Rotorua Anglers Association Cups, Trophies and Awards for 2008/2009

  • Hamills Sports Ltd Trophy - Heaviest Rainbow Trout (open to all anglers members or not):
    • Neville Robinson 4.8 kg Lake Rotoiti
  • Jack England Cup - Heaviest Brown Trout:
    • Mike Abbot 5.7 kg Ngongotaha River
  • Beamish-White Trophy and Honours Board - Best condition factor Rainbow Trout caught by any method:
    • Roger Bowden c/f 83.87 Lake Tarawera
  • Dave Ellery Trophy - Best condition factor Brown Trout:
    • Bevan Lash c/f 53.69 Lake Rotorua
  • CES Taylor Cup - Highest aggregate condition factor for bag of 4 trout caught on one day:
    • Roger Bowden c/f 56.345 Lake Tarawera
  • O’Keefes Cup - Heaviest Trout caught on a club trip:
    • Eddie Bowman 4.8 kg Lake Otamangakau
  • Westpac Trophy - Heaviest Trout caught out of the district and not on a club trip:
    • Roger Bowden 3.7 kg Lake Otamangakau
  • Doug Lynch Memorial Trophy – Best condition Trout caught by a lady:
    • Ailsa Hawes c/f 49.35 Lake Tarawera
  • Richard Randell Memorial Trophy – Heaviest trout caught by a lady angler:
    • Khaun Schneider 4.4 kg Lake Rotorua
  • Kilwell Prize - Heaviest Trout caught by a junior:
    • Jacob Bond 3.1 kg. Lake Okataina  

  • Honey McGregor Trophy - Best condition factor Rainbow Trout – junior:

    • Taylan Onan  52.67 Lake Rotoiti  

  • Gerry Watt Memorial Trophy – Best condition factor Brown Trout – junior:
    • No Entry  

  • Stephen Hutton Memorial Trophy - Junior who has made greatest contribution to the Association over the past year:
    • No Entry  

  • Bass Jackson Memorial Trophy - Best newsletter article:

    • Jeremy Rutherford.   

  • Ken Nairn Memorial Trophy - Heaviest trout caught on 1kg line

    • Neal Hawes 3.31 kg. Lake Rotorua  

  • Special prize donated by Idle Hour Books  – for closest to average C/f of 46 fish weighed in (49.25)

    • Kevin Corbett c/f 50.20.  

  • Batchelors Photo Centre Awards – Best all round flyfishing
    • Larry Ware

Incentives include

$10 voucher for the fish of the month both senior and junior, kindly donated by Hamills  Rotorua.

A free senior full season fishing licence, drawn from all entrants, at the prize giving, (the more entries you submit the more chances you have).

The satisfaction of winning a trophy with your name engraved on for posterity, and a miniature to keep.

To make it much easier for you, all you have to do is register your scales for the current season. This will be possible any Friday night at the clubrooms, then just have a witness confirm your entry. You can even weigh your fish in a plastic shopping bag then release it afterwards.