1st Scotland

2nd Wales

3rd Ireland

1st Jamie Masson

Magiscroft was honoured to host the very first Celtic Cup which is set to become a popular annual friendly International event.   The two day, 7 a side, contest was an interesting match with the 7 different three peg sections giving rise to very varied tactical battles.  Scotland showed great understanding of the changing nature of the venue and their tactics were clearly the best enabling them to achieve a clear victory with 34 points to Wales and Ireland's 25.  It's a very long time since Scotland last won an International. This was very satisfying and shows great promise for the future.

The first day saw good fishing conditions and the fish responded reasonably even though the Main Loch has been off form with fish spawning.  Scotland got off to a cracking start winning 5 of the 7 sections gaining 18 out of a maximum 21 points.  Ireland are new to the venue, unlike Wales, and their struggle helped Wales to clear second place only 3 points behind the home country.  On the second day Scotland continued their good form on a harder day, red hot and sunny, with 4 section wins, but Ireland showed great fighting spirit to come roaring back to tie on the day with Scotland on 16 points.

Jamie Masson showed his class in his first cap for Scotland leading the way with 2 section wins along with Scotland's Brian Lynn and Brian Clark, with Jamie edging 1st individual place on total weight.

Al three teams agreed it was a good competetive match and great experience for all who took part as well as great preparation for the 6 Nations in August at Magiscroft. We are sure our visitors appreciated the hospitality shown by the their Scottish friends, the SFCA and the management and staff of Magiscroft, as much as we were delighted to act as hosts.  Roll on next year in Ireland !

Points

Weight

Points

Weight

Points

Weight

Final

Day 1

Day 1

Day 2

Day 2

Total

Total

Position

Scotland

18

21.980

16

17.290

34

39.270

1st

Wales

15

18.990

10

12.580

25

31.570

2nd

Ireland

9

10.490

16

13.710

25

24.200

3rd

Name

Country

Day 1 Weight

Day 1 Points

Day 2 Weight

Day 2 Points

Total Weight

Total Points

Jamie Masson

Scotland

4.400

3

3.860

3

8.260

6

Brian Lynn

Scotland

4.400

3

3.220

3

7.620

6

Brian Clark

Scotland

2.760

3

4.150

3

6.910

6

Ben Roberts

Wales

2.550

3

3.120

2

5.670

5

Michael Black

Ireland

2.140

2

2.220

3

4.360

5

Mark Plevin

Wales

4.830

3

2.280

1

7.110

4

Nicky Harrison

Ireland

3.020

2

2.370

2

5.390

4

Davie Corcoran

Scotland

3.930

3

1.010

1

4.940

4

Andy Amos

Wales

2.450

2

1.940

2

4.390

4

George Glen

Scotland

3.470

3

0.260

1

3.730

4

Paul Fillmore

Wales

2.680

2

1.020

2

3.700

4

Simon Huthwaite

Ireland

1.410

1

2.020

3

3.430

4

Donal McGurk

Ireland

1.800

1

1.100

3

2.900

4

Bobby Marshall

Scotland

0.490

2

1.640

2

2.130

4

Gareth Evison

Wales

2.330

2

2.100

1

4.430

3

Dave Slater

Ireland

0.920

1

2.780

2

3.700

3

Mark Jones

Wales

2.380

2

1.090

1

3.470

3

Chris Paton

Scotland

3.150

3

3.150

3

Gavin Walsh

Ireland

0.740

1

2.190

2

2.930

3

Jimmy Price

Wales

1.770

1

1.030

1

2.800

2

Richard Keegan

Ireland

0.460

1

1.030

1

1.490

2

Ewan Weed

Scotland

2.530

1

2.530

1

Section

Peg Number

Name

Country

Weight

Points

A

1

Richard Keegan

Ireland

0.460

1

A

2

Ben Roberts

Wales

2.550

3

A

3

Bobby Marshall

Scotland

0.490

2

B

1

Dave Slater

Ireland

0.920

1

B

2

Mark Jones

Wales

2.380

2

B

3

Jamie Masson

Scotland

4.400

3

C

1

Simon Huthwaite

Ireland

1.410

1

C

2

Gareth Evison

Wales

2.330

2

C

3

Brian Lynn

Scotland

4.400

3

D

1

Michael Black

Ireland

2.140

2

D

2

Jimmy Price

Wales

1.770

1

D

3

Davie Corcoran

Scotland

3.930

3

1

Donal McGurk

Ireland

1.800

1

E

2

Andy Amos

Wales

2.450

2

E

3

Brian Clark

Scotland

2.760

3

F

1

Nicky Harrison

Ireland

3.020

2

F

2

Mark Plevin

Wales

4.830

3

F

3

Ewan Weed

Scotland

2.530

1

G

1

Gavin Walsh

Ireland

0.740

1

G

2

Paul Fillmore

Wales

2.680

2

G

3

George Glen

Scotland

3.470

3

Team Totals

Scotland

21.980

18

Ireland

10.490

9

Wales

18.990

15

Section

Peg Number

Name

Country

Weight

Points

A

1

Andy Amos

Wales

1.940

2

A

2

Davie Corcoran

Scotland

1.010

1

A

3

Michael Black

Ireland

2.220

3

B

1

Ben Roberts

Wales

3.120

2

B

2

Jamie Masson

Scotland

3.860

3

B

3

Richard Keegan

Ireland

1.030

1

C

1

Gareth Evison

Wales

2.100

1

C

2

Brian Lynn

Scotland

3.220

3

C

3

Gavin Walsh

Ireland

2.190

2

D

1

Mark Jones

Wales

1.090

1

D

2

Brian Clark

Scotland

4.150

3

D

3

Dave Slater

Ireland

2.780

2

E

1

Paul Fillmore

Wales

1.020

2

E

2

George Glen

Scotland

0.260

1

E

3

Donal McGurk

Ireland

1.100

3

F

1

Jimmy Price

Wales

1.030

1

F

2

Bobby Marshall

Scotland

1.640

2

F

3

Simon Huthwaite

Ireland

2.020

3

G

1

Mark Plevin

Wales

2.280

1

G

2

Chris Paton

Scotland

3.150

3

3

Nicky Harrison

Ireland

2.370

2

Scotland

17.290

16

Ireland

13.710

16

Wales

12.580

10