Paddle Round the Pier Beach Festival: Charity fishing comp.

**underwaterimage** · 08-01-2007, 16:57

Afternoon all, as some of you know, Im one of the senior organisers for www.paddleroundthepier.com

This years event will raise money for the RNLI, Rockinghorse Appeal (childrens hospital) and Surfaid International. It will be over the full weekend of 7th & 8th July. This years event is themed as a beach festival and i have persuaded the organisers that us lot as anglers should be included.

My idea (still under progress and open to suggestions) is a fishing comp held in the evening of Saturday 7th where the angler pay's and entry donation of say £5-10?? and also gets sponsored by friends and family.

For each say £20 raised in sponsorship the angler recieves a raffle ticket for a chance to win prizes donated by the local shops and fishing tackle industry.

We use this format in the main paddle event and it works very well with twelve grands worth of prizes donated by surf and watersports shops and manufacturers.

So, i need a few things to make this work, listed below.

1)Contacts for shops and industry who would donate prizes. (in return for advertising). If a shop or manufacturer came up with some serious goods then they could even have this section of the weekend named after them.

2)Someone competent to help organise and run the event.

So if you can help with any of the above please email (sean@paddleroundthepier.com) or call me on 07917 410332

It would be great if we could all make this work, raise some donations and have a good laugh in the process.

Many thanks

Sean

**Jamie Donnelly** · 08-01-2007, 17:27

sean, i would like to help with anything that needs to be done.

Jamie

**underwaterimage** · 08-01-2007, 17:44

Originally Posted by Jamie Donnelly

sean, i would like to help with anything that needs to be done.

Jamie

Cheers matey, do you have any contacts?

**Jamie Donnelly** · 08-01-2007, 18:16

mmmm.......

not really, but i could start by calling tackle shops or people like that. i could try and get some sort of prizes sorted..

im sure the dude from penn will help out?

Jamie

**underwaterimage** · 08-01-2007, 18:20

Lets not charge ahead just yet. Lets see (hope) that some others come forward and then we can get a battle plan put together. These event need some careful setting up with PR, press and the like. Great to have your enthusiasm on board.

**Jamie Donnelly** · 08-01-2007, 18:42

lol, your the boss!!!

Jamie

**mark h** · 08-01-2007, 22:24

hi shaun.
i'd be up for this, as i did this event last year, we were the crazy crew in the giant tv set for tv brighton. always a good event and well organized for good causes. also good to see another bbs member on here.

mark h

**geffaz** · 08-01-2007, 23:11

very intrested in the event!
wouldnt like to put my self in a position of organiser
as the word competant/resposible came up lol!
but anything i can do just pm!
get brighton kayaks on the blower lets have a prowler 15 (fishing kayak) as the star prize ;-]

**Jamie Donnelly** · 08-01-2007, 23:16

gef that would be cool!!! lol

Jamie

**geffaz** · 09-01-2007, 00:20

jd that would be very cool mate!
think id do my homework for that one!
maybe even be arsed to give the big guns a run for ther money!
(you know the ones that take matchfishing seriously, weirdos)