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1975 - 1976 Season

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Place

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th


William Atkinson*

Bernard Stebbing

Les Spedding

Ray Stonehouse

Gordon Stonehouse

Paul Kilpatrick

Ian Russell
Trophy

Lord Downe Tankard & F Kirk Cup*.

Chas Rose

A Lawson

Chas Prudom

Bill Brown

Rose Bowl

A Humble plaque
Weight

111 lb 05½ oz

106 lb 07½ oz

78 lb 13½ oz 

69 lb 01½ oz

68 lb 05½ oz

67 lb 05½ oz

54 lb 11 oz
Winnings

£5.00

£4.00

£2.50

£2.00

£1.50

£1.00

Plaque
Seasons Results.

Heaviest Fish in a competition - W Atkinson - 18 lb 09½ oz - Wednesday 14th January 1976.

Heaviest Fish out of competition -  -  lb  oz.

Christmas match winner - W Atkinson - 17 lb 12 oz.

Heaviest Bag of Fish - W Atkinson - 26 lb 12 oz - Wednesday 14th January 1976.

Juniors.

1st - S Howard - 24 lb 09 oz - Argyle Tankard & winnings of £2.

2nd - H Whorlton -  lb  oz.

Total weight for the season - 767 lb 15 oz - 17 members.

Total Number of fish - Whitby Sea Anglers Assoc. did not start recording fish numbers until 'The Peter Sutton Memorial Cup' for the Greatest Number of Fish was presented by Mr Alec Bain in 1985/86 Season.

In Secretary, Dave Johnson's hand written notes for the 21st Annual Diner.

Which would mean that the 1st Annual Diner would have been in 1956.

*W Atkinson Heaviest Fish (new Club record) 18 lb 09½ oz - picture below.

Summary of Season, from Archives (PDH 4th December 2012)

19th October 1975 - weigh in was all billets
9th November 1975 - Day Match R Stonehouse cod of 7 lb 00 oz and cod of 8 lb 07 oz = bag 15 lb 07 oz
3rd December 1975 - William Atkinson cod 13 lb 14½ oz - bag 19 lb 02 oz
3rd December 1975 -  Les Spedding bag 16 lb 04½ oz
3rd December 1975 - Bernard Stebbing bag 13 lb 13½ oz
3rd December 1975 total weigh in 67 lb 10½ oz
14th December 1975 - Wilf Noble cod 14 lb 15 oz bag 16 lb 09½ oz
17th December 1975 - Christmas Match fished at night ( notes:- NE 2/3 cold, full moon, LW 9.15pm) total weight 96 lb 09 oz
11th January 1976 - Bernard Stebbing bag of 22 lb 15½ oz
14th January 1976 - William Atkinson cod of 18 lb 09½ oz bag of 26 lb 12 oz
21st January 1976 - Les Spedding bag 26 lb 03 oz
25th February 1976 - Paul Kilpatrick flounder 2 lb 03 oz
14th March 1976 - Gordon Stonehouse cod 10 lb 00 oz

There is no mention of the Inter Club Trophy for this season.

Total seasons weigh in 767 lb 15 oz - 17 members.

Day Match - Sunday 9th November 1975

Place

1st

2nd

3rd
Member

Ray Stonehouse

Dave Johnson

Morris Brown
Weight

2 fish for 15 lb 07 oz ( 8 lb 07 oz & 7 lb 00 oz)

4 lb 01½ oz (billets)

0 lb 12 oz
19 members fished this match - have to ask if this was the beginning for the WSAA Annual Open?

1975 Christmas Match Results (night match)

Place

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

9th

10th

11th

12th
Member

William Atkinson

Bernard Stebbing

Les Spedding

Dave Johnson

Anthony Barningham

Ian Russell

John Mortlock

Morris Brown

Paul Kilpatrick

Andy Marr

Ray Stonehouse

Gordon Stonehouse
Weight

17 lb 12 oz

12 lb 08 oz

12 lb 03 oz

10 lb 13 oz

10 lb 08 oz

6 lb 07 oz

4 lb 08 oz

4 lb 02 oz

4 lb 00 oz

3 lb 09 oz

2 lb 06 oz

1 lb 06 oz
94 lb 09 oz Total weigh in.
28 members fished the match with £20 in prizes.
Notes:- NE 2/3 cold, full moon, LW 9.15pm)






Whitby Gazette, April 15th 1976

Mr. William Atkinson, of 30, Stakesby Road, Whitby, with his record breaking cod of 18 lb 09½ oz.

It was caught on hermit crab on Wednesday 14th January 1976 from the beach in the vicinity of the Creta Block between the East Pier and Saltwick.

The fish is a club record.
Picture
Courtesy of William Atkinson, Chairman of Whitby Sea Anglers Association, from his personal collection of press cuttings. Thanks also to the Whitby Gazette. Posted 18/02/2013 PDH.

Whitby anglers' awards
Fifty-four people attended the annual dinner and prize giving of Whitby Sea Anglers' Association, at the Flask Inn on Friday evening.  Mr Ron Wood, chairman, presided and welcomed guests.  He said he was pleased to see four of the younger members in the prize list and warned the older ones to "watch out" as the youngsters gained more experience.

Mr Dave Johnson, secretary, said generally the season had been a quiet one, with fewer fish caught.  However, there were some bigger fish about, and the club record was broken by William Atkinson on January 14th with a cod of 18 lb 09½ oz.  The same member had seven double figure cod over the season.

The best night of the winter was December 17th when 94 lb of cod was caught by 13 members and given to St. Hilda's Hospital, Whitby.  Total weight for the season was over 400 lb down on the previous year.

Vice president, Mr Eric Wilson, presented prizes to:
1 - W Atkinson - 111 lb 05½ oz
2 - B Stebbing - 106 lb 07½ oz
3 - L Spedding - 78 lb 13½ oz
4 - R Stonehouse - 69 lb 01½ oz
5 - G Stonehouse - 68 lb 05½ oz
6 - P Kilpatrick - 67 lb 05½ oz
7 - I Russell - 54 lb 11 oz.
Picture
Courtesy of William Atkinson, Chairman of Whitby Sea Anglers Association, from his personal collection of press cuttings. Thanks also to the Whitby Gazette. Posted 18/02/2013 PDH.

William Atkinson 1st (personal records).
1975
October - 14 lb 09 oz.
November - 1 lb 09 oz.
December - 40 lb 04 oz.
1976
January - 46 lb 14½ oz.
February - 2 lb 06 oz.
March - 5 lb 11 oz.

Total weigh-in 111 lb 05½ oz.
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