Many thanks to the London International Club for holding a very successful pairs competition yesterday 4th July. In a complete change from last year the weather was perfect with light winds a slight swell and clear skies with underwater visibility off Portland over 30ft in most areas. The competition was held as a species hunt with the largest of each gaining 100% and your biggest getting a percentage of that. This meant that the biggest catch of 11 cod up to 12lbs two guilt head bream and 4 bass by Gary Roach and Colin Chester did not win the dive. That honour went to Lee & Sean Deighton of the Sussex Spearfishing Club with a catch of big Bass, Guilt Head Bream, Black Bream, Pollack, Pout, Mullet and a 7lb Lobster despite an encounter with a 400lb Porbeagle shark during the competition. A lot of the divers were fishing at 90ft quite an achievement in British waters with a strong tide running but boat cover was good. The prizes donated by European Spearfishing Supplies meant that most of the top divers received Rob Allen guns for the effort they put in and the BBQ even surpassed the very high standards set by the LIC in other years. With proceeds going towards the British Team and all the fish filleted and donated to the largest old peoples home in Weymouth it was a shame that many of the squad could not make it due to other commitments on the day. A full report will appear with photos in the Autumn edition of Crystal Clear.