The Tronixpro Home International Shore Championships 2014 Scotland
This Championship was held from Thursday 3rd to Sunday 6th July 2014 on the Angus coast and River Tay Estuary on the east coast of Scotland, with our hotel based in Montrose. The senior team travelled on Monday 30th June while the juniors, youths and Ladies teams travelled on Wednesday 2nd July with some anglers having a 2am start that morning to make the 1.30pm ferry from Larine. Arriving in Scotland after a 2 hour ferry crossing we then faced a 5 hour road trip. Finally arriving at 9pm at our hotel our tired and weary anglers made their way to their room for the night.
The Juniors Youths and Ladies teams had practice sessions on both of the match venues on Thursday 3rd July and with information supplied by the senior team who had fished the venue the day before, spirits were high as fish were caught on both venues by all team members.
The first competition for the teams was fished on Lunan Bay with fishing from 10am to 3pm, a 15 minute drive from our hotel and a 20 minute walk to their pegs, this was to be a 5 hour match and weather wise it was a mild but showery through the competition with a lot of weed showing up . Main species landed were flounder and dab.
The second competition was fished from 12am to 4pm with the ladies, youth and juniors fishing the riverside walk in Dundee between the two bridges on the river Tay, while the seniors were on a rock mark on Vicky Park. The weather was sunny and warm and we fished a 2 down and 2 up tide. Fish were landed from the first cast and continued all through the match with positions changing all the time but the Irish anglers stayed focused to take control in three of the matches but for the youths it was not to be their day and time ran out on them. Main species landed were flounder with the odd eel.
Team Ireland:
Senior Men’s Team: Manager John O’Brien, Team: Mike Curtin, Martin Howlin, Joe Carley, Noel Fogarty, Paul Whelan and reserve Peter Atkins
Ladies Team: Manager Jane Cantwell, Team: Lisa Gormley, Paula Johnston, Mary Hyland, Linda Manton, Anne Whitty
Youth Team/Under 21: Manager Jim Snoddy Team: Gavin Fogarty, Alan Turner, Cian Egan, Ross Nolan, Nathan Davidson
Under 16 Team: Manager John Kinsella, Team: Eamon Jones, Conor McDermott, Sean Cushen, Ruari Ganley, David Farrelly
Many thanks to Inland Fisheries Ireland for helping with the sponsorships of the Ireland team Tops. WWW.FISHERIESIRELAND.IE
