Why not come early and take advantage of the great food on offer at the Cossie Club.
Important Note: if you intend to have a meal before the meeting it would pay to book to avoid disappointment as the restaurant is very popular and often full.
ShuntersRestaurantPhone 092359131ext5
Counties Sport Fishing Club
We are a family friendly West coast club based in Waiuku, just south of Auckland. With around 1000 members, trailer boats make up the majority of our fleet. Celebrating fishing of all kinds, from the humble Gurnard to the mighty Broadbill. Club waters span from Raglan north head to Kaipara south head and include the Manukau harbour and Waikato river.
New and Used Boats, Motors, Accessories, Servicing
They have a reputation for good quality workmanship, honesty and reliability. The onsite technicians are experts in Mercury, Etech, Evinrude & Johnson servicing and repairs as well as Yamaha, Suzuki and Honda. They can also fit new or used outboard engines and do trailer repairs, springs, winches and rollers.
9 Crosbie Road Pukekohe 09 2389180
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SPORTFISHING CLUBINC COUNTIES
To join the club click HERE
Bits & Bobs
Youth Nationals
This will be taking place during the school holidays again this year, from the 13th to the 27th of April. Our family day competition is timed to be on the last day of the youth nationals, the 27th of April. Any junior who enters the family day competition will also get free entry into the youth nationals.
Youth Nationals Briefing will be on the 10th April, 6pm at the Cossie Club. There will be Burnsco Edge fishing tackle giveaways for entrants at the briefing.
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Competitions
It’s been a busy month for competitions at Counties. We started the month with the Fish N Chicks and then the next week it was the Counties Classic. While the weather on the West Coast did not allow any game fishing at the Fish N Chicks the harbour was pretty good -although there did seem to be more than a few small snapper around gobbling up peoples bait. The weather was not perfect for the classic, but the coast was fishable for the three days of the competition and there were an amazing number of tagged marlin. Both competitions ran extremely well, so a big thank you to everybody involved in organising and running these events for Counties. A huge amount of work goes in to making events like this happen, much of it unseen, so well done to everyone.
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Burnsco Marine
We’re delighted to have Burnsco Marine as one of our sponsors for the family day competition, alongside FMG Insurance and Coastal Acres Escape. If you need some tackle for the family day competition, or the youth nationals, why not drop in to see Kat, Nick and the team. They will be able to sort you out with everything you need.
Previous Newsletters
Newsletters, back to January 2018, are available online here. They have been uploaded in higher resolution then the old pdf versions were emailed out in, so the pictures especially should be better quality.
Something for the Newsletter?
We’re always looking for items to include, so if you have a fishing report, some photos, or just a good story to tell please drop me an email on kevin@nzsteele.com
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Event Sponsors
Our two main competitions have just been, and we would like to thank all the sponsors, without whom it would not be possible to run these events. There are obviously the main sponsors for each event, whose names you see across the back of the stage at the event, but there are dozens of smaller sponsors all doing their part to help us make the events happen and ensuring that there are great prizes to be won. So here are the people who sponsored Fish N Chicks or the Counties Classic, please support them whenever you can.
Ace Exterior Plasterers Ltd
ACSL Group Ltd
Alan Wilson Plumbing
Arizto Pip Wells
Aroma By Ness
Aurora Law Ltd
Barfoot and Thompson Waiuku
Bayside Motel Whitianga
Bee Enterprises
Boat Dek
Bond + Coco
Botanica On Bowen
Caci Medispa Pukekohe
Castaways Resort Auckland
Claire McArthu r Mortgages
Cockys Corner
Conveyancing Plus
Coresteel Buildings
Counties Caravan Rentals
Counties Sandblasting Services
Ltd
Dave & Maureens
dBuild Ltd
Dean White Electrical
Designmax
Egan Bricklayers Ltd
Erickson Engineering Co. Ltd
Farm Source Waiuku
FMG
Framed Hair
Franklin Long Roofing Ltd
Gary Hunter Plumbing Ltd
Gary Pye’s 100%
Gellert Nurseries
GJ Weck and Sons Ltd
Griffiths & Co
Grunta’s Ice
Haines Landscaping
Hair Cafe Hair Salon
Halo Hair
Hodgson Planning Consultants
Hunting and Fishing Franklin
Ian Wildman Carriers
Iron Sands Mowing
Kentish Hotel
Kitchen Dynamics Ltd
Knight & Dickey
KPA Construction
Land & Sea Civil
Landmark Homes
Lipscombe Developers
Little Lashes
Macca’s Industry Training
McWatt Transport
Murphy Panel and Paint
New World Waiuku
Nik Electrical
Nils McGee Roofing
No 8 Hire Drury
Novus Pukekohe
P James Maintenance Services
Ltd
Pleasant Valley Blueberries
Promt Parts
Pukekohe Toyota
Q Nails Waiuku
RAD Electrical Ltd
Rusty Dog Outdoors
Sarah Harmer Beauty
Seclusion Beauty
Share Insurance
Smart Marine Manukau
Stihl Shop Pukekohe
Studio 397
Summerville Brothers
Sunset Surf and Turf
Te Papa Eco Cottage
The Beauty Room
The Pirates
The Shires Restaurant and Bar
The View
Tom Kane Electrical Ltd
Totalspan Counties
Tyre Shop Waiuku
Uniform Works
Vanilla Homewares
Waiuku Auto Service
Waiuku Mitre 10
Waiuku Radiators and Mufflers
Waiuku Waste Disposal
Water Projects Ltd
West Coast Fitness
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Absolute Spray Painters
Ace Exterior Plasterers
ACS Builders
ACSL Group
Actual Concrete
Advance trident
Alan Wilson Plumbing Ltd
All Out Engineering
Allenco Marine
Auto Hub Waiuku
Bee Enterprises Ltd
Bodman Contracting
Bonze Lures
Brett Duncan Contracting
Buckland Marine
Castaways Developments
Collision Repairs Takanini
Coresteel Buildings Franklin
Counties Marine Ltd
Counties Sandblasting
Crisp Plumbing
D Build Limited
Dave and Maureens
Dean White Electrical
Designmax
Draeinail Construction
Egan Bricklayers Ltd
EJ Construction
Envirowater
First Flex Cables Ltd
FMG Insurance
Franklin Long Run Roofing
Gary Hunter Plumbing Ltd
GJ Weck and Sons Ltd
Grins
Grunters Ice
Gubbs Pumps
Haines Landscaping
Hornell Industries
Hotspring Spa Pools
hydro fx
Hunting and Fishing Franklin
Icey-tek
Ideal Buildings Franklin
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Joseph Gregory Financial Advisor
Keith Walker Construction
Kerry Jones Engineering
Kitchen Dynamics
Knight and Dickey
Land & Sea Civil
Lipscombe Developments
Macweld Ltd
McRobbie Bros
Mitre 10 Waiuku
Murdoch Agricultural Contracting
N & J Wood Ltd
Nils McGee Roofing Ltd
P J Maintenance Service
Pukekohe Diesel & Turbo
R Davies Contracting
RAD Electrical
Reliable Carpentry
Ryco 24.7
Square Engineering Ltd
Steel-Force Ltd
Steve Bernasconi Roofing Ltd
Summerville Bros
Super Freight
The Tractor Centre
The Tyre Shop Waiuku Ltd
Tom Kane Electrical
Total Build Ltd
Totalspan Counties
Tristram Marine
Waiuku Radiators & Mufflers
Waiuku Waste Disposal
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Nationals 2024
The results have now been confirmed, and it was an exceptional year for Counties. We have won the prestigious Varta Cup, for the top team, beating the second place team by over 500 points. A couple of our members also placed in the photo competition.
The full results can be found here
Don’t forget the Nationals debrief at the next club meeting, 27th March, with a prize draw for all teams -the more points you scored the more entries in the draw you get.
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Counties Classic 2024
These are the results for the overall places over all three days of the competition.
Snapper Outside
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th JaydnMillen
Kingfish
1st MattTorpey
2nd
3rd RyanSaunders
4th
5th
Albacore
1
2
3rd
4th
5th
Skipjack
1st LeonRossouw
2nd JoshBaird
3rd DarinBurns
4th NickHolwerda
5th
Marlin
1st
MahiMahi
1st
2nd BrockJohnston
3rd DarinBurns
4th ShaneJohnston
5th DeanKriletich
Trevally
1st MarcelWadek 1.90kg
2nd JustinPike 1.53kg
3rd StephenWatts 1.42kg
4th BrettPreston 1.33kg
5th RogerFarley 1.24kg
Kahawai
1st BrettPreston
nd BobHilton
3rd
Gurnard
1st BrentMilesi 0.76kg
2nd TaylahMiller 0.74kg
3rd JackHodgson 0.70kg
4th SharleenChitty 0.70kg
Snapper Inside
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KevinJames 7.50kg
NickBarrett 7.40kg
6.08kg
SharleenChitty
5.27kg
GerradChitty
4.89kg
14.64kg
12.48kg
JonnoBowman
8.78kg
JustinPike 6.98kg
SamEarle 6.85kg
BenCrisp 15.40kg
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nd BezCrowe 8.54kg
LenHolgate 6.61kg
AaronSaunderson 6.23kg
5.83kg
JosephWells
5.43kg
5.21kg
5.10kg
5.08kg
KevinStarnes 4.96kg
ChrisChitty 107.6kg
AaronSaunderson 1.67kg
1.36kg
1.26kg
1.04kg
0.89kg
2.69kg
2.64kg
2
2.55kg
2.50kg 5
GerradChitty 2.43kg
SteveBernasconi
4th BradMorris
th
MalcolmGoer 5.19kg MalcolmKydd 4.38kg
3.60kg
2.95kg
2.74kg
MatthewSellers
DanteOldfield
BrettPreston
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Fish N Chicks 2024
16 Besuretoputtheseeventsinyourdiaryorphone Diary ClubMeeting 27th March YouthNationalsBriefing 10th March YouthNationals 13th -27th April FamilyDayCompetition 27th April ClubMeeting 29th May GrunterHunterCompetition 16th June IcebreakerCompetition 5th,6th,7th July ClubMeeting 31st July ClubMeeting 25th September ClubMeeting 27th November
17 Committee Position Name Phone Mobile Email President Matthew Douglas 027 5757411 fishdougie@hotmail.com Secretary Barbara Prescott 027 6938431 15bjpre@gmail.com Treasurer Nick King 021 02887606 csfcoffice@gmail.com Vice President Stephen Harper 021 373334 sharperuku@gmail.com Committee Bob Hilton 027 4880563 Bob.hilton9@gmail.com Michael Parker 2352663 021 654741 smudgethefisherman@gmail.com Patrick Egan 021 2710533 patrick@eganbricklayers.co.nz Carey Walter 2352173 027 3922831 c_walter146@msn.com Bruce Sloane 2357729 027 4061581 bruzasloane@yahoo.co.nz Phil Nicklin 027 2207775 philandces@gmail.com Shane Johnston 027 4889073 shanej@envirowater.co.nz Clint Hunt 021 08097284 clintonhunteng@gmail.com Polly Eyre 0210 527 604 maizienz@hotmail.com Mike Oldfield 020 41079843 biff_mel@ps.gen.nz Bert Duncan 021 421713 bertoduncan@gmail.com Social Media Maddie Hull 02108255744 maddyhull@rocketmail.com Merchandise Alvin Pacey 021 544276 allynpace@hotmail.com Fish ‘n Chicks Claire Hull 027 2043151 underway11sc@gmail.com Newsletters Kevin Steele 2357336 021 2301917 kevin@nzsteele.com NZFC Reps Stephen Harper 021 373334 sharperuku@gmail.com Darin Burns 2356456 027 2224538 Darin.laura@hotmail.com Head Weighmaster Stephen Watts 2352002 021 0335145 teressawatts@slingshot.co.nz Non Committee Scott Warrender 021 626076 Weighmasters Pete Sellers 0210 412 943 Sarah Parkinson 2356494 021 669944 Sparks.s@xtra.co.nz Charlie Norton 021 1640300 0800 482 248 www.acslgroup.nz
Leader Board
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19 Leader Board Weighmaster contacts Steve Watts 021 0335145 09235002 Clint Hunt 021 08097284 Scott Warrender 021 626076 Pete Sellers 0210 412 943 Sarah Parkinson 021 669944 LENGTH RECORDS we need a clear photo of the fish on the approved measure, which are available for $25. The photo must be of the whole fish lying on its side with the mouth touching the head of the measure. We will need details of where it was caught and the name of the angler.
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SponsorsGrid
RhysDaviesContractors 2.Hunting&FishingFranklin 3.SuperFreight 4.BrettDuncanContracting 5.FirstFlex 6.DJSFlooring 7.BodmanFencing 8.GubbsPumpandWell 9.Onformirrigation 10.CountiesMarine
12.CastawaysVillas 13.Envirowater 14.HyndsPipeSystems 15.AutoHubWaiuku 16.EganBricklayers 17.WecksITM 18.Liquorland 19.ReliableCarpentry 20.GalaxyTelco 21.HotSpringsSpa 22.SuperFreight 23.WecksBins 24.ACSLGroup 1 2 3 4 5 9 13 17 6 7 8 10 11 12 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Click HERE for bigger map
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11.NilsMcGeeRoofing
