Dave Cass (winner), the landlady , landlord of the Pier Inn Hotel, and Bernard Westgarth (Heaviest Fish). Photograph by Bernard Vasey.
Bernard Westgarth (Heaviest Fish) and Dave Cass (winner) stood outside the Pier Inn Hotel. Photograph by Bernard Vasey.
Dave Cass, Andrew Cass (Jnr) and Bob Eglon. Photograph by Bernard Vasey.
Sunday 3rd November 1996.
The conditions were poor on Sunday for the annual Whitby Sea Anglers Association Open Match Competition which was sponsored by the Pier Inn Hotel, Whitby and Keith’s Sports of Saltburn.
The south westerly winds which had been here most of the week increased in strength and a lot of the exposed marks could not be fished.
There was still a good turn out with 165 anglers fishing in the boundaries from Skinningrove Beck to the Coble Landing, Filey. They were determined to find fish on a slow ebbing tide but results were low as only 19 anglers weighed in with 33 codling for a total of 73 lb 03 oz .
Our 1st prize of £300 was presented to a local angler from Sandsend, (Nr Whitby) Dave Cass, who had the heaviest bag of codling with 2 fish for 9 lb 13 oz.
2nd prize of £150 went to Darlington angler Bernard Westgarth with 2 fish for 8 lb 10 oz.
3rd prize of £75 went to D Kendall from Scarborough 6 lb 03 oz.
Result:-
1st - Dave Cass (Sandsend) - 9 lb 13 oz - 2 fish.
2nd - Bernard Westgarth (Darlington) - 8 lb 10 oz - 2 fish.
3rd - D Kendall - 6 lb 03 oz.
4th - Paul Kilpatrick (Whitby) - 5 lb 05 oz.
5th - D Readman (Scarborough) - 5 lb 01½ oz.
6th - A Pickering (Scarborough) - 4 lb 11 oz.
7th = B Colling (Filey) - 4 lb 10½ oz.
7th = J Evis (Whitby) - 4 lb 10½ oz.
9th - Neil Inglis (Whitby) - 4 lb 00 oz.
10th - Westmorland (Whitby) - 3 lb 06 oz.
11th - Denis Thompson (Lythe) - 2 lb 15 oz.
12th - I Thompson (Scarborough) - 2 lb 09½ oz.
13th - Farron Trueman (Whitby) - 2 lb 03 oz.
14th - William Atkinson (Egton) - 2 lb 00 oz.
15th - S Barker (Scarborough) - 1 lb 11 oz.
16th - Phil Mead (Whitby) - 1 lb 09 oz.
17th - G Archer (Whitby) - 1 lb 01 oz.
18th - Pete Bayes (Scarborough) - 1 lb 00 oz.
19th - Bernard Vasey (Whitby) - 0 lb 15 oz.
The sweep for the heaviest single fish of £110 went to Bernard Westgarth (Darlington) with a 6 lb 14½ oz.
Second heaviest fish won £55 for David Cass (Whitby) 5 lb 01 oz.
As reported by Bernard Vasey.
The conditions were poor on Sunday for the annual Whitby Sea Anglers Association Open Match Competition which was sponsored by the Pier Inn Hotel, Whitby and Keith’s Sports of Saltburn.
The south westerly winds which had been here most of the week increased in strength and a lot of the exposed marks could not be fished.
There was still a good turn out with 165 anglers fishing in the boundaries from Skinningrove Beck to the Coble Landing, Filey. They were determined to find fish on a slow ebbing tide but results were low as only 19 anglers weighed in with 33 codling for a total of 73 lb 03 oz .
Our 1st prize of £300 was presented to a local angler from Sandsend, (Nr Whitby) Dave Cass, who had the heaviest bag of codling with 2 fish for 9 lb 13 oz.
2nd prize of £150 went to Darlington angler Bernard Westgarth with 2 fish for 8 lb 10 oz.
3rd prize of £75 went to D Kendall from Scarborough 6 lb 03 oz.
Result:-
1st - Dave Cass (Sandsend) - 9 lb 13 oz - 2 fish.
2nd - Bernard Westgarth (Darlington) - 8 lb 10 oz - 2 fish.
3rd - D Kendall - 6 lb 03 oz.
4th - Paul Kilpatrick (Whitby) - 5 lb 05 oz.
5th - D Readman (Scarborough) - 5 lb 01½ oz.
6th - A Pickering (Scarborough) - 4 lb 11 oz.
7th = B Colling (Filey) - 4 lb 10½ oz.
7th = J Evis (Whitby) - 4 lb 10½ oz.
9th - Neil Inglis (Whitby) - 4 lb 00 oz.
10th - Westmorland (Whitby) - 3 lb 06 oz.
11th - Denis Thompson (Lythe) - 2 lb 15 oz.
12th - I Thompson (Scarborough) - 2 lb 09½ oz.
13th - Farron Trueman (Whitby) - 2 lb 03 oz.
14th - William Atkinson (Egton) - 2 lb 00 oz.
15th - S Barker (Scarborough) - 1 lb 11 oz.
16th - Phil Mead (Whitby) - 1 lb 09 oz.
17th - G Archer (Whitby) - 1 lb 01 oz.
18th - Pete Bayes (Scarborough) - 1 lb 00 oz.
19th - Bernard Vasey (Whitby) - 0 lb 15 oz.
The sweep for the heaviest single fish of £110 went to Bernard Westgarth (Darlington) with a 6 lb 14½ oz.
Second heaviest fish won £55 for David Cass (Whitby) 5 lb 01 oz.
As reported by Bernard Vasey.
Courtesy WSAA Chairman William Atkinson