Message music to her ears |
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Many people know the Peake children love music, but the farming family from Tiki Road are also mad keen on fishing. So when teenager Catherine (13) was told she won the Fish the Primetime Dream competition for a four day charter valued at $13,500 it was music to her ears. NZ Fishing News readers between the age of 10 and 16 were asked to write in no less than 400 words why they would like to fish on one of the country’s top charter vessels, Primetime, what they would like to catch and who they would take and why. Primetime’s owner operators John and Samantha Gregory, along with NZ Fishing News editor Grant Dixon, agonised over the selection of the best five entries to go forward into the final draw.
“We trimmed it down to
six but could not eliminate
another one so they all went
into the draw with Catherine’s
name the first out of the
hat,” Mr Gregory says.
“Catherine was a worthy
winner and her short but interesting
story covered all the
entry criteria. She showed
a great deal of originality
in sending in a painting of The judges were impressed
with the large number of The five runners up as well as the winner will each receive a Primetime backpack, cap and pen set along with a 12 month subscription to NZ Fishing News.
Primetime set a new record last season of 168 marlin, and skipper Mr Gregory believes the January trip will see the family get into marlin, good yellowfin tuna, kingis and hapuka. Catherine says it will be the
trip of a lifetime. |