The North Queensland Panning Championships 2010.
This championship is one of the major events conducted by the NQMA during each year.
This years event was bigger than ever with participants and spectators alike enjoying beautiful weather and heated competition!
With record entries this year, the mens event had to be split into two heats!
Here are this years results, well done to every entrant!
Traditional : 1st Tes Willes 2nd Graham Byrne 3rd Vic Cummings
Juniors Under 12 : 1st Nick Bell 2nd Dante Avolio 3rd Kynan Holden
Juniors 12 to 16 : 1st Andrew Wickham 2nd Tara Phillott 3rd Damien Wildman
Novice-Women : 1st Bronwyn Webb 2nd Trish Thomas 3rd Christine Green
Novice Men : 1st Simon White 2nd Alex Byrne 3rd Vic Cummings
Skilled Women : 1st Gloria Olsson 2nd Georgina Friend 3rd Tes Willes
Skilled Men : 1st Fred Olsson 2nd Ken Wilson 3rd Alex Byrne/Simon White
Veterans : 1st Fred Olsson 2nd A Caamano 3rd Tim Land
Open : 1st Tim Land 2nd Gloria Olsson 3rd Nick Martin
Teams : 1st Bushwackers 2nd Palmer River 3rd Just Us
Raffle : 1st Blondie Sue 2nd Julie Raymer 3rd Norma DeLacey
Photography Comp : 1st George Mayer 2nd Alex Byrne 3rd Mike Collins
Peoples Choice : George Mayer
Gold Rush : 1st Chays Hickman 2nd Mathew Markert 3rd Aminata Bangour
Lucky Strike : Eric Swarbrick
