Tercentenary
Celebration
Inter-province Flyfishing match
Date - Saturday 29th April 2017
Venue – Rib Valley Fishing Lakes, Westmill Farm, Ware, SG12 0ES
Contact Number for Fishery (Rib Valley Angling) 01920 462200
Cost £180 per team (£30 - 3 fish ticket X 6)
From M25 Junct. 25, take A10 North past Ware turnoff, take A602 exit after crossing
the long viaduct after Hertford turnoff and head towards A602 Stevenage, fishery is on
left after a short distance on left before amenity tip.
From A1 take A602 Stevenage turnoff and follow A602 right through past Tonwell,
venue will be on right after tip.
How match will be organised.
1. Each of the 5 provinces involved (Herts, Bucks, Middx, Berks & Oxon) will be entering a 6
man team. NB I would suggest a reserve angler or two comes along in case a team member has
to pull out at last minute (see later note re substitutes).
2. The ticket covers 3 fish to be taken only, after that it will be catch & release NB It is the anglers
responsibility to ensure any extra fish are weighed prior to release (scalesmen will be provided
by Herts for this purpose).
3. Result will be decided on total weight of fish caught & taken by a team, in the event of a tie on
weight, the weights of additional fish caught and released will be used as a tie breaker, hence
the need for reserves to ensure all 6 slots are used.
4. Initial start pegs are drawn randomly, however after a period of time a horn will be sounded and
all anglers move along 3 pegs clockwise, start of all sessions will be by whistle.
5. Because of cost implications, food will not be provided, anglers will have to bring their own.
6. Each angler will have a catch card, on which will be recorded number of fish taken and any
extras released weights, these to be signed at weigh in, so angler confirms weight recorded for
him is accurate i.e. not scalesman fault if an error occurs. This card to be then handed over to
organisers to calculate team weights for result.
7. The fishery has a lodge with tea/coffee making facilities and toilets, also there is an excellent
tackle shop on site, there is a restaurant on site but it’s not cheap.
8. Competitor qualification, they must be one of following:- a freemason; a friend or relative of a
freemason, or have some involvement with the Masonic Fishing Charity.
9. Practice prior to match, all competitors are welcome to do so but at their own cost. NB The
Masonic Fishing Charity is holding an event on the 26th April, so the lake will be in use that day.
10. As unlike Coarse match, there is nothing for the reserves to do, teams can substitute a reserve
for an initial team member during the match, however only original weight card is used and no
extra fish from 3 taken limit applies e.g. Fred from Herts starts off and has two fish, Fred is
substituted by Charlie, and hands over catch card thus Charlie can only take one more fish then
has to do catch & release. NB Any extras caught by Charlie will count if needed.Any fish on
but not landed at time of session end hooter can be landed and will count, but only if landed
within 10 minute move slot. Once landed angler must vacate peg immediately afterwards so as
not to impede next angler, we’ll probably delay next session start after this providing delay is
reasonable i.e. it would be unfair to wait half an hour for them to land fish and then move.
Timescale
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8 am – 8.30am Peg draw.
9.00 am Match starts (Session 1).
9.45 am First move sounded
9.55 am Session 2 starts
10.40 am Second move sounded
10.50 am Third Session starts
11.35 am Third move sounded
11.45 am Fourth Session starts
11.55 am Fifth move sounded
12.05 am Fifth Session starts
12.50 pm Sixth move sounded
13.00 pm Sixth session starts
14.00pm Match ends, Weigh in will start ASAP
14.00pm plus result calculation takes place, suggest anglers make use of tea/coffee making
facilities at this point
15.00-15.30 pm Presentations.
If other members of competitors families accompany angler, there are some activities run by Westmill
Farm on site, (see their website for details) also shopping centres at Ware close by (10 mins) or
Stevenage New Town (about 30 mins).
NB There is no public transport available to/from this venue, trips to shopping centres will have to
allow for this.