CARRICKFERGUS PROMENADE 17.06.2006

[STUART LANGRIDGE]

People:60

Duration:4HOURS

Tide:THREE HOURS IN ONE HOUR OUT

Weather:OVERCAST WITH SUNNY SPELLS AND LIGHT SHOWERS

Bait:RAG, LUG, PEELER,

Rigs:SCRATCHING RIGS

Results:FLOUNDERS AND GOBIES


Report:A great turnout of the community to support the carrickfergus waterfront festival sponsored by carrickfergus borough council, and ran by the carrick beach & rockers s.a.c., the club again put on a great array of prizes for the event including cash, rods, reels and trophies , at the presentation a special word of thanks were given to the anglers who travelled up from dublin and indeed it was stephen brennan(dublin) who took the honours with a great performance and catch of five fish flounders and gobies, stephen also took the best visiting angler prize and more importantly the penn points on offer, second in the senior section with three fish was carrick club members gaz bell, and third went to george mc kee also from the club with two fish george took the heaviest fish pool prize with a flounder 320grams
the junior section went to mark pedlow form carrick , second was andrew mc murtry from larne and district s.a.c. chris todd from greenisland came third, best lady went to jade niblock, best disabled to ronnie patterson (carrick) youngest angler prize went to three years old glen coulter , worst dressed angler went to bobby laughlin club treasurer ( where did he get that shirt ) many thanks to all who supported the event and we look forward to an even better turnout on july 30th :wink:

[te ariki nua]

have to agree with stu a great day spoiled only by lack of fish and the odd shower tho bobby's shirt managed to brighten up the whole prom all being well ill be back for the 30th of july and im gonna start ground baiting now lol

[STUART LANGRIDGE]

THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT YESTERDAY KEV
IT WAS ALWAYS GOIN TO BE A REAL SCRATCHING COMP BUT IM PLEASED THAT ALL THE PRIZES WERE ACTUALLY WON AND NOT PULLED FROM A HAT AND WELL DONE TO STEPHEN BRENNAN FOR HIS EFFORTS
IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE THE LADS COMING FROM DUBLIN, LURGAN AND FROM OUTSIDE THE CARRICKFERGUS BOROUGH
HOPEFULLY WE SHOULD SEE AN EVEN BETTER TURNOUT AT THE NEXT ONE ON THE 30TH JULY 2006 :D

[jonny gilbert]

indeed stu indeed

[Drew]

I ended up on a Boat off Donaghadee :oops:

[BigPhil]

great turnout, if only we could get numbers like that at opens every week it would be great!
well done on a well organised competition, just sorry i couldnt make it over to it, hopefully will make the next one.

[rab01]

i agree big phil. organised shore fishing competitions could only do us good. not only r we testing r skills against each other but we could get alot of interesting knowledge about areas we've never fished before. bring in random shore fishing competitions i say!!!

[STUART LANGRIDGE]

THE CLUB MEMBERS WHO WENT ON THE SCROUNGE FOR SPONSORSHIP AND PRIZES DESERVE MUCH CREDIT ALSO THE MEMBERS WHO HELPED THOSE WHO ARE UNFORTUNATELY DISABLED I HAVE TO PAY A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO YOUNG STUART WHO AT 13 YEARS OLD HELPED THROUGHOUT THE COMPETITION LOOKING AFTER NO LESS THAN FOUR NOVICE ANGLERS, THE JUNIOR ALL IRELAND CHAMPION REALLY WAS A CREDIT TO WATCH, ALSO TO THE KIDS WHO WENT AROUND SELLING BALLOTS , IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE MIXTURE OF COMPETITION ANGLERS LOOKIN FOR PENN LEAGUE POINTS AND THE TOTAL NOVICE ANGLER WHO JUST WANTED A BIT OF CRAIC, I AGREE WITH THE COMMENT RAB SAID AND THAT IF THERE WERE MORE OF THESE TYPE OF BOROUGH SEASIDE ORGANISED COMPETITIONS IT CAN ONLY PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE MORE ANGLERS WHETHER EXPERIENCED OR NOVICE, ALSO I THINK IF ENTRY FEES CAN BE KEPT DOWN IT WILL HELP TO ENCOURAGE THOSE MORE DISADVANTAGED, UNEMPLOYED OR ON STATE BENIFITS TO PURSUE THE BIGGEST PARTICIPANT SPORT IN THE WORLD PHIL CAN YOU RELAY MY BEST WISHES TO ALL THE IRISH TEAM MEMBERS COMPETING IN SCOTLAND AND GOOD LUCK IN ALL YOUR EFFORTS :wink:

[BigPhil]

will do mate!