CASTING CONTEST FOR ANGLERS.—W. Thorpe, of Auckland, competing in the fishermen’s distance event at the New Zealand fly, plug, and surf-casting championships at North Hagley Park on Saturday. He won with a cast of 145yds 2ft lin. Two years ago, Thorpe was runner-up in the all-round championship of the world in Sydney.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29621, 18 September 1961, Page 18
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52CASTING CONTEST FOR ANGLERS.—W. Thorpe, of Auckland, competing in the fishermen’s distance event at the New Zealand fly, plug, and surf-casting championships at North Hagley Park on Saturday. He won with a cast of 145yds 2ft lin. Two years ago, Thorpe was runner-up in the all-round championship of the world in Sydney. Press, Volume C, Issue 29621, 18 September 1961, Page 18
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