2007 Rypeskken Open Speychallenge Lilliehammer
31/05/2007
"Lilliehammer in Spring" what a beautiful setting for the first open Speycasting competition in Norway. A resounding success it turned out to be, with a 1st for any Speycasting competitions to date, an electronic scoreboard. This competition was held over 2 days with qualifying on Saturday and the top 6 going into Sundays Grand Final. This was a challenging 15 foot rod course, wading waist deep and casting over both shoulders taking the scores from your best two casts and adding them together to give a combined total.
The qualifying scores.
| Erik Hernes Larsen | 92 metres |
| Gordon Armstrong | 91 metres |
| Geir Hansen | 87 metres |
| Mikael Bloomberg | 87 metres |
| Per Morten Storengen | 86.5 metres |
The wind got stronger in the bay where the competition was taking place causing large waves, so qualifying was abandoned and the final was hastily moved to a slightly sheltered area where we were treated to a nail biting final. Congratulations to all who took part for adjusting very quickly to the new surroundings, I also must congratulate the organisers for having a contingency plan which allowed the competition to continue.
Scores in Final
| 1st | Gordon Armstrong | 87 Metres |
| 2nd | Erik Hernes Larsen | 87 Metres |
| 3rd | Mikael Bloomberg | 83.5 Metres |
| 4th | Per Morten Storengen | 83 Metres |
| 5th | Knut Sysrstad | 80 Metres |
| 6th | Geir Hansen | 78.5 Metres |
Cast off Results
| 1st | Gordon Armstrong | 88 Metres |
| 2nd | Erik Hernes Larsen | 82 Metres |
A demanding course with casts from both shoulders whilst wading
From left to right Erik H.Larsen, Gordon Armstrong, Michael Bloomberg
Gordon Celebrates with the world famous ski jump in the background
A first class competition in magnificent surroundings we look forward to participating in Norway in the future.