"Pure Fishing" National Junior Pike Championships 2003



The final was held on 21st September in Arvagh, Co Cavan.

The Federation is very pleased with the standard and ability of pike angling shown throughout the qualifiers and final by the junior participants and also by the dedication and commitment shown by parents and senior pike anglers who give unselfishly of their time for this very important aspect of the Federations annual activities.

The competition on the day was fished by 62 anglers who caught a total of 56 pike to 10lb 2oz.

The results for both categorys are as follows:

Below is a record of heat venues and dates from this years championship..

The dates and venues were as follows:

17th May, Dublin Pike Anglers, Royal Canal, Kilcock
18th May, Rossmore Coarse Angling Club, Rossmore Park Lakes
14th June, Ballyjamesduff Angling Club, Lackan Lake
20th June Kiltimagh, Venue to be announced
20th July, Grand Canal, Tullamore & District Anglers
20th July, Cootehill & Dun Na Ri Angling Club's, Lough Avaghon
17th August, North Longford Anglers, Gorthamore

Note: Juniors were split into two category's i.e. Under 13 and Under 18 depending on age of the Junior on the 21st September 2003.




HEAT RESULTS:

Heat 1 - Royal Canal
6 anglers caught and released 6 pike.
Under 18
Ian Church, Clondalkin
Stephen Tyrell
Keith Thompson
Jake Jackson, Rialto
Jamie O' Connell
Stephen Cairns



Heat 2 - Rossmore Park
21 juniors competed, catching and releasing 31 Pike for a total weight of 80lbs.
Under 18-
1st Phillip Kavanagh, Inchicore & District 3 fish, 12lb 7oz
2nd Andrew Dempsey, Inchicore & District 7 fish, 12lb 2oz
3rd Stephen Quinlin, Inchicore & District 5 fish, 9lb
4th Darren Tierney, Rossmore C.A.C 1 fish, 8lb 6oz
5th Ben Cusworth, North Longford A.C 3 fish, 7lb
6th Barry Garvey, Rossmore C.A.C 1 fish, 5lb 6oz
7th Gary Mc Guinness, Rossmore C.A.C 1 fish, 4lb 5oz
8th John O' Reilly, North Longford A.C 2 fish, 2lb 13oz
9th Paul Mulligan, North Longford A.C 1 fish, 1lb 1oz

Under 13-
1st Laura Markey, Inchicore & District 4 fish, 9lb 15oz
2nd Greg Mc Nally, Rossmore C.A.C 2 fish, 4lb 12oz
3rd Ciara Fallon, North Longford A.C 1 fish, 3lb 9oz



Heat 3 - Ballyjamesduff
Under 18-
Under 13-



Heat 4 - Kiltimagh
Under 18-
1st Edward Carroll
2nd Shane Forkan
3rd Thomas Gallagher
4th Dean Boyle

Under 13-
1st Michael Tiernan
2nd Andrew Carroll
3rd Michael Schlingermann
4th Eamon Mc Entee

Heat 5 - Tullamore
Under 18-
1st Mark Keyes, Tullamore, 2 fish, 12lb 13oz
2nd Michael Byrne, Tullamore, 5 fish, 5lb 2oz
3rd Conor Keegan, Leixlip, 2 fish, 1lb 10oz
4th Niamh Boyle, North Longford, 1 fish, 13oz

Under 13-
1st Declan Meehan, North Longford, 1 fish, 14lb 2oz
2nd Patrick Cramer, North Longford, 1 fish, 8lb 2oz
3rd Peter Boyle, North Longford, 1 fish, 4lb 2oz
4th Luke Meehan, North Longford, 2 fish, 1lb 15oz



Heat 6 - Lough Avaghon
Under 18-
1st Patrick Slevin, Keady
2nd Amanda Sheridan, North Longford
3rd Amy Mc Kenna, Keady

Under 13-
1st Conor Mc Eaney, Keady
2nd Mary Murray, Lough Egish
3rd Patrick Murray, Lough Egish

NOTE:

The IFPAC runs The "Kingspan" National Pike Championship each year, the All-Ireland inter-club championship, the "Pure-Fishing" National Junior pike championship and the All-Ireland junior inter-club championship.

Anglers are reminded of the following competition rules:
An angler must be a member of a fully paid up affiliated club.
An angler may be refused entry to the competition without reason being given.
Anglers who act as stewards at heats will be eligible to enter a special heat for stewards provided that the person has been a steward at 4 heats and has weighed a minimum of 4 fish.
Fish can NOT be weighed by the gills. It is the responsibility of the angler to ensure this does not happen.
A maximum of two fish in a keep sack.
Objections must be made within an hour unless otherwise stated at the check-in.