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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.

Thanks To

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

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 6^th overall. Steve Cooke also had two fish taking 9^th with 18lb ½oz and Liam Smith was 12^th 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

Steve & Jason                         Lee with winning Bag

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

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.