Irish Trout Fly Fishing Association

2009 YOUTH QUALIFIER

RESULTS OF 2009 YOUTH QUALIFIER , LOUGH LENE 18th APRIL 2009

 

Places                                   Club                      No. of Fish       Length cm.
1 Ryan Binley                        Foxford                         4                  156
2 Mark Sloan                         Dromore                        3                  132
3 Fergal McKiernan                 Coosan                         3                   123
4 Ben Moore                          Gormanstown                 3                  117
5Harry McAteer                      East Antrim                   3                  105
6 Christopher Kelly                  Kilbride                         2                   80
7 Kieran McDonald                   Dundalk T.A.                 2                   80
8 Rory McIvenney                   Coothill                         2                  78
9 Cillian Dowling                      Loughrea A.C.                2                  74
10 Dylan Scally                       Dublin T.A.                    2                  73
 
Subs
1 Alex Metcalfe                       Mallow Trout                 2                   72
2 Sean Dempsey                     Coosan                         2                   69
3 James McCreedy                   Banbridge                     1                   40
4 Eoin Lynch                           Mallow Trout                 1                   38
5 Peter McGuigan                     Lough Lene                   1                   38

 

RYAN BINLEY   1st Place

Second     Mark Sloan  Dromore

Third     Fergal McKiernan,  Coosan

Foxford Angling Club Members

Boatmen & Anglers getting their orders

 

The Off

 

Out on the Lough

Jason Russell   Competitor

 

 

HARRY McATEER (EAST ANTRIM) 5th Place with a couple of Lough Lene crackers during practise


 

IRISH YOUTH WIN GOLD

IRISH YOUTHS TAKE GOLD ON CONN

 

 

24Th Youth International Fly Fishing Competition

Lough Conn Ireland, 30Th July 2008

Irish Trout Fly Fishing Association

 

The results were as follows.

country No. Fish total weight of fish

Ireland 6 fish 3.399 kg

Wales 5 fish 2.185 kg

Scotland 5 fish 2.175 kg

England 4 fish 1.78 kg

 

Top Irish rod and heaviest Irish basket and heaviest fish overall

was Shane Bird

Top Welsh rod was Jamie Bell who also won the overall

heaviest basket

Top English Rod was Matthew Kidd and Heaviest English fish

went to Patrick Senior

Top Scottish rod was Ross Callaghan who also had the

 heaviest fish for the Scottish

 

 

Top four Irish rods go through to next years team in Wales.

They are out of the six that caught fish

Shane Bird, Ben Moore, Luke O'Connell and Dylan Oilin.

Philip Bern's is now to old and Paul Rush had already qualified

 

 

 

1.Captain Michael Tiernan

2.Vice Captain Troy Francis

3.Philip Berns

4.Shane Bird

5.Cillian Garrett

6.Brian McClearn

7.Ben Moore

8.Andrew Naylor

9.David O'Brien

10.Luke O'Connell

11.Dylan Oilin

12.Paul Rush

13.Dylan Scally

14.Mark Sloan

 

Team Manager David Browne.

Coaches. Donald McClearn , Denis Goulding

Fly Tyer. Patsy Deery

 

 

 

By Denis Goulding

 

 

Well done to all the lads

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 ITFFA  YOUTH QUALIFIER

 

LOUGH BANE 19th APRIL 2008

56 anglers entered the competition and 52 participated caught and returned 97 trout.

 

RESULTS

1. Sean Dempsey (Coosan)           9Fish         427 cms

2. Joseph Conway (Dundalk)        9 Fish        407

3. Mark Sloan (Dromore)            7                329

4. Paul Rush (Middleton)               6              263

5. Daniel Barrett (Brosna)             5               234

6. Lawrence Scally (DTAA)          4              189

7. John Naughton (Coosan)          4               188

8. Sean Cassidy (Dundalk)           4               180

9. Ross Craig.(Lough Lene)         3                 144

10. Fergal McKiernan (Coosan)  3                142

 

Reserves

11. James McCreedy (Bandbridge)   3            139

12. Christopher Kelly (Kilbride)        3            138

13. Jordan Gracey (Bandbridge)       3            137

14 Orla OHagan (Dundalk)              3            137 (Toss of coin)

 

Pictures

Cher McGrane      Albert Berry (Boatman)       Orla O Hagan

Sean Dempsey   Colin Cahill (Boatman)         Luke Kennedy

 

 

Gareth McAllister        Mick Hayden (Boating)     Christopher O'Connell

 

Mark Sloan         Denis Goulding (Coach / Boating)             Ronan Garrett

 

Dylan Olin                  Donald Mc Clearn (Coach / Boating)        Jason Miles

 

SEAN DEMPSEY IS PRESENTED WINNERS TROPHY BY JIMMY ALLARD (sponsor)

 

Joseph Conway  2nd Place

 

 

 

Mark Sloan   3rd Place

 

 

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