2011 QLD State Titles Results

Posted by KahleeAndrews on Jan 16, 2012 in Announcements, New Products, News |

Competitor	Category	No. Species	%	Place
Ben Thompson	S	4	100.0	1
Adam Smith	V	4	78.22	2
Dan Keating	S	3	62.58	3
Luke Randell	S	2	46.76	4
Tim McDonald	S	2	43.91	5
Guy Wood	S	2	43.65	6
Casey Harrison	S	2	40.19	7
Sean Saville	S	2	39.24	8
Tony Heugh	M	2	38.55	9
Daniel Mann	I	1	19.71	10
Ben Teufel	S	-	-	-
Claire Hollier	L	-	-	-
Daniel Bloom	I	-	-	-
Duncan Limpus	S	-	-	-
Karl Reece	S	-	-	-
Russell Miller	S	-	-	-
Vigor Monte	S	-	-	-

Pair	No. Species	%	Place
Adam Smith Tony Heugh	5	100	1
Ben Thompson Dan Keating	3	61.10	2
Daniel Mann Sean Saville	1	31.29	3
Guy Wood Luke Randell	-	-	-
Daniel Bloom Dan Cartwright	-	-	-

The QLD state Titles were held out of the Sunshine Coast at the beginning of November 2011. Although the sunshine coast often produces some quality fish, competitions such as the State Titles are inherently difficult as divers are unassisted by boats and GPS’s, being dropped on a reef and having 6 hours to swim and find ground and hopefully fish.

Local Aquarium Diver Ben Thompson, who has been diving since he was a junior, won the competition with 5 fish. Ben is well known in Adreno and notorious in the spearfishing world for consistently finding fantastic fish where others often see none!

2011 QLD Spearfishing Champion, Ben Thompson, with a couple of beautiful Coral Cod - Congratualtions Ben!

In close second was Dr Adam Smith from Townsville, who has been competing in National and Interpacific Championships for many years and has numerous titles under his belt. Adam is a well known ambassador of spearfishing and has represented Australia at World Championships for spearfishing and freediving.