Official Irish Records

[paddyc]

-------------------------IRISH DISTANCE RECORDS---------------------------
-------------------Multi---------------------------Fixed Spool------------

18g-- 0.25/ Open------------------------------------- 18g-- 0.25/Open
50g-- 0.25/ 155.44m--Marty Harrison--------------- 50g-- 0.25/Open
75g-- 0.25/ 212.54m--L.Glashan ------------------- 75g-- 0.25/Open
100g- 0.25/ 252.21m--A.Gormley ------------------ 100g- 0.25/Open
100g- 0.28/ 195.88m--J.Henry--------------------- 100g- 0.28/Open
125g- 0.28/ 253.28m--A.Gormley ------------------ 125g- 0.28/Open
150g- 0.35/ 251.46m--A.Gormley ------------------ 150g- 0.35/ 207.56m----- P.Mason
150g- 0.31/ 258.00m--A.Gormley ------------------ 150g- 0.31/Open
175g- 0.35/ 253.28m--A.Gormley ------------------ 175g- 0.35/Open
200g- 0.35/ 213.74m--Marty Harrison-------------- 200g- 0.35/Open
------------------------------------------------------------------

-----OTG-----
175g- 0.35/Open
150g- 0.31/ 228.10m- J.Henry
125g- 0.28/ 242.10m- Dennis Brock
100g- 0.25/Open

[Rockhopper]

Paddy,

From the looks of the mangle in his photograph, Paul holds the record for the "oldest fixed spool reel in Ireland" :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Tom.

[paddyc]

Out of interest do we have a list of the current Irish records??
both multi and FS, on all the diff leads,,,? i think the 175g-0.35 is 277yards? im sure andrew you can will fill me in as you all the multi,s,,,,, for now anyway!! :lol: :twisted: :lol:
Paul Mason, your the FS record holder am i right? on how many leads?
do you know the distances?? I just want to find out if we do actually have records for ALL the diff leads..??

[paul mason]

Paddy i have just been dusting off the auld trophy and it says in 1989 i cast 227yds it was an Irish fixed spool record then as far as i know it still stands. Back then we only cast with 0.35 line and 150Gram weight so there was no other records set. Most of the English lads who cast fixed spool at the time were back casting and were casting big distances, i never really got into the back casting and stuck with the pendulum cast. Hope this helps.

[paddyc]

Cheers for that paul, so there seems to be alot of rocords there for the taking :twisted: and as there seems to be a delay on getting started down the curragh (which is totally beyond our control :roll: but still on) if anyone can recommend a venue so we can "just" get started on it would be great all we need is a flattish piece of land around 300-350 metres square, someone must know of somewhere...???
I have spoken to some others including Tom Lillis of IFSA/Sports Council of Ireland, who is also trying to sort us out with a venue in the mean time,
again sorry for the delay but as i said this is beyond my control.... :?

[EoinMag]

Cheers for that paul, so there seems to be alot of rocords there for the taking :twisted: and as there seems to be a delay on getting started down the curragh (which is totally beyond our control :roll: but still on) if anyone can recommend a venue so we can "just" get started on it would be great all we need is a flattish piece of land around 300-350 metres square, someone must know of somewhere...???
I have spoken to some others including Tom Lillis of IFSA/Sports Council of Ireland, who is also trying to sort us out with a venue in the mean time,
again sorry for the delay but as i said this is beyond my control.... :?

The beach in Sandymount is great if you get a low tide, high tide wouldn't be quite as good 8)

[jd]

Would the TCD playing fields be available again??

[EoinMag]

Do you mean the fields in Santry? I'd imagine you'd need contacts there to find out, maybe phone rugby rooms to find out who'd have the say on them, unless you already know who it is.

[jd]

Yip, that is what I meant. Remembered that Paul (I think) mentioned the Irish Championships had been held there.

[paddyc]

maybe paul might still know? I know there has been alot of development around that neck of the woods lately. In the past when IMASA/Andrew ran it we used sandymount but its far from ideal, wind was always a major factor as it swirls around and rarely blows constant in the one direction plus the sand was a real nightmare, also these days you have everyone from kite surfers to dog walkers, etc,,, idealy we need a field

[Rockhopper]

Paddy,

I spoke to Julie a few minutes ago....give me a call, she may be able to help you, if your still interested.

Tom.

[MAC]

Paddy,

I will have a drive around my area and see if I can come up with something. Give me a few days.


Just a thought lads, would the 150g record set with 0.35 also be valid for 0.31 :?: The rules state that the minimum diameter of line you can use for 150g is 0.31. There is no maximum, but obviously smaller diameters will help. I'm guessing that the according to the rules the 150 is covered...... Any thoughts?

Kev

[ROADRUNNER]

Hi Guys see the lighter fixed spool weights 50 & 75gm if someone was to cast even 50yds would that mean they could claim the record ??

What kind of distance do the English guys get with that weight ??

Danny

[paddyc]

KEV, the current 150g record was from years ago when 150g had to be cast on .35 there has not been a official court to cast on since the line dia was dropped to .31 so it there for the taking..

ROADRUNNER, yes exactly, and as it get beaten it moves up.
here are the UK records:
http://www.uksf.sea-angler.org/records.html

[MAC]

Hey Paddy,

Would that mean that if I were to cast 150g with anything over 0.31 it would not count. I understand that the record is there for the taking now that 0.31 is in place for 150g....... You still have to get the fecking lead to travel past 277 yards though :D Not happening for me. Looking at the UKSF site they have declared the 0.35 record obselete.

Kev

[MAC]

I would think that John Henry would have the 100g Mulitplier record at 195.89 Meters. He got this at an official casting event "Emerald Masters"

I noticed that you were not that far behind Paddy. Well done mate.

Kev

[MAC]

Hi Guys,

Just looking at the results of the Emerald Masters on the ICSF website. I also noticed that Brendan Begley might have the Irish record at 18g fixed spool. It is described as Spinning. His distance was 77.31 Meters. The mulitplier "Double handed" at 18g only had one entry for Ireland and that was Russle Whiteman with a distance of 55.44 Meters. I think this is our record for the next couple of weeks. :roll:

Kev

[paddyc]

Not bad considering that was only the 2nd time we ever chucked the 100g,, 8) so yes i suppose your right about john,s cast the the EWM last year, that would also mean the Pete Thain has the all comers record of 234metres :shock: now theres somthing for you to beat andrew :twisted:
Regarding the 150g on .35 i will find out if it is obselete on owr end and let you know asap.

http://www.2006worldcastingchampionship ... sult5.html

[paul mason]

Paddy our contact for the trinity playing fields was the late great Al Devine sadly he has passed away a few years ago. I don't know if you have heard of him but he introduced the pendulum cast to this country back in the early eighty's. He was good friends with John Holden in the seventy's and learned the pendulum cast from him he dually taught me and a lot of other lads.

[nthclare]

As far as I know Steve Gillet holds the irish record for casting.