Cobh SAC report on their annual Fundraiser for the National Boat Teams …
Cobh SAC hosted the annual Fundraiser for the National Boat Teams on December 28th with 32 anglers braving the cold. The Fundraiser is the highlight of the year for many, a fun competition with prizes for the longest of each species caught, best score, best newcomer, and more. Depending on the number of prizes provided by the anglers, this has occasionally extended to best beard and best hair.
Surrounded by dolphins and the occasional seal, fishing was mixed with boats changing location in search of different species as the day progressed. The fleet landed corkwing wrasse, dabs, dogs, pollock, poor cod, pouting, red bream, thornback ray, tub gurnard and whiting.
Awards and Results
Longest Round Fish – Tim O’Herlihy 46cm Whiting
Biggest Score – Tomasz Kujawa
Longest Dab – Peter McKeon
Longest Dogfish – John Griffin
Best Lady Angler – Siobhan Cherry
Best Visiting Angler – John Bellamy all the way from England
U21 Angler:
1st Noah Tarhan
2nd Kevin Roche
3rd Sean O’Herlihy
4th Jack Walsh
5th Finn Purcell
6th Cerdic Reponen
Boat Winner – John Angles
1st Closest – Mark Greenwood
2nd Closest – Heniek Matczak
3rd Closest – Tomasz Zbiczynski
4th Closest – Eoin Moriarty
5th Closest – Dave Cherry
Best supporter of Irish Teams Piotrek Nowakowski.
Thank you to our skippers Alan Kennedy of Lagosta 2, Tony Lane of Camden Mist, Dylan Geary on behalf of John Barry of Cuan Bawn and Alan Treacy on Osprey. Thank you also to the anglers who were able to donate prizes on the day and boat Captains Pat Condon, John Dennehy, Dan Lynch and Piotrek Nowakowski.
Round 3 of our Light Lines league is on Sunday 11th January. Another opportunity to learn from the best in Ireland.
Go fishing…
Cobh SAC is a very active club with a great series of competitions across the year.
The club is very welcoming to new members.
If you are interested in joining the club or fishing any of their competitions contact them via Facebook.
