The Manchester Carp Night

[Biz]

Originally Posted by jamie_clossick

Hi Lads and lasses,
We are now in a position to give an itinery for the night. There will be other stuff to add but as it stands this is the story so far:

Open 2pm til 10pm Sunday 20th January at the Cresta Court Hotel, Altrincham
Entrance is £7 on the door

Speakers:

Jamie Clossick 4pm

Mark Holmes 5.30pm

Dave Moore 6.45pm

Frank Warwick 8pm (2 spots)

There will be two stands where you can ask advice from proven Carp Catchers under the titles of 'Kipper Corner' (big fish advice) and 'The Bait and Rig Clinic' (self explanatory)

People in attendence for these include:

Jon Mcallister
Darrell Peck
Iain Macmillan
Gaz Fareham
Ali Hamidi
Mark Watson
Alex Perrin
Pete Broughton and more...

The North West Cup and Echo Cup will be presented to this years winners on the night.

Confirmed Trade Stands Include:

Erics Angling Centre
Korda
BCSG
Venture Tackle, Angling International Holidays
Tag Carp Tours
Advanced Carp Fishing
Ultimate Carp Nutrition

Mega Raffle will be truly mega once again and prizes already include;
2 French Fishing Holidays
Viper Icon Baitboat
Pair Of Rods
We are leaving it until after Christmas to blag most of the prizes but the raffle will be huge!

The official capacity is just over 500 across 2 rooms and we are are hoping for a turnover of people during the day as we don't expect anyone to stay for 8 hours but be warned, THIS WILL SELL OUT!

There is space available for a couple more trade stands and if there is anybody out there who can help in way, be it by providing raffle prizes or a trade stand then please get in touch.

As ever ALL the profit is going to Charidee with Roger and I never having taken even our personal expenses for the previous shows. (yes I even paid for my own hotel rooms on the night!)
This is because the charities are near to our own hearts personally and this year the money is being split between Pendlebury Childrens Hospital, Francis House Hospice and the LDN Research Trust (MS)
Virtual everybody involved is giving up their time and efforts for free so please support us in anyway you can.

It's looking like being bigger than ever this year and in the organising of it both Terry hearn and Gary Bayes have already confirmed for next year so it looks like we will have to do another!!

Look forward to seeing you all on the day.

Jamie

Woodhouse park anglers have donated a 72 hour session on Deadmans
as part of the Mega Raffle,cheers

Biz

[saul]

The Specialist Anglers Alliance have also confirmed they will be there on the day.

Cheers
Saul

[oliver reed]

Will St Johns Ambulance be there to resucitate the hoards-I can see this turning into a proper fiasco due to too much demand and lot of ******£d off people not being allowed in for 'health and safety' reasons

Great event and well done to those involved for putting it together but tickets would have been much more 'proper',ball ache or not!

[Tricky]

Are you going ollie

[oliver reed]

Its a right royal stagger from the Dog n Duck just to get to the door and be turned away,the chauffer's due to have the snip in 2 weeks so won't be able to drive me there and taxi's simply won't entertain my fuelled back seat driving any more,I knew that night out with George Best would come back and bite me on the **** one day.

Tell you what Steve,come fetch me from the Duck and I'll regail you on the way with many a tale of behind stage camerarderie involving three voluptuous women,seven bottles of Bolinger and two pairs of marigolds filled with fairy liquid....

[Tricky]

Its a deal

[Tricky]

How many of you lads and lasses are going

[Cheshire Set]

I wonder if anyone can top this delightful little anecdote from the last time I was there for a carp-do. As we left for the evening with EVERYONE much worse for wear we stood waiting on the step of the hotel foyer. A young lad staggers out pulls down his trolleys and proceeds to dump on the floor in full view.
There were of course numerous toilets in the hotel within feet of where he crouched.

was going myself but dont fancy turning up to be rejected due to too many people

[Rainey]

Me and Mrs rainey are going to pop down she can carry me to the car

[dave]

I'll be going, already had permission from Mrs.Dave

[Rainey]

Originally Posted by dave

I'll be going, already had permission from Mrs.Dave

Me you and mr Incog will have to take on the world son!

[netbustercarp]

i'll see you there with a couple of my mates.

im going should be a good day

[jamie_clossick]

I very much doubt if anybody will be turned away. The venue has an official capacity of 500 and i'm pretty sure that if you arrive before 6pm there will be no danger.
We will not turn anybody away ourselves unless the hotel indicate that there are too many people and how would they tell if we are doing the counting?
On the brightside, if we get anywhere near the capacity then we have raised a lot of money for good causes so please don't be defeatist and turn up with your support.....

I personally guesstimate about 400 happy carpers so there will be no problems whatsoever!!!

See you all on the 20th...........

Jamie


Jamie Clossick - Professional DJ Promoter Producer and Angler