Taipa Tavern's Frances 'Fruitcake' Clarke was again the person behind another successful hunt and said she was "just really rapt" how it had gone.
"The good thing about it is for that weather, they still turned up," she said. Asked about the decent patronage on Saturday night she said, "It was good, everyone was well behaved, it was more of a family affair." She added it was pleasing to see a number of eels kept alive to be weighed then re-released and also thanked the sponsors.
The top three placegetters in each category were (noting pig weights traditionally given in pounds with other species noted in kilograms), Heaviest pig: Brendon Kirtlan 129.5lbs (e.g. 1st), Aljay Ngawati 109lbs, Scott Tracey 103.5lbs; also, Average weight: Aljay Ngawati, Best tusk: Trevor Dodds, Best looking boar: B Kirtlan. Kids, heaviest, possum: Tayshan Yates 3.095kg, 1, Kauwa Parata 3.085kg, 2, Lexi Bradbury 3.055kg, 3; eel: Camryn Logan 4.960kg, 1, Alyssa Dural 4.650, 2, Awatea Smith 3.890kg, 3.