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The Three Shires 
Charity Opens
Lemington Lakes

Sponsored by: B.R.Electrical

Lemington Lakes (Gloucestershire) and its popular Westminster Lake was the stage for this the final open competition in: 
disabled-angler.co.uk Charity fund raising events calendar for 2005.

This new venture  by disabled-angler.co.uk would never have been  possible without the very generous sponsorship by: B.R.Electrical  from all of us at disabled-angler we say a big thank-you.  

These fund raising events comprised of, three open competitions, which were open to disabled and none-disabled anglers.  All fished on accessible venues featured on disabled-angler.co.uk   The reason for these events was to raise much needed funds for our chosen charity Francis House Children's Hospice.  

The cheeky face pictured above of a very poorly little  girl Kirsty, has brought the plight of this charity to the public eye with the Kirsty Millenium appeal.  They are currently three quarters of the way towards the 5 million target, which is set to ensure the long-term viability of the hospice.

LEMINGTON LAKES WINNER
Matt Nutt (GOT BAITS)
64Ibs 0ozs

There’s no stopping this young man he is definitely a class act and one that is becoming harder to compete against.  He is already sponsored by G.O.T Baits and I’m sure others will be queuing up to support this talent in the future.  Though this was his first visit to Lemington Lakes, he still managed to show the rest of the field just what a talent he is, by catching quality carp up in the water, using his sponsor’s feed pellet and soft pellet on a size 14 B911 hook and combining this with 0.20 line - using three top kits all kitted out with red hydro and fished at depths between 3ft and 18inches.    Even though he was bagging, he still found time to get off his box to go and help the disabled-angler off the next peg when he was struggling to land his own fish, Bucko says "thank-you very much"

Karl off peg 8 used his knowledge of the water to grab second place by using pole and feeder tactics.  His expertise was quite evident as those either side of him struggled to catch.

Third placed man Steve Wilson confessed to fishing a bait that isn’t normally in his bait box? The caster " First maggots now Casters Steve:) He started off by catching at depth using paste, and then later choosing to fish the floating pole and caster.

Terry not only fished all three of the shires events this year to come well ahead of his nearest rival but has supported disabled-angler on other ventures we have staged and for this we say a big thank-you and of course congratulations on a well deserved win.

The smile on my face shows how pleased and very proud I am at becoming this year’s Three Shires Champion.  Receiving the trophy from disabled-anglers chairman Bliss was rubbing salt into the wounds a bit, as he was top of the leader board going into the final round.  

As you can see above left he wasn’t very happy when I broke him the news :) But this didn't last long as he broke into his Arnold Swarzenager impression "I'll Be Back" 

And so will disabled-angler.co.uk We will be back with an even bigger program of events already lined up for next year.  aiming to raise even more money for charity.

This final match at Lemington Lakes raised a further £182 to swell the charity coffers. This was made up from the entrance fees / guess-the-weight competition and one section winner Steve Schubert, electing to donate his winnings. Thanks to him and also to Tony Richens & Glen Hayes for their generous contributions.  

Disabled-angler is very grateful to all the anglers that took part in this years Three shires events, some traveling hundreds of miles to make a difference, and to the fishery owners for their support, and to our sponsor: Steve Bishop (B.R.Electrical).  It has been a great team effort and the reward for all of us here at disabled-angler.co.uk is to be sending a cheque to our chosen charity Francis House to the sum of: £700

Without the organisational skills of disabled-anglers: charity events coordinator John (Bucko) Buxton. None of this years Three shires events would have been possible, and so from the rest of the gang, we say a Hugh thank-you.

Cheque Presentation 01/10/05

Pictured above Bucko - dirk - Steve (B.R.Electrical)

Letter of Thanks From 
The Rainbow Family Trust

Dear all,
                    Many thanks for your recent magnificent cheque and photo's to be used in our forthcoming Christmas issue.
Will you please convey my sincere thanks to all the anglers who took part in the Three shires contest and raised such a wonderful amount for the hospice.  It is only through the kindness of people such as yourselves giving of their time and energy to raise much needed funds that we are able to continue to give TLC to our very special young people.  I am delighted to enclose a certificate for you to show all those that have supported you.

Yours Sincerely

Pam Daley

Area Fund Organiser

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