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This year's youth match was held
on Saturday, 13th June at Puddledock Farm Fisheries. Fishing was
from 9am to 4pm with 17 junior members, 2 more than last year, taking
part. As always, the committee members were on hand to offer advice
throughout the day while parents, guardians and friends lazed around
and enjoyed the sunshine. The morning started well for Jack Elliot
with a couple of fish immediately after the first whistle and this
spurred everyone else on to catch something as during the short
3 hours before lunch, no-one had failed to catch something. Carp,
Roach, Bream and few goldfish were order of the day and Ryan Barry
soon started to land some sizeable carp and managed to avoid the
smaller silver fish
probably due to the fact he was using whole lobworms instead of
maggots. The feeder method proved popular for most juniors on the
day and having stopped for an hours lunch, the whistle blew for
the second session which was to last a further 3 hours up until
4pm. During this time the fish were being landed at a huge rate
and those less experienced among the participants should be very
proud of putting in an excellent effort throughout the day. The
crisps and coke were consumed more than they should have (mainly
by Kerry Emmins) and while some anglers decided to top up their
tans, some of the parents chose to kick back and rest their eyes
from a seriously busy morning! As the afternoon wore on, Ryan continued
to reel in the carp and at the other end of the lake in swim 17,
Tayci Arnold put in a brave effort in trying to get into the top
3 and hopefully beating her brothers 3rd spot from last year although
she deserved a prize for putting up with her dad and Gary Norfolk
for 6 hours! Alex Hood put in a great performance in coming 4th,
narrowly missing out on 3rd spot by just a little over a pound.
All juniors deserve a mention but with limited space on the page,
it's enough to say they were a credit to themselves and the club.
Just like last year, congratulations go to everyone who turned up
and took part, especially to those who fished a competition for
the first time. Whether it was one fish or twenty one fish, we all
had a great time so let's hope we see more of you during the clubs
remaining matches this season. It would be good to have you along.
Thanks also to the parents who took time to assist their youngsters
and generally helped out throughout the session. Two years on the
trot we've enjoyed beautiful sunshine so I guess to expect a 3rd
year is highly unlikely. Let's wait and see.
KPAC would also like
to thank DECATHLON of Lakeside and Ockendon Bait & Tackle for
their generous donations of gifts for use as prizes at both this
event and at the presentation evening.
Overall, 108lb 4oz of fish was
landed. An increase of a touch under 22lb on last year. At the 4pm
whistle, a weigh-in took place to determine the overall placings
and these were as follows:
1st Ryan Barry - 31lb 4oz
2nd Jack Elliot- 18lb 2oz
3rd Tayci Arnold - 9lb 5oz
Ryan won a £40 Decathlon voucher, Jack won £30 and Tayci
picked up a £20 voucher. The remaining 14 participants each
received Decathlon vouchers to the value of £10. Prizes and
medals will be awarded next week at the presentation evening. We
hope to see you all there.
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