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Autumn 2014

Loch Internationals

Autumn International
Lyn Brenig, Wales
12th September 2014

The Edinburgh Mortgage Co
Tel 0131 660 9738

RGMC Properties Ltd
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Scottish Team sponsored by
Fishers, Lake of Menteith, WFFC 2009
C.E.F., Newey & Eyre, Sig Roofing, Magnet Trade,
Alba Glass & Glazing, RGMC Properties Ltd, The Edinburgh Mortgage Company Ltd,
7plus7 Construction, Glencorse Rsv, Jewson, MGM Timber Scotland Ltd, Water-Weights and Vencomatic Group

The Autumn International was held at Llyn Brenig on Friday 12th September and true to form the conditions, having been consistent on the practice days, changed on match day. The practice days had been sunny with light breezes and occasional cloud and on match day it was overcast with a stronger wind and cooler conditions.

England, with 94 fish, followed up their success in the Spring International by taking the gold medal in the autumn match. Scotland were second with 84 fish with Wales in third with 65 fish and Ireland in fourth with 51 fish.

This was an outstanding performance by an English team that contained 9 new loch caps. Their captain, Phil Dixon, led by example with a catch of 19 trout for 36lb 11.5oz that earned him the Brown Bowl as the top individual in the match.

photo: Phil Dixon receiving the Brown Bowl
from IFFA President Peter Godfrey

England had 9 rods in the top 20 and filled three of the top four spots with David Currie, 10 trout for 17lb 10.5oz, in third and Paul Bebb, 9 trout for 17lb 8.5oz in fourth.

Peter Thurnall of Wales with 11 trout for 20lb 7.25oz was second overall and Wayne Jones, also of Wales, had the heaviest fish which went to the scales at 3lb 12.125oz

Top individual rod for Ireland was Harry McAteer with 9 trout for 17lb 2.125oz and top for Scotland was Peter Auchterlonie of Menteith Ospreys with 9 trout for 16lb 7.75oz

Scotland, led by captain Andy Dunn of Change FF AC put up an excellent all round performance to take the silver medal. Eleven of Scottish team were in the top 31 that caught 5 or more fish and they had 6 rods in the top 20.

photo: Peter Auchterlonie receiving ther Silver Salver from
IFFA President Peter Godfrey

Peter Auchterlonie, winner of the Brown Bowl and Phoenix Silver Salver in 1999 and 2013, was the top Scottish rod and 7th overall with 9 fish for 16lb 7.75oz New cap, Chris McAllister of Raemoir Trout Fishers, Andy Dunn, Ray Anderson of Leslie & Glenrothes AC and Allan Smith of Kinross AC were 8th, 9th, 11th and 12th with 8 fish. New cap Peter Batchelor of the Harrow AC, Derek Pozzi of Rainbow AC and new cap Richard McHattie of Aberdeen & District AA were 17th, 21st and 22nd with 6 fish. Richard joins the group of anglers who have caps at both loch and rivers. New cap Michael Low of Menteith Ospreys, Colin Macdonald of Dunoon and District AC and Kevin McCabe of Change FF AC were 24th, 26th and 33rd with 5 fish. Alex McEwan of Rainbow Warriors was 38th with 4 fish while Kevin Porteous of Dounreay AC and new cap Greg Donnelly of Craufurdland FF were 41st and 44th with 3 fish.

Peter Auchterlonie - 7th

Peter was drawn with Andre Gysler of England and having won the toss he opted to start at Bryn Maen Shore. With little doing there they moved over to Hafod Lom Woods and started about half way along. Depending on the direction of the wind they either drifted parallel with the bank or drifted in and out. Peter took 8 of his fish at the woods and Andre took 2.

photo: Peter and Andre
tossing a coin before the start

For the last two hours they went over to Barrow Island where Peter took his last fish. From Barrow Island they headed back to the finishing area and drifted onto the jetty where Andre took his third fish

Chris McAllister - 8th

Chris was drawn with Seamus O'Dare of Ireland and they agreed that Chris would take control of the boat for the first two hours.

They started at the Bryn Maen Shore where Chris hooked and lost a fish and after about an hour with nothing doing there they moved over to the Ring of Stones. During an hour there Chris boated one fish on a Di3. From the Ring of Stones they moved down to the Hafod Lom Woods where he hooked and lost two fish. They then went over to Watersports Bay for half an hour and then on to Sailing Club Bay.

From Sailing Club Bay they worked their down to the dam and then to the back of the cages. In the last two hours at the back of the cages Chris picked up 7 fish and Seamus got one.

Andy Dunn (Captain) - 9th

Andy was drawn with Wayne Jones of Wales and given Wayne's knowledge and expertise on Brenig he was happy for him to take charge of the boat.

They started at the cages and drifted in the direction of the jetty. Andy took a fish on his first cast and ten minutes later took his second. Another fish was lost when a hook caught on a rope. They spent around 90 minutes at the cages and during that time Andy had a total of 3 fish and dropped another 4. Wayne picked up a trout of 3lb 12oz there which proved to be the heaviest fish of the day.

From the cages they started to work their way around the various areas that had been holding fish in the practice days. At Brenig Point they had one each and Andy had another one at the top end of Brenig Arm.

Andy picked up another one at the Coves and when Wayne took one on dries he changed to dries as well. They work their way down the east bank where he picked up 2 and dropped 2. They were back at the cages from about 3.30pm to the end and he picked up his last fish there and dropped another one.


Autumn International Llyn Brenig, Wales
12th September 2014
The full result is on the iffa website at www.iffa.net
Position	Country	Fish	Lbs	ozs
1st	England	94	175	9 1/8
2nd	Scotland	84	155	5 7/8
3rd	Wales	65	118	10 1/2
4th	Ireland	51	90	2


Individual Positions of Scottish Team

Position		Club	Fish	Lbs	Ozs

7th	Peter Auchterlonie	Menteith Ospreys	9	16	7.75
8th	Chris McAllister	Raemoir Trout Fishers	8	16	5.875
9th	Andy Dunn	Change FF AC	8	15	4.75
11th	Ray Anderson	Leslie & Glenrothes AC	8	15	4.5
12th	Allan Smith	Kinross AC	8	15	0.125
17th	Peter Batchelor	Harrow AC	6	11	8.75
21st	Derek Pozzi	Rainbow AC	6	10	11.125
22nd	Richard McHattie	Aberdeen & District AA	6	10	6.125
24th	Michael Low	Menteith Ospreys	5	9	12.75
26th	Colin Macdonald	Dunoon & District AC	5	9	6.375
33rd	Kevin McCabe	Change FF AC	5	7	7
38th	Alex McEwan	Rainbow Warriors	4	6	11
41st	Kevin Porteous	Dounreay AC	3	5	7.125
44th	Greg Donnelly	Craufurdland FF	3	3	14.5

Andy Dunn (Captain)

Club: Change FF AC

Previous Caps: 3

Ray Anderson

Club: Leslie & Glenrothes AC

Previous Caps: 3

Brown Bowl and Phoenix Silver Salver 2013

Peter Auchterlonie

Club: St Fillans & Lochearn AC

Previous Caps: 12

Brown Bowl 1999 and 2013, Phoenix Silver Salver 1999 and 2013
National Champion 2010