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This year's youth match was held
on Saturday, 14th June at Puddledock Farm Fisheries. Fishing was
from 9am to 4pm with 15 junior members of K.P.A.C. taking part.
With several committee members on hand to offer advice throughout
the day, everyone settled into what was hoped to be a good days
fishing. The morning started a little slowly
with only small skimmers and a few baby carp being taken. Various
forms of fishing were used by all participants, some on the float,
some feeder fishing and some unable to make up their mind! Just
before a halt was called for lunch at midday
some nice carp weighing in at just over 3lb were landed which seemed
to boost everyones confidence in readiness for the afternoon. After
taking onboard a healthy cheeseburger chips and coke, 1pm saw the
whistle blown for the next session and sure enough some sizeable
nets of mixed fish were being landed. Jack Elliott in swim 16 fished
well all afternoon, needing to increase his catch rate to overcome
the 5lb 1oz Mirror caught earlier by Ryan Barry.
Jake Dann netted several good fish and persisted with the method
feeder which helped him into 2nd place overall at the end of the
session. With a 4lb 8oz carp landed by Haydon Arnold, the race was
on and it was Jack who held out with an impressive 20lb overall
weight. Congratulations go to everyone who turned up and took part,
especially to those who fished a competition for the first time.
Let's hope we see more of you during the clubs remaining 17 matches
this season. Thanks also to the parents who took time to assist
their youngsters and generally helped out throughout the day. Unlike
last year, this time we all enjoyed a beautiful sunny day!
KPAC would also like
to thank BROMAGES, DECATHLON and OCKENDON BAIT & TACKLE for
their generous donations of gifts for use as prizes at both this
event and at the presentation evening on 21st June. One final word
of good news.... It was good to see members of the Environment Agency
on the bank yesterday. Everyone had their licences checked and we
are pleased to announce that all members of KPAC who were fishing
were able to produce their licences when requested.
So, Overall, 80lb 11oz of fish
was landed. An increase of 9lb on last year. At the 4pm whistle,
a weigh-in took place to determine the overall placings and these
were as follows:
1st Jack Elliott - 20lb
2nd Jake Dann - 13lb 3oz
3rd Haydon Arnold - 12lb
Jack won £30, a rod, reel and selection of floats, Jake won
£20 and chose a Pod and reel with Haydon winning £10,
a Keepnet and fishing DVD. The remaining 11 participants will each
receive vouchers from a variety of sponsors which will be awarded
next week at the presentation evening.
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