Blue Sea Sport Angling Club is once again organizing a sport fishing event for another good cause. The aim of this year Blue Sea – Puttinu Fishing Festival, is to go for a World Record Challenge and to enhance the awareness of PUTTINU CARES worldwide by including them in the Guinness Book of World Records.
To reach our goal, we require 700 Participant ( 100 teams of 7 participants each whom are over twelve years of age), to take part in this four hour of continuous fishing event which will be held on Sunday 19th September 2010 between 12.00 and 16.00hrs at Marsaskala. All this is done with the kind collaboration of Marsaskala Local Council. Each participant including helpers will be contributing five (5) Euros to go towards the requirements of PUTTINU CARES.
To date, the World Record is 679 Participant held by Sweden and this, has been so for these last eleven years.
Should this record be successfully achieved, each participant will receive a memorable Certificate of Participation in this World Record Feat. Besides and foremost, the original Guinness World Record Certificate, will be awarded to Puttinu Cares to be placed in the Rainbow Ward.
Addition to all this, every registered participant and helper being present during this four hour challenge, can be the lucky winner of one of the various valued donated items, where the grand will be One Ticket for a 1 week Mediterranean Cruise with all taxes included, kindly donated by S.M.S Travel – S.Mifsud & Sons Ltd. (Terms and Conditions applies).
It is our pleasure to invite you, your family, and your friends to take part either individually or as a formed team where together, we will try and make this World Record dream come true.
We also appreciate your assistance in helping us to promote this event, by encouraging others to participate and to make this first of its kind challenge that is being organized in our Country a successful one.
Should you require further information or would like to apply for this event, please feel free to call on our hotlines 7944 7944 – 7948 9748 – 7944 9944 or by e-mail to: alcar@onvol.net or info@blueseamalta.com
Whilst thanking you for your kind attention, I trust that Together we will succeed in this World Record Challenge.
Yours truly,
Chev.Charles Caruana KLJ OMLJ
Chairman
Organizing Committee
Just to clarify, this event is NOT being organised by the Malta Fishing Forum - we have simply placed the info on request to help spread the word given that the forum has the single largest member base and target audience in Malta.
I seriously hope that they stresss Catch and Release. 700 participants on a small stretch of coast is going to put a huge environmental impact on that area.
the huge environmental impact in this area is being illegaly done everyday with irresponsible people fishing nets .... one can easily see such activity done everyday in late and early hours of day.
we've been reporting such activity to authorities but as everyone knows the people in power are not acting so far!
Both Blue Sea and KSFA have been in favor of catch and release and we've been practicing such beliefs for the last 15 years when all this awareness was far from understood in our country.
More than that we also release back fish which weigh more than minimum sizes so we have been taking a far better position than the people who issued minimum sizes regulations.
i hope that as a forum members you will be able to come and participate in this event which will contribute to a far much better cause.
I hope we have some entries from the MFF.
I will sponsor a team of 7 for this event. The forum will cover your entry fee.
This will be on a first come first served basis, so get your team of 7 together and send in your names to admin@maltafishingforum.com
Guys lets take part in this event, it is for a good cause and all the money is going for PUTTINO CARES. The minimum entry fee is 5 Euro, but one can give what he want.
Guys lets do this for the people who really need a lot of help.
Thanks
We are taking part...and already a team of seven...at least we can help people while practising our hobby.
it's not easy to find so many shore anglers that are willing to participate but as forum members you can have a big number i think. it's just 4 hours of fishing so we encourage you to come along and do your part. just get your rod and have fun while contributing to a good cause.
it's important that everyone will try to keep undersized fish alive. also i know that it is not that easy to keep fish alive but try to do your very best using keep nets.
hope it will be a fun afternoon for all .......
Quote from: camkev on July 14, 2010, 22:47:55 CET
We are taking part...and already a team of seven...at least we can help people while practising our hobby.
Kev, send me your team list as the first team of 7 we will sponsor your entry.
Thanks skip,but we will pay the fees ourselves and if you want you can donate the same ammount to puttinu cares :)
it's important to have teams registered in time before event ... i think you should team up and present forms by the end of the week if possible.
Should you need any forms i will deliver 79476448
looking forward to the event..... mostly to spend it fishing with friends and a cold CISK or two!!!
come on :)
we need to register all those intended to fish by next tuesday .....
phone me on 79476448 if you need registration forms ... i will come deliver and collect
you can also send me details:
name, ID card nos, so that i fill up the form then pay 5 eur contribution on the date ....
email me on : anelson@maltanet.net
Dear All,
We would like to remind all those who showed interest in participating, but not yet had the time to register, to please do so IMMEDIATELY.
The amount of Participants needed to establish a New World Record is 700.
WE ARE VERY CLOSE but, WE ARE NOT THERE YET to obtain the Guinness World Record Title so that both PUTTINU CARES and MALTA will be included in the Guinness Book of World Records.
We are confident that with your continuous help, this will be achieved.
Meanwhile, we are holding a briefing meeting for all the participants on Thursday 16th September 2010 at 19.30 hrs. at St. Ann Parish Hall, Marsaskala (Church area).
Team leaders can represent their respective teams who thereafter, will inform their team members accordingly.
Whilst thanking you, we encourage all the registered participants, to be present on the day of the world record attempt where so, all efforts will be rewarded with a positive result.
Kind Regards.
Michael Bonnici
Secretary
Organizing Committee
looks like objective reached with over 800 anglers registered.
Many thanks for those taking part!
cya sunday .....
and thursday for the briefing ;)
provu hut ta marsascala.... they don't stand a chance hihihi
min qallek li fadal il hut wied il ghajn robby? hlief xi xilpa u bubinu m emmx ta :P
tajjeb......... mela al xiex ha nistadu,,,,, al xi zarbuna ? ahjar iharbu xi 1000 awrata, ha jkun hemm xi ntellaw hehe
kieku jharrbu l mulett li emm fil maluq qalb il papri u l grieden tiehdu gost ifem, ghax emm kull hanzir...
anybody going to the briefing tonight???
Thanks to all the number of participants which is now confirmed to 875. Hope to see you all there tomorrow.
Yes we will be there,under grabiel al mulett bomba hemm!!
don't forget to get loads of bread hi hi
I am doing the farka at the moment rob : )
good luck to all, and well done.
8) 8) 8)
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100919/local/record
illllllllllllllllllllllll kemm hadna gost :-D
Sawrella kienet tizen 762g :o ;D
we really enjoyed it
Blue Runner weighed in at 762g :o ;D
Quote from: robby017 on September 20, 2010, 09:45:07 CET
illllllllllllllllllllllll kemm hadna gost :-D
Sawrella kienet tizen 762g :o ;D
we really enjoyed it
Blue Runner weighed in at 762g :o ;D
Prosit robby !!! Vera kienet sbejha :) :) :)
Well done to those who took part and glad to read the record was broken
just been informed that world record was achieved and confirmed from Guinness ..... will keep you updated shortly
The Most Participants in a Sea Angling Competition is 785
and was achieved by Blue Sea Sport Angling Club (Malta)
during the Blue Sea - Puttinu Fishing Festival
held at Marsaskala - Malta on 19th September 2010
Guinness World Record Holders
"Most Participants in a Sea Angling Competition"
Following the great success when the Blue Sea – Puttinu fishing festival saw 812 Anglers taking part at Marsaskala last September 19th, the final and conclusive results are now confirmed.
After the evaluation made by the official observers to verify that all anglers were according to the record breaking requirements set by the Guinness World Record Organization, it was established that, only 785 were accepted as eligible to qualify as valid for the world record attempt.
All the evidence of the feat that included various reports, photos, filming, t.v news, newspaper reports and other related material, were sent to the Guinness World Record Organizers for their verdict.
Blue Sea Sport Angling Club as organizers of the Blue Sea – Puttinu Fishing Festival, are now in the seventh heaven when, after the verifying process, they were informed that they are now the new Guinness World Record Holders of the Most Participants in a Sea Angling Competition title. The approved amount of Participants is 785
This title was previously held by Sweden with 679 participants where they had enjoyed this record for these past eleven years.
By obtaining this world record title, Puttinu Cares as the Club's collaborators, and Marsaskala - Malta as the participation local and Country, will now be included on the list of the World Record Holders with the organizers Blue Sea Sport Angling Club.
The organizers, besides thanking all those who took part, contributed and supported this event to obtain this rewarding result, would like to inform the General Public that the amount raised in donations towards Puttinu Cares was €8,156
This successful result proves that, the Maltese Anglers not only have included Malta on the World Record Holders Map but, for once again, they coordinated their sport event to a good cause.
Guys I have just been informed that the Guinness World Record have confirmed the event. That means that Puttinu Cares are now in Guinness World Book of Records thanks to all the participants.
This was the response from Guinness World Record.
(The current record for "Most participants in a sea angling competiton" is:
The most participants in a sea angling competition is 785 and was achieved by Blue Sea Sport Angling Club (Malta) during the Blue Sea - Puttinu Fishing Festival at Marsaskala, Malta, on 19th September 2010.)