Result - Daiwa Scottish Junior Open - 7th June 2008

[Tommy L]

Under 17 Section - Cafe Bank of Main Loch.

1st Gavin Postlethwaite 5.070 Kgs
2nd David Anderson 4.280 Kgs
3rd Duncan McNaught 3.280 Kgs

Under 14 section - Far Bank of Main Loch.

1st Sean Mclachlan 2.130 Kgs
2nd Josh Truman 2.030 Kgs
3rd James O'Neil 0.820 Kgs

Full report and pictures below -

1st Gavin Postlethwaite

[martin]

Great day today Tommy, nice to see so many Juniors and I think everyone caught fish which always helps !!!!

Think we are going to get Gavin & Caitlin to give us some lessons before the next BARRAS match

[S West, Bream]

Congratulations to the winners and all the Juniors that took part

[hiabhero]

great day out for all the youngsters.nice to see so many happy faces.well done to Gavin the new scottish junior open champion
in only his second match,his first was a very good showing in a juniors league match, one for the future me thinks
remember you heard it here first. good going young man.
congratulations also to Sean the new unders champ excellent bag of fish for a well deserved result well done
Jamie

[Tommy L]

Photo's:



Gavin Postlethwaite takes time out to reflect during the match.



David Anderson about to ship out.



Duncan McNaught awaits his next Carp.



Sean McLachlan fishes long.



Caitlan Curran changes her maggots.



James O'Neil holds out for another silver.



Josh Truman awaits the arrival of the Carp in his swim.



Father now looking nervous as Gavin is on a run of Carp.



Josh Truman weighs in 2.030 Kgs for second place.



Sean McLachlan weighs in 2.130 Kgs for first place and to become The Daiwa Under 14 years Scottish Coarse Fish Champion.



Duncan McNaught weighs in 3.28 Kgs for 3rd place



David Anderson weighs in 4.28 Kgs for 2nd place



Gavin Postlethwaite weighs in 5.07 Kgs for 1st place.



The trophies laid out for the presentation.



Wullie Sinclair introduces Dawia Rep David McAuley prior to the presentation of prises.



James O'Neil 3rd in Under 14s with his pole roller courtesy of Daiwa



Josh Truman 2nd in under 14s with his new reel courtesy of Daiwa



Sean McLachlan 1st in the under 14s with his new Daiwa Pole courtesy of Daiwa.



Duncan McNaught 3rd in Under 18s with his pole roller courtesy of Daiwa



David Anderson 2nd in under 17s with his new reel courtesy of Daiwa



Gavin Postlethwaite 1st in the under 17s with his new Daiwa Pole courtesy of Daiwa.



Caitlin Curran top girl in competition with her new Carp rod courtesy of Daiwa.







A great time was had by all Courtesy of Daiwa and Magiscroft Fishery.






Stato's Corner.

[alex.kerr]

well fished to ever one who took part

4th overall. ;o

[Tommy L]

Firstly a big thankyou from all the kids to Daiwa for their sponsorship and support of Junior fishing in Scotland and especially for the goody bags handed out at the start of the day. The kids also wish to thank George and Ronnie and all the staff at Magiscroft and volunteers without who the match would not have been possible.

Saturday morning arrived and so did 33 kids to fish for the titles on offer. It is great to see the youth of Scottish course Fishing gathered together all with the attitude taking part is what counts. Having worked with these kids I have to say that they are a real friendly bunch who look after each other and encourage each other on to catch fish. It's not the winning that counts for them in their informative years but it's the taking part that counts.

The match was fished over a period of 4 hours on the Main loch with 16 under 14s fishing the far bank between pegs 33 to 48 inclusive and 17 under 17s on the Cafe Bank between pegs 1 to 18 with peg 10 blank. The kids used every method of fishing they were allowed to carry out.

The following rules were imposed

No Hair Rigs
1/4 Kg worms
1pint castor
11m pole limit

The two winners above came from end pegs but at the extreme opposite ends of the Loch from each other. The Far bank was won from peg no 48 and the Cafe Bank won on peg 18.

In the senior section David caught Ide up in the water on the surface on maggot and laterly caught a Carp on the pellet wagler with maggot as bait. Gavin also used the waggler to good effect using maggot and feeding maggot.

In the junior section Josh was also using the pellet waggler feeding maggot and castor. sean caught his large Carp at the base of his keep net on single red maggot.

Young Caitlan caught her fish on the waggler feeding maggot.

Everyone enjoyed the full day and are looking ahead now to their Junior league which starts in two weeks time, it's a series of six matches fished every other Sunday. All juniors welcome.

Tommy.

[2008-fishing]

i came 10th , fished in the older 1.it was a good match caught a mixture such as roach, skimmers, ide and perch . it was a hot day and all the fish were at the top of the water i used my pole and after the match changed to the rod and put on a waggler seen some carp swimming around at the top of the water made my setup a foot long and put on a piece of sweetcorn on and hooked a big 1 playing it for 5 to 10 mins then it got off, casted out and got another right away and lost that, casted out another time and got another finally got it in weighed just over 3lb.
to bad i never got that in the match

[Doc]

Well done to all the Juniors and thank goodness there isnt a junior A Team in the Barras

[martin]

Nice report as usual Tommy, forgot to congratulate the winners in my earlier post so very well done to the winners.

Having said that I think all the juniors were winners yesterday, the attitude towards the competition and each other was great, the way they support each other even when they are fishing in a competition is a joy to watch. They all followed the weigh in and chatted about the day on the way round and then afterwards at the presentation even though I am sure a lot of them would have been dissapointed they were quick to congratulate those that won.

Well done to those people who give up their time to help and coach the juniors as well, without your help and support events like this just wouldn't happen. You can all give yourselves a big pat on the back as well.

[jrben_1]

well done everyone at this event. they fished really well for quite a hard day and still managed to do great. ended up 7th but had a really fun day and cant wait to next year again well done to everyone from magi, willie peter and tommy and davie from dawia for making this event possible

[old john]

Well done all competitors and well done all the officials and helpers good to see such a large turnout.

old john