Grandissimo successo della edizione 2018 di Lough Ree International Pike Festival & World Cup.

Davvero ricchissime queste acque

Il numero di pesci oltre il metro è stato cosi alto (21) da permettere di raggiungere, il secondo giorno, la top ten solo a pesci di oltre 104,5 cm

Team Rock and Roll – Lukasz Sankiewicz & Bartosz Nieciecki col luccio di 114.5cm
Team Rock and Roll – Lukasz Sankiewicz & Bartosz Nieciecki col luccio di 114.5cm

Congratulazioni a Lukasz Sankiewicz e Bartosz Nieciecki vincitori della

The Lough Ree International Pike Festival & World Cup 2018.

I loro tre lucci migliori nei tre giorni: 88.00cm, 114.50cm and 110.00cm.

Qui sotto i risultati

Results – Top 10 each day

Wednesday 18th April

1st – 113.25cm – Boat 52 – Jonathon Craven & Alan Cully – €1000
2nd – 111.00cm – Boat 61 – Mark Mullin & Kenny Harte – €800
3rd – 110.00cm – Boat 96 – Thomas Killion & Thomas Killion Jnr – €700
4th – 108.50cm – Boat 63 – Mark O’Regan & Ken Whelan – €600
5th – 104.75cm – Boat 24 – Des Howell & Shane Herbert – €500
6th – 103.75cm – Boat 59 – Joe McDermott & Pat Healy – €400
Jnt 7th – 103.00cm – Boat 76 – Padraig Corcoran & Dave Leonard – €250
Jnt 7th – 103.00cm – Boat 40 – James Flynn & Martin Casserly – €250
Jnt 9th – 102.00cm – Boat 28 – Florian Peter & Mal McCormac – €125
Jnt 9th – 102.00cm – Boat 88 – Roger Wellens & Guy Brockman – €125

Thursday 19th April

1st. 114.50cm – Boat 57 – Lukasz Sankiewicz & Bartosz Nieciecki – €1000
2nd. 112.75cm – Boat 16 – Conor Hannon & Eamon Craven – €800
3rd. 111.75cm – Boat 100 – Willie O’Brien & Christy Kelly – €700
4th. 110.00cm – Boat 81 – Peter Hodlmoser & Ursula Hodlmoser – €600
5th. 107.25cm – Boat 80 – Paul Hayden & Liam O’Brien – €500
6th. 106.75cm – Boat 03 – Alan Pickford & Christy Pickford – €400
7th. 106.00cm – Boat 59 – Joe McDermott & Pat Healy – €300
8th. 105.50cm – Boat 62 – Mark Hughes & Rory Hughes – €200
9th. 105.25cm – Boat 94 – Stephen Gibbons & Al Rawlings – €150
10th. 104.75cm – Boat 04 – Albert Hannon & D. R. Reddin – €100

Friday 20th April

1st. 110.00cm – Boat 57 – Lukasz Sankiewicz & Bartosz Nieciecki – €1000
2nd. 105.25cm – Boat 06 – Barry Darby & John Creighton – €800
Jnt 3rd. 104.00cm – Boat 58 – Lukasz Szuminski & Grzegorz Strzelec – €650
Jnt 3rd. 104.00cm – Boat 10 – Brian Connaughton & Paul Martin – €650
5th. 102.00cm – Boat 62 – Mark Hughes & Rory Hughes – €500
6th. 100.25cm – Boat 87 – Michael McCormack & Robert McCormack – €400
7th. 99.00cm – Boat 86 – Rob Neilan & Dermot O’Neill – €300
8th. 98.50cm – Boat 08 – Blaine Carberry & Patrick O’Neill – €200
9th. 98.00cm – Boat 17 – Damien Gleeson & David Roche – €150
10th. 95.00cm – Boat 86 – Rob Neilan & Dermot O’Neill – €100

Longest Pike of the Festival

114.50cm – Boat 57 – Lukasz Sankiewicz & Bartosz Nieciecki – €1000

World Cup Winner 2018

Boat 57 – Lukasz Sankiewicz & Bartosz Nieciecki – €1000
88.00cm + 114.50cm +110.00cm = 312.50cm

Damien Culliney dei Anglers Paradise Ireland: finito al 15esimo posto
Damien Culliney dei Anglers Paradise Ireland: finito al 15esimo posto

Quando negli anni 80 arrivai in Irlanda la grandissima passione per la pesca al luccio era sfrenata e i lucci tantissimi ma le gare mi apparvero folli: noi che stavamo sviluppando il C&R ci sentivamo grandi..

E invece trenta anni dopo qui i lucci continuano ad esserci alla grande, le gare anche, la pesca è ancora al top… avevano ragione loro…