Terry Smithson
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Aug 17
Omagh Special Olympics Group.
We made a donation of £500 to the Omagh Special Olympics Group on behalf of the members of the Association. This money was raised through the raffle that we organised on the few days of the Angling Fair in Castlederg back in April alongside the entrance fees that we collected for the club competitions held …
Jul 24
Cheque Presentations to Air Ambulance and Palliative Care Ward
After a very successful fund raising effort members of Omagh Anglers Association handed over two cheques for £1000 each to Air Ambulance NI and the Palliative Care Ward respectively. It was a fantastic team effort by all involved to raise such a substantial amount of money and again I can only thank everyone for all …
May 27
Disaster again for the Drumragh River and its Tributaries
It is with complete horror and sadness that I am writing this report about the Drumragh River. As I am sure many of you are now aware of the huge (100,000 gallons of slurry) pollution incident on the river outside Dromore Co Tyrone on Wednesday 23rd May. This resulted in a massive fish kill of …
May 07
Omagh Anglers Association 2018 fundraiser for Charity
We had our fund raising draw at Birchwood Fishery Drumquin yesterday the 6th May. The draw was conducted by Stevie Smyth and Ian Sproule and was totally impartial. I want to thank everyone who bought and sold tickets for the worthy causes that we were supporting namely the Air Ambulance NI and the Palliative Care …
Apr 09
Loughs Agency Press Release April 7th 2018
Working with FASTA this is the Loughs Agency press release. This is a very positive statement going forward. We (FASTA) are also liaising with Dawnfresh Ltd to provide dumping points for any rainbows caught that have to be disposed of . We do not want to see the river banks polluted with carcasses which can …
Apr 06
Rainbows, the problems and moving forward.
I attended a meeting with Loughs Agency at Prehen on wednesday 4th April with two other FASTA representatives, David Nelson and Barney Winters. Working with the Loughs Agency we came up with a number of proposals and are at present waiting on a press release from the Loughs Agency. Many thanks to FASTA for continuing …
Apr 06
Dr K Whelan’s report on the escaped rainbow trout on the Strule and Mourne
Click on the Link to access the report released by the Loughs Agency and FASTA 5.11.17 R Mourne Escape O mykiss NRRA_
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