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Spring 2013

Loch Internationals

Spring International 2013
Bewl Water
17th May 2013

Glen Maree Contracts Ltd

Lochgilphead & District AC

Scottish Team sponsored by Fishers, Lake of Menteith Fisheries, WFFC 2009
Peek Imtech, 7Plus7 Construction, Glen Maree Contracts Ltd., R.Clouston Ltd, Glencorse Reservoir, Principal & Prosper, Lochgilphead & District AC
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Spring International - Bewl Water - 17th May 2013

The Scottish Team, captained by Ronnie Glass, set off for Bewl Water on Monday 13th May with high hopes of doing well in the Spring International. Preparations had gone well beforehand and the Manager, Stan Headley, having taken the team to Gold at Lyn Brenig the previous Autumn was confident that another gold medal could be on the cards. Conditions during the practice days were variable with a mix of cold, wet and sunny days but with the emphasis very much on cold. As seems to be the norm at the Internationals, conditions changed again on competition day with the wind swinging round to the north which was the first time from that direction during the preceeding week.

At 10am on match day the 28 boats set off and they split roughly into three groups with one group heading for Canoe Club Corner, another group heading for Bewl Straight and the third group heading for Hook Straight. Reports coming in from observers during the day were that it seemed like the 'blue caps' were being seen to be lifting into more trout than the others and it was a nervous manager that was counting in the team as they returned at 6pm.

photo: parade before the match

As they came off the pier there were bags of 9 from Peter Auchterlonie, Andrew Glasgow and Kevin Porteous. Kevin McCabe had 7 and Tom Burnett had 5. There were 4 each for Ray Anderson, Craig Osborne and Jock Kettles. 3 each for Dugald 'The Poet' MacGilp and Willie Cowan. Brian Mackenzie and Alan Porteous had 2 apiece and there was 1 each for Ronnie Glass (Captain) and Scott Miller.

England were first to weigh-in and had 42 fish for 79lb 8.5oz with their best bag being taken by Roger Trustcott with 8 trout for 16lb 1oz. Next came Ireland with 21 fish for 42lb 3.5oz with their best bag being Francis McSharry with 6 trout for 13lb 8.5oz. Scotland came to the scales next and had 63 fish for 127lb 14oz. The best Scottish bag was taken by Peter Auchterlonie who had 9 trout for 20lb 5oz which secured him the Brown Bowl as the top individual and the Phoenix Silver Salver as the top Scottish rod. Wales were fourth to the scales and had 32 fish for 61lb 11.5oz with their best bag being taken by Jason Heath with 4 trout for 9lb 2.5oz. Richard Hooper of Wales had the heaviest trout at 3lb 3oz.

photo: Peter Auchterlonie at the scales

This was a very convincing win by Scotland with 4 rods in the top 5 and a total of 9 rods in the top 20. In addition to Peter Auchterlonie being the top individual we had Andrew Glasgow and Kevin Porteous tying for second and Kevin McCabe in fifth. Although there were plenty of superb individual performances it was very much a team effort with the work done by all the team in the practice days paying off in great style. The team were also fortunate enough to have the support of many others who helped out in the run up to the match or who supported the fundraisers or provided sponsorship and the team now wish to thank them all for the assistance they provided.

Peter Auchterlonie
Top Rod and winnner of the Brown Bowl and the Phoenix Silver Salver

It takes an excellent performance to win a Brown Bowl and not many competitors mange to do it twice but Peter Auchterlonie has done just that. In 1999 he took the Brown Bowl at Loch Leven and now 14 years later he has done it again. Peter has now been in a gold medal winning team in all four countries.

On match day Peter was drawn with John Ball of England and having lost the toss he was taken to Bramble Bay where there were about ten boats in that area at the start. Peter had three fish by 11am. He didn't have any more in the next hour and moved with the intention of going to Monty's Seat but on seeing boats coming away from there he went to Ferry Point. On his second drift there he picked up another fish. They remained in that area, working along the straight for the rest of the day and he picked up his other five trout there. All his trout were taken on either buzzers or fabs. His boat partner finished with two.

2nd Equal - Andrew Glasgow

Andrew was drawn with Andrew Banner, captain of Wales, and like Peter he lost the toss and was taken to Bramble Bay. He had his first fish within ten minutes and his next was a double header both of which were landed. His next five came fairly quickly. During the session he dropped 4 or 5 and when it went quiet about 3pm they moved on. They tried Monty's Seat, Ferry Point and Canoe Club Corner before returning to Bramble Bay where he picke up his last fish right away. All his fish were taken on either fabs or buzzers. His boat partner, Andrew Banner finished with 2 fish.

2nd Equal - Kevin Porteous

Kevin was drawn with Denis Symonds and also lost the toss. After they had discussed where they were likely to be successful they opted to go to Canoe Club Corner. There were 5 or 6 boats working that area two of which had Scottish competitors in them. Kevin had 8 trout by 12.15pm. Boats were coming and going so they decided to stay where they were but with one hour to go they moved to Ferry Point where Kevin took his last fish. Seven or eight of his fish were taken on fabs. Denis finished with one fish.

5th Place - Kevin McCabe

Kevin was drawn with Richard Hooper of Wales. They motored to Canoe Club Corner at the start of the session and Kevin took fish there early on. At noon they moved to Bramble Bay and found about 12 boats already there. Richard picked up 2 there and Kevin picked up 1. At 2pm they went back to Canoe Club Corner and while there were plenty of boats there nothing was being caught. They moved over to Bewl Straight and getting nothing there they returned to Bramble Bay. Kevin had taken his 5 trout on buzzers but changed to dries and picked up 2 trout on them at Bramble Bay. His boat partner had 4 fish one of which was the heaviest of the day at 3lb 3oz.

9th Place - Tom Burnett

Tom was drawn with Robert Barden of England and lost the toss. However, as Robert is a warden at Bewl he was unconcerned at not having the decision on where to go. They went in to Bramble Bay where there were another 10 or 12 boats. Tom picked up one on his fourth or fifth cast but it was slow for the next hour. It picked up around 11am and he caught 4 trout between 11am and 2pm. There were boats coming and going and as it was apparent that it was also hard elsewhere they stayed at Bramble Bay hoping that it would come back on. Between 2pm and 6pm Tom hit fish but didn't connect with them and at the end he had 5 fish and his boat partner had 1.

photo on left:
Ronnie Glass with his winners speach

photos on right:
parade of teams before the match

Back Row: George Barron(IFFA President) Stan Headley(Manager) Dugald MacGilp George MacKenzie(International Secretary) Peter Auchterlonie Ronnie Glass(Captain)
Craig Osborne Ray Anderson Kevin Porteous Ian Campbell(IFFA Secretary)
Front Row: Jock Kettles Tom Burnett Andrew Glasgow William Cowan Kevin McCabe Scott Miller Brian Mackenzie


Spring International - Bewl Water - 17th May 2013
Individual Scottish Placings
(For the full result please see the IFFA website at www.iffa.net)

Position		Fish	Lbs	Ozs

1	Peter Auchterlonie	9	20	5.0
2=	Andrew Glasgow	9	16	11.0
2=	Kevin Porteous	9	16	11.0
5	Kevin McCabe	7	14	12
9	Tom Burnett	5	10	13.5
12=	Ray Anderson	4	8	5.0
14	Craig Osborne	4	7	14.0
18	Dugald MacGilp	3	7	3.0
19	Jock Kettles	4	7	1.5
21	William Cowan	3	6	7.5
29	Alan Porteous	2	4	0.0
30=	Brian Mackenzie	2	3	11.5
38	Ronnie Glass	1	2	1.0
40	Scott Miller	1	1	14.0

Team

Ronnie Glass (Captain)

Club: Kelso AA

Previous Caps: 12

History: Scottish National Champion 2011, Phoenix Silver Salver 1991, 1993 and 2011

Ray Anderson

Club: Leslie & Glenrothes AC

Previous Caps: 1

Peter Auchterlonie

Club: St Fillans & Lochearn AA

Previous Caps: 10

History: Scottish National Champion 2010, Brown Bowl 1999, Phoenix Silver Salver 1999