Australian Bass Tournament Presents

2023 Venom BARRA Australian Open

Scoreboard blackout effective from 9:00pm AEST 26th Feb 2023.  Next scoreboard update will be at 9:00am AEST 27 Feb 2023 following the presentation and crowning of the 2023 Venom BARRA Open Champion Team  



The Venom Rods BARRA Australian Open heads back to Lake Awoonga in 2023 for three nights of BARRA fishing action.

This is a 100% payback event. 


With Lake Awoonga's barra fishery developing nicely, there’s plenty of fit, fat and feisty barra in the metre-class that will make the event very fishy and with live scoreboards, very exciting.


Give your family, fans and sponsors great value by being involved in the extensive event coverage. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE EVENT ENTRY FORM


VENUE: 

Lake Awoonga, Gladstone, Queensland.

DATES: 
24/25/26 February 2023

ENTRY FEE: 
$550 inc GST per team

SESSION TIMES: 
4pm - Midnight

 

START ORDER:
Entries received between 22nd December and 10th January will be random drawn for session one start order.  Entries received after the 10th of January 2023 will be added to the list and allocated a start position based on order of entry received.  Session two and session three is a chasing start based on scoreboard position at the conclusion of the prior session.

EVENT FORMAT: 
Teams event.  A team will consist of two anglers.  Anglers may choose their own teams. 

This event is being run 100% on the ABT Tournament Series App.   Here is the link to the instruction video for the app, which can be downloaded for free at the Apple App Store or from Google Play:




The App gives us real, live scoreboards throughout the event and is an important part of marketing this event to spectators, so it’s important to become familiar with it. The week before the Open you will be able to practice with it and make sure it works well on your smartphone.

Glory Photos from the app will be used in the live coverage, so please take them wherever possible.


BRIEFING:
Compleat Angler Gladstone. 
Friday 24th February at 9:00am. 

LOCAL WASHDOWN FACILITIES:
https://cpmg.org.au/washdown-facility/ 

 

MORE INFORMATION:

ABT - 0427 326 464 or email admin@bream.com.au 

 

Entry List current as at 17th February 2023

 

START TEAM NAME ANGLER 1 ANGLER 2
1 Renegade Bryan Pisani Nathan Hooton
2 Barratrauma Peter Laine Zac Hunt
3 Barra Bandits Moz Khan Glen Smith
4 Fish with Me Marc Edmonds Matt Dow
5 Imakatsu Quintin Maclean Collin Brett
6 LJ's Compleat Angler Gladstone Liam Jones Leon Mittlehouser
7 Fishing Monthly Steve Morgan Nicholle Smith
8 Barra Drama Geoff Newby Keeghan Hayden
9 Gladstone Fly & Sportsfishing Cory Gooch Dean Silvester
10 Tracker Anthony Pelling Kris Lassig
11 Anita Durkin/Humminbird Liam Robinson Benn Durkin
12 Hot Reels Stephen Purnell Jarrod Westerweller
13 Venom Troy Dixon Adam Meredith
14 Old Farts Stephen Chatterton Les Jones
15 Blacklisted Adam Sharam Frazer Ryan
16 Barra Whisperers Andrew Murley Phill Lyons
17 Dobyns Rods Mick Slade Ben Wilcox
18 Scales & Tails Zac Moss Dwayne House
19 Donuts/MC Tiling Gladstone Matthew Callow Wade Doessel
20 Neptunes Crew Josh Horkings Sam Larson
21 Samaki Tommy Wood Josh Lowry
22 Swel Outdoors Steve Kanowski Mick Thompson
23 Atomic Michael Starkey  Michael Martin
24 Samurai Rob March Terry Allwood
25 Scale Raisers Dwight Ryan Aaron Williams
26 Barra Boys Josh Towie Thomas Ryan

Team NameAngler 1Angler 2FishWeight (Kg)Biggest BreamRookie
JohnJohn Siggs53.620.82
NuLook floorsJamie MckeownSteve Nicholls53.570.74
Pontoon 21Denis MetzdorfKhoi Phan53.531.04
NeckemallAndrew BuhagiarAlex Baffod52.730.68Yes
Russ & WhipsBrandon GouldingDarren Russel52.70Yes
RangerStuart Robinson52.64
Too EarlyCharlie Saykao52.28
T1T2Tim GeideNatasha Nielson52.23Yes
BonzoGary MiddletonRos Middleton52.11
Simrad/BurkleyStephen Wilson52.05
IntaflowMark Saric41.95
Sunstate HobieScott SandilandStephen Maas41.80
Nathan PalmerJordan Schulz41.52
15 HorsesEthan MckeownTrent West41.49Yes
BradfieldCormacCory41.13Yes