Childrens Derby

64th Annual Robert C. Heywood Memorial Children's Fishing Derby

June 4th, 2011

9am till 12pm

Children ages 2-15

History of the Derby

Children have been gleefully reeling in fish as large as they are for well over 60 years now. Monadnock Rod & Gun Club has put on the Annual Children's Fishing Derby for children ages 2 to 15 of the Monadnock Region since 1947. This derby is unlike no other and possibly the oldest and longest running derby of it's kind in the world! What is so special about the derby? Everything is free for the children; from the derby, to the food, to the prizes*. Nothing is skimped on, nothing is overlooked. The club's pond is stocked with fish ranging from 8" to 24". Some fish are over 5lbs! Species are rainbow trout, brook trout, and the ever-elusive brown trout.

*EVERY child receives a prize.

How Do We Do It?

Through a lot of hard volunteer work, raffles and donations. Monadnock Rod & Gun Club is extremely proud of being able to put this public derby on every year and wish to thank all the sponsors and donors:

	American Legion John Humiston Post #11
	Sons of the American Legion Squadron #11
	Pelletiers Sporting Goods for prizes
	Jaffrey Veterans of Foreign Wars Men's Auxiliary #5613
	Many generous private donors
	other local businesses.

At a cost of over $1500 per hour the derby is operational, donations are freely accepted. Would you or your company wish to help put on a memorably glorious day for children of the Monadnock Region? Please contact us for more information on how you can do so.

How Groups are Divided & Prizes Distributed

The Derby is divided into
4 basic age groups:

Pee-Wee	2 to 5
Cub	6 to 9
Jr. Youth	10 to 12
Youth	13 to 15

Upon registration, each child is given a numbered tag to wear. Each group has it's own table of prizes with each age-group prize table consisting of essentially the same prizes taking into account age. The owners of the Top 3 fish in each group get first pick of the prizes, largest fish first. PeeWee group chooses first. After the top 3 winners have chosen their prizes, tags from each child in the age group are put into a hat and drawn randomly from their prize table. When all children in that age group have received their prizes, the next table is open the next age group (in the order of Cub, Jr. Youth then Youth). Eventually all children receive a prize.

Food & Drinks

All food and drink are donated by private persons, local restaurants, supermarkets and other businesses. We would like to thank last year's sponsors (in no particular order):

	Mrs. Pauline Halfpenny
	"Uncle" Arthur Lambert
	Hannafords
	DeMoulas
	A&P
	Mrs. Murphys Donuts
	The Sausage Source
	McDonalds

Derby Rules

Worms and PowerBait^® Only
NO treble hooks
Adults may NOT assist with the exception of casting
Child must reel in fish.
Child must be touching pole. If child's interest is lost the line must be removed from water.