
The Arva International Coarse Angling Festival took place last week with 61 anglers taking part. Sections fished included A – Hollybank, B – Gulladoo, C – Corfree, D – Kevins, E – Killykeen. Match HQ was the Breffni Arva which was central to all venues. Excellent weights were recorded during the week with some daily weights in excess of 20kg.
The following is a list of the winners:-
- Phil Bardell 73.400kg
- Neil Parkinson 69.775kg
- Kevin Rowles 63.000kg
- Simon Godfry 59.800kg
- Kevin Johnson 56.920kg
- Ian Bowman 56.800kg
Gowna Festiva
The Annual Gowna Festival took place during last week in August. Again excellent weights were recorded with the winning total coming in at 100.780kg R Dunne. In second place T Kersley 63.450kg and third place J Ibbotson 63.320kg. Day one saw R Dunne bagged a massive 42.150kg of fish so it was a matter of trying to catch up all week for all other anglers.