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Holly farm Charities Championship Final 
September 30th 2006

 By: Peter Morton

Saturday 30th September 2006 saw 38 qualifying anglers along with family, friends and helpers descend on Holly Farm Fishery situated just outside the village of Ashby Magna in Leicestershire for the Final of the Disabled Angler.Co.Uk Charities Championship 2006 to be fished on Trotters Lake.

1st order of the day for most on arrival was breakfast served up by Rita and her staff in the excellent onsite Cafe, before booking in and parting with their pools money under the eagle eye of Bucko, whereupon Linda parted them from yet more cash for the aftermatch raffle.

Thankfully the weather for the day promised to be a vast improvement from the previous day when the area had been hit by torrential rain for most of the day, however all that water into the lakes would probably have an effect on sport on the day .

9·30am and the draw saw anglers dispersing to their pegs, some more eagerly than others to prepare for the 11am all in.

11am and with a few anglers landing fish on their 1st casts, things were looking good, but alas for most sport didn't continue at anything like that pace. A couple of hours in and it was becoming obvious that most were working hard for very little reward, with each fish being hard won.

Just to put a further damper on things the rain then arrived, but thankfully after about an hour abated. What fish were being caught appeared to be coming from the first twenty pegs, while most of the rest struggled on with just the odd fish.

4pm brought the all out, and while everyone managed to avoid the dreaded DNW, the weights it has to be said weren't the greatest ever recorded.

With their gear packed away, everyone assembled back in the clubhouse for an aftermatch meal prior to the prize giving and raffle.

With everyone fed and watered it was time for the prize giving, and it was lovely to see Steve Bishop in attendance to present the prizes.

For those of you who aren't aware Steve is the main sponsor of Disabled Angler.co.uk through his company BR Electrical, so a big vote of thanks is due to Steve.

First of were the medals for the team event which this year was won by the boys that qualified at Lindholm Lakes.

Next it was the turn of the section winners on the day.

while in 1st place overall and Non-Disabled Champion 2006 was Bob Reed.

We then found time for a surprise presentation of a silver salver to John & Linda, by way of thanks for all the time and effort that they put into the organisation of the Charities Championship, and without which it would be impossible to run.

Finishing off with the raffle with prizes provided by Mark Pollard (one of The Danglers patrons), Holly Farm and various individuals brought the day to an end and a time for farewells .

Thanks to Del & Rita Rogers and their staff for providing the venue ands superb facilities for the Final.
Thanks to all the anglers who have fished in the whole series of matches.
Their efforts mean that the total being donated between Macmillan (Cancer relief) & Francis House (Children’s Hospice) stands at £ 2,182.00 which at the end of the day is what the whole thing has been about.

Very Well Done to All, Let's do it all again next year

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