2016 Fundraising & Sponsorship - SANACC

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Fishers, the Lake of Menteith Fishery, Albert Bartlett and 7plus7 Construction are the main sponsors of the Spring and Autumn International Teams in 2016. Fishers have provided support for the teams since 2011 and in 2012 elected to sponsor the teams for 5 years. This is the eigth year that the Lake of Menteith has sponsored the teams and we are grateful to them for their continued support. The funding provided by them will be used to reduce the costs that would otherwise have to be paid by the individual team members.

The Fishers website can be viewed at www.fishersdirect.com

The Lake of Menteith website can be viewed at www.menteith-fisheries.co.uk

The Albert Bartlett website can be viewed at www.albertbartlett.com

The 7plus7 Construction website can be viewed at www.7plus7.co.uk

Flyfish Europe have sponsored the international loch teams for a number of years and will also do so again in 2016.  The teams are also sponsored in 2016 by CEF,  Newey and Eyre, Jim Youngman Carpets, Magnet Trade,  Principal & Prosper,  MGM Timber,  Travis Perkins,  Bell Donaldson Steele,  Edinburgh Show Tec,  Bruce Stevenson Insurance Brokers,  The Place, Edinburgh,  Gallery Fishings North Esk, Orwell Ladies Curling Club,  Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group and TJL Fishings. The sponsors websites can be visited by clicking on their logos.

The International Rivers Team for 2016 will be sponsored by RGMC Properties Ltd, Points North (International) Ltd and Fly-Fishing World.

The 2016 Scottish National Trout Fly Fishing Championship will be sponsored for a fourth year by Ridgeline UK. The Ridgeline products can be viewed by clicking on the Ridgeline logo. The hook/fly measures used in the National are provided by 7 Plus 7 Construction  and each competitor will receive a packet of fritz from Frozen North Fly Fishing.

In 2016 the Scottish Club Championship will be sponsored by Keir Hardie Joinery as the provider of the hook/fly measures, along with Fly Tying Scotland who are providing fritz in the semi-finals and final and The lake of Menteith who are providing commemorative bottles of beer and flasks of whisky.

The Champion of Champions will be sponsored in 2016 by Snowbee. The Snowbee website can be visited by clicking on their logo.

The SANACC Committee wish to thank these sponsors for supporting our teams and competitions and it would be appreciated if our members would in turn support them.

The Spring and Autumn Teams are tying flies which will be put in two presentation fly boxes each of which will contain 140 flies. These boxes will be raffled during the 2016 season with raffle tickets for the first box being available at the National Championship Heats prior to the Spring International and tickets for the second box being available at the semi finals prior to the Autumn International. The boxes are being provided by W. S. Sinclair.

The raffle for the fly box in aid of the Autumn Team was drawn after the semi-final at the Lake of Menteith on Friday 1st July.  The fly box was won by Alan Brock.

The Autumn Team wish to thank everyone who bought a ticket for the raffle.

The draw for the presentation box of flies tied by the Spring Team was done at the tenth heat of the National Championship at the Lake of Menteith on 19th May.  The winner was Tyler Hay (pictured right).

The Spring Team wish to thank everyone who bought tickets for the raffle.

The Loch Teams wish to thank the following organisations and individuals who sponsored pegs or provided prizes or support for the fundraisers. They also wish to thank all of the anglers who attended the fundraisers.

Prizes & Support Povided By:  Fishers, Angus Angling, Wychwood, Airflo, Scierra, The Rose House, R & M Distribution Ltd, Knockhill Racing, Kinross Golf Courses, Lake of Menteith,  Upper Carriston Fishery, Carron Valley Fishery, Markle Fishery, Flybox, FritznFlies,  Ian Wilson, Seamous Kelly,  Mrs Burns and Mrs Mackenzie.

Pegs sponsored by: Maggie Scott,  Geyer Plant Services Ltd,  N D Barrett Electrical Contractor,  Ray Anderson Joiney, Gus Shepherd and  Allan Smith Electrical.

Brian Mackenzie stepped up on his fourth place at Markle to win the New Haylie Fundraiser with 17 fish and for good measure he also won a spot prize bottle of wine.  In second place with 13 fish was Kevin Andrews and third was Bobby Quinn with 11.  Bobby also won a spot prize bottle of wine and the third spot prize went to Alan Brock.  A total of 187 fish were caught and released.  The teams wish to thank George & Senga for providing a great days sport and lunch to match.  They also wish to thank Mrs Mackenzie for providing the cakes,  Andy Dunn, Gus Shepherd and Alan Gilbert for managing the event and of course Alex Bowler for providing his expertise as an auctioner and time keeper.

The second fundraiser of the year was held at Parkview Fishery and once again Jim and Edna did a great job for us and produced an excellent days sport with catering to match.  A total of 116 fish were caught and released and they included fish of 8lbs,  8lbs 10ozs, 9lbs 8ozs and 10lbs 12ozs.  The lucky anglers who caught these beauties were awarded extra fish with the three under 10lbs counting as an additional 3 fish and the one at 10lbs 12ozs counting as an additional 4 fish.  There was very little to split the top three anglers all of whom had received a bonus of three additional fish.  Third spot went to Stewart Barclay with 11 fish.  Second place went to Euan McDougall with 12 fish and the overall winner was Ronnie Gilbert also with 12 fish.  With the top two being tied on 12 fish the result went to Ronnie Gilbert as he caught his first fish before Euan.

The heaviest at 10lbs 12ozs was caught by Neil Anderson and the prize for the first fish of the day went to Neill Barrett.

The loch teams wish to thank all of the competitors and everyone who bought raffle tickets as well as the many sponsors and providers of prizes and of course Wullie Simpson who organised and managed the fundraiser for them.

The first of the three fundraisers got off to a great start with the SANACC International Loch Teams Cup at Markle and the staff there had the fish in excellent condition and did a great job to make sure everyone had an enjoyable time.  There was a chilly wind blowing for most off the day which finally eased off in the last 30 minutes but it stayed dry and the conditions were as good as can be expected in February.  Anyone who was feeling the cold was warmed at lunchtime with lentil soup provided as ever by Nigel's wife followed by pies and beans provided by the fishery.  Just to make sure the chill was erased there was a miniature of whisky, provided by R & M Distribution Ltd, for all competitors and for those that still had room there was a choice of three cakes baked by Brian Mackenzie's wife.  There was some fishing done and the 60 competitors landed 257 trout.

The top two rods, Colin Macdonald of Dunoon & District AC and Andrew Barrowman of Granite City AC, had 11 trout apiece with Colin taking the top spot as he was the first of the two to catch a fish.   Colin received the winners trophy along with a Greys Rod and Reel while Andrew received an Airflo Switch Pro Reel.  Alan Brock and Brian Mackenzie were third and fourth with 9 fish and were followed in 5th and 6th by Stuart Malcolmson and Lee Cartmail who had 8. Alan received a Greys net and Rio flyline; Brian received a Scierra Boat Bag and fly line; Stuart received a Rio fly line and Lee received a Scierra fishing vest. The first fish of the day was caught at 9.15am by Wullie Brash who received a bottle of malt whisky.  There were three tagged fished to be caught with superb prizes for whoever caught them  Mark Anderson picked up the first of the tagged fish and won a nights bed and breakfast for two at the Lake of Menteith Hotel.  Ian Wilson picked up the second one and won a season ticket for Knockhill Racing.  The third tagged fish was a bit smarter and kept its freedom.