On Saturday 6 June the Club’s competition anglers fished an evening ‘catch and release’ competition at the Corbet Lough for the McGivern Shield. At the results ceremony Len Murray was declared the winner with 2 fish measuring over 100cms. Jack Russell and Roger McClements were 2nd and 3rd respectively. On Saturday 13 June Chris Cowgill reported some great sport catching and releasing lovely wild Brown Trout on the River Bann. The Club’s competition anglers travelled to Lough Melvin to fish a ‘catch and release’ competition for the Linda Clinghan Shield. They enjoyed some great fishing with 31 fish meeting the size measure and also a number of smaller fish. At the results ceremony Geoff Hylands was declared the winner with 7 fish. Andy Holden was second also with 7 fish and Patrick Curran was 3rd with 4 fish. Geoff won the competition on the basis of catching his first measurable fish before Andy. Andy caught a specimen Melvin Trout measuring about 70cms and weighing about 9lbs. Definitely the fish of a lifetime. During the first 2 weeks of June the anglers at the Corbet Lough have been enjoying great fishing from both the shore and the boats. Geoff Hylands, Donald McClearn, Leonard Ervine, Paul McKinstry, Raymond Cherry, George Gallagher, Roger McClements and Brendan Downey have been reporting some great fishing from the shore on dries. Stevie Rea, Lance McCarthy, Matt Shields, Stevie Ferris, Tom King, Gerard Lyness, Les Patton, Lenny Murray and Martin Hawkins have been reporting some great catches from the boat. On Thursday 18 June Stevie Rea had 21 fish to the boat at the Corbet Lough. On Friday 19 June Stevie Rea and Andy Jackson had over 40 fish between them to the boat. Martin Hawkins was also out and he had 20 fish to the boat. On Saturday 20 June Leonard Ervine and Paul McKinstry enjoyed some great sport from the boat on dry daddies. In the evening the Club’s competition anglers fished a ‘catch and release’ competition for the Otterburn Trophy at the Corbet Lough. Roger McClements won the competition with a catch of 99cms. Sam Grant and Dessy Graham were 2nd and 3rd respectively. On Thursday 25 June the boat anglers at the Corbet Lough reported some good catches. In the evening the Club’s competition anglers fished in the 1st heat of the Boat Anglers Cup competition. The following anglers qualified to fish in the final: Keith Moffitt 10 fish, Sam Watt 8 fish, D Aiken 6 fish, Roger McClements 6 fish and Donald McClearn 3 fish. On Friday 26 June the Corbet Lough boat anglers again reported some good catches with Stevie Rea and Andy Jackson catching over 20 fish between them on buzzers. In the evening the Club’s competition anglers were back at the Corbet Lough to fish in the 2nd heat of the Boat Anglers Cup. The following anglers qualified to fish in the final: Stevie Clarke 15 fish, Raymond Cherry 10 fish, Patrick Curran 5 fish, Frank Kearney 4 fish, Len Murray 4 fish, Sam Grant and Wilson Clinghan. On Saturday 27 June the Club’s competition anglers returned to the Corbet Lough to fish in the final of the Boat Anglers Cup. At the end of the evening Stevie Clarke won the competition with 19 fish. Keith Moffitt was 2nd with 9 fish and Sam Grant was 3rd with 8 fish. All the fish caught in the Boat Anglers Cup competition were returned unharmed.