On Saturday 2 May the Club hosted the Ulster River Championship on its stretch of the River Bann. The competing anglers caught 214 measurable fish and many more undersize fish. The result and qualifying angers were as follows: 1st Mark Sloan 33 fish, 2nd Andrew Sloan 23 fish, 3rd Stuart McMurran 22 fish, 4th Fintan Carlin 19 fish, 5th Brian Russell 17 fish. Team reserve, Philip Poots. All the fish caught were returned unharmed. On Monday 4 May the Club’s competition anglers were at the Corbet Lough to fish for the Brendan Downey Cup. This was a ‘catch and release’ competition with the result based on the overall length of the angler’s 2 best fish. There was some great fish caught and measured. Leonard Ervine won the Cup with an overall length of 99cms. Dessy Graham and Roger McClements were 2nd and 3rd respectively. The ‘catch and release’ was very successful and very popular with the competing anglers. On Thursday 7 May Gerard Lyness and Tom King were out at the Corbet Lough fishing wets. They had 27 fish to the boat on Dabblers and Bumbles. David McQuade and Paul Martelli had 18 fish up to 4lbs to the boat on diawl bachs and the Red Arsed Green Peter. Stevie Rea and Andy Jackson had 15 fish to the boat on lures and buzzers. Roy Blake had 9 fish to the boat. Michael McKeown had 5 fish to the boat. Stevey McArdle and Jim Kennedy also had 5 fish to the boat on lures and buzzers. The anglers spinning from the shore also caught fish. On Friday 8 May there was 5 boats out on the Corbet Lough. Len Murray and Pat Magee had 10 fish to the boat. Pat was catching on Dabblers and Len caught fish on his black death fly and a diawl back. Stevie Rea also had 10 fish to the boat on lures and buzzers. Martin Hawkins had 8 for fish. Stevie Ferris and Jim McClelland had 6 fish to the boat with Jim catching a fantastic Rainbow of 7lbs. Patrick Curran fished dries and he had a fish on the shuttlecock buzzers and hooked and lost a number of other fish. Leonard Ervine and Paul McKinstry caught fish from the shore in the top bay also using shuttlecock buzzers. Ronnie Adair caught 6 fish on the fly from the shore. On Saturday 9 May the conditions at the Corbet Lough were challenging with bright sunshine and a strong breeze. Tom King and Gerard Lyness fished wets grand had 21 fish to the boat including a lovely Brown Trout of 3lbs. Mark Neill and Roy Neill had 5 fish to the boat on diawl bachs. Marty Magee had 5 fish to the boat on wets and lures. Dennis Lucas and Roy McKee had a couple of nice fish to the boat. On Sunday 10 May there was two boats out on the Corbet Lough. Philip Rankin had 2 fish. Matthew Cooper and Jamie Cooper also had 2 fish. Paul McKinstry was fishing the fly from the shore and he had 4 fish including a lovely over wintered Rainbow. On Thursday 14 May the conditions at the Corbet Lough were challenging, especially for the boat anglers. However some boat anglers still reported some great catches. Gerard Lyness and Tom King had 43 fish to the boat. Stevie Rea and Andy Jackson had 31 fish to the boat. On Saturday 16 May Paul McKinstry was fly fishing in the top bay and he caught a fantastic Rainbow of about 7lbs. On Monday 18 May it was a wet evening with a strong south/south easterly wind. Dessy Graham was fly fishing at the Corbet Lough and he caught 4 great fish with the best a real bar of silver weighing about 6lbs.