'Top Trophy' win for town team
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On Sunday, WSAA gained probably the best result in the history of the club by winning the Bell trophy.
Twelve members travelled to fish Scarborough and fished against seven other angling clubs from Scarborough, Bridlington and Filey, the winners being decided by the club having the best weight per number of anglers fishing. Paul Kilpatrick, of WSAA, won the sweep for the best aggregate with five codlings for 10 lb 5 oz and D Tyson, fishing for Scarborough South Cliff, caught the heaviest single fish, a codling of just over 6 lb. Fishing near P Kilpatrick at Redcliff, at the southern end of Cayton Bay, were the other two anglers from Whitby who weighed-in. These were I Russell with two codlings for 8 lb 4 oz and P Hoy, with a 2 lb 7 oz codling. The trophy, a bell set in a wooden frame, was presented to WSAA chairman W Atkinson at Scarborough Anglers Social Club shortly after the weigh-in. Considering the calm sea conditions for the Wednesday night match, P Hoy did well to catch 7 lb 7 oz (three fish) to win. Second was A Bain whose bag of six billets for 5 lb 3 oz also won him a place in the singes knockout final, against L Spedding by beating I Russell and R Goddard. Third place fell to D Perrett with a 2 lb 2 oz codling. |
Courtesy of William Atkinson, Chairman of Whitby Sea Anglers Association, from his personal collection of press cuttings. Thanks also to the Whitby Gazette. Posted 12/04/2013 PDH.
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Place
1st 2nd 3rd |
Paul Kilpatrick Ian Russell Paddy Hoy |
Weight
10 lb 05 oz 8 lb 04 oz 2 lb 07 oz |
Published 12th April 2013
Last edit 5th May 2014
Last edit 5th May 2014