Charity Carp Fishing Fundraiser

This entry was posted on 24th January, 2017

Every year, Angling Direct Norwich goes head to head with a local gym team in an epic fishing match. However, it’s not only carp that are on the line in this fishing match! The teams compete for pride, their reputation, and in the hope to raise a huge amount of money for charity. This year’s match raised money for two incredible local charities. The first of these was East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) and the second was the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) – both incredible causes that do amazing work in the local area.

Although the main aim of the match is to raise a huge amount of money for charity, we’d be lying if we said the teams weren’t a little bit competitive! Once again, the Gym Team, lead by Stuart Chase, clinched victory and were able to hold on to the Angling Direct Charity Cup for the second year running. However, we’re happy to say that this year saw a much closer fought competition between the two teams.

Only two fish ended up being landed in the match, with Angling Direct beating last year’s blank in order to take an early lead. However, Stuart Chase’s Gym Team answered back quickly, with an 18lb carp which ended up being enough to secure victory. Angling Direct’s ‘dream team’ of Highley and Crowe (their words, not ours) did manage to hook a further three fish. Sadly all three were lost on their way into the net – we’re assured that this had nothing to do with the angling abilities of our staff and was instead down to the fact they were fishing with rubber hooks!

At the end of the day, it’s about the money raised rather than the fish landed. We’d like to extend a huge THANK YOU to everyone who turned out over the weekend to show their support, as well as everyone who took part in the raffle. We’d also like to thank the Bridge Inn and Lenwade Lakes, for their incredible support of the competition.

This year’s total was an impressive £3,000 – with £2716.40 being raised on the day and Angling Direct writing out a check for the rest!

£1,500 will be going towards EACH – which supports children with life threatening conditions in East Anglia. You can find out more about the charity and how to support it on their website: https://www.each.org.uk/

£1,500 will be going towards the EAAA – which provides emergency medical services for the people of East Anglia and air support for the local hospitals. Once again, you can find out more details on their website: https://www.eaaa.org.uk/

We’d like to once again thank everyone who donated at the event, as well as to the two teams:

Angling Direct Team Nathan Highley (Captain), Stephen Crowe, Barrie Channon, Scott Kingsley, Andrew Hull, and Richard Wells.

Gym Team Stuart Chase (Captain), Ryan Gardner, William Kelly, Andy Knights, Daniel Muskett, and Jack Muskett.

Team AD will certainly have a lot to prove in next year’s match, so make sure to watch out for how to get involved – we’re sure it won’t be one to miss!