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.
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
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
