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The 2008 NT Barra Classic starts this Saturday, 10 May, with the Junior Day, that will see 60 junior anglers participating. Barra Classic skippers and crew will teach the juniors the finer art of catching barramundi and show them how to tag and release the fish. 

The Barra Classic then commences on Monday 12 May and competitors from as far away as the USA and Germany will compete alongside local and interstate anglers, all in the quest for the elusive “Barra on a Stick”, the ultimate trophy. 

Forty-five teams of three anglers will compete over the five day event. This includes 15 local teams, 10 all-interstate teams and 20 mixed teams of locals and interstate anglers– with three of these teams being all-female. 

The Barra Classic holds a five-star rating from NEATfish (National Environmental Assessment of Tournament Fishing) which is the highest rating available, and recognises the positive environmental, social and social impacts of the event. 

For enquiries, call Debbie Halprin on telephone 0419 811 815. 

The 2007 Barra Classic finished today with overnight leader, Science Fiction, holding its position at the top of the leader board, despite not landing a fish for the day.  John Roberts, Phillip Clark and Rob McCourt scored 2185 points, just 15 points ahead of second place Team Fusion, with anglers Ron Bochow, Barry Burgum and Dallas Smith.

Classic Nitro Boys, last year’s champion team, finished in third place.

The Champion Angler for the tournament was Barry Burgum from Team Fusion, who also took out the award for the most barra over 80cm.

Jamie Ware took out the Most Meritorious Capture award for the biggest fish, which he caught on the first day of the tournament, at 102 cm.

The Champion lady angler was Carolyn Forrest from Predator, who joined with team mates Tony Hare and John Cooper to take out the Most Consistent Team award.

FULL RESULTS

CHAMPION TEAM: SCIENCE FICTION
JOHN ROBERTS
PHILLIP CLARK
ROBERT MCCOURT  Points: 2185

RUNNER UP CHAMPION TEAM – VISITORS:  MINN KOTA  
TIM MORGAN
SHAUN CLANCY
DICK MORRISON       Points: 1230

RUNNER UP CHAMPION TEAM – MIXED - TEAM FUSION   
RON BOCHOW
BARRY BURGUM
DALLAS SMITH Points: 2170
RUNNER UP CHAMPION TEAM – LOCAL - TEAM WOODSTOCK
MICHAEL DICKINSON
RICHARD DICKINSON
PETER O’SULLIVAN  Points: 1770

CHAMPION ANGLER
BARRY BURGUM        Points: 1090

A steady day’s fishing saw 195 fish caught with Territory identity Alex Julius from catching the biggest barra of 99cm. 

The Champion Angler for the day was David Green from Takin’ A Punt, with a total of 495 points. Science Fiction, with local anglers John Roberts, Rob McCourt and Phillip Clark, remains on top of the leader board with 2185 points, with one day of competiton to go.

They are followed by Team Fusion, who scored 620 points today, consisting of Ron Bochow, Barry Burgum and Dallas Smith. They are on 1825 points, with a handy lead over third place team Team Woodstock on 1610 points.

Rumour has it that there will be a big haul caught today which could see all placings on the leader board change. 

Champion lady angler for the third day in a row was Marion Washington with 165 points.

Contact:  Debbie Halprin, Joint Tournament Coordinator, 0412848267

  TOP PROGRESSIVE SCORES
  PLACE    ANGLER                         POINTS          TEAM                              POINTS

Today was a great start to the Darwin Game Fishing Club’s 26^th Barra Classic. New Director of Fisheries, Heather Brayford, fired the cannon and the sailpast commenced just after 7.00am.

Two hundred and forty one fish were caught with Barradise skipper, Jamie Ware catching the biggest barra of 102cm.  The Champion Angler for the Day was Barry Burgum, with a total of 620 points, which included a 100 cm barra. His great day helped his team, Team Fusion to first place for the day with team mates Ron Bochow and Dallas Smith.

Second place is E-TEC 2, comprising Steve Blair, Jeff Bird and Rick Huskstep, while local team Science Fiction, with John Roberts, Robert McCourt and Phillip Clark taking third place.Champion lady angler for the day was Carolyn Forrest with 320 points.

 Contact:  Debbie Halprin, Joint Tournament Coordinator,
0412848267

For info in the 2007 Junior Barramundi Classic Clinic and Fun Day - click here

The rough cut our 25th Barramundi Classic DVD looks absolutely awesome, it really showcases this fantastic event.

There’s still a fair bit of final editing, soundtracks and some narration to be added but the cinematography, fish catching and some of the arial shots are fantastic. We had hoped the DVD would available in September, but that may now be pushed back a number of weeks in pre-production.

A large number of DVD’s will be initially released via a XXXX promotion, and the remainder will become available through the club, we’ll keep our website updated with its progress and let you all know as soon as it rolls off the production line.

The 25th Barra Classic wrapped up last night with 134 happy anglers partying the night away at the Banyan Farm on the Daly River.  Even those who had not caught a lot of fish said they’d had a wonderful time at the tournament.  

Dennis Pigott, who caught the first recaptured barra and has fished a lot of Classics, said this year was the best Barra Classic he’d been to! 

The Arnhemland Nitro Boys romped home to take out Champion Team with 3885 points.  They were 1115 points clear of their nearest rivals, the Halco Warriors, who took out Champion Team, Mixed (local and interstate anglers on the team). 

The Champion Local Team was Science Fiction, captained by John Roberts, with 2525 points.  The ever-competitive Pilbarians crept over the line to defeat the Port Hedland team Pflueger for the Champion Visiting Team honours. 

The Champion Angler of the tournament was Justin Jones from Arnhemland Nitro Boys, with 1785 points.  Among other prizes, Justin wins an invitation to the Rolex/IGFA Invitational Inshore Tournament in Florida next year.

Contact:
Danielle Little
0429 84 1080

The fish are growing at Daly River with the catch of the day being 109cm caught by Tom Langley from Last Line In. Tom waited 2 days before catching anything, so it was worth the wait! Tom also took out the Champion Angler for the day with 655 points. Tom made it a clean sweep by taking out the 3^rd prize in the daily raffle. Ian Noble took out wood duck of the day by falling backwards and landing in the esky. Team members found it hard to pull him out as he had jammed himself in a beauty!

Progressive Scores

Day 3 finished with 163 fish, bringing the running total to 499 fish.  Making a mid-week explosion with a huge catch of 107cm was Justin Jones from Arnhemland Nitro Boys.

Champion Angler for Day 3 was Peter Washington from Takin’a Punt with 5 fish worth 565 points. Team All R Luring showed great sportsmanship by catching another team’s rod and reel.

Son of special guest Dennis Lillie, Adam Lillie had only just dropped the lot in the drink five minutes before! The ABC girls of Team All R Luring are in 33^rd place, but are ahead of the other all-female team, The Humminbirds who are in 44^th place.  ABC radio presenter Julia Christensen has caught 5 fish for a total of 260 points. 

Jason Meyer’s seems to be very lucky indeed – he’s already won the lucky angler draw and today won a Four X esky for being the 25^th placed angler for the day. 

Progressive Scores

Contact:
Danielle Little
Secretary – Darwin Game Fishing Club
0429 841 080