What is MAC?
MAC or Mevagissey Angling for Charity, is a non-profit fund-raising organisation supporting Cornwall Air Ambulance & Cornwall Hospice Care. 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.
6 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 Cornwall Hospice Care. 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.
MAC 2009
2009 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 £7500 for charity, just a modest increase on last year due to the current global financial climate.
This years Off Shore Angling Competition will be held on Saturday 22nd August, the times and rules are the same as last year - see the 'rules and regulations' page.
Our annual charity raffle will be held downstairs in the Social Club at 5:30pm - which leaves plenty of time to get home and scrubbed in time for the Big Party. Upstairs in the club, watch this space for details of the entertainment!
Finally... Grab your places and Good Luck!
Great day for MAC (2008)
M.A.C would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who helped out with the 2008 off shore angling compeition.
We raised over £2500 all which will be added to the pot to be split equally between our two charities - the Cornwall Air Ambulance and Cornwall Hospice Care, at the end of the year.
It was a fantastic day despite the horrendous weather. With the rain falling pretty much the whole day and choppy sea conditions it wasnt the pleasureble day out we saw last year! However 6 of the 15 boats made it out and of those few brave anglers we had some very worthy winners. The raffle and the parties surrounding the event were also a great success.
Judge Martin Carringtion found the Demelza, skippered by John Edge to be the winners of the sheild after they managed to catch 11 species.
So this year the Albert Morford Trophy goes to the crew of the 'Demelza' and The Harbour Tavern. The best angler prize, sponsored by WSB Tackle, of a rod and tackle - was won by 10 year old Kalie Dowd, who bravley joined the all girl boat with Yo Yo and team - Kalie was the only girl not to loose her breakfast and caught 3 species! Well done to all our winners!
Thank you to all who helped to make this a successfull event yet again, the support and generosity of the you all is so much apreciated.
We hope to see you all on the jetty again next year - and hope for better weather!
The total raised for 2008 was £7000, with £3500 going to each of our charities, a big thank you to everyone who contributed.
How to get involved
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
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