IFSA/AFYDI Youth Initiation Day
IFSA/AFYDI Youth Initiation Day
On May the 6th THE IFSA held a youth initiation day, this was held in two parts of the country, one in Antrim and one in Kerry. The host clubs, Glengormley and District SAC and Tralee Bay SAC organised the events which were extremely successful. Both clubs put a huge amount of work into the setting up of the event to ensure it ran smoothly.
Prior to the event advertising was the key to attracting new young people to become involved in the day and between the two clubs nearly forty juniors expressed interest and signed up.
The morning of sign up was fairly hectic with so many new to angling, health and safety was priority was of great importance to ensure the maximum was gained from the day. An entry fee was charged which covered the membership fee for each junior for the rest of the year to each club.
Glengormely and District SAC Held there day on Waterfoot where Lisa Gormley and Jim Snoddy gave an over view of the sport and helped everyone get set up. The juniors all thoroughly enjoyed the day and everyone caught fish. Other club members also got involved and it was very rewarding to see so many people involved.
Tralee Bay SAC went to Barrow and Alison O Sullivan AND Eugene Farrelly assisted the juniors to prepare for a day of fishing. There was a good number of fish caught and everyone went home happy.
Both events have created a lot of interest from those who took part and as each junior was an IFSA member they are able to fish with the club for the rest of the year. These type of days will raise the profile of the fantastic fishing these shores have to offer and will help us to reach out to those that do not fish and to those that do without affiliation to any organisation.
