Matt Kemmy wins Ballyforan Easter Angling Festival

Bill Cassidy, Connacht Match Group, reports on the Ballyforan Easter Angling Festival…

Ballyforan Easter Festival is a new event which we hope to establish as a major attraction on the river Suck.

The festival was run over two days as a pilot to see what reaction it would create. Well, the response was great with some anglers joining us from overseas.

The main venue the famous Bends but as this section was not capable of accommodating all the anglers we had to use another section upstream which proved to a great move as it produced the biggest weights

Results were

Section 1 day 1

1. Richard Pratt……………25 lbs 12 oz
2. Kevin Leahy…………….13lbs  08 oz
3. Tony Brunt………………9 lbs 15 oz
4. Paul Mc Caul……………31 lbs 07 oz

Section 1  Day 2

1. John Andrews…………..22 lbs 14 oz
2. Matt Kemmy……………33 lbs 00 oz
3. Ronnie Goldwater…….14 lbs 02 oz
4. Bill Cassidy……………….38 lbs 08 oz

Top 5 overall

1. Matt Kemmy ……………56 lbs
2. Paul Mc Saul……………..52 lbs 13 oz
3. Richard Pratt…………….52lbs 02 oz
4. Bill Cassidy………………..52lbs
5. John Andrews………40 lbs 13 oz

Connacht  Match Group would like to thank all those who helped with clearing swims and making road access possible.

Thanks to the farmers for the use of their property for the weekend

It is intended  to run the festival again next year increasing it to a 3 day.

We would also like to run one on the August Bank Holiday.

This is a great venue with great potential but access and facilities need a major upgrade.

Go fishing…

Connacht Match Group

Sensas Connacht has been running for approximately 3 years, what started off as a few lads fishing a competition between themselves every few weeks has now turned into a very strong match group with international presence.

NCFFI

Connacht Match Group is affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland and are members of the Angling Council the National Governing Body for coarse and predator angling as recognised by Sport Ireland and Sport NI. www.ncffi.ie