« on: June 15, 2007, 01:52:10 PM »
THE North West England Sea Angling Championships were held at Silloth on Sunday and attracted 84 anglers - 74 seniors and 11 juniors - from all over the north of England and southern Scotland.
The match was fished in flat calm conditions two hours each side of low water using pegged, catch, measure and release rules. A total of 499 fish, 454 flounder, 21 plaice, 21 dab, two eels, and one bass for 15,892cm were caught.
This year’s competition was sponsored by Sealy bed, Dobies and Luke Holliday Roofing.
First prize, a Sealy bed, was won by Chris Stringer from Whitley Bay fishing at Skinburness with 30 flounder for 984cm. He also collected the Gregg Trophy and £244.20.
Second went to Jim Dobie from Peterlee, a four time winner of the competition, fishing near the Cote light. He caught 28 flounder for 921cm and collected £155.40. Third was Gary Joyce from Redcar with 23 flounder for 722cm.
Top lady angler was Sharron Harkness from Workington, winning her sixth championship from peg 139 near the pipe. She caught nine flounder and an eel for 311cm and collected the Jake Kelly trophy and £30.
Thomas Dixon from Maryport won the junior competition from peg 50 with 11 flounder for 387cm and won the D Huck Memorial trophy and £30.
Runner-up was Darren Pape from Flimby who caught three plaice, six flounder and a dab for 316cm.
Longest fish of the day went to Paul Robinson from Sunderland, a 52cm bass.
Zone winners: A, A Harvey, Shiremoor, 11 fish, 354cm; B, J Dobie, Peterlee, 28 fish, 921cm; C, G Joyce, Redcar, 23 fish, 722cm; D, C Stringer, Whitley Bay, 30 fish, 984cm.
THE North West Sea Angling League held their latest competition at Silloth on Sunday afternoon with 52 anglers, 45 seniors and seven juniors, fishing three hours down to low water and one hour up on the flood in a stiff northerly wind.
The match was fished under pegged catch measure and release rules and produced 321 fish - 274 flounder, 30 dab, 12 eel, three plaice and two bass for a total of 10,520cm.
Top bag on the day went to David Wilson for Maryport with 21 flounder for 701cm. Steven McAdam for Maryport came second with 17 flounder for 592cm and Richard Wilson for Maryport took third with 17 flounder for 559cm.
Maryport won the team event comfortably with 2,915cm to open a six-point lead in the championship. Rockhoppers were second with 1,464cm. There was a close contest for third between Harrington and Workington, with Harrington finishing on 999cm and Workington on 994cm.
D Pape for Maryport took the prize for top junior with 12 flounder for 414cm and won the 13-16 yr section. P Sibbald of Harrington won the 8-12 yr section with three flounder for 102cm.
Longest fish went to David Holmes for Rockhoppers with a flounder of 44cm.
Silloth 52 anglers: 45 seniors, seven juniors.
321 fish: 274 flounder, 30 dabs, 12 eels, 3 plaice, two bass, 10,520cm.
Team results: 1, Maryport, 2,915cm, 10pts; 2, Rockhoppers, 14,564cm, 8pts; 3, Harrington, 999cm, 6pts; 4, Workington, 994cm, 4pts.
Individual: 1, D Wilson, Maryport, 21 fish, 701cm, 16pts; 2, S McAdam, Maryport, 17 fish, 592cm, 15pts; 3, R Wilson, Maryport, 17 fish, 559cm, 14pts.
A league: 1, S McAdam, Maryport, 17 fish, 592cm, 16pts; 2, R Wilson, Maryport, 17 fish, 559cm, 15pts; 3, D Rowley, Maryport, 16 fish, 548cm, 14pts.
B league: 1, D Wilson, Maryport, 21 fish, 701cm, 16pts; 2, D Pape jnr, Maryport, 12 fish, 414cm, 15pts; 3, A Foster, Rockhoppers, 12 fish, 359cm, 14pts.
Juniors 8-12yrs: 1, P Sibbald, Harrington, 3 fish, 102cm, 11pts.
Juniors 13-16yrs: 1, D Pape, Maryport, 12 fish, 414cm, 11pts; 2, K Armstrong, Workington, 3 fish, 107cm, 10pts; 3, L Neesham, Rockhoppers, 2 fish, 72cm, 9pts.
Longest fish: D Holmes, Rockhoppers, flounder 44cm.
NORTHWEST Rockhoppers’ bass open competition on Sunday attracted 73 entries, 16 of them juniors.
Local support could have been better while there were visiting anglers from East Yorkshire, Northumbria, Lancashire and Scotland.
The conditions were calm but there was plenty of fish.
The winner was Nev Charlesworth, of Withernsea, Yorkshire, with a heaviest bag of two bass and eight flounder for 13lb 13½oz.
He also had the heaviest bass at 3lb 4½oz, giving him a total prize fund of £548.
Runner-up in the heaviest bag was I Bellfield, of Northumbria, 11lb 12¼oz and third was Rockhoppers’ Ashton Neesham with 10lb 13oz.
Heaviest other fish at 1lb 9oz went to N Cutler who received £50.
First junior was Lewis Neesham with a bag of nine fish at 7lb 13oz. He received £20.
Runner-up with one fish at 1lb 4oz was D Pape and third was B Caine with a fish of 8½oz.
First in the two-man team event were I Bellfield and N Cutler with 21lb 7¾oz winning £60.
Runners-up were N Charlesworth and S Docker with 20lb 4½oz winning £24.
rumour has it they are going to move the silloth match to the north east next year to save the ne anglers the hassle of coming over to clean all the money up ;)
wonder if stringers got his bed delivered yet :)
and nev was over the top of his waders in the bass comp when he caught the two bass.
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