Saturday, December 12, 2009

Western Wight Open

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open winners George and Kai

 

Western Wight AC held two open competitions last Sunday with 105 booking on despite the rough weather conditions. First place in both went to Bass bags with George Bernowicz taking the £250 main prize with four Bass at 8lb 15-1/2oz and the veterans walking stick sponsored by Steve Cooke and Phil Howard. 12 year old Kai Wells won the £50 prize in the junior open with two fish for 6lb 1-1/2oz and picked up £125 in the main competition for second place. Jo Winchcombe picked up a rod for his second place weight of 4lb 12-1/2oz in the juniors and was the top western Wight junior member receiving £25 donated by Phil and Fran Cotton. Third Place went to Dan Hall who also won a rod with a Flounder of 1lb 14-1/2oz and £25 donated by the Cotton’s for the best junior specimen with his fish. The age group prizes donated by Kevin & Chris Basham went to Amber Wager best under 12 and Jo Winchcombe best over 12.  Third place in the main fixture was Mark Knight who returned 5lb 12oz and Liz Cunningham won the ladies prize with 15oz.  The specimen sweeps went to Anton James with a Flounder of 2lb 12-1/2oz winning £105, Paul Fincham with a Dogfish of 1lb 12oz winning £63 and Paul Hollingshead also with a Dogfish at 1lb 11oz winning £42.  The Jack Waterhouse Bass rod donated by Scotties tackle went to Rod Whitewood for the heaviest, a Bass of 5lb 7-1/2oz. Whitewood also won the pairs prize with Kevin buckler on a combined weight of 9lb 11oz.

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Monday, November 23, 2009

Ventnor ASC 22Hr Open

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Richard Smith with Lyn Clark Representing  Two Counties Care
Over £2,500 was raised last weekend in aid of help for heroes when 153 anglers fished the 22Hr open charity match hosted by Ventnor angling and social club. Richard Smith was top rod receiving a £300 prize donated by Two Counties Care for his mixed bag of 57lb 11oz. Smith also picked up £100 for the best specimen with a Whiting of 2lb 4oz and the pairs prize of a bucket of booze with Bill Barnaby on a combined weight of 86lb 5-1/2oz. Michael Wyatt won £150 for his second place weight of 45lb 1-1/2oz and Liam smith had first pick of the prize table with his third place weight of 34lb 15oz. The £50 first junior prize went to Jack Miller on 5lb 14-1/2oz donated by Shaun Graham and Chris Bennett won the £50 ladies prize with 5lb 1/2oz donated by Contract Distribution Services. James Davis picked up the best Bass prize donated by Scotties with a fish of 8lb 5-1/2oz and I won £100 for the heaviest fish with a Cod of 13lb 14oz. With the prizes donated by local businesses and individuals over 45 competitors received a prize. The committee would like to thank all who donated prizes and the scales team who weighed in 78 people in the awful weather.
The Winners                                                               The big Cheque
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Thanks To

Two Counties Care, Jamie Curry, Contract Disterbution Services, Scotties and Shaun Graham 

 

THANKS GO TO ALL THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:

 

 

 

 

 

Sydenhams

 

 

 

 

Garreth Butt

 

 

 

 

Tony Simpson

 

 

 

 

Barneys Baits

 

 

 

 

Christine and Kevin Basham

 

 

 

 

Danny Siegal

 

 

 

 

IOW Care

 

 

 

 

L.A. Bowl

 

 

 

 

Downers

 

 

 

 

Howdens

 

 

 

 

Planet Ice

 

 

 

 

Speedy Pizzas

 

 

 

 

IOW Glass

 

 

 

 

The Heights

 

 

 

 

Juicy Apple Wholesale

 

 

 

 

Brittish Legion, Ventnor

 

 

 

 

Olivo Restaurant

 

 

 

 

The George Inn

 

 

 

 

Brittish Legion, Cowes

 

 

 

 

Wheatsheaf Hotel

 

 

 

 

Winter Gardens, Ventnor

 

 

 

 

Boots

 

 

 

 

Chiaro Restaurant

 

 

 

 

The Folly Inn

 

 

 

 

Bembridge AC

 

 

 

 

IOW Zoo

 

 

 

 

Pete and Chris Bennett

 

 

 

 

Western Wight AC

 

 

 

 

Becky ‘M’, Dave Stephenson

 

 

 

 

Wayne Rix

 

 

 

 

Ventnor Social Club

 

 

 

 

The Duke of York

 

 

 

 

St. Georges Angling Club

 

 

 

 

Scotties Tackle

 

 

 

 

Lions Club, Ryde

 

 

 

 

Paul Hollingshead

 

 

 

 

Somerfield, Newport

 

 

 

 

Slashers Reunited

 

 

 

 

Jason Lovell

 

 

 

 

George Bull & Son

 

 

 

 

Capital Jewellery

 

 

 

 

Hursts

 

 

 

 

Tailored Systems

 

 

 

 

Travis Perkins

 

 

 

 

Capitol Furniture

 

 

 

 

Richard Russell

 

 

 

 

Tackle Box - Freshwater

 

 

 

 

Ben and Stefan Bramall

 

 

 

 

Sainsbury’s

 

 

 

 

Russ Catling

 

 

 

 

Gwen Pynam

 

 

 

 

Rodney Whitewood

 

 

 

 

Kris Renouf

 

 

 

 

Nick Cassford

 

 

 

 

Eight Bells

 

 

 

 

Geoff Thorner

 

 

 

 

Oggies Chip Shop

 

 

 

 

Alan Bravery

 

 

 

 

Currys

 

 

 

 

Ventnor footbal club

 

 

 

 

 

and all on Kevin’s sponsor form

 

 

 

 

 
 

If we have forgotten someone, we apologise,

 

 

 

 

 
 

it was not intentional.

 

 

 

 

 
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Saturday, November 14, 2009

2009 British Cod boat Championships

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Lee Chilcott a Glassing fitter from Cowes is the 2009 British Cod boat champion.

 

Chilcott fishing the two-day event hosted by Western Wight Skippers association for only the second time registered five fish on day one totalling 44lb 11 ½ oz. With the overall prize of £1000 going to the angler with the most Cod over the two day competition his ½ oz made all the difference when Len Pyke also on five fish tipped the scales at 44lb 11oz. Pyke from Milford on sea did have the best Cod of the first day with a fish of 22lb 11oz receiving the £1000 day prize and was second overall. Gareth Croft was the next best placed islander with three fish totalling 18lb 5oz taking 6th overall. Steve Cooke also had two fish taking 9th with 18lb ½oz and Liam Smith was 12th with 16lb 12oz. Other local anglers in the prizes were Aiden Aisher with 14lb 9oz, Mike Warne on 12lb 11oz, Richard Russell on 11lb 7 ½ oz, Steve Farrow with 12lb 2 ½ oz and Rob Turner on 8lb 6 ½ oz. The top skipper overall was Dave Stephenson on Becky M

Aiden                                                    Liam                                               Gareth

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Steve & Jason                         Lee with winning Bag

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Saturday, October 24, 2009

22Hr open Competition

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Vectis Boat & Fishing junior League

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The Vectis boat and fishing summer junior league was fished over four legs and attended by 32 young anglers. Jordan Abbott was a clear winner with a massive total of 3732 points. Second place went to Calib Scott who picked up 618 points on the final leg giving him a total of 2133. Jack Miskin took third place overall with 1574 and had the notable Wrasse of 320gms.  Another sweep winning fish was a Golden Grey Mullet of 615gms for James Davies. The presentation held at the club house in Ryde was followed by a Bar B Q provided by the members.  Competition secretary Colin Webb thanked all the stewards, sponsors and helpers for the hard work

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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Andy Manning junior open

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Ventnor angling and social club hosted the Andy Manning junior open at Wheelers Bay last Sunday with 50 juniors aged between 4 and 15 attending. The overall winner was Jordan Smith who won the £75 prize donated by contract distribution services with 1069 points. Jordan registered a total of 56 fish and won the best over 12 prize donated by Chris Basham. Second place went to 14 year old Abi Plunknett with 49 fish and a total of 827 points. Jake Bravery took third place with 652 points and 40 fish. 10 year old Lee Coats won the best under 12 category as well as taking fourth place with 473 points. Blackadder donated a Rod for the longest fish which was a Wrasse of 29cm landed by Rhys Catling. All 50 entrees received a prize from the table sponsored by Target Traces, Scotties Tackle and pure fish. 743 fish were registered and all were returned to the sea alive. Ventnor committee would like to thank all the helpers, stewards, and sponsors for making the day such a success.

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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Ventnor All Night Open

Photo of Mel Squibb with his sweep winning fish

 

Two fish gave Mel Squibb five of the top prizes in last weeks all night open hosted by Ventnor Angling & Social club. Squibb returned an Undulated Ray of 11lb 2oz which took the heaviest fish sweep and a Painted Ray of 9lb 1oz which won the specimen sweep each paying £114. He also picked up the Greys Rod for the best Ray and took third overall and the pairs prize with Russ Catling who help Mel return both fish to the sea alive and well.  Dan Guy picked up £300 for his first place weight of 25lb 11-1/2oz and Paul Fincham was second with 24lb 7oz. The best Conger prize went to Shaun Graham with a fish of 9lb 6oz and Dave Hobbs won the best Bass rod with a fish of 5lb 2oz. Liz Cunningham won the £50 prize for top lady angler with 16lb 14oz and Michal Wyatt won £50 as the top Ventnor member with 13lb 13-1/2oz. 114 anglers entered the event and 36 returned fish with 35 receiving prizes.  

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Ventnor Zoned open

Ventnor ASC held a zoned open event with 40 anglers attending.
Manager of Scotties Newport, Alan Bravery chose the right time to come out of retirement and took the top prize in zone A with 4lb 14oz. Zone B was won with 2lb 2oz registered by Mark Rowan and Damian Geldard took the zone C prize and the overall best specimen with a Dogfish of 2lb 1/2oz and a total weight of 7lb 14-1/2oz. Second places went to Paul Hollingshead in A, on 2lb 10-1/2oz, Gareth Croft in B, with 1lb 13oz and Daz Newland in C with 6lb 6-1/2oz. Third in each zone was Steve Carr with 1lb 15oz, Matt Brook with 1lb 10oz and Kevin Buckler on 1lb 9oz.

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Next Open

Ventnor ASC Open Event

Following the cancellation of the Angling Trust open Ventnor angling and Social club will be hosting a zoned competition on 9th May. The event will be fished over three zones with prizes for the heaviest three bag weights in each paid out according to entrees and a sweep for the overall best specimen. The forms are available from Scotties and the entry fees will be £12 with £2 going to the sweep prize.  Fishing times are from 7pm until 12 midnight with the weigh in at Wheelers Bay Car Park, Ventnor by 1am and the Presentation at VASC Club House. The zones are A from St Catherine’s Light to Bonchurch Pottery. B, Bonchurch Pottery to Stinkpot Shanklin and C, Stinkpot to Culver point piers excluded.

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East Cowes Pegged Competition

Local knowledge paid off in last weeks pegged open held at
East Cowes with the top prizes going to island anglers

       
                                                                             

                                                                                  Photo of winners

                                                                                        Left Damian Geldard, Shaun Graham,
                                                                                   John Brown and Gareth Groft

The competition attracted anglers from Southampton including England team member John Brown who was only able to achieve a joint third. Damian Geldard from Sandown picked up the first place prize of £130 with three Bass and a £40 sweep for the longest fish. Shaun Graham received £70 with two Bass and organiser of the event Gareth Groft shared third with John Brown, both receiving £37.50.  Just outside the prizes was Anthony Davies also from Southampton with a single Bass. Gareth is now hoping to arrange a similar event later in the year at Brook.

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