SCGFC 2016-17 Season Wrap Up & Awards Night
The awards night this year was held at the Mooloolaba Surf Club and was a welcomed venue by all who attended. This was the first time that the split zone format was awarded and given the lengthy amount of trophies on offer, the night ran smoothly. Special thanks to our sponsors who support the SCGFC along with consistent SCGFC advocates Albert and Pauline Threadingham for their efforts throughout the year.
The SCGFC had one of its most successful years with just over 200 members. It was great to see our club be inclusive of male, female and junior anglers not only at sea but at social functions as well.
Congratulations also goes to Ben Masuritt for setting a couple of records this year on different line classes for Black Marlin.
Some statistics from season 16/17
Marlin – Black: 343
Marlin – Blue: 87
Marlin – Striped: 15
Sailfish: 8
It goes to show that every contributes to these numbers as 10 People caught 10-15 marlin, 1 Person caught 20-25 and only 1 person caught over 30 marlin.
Our members represented us with tournament wins, placings and champion anglers at Hervey Bay, Redcliffe, Gold Coast, Back To Tangas and Mooloolaba competitions.
As a club we were represented around the world at tournaments in Costa Rica, Fiji, Hawaii and New Zealand.
Thank you all for being a part of a fantastic season, the winners are below.
SCGFC Committee
| Champion Boat Heavy Tackle Queensland Waters | Winner | Chaos | 16000 Points |
| Runner Up | Finatic | 13750 Points | |
| Champion Boat Light Tackle Queensland Waters | Winner | Finatic | 28500 Points |
| Runner Up | Chaos | 15550 Points | |
| Champion Boat Over 7 Metres Queensland Waters | Winner | Finatic | 40000 Points |
| Runner Up | Chaos | 31500 Points | |
| Champion Boat Under 7 Metres Queensland Waters | Winner | Raising Havoc | 11750 Points |
| Runner Up | Raise-A-Bill | 9000 Points | |
| Champion Light Tackle Angler Sunshine Coast Waters | Winner | Ben Massurit | 26798 Points |
| Runner Up | Bryce Bartleson | 15154 Points | |
| Champion Heavy Tackle Angler Sunshine Coast Waters | Winner | Dale Penhall | 5000 Points |
| Runner Up | Gerhard Laubscher | 2500 Points | |
| Champion Junior Male Angler Sunshine Coast Waters | Winner | Ben Massurit | 26798 Points |
| Runner Up | Bryce Bartleson | 17554 Points | |
| Champion Female Angler Sunshine Coast Waters | Winner | Kourtney Fenwick | 6700 Points |
| Runner Up | Beverley Fennell | 2250 Points | |
| Champion Male Angler Sunshine Coast Waters | Winner | Darren Lee | 10000 Points |
| Runner Up | Alex Fenwick | 9800 Points | |
| Champion Boat Heavy Tackle Sunshine Coast Waters | Winner | Chaos | 8000 Points |
| Runner Up | Endorfin | 4500 Points | |
| Champion Boat Light Tackle Sunshine Coast Waters | Winner | Beat | 30010 Points |
| Runner Up | Chaos | 26800 Points | |
| Champion Boat Over 7 Metres Sunshine Coast Waters | Winner | Chaos | 53715 Points |
| Runner Up | Reel Capture | 24800 Points | |
| Champion Boat Under 7 Metres Sunshine Coast | Winner | Beat | 31050 Points |
| Runner Up | Never Home | 15300 Points | |
| Champion Angler Weekend Queensland Waters | Winner | Karen Attree | 15250 Points |
| Runner Up | Darryl Lund | 6000 Points | |
| Champion Boat Weekend Queensland Waters | Winner | Finatic | 39000 Points |
| Runner Up | Chaos | 16750 Points | |
| Champion Angler Weekend Sunshine Coast Waters | Winner | Darren Lee | 9200 Points |
| Runner Up | Brett Barton | 7070 Points | |
| Champion Boat Weekend Sunshine Coast Waters | Winner | Beat | 17899 Points |
| Runner Up | Chaos | 17215 Points | |
| Champion Angler Overall Queensland Waters | Winner | Karen Attree | 15250 Points |
| Runner Up | Jay Graham | 6500 Points | |
| Champion Boat Overall Queensland Waters | Winner | Finatic | 40000 Points |
| Runner Up | Chaos | 31500 Points | |
| Champion Angler Overall Sunshine Coast Waters | Winner | Ben Massurit | 26798 Points |
| Runner Up | Bryce Bartleson | 17554 Points | |
| Champion Boat Overall Sunshine Coast Waters | Winner | Chaos | 53715 Points |
| Runner Up | Beat | 31010 Points | |
| Champion Angler Capture Combined Zones | Winner | Ben Massurit | 1331 Points |
| Champion Angler Other Species Combined Zones | Winner | Ben Massurit | 167 Points |
| Champion Junior Overall | Winner | Ben Massurit | 26631 Points |
| Champion Tag & Release Angler Combined Zones | Winner | Ben Massurit | 25447 Points |
| Champion Angler Overall | Winner | Ben Massurit | 26631 Points |
