Saturday | April 26, 2008

Machine Shop Beach Fishing Club Open



Photo of Shaun Graham with Conger click to open

April has been a good month for Ventnor club member Shaun Graham who took second place in the Western Wight AC spring open with a Conger at 22lb 10oz and then won last weeks open hosted by machine shop beach fishing club with yet another Conger at 21lb 7oz. Graham also won the sweep for heaviest fish and the pairs with Neil Brinsden who shared the sweep for best specimen with Mark Johnson each having a Dogfish of 2lb 2oz. Johnson took second place overall with 12lb 8oz and Paul Rose was third with 12lb 3oz. Kayleigh Barton won the ladies with 2lb 13oz and Donna Fincham was second on 2lb 12oz. A. Aisher was top junior on 1lb 13oz and Luke Spary second on 1lb 8oz. A total of 101 anglers signed on with 55 registering at the weigh in.
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Tuesday | April 15, 2008

Western Wight AC Spring open




Spencer Simpson won the last open competition hosted by Western Wight AC with a Conger of 24lb 7-1/2oz which also took the sweep for heaviest fish.  Simpson received just over £300 for his fish and won the pairs with Paul Rose who ended in fourth place. Shaun Graham took second place also with a Conger at 22lb 10oz picking up £100 and Colin Wyatt was third with 13lb 2-1/2oz. A £25 prize went to Liz Cunningham as first lady and Matt Cassel who won the junior section. The two specimen sweep prizes went to Dogfish the first at 1lb 15-1/2oz for Dave Bolmeer and 1lb 10-1.2oz for John Hardman. 109 entered the competition and 32 returned fish with 18 receiving cash prizes
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Sandown and Lake AC






Club President, Harry Reese presented the awards at Sandown and Lake Angling Society’s presentation evening held at lake working mans club where Olly   Cave received a special trophy for his British Record Bass of 19 lb 12 oz. Cave also won trophies for the heaviest fish from Sandown pier, and a fish of the month award. Club chairman Ian Hunt won the Wednesday league and also took the heaviest dogfish and wrasse trophies as well as the Goodyear peg match, a fish of the month and two special competition trophies. Mark Rowan lifted ten awards including Sunday league champion, heaviest Flounder and Bream and five fish of the months.  Jenny Bolt stole the show as ladies champion winning nine awards including heaviest Smoothound, Scad and Mackerel. Richard Freemantle was runner up in both the Wednesday and Sunday leagues and received three fish of the month awards, and five competition trophies. Other winners in the adult section included, George Davis, Bill Lewis, Keith Jacobs, Andy Budd, Chris Arnold and Lee Walker. In the junior section Dominic Arnold won eight trophies, five fish of the months and landed the heaviest Conger and Bream.  Jack Rinaldi had the heaviest Bass, Dogfish and Pollack, four fish of the months and eight other awards. Kyle Freemantle had three fish of the months, heaviest Flounder, Mackerel and Sole, and three other trophies and her brother Liam won the junior challenge trophy. Joe Cave had the heaviest Cod, Garfish and Wrasse, a fish of the month and two other cups and Shaun Preston had the heaviest Pouting, Sole, and picked up the Vernall trophy
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Thursday | March 20, 2008

Island anglers cash in on Pompy competition





 21 island anglers travelled to Portsmouth to fish the Alan’s Marine open pegged competition and took 4 of the 23 prizes. Sandown angler Damian Geldard landed a Bass of 5lb 5oz to take the first place prize of £1000 as well as £70 for the zone, £170 for the heaviest fish and £42 for the best Isle of Wight angler. The second place prize of £500 and a zone prize of £60 also went to an island angler; Gareth Croft who had a Bass that tipped the scales at 3lb 14oz. Daz Newland and Richard Smith received table prizes with 14th and 20th places respectively.
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Western Wight AC



Jill Waterhouse and Richard Russell who both have represented England in competition, attended the Western Wight angling club presentation evening to present the awards. The fish of the year went to C Griffiths for a shore caught Tope of 42lb 8-1/2oz which took the Island record last August. Richard Smith was overall shore champion and Graham Cuff won the boat league as well as the Charter boat cup. Liz Cunningham was first lady and won the Skate cup with an Undulate Ray 17 lb 10oz. Matt Cassell won the junior league and Jade Goodall won the best junior specimen with a Flounder of 2lb 11oz. The best Flounder of the year went to Alan Bravery for a fish of 3lb 5-1/2oz and Pete Turner received two trophies for Bass of 15lb. Chris Kimber won the Sturgess Shield with a Gray Mullet of 6lb 9-1/2oz and Rob Turner picked up the Atkinson Conger trophy for his shore caught fish of 31lb 2-1/2oz.  The best of three awards for Bass went to Rod whitewood and Pete Bennett won the Red Lion trophy with a Smoothound of 15lb 15oz. The best Sole of the year went to Steve Barnaby for a fish of 4lb 1-1/2oz and P Newbery picked up two awards for a Brill of 6lb 10oz. Martin Butchers and Geoff Thorner shared the award for the best of three over 66% and Nigel Cunningham had the best Pouting at 2lb 4-1/2oz. The Bill Burt team award went to Daz Newland, Richard Smith, Gareth Croft and Bill Barnaby.  Newland and Croft also won the Oddy pairs trophy and Jack Smith won The Bill Raynor cup for the best bass by a junior with a fish of 3lb 9oz.

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Friday | March 07, 2008

St Mary’s winners



This time of year is one of the busiest for angling clubs but instead of standing on the beaches catching fish its time to reward their efforts from 2007.  The last club to hold there Presentation evening was St Mary's Press Angling where Andy Wilkinson took the club championship and quarterly winners trophies. Wilkinson also picked up six other awards including a new club record for a Bream of 2lb 2oz. Pete Turner was runner-up in the championship, won the Four Seasons trophy, the Quarterly Best Specimen with a 11lb 2oz Smoothhound and had three new records including a Bass of 15lb. The Ladies Champion was Laura Cave and Jack Hibberd took the junior trophy.  Gavin Arnell was third in the league and picked up the Committee Trophy and a fish of the month for an Undulate Ray 11 lb 12oz.  Tony Simpson won the Pouting Cup and the best specimen shore with a Painted Ray 9lb 4oz.  Simon Dillon won two shore specimen awards and one boat for a Thornback Ray 13lb 14oz. The Pairs Competition winners were Keiron Arnell and Colin Phillips with 15lb 6-1/2oz combined weight and Phillips also won the trophies for the heaviest bag of the year, a new club record Conger of 20lb 6oz and the no bust trophy.  The Flounder cup went to Danny Siegal and Derek Arnell had a fish of the month with a Sole of 2lb 7oz. new club records also went to Albert Dillon with a trigger fish of 1lb 9oz and Keiron Arnell for a Bullhuss of 2lb 15oz.

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Tuesday | February 19, 2008

Ventnor angling & social club presentation evening





Ventnor angling & social club held their awards presentation evening last Saturday where the Chairman Mr Garreth Butt welcomed the 40 guests and thanked the committee, members and sponsors for all there help in 2007. The 2007 club championship trophy went to Shaun Graham who was awarded with twelve trophies including the heaviest fish in the Ventnor area, the heaviest bag of fish in competition the second best specimen and a new club record Shore.  The Ladies championship shield went to Debbie Burt who also won the Barlow Cup for fish of the year with a Flounder of 3lb 1-3/4oz and won six others trophies including ladies boat champion. I was presented with seven awards including the boat championship, the best Wrasse Shore and boat in the Ventnor area, two fish of the months and a new club record for a Trigger fish of 2lb 2oz. Garreth Butt received the A. J. Phillips Cup for the heaviest Ray the T. Perkins Tankard a fish of the month and equaled a club record.  Tony Burt took third place in the boat section, the Colin Wager Flounder Trophy boat, two fish of the months and a new club record. Jason Warne was second in the boat section and won the T. Perkins Cup for the heaviest Bass in the VASC area and a fish of the month.  Mark Smith had the best specimen in the boats, a fish of the month and a new record with an Undulate Ray of 17lb 13oz. George Campbell picked up the Dennis and Williams Cups, a fish of the month and was presented with the special life members revolver award from the committee.  Alan White had the best Bass of the year and two fish of the month awards. Alan Bravery took the Blenheim Cup for second place in the Christmas competition and the Colin Wager Trophy best 3 Flounders from the shore. Bravery also won the fishing boat race pairs trophy with Bill Armstrong who had the best flat fish from a boat.  Richard Bravery won the Renta Welder Trophy and Ashley Bravery had the second best ray from the shore. Geoff Butt received the Learner Shield and Damian Geldard the member’s trophy for winning the Christmas competition.  In the junior section Ryan Bravery picked up six awards including junior club champion and first and best specimen a fish of the month and two club records. Katie Mitchell had a very good year and only just missed out in the championship taking second place. She also won awards for the heaviest bag in competition and the junior trier’s trophy for a 100% effort.  Daniel Farrow had three awards for the heaviest flat fish, second top junior in the Christmas comp and was third in the junior league. There were a number of social and special awards awarded by the members with Angela Wilson and Tony Burt getting the extra yard awards for services to the social events. Tony Burt also won the duck billed platypus for the biggest booboo of 2007 when he lost his rod and reel over the side of the boat.  Geoff Butt was awarded the conservation award for his work on conserving fish stocks and Jason Warne won the titanic clock for his vigilance in the boat section.  The last awards of the evening went to Pete Campbell for clubman of the year and Alan Bravery for services to the club. The club wish to thank Ventnor social club for the evening especially Sue, Eunice and Daryl.
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Friday | February 01, 2008

Ventnor angling & social club




Ventnor committee with helpers and people from Haylands
Last November the club hosted the 22hour open competition to help raise funds for Haylands farm in Ryde. Thanks to the many anglers and sponsors the event received a total of £1000 which was presented last week by members of Ventnor’s committee.

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Newport social club open competition




Dave Jones picked up £180 last Sunday in the Newport social club open competition.  Jones a carpenter from Sandown usually fishes Dunrowmans beach but decided to fish the back of the Wight and landed a Bass of 11lb 4-1/4oz and a 3lb 14oz Cod. John Cavnor had the only large Flounder bag with six fish totalling 10lb 8-1/4oz taking the second prize of £90 and the second sweep with a fish of 2lb 6-1/2oz. The £60 third place prize went to Andy Wenden with two Bass and a Wrasse for 8lb 7oz. The best specimen went to Steve Cooke with a Flounder of 2lb 7-1/2oz. No ladies or juniors weighed in so the prizes were held over for the next competition.

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Saturday | January 19, 2008

Machine Shop Beach Fishing Club open competetion

 
Photos of Antony Stanyon left with Competition Secretary Russell Catling
 me with sweep winning Flounder and Junior winner Callum Knight

Machine Shop Beach Fishing Club hosted the first open competition of 2008 which proved to be a resounding success for Antony Stanyon and myself. Stanyon the clubs Chairman and Webmaster returned 4lb 9oz to the scales and was presented with the first prize of £190. I picked up a total of £205 with one Flounder of 2lb 6oz which took the sweeps for best specimen, heaviest fish and sixth place overall. Second place went to Richard Smith who received £120 for his weight of 3lb 6oz and third was Dave Snook who picked up £95 with 2lb 13oz. Out of the 100 entrees only 21 returned fish or weigh in slips to the scales and as Callum Knight was the only junior to catch he was given the pick of the table. The pairs sweep went to Dave Snook and Dave Jupe with a combined weight of 5lb 5oz.





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