The 25th anniversary Dunbrody Festival was held at Oaklands over the weekend. This 2 day festival saw difficult fishing with strong winds but there were still dome great bnets weighed in, especially by winner Ronan Minogue. John Brown reports…
Day 1
It was a tough day for most. The strong wind and a full lake made things difficult especially on the river bank. Big Congratulations go to Ronan Minogue who took an impressive Day 1 lead with 82.500kg.
Today’s Results
- 1st Ronan Minogue 82.500 kg
- 2nd Paddy O’Neill 39.510 kg
- 3rd Leo Lynch 37.040 kg
Sections
A A Browne 33.020 kg
B D Minogue 14.070 kg
C I Benov 34.420 kg
D C Walsh 11.590 kg
E A Paldick 31.610 kg
F A Bus 35.140 kg
G A Zilinskas 25.901 kg
H T Platt 28.510 kg
I T Ryan 23.880 kg
J P Poprawski 27.890 kg
K J Priestley 35.660 kg
Day 2
There was another dominant display by Ronan Minogue today who won the 2nd day from end peg 29 netting 58.360 kg. No guessing then the overall winner was Ronan Minogue blitzing the rest by over 70kg over the 2 days. Big congratulations to Ronan.
Results today
- 1st Ronan Minogue 58.360 kg
- 2nd Kirean Reeves 39.880 kg
- 3rd Adrian Bus 33.180 kg
Sections
A T Platt 20.270 kg
B V Alexandru 16.200 kg
C A Paldick 27.840 kg
D J Kierain 27.800 kg
E G Row 21.310 kg
F P O’Neill 19.240 kg
G S Bochenek 26.550 kg
H P ORegan 17.970 kg
I P Nendez 17.730 kg
J J Browne 25.9.30 kg
K G Quinlan 21.830 kg
Overall
- 1st Ronan Minogue 140.860 kg
- 2nd Adrian Bus 68.320 kg
- 3rd Attila Paldick 59.450 kg
- 4th Paddy O’Neill 58.750 kg
- 5th Leo Lynch 50.820 kg
- 6th Kirean Reeves 50.200 kg
Winning Pair
- Ronan Minogue & Martin Kent
Massive thanks to all the lads who fished you all made it a great event. Big thanks to our sponsor Preston Innovations Ewan Weed) for their continued support.
Congratulations to all the framers hope to see you all again soon.
Go fishing…
