Scotland go into Day 2 of the Celtic Cup coarse fishing match at Strathclyde Park in joint top position with Team Wales A after a tremendous opening day.
Both teams are tied on eight points and have been drawn next to each other on the water.
Gus Brindle, Scotland’s team manager, said that the opening session proved a great match with 106kg 825gr of fish caught between the 31 anglers on the bank.
Wales B are third on 17 points with Ireland Youth B one point behind. The Irish senior team are next with 20 points and then come Scotland Blue with 21, Wales/Ireland combined with 22 and Scotland Ladies on 27.
Looking at Scotland’s results, Barry Young (Scotland White) earned three section points in A Section with 5.925kg with Derek Brady (Scotland Blue) receiving five with 5.075kg and Heather Lauriston (Scotland Ladies) had eight with 1.474kg.
In Section B, Peter Dick (Scotland Blue) weighed in 6.300kg for two points and Josh Trueman (Scotland Blue) had 3.375kg for four points. Rosalind Cassidy (Scotland Ladies) had 1.100kg for eight points.
James Dornom (Scotland White) from Currie, Midlothian, topped Section C with 6.100kg with Mark Lyons (Scotland Blue) getting eight points with 1.550kg of fish. Emily Mather (Scotland Ladies) received three points for 1.550kg.
Finally, in Section D, Scott Laird (Scotland White) earned two points with 2.700kg while Ewan Weed (Scotland Blue) had four points awarded from 1.625kg of fish.
Today is the final day and Brindle hopes that his teams come through in this development international designed to help anglers step up to European and World Championship angling.
PICTURE: Emily Mather in action on the bank at Strathclyde Park. Picture Nigel Duncan
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