The first round of the inaugural Ultimate Team League was fished by twelve teams on a challenging Lough Garadice and Town lake, Carrigallen area, over the weekend.

As we all know, the weather has been brutal of late, and the competition day was no different, with extremely difficult conditions facing the competitors. Having said that, the fishing was actually good on some sections, with skimmers showing in some pegs.

1st overall was Adrian Van Der Heever of the Ringers team with an impressive weight of 5.830kg made up of skimmers and roach from Houghton’s shore on Garadice.

2nd overall was Darius Sakalys (East Coast 1) with another good weight from Houghton’s, he had 4.740kg of skimmers and roach.

3rd overall was Nytro’s Richard Pratt with a mixed bag of fish to weigh 3.810kg, also from Houghton’s shore.

TEAM RESULTS AFTER ROUND 1

  1. RINGERS 5 PTS
  2. EAST COAST (1) 8 PTS
  3. EAST COAST (3) 9 PTS (WEIGHT)
  4. NYTRO 9 PTS (WEIGHT)
  5. CM LAKELANDS GREEN 9 PTS
  6. LURGAN AC 10 PTS (WEIGHT)
  7. EAST COAST (2) 10 PTS
  8. IRISH FEEDER TEAM 11 PTS
  9. THE ROD HOLDERS 12 PTS (WEIGHT)
  10. ERNE ANGLERS 12 PTS
  11. CM LAKELANDS BLUE 13 PTS
  12. TWO EURO CLUB 17 PTS

MINI SECTION WINNERS

  • Seamus Winters
  • Jim McAllister
  • Steven Whyte
  • Nick Richards
  • Robertas Zilaitis
  • Adrian van de Heer
  • Richard Pratt
  • Darius Sakalys
  • Brenton Sweeney
  • Darren Fairhurst
  • Brian Clark
  • Damian Foltyn

OVERALL PRIZE MONEY FOR TEAMS

  • 1ST: €900 plus medals
  • 2ND: €600 plus medals
  • 3RD: €300 plus medals.

Round 2 will be held on March 1st.