Whitewood pike anglers held there annual kids pike competition today . 26 young anglers took part catching 20 pike . The heaviest of the day went to young Jamie lynch weighing 15-7 a lovely fish by anyone’s standards and proved to be the young man’s new PB. A huge thanks again to big Pat Sheenan and crew for not only doing another BBQ for all but big Pat also sponsored the perpetual cup for the kids and some vouchers . Another shout out to Graham”s tackle baileborough for putting up a lot of the kids prizes and the vouchers also . The day just wouldn’t have been a success without this vital support from both Graham and big Pat thanks a million chaps . Also a huge thanks to the kids and also there parents for bringing them along they all went home with happy faces . The weather held up nicely for us all today to enjoy both the fishing and the BBQ afterwards results are as follows. 1st Jamie lynch 1 fish 15-7. 2nd Adam McCabe 7 fish 15-0 . 3rd Declan Rooney 2 fish 10-5. 4th Cj kiernan 1 fish 9-11. 5th Alex kiernan 2 fish 7-0. 6th Sean wakeley 2 fish 2-10. 7th Remi O'Grady Amet 1 fish 2-1 8th Logan Greene 1 fish 1-13. 9th Eoin Sheenan 1 fish 1-8. 10th Finn ward 1 fish 1-7. 11th Brian kiernan 1 fish 1-6.

Results IFPAC FINAL 2024 1st Mark Kiernan 82Ib 01oz, 26 fish. 2nd Jody Kiernan 81Ib 9oz, 25 fish. 3rd Alex Kiernan 59Ib 17 fish. 4th Mick O' Connor 52Ib 1oz, 11 fish. 5th Keelan Cunningham 47Ib 3oz, 13 fish. 6th Ray Callopy 43Ib 8oz, 13 fish. 7th John Sheenan 43Ib, 14 fish. 8th Marty Lawlor 41Ib 7oz, 12 fish. 9th Gerald Dimbylow 40Ib 9oz, 17 fish. 10th Ian Church 38Ib 5oz, 17 fish. Sub 1 Wally Geoghan 37Ib 4oz, 14 fish. Sub 2 Kevin Foley 36Ib 1oz, 14 fish. Sub 3 Keith Ren 33Ib 7oz, 14 fish. Total fish: 496

Whitewood PAC in conjunction with Kingscourt cub scouts had a fishing outing on 15th June 2024 with 10 kids aged between 9-12 and 2 lady’s . With 9 of these kids never holding a fishing rod they were soon up to speed catching plenty of course fish on the day and one lady landing a pike . Huge shout out to Grahams tackle in Baileboro who supplied the ground bait and maggots for the fishing on the day . Also a big shout out to Sharon Sheenan for having a fine barbecue afterwards . Well done to all the kids that participated on the day and to all the organisers who took time out to help out .

Whitewood PAC held there first outing of the year today with 21 members attended catching 143 pike on 3 small lakes in the Cavan area . There was 2 low doubles caught a 13-4 caught by John Sheenan and the heaviest of the day a 14-2 going to Mark kiernan . Results were as follows. Pairs pool 1st John Sheenan and Jody kiernan 22 fish for 63-12 2nd shipwreck Kevin Mcparland Jnr and Robbie Mcshane 16 fish for 63-3. 1st John Sheenan 15 fish 47-8. 2nd shipwreck 15 fish 45-5. 3rd mark kiernan 10 fish 38-11 .

Results of Castleconnell Qualifier. Twenty seven anglers attended 4th Qualifier of the 2023/24 season. Water levels were high with angling patchy depending where you fished. Although there was two doubles caught. Results were as follows: 1st Sean Markey 48Ib, 9 fish 2nd Mark Quinlivan 35Ib 6oz, 6 fish 3rd Dave Murphy 28Ib 5oz, 8 fish 4th Seamus Coffey 27Ib 3oz, 6 fish 5th David Walsh 21Ib 1oz, 5 fish Pools: 1st Seamus Coffey 14Ib 11oz 2nd Mark Quinlivan 13Ib 10oz 3rd Sean Markey 9Ib Total fish: 75 Total weight: 348Ib 13oz Average bag: 12Ib 15oz

O' Casey's were out today at their 5th 2023 league heat. They fished a lake in Co. Monaghan. Results were as follows: 1st Fergal Bell 23Ib 13oz, 7 fish 2nd Paul Reynolds 22Ib 9oz, 10 fish 3rd Daron Reynolds, 20Ib 9oz Heaviest fish: Fergal Bell 10Ib Total fish: 43 See insights and ads

The Irish Federation of Pike Angling clubs held its junior all Ireland final Saturday on the Dromore system at Baird shore . Weather conditions eased of which turned out to be a fine day for both angling and the kids to enjoy it . Forty-seven young enthusiastic anglers turned up catching 50 pike . The biggest one on the day falling to young Jamie Hunter of Newbridge weighing 7lb 9ozs . We had 16 under 18s which is a great sign to come for our sport and these your lads and women had no problem catching 40 of the 50 pike caught on the day . We had 18 under 13s and 13 under 8s . In the team event it was dominated by a newly formed club this year Whitewood PAC , who claimed 1st and 2nd spot . These young anglers are brought out regularly and consistently show their skills at our sport and showed it on the day. Results were as follows. 1st Whitewood team A . Alex kiernan, Eoin Sheenan, Brian Kiernan and Declan Rooney 22 fish for 38lb 2 ozs. 2nd Whitewood Team B . Adam McCabe ,Sean Wakeley ,Charley McCormack and Ciaran Reilly 16 fish for 31 lb 8ozs . 3rd Newbridge A: Ollie Whiteley, Cian Dunne, Rocko Morgan and Jamie Hunter 3 fish for 12 lb 11ozs . In the individual under 18s the winner was Alex kiernan, Whitewood Pac 9 fish for 20-9 . Well done to Alex on his win . 2nd place Declan Rooney Whitewood PAC 9 fish for 17-6 and 3rd place Sean Wakeley Whitewood PAC 8 fish for 14-2 In the under 13s the winner was Jamie hunter of Newbridge with 1 fish 5-2 well done on your win young man . 2nd place Ollie Whiteley of Newbridge 1 fish for 5-2 and 3rd Shannon Gumley of north Longford pike anglers with 1 fish for 4-13 . In the under 8s: The winner on the day was young Scott Craney from Newry with 2 fish for 2-7 well done on your win young man . 2nd was Lucy Murray from Cootehill 1 fish for 2-5 and 3rd went to Liam Cullen from Newbridge with 1 fish for 1-6. I’d like to sign of the year with a few thanks to a few people first to Tommy Coffey who helped out this year and took over 1 of the kids competitions . Thanks also to all our senior pike anglers last year at our final who raised €500 to put towards the kids this year . Another big thanks goes to Dave up in Southside Angling for his continued support and for all the fishing tackle this year . A huge thanks to Big Pat Sheenan who yet again pulled out all the stops and done a fantastic BBQ for all the kids and parents on Saturday. Pat has been doing this as far back as when I was fishing in the juniors fair play to him . I’m looking forward to even more kid’s competitions next year and we will try and get the ball rolling earlier on on the year . Thanks to all the kids that fished our comps this year . Junior officer Jody kiernan .

Whitewood pike anglers were out on the tubes yesterday. Not been put off with the high wind and water they fished a river over in the north west . The fishing on the day turned out quite good and there were 141 pike caught up to 8Ib-09oz . Results on the day were as follows Pairs winners: Jody Kiernan and Sean woods 39 fish for 117lb 8oz. 1st place Jody 29 fish for 85Ib-10oz. 2nd Sean Markey 17 fish 56Ib-15oz. 3rd Mark Byrne 16 fish 49Ib-8o

Whitewood pike anglers were out on the tubes yesterday. Not been put off with the high wind and water they fished a river over in the north west . The fishing on the day turned out quite good and there were 141 pike caught up to 8Ib-09oz . Results on the day were as follows Pairs winners: Jody Kiernan and Sean woods 39 fish for 117lb 8oz. 1st place Jody 29 fish for 85Ib-10oz. 2nd Sean Markey 17 fish 56Ib-15oz. 3rd Mark Byrne 16 fish 49Ib-8o

IFPAC in conjunction with Newbridge District Pike Anglers held their junior comp on Saturday 19th July 2023. Fishing was slow with only a few pike caught however that said, the wee ones were still kept busy catching small bags of coarse fish while waiting for the pike to take .The weather turned out quite nice considering the storm the previous night and the kids enjoyed themselves immensely. Results on the day were as follows. U8's 1st Shane Beacom. 2nd Liam Callen . U13's 1st Jamie Hunter. 2nd Padraig Coffey . 3rd Lilly Coffey . U18's 1st Cian Dunne 2nd Oille Whitely

IFPAC in conjunction with Newry and keady pikers held there junior competition today on kiltyban lake . 26 juniors turned out today . Fishing was slow to start , with a lot of fish lost close to the bank some of them been what looked like low to mid doubles . However in tough conditions and the weather not been to bad 8 pike was landed . The heaviest falling to Eoin Sheenan at 3lb 7ozs . Results on the day were: Under 18s. 1st Eoin Sheenan 2 fish for 6lb 9 ozs 2nd Declan Rooney 1 fish 3lb 5 3rd Adam McCabe 1 fish 2lb 14ozs Under 8s 1st Lily Sheenan 1 fish 2-10 2nd Tommy mcparland 1 fish 2-4 3rd Scott Creaney 1 fish for 12 ozs

Whitewood P.A.C. held there first float tubing competition of the year. Fourteen members on the day turned up and were split into 4 groups . There was great banter and crack had by all starting off , fishing was relatively good and the lads landed 160 pike . The biggest falling to Francie O' Hare's wee mouse lure at 8Ib-14oz. Winners on the day were: 1st Mark kiernan 20 fish for 66Ib 9oz 2nd Sean Markey 17 fish for 63Ib 7oz and 3rd Jody kiernan 18 fish for 58Ib 9oz. The pairs winners which was drawn up before the comp went to Sean Markey and Francie O' Hare with 32 pike for 120lb 6oz

Details of IFPAC Junior May Qualifier 2023 IFPAC held their first Junior Competition of the year. With good weather and the sun shining we were not expecting such a good day's fishing, Juniors from Cavan, (with Cavan catching the most) Monaghan, Meath, and Louth arrived and 20 young pike enthusiasts arrived to fish the competition catching 45 pike up to 16Ib 3oz. Winners on the day were: Under 18's 1st Adam Mv Cabe 11Ib, 2 fish 2nd Ciaran Reilly 8Ib 1oz, 5 fish 3rd Eoin Sheenan 7Ib 10oz, 3 fish Under 13's 1st Enda Mc Cabe 36Ib 15z, 8 fish 2nd Gerard Connolly 18Ib 3oz, 6 fish 3rd Tammy Rose Mc Gerty 8Ib 7oz, 2 fish Under 8's 1st Lilly Sheenan 10Ib 8oz 2nd Noah Clarke 4Ib 1oz, 1 fish