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YOUTHS INTER - PROVINCIAL COMPETITION 2005
This year’s championships were held on 15^th & 16^th January in Ulster based out of Portrush. This competition was also a qualifier for the Youth International shore teams. The U/16’s will travel to Holyhead in Wales to compete in the Home Internationals in August. The World Youths Championships has not yet been confirmed. They are due to be held in Egypt in September but so far no confirmation of the event has been received. At the moment the I.F.S.A. can not make a decision as to whether or not the U/21 team will travel. The weekend saw a good turnout of anglers. In both U/16’s and U/21’s Ulster, Leinster and Munster entered teams. The event started with the draw for pegs on Friday night when all teams had arrived. The general feeling was that it was going to be a tough weekend for all competitors. The main priority was to avoid blanking. It was felt the Ulster teams on home ground would have advantage but before and during the competition both the stewards and the Ulster anglers sportingly disclosed the best methods that worked on each beach. Leinster had a very experienced U/21’s team with all team members being experienced international anglers. Their U/16’s were all newcomers to interprovincial competition. Munster like Leinster had a very inexperienced U/16’s team and their U/21’s team had only 3 anglers competing. Even though 2 of them were experienced international anglers they were at a severe disadvantage. On Saturday morning Jade Kinsella from Munster landed a flounder of 43cm and this was the longest fish of the competition so far. However on Saturday night she improved on this by landing a flounder of 46cm which was estimated to be an Irish specimen. Like all other fish landed it was returned alive to the water.
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PORTSTEWART The first session was on Saturday morning on Portsteward beach. As predicted fishing was tough with no big catches. In U/21’s section a total of 10 fish that reached the measurement of 18cm were landed. Leinster got off to a good start with 4 of their 5 anglers weighing in. This put them in 1^st place. Munster had 3 out of 3 anglers weighing in and they took 2^nd place. Ulster had a disastrous first session with all their anglers blanking. Individual placings, 1^st. Karl Fogarty, Leinster, 2 fish. 2^nd. Kevin McCartan, Munster, 2 fish. 3^rd. Stephen Colgan, Leinster, 2 fish. In U/16’s section the fishing was slightly better with 23 fish caught. Ulster finished first with 4 anglers weighing in. Leinster was second with 4 anglers weighing in and Munster had 3 anglers weighing in. Individual placings, 1^st. Rob McAdam, Leinster 3 fish. 2^nd. Andrew Logan, Ulster, 3 fish. 3^rd. Ger Doran, Leinster, 3 fish.
The winners in the Portstewart U/16's were: 1st. Rob McAdam, Leinster. 2nd. Andrew Logan, Ulster. *3rd*. Ger Doran, Leinster.
The winners in the Portstewart U/21's were: *1st.* Karl Fogarty, Leinster. *2nd.* Kevin McCartan, Munster. 3rd. Stephen Colgan, Leinster.
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PORTRUSH The second session was on Saturday night on East Strand, Portrush. Being a night competition fishing was much better. The stewards had their work cut out trying to keep up with the amount of fish the anglers were catching. In U/21’s 99 fish were recorded with all anglers weighing in. Leinster pushed further ahead with another win. Ulster came second closing the gap on Munster who finished third. Individual placings Ulster’s international angler Johnny Gilbert was 1^st.with an impressive 21 fish. With another 2^nd. place was Kevin McCartan, Munster with 14 fish. This put Kevin into 1^st. place overall. 3^rd. Paul Nolan, Leinster, 14 fish. In the U/16’s section 79 fish were recorded. Munster was first with 5 anglers weighing in, Ulster was second with 5 anglers weighing in and Leinster was third with 4 anglers weighing in. Individual placings, 1^st. Robert Wilson, Ulster, 11 fish, 2^nd. Dean Quigley, Leinster, 9 fish. 3^rd. Sean Hurley, Munster, 8 fish.
The winners in the Portrush U/16's were: 1st. Robert Wilson, Ulster. *2nd.* Dean Quigley, Leinster. *3rd.* Sean Hurley, Munster.
The winners in the Portrush U/21's were: 1st. Johnny Gilbert, Ulster. 2nd. Kevin McCartan, Munster. *3rd.* Paul Nolan, Leinster.
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BENONE STRAND The final session was Sunday morning on Benone Strand. It was a fresh and sunny day and this brought a lot of people on to the beach. The beach was unusually busy for January but this did not deter the anglers. In the individual competition the main aim was not to blank. The results at this stage were so tight in both age groups that any angler weighing in could make the International team. In the U/21’s 11 fish were caught with only 7 anglers weighing in. The third session winner was Ulster with 3 anglers weighing in. 2^nd. was Leinster with 2 anglers weighing in. 3^rd. Munster with 2 anglers weighing in. It was obvious that Leinster had won U/21’s championship but results were so tight between the other provinces that they could not predict who was second. . Individual placings. 1^st. Jonathon Costello, Leinster, 3 fish. 2^nd. Sam McDowell, Ulster, 2 fish. 3^rd. Graham Bell, Ulster, 8 fish. The biggest cheer of the day was for Robert Wilson, Ulster who was leading going into the last session and with 10 minutes to go stopped a blank by catching a fine Turbot and guaranteed himself a place on the Irish U/16’s team. U/16’s winner this session was Leinster with 5 anglers weighing in. 2^nd. Munster with 2 anglers weighing in, 3^rd. Ulster with 2 anglers weighing in. Individual placings. 1^st. with his second win of the weekend was Rob McAdam, Leinster, 2 fish. 2^nd. Anthony O’Driscol, Munster, 1 fish. 3^rd. Damian Heaney, Leinster, 1 fish.
The Benone Strand U/16 winners were: *1st.* Rob McAdam, Leinster. 2nd. Anthony O'Driscol, Munster. Joint 3rd. Damian Heaney, Leinster.
The Benone Strand U/21 winners were: 1st. Jonathan Costello, Leinster. *2nd.* Sam McDowell, Ulster. *3rd.* Graham Bell, Ulster.
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At the closing ceremony Peter Flahive, National Youth Officer thanked the Ulster Provincial Council and especially Paul Divito for a well-organised competition. A special word of thanks went to Sammy Stirling and his fine crew of stewards for the efficiency of their work and the local knowledge they passed on to all the anglers.
In the Inter-provincial competition the Leinster U/21's & U/16's were clear winners. Munster beat Ulster into third place in both the U/16's & U/21's but Ulster fought hard in the U/21's to finish only a half point behind..
Overall results.
Teams U/16's. 1st. Leinster 116 points. 2nd. Munster 90 points. 3rd. Ulster 85 points. U/21's. 1st. Leinster 87.5 points. 2nd. Munster 60.5 points. 3rd. Ulster 60 points.
Individual.
U/16's. *1st.* Robert Wilson, Ulster. *2nd.* Dean Quigley, Leinster. 3rd. Rob McAdam, Leinster. 4th. Anthony O'Driscoll, Munster. 5th. Stephen O'Sullivan, Munster. The above anglers will make up the 2005 U/16's Home International Shore Team to compete in Holyhead, Wales in August.
U/21's. 1st. Kevin McCartan, Munster. 2nd. Jonathan Costello, Leinster. 3rd. Stephen Colgan, Leinster. 4th. Karl Fogarty, Leinster. 5th. Paul Nolan, Leinster. The above anglers will make up the 2005 U/21's International Shore Team.
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YOUTHS INTER - PROVINCIAL COMPETITION 2005

This year’s championships were held on 15^th & 16^th January in Ulster based out of Portrush. This competition was also a qualifier for the Youth International shore teams. The U/16’s will travel to Holyhead in Wales to compete in the Home Internationals in August. The World Youths Championships has not yet been confirmed. They are due to be held in Egypt in September but so far no confirmation of the event has been received. At the moment the I.F.S.A. can not make a decision as to whether or not the U/21 team will travel.

The weekend saw a good turnout of anglers. In both U/16’s and U/21’s Ulster, Leinster and Munster entered teams. The event started with the draw for pegs on Friday night when all teams had arrived. The general feeling was that it was going to be a tough weekend for all competitors. The main priority was to avoid blanking. It was felt the Ulster teams on home ground would have advantage but before and during the competition both the stewards and the Ulster anglers sportingly disclosed the best methods that worked on each beach. Leinster had a very experienced U/21’s team with all team members being experienced international anglers. Their U/16’s were all newcomers to interprovincial competition. Munster like Leinster had a very inexperienced U/16’s team and their U/21’s team had only 3 anglers competing. Even though 2 of them were experienced international anglers they were at a severe disadvantage.

On Saturday morning Jade Kinsella from Munster landed a flounder of 43cm and this was the longest fish of the competition so far. However on Saturday night she improved on this by landing a flounder of 46cm which was estimated to be an Irish specimen. Like all other fish landed it was returned alive to the water.

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PORTSTEWART

The first session was on Saturday morning on Portsteward beach. As predicted fishing was tough with no big catches. In U/21’s section a total of 10 fish that reached the measurement of 18cm were landed. Leinster got off to a good start with 4 of their 5 anglers weighing in. This put them in 1^st place. Munster had 3 out of 3 anglers weighing in and they took 2^nd place. Ulster had a disastrous first session with all their anglers blanking. Individual placings, 1^st. Karl Fogarty, Leinster, 2 fish. 2^nd. Kevin McCartan, Munster, 2 fish. 3^rd. Stephen Colgan, Leinster, 2 fish.

In U/16’s section the fishing was slightly better with 23 fish caught. Ulster finished first with 4 anglers weighing in. Leinster was second with 4 anglers weighing in and Munster had 3 anglers weighing in. Individual placings, 1^st. Rob McAdam, Leinster 3 fish. 2^nd. Andrew Logan, Ulster, 3 fish. 3^rd. Ger Doran, Leinster, 3 fish.

The winners in the Portstewart U/16's were:

1st. Rob McAdam, Leinster.
2nd. Andrew Logan, Ulster.
3rd. Ger Doran, Leinster.

The winners in the Portstewart U/21's were:

1st. Karl Fogarty, Leinster.
2nd. Kevin McCartan, Munster.
3rd. Stephen Colgan, Leinster.

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PORTRUSH

The second session was on Saturday night on East Strand, Portrush. Being a night competition fishing was much better. The stewards had their work cut out trying to keep up with the amount of fish the anglers were catching. In U/21’s 99 fish were recorded with all anglers weighing in. Leinster pushed further ahead with another win. Ulster came second closing the gap on Munster who finished third. Individual placings Ulster’s international angler Johnny Gilbert was 1^st.with an impressive 21 fish. With another 2^nd. place was Kevin McCartan, Munster with 14 fish. This put Kevin into 1^st. place overall. 3^rd. Paul Nolan, Leinster, 14 fish.

In the U/16’s section 79 fish were recorded. Munster was first with 5 anglers weighing in, Ulster was second with 5 anglers weighing in and Leinster was third with 4 anglers weighing in. Individual placings, 1^st. Robert Wilson, Ulster, 11 fish, 2^nd. Dean Quigley, Leinster, 9 fish. 3^rd. Sean Hurley, Munster, 8 fish.

The winners in the Portrush U/16's were:

1st. Robert Wilson, Ulster.
2nd. Dean Quigley, Leinster.
3rd. Sean Hurley, Munster.

The winners in the Portrush U/21's were:

1st. Johnny Gilbert, Ulster.
2nd. Kevin McCartan, Munster.
3rd. Paul Nolan, Leinster.

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BENONE STRAND

The final session was Sunday morning on Benone Strand. It was a fresh and sunny day and this brought a lot of people on to the beach. The beach was unusually busy for January but this did not deter the anglers. In the individual competition the main aim was not to blank. The results at this stage were so tight in both age groups that any angler weighing in could make the International team. In the U/21’s 11 fish were caught with only 7 anglers weighing in. The third session winner was Ulster with 3 anglers weighing in. 2^nd. was Leinster with 2 anglers weighing in. 3^rd. Munster with 2 anglers weighing in. It was obvious that Leinster had won U/21’s championship but results were so tight between the other provinces that they could not predict who was second. . Individual placings. 1^st. Jonathon Costello, Leinster, 3 fish. 2^nd. Sam McDowell, Ulster, 2 fish. 3^rd. Graham Bell, Ulster, 8 fish.

The biggest cheer of the day was for Robert Wilson, Ulster who was leading going into the last session and with 10 minutes to go stopped a blank by catching a fine Turbot and guaranteed himself a place on the Irish U/16’s team. U/16’s winner this session was Leinster with 5 anglers weighing in. 2^nd. Munster with 2 anglers weighing in, 3^rd. Ulster with 2 anglers weighing in. Individual placings. 1^st. with his second win of the weekend was Rob McAdam, Leinster, 2 fish. 2^nd. Anthony O’Driscol, Munster, 1 fish. 3^rd. Damian Heaney, Leinster, 1 fish.

The Benone Strand U/16 winners were:

1st. Rob McAdam, Leinster.
2nd. Anthony O'Driscol, Munster.
Joint 3rd. Damian Heaney, Leinster.

The Benone Strand U/21 winners were:

1st. Jonathan Costello, Leinster.
2nd. Sam McDowell, Ulster.
3rd. Graham Bell, Ulster.

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At the closing ceremony Peter Flahive, National Youth Officer thanked the Ulster Provincial Council and especially Paul Divito for a well-organised competition. A special word of thanks went to Sammy Stirling and his fine crew of stewards for the efficiency of their work and the local knowledge they passed on to all the anglers.

In the Inter-provincial competition the Leinster U/21's & U/16's were clear winners. Munster beat Ulster into third place in both the U/16's & U/21's but Ulster fought hard in the U/21's to finish only a half point behind..

Overall results.

Teams U/16's.

1st. Leinster 116 points.

2nd. Munster 90 points.

3rd. Ulster 85 points.

U/21's.

1st. Leinster 87.5 points.

2nd. Munster 60.5 points.

3rd. Ulster 60 points.

Individual.

U/16's.

1st.   Robert Wilson, Ulster.
2nd. Dean Quigley, Leinster.
3rd.   Rob McAdam, Leinster.
4th.   Anthony O'Driscoll, Munster.
5th.   Stephen O'Sullivan, Munster.
The above anglers will make up the 2005 U/16's Home International Shore Team to compete in Holyhead, Wales in August.

U/21's.

1st. Kevin McCartan, Munster.
2nd. Jonathan Costello, Leinster.
3rd. Stephen Colgan, Leinster.
4th. Karl Fogarty, Leinster.
5th. Paul Nolan, Leinster.
The above anglers will make up the 2005 U/21's International Shore Team.

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