The Clonanav Cup

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The delayed running of the Clonanav Cup was held on Saturday the 9th September and is our final update before the last competition this weekend the aptly named "Last Chance".
Well back to the cup there was a brisk north westerly breeze to start which may have put some anglers off attending, however the evening improved as it wore on. Daddy long legs proved effective for our winner on the night Chris Haynes who had the biggest & most fish for a clean sweep on a difficult evening, even though Chris had sent us in some specular pictures of beautiful trout he regularly catches on the Rye over the years, he has never won one of the competitions so I'm sure you will all join me in congratulating him on his maiden win, well done Chris and good call with the daddy's. With Chris winning this comp it has maintained the trend this year that every completion has been won by a different person now that doesn't happen often.
Jason Nolan was 2nd & Ger Walsh was 3rd which changes the top of the league again this year as Jason has now over taken Dermot Mitchell into 1st place, with Kevin McLaughlin & Aidan Crean just behind in 3 & 4 place respectively, with nine points up for grabs for a clean sweep in the final competition any of the anglers in 2nd 3rd & 4th place could leap into 1st place and win this years league. This is the first time the league has come down tho the aptly named "Last Chance" and with 2 experienced lake anglers within striking distance of the top things may look very different on Sunday.

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 Ger Walsh Tresurer Presenting Chris Haynes with the Clonanav Cup

The Sedge Shield

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The Sedge Shield was fished on Saturday 12th August and a plesent evening greeted the anglers who turned out for it. As Sedges buzzed around the car park a good evenings fishing was anticipated and most weren't to be disappointed.
Roy Sanderson won the Shield on the night with a fine total of 56.5 inches and had the largest fish at 16.5 inches well done Roy, Dermot Mitchell was second and Jason Nolan was 3rd. All had an enjoyable evening with the usual banter back in the car park afterwards. 2nd place puts Dermot Mitchell to the top of the league table for the first time this year hotly pursued by Kevin McLaughlin & Jason Nolan 2 points behind with Aidan Crean a further point back there are 4 anglers who could still win the league this year with just 2 competitions left this should be a good run in.
Heres some pictures taken on the night.
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 Jason Nolan Presenting our winner Roy Sanderson with the Sedge Shield 

Roy's Largest fish 16.5 inches a fine Trout well done Roy

The Green Peter

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The green peter competition was fished this year with some success when compared to last year which was not good. Fish were caught this year Hooray! the best of which fell to Noel Fitzpatrick who won the competition on the day, well done Noel. Declan Shannen was 2nd and Brian McDonagh was 3rd. Well done to all who fished. We have no photos as yet, if anyone took any photos on the day please send them to the Leixlip anglers email & we will post them here.
As you all know the blog is a bit behind schedule (a decision taken by the comity to slow down the flow of info relating to catches on the river on social media due to increased attention the rivers was getting from poachers) with that in mind here is the first update in a while, there are 2 more to come, the Sedge Shield & the delayed Clonanav Cup which have both been fished and results will be posted over the coming days so stay tuned, the league table is at the same stage e.g green peter and will be updated in unison with the competition updates, the league which is quite tight this year with any of 6 anglers in with a chance of winning it.

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