Special Needs Angling Match in Offaly This Weekend

25th May 2012

#ANGLING - Loch An Dochais in Kilcormac will host its annual All Ireland Trout Angling Match for anglers with special needs this Sunday 27 May, as the Offaly Express reports.

The contest is celebrating its 16th year in 2012, and hopes to welcome its biggest ever field of contenders competing for the Mary Robinson Perpetual Trophy.

Fishing commences at 11am till 2.45pm with a bag limit of four trout per angler. All legitimate angling methods are permitted on the day, which also features a youth trout angling competition from 3pm to 5pm.

The Offaly Express has more on the story HERE.

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