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Welcome to
​Whitby Sea Anglers Association
Est 1924

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​Whitby Sea Anglers Association are a rover shore angling club, membership can be traced back over 50 years*.

*In 2012 William Atkinson, Honorary President & Honorary Chairman celebrated 50 years as a member.

A typical season for Whitby Sea Anglers Association starts the 1st Wednesday after the ‘Scarborough Fishing Festival’ ends {normally the last Wednesday of September}, which in turn follows the Filey Fishing Festival.
​
Depending on when they both start and finish dictates when we start fishing. 

​First match

This year the 2022 - 2023 Season starts on Wednesday 28th September 2022.

First match of the season all anglers/members will meet at the Bandstand between 6.30 - 6.45 pm (see Club Rule 1) for registration and a group photograph.


Members subscriptions £25 [see Membership], & match entries £2.50 (min. 8 matches = £20)

£45 to be put in a sealed, named envelope & handed to Treasurer Dave Perrett after the weigh-in
(for those that did not attend the AGM)
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Subscriptions, as above, are due at the AGM so members can vote - no subs, no vote (AGM 2nd Sept 2015 AOB No. 2).

Knockout entries will also be taken at the AGM, again in a named, sealed envelope and after the weigh-in of the first match for those that did not attend.

Monthly Sweeps now £4 - Peter Horbury (increased AGM AOB No. 8)

Knockouts - Jason Ebison
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See also AGM 1st Sept. 2021
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All new members must now fill in an 'Application Form', {see Membership below} with a proposer and a seconder.  The proposer will bring the completed application form to the Committee. [Committee meeting 11th Aug. 2020]

Fishing times:-

7pm - 10pm Wednesday
6pm - 10pm on Sunday

The weigh-in [2022 - 2023 Season] is in the Fleece car park, 10.00 and 10.30 pm.

Frequency

Matches are fished every Wednesday and Sunday until the end of March, with a short break over Christmas and New Year.

A typical season comprises of approximately 49 - 52 matches, 2022 - 2023 Season will be 50 matches.

Membership

Adults is £25 (increased at AGM 28th Aug 2019) including an insurance premium.

Anyone wanting to join will need to download the application form and once completed the proposer will submit it to the Committee.

Juniors is currently £8.50 including an insurance premium (see Club Rule 11).

Juniors all match entry is free, except Christmas, Bell Trophy & Secretary's Challenge.

Membership application form.
To be signed by two existing WSAA members.
Membership closes to all at the end of October.
membership_application.pdf
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registration_wsaa_forms.pdf
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Match entry

£2.50 (increased at AGM 9th Sept 2020) - [min 8 matches in advance - £20.00]
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£0.70 goes to WSAA funds.
Prize pool £1.80 which is split 3 ways
£0.60 1st Heaviest Bag
£0.60 split 30/20 for 2nd/3rd Heaviest Bags
£0.60 Heaviest Fish

 Reports and Results

After each match the Secretary writes a brief summary of the club nights fishing, results.
Secretary also updates the all important Leader Board, and numerous web pages.

Annual Open Match - 1st Place prize £500 - date to be agreed at AGM

2020 [41st] was cancelled due to covid-19, and this will be our 41st Open

Monthly Sweeps for 'Heaviest Fish’ and ‘Heaviest Bag'
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The club members also run a monthly ‘Heaviest Fish’ and ‘Heaviest Bag’ sweep (except September).
Entry is £2/£2 payment is strictly in advance.
2021 - 2022 Season - Run by Danny Middlemas has requested all members pay £24 for the 6 months Oct - Mar.

Singles and Doubles
​

WSAA organise a Singles and Doubles knockout competitions, £6 (doubles) & £4 (singles) entry (AGM 02/09/2015).
Fished on Wednesday night, a fortnight apart, respectfully.
Each round of the Single or Doubles is therefore 3 weeks apart so as not to favour high or low tides for each round.
The singles commences 3rd Wednesday and the doubles 4th wednesday of each season and a preliminary round may be fished.

​Christmas Match - members only

​F
or all club members and no one goes home without a prize!!
Fished on the last Sunday before Christmas (however when Christmas eve falls on a Sunday 24th there is no match, then the Christmas match is fished on the 17th).  In those circumstances Wednesday 20th would be the last match before the Christmas break, returning Wednesday 3rd January.
Fishing 2pm - 7pm, hot food and prize giving and raffle (venue announced during December).

​Bell Trophy
​

WSAA members compete, by invitation, in the annual inter club match, known as the Bell Trophy.
​Organised and run by Scarborough Rock Anglers Society, Jan/Feb 2022 will be the 97th year.

David "Sten" Stonehouse Memorial Sandsend Trophy
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Fishing is not just limited to Wednesday & Sunday nights, members can compete for the David "Sten" Stonehouse Memorial Sandsend Trophy for the Heaviest Fish caught out of a WSAA competition.

Members WSAA Record Fish.

​We keep a record of members specimen catches for fish species & work out its percentage of the British Record.
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Club Records

Then there are the Club Records gathered together from WSAA Archives.

​Members Trophy Cabinet

Is were members past and present recorded their success in Open Matches and Competitions.

Timeline 

Is a quick reference Timeline with links to certain events since 16th October 2012, anything else in Archives.

Sunday League

Due to work commitments not everyone can fish a wednesday night but could fish a Sunday.
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An idea discussed by members at the and approved at the AGM.

Membership application form.
To be signed by two existing WSAA members.
Membership closes to all at the end of October.
membership_application.pdf
File Size: 108 kb
File Type: pdf
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Tight lines

Peter Horbury

Secretary


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