Irish Federation Of Sea Anglers (IFSA) Junior Camp at Cappaclough Beach Co.Kerry
Cappaclough Beach, Camp. Co. Kerry
This is one of the favourite beaches in Kerry due to its variety of species.
Over the summer two events have been held there to accommodate our juniors.
In July the Jimmy Smith- All Ireland championships were held on this interesting venue, this is a much anticipated competition and always a great turnout. The Maurice Dalton cup is the prize for the juniors and this year our u16s World Championship team competed for the cup in the competition.
As all the team were all attending the competition, the managers decided to arranged a team building weekend for the lads. There was great excitement as they gathered on Friday night before the competition and as always it always a pleasure to listen to the like-minded young anglers talk and make plans for the weekends fishing.
The completion was a great success with Finn Healy winning the cup, each of the young competitors did well and they all appeared to have enjoyed it. After the prize giving took place, they were all eager to get out and they ventured off to Dingle for the night of pleasure fishing. There was a great buzz that night when they arrived back to base with chat about who caught what.
I had the pleasure of hosting the team and all I can say is what a great bunch of polite young men, with such a passion for what they are doing. A great weekend was had by all.
At the end of August Cappaclough was the venue again for a Munster qualifier, the U 16s and U 21s get together for a 4 hour competition. This was the 2nd leg of three competitions held to determine the Munster teams for the Inter Provincials which take place early next year. They travelled from all over Munster for an early start, once again showing their determination and dedication to their sport. A total of 12 anglers took part and once again another successful event was run, with a good number of flounders and bass caught.
