Lindholme Lakes (Doncaster) and its new 80 peg disabled-friendly Bonsai Lake was the stage for this the inaugural event in the disabled-angler.co.uk Charity fund raising calendar for 2006.
The owner added spice to the days event by kindly sponsoring a £200 golden peg, this was fished by fellow dangler Midge Milnes. Poor Midge; it was either the pressure of the money or having the pleasure of me sitting one side of him (Free Peg he reckoned) and Slacklines pegged on the other side that guaranteed the safety of Neil’s generous offer of £200, or was it anything to do with the friendly (mischievous) banter which was flowing around the lake? As people who have fished our fundraisers before will know, the banter is a major part of the days fun.
This match had a double meaning for being staged, as it was not only to raise funds for our chosen charities but also to commemorate the memory of a sadly missed disabled-angler Steven Platts. Steven’s family had donated £300 to the competition pools and a memorial trophy to the winner. Look out for the full story coming soon in the new disabled-angler Magazine.
The man in-charge of the days proceedings was organiser Andrew Archer and what a cracking job he did, assisted by the Vice Chairman of the danglers Ian (give me your money) Cloke. I think he’s found his true vocation gathering money as no one dare say no (especially when talk of early baths was mentioned!). Sue was in-charge of the Raffle and what a wonderful job she did in gathering £87 for the charity pot.
The eventual Winner, Terry Nauls, is no stranger to the podium, putting his experience and knowledge of the water in to good practice by taking top honors out of 38 competitors with a mixed bag of fish all caught on worm in the upper layers of the water, fishing at 13mtrs. Terry received £150 prize money plus a trophy, with 2nd Place going to Alan Norfolk (37Ibs 14ozs), 3rd Place to Dave Wilson (35Ibs 0ozs), 4th Place to Kevin Densham (31Ibs 15ozs) and 5th Place to Geoff Hardy (28Ibs 3ozs). Section Winners Each received £40 for their efforts and £332 was raised from the days events.
I would just like to finish by thanking everyone who made the day such a great success not forgetting those guys who got wet weighing-in and to the owner Neil for his support and for the use of his facilities and to Andy for his generous donation to the charity fund; thank-you. Next stop Monk Lakes 6th May 2006.
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