Many thanks to our sponsors (4th year)
Malcolm & Paula Pitman
Hook, Line & Sinker
Church St. Whitby
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↑ - 08.00hrs quick look at the conditions - ↑
↓ - 13.00 hrs en-route to my chosen mark, checking out the beach for darkness - ↓
↓ - 13.00 hrs en-route to my chosen mark, checking out the beach for darkness - ↓
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WSAA Christmas Match Trophies
WSAA Christmas Match Winner
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The Michael Deadman Memorial Trophy
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Stuart Swales - wrasse 2 lb 03½ oz
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Stuart Swales joint 1st - 4 lb 02 oz (3)
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Chris McCarthy - HF 2 lb 06½ oz
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Stuart & Malcolm share trophy
James & Bernard wait patiently
Low water 13.00 hrs, 1.4 metres, High water 19.03 hrs,
5.4 metres, 1031mbar, 10°C
The weather was far from festive, nor seasonal for the WSAA annual Christmas match, ‘no jacket req’d’, it was so mild. Fishing from 2-7pm, weigh-in 7-8pm at The Stakesby Arms, members needn’t rush back to the weigh-in and could fish to full time from any either end of the boundary.
There was a gentle SWesterly breeze, 10°C, some welcome light cloud cover to shield the sun shine from the water. Plenty of colour despite the lack lustre 0-1 ft NWesterly swell. Swell was periodic, and came in short burst for the all flood match up to high water 19.03 hrs, 5.4 metres.
There was an excellent turnout of 34 members fishing the 5hr match. Conditions were such it was to be a scratching match, with members changing marks in search of an all-important weigh-in as catch forecasts were low. Fishing the rock in daylight then moving to the beach for whitings as darkness fell was successful for one or two. Fresh lug worm and mackerel strips being most successful baits.
Bernard Vasey wasn’t exactly rushed off his feet at the weigh-in (but made of point of weighing to the ½ oz as he knew it could be close) as a steady trickle of 21 successful members arrived with their meagre catches. 12 whitings, 8 billets, 8 flat fish, 7 codlings, 6 rocklings and a wrasse top the scales at 34 lb 14 oz, 42 assorted fish in total Av 13 oz.
As we waited, Bernard reported hooking a good fish 1st cast but was unable to get it moving, constantly nodding he tried for 20 mins walking 50yds left then 50 yds right in order to retrieve it. Sadly all that came back was ½ a hook snood.
There was a tie for 1st place, Malcolm Pitman - 6 whitings & a flat fish - 4 lb 03 oz, weighing-in in front of Stuart Swales, as he waited for his turn with 1 wrasse (2 lb 03½ oz), 1 billet & a rockling for exactly the same weight 4 lb 03 oz. Not even ½ oz could separate them. Malcolm & Paula Pitman of Hook, Line & Sinker, Church St. very kindly & generous sponsor the event, so Malcolm elected not to take his share of the prize money. He did however receive a prize from the table and will be engraved on the trophy.
The HFish fell to Chris McCarthy (Jnr) 2 lb 06½ oz codling. Chris finished 6th overall and is the first member to receive the new Heaviest Fish Trophy for the Christmas match donated by Richard Deadman, The Michael Deadman Memorial Trophy in memory of his father who sadly past away earlier this year.
Many thanks to Tracey Stevens, landlady of The Stakesby Arms, and her staff for an excellent carvery laid on for all members after the weigh-in prior to prize giving. Nobody went home without a prize as those who weren’t successful in the match were drawn from a hat and had pick of the table. Each member received a lottery scratch card and 2 raffle tickets for the extensive raffle table all laid on by WSAA Treasurer Dave Perrett.
Results:- 34 lb 14 oz (Av 0 lb 13 oz)
5.4 metres, 1031mbar, 10°C
The weather was far from festive, nor seasonal for the WSAA annual Christmas match, ‘no jacket req’d’, it was so mild. Fishing from 2-7pm, weigh-in 7-8pm at The Stakesby Arms, members needn’t rush back to the weigh-in and could fish to full time from any either end of the boundary.
There was a gentle SWesterly breeze, 10°C, some welcome light cloud cover to shield the sun shine from the water. Plenty of colour despite the lack lustre 0-1 ft NWesterly swell. Swell was periodic, and came in short burst for the all flood match up to high water 19.03 hrs, 5.4 metres.
There was an excellent turnout of 34 members fishing the 5hr match. Conditions were such it was to be a scratching match, with members changing marks in search of an all-important weigh-in as catch forecasts were low. Fishing the rock in daylight then moving to the beach for whitings as darkness fell was successful for one or two. Fresh lug worm and mackerel strips being most successful baits.
Bernard Vasey wasn’t exactly rushed off his feet at the weigh-in (but made of point of weighing to the ½ oz as he knew it could be close) as a steady trickle of 21 successful members arrived with their meagre catches. 12 whitings, 8 billets, 8 flat fish, 7 codlings, 6 rocklings and a wrasse top the scales at 34 lb 14 oz, 42 assorted fish in total Av 13 oz.
As we waited, Bernard reported hooking a good fish 1st cast but was unable to get it moving, constantly nodding he tried for 20 mins walking 50yds left then 50 yds right in order to retrieve it. Sadly all that came back was ½ a hook snood.
There was a tie for 1st place, Malcolm Pitman - 6 whitings & a flat fish - 4 lb 03 oz, weighing-in in front of Stuart Swales, as he waited for his turn with 1 wrasse (2 lb 03½ oz), 1 billet & a rockling for exactly the same weight 4 lb 03 oz. Not even ½ oz could separate them. Malcolm & Paula Pitman of Hook, Line & Sinker, Church St. very kindly & generous sponsor the event, so Malcolm elected not to take his share of the prize money. He did however receive a prize from the table and will be engraved on the trophy.
The HFish fell to Chris McCarthy (Jnr) 2 lb 06½ oz codling. Chris finished 6th overall and is the first member to receive the new Heaviest Fish Trophy for the Christmas match donated by Richard Deadman, The Michael Deadman Memorial Trophy in memory of his father who sadly past away earlier this year.
Many thanks to Tracey Stevens, landlady of The Stakesby Arms, and her staff for an excellent carvery laid on for all members after the weigh-in prior to prize giving. Nobody went home without a prize as those who weren’t successful in the match were drawn from a hat and had pick of the table. Each member received a lottery scratch card and 2 raffle tickets for the extensive raffle table all laid on by WSAA Treasurer Dave Perrett.
Results:- 34 lb 14 oz (Av 0 lb 13 oz)
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1st = M Pitman - 6 whitings, 1 flat fish
1st =Stu Swales - 1 fish wrasse, 1 billet, 1 rockling 3rd R Allison - 2 billets, 1 codling, 1 rockling 4th B Vasey - 4 billets 5th A Cass - 2 codlings 6th C McCarthy (Jnr) - 1 codling 7th B Harland - 1 codling, 1 billet 8th D Thompson - 1 codling, 1 rockling 9th C Stainthorpe - 1 codling 10th J Moore - 2 whitings 11th = P Horbury - 1 whiting, 1 flat fish 11th = M Lamb - 2 flat fish 11th = D Middlemas - 1 whiting, 1 flat fish 14th Ste Swales - 1 flat fish 15th D Perrett - 1 whiting 16th B Laws - 1 whiting 17th N McCourt - 1 rockling 18th A Spilman - 1 flat fish 19th P Short - 1 rockling 20th J Ebison - 1 flat fish 21st R Deadman - 1 rockling Also rans from names in the hat - all received a prize 22nd Mick Beedle 23rd Paula Pitman 24th Keeley Fairbanks 25th Mike Saunders 26th William Atkinson 27th Luke Davis (Jnr) 28th Paul Dryden 29th Dave Johnson 30th Paul Kilpatrick 31stMick Bowman 32nd James Gilpin 33rd Colin Readman 34th Dave Ward |
4 lb 03 oz
4 lb 03 oz 3 lb 11 oz 3 lb 10 oz 3 lb 01½ oz 2 lb 06½ oz 2 lb 03 oz 2 lb 00½ oz 1 lb 09 oz 1 lb 01 oz 14 oz 14 oz 14 oz 13 oz 10½ oz 10 oz 8 oz 7 oz 5½ oz 6 oz 5 oz |
Wrasse - 2 lb 03½ oz Heaviest fish winner 
Scorpion fish caught by Bernard Vasey
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Leader board after 25 of 50 matches
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1st Denis Thompson - 54 fish for
2nd Matty Lamb - 51 fish for 3rd Rob Allison - 55 fish for 4th Brian Harland - 36 fish for 5th Colin Stainthorpe - 44 fish for 6th Bernard Vasey - 31 fish for 7th Ben Laws - 26 fish for 8th Dave Perrett - 30 fish for 9th James Moore - 34 fish for 10th Paul Kilpatrick - 24 fish for 11th Andrew Cass - 19 fish for 12th Paul Short - 39 fish for 13th Peter Horbury - 33 fish for 14th Danny Middlemas - 23 fish for 15th Chris McCarthy (Jnr) - 14 fish for 16th Dave Ward - 19 fish for 17th Stuart Swales - 20 fish for 18th Mike Bowman - 11 fish for 19th William Atkinson - 19 fish for 20th Steven Swales - 8 fish for 21st James Gilpin - 9 fish for 22nd Jason Ebison - 8 fish for 23rd Mick Beedle - 3 fish for 24th Richard Deadman - 6 fish for 25th R Cope - 2 fish for 26th Niki McCourt - 7 fish for 27th Mike Saunders - 8 fish for 28th Luke Davis (Jnr) - 4 fish for 29th Malcolm Pitman - 7 fish for 30th Paul Dryden - 1 fish for 31st Keeley Fairbanks - 1 fish for 32nd Andy Spilman - 1 fish for 33rd Tom Evans - 1 fish for |
125 lb 7/16oz
118 lb 00 oz 99 lb 13/16oz 91 lb 2/16oz 81 lb 6/16oz 65 lb 11/16oz 65 lb 1/16oz 57 lb 3/16oz 50 lb 6/16oz 49 lb 00 oz 44 lb 5/16oz 42 lb 1/16oz 41 lb 10/16oz 40 lb 7/16oz 39 lb 00 oz 33 lb 14/16oz 28 lb 00 oz 21 lb 12/16oz 21 lb 9/16oz 15 lb 14/16oz 13 lb 7/16oz 11 lb 7/16oz 9 lb 7/16oz 9 lb 2/16oz 8 lb 00 oz 7 lb 1/16oz 4 lb 14/16oz 4 lb 5/16oz 4 lb 3/16oz 2 lb 10/16oz 14/16oz 7/16oz 4/16oz |
Difference
7 lb 7/16oz 18 lb 3/16oz 8 lb 11/16oz 9 lb 12/16oz 15 lb 11/16oz 10/16oz 7 lb 14/16oz 6 lb 13/16oz 1 lb 6/16oz 4 lb 11/16oz 2 lb 4/16oz 7/16oz 1 lb 3/16oz 1 lb 7/16oz 5 lb 2/16oz 5 lb 14/16oz 6 lb 4/16oz 3/16oz 5 lb 11/16oz 2 lb 7/16oz 2 lb 00 oz 2 lb 00 oz 5/16oz 1 lb 2/16oz 15/16oz 2 lb 3/16oz 9/16oz 2/16oz 1 lb 9/16oz 1 lb 12/16oz 7/16oz 3/16oz |
Christmas match 2016 prize table
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Many thanks to Tracey & her staff at The Stakesby Arms for their first class hospitality.
Christmas Match Champions
Stuart Swales, Chairman William Atkinson and Malcolm Pitman with the winners trophy
3rd place Rob Allison receives his winnings from Chairman William Atkinson & match sponsor Malcolm Pitman
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4th place Bernard Vasey receives his winnings from Chairman William Atkinson & match sponsor Malcolm Pitman
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The Michael Deadman Memorial Trophy
For The Christmas Match Heaviest Fish
The Michael Deadman Memorial Trophy For The Christmas Match Heaviest Fish
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Chris McCarthy (Jnr), Richard Deadman, Chairman William Atkinson & Malcolm Pitman
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Well done Chris McCarthy (Jnr) 1st winner of The Michael Deadman Memorial Trophy - 2 lb 06½ oz
Bernard & Dave organising the raffle prizes
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No one goes home without a prize or two.
Many thanks to Bernard Vasey for his candid photographs
Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
from
Whitby Sea Anglers Association
Published Saturday 24th December 2016
Last edit Saturday 24th December 2016
Last edit Saturday 24th December 2016