Hi this is Fred Wallace with ” Off the Wire ” brought to you by Auto Logic, the Logical Choice.
The cliche in sports and competition is the margin between winning and losing often is a tiny one.
The greatest example I will always cite took place in May of 1999 at Kincardine in the Bluewater Senior Boys 100 metre final.
Adam Kunkel from Walkerton District defeated Liam Card of Saugeen District at the line.,
And while there’s was no question that Kunkel was first that day, what was amazing to me was that both runners were officially clocked at 10.6 seconds, both 4/10ths of a second under the existing Bluewater record. It was that close.
Sixteen years later, a fraction of a pound. not speed, was the determining factor in the 32nd annual CFPS Chantry Chinook Classic.
Brian Claydon of Cambridge had the heaviest fish and claimed $ 15,000 as a result of his catch that weighed 17.07 pounds.
The Claydon catch was 1/100th of a pound heavier than Mark Donaldson from Port Elgin who missed 15 grand by that much.
The margin of victory can be tiny, witness Adam Kunkel’s enduring Bluewater record in the 100, or the cash pocketed by Brian Claydon.
It’s part of the beauty of sports and angling, and will likely be a tale much told during the Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular which commences in 16 days
I’m Fred Wallace