Results of 2008 League.

We had 10 matches this year of which 8 counted towards the club league. As 2 matches did not go ahead the best 6 results counted towards the championship. Our second match had to be cancelled due to flooding and our match in Woodford did not count towards the league as there were not enough anglers fishing. All in all it was a  poor year for match turnouts and hopefully this will improve for this year. We might have something to thank the recession for if it means more people are out fishing. Results for the annual league are calculated on the best 8 match results with 20 points being awarded to the first placed angler and 19 to second and so on.  The championship is open to all club members and there is a separate league for juniors.

Fishing wise it was also a poor year and club members now feel that they would prefer to stick to fishing fewer venues for this year but concentrating on the venues that fish best. Our heaviest match weight in the league this year was in Balinasloe marina with 3.6 kilo. We returned there for the final match of the year and it was a different story with very few fish feeding and Arunas targeting (and catching) minnows.  Anglegrove fishery fished well for Martin, Arunas and Medo but with only 2 seniors fishing it did not count towards league points.

The seniors league for 2008 was won by me with 117 points from my best 6 results with Martin Davitt second with 112 and Arunas Mlecka third with 110 points so it was close enough in that 7 points separated the top 3.

The Juniors league was won by Daniel Whelan with 99 points beating Medo Sultan, the 2007 Junior Champion with 46 points. A newer club member, Paul Boreham came third with 32 points.  We had 10 juniors in the club who regularly turned up to fish matches which is very encouraging and in the entire league only 1 junior blanked meaning they all caught fish in every match they attended.

The AGM will be taking place soon and I hope to have a post soon after with our new match dates and details posted for 2009. We hope to get the 2009 league off the ground in late February.