Hi Guys,
apologies for not making the meeting last night, but i have spoke to dad and he said there were a few questions that had been asked.
currently the below juniors have been entered into the competition, is there anymore out there that would still like to enter?, also any of the skippers entered with only one or two juniors willing to take an extra one if someone hasnt got a boat to fish from.
1st competition 27th July
Alfresco- jayden, jacob and jack allen
Awol- Daniel and Macey
Megabyte- Tamzin and Thomas
JV - Reuben
2nd Competition 24th August
Alfresco- jayden, sam and dom
Awol- daniel and macey
Megabyte- Tamzin and thomas
wight magic 2- Jacob, Jack
Marlin- Bradley
JV - Reuben
so after talking to brian and tony ref prizes, the club has agreed to fund the first prize for the competition and also agreed to fund the bbq after the second day out. thank you to everyone who has supported this with donating prizes.
tony has also suggested sourcing trophies for the juniors, which i strongly agree with, i know jayden would love a trophy on his shelf.
the idea of the two days is to give the maximum time on the water for the juniors, to answer brians question the two days add up to one competition, so the prizes will be awarded after the second day out at the barbecue.
i believe chris voiced a concern about all the juniors recieving something for there efforts, this was my idea from day one, there will be a small prize for all juniors entered, and then more significant prizes for the winning fish. what are peoples thoughts on the club maybe supplying poole bay baseball caps or something.
competition rules: keep it simple i think is the best way,
both days will be a 4 hour fishing time, starting at 0900 and finishing at 1300, i think this is long enough for the attention span of the younger members, this way both days add up to a full days fishing.
one rod, 3 hooks max per junior.
all fish entered in the competition to be weighed on board, no need to kill them all just for a weigh in.
i would like it if all fish caught could be photographed with the junior angler, i would like to do a write up after for the magazines and the club.
prizes/trophies will be awarded after the second competition at the barbecue at my house. i think it would be nice for all familys of the juniors to be at the barbecue, plenty of room at our place.
the competition prizes will be awarded as follows after the two days, 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the best specimen, largest fish over the two days, highest number of species caught. i think this set up covers all aspects which juniors enjoy.
thank you for taking the time to support this as it is important to me that my boys grow up loving the sport that i do, just like my dad did with me.
anything i have missed or any questions please dont hesitate to ask.
now its down to the weather gods.
tight lines
sam
Well done Sam
I will ring tomorrow
best wishes
Tony
Nice one Sam
I make that 11 juniors, so room for a few more
Lets hope that the weather gods are kind, for the fishing and the barbeque.
My thanks as well to all that have given prizes, volunteered boats etc
And the Club for getting behind this.
I am sure we can make this fun for the kids
I taught my boys to fish when they were young and had great fun doing so
When they grew bigger they talked mum into getting a bigger boat, RESULT.
Brilliant Sam
Brad is looking forward to the comp. I am happy to make a contribution. Please let me know what you want
Greg
Looking good Sam.
I certainly couldn't fit another one on MegaByte, we're going to be a bit crowded as it is with two juniors and two adults.
Sam,
It may be worth putting the dates with the rules just in case some one is reading it for the first time.
The more the merrier!!
Well done for your efforts so far, good luck with it all, I'm sure it will be a success.
Yes, what's the dates?
27th July
24th August
Good point Chris, always helpful to tell people when It is. The dates are 27th July and 24th August.
Cheers
Sam
Dates added to No 1 post
Hi Guys just a quick update,
After speaking to Tony earlier i just wanted to put up a list of prizes that i currently have for the kids,
so far:
Rod and reel for first place donated by the club
Rod donated by nigel
Rod donated by will pink rod for the girls donated by malcolm
Reel donated by dad
£30 tackle voucher donated by jim
5 sets of tackle vouchers and terminal tackle donated by alan.
Key rings and stickers donated by rob.
We also have: trophies for all juniors donated by the club, Club baseball caps donated by the club, Barbecue payed for by the club,
if there is anything else members can think of please let me know, also spread the word to other members with children/grandchildren with this prize table it would be great to have more juniors.
One thing i forget to say in the first post and after discussing with dad, i am going to keep the prizes as one prize per junior, so if one junior wins first place they cannot win heaviest fish and so forth, i think this gives some of the more novice/younger juniors a fighting chance. thanks again for all the support, if this is a success it could be the first of many more. cheers sam
Well done Sam. I am really pleased to see the club getting behind this comp
One thought, perhaps the baseball caps could be colour coded ie. light blue for boys and pink for girls, no reason other than juniors may be more inclined to wear appropriately coloured attire
Well done Sam, the effort involved shouldn't be under estimated.
Reub only has a passing interest at the moment, but I'll do all I can to get him out and support the day.
Hi Sam
Tamzin can't fish the second date as they're away that weekend.
Make sure she fishes the first date Brian, the pink rod is very nice