charity competition

[..::Pike Pirate::..]

sounds good, might even fish it, big might though, as thats still an hour or two drive from where i live in the north east

[peter]

The Admin, Moderators,Team and members of North East Rock Hoppers
would like the express our gratitude and heartfelt thank you to all that helped make the 4th November Charity competition a huge success.

£385 raised for The Freeman Hospital Heart Unit

A huge thank you goes to the Sponsors and all who donated a prize

Sports and Leisure Blyth
Mcdermotts Ashington
Bedlington Auto Electrics(01670 522800)
Frasers Whitleybay
ID Fishing Byker
North East Top Marks
Newcastle Airport
and all who donated a prize for the raffle


Also to the anglers out there that made it and those that couldnt but who still donated to the charity.

would also like to thank the lads off this site for the great support, and allowing us to post the poster on site, i will upload some pics of the winners and the fish.

we had 77 rods out with about 33 anglers weiging in

[peter]

77 Fished

33 Weighed in

Heaviest single fish comp

1st R Nesbitt 8lb.8 oz £300

2nd G Mckenzie 5lb 5 oz £100

3rd M Hardy 4lb 14 oz £100

With 30 Runners up all recieving a prize inclusive of rods and reels floatation suit bags clothing and other various tackle and goods to an approx value of £2000 to £3000

£385 raised for charity The Freeman Heart Unit
On top of that other monies were raised with the £1 donations
Raffle alone raised £124 which included
Samalite head lamp £200+
Nokia Mobile phone
2 places onboard Upholder Amble
Cordless iron
Bottle of Whisky
and various Bottles of wine and Champagne

[upnorth1]

Originally Posted by peter

im sure we will mate , we are getting donations coming in from all over i think we have 6 top class rods, about 7 reels, and various other prizes including tackle boxes meals in restuarants etc, in total i think we have almost £2500 in prizes upto now anyway.as you can imagine it takes some sorting out with booking rooms tickets insurance etc, and all this is dont under a voluntary basis only , there is about 8 of us who have decided to set this up , we are hoping it is going to turn into a yearly thing that is on the match scene calanders.
next step could be trying to put penn points on the next event but we are still working on this.
the best thing is about this is we dont really have a prize structure, this will deter all the top rods from coming along and bagging up all the rods and the best prizes, i think we have a rod for 1'st,4'th,8'th,12'th16'th and 20'th , with a special rod for number 44. ( dont ask why 44 LOL ) we think it makes it more interesting in a format like this , as its for charity nobody minds as it is designed to be a fun event as well.

You want to deter all the top rods from coming along and bagging all the prizes.....AND you want to have Penn points!!!!!! Ha Ha never heard so much rubbish in my life!!! Honestly it's a great cause for this match - but trying to deter match anglers from winning prizes is not a good idea for running matches!!! No the wonder only 77 turned out - we had 99 in our last CLUB match!! I travel all over the country fishing matches, mostly pegged events, try and stay away from the big fish LOTTERY events, and if I thought I was maybe driving 5 or 6 hours to a match, to find out the organiser's were in fact trying to deter me from winning prizes - think I'd be a tad disappointed!
Good luck for next year!

[peter]

up north

have you got some sort of reading lapse ??
if you notice the last line of the text that you so cleverly quoted me, it does say that this is supposed to be a fun event, by the sounds of it your 1 of those match anglers who has lost all the adranelin action out of fishing , maybe it was a good job that you didnt fish it !!!!!!
or help in any way in organising such event.
not really bothered about how many turned up , more bothered about how much money we raised on the night!!!!!!!!!
or is that beside the point?
we werent trying to deter any1 from winning anything as you so kindly think we were doing we were trying to raise some money for a great hospital on the north east.
obviously when the next event does happen im sure we cant count on your support.

[BARACUDA1955]

hpe everyone has a great day,and raise loads.best of luck