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2014 Open

Whitby Sea Anglers Association 36th Annual Open
photographs by James Hewitson & Peter Horbury

2016 Open
2015 sponsors

Wilf Noble Construction
​& Plant Hire

Ruswarp, Nr Whitby
£500 1st Place Prize


Ground Hog Day 2014 for Rob Allison & Mick Chadwick
​for 2015 Open

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Open winner Rob Allison, WSAA President & Chairman William Atkinson with Superpool winner Mick Chadwick

2014 Open winners

2014
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Mick Chadwick, James Noble, and Rob Allison - Sunday 23rd Nov 2014

Sunday 15th November 2015
Match 14 of 51​

WSAA 36th Annual Open Competition

​Low water 11.53 hrs 1.5 metres

Ground Hog Day for Rob Allison & Mick Chadwick

Ninety six seniors and three juniors competed in this our 36th Annual Open one day fishing competition held by Whitby Sea Anglers Association.

The first place prize of £500 was again kindly & generously sponsored by Wilf Nobles Plant Hire & Construction, Ruswarp Nr Whitby.

James Noble could not attend the presentation so WSAA President & Chairman William Atkinson stood in to give out the prizes from a well-supported table.  Many thanks to all our sponsors.

Condition were wild to say the least, Abigail (1st British named storm) had just past Scotland and ex hurricane Kate was fast approaching the Irish coast line.  1004 mbar, 15°C (very mild for this time of year) swell was NNWesterly 2ft, water was coloured close to shore due to the recent heavy rainfall.  The wind was the same for all WSWesterly 25mph with gusts of 48mph forecasted.

The match started at 10am and the mornings rain showers had past to reveal bright cloudy skies with some rainfall south of Whitby.  Fishing 2hrs to low water at noon and 4hrs of flood.  The wind aided a good ebb 1.5 metres but as soon as the tide turned it quickly flooded.

At the scales, for the weigh-in James Gilpin, Bernard Vasey were kept very busy overseen by William Atkinson.  Of the 99 competitors forty one weighed-in 95 fish for 221 lb 02 oz, 79 codlings, 5 wrasse, 5 billets, 3 bleggs, 2 pollock, and no flat fish weighed.  Before the prize giving hot food was provided courtesy of Carla Smith, Fleece, and Paula Pitman, Hook, Line & Sinker.

For the 2nd year in a row Loftus angler & WSAA member Rob Allison was the clear winner with 4 codlings, 1 wrasse for
16 lb.  His HFish 4 lb 10 oz.

In 2nd place was Sean Crowe, Scarborough, with 4 codlings for 11 lb 05½ oz £300 sponsored by an amalgamation by
​DS & S Thompson’s Diggers, Jefferson’s builders & Hook, Line Sinker.

In 3rd place Mark Smith, Redcar picked up £200 sponsored by our hosts for the evening, the Fleece, Church St, Whitby.  Many thanks to landlady Carla Smith & Lee Marchment.

In the HFish Superpool sweep Mick Chadwick, Scarborough, again for the 2nd year in a row, won with a cod of 6 lb 14 oz.  Collecting £128, Mick only had the 1 fish and finished 10th overall.  Phil Darby, Guisborough weighed the 2nd Heaviest Fish 6 lb 10 oz picked up £64.

 
The future of angling saw two juniors weigh-in, winner Charlie Crowe 2 codlings 4 lb 03 oz & in 2nd place Shae Smith 1 codling 1 lb 07½ oz.  The juniors competition was kindly sponsored by WSAA current & old members Rob Allison, Colin Stainthorpe, James Gilpin, Andrew Cass & George Middlemas - many thanks.

The £50 17th place Special prize, sponsored by Java café’s Ben Laws, would have been won by Grant Greenland but sadly he had left the prize giving early.  Prizes - Strictly No 3rd party collection, as indicated on back of ticket.  Money returned to Ben Laws.

New for 2015 Pairs - 20 pairs of anglers competed for the Heaviest Aggregate Bag of Fish.
Heaviest Aggregate –
Rob Allison & Denis Thompson 20 lb 10½ oz shared £66.50
Runners up -
Chris France & Mick Chadwick 17 lb 13 oz shared £33.50

Sponsored by Mick Beedle, Building & Construction (£75) £50 for the Heaviest Flat Fish & £25 for 2nd, there were no flat fish were weighed-in.  The £75 was put on prize table as cash prizes in accordance with Mick’s instructions should there be no winners.

In the ladies section there were no winners and but Paula Pitman did catch a flat fish but an aggressive cormorant stole it for lunch.

The special £25 Last Place prize went to ex WSAA member Matty Lamb, Guisborough.

In the Lucky Ticket draw, for those you were unfortunate not to weigh-in, John Paul Steyart £10, Gary Hewitt £10 & Paula Pitman £5 raffle tickets.

After the prize giving the table was covered with a large selection of raffle prizes, and James Gilpin presided.

Many thanks to ex WSAA member James Hewitson for the photographs.  Jimmy very kindly gave a bottle of vodka for the raffle.

Last year 102 anglers competed and 29 seniors & 2 juniors weighed-in 91 assorted fish for 198 lb 00 oz, although numbers were slightly down this year it was another resounding, well supported, success with an excellent weigh-in.

Many thanks to James Gilpin & Bernard Vasey for the smooth running of the weigh-in.

Many thanks to all who took part, and we hope to see you all next year.

Tight lines

Peter 
PS - Apologies for any miss spelt names, or missing first names or home towns, can only work from information given thank you.

​Full results list:- 95 assorted fish - 79 codlings, 5 wrasse, 5 billets, 3 bleggs, & 2 pollock for 221 lb 02 oz
​1st - 
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27th = 
27th = 
29th - 
30th - 
31st - 
32nd - 
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34th - 
35th - 
36th - 
37th = 
37th = 
39th - 
40th - 
​41st - 
Rob Allison, Loftus - 4 codlings, 1 wrasse
Sean Crowe, Scarborough - 4 codlings
Mark Smith, Redcar - 2 codlings, 1 pollock
Chris France, Ravenscar - 3 codlings
Ian Simpson, Hinderwell - 3 codlings, 2 bleggs
Rich Deadman, Selby - 3 codlings
Colin Stainthorpe, Whitby - 2 codlings, 1 billet
Ian Sellers, Scarborough - 5 codlings
Rob Taylor, Whitby - 3 codlings
Mick Chadwick, Scarborough - 1 codling
Ian Thompson, Scarborough - 4 codlings, 1 wrasse
Chris Scaife, Filey - 3 codlings
Phil Darby, Guisborough - 1 codling 
Paul Nesham, Brotton - 2 codlings
Andy Nesham, Brotton - 2 codlings
Ben Laws, Whitby - 2 codlings, 1 wrasse
Grant Greenland - 3 codlings
Peter Storr - 2 codlings
Paul Garbutt, Loftus - 1 codling
D Allinson - 3 fish codlings
Paul Lobley, Redcar - 2 codlings, 1 pollock
James Moore, Redcar - 3 codlings
Denis Thompson, Lythe - 1 codling, 1 billet
Matthew Garbutt, Carlin Howe - 2 codlings
A Richardson - 2 wrasse
Charlie Crowe (Jnr), Scarborough - 2 codlings
S Dixon, Seaham - 1 codling
Pete Dunn, Scarborough - 2 codlings
Peter Halder, Cloughton - 2 codlings, 1 billet
Bernard Vasey, Whitby - 1 codling
M Ward, Hinderwell - 1 codling
Dave Perrett, Whitby - 2 codlings
Paul Kilpatrick, Aisalby - 2 codlings
Simon Bowes, Easington - 1 codling, 1 billet
Brian Harland, Whitby - 1 codling, 1 billet
Paul Short, Guisborough - 1 codling
Shae Smith (Jnr), Redcar - 1 codling
H Randell, Shieling, Norfolk - 1 codling
Peter Horbury, Whitby - 1 codling
James Race, Redcar - 1 codling
Matty Lamb, Guisborough - 1 blegg
16 lb 00 oz
11 lb 05½ oz
11 lb 04 oz
10 lb 15 oz
8 lb 07 oz
8 lb 06 oz
7 lb 11 oz
7 lb 09 oz
7 lb 02½ oz
6 lb 14 oz
6 lb 13 oz
6 lb 10½ oz
6 lb 10 oz
6 lb 05 oz
6 lb 05 oz
6 lb 01 oz
5 lb 14 oz
5 lb 12 oz
5 lb 07½ oz
5 lb 02 oz
5 lb 01 oz
4 lb 11  oz
4 lb 10½ oz
4 lb 09½ oz
4 lb 05 oz
4 lb 03 oz
4 lb 02½ oz
4 lb 02½ oz
4 lb 01½ oz
3 lb 15 oz
3 lb 02 oz
3 lb 00 oz
2 lb 12 oz
2 lb 06 oz
2 lb 02 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 08 oz
1 lb 08 oz
1 lb 05 oz
1 lb 03 oz
    10 oz
Inc 4 lb 10 oz

Inc 5 lb 12 oz
Inc 4 lb 12½ oz
In 3 lb 10 oz
Inc 4 lb 05 oz
Inc 4 lb 03 oz

Inc 3 lb 15 oz
Heaviest Fish - 6 lb 14 oz


2nd Heaviest Fish - 6 lb 10 oz













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Table of Heaviest Fish weighed-in
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13th - 
​14th - 
M Chadwick
Phil Darby
Mark Smith
Paul Garbutt
Chris France
Rob Allison
Rich Deadman
Paul Nesham
Peter Storr
S Dixon
Colin Stainthorpe
Rob Taylor
Bernard Vasey
Ian Simpson
​6 lb 14 oz
6 lb 10 oz
5 lb 12 oz
5 lb 07½ oz
4 lb 12½ oz
4 lb 10 oz
4 lb 05 oz
4 lb 04½ oz
4 lb 04 oz
4 lb 03½ oz
4 lb 03 oz
3 lb 15 oz
3 lb 15 oz
3 lb 10 oz

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My Office view from Nintycock rock
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William Atkinson watches as Bernard Vasey fills in the weigh slips
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James Gilpin weighs and then cuts the fish behind the head
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Peter Halder at the scales
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Rob Allison very happy 16 lb 00 oz
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Junior winner Charlie Crowe
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Junior runner up Shea Smith
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WSAA Secretary Peter Horbury crunching the numbers
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Prize table
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Rob Allison 6th Heaviest Fish 4 lb 10 oz
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Colin Stainthorpe 12th Heaviest fish 4 lb 03 oz
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Rich Deadman 7th Heaviest Fish 4 lb 05 oz
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Mick Chadwick Heaviest Fish Superpool winner 6 lb 14 oz
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Open winner Rob Allison
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2nd place Sean Crowe
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3rd place Mark Smith
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Jnr winner Charlie Crowe
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Mick Chadwick Superpool winner
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Phil Darby Superpool runner-up

In the WSAA members match results

Eighteen members & 1 junior took part and 12 weighed in 28 fish for 64 lb 12 oz.
1st - 
2nd - 
3rd - 
4th - 
5th = 
5th = 
7th - 
8th -
9th - 
10th - 
11th - 
​12th - 
R Allison - 4 codlings, 1 wrasse 
R Deadman - 3 codlings
C Stainthorpe - 2 codlings, 1 billet
B Laws - 2 codlings, 1 wrasse
D Thompson - 1 codling, 1 billet
J Moore - 3 codlings
M Garbutt - 2 codlings
B Vasey - 1 codling
D Perrett - 2 codlings
P Kilpatrick - 2 codlings
P Short - 1 codling
P Horbury - 1 codling
16 lb 00 oz
8 lb 06 oz
7 lb 11 oz
6 lb 01 oz
4 lb 11 oz
4 lb 11 oz
4 lb 10 oz
3 lb 15 oz
3 lb 00 oz
2 lb 12 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 05 oz

WSAA members Raffle prizes

Also on the raffle table were the left over prizes after all those attending had made a selection.  Many thanks.
William Atkinson
Rob Allison
Dave Perrett
Peter Horbury
Colin Stainthorpe
Denis Thompson
James Gilpin
Bernard Vasey
Ben Laws
Matthew Garbutt
Andrew Cass
Paul Short
Mick Beedle
Rich Deadman
James Moore
Malcolm Pitman
Paula Pitman
Mike Saunders
Dave Ward
​Wine
Cake, wine and box of chocolates & £20 junior sponsorship
Gift pack wine and chocolates & trophies
Tea making machine and wine
One Shimano reel & £20 junior sponsorship
Grouse whisky
Wine, woolly hats, box of hooks & £20 junior sponsorship
Selection of 6 bottled Whitby beers
Rose wine, (£50 17th place, not collected, so returned to Ben)
Wine
Wine and chocolates & £20 junior sponsorship
Ian Golds tripod, wine
£75 Flat fish 1st & 2nd - not won put on prize table as cash prizes
Beer
Wine
Fishing voucher Sea Spray
1x bait box, wine
Spinning rod, wine
Wine

& Friends

Hook, Line & Sinker
Henry Randell
Mick Horden
Jim Hewitson
Gordon Cross
George Middlemas
Peter Halder
Keith's Sports
Coso's Tackle Supplies
Don Swalwell potato merchant
​Sea Angler
2x £10 gift vouchers
Rod bag
3hr fishing voucher Tina dawn and meal for 2 Dolphin Hotel
Vodka
2x box chocolates
£20 junior sponsorship
2x £25 meat vouchers
2x reels, 4 spools, knife, 2x boot socks & rig case
Voucher
​Large sack of potatoes
​Abu Garcia reel & fishing line

Thanks to all for attending, hope to see you all next year


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The Fleece, Church Street, Whitby

has kindly and generously agreed to sponsor the annual open again.

Sunday 15th November 2015

Fishing 10 am - 4 pm

weigh-in, food and refreshments at the Fleece, Church Street, Whitby

Many thanks to Carla Smith, landlady

Official Photographer - Jimmy Hewitson, ex WSAA member - many thanks Jim
Registered for Penn Points Friday 13th February 2015

‘Whitby Sea Anglers Association’
Open Competition Rules (amended 2015)

•    Exclusion of Liability - Neither the Club nor its Officials or Committee shall be liable for any damage to property, loss, death or injury caused to any full and temporary Open members arising from their participation in any competitions held by the Club.
•    Insurance - It is recommended that all full & temporary Open members shall insure themselves against damage, loss, death or injury arising from the sport of Angling including their participation in any competition held by the Club.
•    Please park responsibly, ensure access for landowners & emergency services.
•    No competitor can fish 90 minutes before the start of the match.
•    Competitors can only use one rod for fishing at any time.
•    Assistance may be given to cast out, gaff, lift, or land fish, but only competitors must strike and play fish for themselves.
•    Only two hooks may be used at any one time or one twin point (no treble hooks).
•    Juniors (under 17yrs) may only win the juniors prize unless they have purchased a senior ticket.
•    Juniors must be accompanied by a parent / guardian. 
•    Fish presented at the weigh-in, must be retained ungutted and be available for examination up to 30 minutes after the weigh-in.
•    Unwanted fish to be placed in the bucket provided & not thrown in the harbour - thank you.
•    The following are not eligible to be weighed-in: Rockling, Rays Bream, and lumpsuckers.
•    Size limits are: Codling, Coalfish, Pollock 35cm, Eels 38cm, Bass* 42cm *(max 3 bag limit), Whiting 30cm, Flat Fish 25cm, Pouting 25cm, and Wrasse 35cm.  If not referred to above, then 25cm.
•    Any objections must be lodged with the officials during the weigh-in, or they will not be entertained.
•    In the event of a dispute then the organisers will adjudicate and have the power to disqualify.
•    Any angler in breach of the rules will be disqualified.
•    Defaced or photocopied tickets will not be accepted by the weigh master.
•    Boundaries ~ Skinningrove Beck to Coble Landing, Filey, and Whitby Harbour seaward side of the swing bridge. 
•    Prizes - STRICTLY NO 3rd party collection, to be collected in person.
•    At 5.15 pm a WSAA committee member will stop any late anglers joining the weigh-in, in the event of a queue.

Additional Prizes

1)    Leading Lady also collects £25 special prize with any place prize.
2)    For those unfortunate not to weigh-in, there is the Lucky Ticket Draw (2X £10 & 1X £5 in raffle tickets)
3)    Special £25 for Last Place.
4)    New for 2015 - Optional Pairs, all in all out.  Pairs to attend weigh-in together where possible.

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