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SONIK SPORTS SIGN UP TO TROUTMASTERS
AND DONATE TO CHARITY
Over the last thirty years, the TroutMasters competition, run by Trout Fisherman magazine, has established a reputed name for itself amongst the thousands of fly fishermen that take part each year – so the chance to become headline sponsor made perfect sense for Sonik Sports to become involved with the event and the fly anglers who compete.
“As the biggest event of its kind in Europe, Troutmasters is available for anyone to enter and provides a perfect platform to promote our brand. Each month we will be offering a number of tackle prizes for anglers who catch the biggest fish, plus at the final, one lucky angler will win a ‘once in a lifetime’ exotic fishing holiday,” commented Ian McCormack, Sonik Sports Commercial Director.
“We will also be holding exciting SONIK promotional days across all major TroutMaster waters throughout the year - www.soniksports.com/troutmasters . Anyone interested in fly fishing is welcome to attend where they can meet the team, try out the gear and have some fun entering competitions to win various prizes. In addition we are committed to using each event will help to raise money for the charity Water Aid. Sonik Sports has pledged to donate 1.5% of the sales profit generated through the SONIK Troutmasters events to this worthwhile charity whose mission is to overcome poverty by enabling the world's poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education.
“We are delighted to be associated with one of the best known fly fishing competitions in the world and we look forward to meeting the competitors and building an even more successful competition in the forthcoming years”
Trout Fisherman Editor Russell Hill said: "We’re really proud of Troutmasters. Its popularity is ever growing and we’re delighted to have linked up with a quality brand in Sonik Sports. This exciting new association with Sonik now gives the perfect platform to significantly grow what is already the biggest fly-fishing competition in Europe and make a suitable celebration of its 30th year in existence.
What’s it all about? – Rules and mechanics
Troutmasters is the largest trout fishing competition of its type in the UK, involving the ordinary, non-match angler (aged 14 and over for senior competition or 13 and under for juniors). Anyone catching a large trout on any registered Troutmasters Water should be asked if they would like to register for the competition. At the end of every month, the three entrants who have caught the top three fish at each water will receive a Troutmasters cloth badge. At the end of the year, all badge holders will be eligible to enter a fish-off at their qualifying water to determine who will represent each water in the final.
The 2008 competition will run from 21st December 2007 to 20th December 2008.
Each monthly competition runs from 21st of one month to 20th of the next month.
All official Troutmasters forms must be completed and witnessed by a fishery official and forwarded to Trout Fisherman within five days.
Fishery staff are not eligible to enter the competition.
The competition is only open to purchasers of day, week or season tickets at registered Troutmasters Waters.
Entrants must be aged 14 & over to enter the senior competition or 13 & under to enter the junior competition.
Two separate witnesses are required – one to the catch and one to the weighing. Entries are not valid if these sections are not completed.
If a fish is released alive, it MUST have been witnessed by an official member of the fishery staff, and weighed on an approved scale.
Stillwater Salmon can be entered.
All fish-offs must be policed and run by individual waters. All fisheries will be sent a set of recommended guidelines for running a fish-off.
Fishery managers must notify Trout Fisherman of fish-off winners by the deadline given. Late entries will not be eligible to take part in the final.
Trout Fisherman reserves the right to select the final three badge winners allocated at each final every month. The editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Trout Fisherman is at liberty to withdraw any water or angler from the competition – no reason need be given.
BEST FISH OF THE MONTH
Every month one entry will be selected as the best fish of the month and will be awarded a prize. The competition will be judged on the following criteria, in order of importance: weight, condition of the fish (if photographic evidence is supplied) and strength of the tackle used. A grown-on reservoir fish may carry more merit than a recently introduced stockie.
