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.
