2021 Scottish Club Championship - SANACC

In the final of the Scottish Club Championship Lintrathen FF "A" ran out worthy winners to be crowned the 2021 Scottish Club Champions.  Their team of Barry Robertson (7 fish), Tyler Hay (14 fish) and Kevin Neri (7 fish) received a cash prize of £500 along with Snowbee vouchers to the value of £300 provided by sponsors Snowbee;  three boxes of flies each of which contained around 160 flies provided by sponsors My Fishing Flies and three fleeces provided by sponsors Hope Embroidery.

The second of the Scottish Club Semi-Finals on Friday 20th August was won by Neilston Fly Fishers "A"  with 32 fish.  They were represented by Peter Cameron (18 fish), Mark Stephen (5 fish) and Paul O'Neill (9 fish).  Each member of the team received a box of flies provided by sponsors My Fishing Flies.

The Scottish Club Championship moved to the semi final stage on Friday 13th August and the anglers were faced with a strong sw wind and rain for most of the day. 21 of the scheduled 22 teams took part with the top 11 going through to the final.  Top team was Alba Cats  "B" represented by James Kerr (12 fish), Greig Davie (8 fish) and Mark Fleming (5 fish).  Each member of the team received a box of flies provided by sponsors My Fishing Flies.

The last of the Scottish Club Championship heats was held on a bright evening on 24th July.  Ten teams took part with the top four teams going through to the semi-final on 20th August and the top six individuals going through to the Champion of Champions on 8th October.  The top team of Costa Ecosse "A" represented by John Buchanan (4 fish), Allan McLachlan (6 fish) and David Mateer (3 fish) had a total of 13 fish for 28lb 1.9oz.  All three each received a box of flies provided by sponsors My Fishing Flies. The top individual rod was Alan Porteous of Frozen North AC "A" with 8 for 17lb 4.4oz and the heaviest fish weighed 4lb 3.4oz and was caught by Craig Carnell of RAF Fish Hawks.

1st:   Costa Ecosse "A" with 13 fish for 28lb 1.9oz

2nd:  Frozen North AC "A" with 12 fish for 25lb 15.2oz

3rd:   Frozen North AC "B" with 8 fish for 20lb 3.2oz

4th:   Priory AC "A" with 3 fish 7lb 2.2oz

1.  Alan Porteous of Frozen North AC "A" with 8 fish

2.  Allan McLachlan of Costa Ecosse "A" with 6 fish

3.  John Buchanan of Costa Ecosse "A" with 4 fish

4.  Kevin Porteous of Frozen North AC "B" with 3 fish

5.  Paul Clarke of Priory AC "A" with 3 fish

6.  James Bews of Frozen North AC "B" with 3 fish

The eleven teams at Heat 9 of the Scottish Club Championship had to contend with a strong wind for the first half of the evening and with the fish still in the deeper water it was difficult to get to grips with them.  The wind dropped steadily throughout the evening and by the end of the session the top team of SPPM AC "A" represented by Douglas Fairbairn (3 fish), Donald Gillies (2 fish) and Alastair MacGillivray (4 fish) had a total of 9 fish for 24lb 11.1oz.  All three each received a box of flies provided by sponsors My Fishing Flies. The top individual rod was Gordon Fisher of Ferry FF with 5 for 11lb 6.2oz and the heaviest fish weighed 4lb 14.8oz and was caught by Walter Archibald of Costa Ecosse.  Seven of the sixty fish that were taken to the scales weighed 4lb or more and a total of 151 trout were caught.  The top four teams go through to the semi-final on 20th August and the top six individuals go through to the Champion of Champions on 8th October.

1st:   SPPM AC  "A" with 9 fish for 24lb 11.1oz

2nd:  Neilston FF  "A" with 10 fish for 24lb 3.4oz

3rd:   Aberdour AA  "A" with 10 fish for 22lb 7oz

4th:    Ferry FF "A" with 9 fish for 20lb 7oz

1.  Gordon Fisher of Ferry FF "A" with 5 fish

2.  Alastair MacGillivray of SPPM AC  "A" with 4 fish

3.  Ryan Craig of Falkirk Municipal AC  "A" with 4 fish

4.  Peter Cameron of Neilston FF "A" with 4 fish

5.  Mark Sephen of Neilston FF "A" with 4 fish

6.  Donnie Macbeth of SPPM AC  "B" with 3 fish.

The competitors in heat 8 of the Scottish Club Championship had to contend with long periods of flat calm with the occasional shower.  Ten teams took part with the top four going through to the semi final on 20th August.  Top team was Phoenix AC  "A" represented by Neil Cockburn (9 fish), Graham Faulds (3 fish) and Gavin Cattanach (3 fish).    Neil was the top individual rod and also had the heaviest fish at 5lb 2.3oz.

1st:   Phoenix AC  "A" with 15 fish for 35lb 9.1oz

2nd:  Strathy AC  "A" with 8 fish for 20lb 13.2oz

3rd:   Gartmore AC "A" with 7 fish for 18lb 6.7oz

4th:    Kelso AC "B" with 6 fish for 14lb 6.3oz

1.  Neil Cockburn of Phoenix AC  "A" with 9 fish

2.  Kenneth McLean of Strathy AC  "A" with 5 fish

3.  Calum Fraser of Gartmore AC  "A" with 5 fish

4.  Barry Lennon of Harelaw FF  "A" with 5 fish

5.  Lee Lindop of West Coast FFC "A" with 4 fish

6.  Graham Faulds of Phoenix AC "A" with 3 fish

Heat 7 of the Scottish Club Championship on 3rd July was held on a very wet evening with the rain only stopping just before the end of the session.  Again nine teams took part with the top four going through to the semi final on 20th August.  Top team was Lintrathen FF "A" represented by Kevin Neri (1 fish), Tyler Hay (12 fish) and Barry Robertson (3 fish).  All three each received a box of flies provided by our sponsors My Fishing Flies.  Tyler was the top individual rod and the heaviest fish at 5lb 2.4oz fell to Brian Kennedy of Caley Liners FF "A"

1st:   Lintrathen FF "A" with 16 fish for 38lb 15ozs

2nd:   Caley Liners FF "A" with 12 fish for 32lb 12.4oz

3rd:   Neilston FF "B" with 9 fish for 23lb 12.5oz

4th:   Kelso  AA "A" with 10 fish for 22lb 12.9oz

1.  Tyler Hay of Lintrathen FF "A" with 12 fish

2.  Andrew Kennedy of Caley Liners FF "A" with 6 fish

3.  John Simpson of Caley Liners FF "A" with 4 fish

4.  Brian Mackenzie of Neilston FF  "B" with 4 fish

5.  Keith Dickson of Kelso AA  "A" with 4 fish

6.  Barry Robertson of Lintrathen FF "A" with 3 fish

The second section of the Scottish Club Heats started on Saturday 26th June and nine teams took part with the top four going through to the semi final on 20th August.

1st:   Gateside Flycasters "B" with 18 fish

2nd:   Lintrathen FF  "B" with 15 fish

3rd:   Balfron Piscatorials "A" with 10 fish

4th:   Heatherfly Fishers "A" with 8 fish

1.  Jake Gilchrist of Gateside Flycasters "A" with 11 fish

2.  Neil Anderson of Lintrathen FF "B" with 9 fish

3.  George Murray of Heatherfly Fishers "A" with 5 fish

4.  Robert Gibson of Gateside Flycasters "A" with 6 fish

5.  Scott Aitken of Tartan Tyers "A" with 5 fish

6.  David Cruikshank of Balfron Piscatorials "A" with 4 fish

It was a hard night at Menteith for heat 5 of the Scottish Clubs with the 11 teams netting 67 fish.  Top team was Tweed Valley Tanglers "A" represented by Keith Renton (4 fish),  Dave Wright (3 fish) and Billy Braithwaite (6 fish).  The heaviest fish of the night weighed 3lb 6.4oz and was caught by Keir Hardie of Bridge of Allan 76 AC "A".

1st:   Tweed Valley Tanglers "A" with 13 fish

2nd:   Johnstone FF "A" with 11 fish

3rd:   Cupar AC  "A" with 10 fish

4th:   Bridge of Allan 76 AC  "A" with 6 fish

1.  Michael Ward of Johnstone FF "A" with 8 fish

2.  Charlie Wilkinson of Cupar AC  "A" with 6 fish

3.  Billy Braithwaite of Tweed Valley Tanglers "A" with 6 fish

4.  Keith Renton of Tweed Valley Tanglers "A" with 4 fish

5.  Keir Hardie of Bridge of Allan 76 AC "A" with 3 fish

6.  John Tullett of Kilmarnock FF "A" with 4 fish

Ten teams took part in the fourth heat of the Scottish Club Championship with the top four going through to the semi-finals and the top six individuals going through to the Champion of Champions.  The top team on the night was the Saltire FF  "A" team  of Alan Gilbert (6 fish),  Peter Edge (7 fish)  and Colin Macdonald (10 fish).  The top individual was Jim Hay of Dunfermline Railway AC  "A" with 11 fish for 22lb 6.4oz.  The heaviest fish was caught by Dan Brown of Earlston  AA  "A" and weighed 3lb 13.8oz.

1st:   Saltire FF  "A" with 23 fish

2nd:  East Kilbride AC  "B" with 20 fish

3rd:  Dunfermline Railway AC  "A" with 19 fish

4th:  Aberdour AA  "A"  with 11 fish.

1.  Jim Hay - Dunfermline Railway AC  "A" - 11 fish

2.  Stephen Japp - East Kilbride AC  "B" -11 fish

3.  Colin Macdonald - Saltire FF "A" - 10 fish

4.  Marcus Smith -  NCR AC  "A" - 8 fish

5.  Chris Tamburrini - East Kilbride AC  "B" - 8 fish

6.  Peter Edge - Saltire FF "A" - 7 fish

To minimise the risk of spreading this virus, particularly indoors, the following measures will be in place for the 2021 Scottish Club Championship:-

1)      Details of the three team members to include names, email address and mobile numbers (landline number if someone doesn’t have a mobile) to be emailed to Tom MacTaggart at tom.mactaggart@btinternet.com as soon as possible and at the latest two weeks before the team is scheduled to compete.  Please nominate one of the team as the team captain and contact point.  If you do not have access to email then pass the details by telephone to 07708019487.  Late changes to team members can be made on the night if it hasn’t been practical to do so beforehand.

2)      Face masks should be worn by competitors when they are in indoor areas.

3)      Registration:  On the night of the heat the team captain should register the team in the lodge as normal and give details of any team changes.  The team captain will be given a time check, the team’s fly  measures, boat numbers and catch returns which should be given by them to their team.  Only the team captain should go to the lodge to register while the other two team members remain in the car park.  It would be appreciated if each team member brought their own pen.  

4)      The briefing notes and competition rules are on the Scottish Club Championship page of the SANACC website and a copy of these will be sent to club secretaries by email.  Please ensure that your team members are made aware of the content of the briefing note and rules.

5)      Once both anglers are in their boat the boat should move off from beach but remain within the two piers until the signal is given for the competition to start.

6)      Each evening heat will start at 6pm and the finish time will be notified at registration.  

7)      On return to the beach at the end of the session it may be necessary to hold some boats back from beaching to ensure that social distancing can be maintained.

8)      Weigh-In:   The weigh-in will be held in the hall as usual.  Boat partners must accompany each other to the weigh-in.  Queue from the beach side with social distancing.  Only one boat pair will be allowed in the hall at a time and there will be a one way system through the hall.  Each competitor should put his fish on the drainer;  lift the fish from there onto the weighing dish and remove them after being weighed.  Both boat partners to remain at the weigh-in until both have weighed in.

9)      Announcing result:   The result will be announced outside in the car park with social distancing (weather permitting).