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.
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.
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.
Unfortunately there is no date of publication.
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.
Once again no date of publication.
Scarborough Evening News February 2nd 1963.
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.
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.
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Fish sizes for Bell Trophy 2023
* 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.
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The inscription reads:-
DARTANELLER HMS KINROSS - TAKEN FROM FORT CHANAK NOV 11 1918 BY W ROBINSON RN - USED AS ALARM BELL BY TURKS
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.
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:-
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:-
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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.
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No.
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Year
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Angling Club
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Notes
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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* |
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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 |
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81st
82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th |
2006
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 |
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 |
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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
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
Last edit Mon 3rd February 2025