The NCFFI All Ireland Junior Canals Championship took place on the Grand canal at Daingean on 21st May. This years event coincided with World Fish Migration Day a global event connecting fish, people and rivers. Twenty one keen juniors turned up on the day with a fantastic 9 anglers in the under 23’s who fished a separate section of the canal. Weather conditions were expected to be bad but in the end only a couple of heavy showers dampened the day. All anglers caught fish!
Congratulations to NADA club member Austin Conway on winning the U18 junior NCFFI All Ireland Canal Championships this weekend at Daingean Canal. Austin drew well and stuck with his pre-match plan to fish 2 lines with one for bream and the other for roach. Luckily the bream turned up as roach were in scarce supply on the day.
The under 23 section,organised by Shane Kavanagh, was a tightly fought match for 4 hours with very little difference in weights.
The other sections, organised by John Connolly and Sean Ward , fished for 3 hours with a notable big catch in the under 18 section by winner Austin Conway of Naas & District Angling Club. Our Novice section designed for those new to competition angling allows assistance and guidance from the organisers or accompanying adults and is designed to help introduce more juniors to the thrill of competition angling.
We’d like to thank our main sponsors Waterways Ireland and also Southside Angling who did provided a fantastic array of prizes for the day. A big thanks as always to Castle Barna golf club where we held our presentation and where we provided food for all our competitors and parents/coaches
The next individual junior event is the one everyone wants to win – the All Ireland on Saturday 27th August at Killeshandra., co. Cavan
Congratulations to all the winners and everyone who took part. It was a great day.
Novice:
1st Sarah Connolly 0.5kg
2nd Cillian McEvilly 0.05 Kg
Under 14
1st Roisin Bohan 2.4Kg
2nd Eoin Rogers 1.9Kg
3rd Ciara McEvilly 0.35Kg
Under 18
1st Austin Conway 7Kg
2nd Cillian Flynn 1.95Kg
3rd Liam Hubbock 0.78Kg
Under 23
1st Kieran Kelly 1.98Kg
2nd Mark Connolly 1.8Kg
3rd Dean Aherne 1.6 Kg
