10th November 2013 - TriClub Charity - Lingmere

Well twenty nine anglers turned up at Lingmere in aid of Claire House Childrens Hospice and talk was actually as much about record breaking sponsorship that the members had been involved in as it was about the fishing for the day ahead.

With breakfasts under way via Jan and her helpers the banter was flying, prizes and booze for later were unloaded and Colin Cook even turned up with 4 gallons of maggs in pint bags kindly donated for use on the day by a local tackle shop. Well done to Colin and the local tackle shops we had c20 prizes to draw for later.

Rick, being Rick, took the lead and despite a few late arrivals and subsequent tweaking of the teams and pegs for the draw Rick and Keith collected the £17 which was split £2 prize draw, £3 Lingmere £4 Claire House off Lingmere and £8 pools. With three teams there would be sections of three with points for club pride and a trophy at stake with Eggy Ferry, Wirral Borough and Rivacre all having a team.

Draw done it was off for 5 hours fishing with all knowing the Top Lake was going to be harder than the Bottom but with sections to go for it was still going to be a fair match. At the all out it was a close call on both lakes with 'pellethead' Kenny Stuart winning the Bottom lake with 57.7lb from 'fuzzyhead' Jason Davies with 50.0lb and Dougie 'hills have eyes' Walsh third with 46.8lb. On the Top lake it was much harder but Billy Gore (sponsored by Araldite) ran out the winner with 27.0lb from Lee 'do I have to fish the pole' Pickup with 25.8lb and Paul Robb 'I'll sit in the corner and say I've caught nowt' with 25.4lb.

After the individuals were confirmed it was down to section prizes and a number of anglers chose to forego their winnings putting it back in the charity pot....you know who you are and stars you are!

Anyway over to the main event the team result. Rick stood up in his usual 'unaccustomed as I am' manner to announce we had joint second with 19pts were Rivacre and Wirral meaning Eggy Ferry had run out champions with a 16pt total and are TriClub Champions for 2013 so well done to all in 'my' club (it helps when you're in all three!)

Results that matter:
- Prize draw - £58
- Lingmere donation - £116
- On-Line via Just Giving (inc Gift Aid) - £469
- Section prizes put back in by winners on the day - £116
- and the best till last sponsorship pledged off line (due in 30/11) - £2871

Totalling a massive £3,630 (inc online Gift Aid) a massive new record total for us!!!!

Thanks should go to Colin Cook and the local tackle dealers for organising all the tackle prizes. Steve and Jan at Lingmere for their hospitality including donation and free food afterwards. Rick, Keith, Ian Lloyd and Jamie Pickup for sorting the clubs attendees and finally every member who fished and everyone who donated to such a worth cause....a fabulous days fishing and fundraising!

2nd November 2013 - Meremoor

1st - Ian Lloyd - 63.02lb
2nd - Barry Davis - 49.14lb
3rd - Steve Brew - 36.04lb
4th - Kevin Valentine - 17.04lb
5th - Keith Williamson - 13.02lb

9 Fished

19th October 2013 - Mouldsworth

1st - Kevin Valentine - 48.12lb
2nd - Keith Williamson 34.12lb
3rd - Billy Gore - 34.00lb
4th - Steve Brew - 32.14lb
5th - Jason Davis - 28.02lb

10 fished

5th October 2013 - Partridge Spey

1st - Dave Grimes - 23.00lb
2nd - Keith Williamson - 18.12lb
3rd - Ian Lloyd - 15.14lb
4th - Ted Neild - 14.00lb
5th - Billy Gore - 13.00lb

10 fished

7th September 2013 - Tranquility

1st - Tyrone Davis - 39.10lb
2nd - Dougie Wallsh - 38.06lb
3rd - Ian Lloyd - 36.08lb
4th - Kevin Valentine - 33.12lb
5th - Jason Davis - 32.08lb

10 fished

18th August - Lingmere

1st - Billy Gore - 69.11lb
2nd  - Phil Henry - 53.08lb
3rd - Colin Cook - 50.10lb
4th - Rick Keeley - 50.0lb
5th - Keith Williamson - 46.7lb

13 fished

Tri Club Challenge 2013

Hi all

Even if your not able to fish this years match we have set up an online option to allow donations towards the cause which is Claire House who most of you know.

http://www.justgiving.com/TriClubChallenge

If you are collecting sponsorship, donations manually just let me know how your doing and I will update the JustGiving page to allow us to keep a running total.

This years match is at Lingmere Fisheries on 10th November but the donations and sponsorship will stay open until the end of the year.

Ian