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In aid of the
Meningitis Trust Charity No 803016 |
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charity carp weekend was organised by members of Chelmsford Angling
Association, officials, friends and families. The event
took place at the club's Braxted complex and was held over three days, April13th, 14th,
and 15th 2007. As many as eight celebrity carp anglers attended
and fished at the event including Dave Levy, seen here with a
beautifully conditioned common carp. A total of £5000 was raised
over the weekend which will be donated to the Meningitis Trust. |
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following celebrity anglers gave up their weekend to support the
event, so a big thank you to them all: They were Ian 'Chilly'
Chilcott, Mike Kavanagh, Kenny Dorsett, Dave Levy, Dave Jordison,
Daryl Peck, Scott 'Geezer' Grant. Thanks also to Derek Ritchie and
Jim Shelley for their support. Special thanks to all our anglers who
made donations to our charity to fish the event. The CAA would also like to extend
a huge thank you to Kit Speakman, the landowner, for allowing the
event to take place.
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 The
club was also fortunate to have many kind donations of prizes. Thank
you to all - Etang Du
Molyneux (week fishing for two), Mid Kent Fisheries, Orchid Lake,
Cleverley Mere, Paul Turton (two Chelsea v Bolton tickets), Nash
Tackle and Bait, JRC Tackle, Gardner Tackle, Mainline Bait, DT Bait,
CC Moores Bait, Rod Hutchinson, Dynamite Bait, Korda, Mo's PVA,
England Angling, Ritchworth Angling, Jim Shelley, Fox International,
Focus DIY, The Blue Strawberry, Cannons Health Club, Hot Heads in
Maldon, The Emporium in Maldon, Sun Studios in Maldon, Marks &
Spencer's
and Woolworths.
And finally Chelmer Marquees, Ernest Doe & Sons,
Bouncy Castle and HSS.
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 Thanks
to chairman Ian Stokes for speech and drawing grand raffle.
The event was initially inspired
by hearing about two of our members, Gavin Sutton (Bailiff at
Braxted) and Stefan reed who both have daughters who have been
affected by the devastating disease, meningitis. The weekend saw
some good fish. The largest was a 38.5 lb common carp from the
back lake caught by Terry Wilkinson who was fishing with Mike Kavanagh.
Ian Chilcott had three twenties from the front lake. Mike Kavanagh
had a nice mirror from the back lake. Several nice commons came out
the reservoir, biggest being 26lb plus. |
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Here's what the angling press had to say about the
weekend |
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Click
on any of the 3 images above to display a PDF copy |
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Chelmsford Angling Association would like to thank all those who
helped to make the weekend successful and for giving up their time
to assist in organising the refreshments, raffle tickets etc. A big
thank you to the Environment Agency, seen here putting
on a superb display, and offering advice and information to
visitors.
A massive selection of raffle prizes were donated to the event which
in fact took more than an hour to draw.
Thank you to all those above that donated prizes. |
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