The 2013 Ausfish Annual Agnes Water / 1770 Meet & Greet kicked off with a few early starters that were duly rewarded for their efforts with eskies of Red coloured fish and alike.
The Tavern Night was huge with about 30 members turning up and indulging in the food and beverages.
Cook-Off night. How big was this ? Ernie Vaughan, Agnes Surf Club President provided all we could ask for at the event. Josie and her VMR team stayed the night to witness our “ goings on “ and a myriad of AF members entertained us for 4 hours or so.
Apollo ( Steve ) MC’d the night and should be congratulated for his wit and professional delivery of proceedings. The Cook-Off Team of murf, basserman, Horse, Wardysin and Netmaker certainly brewed up some fantastic grub and really, in the taste department, nothing separated them. The chef that had the most pro-active “ coin collector “ was eventually the winner by a small margin, being murf ( and collector..Les )… very closely followed by wardysin and (collector thedeckie ).
The Prawn Peeling Comp… judged by Mrs Boat Hog was won by a ring in….. Steve… son-in-law to Lucky_Phill. This was a great event and was keenly surveyed but all. The Chilli Challenge took on a twist with Challenger ( Muddy Toes ) enticing the chilli maker, tropicrows to also take part and even Captain Seaweed joined in with another 3 ferets trying their luck with the “ not much flavour but by Jesus, it’s hot “… brew!!!!
I would like to point out that the monetary winners of the Chilli Challenge and Prawn Peeling comp, donated their winnings back to the VMR, so thanks to Julie ( Black Magic ) and Naomi ( Pink Boat ? )
The raffles were drawn with about 30 prizes being handed out to the lucky recipients and a full list of sponsors will follow, but a special thank you must go to thedeckie ( paul ) for his efforts in gathering a huge amount of sponsored prizes. An auction was conducted at the end of raffle draws and the winner receiving a custom made swag. The battle was a 3 way struggle with Captain Seaweed ( Marty ) holding his nerve to claim the victory.
Chong ( Matt ) provided some light hearted action with his “ Rod from Hell “ offer for auction. A fishing rod with attached items such as stubbie cooler, EPIRB, ruler, alvey reel, knife and more, you just had to see it to believe it.
Thelump…otherwise known as macca turned up in his “ losing bet “ attire and I am sure there’ll be a photo or 2 floating around here somewhere. The other bet losers also received their attire and wore it with pride.
In all, members, friends and family raised $2,590.00 which was greatly appreciated by Josie and her VMR team.
So many people put in hard yards for this event and assisted. To the Cook-Off committee members…chong, thedeckie, Muddy Toes, Captain Seaweed, Apollo and to murf for once again providing the shirts that commemorate this special event.
Thanks to Ernie Vaughan and the Agnes Surf Club, Round Hill VMR and the Agnes business’s for their continued sponsorship, Caltex Servo and Agnes Tavern. A big thanks to my family members ( non-AF members ) who assisted with everything during the night, Tjara, Steve, Mal and Annette. Well done to the chef’s on the night and indeed to all members for turning up, digging deep, enjoying the company of the new and old members and for really displaying a disciplined approach to the evening and enhancing the reputation of the M & G and in particular Ausfish.
I will not forget the AF members that donated some really great prizes to place in the raffles and is sincerely appreciated. It was fantastic to see a number of new members and in particular them bringing along wives , GF’s and kids.
The count………………………………….114 people in all, attended. HUGE !!!!!!!!
Cheers LP