Match 9

Well I said in the previous post that we were hoping that the fishing on the Joinery would improve as winter sets in. Unfortunately this was not to be the case (for most of us) and the fishing was patchy. We fished the early pegs and 10 seniors and 2 juniors fished. Most of us set up whips at 6 and 7 metres and also fished the long pole/short line. To cut a long story short Cathal Hughes won the seniors match with over 13 kilo of small roach. Rory Dunne pulled out over 10 kilo with Bill Cassiddy coming in third. Not the big weights we hoped for but a nice day all the same. Cuan McOscair (pictured) won the Junior match with 1 kilo of small roach. They were hard got and he did well to get them as he has only been fishing in the club for a while.

Next match 22nd November on the Joinery again. Its the last match in our league this year. At the moment I am winning but when we drop our worst 2 results Arunas Mlecka will be ahead, so it looks like he will take the cup off me and to be fair he deserves it.

Adrian O'Sullivan Memorial Match

We fished this annual, invitation only match on Saturday 17th October. This match really is the highlight of the year for many in Galway and sees a lot of old faces coming out of the woodwork and raising money for charity in memory of Adrian O'Sullivan.

A few pwople have to be thanked initially for their help in organizing this event - the O'Sulllivan family, Cathal Hughes, Danny Goldrick and the staff in Reagans Bar Moycullen. Thanks are also due to the lads in the Western Regional Fisheries Board who cleared paths and helped get the venue ready.

The water levels were exceptionally low for the match this year. However we still had 24 anglers, each having to raise a minimum of €50 for charity to enter the match. The end result is that we have raised a minimum of €1200 for the O'Sullivans nominated charity, Sonas.

Results wise it fished poorly and it was very patchy. Cathal Hughes won it (again!) with 17 kilo, Kenny Ince (a foreign angler who travelled from a place called 'Cork') was second with 0.5 kilo, Arunas Mlecka came 3rd with 10 kilo, a good result for him as he is also winning the club league this year and I came 4th wiht 7.5 kilo. Peter Charlton from the UK, won the heaviest fish competition with a 3lb Bream.

All in all a great day was had while raising money for charity. And to cap it all off we had a good night out afterwards.

we are back on the Joinery again tomorrow, so I am getting gear ready as I write. Hopefully it will be back to form and I will be reporting on good weights next time.

J