MAC or Mevagissey Angling for Charity, is a non-profit fund-raising organisation supporting Cornwall Air Ambulance & Mount Edgecumbe Hospice.
Consisting of a small group of hardworking volunteers & supported by a host of very generous members of the local population! We are dedicated to raising awareness of what our local community has to offer and at the same time supporting our life saving charities - who rely on people like us to keep their services going.
5 years ago MAC took over the running of Mevagissey's annual Angling Competitions, which have always been popular with the locals and raised lots of cash for charitiy, and it has been growing ever since.
We have commited ourselves to organising a range of events throughout the year to reach an annual target - which we are able to inncrease each year!
All money raised by MAC is kept secure in its own account and at the end of the year gets devided equally betweeen the Air Ambulance and Mount Edgecumbe Hospice. Due to the generosity of our community there is very little or no layout for our events, so everyone who supports us can be sure that their money goes directly to charity.
2008 brings a new and exciting dimension to MAC, with a new target, new profile and new sponsors... we aim to deliver a fantastic year of events.
With many of our local businesses involved and lots of enthusiastic volunteers - our goal is to raise £8000 for charity!
This years Off Shore Angling Competition will be held on Saturday 9th August, the times and rules are the same as last year - see the 'rules and regulations' page. Our official sponsors for the contest are W.S.B (Western Sea Baits) we are gratefull to have them on board and appreciate their support.
We will be fishing on a Neap tide (lowest tide of the year) so the landing will be off the Lighthouse quay - due to the lack of water at the jetty.
Our annual charity raffle will be held down stairs in the Social Club at 5:30pm - which leaves plenty of time to get home and scrubbed in time for the Big Party. Up stairs in the club, watch this space for details of the entertainment!
finally... Grab your places and Good Luck!
M.A.C would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who helped out with the 2007 off shore angling compeition.
We raised over £3000 all which will b added to the pot to be split equally between our two charities - the Cornwall Air Ambulance and Mount Edgecumbe Hospice, at the end of the year.
It was a fantastic day for all and the weather could not have been kinder and the atmosphear on the jetty in the morning was great.
We were lucky enough to have Colin Davies, a reporter from the national angling magazine, on board the 'Aquila' please check out his article for the november issue - its great.
Martin Carrington was judging the competition and found that 3 boats had caught 12 species, so a closer inspection was needed. Which identified Matt Cave, skipper of 'Sovereign' and his crew and sponosrs - Quay West, as overall trophy winners with the catch of an unusul species a small Rock Cook Wrasse, and also bagged Matt the top angler prize as this little fish made a new rod and line record! At 5oz 4dr, it easily beat the current record that stands at 3oz 13dr.
So this year the Albert Morfod Trophy goes to the crew of the 'Sovereign' and Quay West Bistro. Matt was awarded £200 of Shakespear salt tackle.
It was the best year yet for Mevagissey Angling for Charity, and id really like to thank everyone again for their help and support for this event.
We hope to see you on the jetty next year!
To join in any of our events please get in touch with us through our contacts page.
If you would like to support us through sponsorship or donation (cash and raffle prizes all welcome), please don't hesitate to call - we are an official fundraising group and all monies raised go straight into the MAC account.
For help with angling advice and equipment; you can contact us or use this list of angling suppliers:
Shakespeare - www.shakespeare-fishing.co.uk
Quay Stores - www.tidaltackle.co.uk
Tackle Box - 01326 315849
The Tackle and Bait Shop - 01752 361294 - tackleandbait@btinternet.com
GB Angling - 01723 365000