The Twenty-Fifth Annual
Mornington Peninsula Tea Tree
SNAPPER FISHING COMPETITION
INCORPORATING
The Victorian Amateur Snapper Championship

Friday 31^st October and Saturday 1st November 2008

Winners Open

Heaviest – Allen Rayner                        (7.22 kg)
and new Victorian Snapper Champion.

Second Heaviest – Jason Angel            (7.00 kg)

Third Heaviest – John Dafilis               (6.54 kg)

Winners Juniors

Heaviest Fish Junior – Adam Petrakos     (4.43 kg)

Second Heaviest – Jack Leroy               (4.40 kg) 

Third Heaviest – Brad Walker               (4.35 kg)

Random Capture Prize – JV Marine Quintrex 4.3 metre Estuary Angler Deluxe with Dunbier trailer, fitted with a 30hp Four stroke Suzuki motor with power tilt and trim. The boat came complete with painted hull, side and bow rails, anchor well, upholstered seats, Ace All Covers Canopy, Lowrance X-52 depth sounder, Northstar (Navman) marine radio & aerial, navigation lights, registration and safety gear.

Winner: Stuart Gillingham

Random Capture Prize – JV Marine World was a Quintrex 3.75 Dart and Dunbier trailer with a 15hp Suzuki two stroke motor.

Winner: David Cattunar

Random Capture Prize - The Elite boat prize was a 4.3 m inflatable boat from Elite Boats, Dandong South.  Winner: Steven Teasdale

Lucky Draw – JV Marine 3.95 metre Quintrex Boat and Dunbier trailer fitted with a 30hp Suzuki two stroke motor and a Bimini canopy from Ace All Covers, registration and safety gear from JV Marine World.

Winner: – John Freeman.

Total number of competitors.    1701 including 172 Juniors.                                         
Total number of boats.     733

 Total fish weighed in.   1031 of which 233 came from Westernport.

Average number of fish per competitor   0.74

Click here to read Tea Tree results article.

Heaviest fish winner and new Victorian snapper champion  Allen Rayner receives his trophies from club president Greg Nixon.

Junior heaviest fish winner Adam Petrakos.

Second and third heaviest fish winners Jason Angel (right) and John Dafilis (left) with winner Alan Rayner.

Jack Leroy (left) won the junior second heaviest fish award, and Brad Walker won the third heaviest.

Stuart Gillingham (right) was the winner of the JV Marine big boat prize.

John Freeman of McCrea who won the lucky draw boat being congratulated by club president Greg Nixon.

Andrew Anstice a son Mark were a successful team with Brad Gill displaying a couple of nice 5 and 6 kg snapper.

A section of the large crowd that attended the presentation at Mornington Racecourse.