Irish World Shore Team Fish Off
Hi Everyone,
As you all know Galway Bay SAC are hosting the Irish World Team Fish Off this coming weekend, the 21stand 22nd of April, on behalf of the Connaught Provincial Council. The headquarters for the weekend is the Helm in Westport and all three competitions will be fished in the area. The format for the weekend will be two competitions on Saturday and one on Sunday morning. This is a great opportunity to see the top 36 match anglers in the country fishing head to head on the west coast. If you’re free over the weekend please try and find the time to attend one or more of these competitions as I’m sure you’ll pick up a trick or two. For any more details, or if you’re willing to help out in any way over the weekend please get in touch.
Contact details for the weekend are:
Mike Curtin 086 6737880.
Pete Atkins 087 9538750.
Brian Reidy 085 7339040.
Also I’d like to take this chance to thank the other Connaught clubs for all their help in the lead up to this competition. Namely Belmullet SAC, Currrane SAC, Killala BC, Mullaghmore SAC, Newport SAC and Western Vikings SAC. A big thank you for your help so far and your commitment to help out over the weekend.
Regards,
Pete Atkins
Secretary Galway Bay SAC
Club Master Angler setup for 2012
A new motion passed at the club AGM see’s a new format for the 2012 master angler.
The 2012 club master will have 9 different legs which will consist of the 8 legs of the west coast shore league
plus the all Ireland open shore {jimmy smith}.
The best 7 scores from the 9 legs will be the winner.
The first leg of the shore league hosted by Galway SAC, and the Jimmy Smith also hosted by Galway SAC have
to be included in your best 7 scores.
Also passed at the AGM was a motion to introduce levy of €5 for every senior angler that fishes any of the
shore league legs. This is to go towards paying the entry into the national master angler for the winner of the
club master angler.
Grauvell West Coast Shore league 2012
Feb 25th Renvyle Galway Bay SAC
May 19th Killala Killala BC
June 24th Ballyrean Galway Bay SAC
Aug 4th Clew Bay Newport SAC
Aug 19th Achill Corrane SAC
Sept 2nd Sligo Mullaghmore SAC
Sept 15th Sligo Western Vikings SAC
Oct 13th Enniscrone Conn Shore Committee
Galway Bay SAC outing Saturday 21st 16:00 – 21:00, Silverstrand, species hunt cards will be available, come on down!
Galway Bay SAC Membership is open for the 2012 season. Also there are 2 large smocks available to purchase, please contact peter atkins 0879538750 in relation to either of the above if interested.
We will be sending out texts from the club phone every two weeks with the intention in keeping members up to date with any fishing related news. If anyone has any report or anything they would like sent out on the club phone, please contact the committee. We would encourage members to reply to texts with any fishing catches good or bad so we can try to keep everyone up to date with what’s happening around the coast.
The club can be contacted directly at our email address (galwaybaysac@gmail.com) or by mobile (085 734 5958).
Congratulations to Conor Mountaine on winning the Galway Bay SAC 2011 shore species hunt with 31 species!
Following the success of last year’s species hunt, in what was a laid back and fun element to the angling year, we are looking forward to repeating the big hunt this year. The rules are simple: You have your species card, simply write your name clearly on the card beside the club crest, when you catch a fish, place the card beside the fish and take a photograph. You then send the photo with a brief note stating the type of fish caught to the club email address, or you can text the photo from your mobile to Pete Atkins (Mob: 087 9538750). It will then be uploaded to the club website. You’ll be surprised how addictive this form of angling can be! Best of luck to all who take up the challenge. We plan to use the club outings to increase member’s species total in the species hunt.
With the hope of improving the number of club outings held each year, each committee member has been asked to organize an outing. The club hope to hold one event (outing/competition) each month. Our first outing is planned for the weekend of 21th/22th January. We hope to have our outings within the boundaries of Ballyrean in Co. Clare to Clifden in Co. Galway. We hope these outings will include workshops and one on one coaching.
Thankfully 2012 will be a big year for the club on the competition front. The first competition will take place in February when we will host the first leg of the West Coast Shore league. Following that in April, we are honoured to be hosting the qualifier for the Irish World Shore Team and finally in November we host the All Ireland Open Shore Championships.
We have a new format this year for the Club Master Angler. It will now consist of nine legs, eight of these will be from the West Coast Shore League and the ninth will be the All Ireland Open (The Jimmy Smith). The winner will have the highest score from the best seven legs. The one condition is you have to include Galway Bay’s Leg of the Shore League and the Jimmy Smith in your best seven legs.
Congratulations to Yanto Jones on winning the Grauvell west coast shore league 2011.
Final results available online here
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Thanks to all those who came out to the beginners workshop on October 16th despite the weather.
Hi all,
Galway Bay Sea Angling Club is hosting an outing/workshop for beginner anglers, Silverstrand, Galway, Sunday 16th October at 4pm,
Ever thought of trying your hand at beach angling? Here is the perfect oppurtunity to try it and see if you like it, absolutely free!
We will have experienced anglers (Winners of provincial, national and international medals) with extra sets of rods and gear ready to show you how to get started:
1. tie rigs for beach angling,
2. how to present bait,
3. how and where to cast
Plus much more
All welcome especially juniors
As are more experienced anglers come down for a chat
Please let me know if you can attend the more the merrier
Brian Reidy
Youth Officer, GBSAC
0857339040
Glaway Bay SAC’s very own Chris Feeney struck Gold for the 2nd successive year when he won the Connacht Open Gold Medal Shore over the weekend on Whitestrand beach Co. Mayo Congrats to Chris and also to his younger brother Kaylem Feeney who won the Juniors with another fine performance two outstanding young talents coming through the ranks at Galway Bay SAC if your interested in being a part of it all Contact Conor Mountaine Secretary 087-7660808 or Brian Reidy Youth Officer 085-7339040
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