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MAX INTERNATIONAL TEAM CHALLENGE CUP 2005

This weekend has proved to be one of the most exciting and enjoyable for many years as teams from Japan, Europe, Wales and England battled for the first three places of the Imax International competition.

Saturday was used as a practice day by the competitors and allowed the nations attending to way each other up and check out the competition! luckily the weather remained superb with a stiff breeze blowing down the court and the sun shining (10mph,SW) upon all the casters and spectators for all of the competition days.

Japan had traveled several thousand miles to attend and arrived in Wales in a huge white Limousine! they were truly wonderful people to meet and talk with and did themselves and their Country proud!

Danny Moeskops the World Champion also made a great effort and bought along a fellow country man to compete in a mixed European team, blended with casters from Wales and England.

Team England were as professional as ever with some of the best casters the UKSF/NFSA could send to us, these guys like to have fun and really excelled at entertaining their fellow competitors and the applauding spectators. We were treated to Dennis 'The Menace' Retter and Roger 'Superman' Mortimer making guest appearances!

Surfcast Wales would like to thank all of the attending nations for the support shown and would like to see the winning team hold the competition next year!In 2007, Wales will hold this competition again and we will give dates and further info later next year and send invites to many more countries to make this competition bigger and better!

Food and hot/cold drinks were provided for competitors along with male and female conveniences making an added bonus! for all persons attending this new competition.

I would like to wish all the casters well for the future and hope their journeys home are safe and that with out the help of our good Ladies and Committee the competition may not of been as successful, thank you all.

Please enjoy some of the pictures taken.

Here are some information on the longest casts made on both days;

150 gram (Saturday)

DANNY MOSKOPPS 302.yards !!!!!! NEW WELSH RECORD (305 YARDS WORLD RECORD)

GARY DICKERSON 274

MARK JAKIN 257.2

CHRIS BRAYLEY 257

MR.TAKAHASHI 256 PERSONAL BEST

125 gram (Sunday)

DANNY MOSKOPPS 288 YARDS

CHRIS BRAYLEY 271

GARY DICKERSON 269