Sea Angling Ireland

Well after some time waiting to secure a venue we got off to a great start, it all kicked off very well with the exception of the rain putting in an early appearance but the day did get better as it progressed, conditions were by no means favourable with a 15mph side-wind that to be honest didnt know what direction it wanted to blow come the afternoon and at times gusting to 25mph, with the field the way it was we were limited to the direction we could have the court but we made the most of our day none the less, with 10-casters in attendance from as far as waterford, a great day was had and some PBs put down in the process and of corse the crack was mighty. The results are as follows:

Sportscast Ireland/1st meet/ 23rd Sept/ Fairyhouse rececorse

150G-----------Style-------------------------------
J. Keenan--------P--------155.00
S.Byrne----------P--------207.20-PB
J.Henry-----------P--------202.00
P.Cunningham---P--------190.52
A.Gormley-------P--------225.05
P.Mason----------P--------192.30 (Fixed Spool)
K.McKlean--------P--------161.10
F.Kavanagh-----OTG------126.70-PB

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125G----------Style---------------------------------
K.Stafford------P--------175.94
P.Power---------P-------143.80-PB
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All distances in metres.

I would like to thank all the members who turned out for our 1st meet
especially Stephen(caster of the day)Byrne who has not cast on a court in some years yet managed a Personal Best in such bad comditions, to Andrew and John for there hard work in making a fantastic court for the club and to Keith for all his work both organising the club and running this event with me. We will have a date for the next meet very soon and will post it up.
Cheers Paddy.

And there off...... Congrats boys on getting things going. Well done to all who attended, some good casting considering the conditions you described.

Look forward to joining you all down there at some stage.

Marty

Hi
I had a great day hit just under 140 yards had 3 counting casts
1st under 100 meters
2nd 120 meters
3rd 126.7 meters :shock:

had 2 crack offs one wrapped around me thumb ouch :cry:

but despite the conditions it was a great day
Thanks to the lads who set up the session also to the lads who gave me some tips were i was going wrong

roll on the next one im going to hit 150 m :wink:



fintan

It was a good day indeed, numbers not what we hoped but thanks to all who came out. Great mix with new and old casters alike it can only grow from here..

Congratulations to all of you, great to see your fist meet went well and look forward to meeting you sometime in the future.

Lee

Glad to hear all went well and lets hope all those new PBs keep climbing :wink: 8)

Ya..
I hope they climb for me anyway. :roll:
I started with the cast I use for fishing. Its kinda a mix between an OTG and a flat pendulum which got me the Pb. I peppered the 140 meter mark with it and then with help from the lads I try ed a full pendulum. Was a bag of nerves and need some practice at it for the next meet but hope to get up in the upper 150's.
If I can add a few meters each meet Ill be a happy camper.

Thanks again for all the help on the day. Looking forward to the next one.

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Great pics Kev, nice one! We hope to have somebody there from Irish Angler for a piece on the next meet, so keep those rods clean everybody and tuck those shirts in!!!

Nice one kev some great shots there, and just to let you know after a brief discussion with some of the members you have just been nominated as the Irish version of TJ from the jersey site..! :lol:
Great job. :wink:

Nice pics Kev.

well done lads,
its up and running now,look forward to coming down and getting the craic
and having a cast or two,great to see some pbs,on the first day,,hope to see you down there,well done all,,
some pics are great,hopefully anyone who is lokking will see that you all mean business,

great stuff

chris

Hey Paddy
when do you hope to have the club t-shirts ready? be great to have them for next meet and have a club pic taken



fintan

I will do my best to have them but the guy who does them for us is currently out the door with merchandise from the rugby world cup, :roll:
i shloud have comfirmation 2mro for a date for the next meet and will try have them done for that..

Hey, you know that game "spot the ball"? Well, I've just discovered a variation of it......... :mrgreen:

Classy photos. :D