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The Scarborough inter-angling-clubs Challenge Trophy - The Bell Trophy.

The date for the annual match is decided by the previous years winners and must take place between 1st January and 31st March - Rule 7 (below) and the match must not exceed 4 hours.  Competing in the event is by invitation only.

Scarborough Rock Anglers Society stress that all competitors meet at the meeting point Oasis Café, North Marine Drive, Scarborough.  The competition is open to ALL the members of an individual club and not for a select few, as has been done in the past by certain clubs.  Boundaries are listed in the Rules below (Rule 2).

A Clubs 'aggregate weight' is determined by dividing the total weight of fish caught by the number of anglers in each Team.  The ideal Team is of eight anglers, any less and the Team must still pay for a Team of eight to enter and the aggregate is still worked out on a Team of eight.  All entrants pay the £3.00 fee (2013) made up of £2.00 Team - Sweeps £0.50 aggregate weight - £0.50 Heaviest Single Fish.

A Team can have more than eight anglers but the total weight is then divided by that number in the Team.  Any club with around 14 to 16 anglers (or more) would benefit from entering two Teams, rather than one large Team.

Catches are weighed to the nearest dram, being 16 drams to an ounce.  Team aggregates are also calculated to the nearest dram, hence the results can take a while to work out.

Clubs often run their own individual sweeps and these prizes can be awarded by the organizers during the presentation.

The weigh in takes place at the Scarborough Rock Anglers Society social club from 2pm to 3pm.  A buffet is laid on by the organizers and there is always a raffle.

The following photos and newspaper clippings have been kindly supplied by George Dunn, Secretary of Scarborough Rock Anglers Society.
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The caption reads "Owing to stormy weather not a single bite was recorded when East Yorkshire sea anglers competed on Filey Brigg on Saturday for the bell Trophy. Here are three of the fishermen, Messrs. Pritchard, Peel and Vasey, of the Scarborough teams. The trophy is a bell which was used in Turkey during the war to sound the alarm during gas attacks. The competition will be held again when conditions are more favourable."

Unfortunately there is no date of publication.
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 The caption reads "The inter-club fishing match for the "Bell" took place at Filey Brigg on Saturday."
Once again no date of publication.
Scarborough Evening News February 2nd 1963.
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The above is from the Scarborough Evening News February 2nd 1963.

Alarm bell of Turkish fort is Scarborough angling trophy.

    When I called to see fishing tackle dealer Mr. Edwin Peart he was busy cleaning the Scarborough inter-angling-clubs challenge trophy---the Bell Trophy---which will be competed for on 10 February at Scarborough.
    A silver bell is the actual trophy, on which is inscribed the words “Sana 1897”.
    The trophy , says Mr. Peart, must have had some exciting adventures in its day.  It was presented to the Scarborough angling clubs by the late Mr. J Jubb in 1926.
    On the top of the bell is an inscription which says that the bell was used as an alarm by the Turks and it was taken from Fort Chanak on 11 November 1918.
    Mr. Jubb was an engineer in the navy when the bell came in to his possession – “I think he did a swap with a Lieutenant Robinson, who had got the bell in the first place from the Turks,” Mr. Peart tell recalls.
    Five clubs take part in the annual competition, the South Cliff Angling Club, Scarborough Rock Anglers Society, Filey Brigg Angling Club, Scarborough G.P.O. Angling Club and the Whitby Sea Angling Club.  This will be the 36th year that the competition has been held.
    Prospects for the event do not look too hopeful, however.  Fish are small in size and few in quantity, and the wind will have to change direction if fish are to come inshore on time, says Mr. Peart.

The report says, 1963 was the 36th year of competition then the next in Jan / Feb 2013 will be the 86th*.

*However this does not tally with the engravings, more research is required.
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The Bell Trophy. Photograph by Bernard Vasey.
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Courtesy Bernard Vasey.

Fish sizes for Bell Trophy 2023
Bass
Coalfish (Billet)
Cod
Conger
Dab
Flounder
Haddock
Ling
Mackerel
Plaice
Pollock
Pouting
Spur dogfish
Sole
Whiting
Wrasse
Rays
Rockling
42 cm
35 cm
35 cm
59 cm
26 cm
26 cm
31 cm
65 cm
30 cm
29 cm
35 cm
24 cm
60 cm
26 cm
31 cm
35 cm
45 cm*
25 cm
* across wing.  All other fish not less than 30cms.  Some fish may be subject to MAFF restrictions at the time.
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2023 invitation

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The top of the Bell is marked with it's history. 27th January 2013 Photograph by Peter Horbury.
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And this is the Bell Trophy, Whitby Sea Angler Association have won this four times. 27th January 2013 Photograph by Peter Horbury.
The inscription reads:-
DARTANELLER HMS KINROSS - TAKEN FROM FORT CHANAK NOV 11 1918 BY W ROBINSON RN - USED AS ALARM BELL BY TURKS
From the inscription:-
Chanak

Çanakkale (chänäk`kälĕ) or Chanakkale (–kälā), city / capital of Çanakkale province, in north west Turkey, on the Asian shore of the Dardanelles.

The city has long been fortified and has a 15th-century fort.
In World War I the city and fort were bombarded (1915) during the Gallipoli campaign.


HMS Kinross.
The paddle minesweeper HMS Kinross survived the First World War but was mined and sunk in the Aegean Sea on June 16th, 1919.

'Sana 1897' in an internet search does not throw anymore light on the bells history.

More research required.

Past Winners of the Bell Trophy

There is a discrepancy with the report above, which says the 1963 Bell Trophy Tournament was the 36th.  Yet, on the Bell's mount there is an engraved shield for 1926, that would have made 1963 the 38th Bell Trophy, two years out.

There are a few engraved shields missing 1941 to 1946 is believed to be the war years and maybe the Bell Trophy Tournament did not takes place.

The other gaps in the history are being checked up on as Scarborough Rock Anglers were not aware there were shields missing.  As soon as George Dunn gets back to me with the missing clubs names I will fill in the spaces - updated & completed 20th March 2014.

But as it stands the league table for the individual times a club has won the event is as follows:-
Wins
31
20
19
9
6
5
2
1
1
Angling Club
Scarborough Rock Anglers
South Cliff
Filey Brigg
Cloughton
Whitby Sea Anglers Association (updated 28th Jan 2024)
Bridlington
Scalby Mills
Dotterel
Redcar Angling Club
100yrs total including the 5 war years & 1yr Covid-19 Pandemic.
By 2017 all engravings and plates are up to date.

No.
Year
Angling Club
Notes
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Scarborough Rock Anglers
South Cliff
Filey Brigg
South Cliff
South Cliff
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Filey Brigg
South Cliff
Scarborough Rock Anglers










11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Scarborough Rock Anglers
South Cliff










No competition War Years
No competition War Years
No competition War Years
No competition War Years
No competition War Years
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
26th
27th
28th
29th
30th
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Filey Brigg
Filey Brigg
Filey Brigg
Filey Brigg
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Filey Brigg
Filey Brigg
Scarborough Rock Anglers









31st
32nd
33rd
34th
35th
36th
37th
38th
39th
40th
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
South Cliff
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Scarborough Rock Anglers
South Cliff
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Scarborough Rock Anglers
South Cliff
Scarborough Rock Anglers










41st
42nd
43rd
44th
45th
46th
47th
48th
49th
50th
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Scarborough Rock Anglers
South Cliff
South Cliff
Redcar Angling Club
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Filey Brigg
South Cliff
South Cliff
Filey Brigg









19th January 1975
51st
52nd
53rd
54th
55th
56th
57th
58th
59th
60th
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
South Cliff
South Cliff
Bridlington
Filey Brigg
Cloughton
Filey Brigg
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Filey Brigg
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Cloughton






16th January 1983
22nd January 1984
13th January 1985
26th January 1986
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
Whitby Sea Anglers Association
Filey Brigg
South Cliff
South Cliff
Bridlington
Cloughton
Bridlington
South Cliff
Bridlington
Bridlington
1st February 1987
24th January 1988
22nd January 1989
14th January 1990
20th January 1991
No date in WSAA records
10th January 1993
16th January 1994
22nd January 1995
21st January 1996*
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
*South Cliff
Whitby Sea Anglers Association
*Scarborough Rock Anglers
*South Cliff
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Filey Brigg
Dotterel
Cloughton
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Filey Brigg
26th January 1997
1st February 1998*
17th January 1999*
23rd January 2000
14th January 2001
13th January 2002
2nd February 2003
8th February 2004
13th February 2005
29th January 2006
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Whitby Sea Anglers Association
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Whitby Sea Anglers Association
Scalby Mills
Filey Brigg
South Cliff
Scarborough Rock Anglers
Filey​
21st January 2007
27th January 2008
1st February 2009
14th February 2010
23rd January 2011
12th February 2012
27th January 2013
19th January 2014
8th February 2015
​Sun 24th January 2016
​91st
​92nd
​93rd
​94th
​95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
​101st
​2016
​2017
​2018
​2019
​2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
​2026
Cloughton
​Cloughton
​Whitby Sea Anglers Association
​Scalby Mills
​Filey Brigg
Covid-19 Pandemic
Cloughton
Cloughton
Whitby Sea Anglers Association
Cloughton Rocks
TBA
Sun 29th January 2017​
Sun 21st January 2018
​Sun 10th February 2019
​Sun 26th January 2020
​
Not fished
Sun 20th February 2022
Sun 26th February 2023
Sun 28th January 2024
Sun 2nd February 2025
TBA

*Found in WSAA archives - not engraved on Bell - Bell now up to date.
South Cliff Club - 21st January 1996
Scarborough Rock Anglers - 11th February 1998
South Cliff Club - 17th January 1999

20th March 2014 - received official confirmation from George Dunn, Secretary of Scarborough Rock Anglers, of missing winners.  Bell to be engraved ASAP #Done

Published January 2013
Last edit Mon 3rd February 2025

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