The Senior River Championship will be hosted by the Araglin Anglers and the Kanturk and District Trout Anglers on Sunday 1st July 2012
All entries to Tom Ankettell, Hon-Sec M.R.T.A.C, Gneeves, Boherbue, Mallow, Co Cork.
Entry Fee is €70 which includes a meal for the steward..
Closing date for entries are Friday 15th June .
(NO LATE OR PHONE ENTRIES ACCEPTED)
Entries accepted only from the Provincial Hon-Secs.
This is a catch and release competition with a size limit of 20cms from tip of the nose to the tip of the tail.
The meeting point will be in the car park at the rear of Twohigs, Super-Valu, Kanturk..
All competitors and stewards are to be at the meeting point by 7:45am.
All competitors must provide a steward on the day of the competition. The organising committee will not be providing stewards. All stewards must be over 18 years of age.
No steward, no fishing.
The competition will be fished over two sessions on two individual rivers. Each session will be of a three hour duration, with each angler having an individual pegged beat.
The 1st session will be from 10am – 1pm, the 2nd session will be from 3pm to 6pm.
All competitors going to the Araglin river for their session, will be transported to their beats and returned by bus.
Buses will leave Kanturk for the 1st session at 8:15am. Competitors are advised that the buses will leave on time and any angler not on the bus will have to make their own way to the beat.
Body waders are allowed and all hooks use by competitors will be barbless only.
Anglers are allowed to have two rods assembled but only one road may be in user at any one time.
Anglers are not allowed to handle fish that are been presented to the controller/steward at any time. All fish to be presented to the controller in the landing net and will be released by the controller/steward.
If a fish is handled by the angler, then that fish will not be recorded.
All score cards must be signed but the angler and controller before and after each session. Score cards will not be accepted without both signatures.
Both rivers will be closed to competitors one week before the competition. Any competitor found on competition waters during the closed period, will not be allowed to compete in the competition.
Saturday 23rd June will be the last day for fishing on both rivers.
Day tickets are available for anyone wishing to fish both rivers on a catch & release basis using only barbless hooks..
Day tickets for Kanturk, can be obtained from:
- John O’ Sullivan’s tackle shop in Bettyville, Kanturk (086 4010792)
- Tom Lofts of Ballyhass Lakes on 087 2248097
- Bobs Bar, Percival Street, Kanturk
- Daryl Hogan,Hooked on Sweets, Percival Street, Kanturk.
Permits for the Araglin River can be got from
- Arthur Murphy at Murphy’s Foodstore, Kiskeam
- John O’ Keffee, 087 6109565
F.I.P.S. MOUCHE SCORING SYSTEM WILL BE USED.
Meals will be provided at Bob’s Bar, Percival Street, Kanturk as soon as the competitors and controllers arrive after the final session.
Please hand in your meal tickets to the organising committee member at he door.
All cheques to be made payable to Kanturk and District Anglers.
If you require more details contact,
Tom Ankettell, Hon-sec m.r.t.a.c @ 086-0827484
