Hibiscus Coast Boating Club Queen of the Coast Ladies Fishing Competition

Well that's a wrap ladies!! The Hibiscus Coast Boating Club Queen of the Coast is over for 2024, we hope you all had a great time we loved having you all there!

Congratulations to all our winners and a special mention goes to this years Queen of the Coast Michele Copestake! This is the second time Michele has been crowned the Queen!!

Results:
1st Michele Copestake - 8.195kg
2nd Roz Millet - 8.010kg
3rd Michelle Crake - 6.035kg
4th Ella Owen - 4.865kg
5th Alana Houghton - 4.760kg
6th Mishell Ivy Rose - 4.585kg
7th Lauren Hunter - 4.475kg
8th Michelle Chisholm - 4.070kg

Average weight - 103 snapper weighed in, total weight 215.07kg, Average weight 2.088kg - closest Melissa Maher 2.095kg

Mystery weight - 2.87kg closest Susan Power 2.88kg

Special mention to our Queens Master Baiter - Congratulations Paul Copestake.

A big congratulations to our 2 lucky ladies who won the Doubless Bay Fishing Charters I am sure you will have a blast fishing up north with Mike Du Toit, please share your photos when you are with him.

A HUGE thank you to all the club and committee members who helped on the day and leading up to the event!!!

I will add more photos of weigh in and prizegiving when my hangover eases:)

Until next time ladies........

QOTC day 2, good luck out there today ladies!! Let’s hope the fish are biting!! Reminder weigh in this afternoon is 4.30-5.30 you must be in the line by 5.30 or you will not be able to weigh your fish, for those using the club tractors it will be busy so allow extra time for retrieving. We will be getting a photo of all ladies wearing their tshirts so please wear it to prizegiving at 6, Please remember prizegiving is for ticket holders only so please make sure you wear your ticket at all times!! The bar will be super busy so the quickest way to get a drink is to buy a drinks ticket just $60 for 10 drinks, cash raffle tickets will be available and it will be drawn tonight, See you all this afternoon!

QOTC has started!! We hope you have the best day ladies, good luck, be safe and look out for everyone!!! We will be on Chanel 3 for any communication this weekend, please post photos of how your days going and what your master baiter is doing for you!! Happy fishing ladies ❤️

Wahoo we are all set up and set to go for prizegiving on Saturday!! Good luck to everyone fishing we hope you have a great time and the fish are biting❤️ I wonder who is going to be crowned the Queen of the Coast???

The weather gods are on our side ladies!!!! So super excited to announce that the Queen of the Coast 2024 is officially ON this Friday-Saturday as advertised...I wonder who will be replacing Jo Ollards Queen of the Coast reign from the previous comp??? BRING ON THE FUN TIMES LADIES!!

We are going to have some very spoilt ladies at prizegiving on Saturday!! I have just been donated some of the most amazing jewellery from Queen of the Foxes!!

Please go online and have a look, their collection is amazing!! Thank you so much Lindi Kingi, your support is greatly appreciated! 🙏 I am sure the lucky ladies will LOVE them!! ❤️

http://www.queenofthefoxes.com/

https://www.facebook.com/queenofthefoxes?mibextid=LQQJ4d

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OMG Only 4 sleeps to go now ladies who’s getting excited!!!??
Just a couple of things…
There are still quite a few tshirts that have not been collected yet. We will be getting a group photo with everyone wearing them at prizegiving. They are behind the bar and we have a lot of deliveries coming in this week and need the space so can you please come in and get them either Wednesday or Thursday from 4pm.
Also the bar will be super busy at prizegiving so it would help if you purchase a drinks ticket, just $60 for 10 drinks!!
A final call will be made on Wednesday as to if we are going ahead or not, let’s hope the weather forecast doesn’t change too much before then!!!
We cant wait to see you all at prizegiving with your catch!!
Bring it on ladies, I wonder who wil be this years Queen of the Coast?? 💪😎🎣

What an awesome turn out last night for our mix and mingle night, I hope everyone likes their bags and their tshirts!
I would like to say a huge thank you to all of our sponsors your donation big or small is greatly appreciated!! Without you this competition would not be able to go ahead.
An extra big thank you to all of our major sponsors most of which have sponsored all 3 comps now - absolute legends 👍

Anita Dobson & Co - Hibiscus Coast Real Estate
Doubtless Bay Charters - Mike Du Toit
Pipe Image - Ryan Winters & Diane Winters
Ze Build - Zane Dykman
Mitre 10 Levin - Emma Van Echten
Prestige Pools - Mike McGurk
Networked Engineering - Greig Russell

If you didn’t come down and pick up your t shirt last night the club is open today from 4pm and Wednesday and Thursday next week. Also please note that if the comp has to be postponed due to weather it will be on Friday 8 - Saturday 9 November, same rules will apply.

Don’t forget out mix and mingle tshirt night tonight from 5.30pm!! Come along and meet other keen fishing queens and you or your skipper could win a lucky door bar tab spot prize. (Must be there to win it)
Please remember to bring cash for raffle tickets. Skippers tickets and drinks tickets will be available for sale behind the bar these are only $60 for 10 drinks!!
Looking forward to seeing you all tonight 😎🎣🍻

In keeping up with the QOTC tradition in with your tshirt is a car sticker! Pop it on your car and see the other fellow queenies driving round the coast and give them a toot!!
Please remember prizegiving is a ticketed event if you have extras that want to come to prizegiving they will need to purchase a skipper ticket, these are available for sale at the club $10 and include a free bottle of beer!

Wahoo ladies this time in 2 weeks the weigh in line will soon be starting!!! Let’s hope it’s not as windy as the past two days 🤞…..starting to get excited now 😎🎣. T-shirts have arrived and look awesome, can’t wait to see you all on Wednesday from 5.30pm!!!