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Memorial Bank Fishing Competition to honour Arthur Cove

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Dave Oates 10/03/2010 10:11:00
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The beneficiaries will be the Arthur Cove Memorial (to fund a Memorial Bench) with any excess split between England Youth Fly Fishing Association and Rainbows Children's Hospice, as requested by his family.

The competition organised by Dave Oates will be fished at Eyebrook Trout Fishery on Saturday the 15th of May, with a briefing at 9.30 am. The match will start on the siren at 10am, finishing at 4pm.

This is planned as a purely friendly competition, fished to fishery rules. In the unlikely event of a tie there will be a coin toss.

It would be nice to think everyone at some point in the match (including Charles Jardine who will be attending) would try one of Arthur's patterns and spare him a thought!

Entry fees are as follows: Adult     £30
                                    O.A.P    £26
                                    Junior    £21

The beneficiaries will be the Arthur Cove Memorial (to fund a Memorial Bench) with any excess split between England Youth Fly Fishing Association and Rainbows Children's Hospice, as requested by his family.
 
The prize list is large and still growing, it currently stands at:

1st Prize       A box of Arthur Cove's own flies, with a letter of authenticity from Mrs. Pauline Cove and a Snowbee Diamond 4 piece rod. Sponsored by Snowbee Tackle.

2nd Prize      A Flylogic (U.S.A.) FLP Disc Drag Reel. Sponsored by St. Georges Sporting.

3rd Prize       A Sportfish £50 voucher. Sponsored by Sportfish.

4th Prize       A Day Boat With Two Tickets. Sponsored by Eyebrook Trout Fishery.

5th Prize       A Guideline 4 Cast Fly line. Sponsored by Guideline.

6th Prize      Two Crowood Press Books. Sponsored by Crowood


Many more prizes up for grabs include a premium membership of www.FlyForums.co.uk from us at Fish and Fly Ltd, Fulling Mill, Woody's of Wembley, Bill McIllroy and subscriptions to Fly Fishing and Flytying and Total Fly Fisher. (Prize order subject to change, in case someone offers a weekend on the Test! ) Richard Wheatley have kindly donated four fly boxes. And Masterline have given a Cortland whisper taper line.

Please contact Dave Oates on 07769 309 440, after 7pm please, or email on daveoates@msn.com to register.
Any further offers of prizes or donations will be gratefully received.

 

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Comments (4 posted):

Editor on 10/03/2010 10:37:22
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Eyebrook - Saturday 15th May - go head to head with Charles Jardine at this friendly competition to raise funds for a memorial bench to honour Arthur Cove.
sabalos on 11/03/2010 14:34:08
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Hi, Still getting more prize offers.The prize list is large and still growing, it currently stands at: A box of Arthur Cove's own flies, with a letter of authenticity from Mrs. Pauline Cove and a Orvis Western Three Fly Rod. Sponsored by Orvis. A Snowbee Diamond 4 piece Rod (provisional) A Flylogic (U.S.A.) FLP Disc Drag Reel. Sponsored by St. Georges Sporting. A Sportfish £50 voucher. Sponsored by Sportfish. A Day Boat With Two Tickets. Sponsored by Eyebrook Trout Fishery. A Cortland Whisper Flyline Sponsored by Masterline. Two Crowood Press Books. Sponsored by Crowood. A Guideline 4 Cast Fly line. Sponsored by Guideline. Richard Wheatley have kindly donated four fly boxes. A Day Ticket For Elinor Trout Fishery. Sponsored by Edward Foster. A Signed Book. Donated by Peter O' Reilly Many more prizes from Fulling Mill, Woody's of Wembley, Bill McIllroy and subscriptions to Fly Fishing and Flytying, Total Fly Fisher and Fish and Fly. (Prize order subject to change, in case someone offers a weekend on the Test! ) Please contact Dave Oates on 07769 309 440, after 7pm please, or email on daveoates@msn.com to register. Any further offers of prizes or donations will be gratefully received.
sabalos on 22/03/2010 10:08:34
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Hello, just confirming two prizes. Woodys of Wembley have kindly donated a Shakespeare Expedition Travel Rod. And Bill McIllroy (Pearly Dabbler) Has donated two fly boxes. Many thanks again to all our kind sponsors. The prize list goes to approx. 17th place! So has to be worth a try... many thanks , dave oates
sabalos on 15/05/2010 21:51:35
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I would like to thank all the competitors who came to fish the Arthur Cove Memorial Competition. And a big thank you to all the sponsors and donors who made it possible. The aim of the Competition was to raise enough money to buy a memorial bench to be placed at Eyebrook. Sadly the match did not attract many competitors, nine fished in the end! However we have raised enough money, so a bench will be purchased. The excess prizes will be auctioned as not enough anglers entered. Now to the results! One fish was caught on what was an extremely hard day at the fishery. Even the boats were not catching. James Clark, Arthur's grandson won it with a single Rainbow of 2lb 5oz from the dam. If Arthur was looking down on us he would of been very proud of James. And told us we "weren't doing it right". I would like to add that organising a competition is a rollercoaster and at times makes you wonder why you tried. However most of the manufacturers and companys i contacted were fantastic and very supportive. And give me hope for the future of our sport. The Arthur Cove Memorial Bank Competition Listed below are the kind Sponsors and Donors to the Competition Eyebrook Trout Fishery Orvis UK St. George Sporting Sportfish Crowood Press Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Magazine Woody’s of Wembley Bill McIllroy and Tom McIllroy Richard Wheatley Masterline Cortland Mrs. Pauline Cove and James Clark Wychwood Elinor Trout Fishery Ringstead Grange Trout Fishery Peter O’Reilly Peter Reeves Peter Skellern Many thanks to all of the above for their help and generosity, Dave Oates
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