RESULTS,Leinster National  Qualifier 2009 for 2010, fished on l.Owel 26th sept 09.

 

Place  Name                 Club           Weight

1.    Colin Cahill            L.Bane         7lbs 9.4oz

2.    Mick McCormack   Brosna         7lbs 7.6oz

3.    Fran  Nugent         Dublin Taa     6lbs 15.2oz

4.    John Gallagher      Gormanstown 6lbs 9oz 

5.    Marc o' Regan       Trim/Athboy   6lbs 3.8oz

6.    Declan Conlon       Garda            6lbs 1.8oz

7.    Jim Brandon          L.Lene           6lbs  1.6 oz

8.    Andy Duncan        Brosna           6lbs 1.4oz

9.    Pat Noone            Nth.Kildare      6lbs 0.4oz

10.  Paddy Farrelly       L.Bane           5lbs 15.6oz

11.  Jimmy Cahill          L.Bane           5lbs 12.2 oz

12.  Andy Boyle            L.Owel           5lbs 11.4oz

13.  DJ.Byrne               Brosna           5lbs  5.5oz

14.  Billy OBrien          Nth.Kildare       5lbs  6.2 oz

15.  Paddy Ward         Inny AA            5lbs 4.2oz

16.  Eugene Fagan      L.Owel             5lbs  0.28oz

17.  John O Neill          Dublin TAA      5lbs  0.2oz

18.  Ken McCarthy      L.Owel             5lbs

19.  Peter McGlynn     Nth.Kildare       4lbs 14.6oz

20.  Derek O brien       L.lene              4lbs 7.2oz

21.  Fred Miller            Silverstream     4lbs 5.4oz

22.  Noel Farrar           Silverstream     4lbs 5.4 oz

23.  John Donoghue     Broadmeadow  4lbs 4.8 oz

24.  Martin Browne      Gormanstown    4lbs 2.8oz

25.  Paul Dunne          Clane               4lbs  2.6 oz

26.  Noel Shiels          Silverstream      4lbs  2.6 oz

27.  Niall Kenny          Garda               4lbs  0.4oz

28.  Sean Goulding     Kilbride             3lbs 14.4oz

29.  Seamus Eighan    L.lene               3lbs 13.8oz

30.  Brendan Murray    L.Owel              3lbs  12.2oz

 

 

123 anglers fished the competiton with 59 anglers catching 163 fish weighing 247lbs.

The top 30 shown qualify.   

 

 

Leinster Shield Winning Derraveragh Lough DeCaptain Paddy Ward is presented with the

 Shield by Doc Waldron

 

 

1st Place  Colin Cahill.

 

 

 

 

 

2nd Place Mick McCormick

 

 

 

 

 

 

3rd Place  Fran Nugent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009 INTERPROVINCIAL    Lough Arrow

Ulster win 2009 Interprovincial with a superb TEAM EFFORT.

 

Inter Pro Results 2009.

(A): TEAM RESULTS.

First:              Ulster                         8 fish             3590pts.

Second:         Connaught               4 fish             2230pts

Third:             Munster                   6 fish             2010pts

Fourth:          Leinster                    3 fish                990pts.

 

(B) INDIVIDUAL WINNERS.

(a)  Lennon Trophy for Best Overall Rod

Frank Kelly (Ulster) with 2 fish for 890 pts

(b) Scottish Bowl for Best Fish.

Barry Fox (Connaught) a fish of 56cms.

 

(C): BEST ROD IN EACH PROVINCE.

Connaught:              Deacy Cup:               Barry Fox

Leinster:                   Moylett Cup:           Chris McKeon

Munster:                  McCarthy Cup:       Ger Linehan

Ulster:                       McCrea Cup:            Frank Kelly

International Team Qualifiers 2010.

Autumn                                                                               Spring

Frank Kelly  (LSTP A)                                                              Barry Fox (L Gill)

Freddie Steele (Movilla)                                                        Kark Murrin (L Arrow)

Jack Spratt   (Co Fermanagh)                                                 Arden Pollock (Agivey)

Ger Linehan  (Riverstown)                                                     Patrick O’Loughlin (Ennis)

Michael Linehan (Macroom)                                                  Robert King (Coleraine)

 

Reserves: Chris McKeon, Brian McDonagh, John Walsh & Stephen Browne.

Frank Kelly (Ulster). Individual Winner of Interprovincial.

Ulster Captain Pat Foley receives 2009 Interprovincial Trophy. And what a speech.

2009 Interprovincial Champions --   ULSTER.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Report on Rivers International.
 
The 2009 IFFA Rivers International was fished on the River Taff at Merthyr Tydfil on

Friday June 26th. The four teams stayed at the Castle Hotel, Merthyr during the

week prior to the match and enjoyed some excellent practice sessions on the

competition stretches thanks to the generosity of the host club Merthyr Tydfil

Angling Associaztion. The practice days were bright and very warm but anglers

enjoyed great fishing. Match day dawned a little duller and the expected rains

arrived by lunch time.
The match was won by an excellent Wales team who thus claimed the Geoff Clackson

Trophy. Their team was made up of 'local' anglers and they put this advantage to

good use. The Irish team were challenging in second place at lunch time and things

were looking good for us. However England had two great afternoon sessions at in

the end just piped us for second place. Scotland finished in fourth place.

Full results were as follows:
1st    Wales with 92 fish and 34 team placings (4227 pts).
2nd   England with 63 fish and 45 team placings (2786 pts).
3rd   Ireland with 60 fish and 56 team placings (2735 pts)
4th   Scotland with 33 fish and 65 team placings (1495)
 
Top rod was Phillip Jehu (Wales) with 5 placings, winning the Moc Morgan Trophy.
Grant Gibson (Scotland) had the largest fish (44.5cms) and so won the Mike Childs Trophy. 
Top Irish rod was Nicky Moore (North Kildare) and he retains his place for the

2010 match in England.
 
The Irish team for the match was as follows:
Seam Bowen (Mallow), Captain, John Higgins (Nth. Kildare), Joe Quinn, (Conn/Cullin),

 Nicky Moore (Nth. Kildare) and Damien Walsh (Mallow).
Reserve was Brian Russell (Dromore) and Team Coach was Seamus O'Neill.

 Team Manager was Ian Rowand.
 

 

 

 

 

 

2009 Connaught Championships

Top 15 anglers qualify to represent connaught at 2009 Interpro on Lough Arrow

ANGLER	CLUB	NO OF FISH	WEIGHT		PLACE
Stephen Browne	Conn\Cullin	5+1	3.98		1
John Walsh	Conn\Cullin	5	3.33		2
Gareth Foley	Kinlough	4	2.87		3
Aidan Heffernan	Ballina\Cloghans	4	2.85		4
Basil Shields	Galway\Corrib	4	2.51		5
Mike Coyne	Culfin	3	2.14		6
John Summerville	Cornamona	3	2.01		7
Gerry Fox	Lough Gill	3	2		8
Tony o'Donnell	Kinlough	3	1.79		9
Padraic Traynor	Conn\Cullin	3	1.74		10
Barry Fox	Lough Gill	3	1.62		11
Jackie Mahon	Lough Gill	2	1.54		12
Robert Reilly	Loughrea	2	1.48		13
Andrew Boyd	Ballindiff	2	1.46		14
Patrick Kelly	Ballina\Cloghans	2	1.44		15
John Burke	Conn\Cullin	2	1.4
John Toner	Kinlough	2	1.36
Padraic Toner	Kinlough	2	1.34
Michael Monaghan	Conn\Cullin	2	1.3
Jackie Coyne	Culfin	2	1.28
Seamus Kelly	Ballina\Cloghans	2	1.25
Francis mc Sharry	Kinlough	2	1.24
Peter Green	Rossinver	2	1.23
John Walsh	WRFB	2	1.19
Sean Crean	Conn\Cullin	2	1.17
Gerry Dixon	Culfin	1	0.94
Joe Gallagher	Kinlough	1	0.77
Eamonn Gavin	Cornamona	1	0.76

 

2009 ITFFA  National Results:
 
Winner: Basil Shields (Galway/Corrib) 4 fish @ 6lbs 4.2ozs.
2nd:     John Behan (Owenabue) 2 fish @6lbs. 1.4ozs
3rd;      Tom "Doc" Sullivan (Cornamona) 3 fish @5lbs. 6.8ozs
4th:      Joe Quinn (Conn/Cullin)
5th:      Gerry Dixon (Culfin)
6th:      Michael Monaghan (Conn/Cullin)
7th:      Sean Bowen (Mallow Trout)
8th:      John Walsh (Conn/Cullin)
9th:      Aidan Rushe (Middletown)
10th:    Liam Buckley (L.Lein)
 
Reserves: Mark Duncan (Roe), Seamus Kelly (BAllina/Cloghans),

Paul Dunne (Clane), Joe Keena (Lough Lene), Brian Russell (Dromore)
 
Deacy Cup (for heaviest fish) won by John Behan 3lbs. 11.8ozs.
 
McBride Cup for top ladies rod: Won by Madeline Kelly (Coleraine)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUNSTER CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009

 

Sunday 10th of May 2009 saw the holding of the annual provincial trout flyfishing

championships held at Lough Lein, Killarney, Co. Kerry. 

A  total of 223 anglers, 128 of whom caught fish, were accommodated on the lake,

thanks to the host clubs, Lough Lein Anglers Association,

 Killarney Salmon and Trout Anglers Association and  The National Parks and

Wildlife Service (Duchas).

The day  was fine with light to moderate east to northeast winds, a contrast to the

strong westerlies which had been the feature of the weather for the preceding week.

Trout were encountered on all manner of fly patterns, including jungle cock variants,

nymphs and more modern concoctions such as crunchers. An increased size limit of

ten inches to the fork of the tail ensured that many trout were returned to the water

 alive and unharmed, to challenge the skills of  anglers in the future.

Fish were found in all parts of the lake, although, ironically, the most productive part

 on the day was the Bog Bay, within a very short distance of the starting point.

The competition itself was a great success with anglers from all over the province

meeting in friendly rivalry to win places on the Interprovincial team and take home

 the Mangan Cup and Examiner Cup and top club team prizes.

Old friendships were renewed and newcomers were welcomed at the single starting

 and finishing point, Ross Castle.

The organisers, representing The Munster Regional Trout Angling Council and

The Munster Comittee of the Irish Trout Fly Fishing Association worked tirelessly

all day to ensure that all went smoothly and were represented at the dinner

 and prizegiving in the Dromhall Hotel by Mr Denis Cronin and Mr Denis Barrett.

 Mr Peter O'Toole, of Duchas, a past winner of the individual trophy on more than

 a few occasions, was at the top table as was Mr Tom Lofts, President of the

Munster Council. Mr John Behan, National Chairman of the ITFFA was also present

at the dinner.

The overall individual championship was won by Michael Linehan, representing the

Macroom Club, with a magnificent catch of seven trout.

The Macroom B team  also won the top team event and were represented by: 

Michael Linehan, David Mears, Tom 'Swanky' Sweeney and Denis Cronin.

The heaviest trout, (397gms) was caught by John Fleming of Araglen Anglers Association. 

Fourteen of The Munster Interprovincial team places were awarded to the anglers

who were sucessful on the day.

They were: Michael Linehan, Tom Beecher, David Mears, Will Finn, John Healy, Robert Creichton,

Patrick O Loughlin, Christy Connell, Stephen Galvin, Paul Phillips, P.J.O'Brien,

Bart Bambury, Rob Ormond and Michael Dunne, who was last year's individual winner.

 These join the four members of last year's team who held their places, 

Brendan Spillane, John Behan, Denis Cronin and Tom Murphy,

 at the 2009 Interprovincial Competitions in September at Lough Arrow.

The total number of fish weighed was 215 .

Great credit is due to the organisational and logistical skills of the commitees who ensured

 that all competitors were on the lake in good time and all thoroughly enjoyed their day out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ULSTER CHAMPIONSHIPS 25th April 2009   LOUGH SHEELIN.

	results from ulster lakes 2009
1	Dessie McEntee      1		5.36	Butlersbridge
2	Stephen Ellis           2		4.88	Bangor
3	Thomas Lynch         2		4.72	L.S.T.P.A
4	Pat Burns               2		3.86	L.S.T.P.A
5	Gary McKiernan      1		3.72	L.S.T.P.A
6	Frank Kelly              1		3.68	L.S.T.P.A
7	Freddie Steele         1		3.26	Movilla
8	Robert King             1		3.16	Coleraine
9	Brian Uprichard        1		3.06	Movilla
10	Jack Spratt              1		2.94	Fermanagh Anglers
11	Ronnie Law              1		2.80	Fermanagh Anglers
12	Pat Foley                       1		2.24	Monaghan Anglers
13	Arden Pollock          1		2.16	Agivey
14	Tony Hogg               1		1.74	East Antrim
15	Chris Dickey           1		1.54	East Antrim
16th Rod from last year's interpro  : Kenneth O'Keefe

INTERPROVINCIAL 2008

Lough Lene Westmeath  20th September

 

Team Results

1st  Connaught

2nd  Leinster

3rd  Ulster

4th  Munster 

Individual Results (Odd numbers Menteith 2009  Even numbers Chew Valley 2009)

1st    Pat Carson

2nd  Tony Doherty

3rd  Karl Murin

4th  John Brennan

5th  Basil Shields

6th  Padraic Kelly (snr)

7th  John Behan

8th  Lawrence Gibb

9th  Fran Nugent

10th Lawrence McCarthey

Reserves

11th  Padraic Trainor

12th  Mike Faherty

13th  Brendan Spillane

 

Team Connaught

Team Leinster

Team Ulster

Team Munster

Pat Carson (Ulster) 2008 Interprovincial Champion

Brendan Spillane (Munster) Longest Fish  57cm

Karl Murin    Top Connaught Rod

Tony Doherty   Top Leinster Rod

Pat Carson     Top Ulster Rod

John Behan    Top Munster Rod

 

2008 SPRING INTERNATIONAL LOUGH MELVIN 13th JUNE

Team Ireland

Team England

Team Scotland

 

 

Team Wales

Results

1st Wales   20 Fish  14.11lbs

2nd Ireland  21 Fish  13.29 lbs

3rd Scotland  18 Fish  11.81 lbs

4th England  15 Fish   10.21 lbs

 

Brown Bowl   Arden Pollock (Ireland)

                     Milke Cocks (England)

 

Best Irish Rod    Arden Pollock

Best English Rod   Mike Cocks

Best Scottish Rod  Ian Guthrie

Best  Welsh Rod  George Barron

 

Irish Rods retaining places for Chew Valley Spring 2009

Arden Pollock,  Colin Cahill, Michael Linehan,  Jimmy Cahill

 

Breffni Pier

 

Marching to the Piper

Irish Team with Sponsors Banner

At the Lough with Mariner Banner

 

Irish Team with Flextec Banner

Captains shake hands

A very proud Welsh Captain -  Spencer Williams

Brown Bowl Joint winners-  Arden Pollock  & Mike Cocks

Fathers & Sons.  Arden  and Ian Pollock             Jimmy & Colin Cahill

2008 Leinster Provincial Championships

Winner   Mick McCormick    4 fish   6.26  lbs

2nd       John O Neill             2 Fish    5 Lbs

3rdTony McGratton              3 Fish    4 lbs

 

Others who qualified for Leinster Team Include

Andy Duncan, Jimmy Cahill, Billy O, Brien, Denis Goulding, Colin Cahill

John Brennan, Jim Tiernan, Fran Nugent, Danny O'keefe, John Cooke, Tony Doherty

Rohan Meghan. Ken McCarthy, Ben Browne, Kevin Gaffney

 

 

 

2008 Ulster Championships

Around 100 of Ulster's top competition anglers gathered at Garrison on the shores of Lough Melvin on 7th July to compete for the 2008 Ulster Championships.

The match was kindly hosted by Garrison & Lough Melvin Anglers Association and was fished on a 6 fish catch & release basis.

The results were as follows. Top 18 anglers qualifying to represent Ulster at the 2008 Interprovincial Championships on Lough Lene (Westmeath) in September.

The top thirty anglers will represent Ulster at the National Championships in 2009.

Thanks must go to the Garrison Club for hosting such a great competition and special thanks to the Ulster Committee for their hard work.

1 Dennis Hill Bangor 4 fish   1.390
2 Patsy Tracey Fermanagh 4 fish   1.350
3 Ross McClearn Dromore 4 fish   1.260
4 Robbie Marshall Fermanagh 4 fish   1.225
5 Ivor Moffett Iveagh 4 fish   1.140
6 Pat Carson Northern Bank 4 fish   1.070
7 Gerry Swift Monaghan 4 fish    1.050
8 Donald McClearn Dromore 4 fish   1.045
9 Ronnie Law Fermanagh 3 fish    0.985
10 Andries Ferreira L.S.T.P.A. 3 fish     0.980
11 Nigel Greene Fermanagh 3 fish   0.940
12 Kenneth O'Keefe L.S.T.P.A. 3 fish   0.940
13 Meryn Norris Coleraine 3 fish   0.940
14 Brian Stanfield Movilla 3 fish   0.915
15 Aidan Rushe Middletown 3fish   0.875
16 Mark Durcan Roe Anglers 3 fish   0.850
17 Donnie Walkinshaw Movilla 3 fish   0.840
18 Laurence Gibb Garrison 3 fish   0.840
19 David Maguinness Middletown 3 fish   0.825
20 Arden Pollock Agivey 3 fish   0.785
21 Madeline Kelly Coleraine 3 fish   0.770
22 Michael Corr L.S.T.P.A. 2 fish   0.655
23 Dominic Kerrigan L.S.T.P.A. 2 fish    0.635
24 Brian Russell Dromore 2 fish   0.620
25 Chris McClean Roe Anglers 2 fish   0.610
26 Mark Henderson Coleraine 2 fish   0.610
27 Vinnie Hughes Butlersbridge 2 fish   0.595
28 Peadar McAvinney Butlersbridge 2 fish   0.570
29 Samuel McGowan Movilla 2 fish   0.570
30 Greg White East Antrim 2 fish   0.565 

 

2008 Connaught Cup

 

The Connaught Cup took place on the 11th May. Anglers were fishing for a place in the Connaught

team for the Interprovincial match in September on Lough Lene (Westmeath)

57 Anglers fished . 25 Anglers caught 35 fish weighing 54.63lbs
1st     Gary Binley        3 Fish 6.04 lbs ( heaviest fish at 3.50 lbs)
2nd     Padraic Traynor         4 Fish 4.75 lbs
3rd      Robert Reilly          2 fish 3.91 lbs
4th     Seamus Kelly            3 fish 3.27 lbs
5th     Tom Sullivan            1 Fish 3.12 lbs
6th     John Walsh              3 Fish 3.12 lbs
7th     Basil Shields           2 Fish 2.95 lbs
8th     Padraig Kelly           3 Fish 2.93 lbs
9th     Mark Regan              1 Fish 2.45lbs
10th    Andrew Boyd             1 Fish 2.02 lbs
11th    John Walsh( Conn)       1 Fish 1.89 lbs
12th    Lawson Clements         1 Fish 1.89 lbs
13th    Feichin mc Morrow Snr   1 Fish 1.67 lbs
14th    Michael Tiernan         1 Fish 1.67 lbs
15th    Karl Murrin             1 Fish 1.55 lbs

Karl Murrin Qualifies in the top 14 as Basil Shields has already Qualified

 

 

 

2008 ITFFA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

 

The 2008 National took place  on Lough Conn on Saturday 26th April.

With extremely slow fishing on Lough Conn over recent weeks and the bigger keepable fish

reluctant to make an appearance, all anglers knew how difficult the task of catching a 13 inch fish

would be.

 

By the time all of the boats had returned to shore at 6.30pm it was clear that the day had gone

as expected. However not everyone had a blank day. Some notable catches were from

Andy Duncan (4 fish) Barry Fox (3 fish) Seamus Kelly (3 fish) Eddie Harte (3 fish)

 

Andy, Barry, and Seamus had decided to head for the relatively quite Castlehill Bay.

It was clear that the Champion would come from one of these three anglers.

Below are the details of 2008 National Results.

1st Andrew Duncan (Brosna)                4fish @ 5.84lbs
2ndSeamus Kelly (Ballina/Cloghans)     3fish @ 4.40lbs.
3rd.Barry Fox (Lough Gill)                    3fish @ 4.26lbs.

The following 7 anglers also qualified for 2009 Internationals.
Liam Buckley (Killarney)
Eddie Harte (Collooney/Ballisodare)
John Walsh (WRFB)
Vincent Downes (Mallow Trout)
Mark Regan (Collinamuck)
Robert Marshall (Northern Bank)
Aidan Heffernan (Ballina/Cloghans)

Winner of the Deacy Cup (Heaviest Fish) was Laim Buckley (Killarney) with a
fish weighing 3.94lbs

A total of 47 fish were caught weighing60.69lbs (Average 1.29lbs)

 

 

 

Patsy Deery and Tom "Doc" Sullivan heading out

 

 

 

Barry Fox (3rd) and Seamus Kelly (2nd) with their catches

Winner-  Andy Duncan

Heaviest Fish --  Liam Buckley

 

FLEXTEC ITFFA TEAM COMPETITION

The Flextec Team Championships took place on

Lough Lene on Saturday 12th April.

It was fished on a catch, measure and release basis

 and a great day was had by all.

30 Teams of four took part. With 120 anglers , there was a lot of boat pressure

on certain areas of the lake.

The winning team and 2008 Flextec Champions were BROSNA.

Denis Goulding from the Brosna club had a fantastic day, when

most anglers struggled to catch at all.

Denis ended up head and shoulders above the rest with 16 fish.

The longest fish award went to Frank Reilly. The fish measured 50 cms.

The results are posted below. I have also included the

top 20 anglers out of the 120 angler field.

Also pictures are included of the day.

Thanks to FLEXTEC for sponsoring the event. Also a big thanks

to Tommy Fagan and the Lough Lene Club for hosting the match.

 And finally thanks to all the anglers who supported the competition.

Greg White (PRO)

TEAM RESULTS 

1^st                Brosna   4600

2^nd               Silverstream 4150

3^rd               Riverstown 2975

4^th               Conn Cullin (2)  2950

5^th              Agivey    2825

6^th              Dromore  2600

7^th              Movilla   2400

8^th              Bandbridge 1975

9^th              Gormanstown 1800

10^th            Lombardstowm 1750

T 11^th         East Antrim 1675

                  Derravarragh 1675

                  Middleton    1675

14^th            Macroom     1625

15^th            Dodder        1475

16^th            Blackhead   1300

T 17^th        Conn Cullin 1200

                  Roe AC       1200

19^th            Owenabue     1100

20^th            Kilbride         1050

21^st            Mallow         1025

22^nd           Lough Bane    975

23^rd           LSTPA          850

24^th           LSTPA 2       675

25^th           Lough Bane (2)  525

26^th           Lough Lene     500

27^th           Ballbriggan Skerries  425

28^th           Lough Owel      375

29^th           Broadmeadows  175

30^th           Ballina Cloghans   (did not weigh in )

 

INDIVIDUAL TOP 20 ANGLERS

TOP 20  INDIVIDUAL  POSITIONS                      POINTS

1st       Dennis Goulding  (Brosna)                              3325

2^nd       Frank  Reilly      (Conn Cullin 2)                    2275

3^rd       Lawrence  Barkey (Middletown)                    1675

4^th       Julie Gerry        (Silverstream)                       1575

T 5^th    Martin McGorian (Silverstream)                  1400

           Frank Long     (Riverstown)                            1400

7^th      Aidan Rose      (Movilla)                                  1225

8^th      Donald McClearn  (Dromore)                         1175

9^th      David Taylor (Agivey)                                      1150

10^th    Paddy Ward   (Derravarragh)                        1125

11^th    Stuart Marry  (Gormanstown)                        1100

T 12^th  Arden Pollock (Agivey)                                  925

            Jim Sheehan  (Riverstown)                            925

14^th     Freddie Steele (Bandbridge)                          875

15^th     Ross McClearn (Dromore)                             850

T 16^th  Greg White  (East Antrim)                            800

            John Healy  (Lombardstown)                       800

18^th      Denis Cronin  (Macroom)                              775

T 19^th   Michael Monaghan (Conn Cullin)               725

            George Freel (Blackhead)                              725

            Bill Kavanagh (Lombardstown)                    725

 

 

 

Boats Heading out at the Flextec

Greg White and Brian Stanfield - double checking the Final Results

THE WINNING TEAM -- BROSNA

 

Second Place--- Silverstream

3rd Place --  Riverstown

4th Place-  Conn Cullin 2

5th Place --  Agivey

6th Place -- Dromore

7th Place- Movilla

TOP INDIVIDUAL ANGLERS-- DENIS GOULDING

LONGEST FISH AWARDED TO -- FRANK REILLY

 

 

WINNING MUNSTER TEAM 2007 INTERPRO LOUGH LEIN KILLARNEY

Munster win three in a row as Basil takes title at Interprovincial

 

 

The ITFFA Interprovincial Angling Championships took place on Saturday 1^st September on beautiful Lough Lein, Killarney.

 

The Munster Team were bidding to make it three Interpro titles in a row after they were victorious last year on Lough Lene  (Westmeath) and on Lough Mask in 2005.

 

With 18 of the top anglers from each province taking place conditions were ideal. With a stiff westerly breeze blowing straight down the lough, most boats headed for the drifts around the “Metal Man” and the “Wash”.

 

Fishing proved difficult for a lot of anglers, and by lunch time it was clear that many anglers were struggling as the sound of engines could be heard all over the lough.

 

When boats arrived back at the Castle for the weigh in, it was clear the some boats had been in the right place at the right time while other boats reported, meeting very few fish throughout the day.

 

Fishing small black flies and sedge patterns on a floating line at the wash drift, the overall individual winner was Basil Shields from Galway / Corrib.

 

The Team Trophy went to Munster who had a total of 85 fish. Both Connaught and Leinster had 59 fish and Ulster had 50 fish. The following individual anglers have now qualified to represent Ireland at next year’s International matches.

 

1.     B. Shields

2.     J. Healy

3.     P. Kelly

4.     J. Cahill

5.     D. Walsh

6.     B. Spillane

7.     B. O’Brien

8.     J. O’Connell

9.     P O’Connell

10.  M. Linehan.

 

The ITFFA would like to thank their newly secured sponsor Mariner Outboard Engines for their financial support and would encourage all members to support MARINER OUTBOARD ENGINES. Fantastic Discounts are available on a range of Mariner Outboards for all ITFFA members. For further details contact Greg White (PRO) on 00442893372844.

 

Discounted tackle is also available from Spring Creek Rods when ordered on line, by all ITFFA members. Simply enter the code ITFFA when ordering to receive a 10% discount.

 

 

 

Report by Greg White.

 

 

 

ITFFA Interprovincial Angling Championships, Lough Lein Killarney                                                              Ireland's Best.                                            Basil Sheilds receiving the Lennon Trophy                   Munster captain John Healy receiving the Interprovincial Challenge Trophy.