R.A.24 S.E.N.P.A.C

Flying Start

2011-10-05T14:01:00.000-07:00

Bruce Turnbull got the new season off to a flying start when he and Dave Greally visited a trout water North of the border. This clonker weighing in at 25lb leaves the rest of us with one hell of a task in the chase for silverware. The one thing in our favour is that Bruce has given us just about the whole of the season to do it. Well done Bruce, great fish.

Pre-Season Taster

2011-08-26T14:17:00.000-07:00

With the official pike season just over a month away young Aaron Greally gave us all a reminder of what hopefully lies in store for us all with this 13lb 5oz summer beauty from Loch Ken.

New P.B. for Dave Greally.

2011-03-21T08:47:00.000-07:00

Pike angler of the year Dave Greally is certainly on a roll with two P.Bs in as many months. This fish of 26lb caught from The Lake of Menteith ups Daves P.B. by a whopping 12lb. Cracking fish Dave. Congratulations.

New P.B.

2011-02-11T11:34:00.000-08:00

Not one for resting on his laurels is Dave Greally. Our new pike angler of the year continues where he left off and a day over the border saw him up his P.B to 14lb 11ozs with this fin perfect beauty. Well done Dave.

S.E.N.P.A.C. Guestspeaker

2011-02-01T12:04:00.000-08:00

It gives me great pleasure to announce that SENPAC will be holding a slideshow and talk by well respected pike angler Mickey Jones. As many of you will know Mickey hails from Inverness and what he doesn't know about Highland piking just isn't worth knowing. Mickey has been asked by the PAC do a talk at the conference later in the year so this will give us a sneak preview. The talk will take place at The Northumbrian Piper, Fawdon, Newcastle (NE3 2AH) on Friday 25th Feb starting at 8pm and tickets are available on the door priced £2. If you like big fish with even bigger scenery this is the slideshow for you. We look forward to seeing you.

PRESENTATION NIGHT

2011-02-01T10:49:00.000-08:00

It doesn't seem a year since our last presentation night but a year it is. Where does time go eh!

Our presentiation night this year took place on Saturday 29th January at the Northumbrian Piper.

Another good turn out from members, members family and friends meant that the small room we'd been forced to use was a tight squeeze but I think it's fair to say that a good night was had by all who attended. The Greally family(especially) would like to thank everyone who donated prizes for the raffle as it was they who took home most of them. Thanks once again to Bruce for the excellent slideshow which I know is appreciated by everyone, to Mike Bell, Denise and to all the staff at the Piper. This years winners were:

Dave Greally won both the Club Trip Championship and Pike Angler of the Year(as well as most of the raffle prizes). A deserved double for Dave as anyone who fishes through holes in ice deserves something(apart from being locked up). Not to outdone by his dad, young Aaron Greally won Junior Pike Angler of the Year. Biggest fish of the season went to Lyn Baker. A presentation night wouldn't be a presentation night without Ross Greaves and it was Ross who took home the award for the best fish caught on a lure. Simon Fairclough was another double winner as he took home the Stuart Mordue Trophy for services to the club and also the trophy for the biggest pike caught on a club trip. Unfortunately Simon was unable to attend the evening due to ill health and I'm sure I speak for all our members when i say get well soon and we hope to see you on the bank again soon.

Congratulations to all our winners and let's hope for another exciting season this year.

NEW SEASON, NEW P.B.

2010-12-03T12:42:00.000-08:00

Another new pike season under way and already a new P.B. to report. Tom Leadbitter made the long trip down to the Cambridge Fens with Dave Gardner and was rewarded with this beauty of 15lb 8ozs. Well done Tom. Let's hope it's the first of many.

Summer Update

2010-10-19T15:30:00.000-07:00

Hi Folks. Well here we go go again. Another pike season upon us. I'm sure like myself you can't wait to kickstart another year of trials and tribulations. While looking forward to the new season, I couldn't help but look back over the summer months and found myself wondering how other members had kept themselves amused. I bought myself a set of golf clubs but after months of practice still can't cast them. It would appear though that others (especially the younger members) have had a fair bit of success in catching anything scaley while some of us have had to be a little more patient for our rewards. Dave Gardner even travelled over to Thailand in search of exotic beauties but changed his mind when he got there and went fishing instead.

So to everyone. I hope you enjoyed your summer break but now the serious stuff begins again. I hope we can see as many of you as possible on the banks of river, lake, loch or canal. Good luck and may all yor lines be tight.

Finally I'm sure everyone will join me in wishing Simon Fairclough a speedy recovery from his illness. Get well soon mate and hope to see you out and about again soon.

Neil.

20lber

2010-02-08T12:17:00.000-08:00

S.E.N.P.A.C. bloggs are like Northern busses. Nothing for ages then three come along together. Thought this was worth posting though even though its not a p.b. Lyn managed to sneak this one out over the weekend while out with the rest of the family. It was the only bite of the day and came within the last half hour of the trip. 20lb 8ozs. Well done Lyn, cracking fish.

Presentation Night

2010-02-08T11:42:00.001-08:00

S.E.N.P.A.C. held their annual presentation night on Saturday 30th January 2010 at our new venue, The Northumbrian Piper. It's the best turnout that I,ve ever seen at any event held by the club in all the years since I joined the club. Thanks to all who attended despite the dreadful weather.

Thanks to the staff of the Piper who laid on a superb buffet, to Bruce for the cracking slide show, to Mike who acted as compere for the evening and Lyn for presenting the awards.Pike angler of the year went to Paul Proctor. Stuart Fairclough won the club championship and also caught the biggest fish on a club trip. Ross Greaves also won two awards, biggest fish of the year and best fish caught on a lure. Bruce Turnbull won the Stuart Mordue trophy and Luke Baker won the junior angler of the year. A special award was presented to Dennis Fearon for the best quote of the year which is unfortunately unprintable and to Susan for all she's done for us over the years. Congratulations to you all.

Paul Proctor

2010-01-30T08:28:00.000-08:00

Paul Proctor upped his P.B twice in the space of a week. His first fish tipped the scales at 15lb 2ozs. A few days later he returned to the same venue and caught another cracker of 18lb 13ozs. Well done Paul, great going.

New Venue.

2010-01-28T14:46:00.000-08:00

S.E.N.P.A.C. have had to move away from the Holystone pub due to the retirement of Dennis and Susan Fearon. I'm sure we'd all like to thank both Dennis and Susan for the fantastic support they have given us over the years. Hopefully we'll now see more of Dennis on the banks We now have a new venue for our monthly meetings, the Northumbrian Piper, Red House. Meetings will continue to take place on the last Tuesday of each month at 8:00p.m.

Another P.B. for Aaron.

2009-11-22T13:18:00.000-08:00

Well, young Aaron certainly seems to have the knack of this pike fishing game. Just a few months into his career and already he's tackling the bigger girls{ and coming out on top}. A cracking new P.B. of 13lb 8ozs sees him leading the way in the junior section not to mention putting the wind up us senior members. Well done Aaron. You've got your dad in your sights now.

Two New P.Bs.

2009-11-05T08:32:00.000-08:00

Two new P.B.s to report and it's our two youngest members who grab the headlines. Aaron Greally is trying to outdo his dad and this is his best to date. A nice fish of 6lb from Loch Ken and Luke Baker IS oudoing his dad {and mam} in recent trips and this is his best so far. A highland fish of 11lb 7ozs. Well done boys. Keep the fish coming.

Summer News

2009-09-18T13:38:00.000-07:00

Another pike season is upon us but there were some notable catches during the summer months. New members Alan Simpson and Paul Barrass both caught thier first fish setting a benchmark for the coming season and Paul Proctor upped his P.B to 13lb 8ozs. A belated congratulations must go to Stuart Fairclough, our new club champion who brought an end to the reign of Dave Gardner. Well done lads. Let's hope we see your faces on here in coming months. Let's hope that we see a bit more of Mr. Greally junior. Young Aaron looks as though he is following in his dads footsteps seen in this photo to be catching a decent livebait. It would be nice to have a few more junior members at the club to give Luke a bit of competition. Get him joined up Dave. Start them young and be prepared to be put in the shade. Good luck to all members and may your lines be tight.

New P.B for Kay

2009-05-05T23:50:00.000-07:00

Kay Needham with her new best at 6lb 6oz.

Menteith

2009-03-08T06:33:00.000-07:00

Seven members of the club headed up to Menteith with high expectations. This we thought was the big oppotunity for some to improve thier P.B.s. Menteith had other ideas though as most of us struggled. Steve Sandiford did manage five modest fish and Bruce Turnbull a 16lber. The rest of us just enjoyed the scenery. Congratulations to Scott Davidson. Another fantastic fish that will get us all going back next year.

Awards Night 2008-2009

2009-02-23T03:54:00.000-08:00

The end of January saw the annual S.E.N.P.A.C. awards evening. A good turnout of members, family and friends enjoyed an excellent slideshow which had been put together by Bruce Turnbull and was presented by Mike Bell. A big thankyou also to the Mayor of North Tyneside who took the time out to present the awards to the lucky anglers who were:

Club Trip Champion..........................Dave Gardner{again}

Best Fish On A Club Trip.................Ross Graves{24lbs 6ozs}

Best Fish Of The Year......................Bruce Turnbull{27lb}

Best Lure Caught Pike.....................Bruce Turnbull{27lb}

Pike Angler Of The Year.................Ross Greaves.

Best Junior Angler...........................Luke Baker{again}

Stuart Mordue Trophy.................Bruce Turnbull.

There was also a special award to Kay Needham in

recognition of her trials and tribulations in her first year as a pike angler. Congatulations to you all.

Next meeting is on 24th February at 8:00p.m. at the Holystone. See you there.

The end of January saw the annual S.E.N.P.A.C. awards evening. A good turnout of members, family and friends saw an enjoyable slideshow which had been put together by Bruce Turnbull and was presented by Mike Bell. A big thankyou also to th Mayor of North Tyneside who took time out to present the awards to the lucky anglers who were:

Club Trip Champion......................Dave Gardner{again}

Best Fish On A Club Trip..............Ross Greaves{24lb 6ozs}

Best Fish Of The Year...................Bruce Turnbull{27lbs}

Best Lure Caught Fish...................Bruce Turnbull{27lbs}

Best Junior Angler.........................Luke Baker{again}

Stuart Mordue Trophy.................Bruce Turnbull.

Pike Angler Of The Year..............Ross Greaves.

There was also a special award for Kay Needham in recognition of the trials and tribulations of her first year as a pike angler. Congratulations to you all.

Next Meeting 24th February 8:00p.m. at the Holystone. See you there.

angler.

A New P.B. for Luke Baker

2009-02-20T23:53:00.000-08:00

Luke baker added 15ozs to his p.b. with this fish of 11lb 2ozs from Loch Ken.