Boroko Motors Barra Comp a Huge Success!

Port Moresby angler Rob Doyle scooped the pool at the Boroko Motors Barramundi Comp conducted over the weekend of the 9th and 10th of October.

Rob fished with his young son Jake and Ken Webber as Team Roughneck and the combination of age, youth and experience proved to be a winner.

Rob hooked and landed a 19.65kg barramundi on 6kg line on the afternoon of the last day of the competition. With Ken Webber at the controls the team battled the large fish for well over half an hour before gaining the upper hand.

The team took out the Boroko Motors Heaviest Barramundi category, the Esco Highest Point Scoring Male category and was named The Net Shop Champion Boat for the two days of competition.

Rob received his major prize trophy from Boroko Motors Port Moresby Branch Manager Kevin Eckersley at the presentation function held at the South Pacific Motor Sports Club.

Day One competition leader Hideyuki Matsuzawa had to be content with the runner-up trophy sponsored by Theodist in the Heaviest Barramundi division as his 9.68kg barramundi was relegated to second place by Rob Doyle’s very impressive capture.

The Highest Point Released Barramundi division saw a clean sweep by Team Cockroach with angler Gary Tomkinson releasing two barramundi to take first and second place. Gary’s first fish scored 154.5 points, his second fish 104.5 points.

Boroko Motors Kevin Eckersley was again very happy to award the major prize of a Gold Coast Custom Rods custom built fishing rod and Abu Garcia reel for the released barramundi division.

Gary also pocketed the Travel Services runner-up trophy. The Burrows family may not get on the water all than often but when they do they certainly show they have all the skill needed to land the big ones.

Mum, Leanne Burrows, won the BNG Trading Champion Lady Angler trophy with a 6.85kg barramundi, daughter Shanae was named NOSJV Champion Junior Angler with a 7.5kg barramundi while Shanea’s brother Jake took out the TNT Air Cargo Committees Choice trophy with a fine fingermark bream of 3.5kgs.

Along with Boroko Motors major sponsors for the 2004 Barramundi Comp were Theodist, Esco, BNG Trading, Savitec, TNT Air Cargo, Travel Services and The Net Shop. Niugini Offshore Joint Venture supported the Junior Angler division.

Catch you next year!