Pike Match on the Suck

jkchambers

An 8 mile stretch of the River Suck at Athleague will be the venue for the June qualifying competition of the 2012/13 Kingspan National Pike Championships. The event will be held on 10th June. The Championships consist of 10 independent qualifying competitions where the top 5 anglers from each qualifier go through to fish in a Final along with 5 from a stewards qualifier. The winner in the Final will become Kingspan National Pike Champion and will captain the top 10 from the Final in an International 2 day match against Great Britain. The event will be held in England and the Irish Federation of Pike Angling Clubs will cover the team members costs of flights, hotel b&b, coaches, permits, presentation dinner etc. We fly to England on a Wednesday and return on the Monday. A trip not to be missed.
To enter you must be a member of one of the 70 clubs affiliated to the Irish Federation of Pike Angling Clubs. You can easily join an affiliated club at the check in for as little as €10 for the year. Entry fee is €15 and there is an optional €5 pool for the biggest pike (top 3).
Check in will be at the Bridge Bar in Athleague from 9.30 for fishing 11 to 4. For more details phone Sean on 087 3667198

jkchambers

The Suck will be all over the place by Sunday. Our Competitions Officer has decided that we switch the Kingspan National Pike Championships Qualifier venue to Lough Egish. Check in at the Lakeview Bar from 9.30 for fishing 11 to 4. For more details contact Sean on 0873667198

jkchambers

We had to switch the June qualifying competition of the 2012/13 Kingspan National Pike Championships from a flooded River Suck to Lough Egish in County Monaghan. The switch was only made on Thursday so we were very concerned that many anglers would not get word of the change. We were very happy when 80 anglers turned up and entered.
Fishing was really good with many good pike caught in the first few minutes. Some anglers caught steadily throughout the accumulating really good bags. We no longer provide full details of results but word does get around reasonably quickly.
As usual we calculated results in John Murray`s Lakeview bar. Many thanks to John for providing huge quantities of great sandwiches, cocktail sausages and chips. He also kindly provided prizes for the raffle.
The top 5 anglers who qualified to fish in the Final were
1st David Murphy
2nd Tucker McCabe
3rd Eugene McCabe
4th Jerome Fisher
5th Alan Heasley
Eugene McCabe with a pike of 15-14

Maura Martin with pike 10-14

Lenny Truck with a nice 13-06

jkchambers

Dont forget the July Qualifier of the 2012/13 Kingspan National Pike Championships will be held next Sunday 1st on the Finn River near Clones. Check in from 9.30 at the Leggakelly Inn car park on the Cavan/Clones road. Fishing will be from 11 to 4. Top 5 anglers get to fish in the Final. Entry fee is €15 and there is an optional €5 pool for the biggest pike. For more details phone Sean on 087 3667198