Munster Juvenile River Championship 2017

Hosted by Fethard & Killusty Anglers on Saturday the 15^th of April 2017 on the River Anner and its tributary the Clashawley.

The competition was a catch and release competition with pegged beats of around 200 yards of river. Only barbless hooks were permitted. A controller was allocated to each angler. The juvenile anglers were allowed a mentor to advise, and hopefully inspire the angler.

The size limit of a scoring trout was 18cm and over. Competition scoring was based on FIPS-Mouche, 100 points per fish & 20 points per cm.

River Anner beats were from Thorny Bridge upstream to John's Bog. River Clashawley beats were located in Grove.

Results

	Competitor	Club	Group	Session Placing		No. of Trout	Placing	Points
	Competitor	Club	Group	1	2	No. of Trout	Placing	Points
1^st	Jack Maher	Cashel-Golden	A	1	1	12	2	6500
2^nd	Robert Hackett	Fethard & Killusty	B	2	1	13	3	7260
3^rd	Chris Fehily	Macroom	A	2	2	9	4	5120
4^th	Shane Ryan	Thurles-Suir & Drish	B	1	4	15	5	8960
5^th	Seán O'Dwyer	Thurles-Suir & Drish	A	3	4	3	7	1740
6^th	Alan Barrow	Mallow TAA	B	3	5	3	8	1700
7^th	Thomas Burke	Cahir & District	A	4	5	2	9	1080
8^th	Chris Kelleher	Kanturk	B	7	2	2	9	1060
9^th	Aaron McCann	Mallow TAA	A	7	3	1	10	600
10^th	Conor Cagney	Cashel-Golden	B	7	3	1	10	520
11^th	Luke O'Donoghue	Macroom	B	7	6	1	13	480
12^th	Adrian McCarron	Kanturk	A	7	7	0	14	0
13^th	Dummy Angler 1		A	7	7	0	14	0
14^th	Dummy Angler 2		B	7	7	0	14	0

	Club	Session Placing		No. of Trout	Placing	Points
	Club	1	2	No. of Trout	Placing	Points
1^st	Thurles-Suir & Drish	4	8	18	12	10700
2^nd	Cashel-Golden	8	4	13	12	7100
3^rd	Fethard & Killusty	9	8	13	17	7260
4^th	Macroom	9	8	10	17	5600
5^th	Mallow TAA	10	10	4	20	2220
6^th	Cahir & District	11	12	2	23	1080
7^th	Kanturk	14	9	2	23	1060

Won by Shane Ryan with a 32cm brown trout.

The results are subject to ratification

Draw

The draw was held on the morning of the competition in the car park adjacent Cramp's Bridge in Fethard.

Team members were placed into separate groups for the draw. Each angler drew their morning & afternoon beats. Controllers also drew their angler for the day.

Competitor	Group	River Anner Beat Number	River Clashawley Beat Number
Thomas Burke	A	6	8
Aaron McCann	A	5	13
Jack Maher	A	4	11
Adrian McCarron	A	3	10
Seán O'Dwyer	A	2	14
Chris Fehily	A	1	12
Dummy Angler 1	A	7	9
Conor Cagney	B	4	8
Luke O Donoghue	B	5	10
Chris Kelleher	B	7	11
Shane Ryan	B	2	12
Alan Barrow	B	1	13
Robert Hackett	B	3	14
Dummy Angler 2	B	6	9

Group photo just after the early morning draw.

Session 1 - Morning

The morning session was from 10:00 to 12:30.

In the morning Group A fished the Anner and Group B fished the Clashawley.

Group A - River Anner

Competitor	No. of Trout	Points	Placing
Thomas Burke	1	560	4
Aaron McCann	0	0	7
Jack Maher	8	4260	1
Adrian McCarron	0	0	7
Seán O'Dwyer	2	1220	3
Chris Fehily	6	3320	2
Dummy Angler 1	0	0	7

Group B - River Clashawley

Competitor	No. of Trout	Points	Placing
Conor Cagney	0	0	7
Luke O'Donoghue	0	0	7
Chris Kelleher	0	0	7
Shane Ryan	14	8460	1
Alan Barrow	2	1220	3
Robert Hackett	3	1700	2
Dummy Angler 2	0	0	7

John O'Dwyer, Luke O'Donoghue & Tom Fogarty on the banks of the Clashawley after the morning session.

Session 2 - Afternoon

The afternoon session was from 14:00 to 16:30.

In the afternoon Group A fished the Clashawley and Group B fished the Anner.

Group A - River Clashawley

Competitor	No. of Trout	Points	Placing
Thomas Burke	1	520	5
Aaron McCann	1	600	3
Jack Maher	4	2240	1
Adrian McCarron	0	0	7
Seán O'Dwyer	1	520	4
Chris Fehily	3	1800	2
Dummy Angler 1	0	0	7

Group B - River Anner

Competitor	No. of Trout	Points	Placing
Conor Cagney	1	520	3
Luke O'Donoghue	1	480	6
Chris Kelleher	2	1060	2
Shane Ryan	1	500	4
Alan Barrow	1	480	5
Robert Hackett	10	5560	1
Dummy Angler 2	0	0	7

Alan Barrow on the Anner

Shane Ryan on the Anner

Shane Ryan & his mentor Munster Senior River Champion 2015 Mark Kelly

Robert Hackett & his mentor Seán Maher on the Anner

Conor Cagney on the Anner taking advice from his mentor Albert Adcock

Conor Cagney gets one on the Anner

Paul Prendergast measures Conor's catch for size and promptly returns it back to the Anner

Luke O'Donoghue on the Anner

Prize Giving

The prize giving was held in The Well Bar, Burke Street, Fethard.

Individual winner Jack Maher being presented the Cup by John Willis and a prize of a Hardy Jet 10ft #4 fly rod sponsored by Clonanav Fly Fishing from Andrew Ryan

Robert Hackett being presented the trophy for 2^nd place by John Willis and a prize of a Vision Vipo fly rod sponsored by Clonanav Fly Fishing from Andrew Ryan

Chris Fehily being presented the trophy for 3^rd place by John Willis and a prize of a Shakespeare Agility fly rod sponsored by Clonanav Fly Fishing from Andrew Ryan

Shane Ryan being presented the trophy for 4^th place by John Willis & Derek Cagney and the prize of a Hanak Reel for longest fish kindly sponsored by Seamus Butler.

Seán O'Dwyer being presented the prize for 5^th place by John Willis & Derek Cagney

Alan Barrow being presented the prize for 6^th place by John Willis & Derek Cagney.

Chris Kelleher being presented the prize for 8^th place by John Willis & Derek Cagney.

Conor Cagney being presented the prize for 10^th place by John Willis & Derek Cagney

Luke O'Donoghue being presented the prize for 11^th place by John Willis & Derek Cagney

Adrian McCarron being presented the prize for 12^th place by John Willis & Derek Cagney

Team winners Thurles-Suir & Drish

Team runners-up Cashel-Golden

John Lalor kindly presented each competitor with a copy of his book