A Bass Wins Redcar Open

Here are the results of our 12th Annual Open Competition

Sunday 1 November 2009

Entrants 112 Seniors, 2 Ladies and 1 Junior, with 103 in the superpool.

Weighed-in were 19 Seniors, no ladies or juniors.

Fish caught were 1 cod, 4 Bass, 22 flounders, 3 pouting and 1 eel for a total of 31 fish.

The main match results are

1st Dave Turner of Redcar with a Bass of 2 lb 11 ozs fishing at Coatham wins £500.00

2nd Norman Middlemass of Saltburn with a Bass of 1 lb 13 ozs fishing at Upgang wins £200.00

3rd James Moore of Redcar with a Bass of 1 lb 11 ozs fishing at Upgang wins £100.00

The Superpool results are

1st Craig Dalton of Grangetown with 6 flounders for 5 lb 12 ozs fishing Whitby Harbour wins £103.00

2nd Terry Dalton of Grangetown with 4 flounders for 4 lb 0 ozs fishing Whitby Harbour wins £61.00

3rd Stan Preston of Redcar with 4 flounders for 3 lb 11 ozs fishing Skinningrove Beach wins £42.00.

Although the prize money was increased from last year’s match, it attracted no more entrants. Last years match had 112 seniors, 4 ladies and 2 juniors. It would appear that the horrendous weather conditions kept away the anglers that may have decided to fish on the morning of the match. The wind had picked up from the day before and stayed with the anglers all through the match. Then to top it all, it poured heavily with rain until about half an hour to three quarters of an hour before the end of the match. But we still had a match and a weigh-in even though no great weights were caught.

On a high note Dave Turner broke the club record with his Bass. The record he only achieved a few matches ago.

Finally, the feedback from the anglers was that it was a well organised match with a warm, welcoming presentation.

Tight Lines

Vanessa.