18/02/2026
Good evening members and followers,
Wow what a massive weekend we all had remembering and celebrating our mate Robbie. It all started with our briefing at the Central Highlands Lodge Friday evening and then the fishing Saturday followed by the weigh in and live music back at the Lodge.
The weather was pretty good luckily which saw 120 anglers in 48 teams tackle the Great Lake. Some succeeded and some battled. 199 size fish were landed totalling 83,345mm. 151 Browns and 44 Rainbows.
We would like to thank all of the incredible sponsors who supported this event, which helped us to provide thousands of dollars worth of prizes, The Lodge for hosting us and cooking the bbq, Hayley Howe for incredible live music, special guests Carlo and Wayne from The Shooter, Fishers and Farmers party, members from our club who helped in many ways and most importantly everyone that entered the competition. We apologise if anyone is missed. It is not intentional. So many incredible people made this event the success that it was.
Here are the results from our Robbie Dunlop Memorial Comp and the Northern Interclub Challenge.
Our 2026 A1 Tree Specialists Robbie Dunlop Memorial Shield held at the Great Lake
Top 10
1st Rex Campbell jr 5845mm
2nd Colin Smithurst 5650mm
3rd Shane Diprose 4430mm
4th Dennis Foley 3875mm
5th Kaleb Bryan 3200mm
6th Nigel Scott 2605mm
7th Jackson McCullagh jr 2570mm
8th Andrew Bowkett 2550mm
9th Ben Scott 2535mm
10th Jake Hampton 2450mm
🏆 Shield Winner Longest Total Length - Rex Campbell (JR) - 5845mm
Runner up - Colin Smithurst - 5650mm
Longest length Rainbow - Dennis Foley - 490
Longest length Brown - Colin Smithurst - 500mm x2
Closest to the Average length - on count back for first caught was - Shane Campbell - 420mm caught at 6.05am
Junior champion - Rex Campbell - 5845mm
R/U Junior champion - Jackson McCullagh - 2570mm
Female Champion - Ella Bryan - 1300mm
R/U Female - on count back for second fish caught was - caught at 8.08 am Sheryl Polden - 870mm
Land based Champion - no fish, random drawn - Stuart Rouse
R/U land based - no fish, random drawn - Stefan Szoke
Longest Total Boat Length - Soupy Trawler - 8895mm
Friday night lucky angler - Chris Marshall - Fridge
Saturday night lucky angler - Stuart Rouse - $500 The Cove Tasmania Voucher
Random angler boat sked draws $100 Tamar Marine vouchers -
Jason Folo
Todd Bryan
Chris Marshall
Andrew Huett
Boat Calcutta
Longest total length - Soupy Trawler 8895mm - $500
Longest trout - Cormorants 500mm - $500
Dob in a buddy s**t drinks
Cliff Stewart
Max Quinn
Ricky Harback
Adam Garwood
Video in the comments 😂
Our friday raffle winners
Meat tray Jayden Slater
Meat tray Nigel Scott
Lifejacket Dwayne Johnson
Lifejacket Jamien Branch
Saturday raffle saw about 25 winners drawn out
‼️Northern Tasmania Interclub Challenge
The suspense at the weigh in was incredible as bragging rights were up for grabs. Each club weighed their 5 best fish. For the 3rd year running Deloraine just snuck home. Massive thanks to the clubs who came up and fished. Also to Launceston for the use of their digital scales. They were the absolute goods.
Launceston - 5.33 kgs
New Norfolk - 3.71 kgs
Queenstown - 3.57 kgs
Deloraine - 5.46 kgs
Congratulations to all clubs. Hopefully next year we can get a couple more involved
