Sunday 23rd December 2018
Many thanks to our sponsors (6th year)
Malcolm & Paula Pitman
Hook, Line & Sinker
Church St. Whitby
WSAA Christmas Match Winner
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The Michael Deadman Memorial Trophy
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Bitterly codl NNWesterly wind Sandsend beach
Scrutinizing at the weigh-in
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All smiles
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Christmas carvery at The Stakesby Arms
WSAA first came here in 2013
WSAA first came here in 2013
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Preparation for the prize giving
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Highly fought over, are Christmas cakes & puddings from Rob Allison's mother. Many thanks.
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Presentation
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1st Place
← Malcolm Pitman, owner of Hook, Line & Sinker - sponsors of the WSAA Christmas match hands Denis Thompson £50 1st Place prize. 2 codlings, 1 rockling - 7 lb 02 oz Unfortunately last years winner, Rob Allison, forgot to bring the Winners Trophy to the presentation.
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2nd Place
→ Malcolm Pitman receives his 2nd Place prize £30 from WSAA Treasurer Dave Perrett. 7 whitings, 5 dabs - 6 lb 13 oz |
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3rd Place
← Malcolm Pitman, owner of Hook, Line & Sinker - sponsors of the WSAA Christmas match hands Dave Hambley £20 3rd Place prize 5 lb 10 oz (2) Inc 3 lb 13½ oz |
The Michael Deadman Memorial Trophy
Presented to Denis Thompson by Malcolm Pitman & Richard Deadman
Presented to Denis Thompson by Malcolm Pitman & Richard Deadman
The WSAA Christmas Match prize table.
The WSAA Christmas Match Raffle prize table.
Every member received a Christmas cracker, inside which were two raffle tickets, and a scratch card.
After the raffle was drawn Bernard Vasey said a few words & thanked Dave Perrett
(on behalf of members), for his work putting these together.
Every member received a Christmas cracker, inside which were two raffle tickets, and a scratch card.
After the raffle was drawn Bernard Vasey said a few words & thanked Dave Perrett
(on behalf of members), for his work putting these together.
Patience triumphs for Denis
Denis Thompson - 5 lb 02 oz
High water 16.16 hrs, 5.7 metres, 1023 mbar, 4°C
Fishing, 14.00-19.00hrs thirty members of Whitby Sea Anglers competed for the Christmas Match Trophy and the Michael Deadman Memorial Trophy, for the Heaviest Single Fish. Conditions were far from favourable, in fact it was hard going for all. After which there was a Christmas diner carvery at The Stakesby Arms, followed by prize giving.
Fishing up and over high water, with a slight NWesterly swell 1ft, plenty of close to shore colour. The NNWesterly wind was growing in strength throughout the match, it was bitterly cold, and brought numerous short sharp rain showers. Thankfully the heavy cloud cover shielded the bright full moon.
Many members moved marks during the match trying to find the all-important weigh-in, it paid off for a number of members dropping onto piers, and beaches for whitings and flat fish once darkness had fallen. {‘No-one’ goes home without a prize in the Christmas match as the names of those who don’t weigh-in, go into a hat, all picking up a prize from the table.}
At the ‘festive’ scales, decorated in tinsel and coloured lights, suitably dressed in Christmas jumper weigh master Bernard Vasey was waiting with Dave Perrett. Early to the scales Neil Eglon, weighed 1 codling 3 lb 15 oz, he then had a long anxious wait in the hope of picking up HFish. As members returned with whitings, flounders and dabs it showed just how hard the match had been, but news filtered through that one member had a ‘good fish’.
Sure enough, ‘that’ member Denis Thompson arrived, placed his best codling on the scales 5 lb 02 oz, another codling & a rockling 7 lb 02 oz. Man of the Match, he had won the Christmas Match Trophy & the Michael Deadman Memorial Trophy for the Heaviest Single Fish. Denis reported he got the bite at the ‘top of the tide’ but when he played the fish, it was fast solid. Giving it slack line, placing his rod in the rocks he gave it time & baited up another hook as he patiently waited. On the second attempt the fish was free, and Rob Allison played ‘gillie’ for him.
Many thanks to Stacey Stevens and her staff at The Stakesby Arms for an excellent evening, and thanks also to Malcolm & Paula Pitman of Hook, Line & Sinker for sponsoring the Christmas match.
December Sweeps
HBoFish - Dave Hambley - 13 lb 13 oz - Wed 5th
HFish - Rob Taylor - 9 lb 04 oz - Sun 16th
December’s catch 280 fish - 412 lb 15 oz - Av 1 lb 08 oz
140 codlings, 90 whitings, 22 flat fish, 13 rocklings, 9 billets, 2 poutings & 1 LSD
Merry Christmas & a Happy New year form Whitby Sea Anglers
Results:- 59 lb 03 oz (Av 14 oz) 36 whitings, 13 codlings, 11 dabs, 3 rocklings, 2 flounders & 2 billets.
Fishing, 14.00-19.00hrs thirty members of Whitby Sea Anglers competed for the Christmas Match Trophy and the Michael Deadman Memorial Trophy, for the Heaviest Single Fish. Conditions were far from favourable, in fact it was hard going for all. After which there was a Christmas diner carvery at The Stakesby Arms, followed by prize giving.
Fishing up and over high water, with a slight NWesterly swell 1ft, plenty of close to shore colour. The NNWesterly wind was growing in strength throughout the match, it was bitterly cold, and brought numerous short sharp rain showers. Thankfully the heavy cloud cover shielded the bright full moon.
Many members moved marks during the match trying to find the all-important weigh-in, it paid off for a number of members dropping onto piers, and beaches for whitings and flat fish once darkness had fallen. {‘No-one’ goes home without a prize in the Christmas match as the names of those who don’t weigh-in, go into a hat, all picking up a prize from the table.}
At the ‘festive’ scales, decorated in tinsel and coloured lights, suitably dressed in Christmas jumper weigh master Bernard Vasey was waiting with Dave Perrett. Early to the scales Neil Eglon, weighed 1 codling 3 lb 15 oz, he then had a long anxious wait in the hope of picking up HFish. As members returned with whitings, flounders and dabs it showed just how hard the match had been, but news filtered through that one member had a ‘good fish’.
Sure enough, ‘that’ member Denis Thompson arrived, placed his best codling on the scales 5 lb 02 oz, another codling & a rockling 7 lb 02 oz. Man of the Match, he had won the Christmas Match Trophy & the Michael Deadman Memorial Trophy for the Heaviest Single Fish. Denis reported he got the bite at the ‘top of the tide’ but when he played the fish, it was fast solid. Giving it slack line, placing his rod in the rocks he gave it time & baited up another hook as he patiently waited. On the second attempt the fish was free, and Rob Allison played ‘gillie’ for him.
Many thanks to Stacey Stevens and her staff at The Stakesby Arms for an excellent evening, and thanks also to Malcolm & Paula Pitman of Hook, Line & Sinker for sponsoring the Christmas match.
December Sweeps
HBoFish - Dave Hambley - 13 lb 13 oz - Wed 5th
HFish - Rob Taylor - 9 lb 04 oz - Sun 16th
December’s catch 280 fish - 412 lb 15 oz - Av 1 lb 08 oz
140 codlings, 90 whitings, 22 flat fish, 13 rocklings, 9 billets, 2 poutings & 1 LSD
Merry Christmas & a Happy New year form Whitby Sea Anglers
Results:- 59 lb 03 oz (Av 14 oz) 36 whitings, 13 codlings, 11 dabs, 3 rocklings, 2 flounders & 2 billets.
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1st Denis Thompson - 2 codlings, 1 r’ling
2nd Malc Pitman - 7 whitings, 5 dabs 3rd Dave Hambley - 2 codlings 4th Matty Lamb - 5 ‘tings, 3 fl’nders, 2 dabs 5th Dan Middlemas - 6 whitings, 3 dabs 6th Dave Ward - 6 whitings 7th James Moore - 1 codling, 4 whitings 8th Neil Eglon - 1 codling 9th Colin Stainthorpe - 2 codlings 10th Brian Harland - 1 codling, 2 whitings 11th Ben Laws - 1 codling, 1 dab, 1whiting 12th Rich Deadman - 2 billets, 1 whiting 13th Allan Beale - 1 codling, 1 whiting 14th Peter Horbury - 1 codling, 1 r‘ling 15th Rob Taylor - 1 codling 16th Keeley Fairbanks - 1 whiting 17th Mike Saunders - 1 whiting 18th Jason Ebison - 1 whiting 19th Niki McCourt - 1 r’ling |
7 lb 02 oz
6 lb 13 oz 5 lb 10 oz 5 lb 06 oz 5 lb 03 oz 4 lb 07½ oz 4 lb 05½ oz 3 lb 15 oz 2 lb 12 oz 2 lb 06½ oz 2 lb 02 oz 2 lb 01 oz 1 lb 14 oz 1 lb 06 oz 1 lb 05½ oz 9½ oz 9 oz 8½ oz 7½ oz |
Heaviest Fish 5 lb 02 oz
1 fish |
For those you unfortunately did not weigh-in, names in a hat
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William Atkinson
Bernard Vasey Rob Allison Dave Smith James Gilpin Dave Turnbull Mick Beedle Paul Short Dave Perrett Paul Kilpatrick Dave Johnson Andrew Cass |
Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
Tight Lines
from
Whitby Sea Anglers Association
Published Monday 3rd Dec 2018
Last edit Monday 24th Dec 2018
Last edit Monday 24th Dec 2018