THE DOO CUP
A competition for Caurnie committee members was held to-day, Sunday 12th October.
Well done to Gerry Mcentee our Doo Cup winner. Congrats to all other participants in what was a difficult day, well done lads .
The Last Cast competition was held on Sunday 5th October on a blustery Antermony Loch. Tough fishing conditions , water levels were high however clarity remains very poor.Seven anglers competed with 2 fish being caught.
Congratulations to first place Alan Small who caught a nice rainbow at 40.64 cm.Runner up was Dougie Fowler with a brown trout 37cm. Alan retains The Last Cast Quaich, having won last years event!
Bert Noon was unlucky when he lost a cracking brown trout ( estimated over 5lbs) after it decided to run into weed bed.
Summary courtesy of Gerry McEntee.
LAST CAST COMPETITION SUNDAY 5TH OCTOBER
As the Brown Trout season draws to a close, the last chance to win a piece of prized Caurnie silverware during our centenary year!
The Last Cast Quaich is up for grabs! This is a competition to mark the closing of the season, and does not count towards championship. More a friendly meeting of club members, with an edge! Competition can be fished boat or bank, competitors choice, and as usual will commence at 2p.m Finish time to be decided on day.
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Thanks to all who came to the final outing of our centenary year, and thanks to all at Orchill fishery.best bags of the day were Ricky, Andy B and James H, all with 3 fish. Only 3 blanks on what was a tough day’s fishing. Loads of fish moving but very few seemed to be feeding. The winner of the outing trophy was Ian Hunter.
Sunnary courtesy of Iain Abercrombie
CLUB CHAPIONSHIP RESULT
1st Malcolm Miller with 37 points
2nd Bert Noon with 24 points
3rd Doug Fowler with 22 points
4th Gavin Bayne with 20 points
Close fought battle for the places, but clear cut winner! Well done Malcolm!
The Biggest Fish Award is shared by 3 anglers!! Malcolm Miller, Jim Mundell and Bert Noon all had a trout of 43 cm.
Summary courtesy of Joe Brownisky.The Autumn Cup was contested Sunday 7th Sept. by 10 keen anglers.The water clarity was poor, making fishing difficult. There were 3 fish caught & the worthy winners were:
1. Gavin Bayne -1 rainbow 41cm
2.James Wallace– 1 rainbow 40cm
3. Bert Noon- 1 brown trout 34.29cm
Congratulations to all the winners, and this seasons pevious competition winners, who can also celebrate with the coveted 100 year centenary celebrations chocolate digestive biscuit kindly donated by Bert Noon 
Summary and photo thanks to Gerry Mcentee
JUNIOR CUP. Sunday 17th August.
Today we hosted the rearranged Junior cup. What a day! Colin Biggar had bbq going full blast keeping everyone well fed, bbq typical Scots! Square sausage, white baps, and nae salad! Great work Colin, thanks from everyone!
Weather conditions more akin to bonefishing in the Caribbean! However, five enthusiastic juniors, aided and abetted by dads, grandads, and uncles ventured out into the sweltering sun, sun cream liberally applied. After two hours in the relentless sun, the Juniors came in to warm congratulations from the assembled famillies! Well done to them all.
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)
This was a fantastic result given the conditions! Well done the youngsters!
Note from El Presidenty!!
“I would like to express my thanks and a hearty well done to Mr Macntee ,Mr Noon and Mr Biggar and everyone else involved in today’s competition and bbq great work very proud of you all and to the lads who braved Sahara conditions to make today a success well done one and all ( if I have missed anyone out please forgive, and thanks again 
El Presidenty”
The fantastic five, and the winning fish.
UPDATE ON CAURNIE CENTENARY GEAR.
Message from James Hendrie via Whattsapp. 15/08/ 2025
Further to my message last Friday I can confirm that I have branded clothing items for P Linn, J Miller, M Miller, W McCutheon, D McGill, K Boyle and B Noon, not all of these orders are complete though. I will be at the loch on Sunday for the Junior Competition & Family BBQ and I’ll bring your items with me.
Apologies to those that have placed orders and not received their goods yet, the suppliers have apologised for the delay and told me that their production team have been concentrating on producing orders for the World Pipe Band Competition that takes place this weekend, they have assured me that they will be working on our orders again next week.
Message from James Hendrie via Whattsapp.
“I collected our first order of branded clothing late afternoon today and have just finished sorting it.
I have items for I.Abercrombie, A.Convy, P.Linn, B. Noon, R Gillies, I. Hunter, B.Mouat, J. Dunnington, J, Giffen, C. Rae, E. Scott, J. Wallace, K. Boyle, W. McCutcheon, J. O’Reilly, D. McGill, E. McGrandle. G. Napier, G. Bayne, P. Kerr, M. Miller, A. Stevenson, J. Shaw.
I’ll be at the loch tomorrow between 10am till 12pm for collection, if you can’t manage that time don’t worry, we’ll arrange another time. Not everyone that I’ve received items for is complete, plus there a number of later orders placed that I haven’t received anything items yet, but they hope to have all the remaining items by next week.
For anyone that hasn’t placed an order but would like to try before you buy, why not come along tomorrow.
Hope to see most of you tomorrow”.
I have also asked James if he could bring gear to howff on 17th August, when we hope to host junior cup and family bbq.
THE JUNIOR CUP COMPETITION WILL NOW BE FISHED ON SUNDAY THE 17TH AUGUST. 2PM START.
THERE WILL BE A FAMILY BARBECUE ON SITE, ALL WELCOME. BRING YOUR OWN BURGERS N BAPS!
Brown Cup – Sunday 3rd August Bank competition
10 keen bank anglers took part in this competition, in far from ideal conditions.
Very strong winds, and high water temperatures made fishing somewhat difficult!
In total, only two trout were caught, but they were crackers!
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.
Well done to the successful anglers, and well done to all those that competed.
Was noted that a lot of 8″ perch were also caught, giving anglers a bit of fun, albeit not trout fun!
Main summary thanks to Gerry Mcentee.
Caurnie Angling Club Centenary Merchandise Range
Specially designed club logo on all garments, recording the achievement of the club reaching its Centenary year! A must have for all members. Estimated turnaround from order is 7 days.
Order form /sizing guide below, with bank details, contact james.hendrie@btconnect.com for further info.
KIDS SIZING AND COLOURS FOR TEE SHIRTS AND CAPS
CAPS ARE ALL ONE SIZE FOR CHILDREN.
TSHIRTS SHOULD BE ORDERED BY HEIGHT. CAPS AND TSHIRTS WILL HAVE LOGO.
HOT WEATHER AND FISH HANDLING.
Just a reminder that in the current hot weather fish need to be handled as little as possible to ensure the survival of said fish. Anyone fishing catch and release should attempt to keep the fish in water at all times. That means unhooking in net whilst still in water, and giving fish plenty of time to recover. Warning signs fish is stressed include losing the abillity to stay upright, floating on their sides, taking longer than normal to recover. In extreme cases they will float belly up and die. So please take all precautions to prevent this.
100th Centenary Celebrations Club Dance
We are trying to gauge interest in an evening with food, and dancing, we are hoping to organise
as part of the celebrations of the club’s Centenary.The Broadcroft Hotel in Kirkintilloch has been approached and the hotel is willing to offer the function suite, which comfortably holds 200, a DJ and finger buffet for a cost of £20 per head.
For those who prefer a sit down meal rather than a buffet, then this is also an option.
The difference in cost would be £30 per head for the 3 course sit down option, opposed to £20 per head for the finger buffet.
We need to know members preferences re the 2 choices, and indeed if members are interested in the event!
For those travelling from further afield, the hotel is willing to offer rooms at a rate reduced form £130 per room to £80 per room B&B.
We would be looking to book a Saturday evening in November and ideally this would need to be finalised soon.
We would really need a minimum of 70 guests.
I can confirm that the dance is open not only to members, but to family and friends as well, so if you feel more comfortable with a group of friends, then this is absolutely fine.Could I please ask that you reply to Euan as soon as possible as to whether or not you would be interested in this Please reply if you do or dont want to go, with your meal preference, to allow us to book the suite or not bother.
Euan McGrandle Membership Secretary
cac.membsec1925@gmail.com
Summer Cup – Sunday 6th July
The Summer cup was fished today in shall we say slightly damp conditions. Of the 14 anglers who braved the elements 8 managed to hook and land 13 trout . The winner was Gavin Bayne with 3 fish for 117 cm, 2nd was Malcolm Miller with 3 fish for 104.14 cm and 3rd equal where Bert Noon and Colin McAtenimy with 2 fish each for 71.12 cm . Malcolm had the largest fish a Brown of 43. 18cm . Well done to everyone who entered and congratulations to our Summer Cup Champ Gavin , whom also won a box of McVities 100 year celebration milk chocolate digestives!!
Main summary courtesy of Edward Scott
Contact Membership Secretary Euan McGrandle on this e-mail address if you wish to join club. cac.membsec1925@gmail.com (not a link)