Competitions

Club championship competitions 2025:

• Spring Cup – Sunday 6th April              Bank competition. No points awarded, all 11 anglers blanked!
• Brown Shield – Sunday 4th May           Boat competition.  1st Mark Anderson 2nd Alan Small 3rd Malcolm Miller
• Jewett Cup – Sunday 1st June               Bank competition. 1st Equal E. Armit and M. Miller. Both had two fish, combined length exactly the same!  3rd B. Noon with one fish, but the biggest this year so far!
• Junior Cup – Sunday 8th June                Boat competition  The Junior cup was cancelled last Sunday on safety grounds. The high winds caused said cancellation, competition will be rearanged on a date to be confirmed.
• THIS COMPETITION WILL NOW BE FISHED ON SUNDAY THE 17TH AUGUST. 2PM START.
• Winner was Blair Anderson with a cracking rainbow trout of 16 and a quarter inches of length (41.275 centimetres in new money!)2nd was Bradley Campbell with an very good Brown trout of 13″ (33.02 centimetres)
• Summer Cup – Sunday 6th July              Boat competition.  1st Gavin Bayne 3 fish, 2nd Malcolm Miller, 3 fish, but shorter combined length than that of Gavin, 3rd equal, Colin McAteminy, and Bert Noon, both two fish of exactly the same combined length!
• Doo Cup – tbc                                         Depends on venue and numbers
• Brown Cup – Sunday 3rd August            Bank competition.
• Both Malcolm Miller and Doug Fowler managed to catch fish of exactly 40.64 cm long!A dead heat! So both successful anglers shared first place!
• Autumn Cup – Sunday 7th September   Boat competition
• Winner was Gavin Bayne 1 Rainbow trout. 41 cm in length. 2nd was James Wallace 1 Rainbow trout. 40cm in length. 3rd Bert Noon 1 Brown trout 34 cm in length.
• Last Cast – Sunday 5th October              Boat or bank. Competitors choice.

These competitions are for all members (except for the Doo Cup, which is for Committee Members)

The winner of each competition will be awarded 10 points, then 9 etc till 1 point is awarded for tenth place.

The Club Champion will be the member with the highest total score from all competitions.

1. All Competition dates will be advertised on the CAC website. Competitions will commence at 2pm.
2. CAC website will indicate whether the competition is to be fished from bank or boat.
3. All competitors must be “Signed-in” prior to commencing fishing.
4. Competition convener will make all competitors aware of competition finish time on the day
5. Competitors can leave ‘Howf’ no earlier than 15 minutes prior to commencement of competition.
6. Competitors may use motor vehicles during bank competitions.
7. A Bell/Whistle will be sounded by competition convener indicating start of competition.
8. Bank Competitors can kill a maximum of four fish for purposes of competition. First four fish caught to be killed, No selective C&R.
9.  Boat competitors fish shall be measured and returned, first 4 being the counting fish. (Time 1st fish caught to be recorded, in event of a tie.) Boat competitors may continue to fish C&R.

• On Catching four fish kill limit competitors must take their fish to ‘Howf’ and note the time their limit is registered on sign-in sheet (This time will be used in event of a tie)
• Competitors can continue to fish C&R for remainder of allotted competition time.
• Anglers who have caught their limit must give way on the bank to any angler who has yet to do so.
• Warning bell/whistle will be sounded 30 minutes prior to end of competition.
• Further bell/whistle to be sounded at end of competition.
• Any competitor not back at ‘Howf’ by this time will void their participation in competition.
• All fish to be measured and the competitor with the longest aggregate length will be the winner.