South Vs South East Friendly Match - Brighton Marina - 28 July 2007

**Mark_S** · 15-06-2007, 14:54

This replaces the original first post because I assume that all who are interested have already signalled their intentions.

Details for the meet on Saturday.

For info on getting to the Marina. Click here http://www.bmwaterfrontshopping.com/howtofindus.htm and there are maps from every conceivable direction.

When entering the Marina, you will come down a slope with Asda on your left hand side and the multi storey car park on your right. At the bottom of the slope is a roundabout. If you turn right at this roundabout you will see a McDonalds on the right hand side of the road. The Tackle Box is up on the left hand side. There is a car park at the back of McDonalds and you can park in here for a bit if there is space available.

We will meet up from around 4pm at The Tackle Box at Brighton Marina. I reckon an hour or so of meeting and greeting, milling about, general chit-chat, collecting bait, buying tackle, organising ferrying down of anglers plus kit to the East Arm and getting cars parked up in the multi storey.

Anyone arriving later than 5pm or so will need to park their car in the multi storey and make their own way down to the East Arm. Or you can drive down to the East Arm, bring your kit along to here we’ll be (somewhere after Peg 26) then drive back to the multi storey, park up and head back to the East Arm on foot without having to lug your kit. For info on directions within the Marina http://www.brightonmarina-seafishing.co.uk/index.htm go here.

Any who want to arrive earlier to get on down to the Arm and start pleasure fishing are welcome to do so – we’ll catch up with you later. Bear in mind though there may be an additional charge for the period up to 6pm.

The draw for the match will take place at 5.45 pm. By then we will know how many anglers we have, how many free pegs we have and therefore how many double and triple pegs we’ll need. Once the draw is done and, for those who are entering, the pool money collected, we should have plenty of time to get sorted to fish the match which begins at 6.30pm and runs until 11.30pm.

I will bring with me enough scorecards, plus SAMF length to points charts. The scorecards also have the rules on them and the NFSA minimum sizes we are fishing to. Please could you bring pens, measures and something to lean on when recording fish – a clipboard or a piece of card is ideal.

If the Arms are closed to fishing on the day due to windy conditions, we will still meet at The Tackle Box and decide on an alternative venue which will be within a few miles.

If the weather forecast on Friday suggests that on Saturday the Arm will be unfishable I will post an alternative venue here around 8pm. The current forecast is for very light WSW winds on Saturday and sunny skies! After a couple of days of it blowing quite hard from the SW this will hopefully result in some excellent catches.

Finally, if you need to speak to me for any reason, my mobile number is 07850 713438.

Look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday afternoon.

**wriggy** · 15-06-2007, 19:38

i would like to attend but as you can see i only joined the begining of the month so is that a problem?

i understand if it is!

**jassyfa** · 15-06-2007, 19:52

Originally Posted by wriggy

i would like to attend but as you can see i only joined the begining of the month so is that a problem?

i understand if it is!

No problems as long as you enjoy your fishing and can give and take the banter

**jassyfa** · 15-06-2007, 20:53

I think a list of names for us in the essex, kent area should have a list of names for those who are going to fish.

**Issy** · 15-06-2007, 21:16

Sorry lads, can't make it apart from the problems with the night fishing, I might not have a car and I am also committed to help out on a cycle race on the Sunday. Hope you all have a good time see you at the next one.

**Dave Oldman** · 15-06-2007, 21:57

sorry,but i can't make it either.got a boat trip booked out of dover.good luck to you all and i hope it goes well.....dave.

**jassyfa** · 15-06-2007, 21:57

So its me and wriggy then. Come on how unfair is that, the two of us vs the whole south coast. Perhaps I should fish left handed to make it more fair?