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2015 Scottish Club Championship

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Final - 25th September 2015


The 2015 Scottish Club Championship drew to a close on Friday 25th September. The Championship's Saturday night heats started on 2nd May and 165 teams contested the 13 heats which ran from 2nd May to 25th July. Between 10 and 16 teams were in each heat and forty of them qualified for the semi finals which were held on 21st and 28th August. The top twenty from the semi-finals went on to battle it out in the final. The competition was held on a partial catch and release basis with each angler retaining their first two fish and being awarded 2lb for each each trout that was returned. Heavy fish were capped at 4lbs. There were three anglers in each team and the result of all stages was decided on the accumulated weight of each team's three anglers.

This was the 12th and last year of sponsorship of the competition by Angling Active and the Scottish Club Championship has been very fortunate to have had such a lengthy connection with them. The Scottish Clubs Committee wish to thank Martin Grantham and Angling Active for their support over the last twelve years and wish them every success for the future.

Conditions for the final were far from perfect and as the anglers waited to set out the fairly calm conditions that had greeted them changed quickly as a chilly west wind picked up to produce fairly choppy water. The day was mainly bright with occasional cloud cover and the only consistent factor was that it stayed cold all day.

This was a tough renewal that included the 2014 winning team of Menteith Ospreys and the 2014 runners-up Change FF AC "A". In the 20 teams taking part were eleven anglers who had won gold medals in the Spring and Autumn Internationals and included the Silver Salver winner at the Autumn International. It was no surprise that even in difficult conditions that the 60 competitors caught 274 trout for 590lbs 1.6ozs.

Top team was the Neilston FF "B" team of Brian Mackenzie, Tom Burnett and James Litster who between them netted 24 trout for 49lbs 13.2ozs. Their top rod was James Litster with 13 fish for 26lbs 7.2ozs. James spent his day in Cages Bay and the Malling Shore where he was fishing fabs and boobies on a medium sink line. Most of his trout were taken on the fabs.

photo (right):
Andrew McDougall of sponsors Angling Active
presents the trophy to James, Tom and Brian

Tom Burnett had 6 fish for 12lbs 14.2ozs and was fishing boobies on a Di3 in Cages Bay and the Malling Shore. Brian Mackenzie used similar tactics in the same area and varied his line between a Di3 and a Di5.

The second placed team was the Menteith Ospreys team of Peter Auchterlonie (10 fish), Ronnie Gilbert (8 fish) and George Whyte (4 fish). Their 22 trout weighed 45lbs 9.2ozs

photo (left) Menteith Ospreys
George, Ronnie and Peter receiving their prizes
from Andrew McDougall of sponsors Angling Active

photo (right) Change FF AC "A"
Andy, Kevin and Jock with Andrew McDougall

In third were the Change FF AC "A" team of Kevin McCabe (2 fish), Jock Kettles (14 fish) and Andy Dunn (5 fish). Their 21 trout weighed 42lbs 12.8oz. Jock also caught his fish at Cages Bay and the Malling Shore where he was fishing a cat booby and cormorants on slow glass and fast glass lines.

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Semi Final No 2 - 28th August 2015


The second semi final on 28th August was contested by 19 teams and included three previous winners. Many of the team anglers had bee practising during the week, with good bags of trout being recorded.

Conditions were changeable with sunshine clouding over, and drizzly rain. At the end of the match 258 trout had been caught with 156 being released. Winners on the day were the Neilston FF team of Tom Burnett, James Litster and Brian Mackenzie with 23 trout for 49lb 5 oz. The other 9 finalists were:- Change FF 18 trout 42lb 9oz, Dows FFC 17 trout 36lb 6oz, Strathgryfe AA 16 trout 36lb 4oz, Saltire FF with 17 trout 35lb 8oz, East Kilbride AC with 17 trout 34lb 12oz, Pitlochry AC with 17 trout for 34lb 8oz, Glasgow Post Office with 16 trout for 33lb 7 oz., Tartan Tyers with 15 trout for 32lb 4oz and Priory AC with 15 trout for 31lb 6 oz.

Top rod on the day was very close between internationalists John Buchanan with 11 trout for 23lb 13oz and James Litster with 12 trout for 23lb 12.6 oz.

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Semi Final No 1 - 21st August 2015

The 1st semi final of Scottish Club championship saw 21 teams, including 5 previous winners, competing for a place in the final on Friday 25th September. Conditions were good with the Lake having been fishing well, and most anglers were in good spirit. Overnight rain had a tendency to put the trout down and few were showing on the surface. The boats headed out at 10 am with most going westwards towards the Malling shore, Gateside Bay (cages) Heronry, Plantation and Sandy Bay. Several boats went to International bay, Kates Brae, Gravel Bank and Lochend. Apart from a torrential downpour for five minutes, conditions stayed good and as the temperature rose, fish began to show on the surface. Stable Point into Gateside Bay saw many boats drifting close to the shallow marker buoy.

photo: Menterith Ospreys
George, Peter and Ronnie

At end on the match 265 trout had been caught with 156 being released. The competition is fished on a 2 fish kill, then anglers are on catch and release, with an average weight of 2 lbs being allocated to each netted and released trout. Top team on the day were current trophy holders Menteith Ospreys team of Peter Auchterlonie, George Whyte and Ronnie Gilbert with 25 trout for a total weight of 50lb 9oz. The other 9 qualifiers were:- 2nd place Change FF "A" with 24 fish for 47lb 1oz, 3rd place St. Boswells and Newtown AC with 20 trout for 42lb 7oz, 4th place Neilston FF with 20 trout for 39lb 12oz, 5th place Rainbow Warriors with 18 trout for 36lb, 6th place Lintrathen FF with 17 trout for 34lb 2oz, 7th place Alba FF "A" with 13 trout for 31lb 13oz, 8th place Rowbank AC with 14 trout for 30lb 10oz, 9th place to Alba FF "B" with 14 trout for 28lb 11oz and in 10th place Kinross AC with 13 trout for 27lb 11oz. Best basket on the day fell to Angus Armour (Gus) of Neilston FF with 14 trout (12 being released) for 28lb 5oz.

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Heat 13 - 25th July 2015

The Saturday night heats were completed on 25th July when 13 clubs contested heat 13. The evening started off in bright sun with a gentle breeze and it was a change to be out in warm conditions. The breeze picked up slightly when the sun started to dip and by the end of the evening it had turned chilly. With the top club boating 12 trout and the top rod catching 6 fish it was not an easy night. A total of 83 fish for 189lb 14.4oz were caught of which 26 were returned.

The top club were the Change FF AC "B" team of Wullie Leach (3 fish), Ray Anderson (6 fish) and Jim Crawford (3 fish) with 12 trout for 28lb 8.6oz. Almost all of their fish were taken on dries at the back of Inchmahome.

In second place were the Coldstream & District AA team of Dick Logan (6 fish), Keith Renton (5 fish) and Mick Charlton which gave them a total of 11 trout for 22lb 8.4oz.

The third placed club was Ferry Fly Fishers with their team of Gordon Fisher (2 fish), Andrew Glasgow (5 fish) and Craig Masson (2 fish) which gave them a total of 9 fish for 21lb 6.4oz.

photo: Change FF AC
Wullie, Jim and Ray

The top five individuals qualifying for the Champion of Champions were:-

1. Ray Anderson of Change FF AC with 6 trout for 13lb 1oz. Ray took his fish on dries at the back of Inchmahome.
2. Dick Logan of Coldstream & District AA with 6 trout for 12lb 2oz. Dick took his fish on a pearly cormorant and dries at Hotel Bay and Shear Point.
3. Stuart Marklow of Loanhead & District AC with 5 trout for 11lb 5.4oz. Stuart took his fish on fabs, boobies and buzzers on a midge tip line in Cages bay.
4. Andrew Glasgow of Ferry FF with 5 trout for 10lb 14.8. Andrew was on dries at Reedy Point.
5. Keith Renton of Coldstream & District AA with 5 trout for 10lb 6.4oz. Keith did a tour of the Lake and took his fish on cormorants and dries.

photo: Stuart, Ray, Andrew, Dick and Keith

The heaviest fish of the evening was caught by Phil Hunter of Airdrie & District AC and came to the scales at 6lb 3.6oz. The fish fell to a yellow owl at the Rookery.

photo:
Phil Hunter

Change FF AC, Ray Anderson and Phil Hunter all received a bottle of "Famous Angler" whisky.




The Championship now takes a break and returns for the semi finals on day sessions on 21st and 28th August.

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Heat 12 - 18th July

Heat 12 saw a blustery evening with more rain forecast. At the briefing prior to the boats going out, the wind began to abate and conditions improved. 12 teams were in contention with popular areas mainly to the west. Arnmach Point, Heronry, Malling Shore and Gateside (cages) Bay saw most anglers. By 9pm the lake was a flat calm, and persistent rain began to fall. Trout began to feed, and rods were bending. A total of 112 trout were caught with 61 being released for a total weight of 234lb 6oz.

Top club on the night was the Neilston Fly Fishers team of Jim Litster, Tam Burnett and Brian MacKenzie with 25 trout for 52lb 3oz. 2nd place to Strathgryfe AA with 16 trout for 31lb 3oz.
3rd place to Pitlochry AC with 12 trout for 27lb 5oz.

These clubs go through to the semi-final 28th August.

Top 5 rods qualifying for Champions of Champions on 9th October :-

1st. Jim Litster Neilston FF with 10 trout for 20lb 10oz
2nd Brian MacKenzie Neilston FF with 9 trout for 18lb 6oz.
3rd John Dunbar Largs & Dist AC with 7 trout for 15lb.
4th place Douglas Graham Strathgryfe AA with 7 trout for 13lb 8oz.
5th place to Jason Hendry Pitlochry AC with 6 trout for 13lb 7oz.

Heaviest trout on the night was a rainbow of 3lb 8oz caught by Pitlochry angler Jason Hendry.

Captain of winning team, angler with best catch and angler with heaviest fish all received bottles of "Famous Angler" whisky courtesy of Famous Grouse.

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Heat 11 - 11th July 2015


Heat 11 of the Scottish Club Championship was contested by 15 teams. There was a brisk westerly wind giving choppy conditions and rain was falling. As the boats left the shore the wind lessened but the rain continued. A few boats headed for Butts Bay while the majority headed west to Sandy Bay, Heronry, Malling shore and Gateside Bay. It proved to be a close competition with five teams weighing-in catches of trout over 20 lbs. 85 trout were caught with 31 being released. The total weight was 192lb 2oz.

Winning club on the night was East Kilbride AC team of Messrs McKean, Japp and Dempster with 11 trout for 22lb 7 oz.
In second place was Gartmore AC with 10 trout for 22lb 2oz.
3rd place to went to Dows FFC with 10 trout for 21lb 15oz.

Ben Robertson of Black Bull FC landed the heaviest fish on the night at 3lb 8.6oz

The top 5 anglers going to Champion of Champions on 9th October are:-

John Buchanan, Dows FFC, with 7 trout for 14lb 5oz
Mark Caisley, Butcher Boy AC, with 6 trout for 14lb 1oz
Ian Webster, Gartmore AC, with 6 trout for 13lb 10oz
Lee Anderson, Arbroath AC, with 6 trout for 12lb 11oz
William Davidson, Black Bull FFC, with 6 trout for 12lb 10oz.

The captain of winning team, angler with best catch, John Buchanan, and angler with heaviest fish, Ben Robertson, all received bottles of Famous Angler whisky.

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Heat 10 - 4th July


Heat 10 of Scottish Club Championship took place on a lovely evening at Lake of Menteith. There was little wind and the 15 competing teams headed out to rising trout all over the Lake. At the evenings end, 134 trout had been caught with 64 being released, having a total weight of 295lb 2oz.

Top club on the night was the Caley Liners team of John Benson, John Simpson and Billy Muir who caught 20 trout for 42lb. 2nd place went to Select Fly Fishers team of Davy Wales, Alex Grant and Craig Hewitson with 13 trout for 28lb 5oz. 3rd place went to Butcher Boy AC with 12 trout for 26lb 7oz.

The top 5 rods on the night going forward to Champion of Champions on Friday 9th October were :-

1. David Wales, Select FF with 9 trout for 19lb 5oz
2. John Simpson, Caley Liners with 9 trout for 18lb 3oz
3. John Benson, Caley Liners with 8 trout for 17lb 1oz,
4. Jimmy McBride SPRA (East) with 6 trout for 14lb 2oz
5. Sandy McConnachie, Menteith Ospreys also with 6 trout for 13lb.

The heaviest trout was a rainbow of 5lb 9.2 oz weighed in by Avonbank angler Jim Fairlie.

Bottles of "Famous Angler" whisky courtesy of "Famous Grouse", were presented to the captain of winning team, angler with top catch- David Wales, and angler with heaviest trout - Jim Fairlie.

Heat 9 - 27th June

Heat 9 on Saturday saw a lovely evening with a light westerly wind and overcast . 13 teams were competing on what appeared to be looking like a good fishing night.

Two teams tied on the night each with 19 trout, but the Rothes Oak team of Paul Cushnie, Gary Ormiston and Geordie Brown proved to have the heavier weight with 41lb 3oz, 10oz ahead of the 19 trout of Tartan Fly Tiers coming to scales for 40lb 7oz. 3rd placed team was Tillicoultry AC with 18 trout for 39lb 1oz. These teams to semi final 28th August.

photo: Rothes Oak
Geordie Brown, Gary Ormiston and Paul Cushnie

The top five rods on the night go through to the final of the Champion of Champions :-

1st Gary Ormiston Rothes Oak 10 trout 22lb 4oz
2nd place Ian McGregor RAF Fish Hawks, 11 trout for 22lb 2oz
3rd Bill Ramage Tillicoultry AC 8 trout for 17lb 7oz.
4th place Graeme Connelly Tartan Fly Tiers 8 trout for 16lb 12oz.
5th place to Paul Wilson Bothwell & Blantyre AC with 7 trout for 15lb 5oz.

Heaviest trout on the night was a rainbow of 5lb 2.2 oz caught by Ayr Travellers angler Daniel McCormick.

Captain of winning team, angler with heaviest catch and angler with heaviest trout all received bottles of "Famous Angler" whisky courtesy of Famous Grouse In all 148 trout were caught with 81 being released. Total weight of fish caught was 327 lb

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Heat 8 - 20th June 2015


Heat 8 saw field of 16 teams competing, with one club fielding 2 anglers. Conditions were westerly light wind, still with a touch of coldness. Boats split west into malling shore, gateside and rookery. Easterly to road shore, Kates Brae and Lochend. A few boats headed through the gap to heronry and Sandy Bay.

Glasgow Post Office "A" team of Brian Kennedy, Andrew Kennedy and Calum Stephen were worthy winners catching 18 trout for 36lb 9oz. 2nd place fell to international caps Gus Shepherd, Colin MacDonald and Derek Keenan of Saltire FF "A" who netted 14 trout for 33lb 5oz. 3rd place to Drumbowie Fly Fishers "A" with 13 trout for 27lb 1oz These teams to 2nd semi final on 28th August. Unlucky fourth team were Beith St. Inans with 13 trout for 26lb 9oz. This team will go into draw with 4th placed in Heat 9 for remaining final team place. In all 99 trout were caught (42 being released) for a total weight of 224lb 1oz.

Top five rods on the night going to final of Champions on 9th October;-

1st place to Dave Clark Drumbowie Fly Fishers with 8 fish for 16lb 12 oz
2nd place to Calum Stephen of Glasgow Post Office with 7 trout for 15lb 5oz
3rd place to Mark McNaughton, Beith St Inans, with 6 trout for 12lb 11oz
4th Colin MacDonald Saltire Fly Fishers with 5 trout for 12lb 9oz
5th place to Brian Kennedy Glasgow Post Office with 6 trrout for 11lb 4oz

Heaviest fish was a rainbow of 4lb 9oz caught by Saltire angler Colin MacDonald. Team captain, angler with heaviest catch and captor of heaviest fish all received bottles of Famous Angler whisky

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Heat 7 - 13th June 2015

Saturday evening in Heat 7 of Scottish Club Championship saw a light easterly wind with a definite coldness. The Lake had fished well during the day to various flys and lures including buzzers and dry fly. One team had to withdraw due to an injury and 11 teams contested the competition. A few boats headed to the road shore, but most went westerly for the Heronry, Malling shore and east side of Gateside Bay.

Dunfermline Railway AC proved successful on the night with the team of Colin McGonagle,Barry Philips and Davy Moore catching 15 trout for 33lb 14oz.

2nd place fell to Lintrathen FF with 13 trout for 27lb 14oz. Balfron Piscatorials took 3rd place with 11 trout for 26lb 15oz. These teams to semi final 21st August.

In all 100 trout were caught, 57 being released for a total weight of 223lb 11oz.

The top 5 rods on the night going forward to the Champion of Champions final on 9th October were:-
Gary Wilkinson Cupar AC 9 trout 20lb 9oz
Colin McGonagle Dunfermline Railway 8 trout for 17lb 6oz
Gordon Hayward Balfron Piscatorials 7 trout for 16lb 11oz
Paul Toseland Aberdeen & dist AA 7 trout for 16lb
Ian Glassford Bothwell & Blantyre AC 6 trout for 12lb 9oz

Heaviest fish was a rainbow of 4lb 11oz caught by the top angler on the night Gary Wilkinson, of Cupar AC who finished in 4th position.

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Heat 6 - 6th June 2015


The prospects of heat 6 going ahead as scheduled on 6th June looked pretty remote as winds gusting to 50mph blew across the country. However it appears that not only can Quint and Douglas produce superb fishing week after week it looks like they can also influence the weather as the wind dropped slightly late in the afternoon. It continued to drop and by the time the boats went out at 6pm conditions were good although still a touch breezy and decidely cold.

Ten clubs contested heat 6 and the top club was St Boswells, Newtown & District represented by David Wright (9 fish), Grant Gibson (11 fish) and Bill Braithwaite (5 fish). Their total of 25 trout weighed 51lbs 2oz. They concentrated their efforts along the Road Shore where David was using blobs and cormorants on a 3 sweep, Grant was on blobs and snatchers on a wet cell 2 and Bill was using blobs and a cat booby on a fast glass.

In second spot was Neilston FF "A" represented by Mark Stephen (6 fish), Ronnie Robb (3 fish) and Gus Armour (13 fish) to give them a total of 22 fish for 46lbs 7.2oz. In third were Alba Orvis "A" represented by James Gardiner (6 fish), David Bonnington (6 fish) and Paul Garner (10 fish). These three clubs go through to the semi finals.

The top five individuals that qualified for the Champion of Champions were:-

1. Gus Armour with 13 fish for 26lbs 11.20z
2. Tyler Hay (Lintrathen FF) with 12 fish for 24lbs 12.6oz
3. Grant Gibson (St Boswells, Newtown & District) with 11 fish for 22lbs 11.2oz
4. Paul Garner (Alba Orvis) with 10 fish for 19lbs 15.8oz
5. David Wright (St Boswells, Newtown & District) with 9 fish for 18lbs 2.4oz

Gus took his fish along the Road Shore where he was fishing a cat and blobs on a 3 sweep. Tyler was at Chapel Bay and was using cormorants and a cat booby on a fast glass. Grant was also on the Road Shore and fished blobs and snatchers on a wet cell 2. Paul took his fish at Reedy Bay and the Road Shore on fabs fished on a fast glass while David stayed at the Road Shore and fished blobs and cormorants on a 3 sweep.

Grant Sutherland of Perth RASC caught the heaviest fish of night in Gateside Bay. It was a beautiful fish that weighed 5lb 11oz and was taken on a candy booby fished on a midge tip.

St Boswells, Newtown & District, Gus Armour and Grant Sutherland each received a bottle of "Famous Angler" whisky.

top: St Boswells, Newtown & District
Grant Gibson, Bill Braithwaite and David Wright

left: Top 5 Individuals
Grant, David, Gus Paul and Tyler

right:
Grant Sutherland

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Heat 5 - 30th May 2015

Twelve Clubs contested heat 5 on 30th May with the top three clubs going through to the semi finals and the top 5 individuals going through to the Champion of Champions.

Top club was Alba Orvis FF "B" represented by Calum Crosbie (15 fish), Gregor Fleming (9 Fish) and Steven Welsh (8 fish) with a total of 32 trout for 65lb 11oz. Calum took his fish on dries. In second spot was Dunoon and District AC with 22 fish for 46lb 9oz. They were represented by Lee Lindop (10 fish), Bill Rankin (4 fish) and Keith MacKenzie (8 fish). Leslie Llanilar "A" were third with 20 fish and were represented by Dave Dunn (8 fish), Andrew Gourlay (6 fish) and Bill Patrick (6 fish).

The top five individuals were:-

1. Calum Crosbie, Alba Orvis, with 15 fish for 65lb 11oz
2. Lee Lindop, Dunoon & District, with 10 fish for 20lb 9oz
3. Billy Foster, Grizzlecats, with 10 fish for 20lb
4. Gregor Fleming, Alba Orvis, with 9 fish for 19lb 2oz
5. George Martin, Port Glasgow, with 9 fish for 17lb 9oz.

Alex Moffat of Glencorse RSV FF had the heaviest fish on the night at 3lb 2.4oz.

Alba Orvis FF, Calum Crosbie and Alex Moffat receive a bottle of "Famous Angler" whisky.

photo:
Alba Orvis
Steven Welsh, Gregor Fleming and Calum Crosbie

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Heat 4 - 23rd May


Fourteen clubs turned out for heat 4 with the top three going trhough to the semi and the top five individuals going through to the Champion of Champions and between them they caught 134 trout. Weather wise it was pleasant evening with some rain about half way through.

Top club was the North Berwick team of Keith Logan (6 fish), Kenny Wood (10 fish) and Ronnie Hunter (7 fish) with 23 trout for 46lb 15.4oz. Kenny and Ronnie both took their fish in Lochend where they were using buzzers on floating lines.

The Rowbank AC "A" team of Paul O'Neill (11 fish), Stevie Hunter (4 fish) and Sam McFarlane (1 fish) were second with 16 trout for 36lb 15oz. Sam's fish was the heaviest one of the night and he caught it in Gateside Bay on a cruncher on a sink tip line. The trout was a beauty of 5lb 9oz. Paul took his fish at Kates Brae where he was fishing cormorants and a tequila blob on a floating line. The Bucks Head "A" team of Andy Smith (6 fish), Chris Sutherland (6 fish) and Jim Donnelly (3 fish) were third with 15 fish for 34lb 3oz.

The top five individuals going through to the Champion of Champions were:-

1. Paul O'Neill of Rowbank with 11 trout for 24lb 9.8pz
2. Kenny Wood of North Berwick AC with 10 trout for 20lb
3. Davy Hogg of Newtyle & Meigle with 8 trout for 17lb 2.4oz
4. Arthur Donnachie of Drumbowie AC with 7 trout for 16lb 2.6oz
5. Ronnie Hunter of North Berwick AC with 7 trout for 14lb 14.4oz

North Berwick AC, Paul O'Neill and Sam McFarlane each received a bottle of "Famous Angler" whisky.

photos

top left
North Berwick AC
Keith, Kenny & Ronnie

top right
Sam McFarlane

right
Arthur, Ronnie, Kenny,
Paul and Davy

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Heat 3 - 16th May 2015


Ten Clubs took part in heat 3 of the Scottish Club Championship and the anglers had to contend with very strong winds at the start of the evening and torrential rain towards the end. The 36 anglers caught a total of 103 trout and the top three clubs progress to the semi finals and the top 5 individuals progress to the Champion of Champions.

Pulling blobs or fabs with buzzers or crunchers on midge tip and slow glass lines paid dividends on the night with most boats heading for Sams Point, Todd Hole and Lochend.

Clubs

1st. Menteith Ospreys - 23 trout for 48lbs 2oz
2nd Inverclyde FF - 16 trout for 39lbs
3rd Kinross AC "A" - 12 trout for 27lbs 5oz

Individuals

1. Ronnie Gilbert, Menteith Ospreys - 17 trout for 34lb 8.4oz
2. Stuart Mclean, Inverclyde FF - 7 trout for 15lb 2oz
3. Connor Campbell, Kinross AC - 6 trout for 13lb 7.6oz
4. Iain Campbell, Inverclyde FF - 6 trout for 13lb 1oz
5. Allan Smith, Kinross AC - 5 trout for 11lb 13.4oz

The heaviest fish went to the scales at 5lb 1oz and was caught by Bob Allan of Heriot AC.

The top team, the top individual and Bob Allan each received a bottle of Famous Angler whisky.

Top: Menteith Ospreys
George Whyte, Peter Auchterlonie & Ronnie Gilbert

left
Connor, Allan, Iain, Ronnie & Stuart

right
Bob Allan

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Heat 2 - 9th May 2015


Thirteen clubs took part in heat 2 of the Scottish Club Championship on 9th May. Conditions were good and a total of 94 trout were caught with 40 being released. Most boats headed for the Road Shore, Lochend and the Butts with buzzers and nymphs on floating lines proving to be the top method.

The top three teams of Granite City FF "A" with 17 trout for 35lb; Priory AC "A" with 12 trout for 29lb and Rainbow Warriors "A" with 13 trout for 27lb 11oz qualified for the semi finals.

The top five individuals qualified for the Champion of Champions:-

1. Gil Farid, East Kilbride AC, 8 trout for 16lb 5oz
2. Kenny Sichi, Priory AC, 7 trout for 16lb 2oz
3. Stewart Barclay, Granite City FF, 8 trout for 16lb
4. John Cree, Rainbow Warriors, 7 trout for 14lb 15oz
5. Derek Hesset, Granite City FF, 6 trout for 12lb 8oz

The heaviest fish weighing 4lbs was caught by Kenny Craig, Brechin AC. Kenny received a bottle of Famous Angler whisky.

The top club and the top individual each received a bottle of Famous Angler whisky.

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Heat 1 - 3rd May


Eleven clubs took part in heat 1 with the top three teams qualifying for the semi finals and the top 5 individuals qualifying for the Champion of Champions. Conditions were cold, wet and squally and the competitors caught 127 fish for 268lb 2oz. of which 57 were released.

Top team were SPRA West "A" with 26 trout for 52lb 7oz. Second were Change FF AC "A" with 23 trout for 47lb 7oz and third were Kahts Whiskers AC "B" with 12 trout for 26lb 15oz.

Top five individuals were:-

1. Alan Hill of SPRA West with 17 trout for 34lb 15oz
2. Jock Kettles of Change FF AC with 13 trout for 26lb 10oz
3. Andy Dunn of Change FF AC with 7 trout for 15lb 8oz
4. Chris Mulholland of Avonbank FFC with 7 trout for 14lb 7oz
5. Ralph Irvine of caley Liners with 7 trout for 14lb 4oz

David Barwick of Stanley & District AC had the heaviest fish of the night at 3lb 1.8oz.

Top club, top individual and captor of the heaviest fish all received bottles of Famous Angler whisky.