The Whitby Sea Anglers Association story by William Atkinson, President & Hon Chairman
NFSA Four Person K/O - 1982
At the 1982 WSAA AGM it was decided that we should have a strong team for the K/O’s with hopefully more chance of success in the form of:-
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Whitby A
William Atkinson [Capt] Dave Perrett Ian Russell Denis Thompson |
Whitby B
Paul Kilpatrick R Steel Andy Marr John Mortlock |
This is what happened, by William Atkinson - 25th April 2022
Thursday 11th November 1982 - 1st Round
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Whitby A
Totals - 9 lb 00½ oz
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Filey A
4 lb 13 oz
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Saturday 29th January 1983
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Whitby A
Totals - 5 lb 13 oz
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Bridlington C
4 lb 13 oz
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27th February 1983 - South Region Final - I have no idea why Whitby B were in the final!
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Whitby A
Totals - 13 lb 03½ oz
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Whitby B
1 lb 11 oz
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Redcar A
9 lb 04 oz
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17th April 1983 - South Region V Central Region fished at Staithes
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Whitby A
Totals - 3 lb 09 oz
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Hartlepool A
0 lb 08 oz
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2nd October 1983 - K/O final, this match should have been at Tynemouth 5th Oct 1983. But Shiremoor had to cancel and it then was fished at Whitby, which they said was okay as they should win anyway as they had 3 Internationals in their team.
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Whitby A
Totals - 35 lb 07 oz
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Shiremoor
25 lb 01 oz
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1983 - 1984 Season
18th December 1983
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Whitby A
Totals - 86 lb 06 oz
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Whitby B
67 lb 00 oz
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This was a Federation record weigh-in at the time.
8th January 1984 - 2nd round, fished Filey C at Gristhorpe.
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1 fish
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2nd November 1984 - 1st round
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Whitby A
Totals - 14 lb 01 oz
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Bridlington A
9 lb 08 oz
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30th December 1984 - 2nd round
Fished Bridlington E at South Landing, nobody had fish so fished at Whitby.
4th January 1985
Fished Bridlington E at South Landing, nobody had fish so fished at Whitby.
4th January 1985
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Whitby A
Totals - 22 lb 04 oz
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Bridlington E
3 lb 10 oz
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18th January 1985 - South Region final
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Whitby A
Totals - 36 lb 03 oz
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Filey Brigg C
13 lb 03 oz
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6th April 1985 - Fished NFSA K/O Final at Knipe Point [Nalgo] north end of Cayton Bay.
Shiremoor C won 3 fish for 5 lb 00 oz, Whitby A 0 lb 00 oz, and Peterlee 0 lb 00 oz
I have no names for the teams as we weighed-in in the car park and everyone went home.
No excuses but Shiremoor had fresh peelers from Devon, but fair play they won on the day.
We did get a runners-up trophy each.
I have no names for the teams as we weighed-in in the car park and everyone went home.
No excuses but Shiremoor had fresh peelers from Devon, but fair play they won on the day.
We did get a runners-up trophy each.
12th December 1985 - fished Bridlington E at Bempton.
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We were very unlucky as Denis lost a fish right at the top, but that's fishing.
8th November 1986 - fished Bridlington A on clifftop to the South of North Landing.
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21st November 1987
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Whitby A
Totals - 25 lb 04 oz
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Filey Brigg C
38 lb 11 oz
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3rd December 1988 - 1st round.
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11th March 1989
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Whitby A
Totals - 10 lb 02 oz
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Bridlington D
2 lb 02 oz
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20th August 1989 - South Region final.
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Whitby A
Totals - 4 lb 05 oz
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Whitby B
0 lb 00 oz
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7th October 1989 - NFSA final fished at Tynemouth
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Whitby A
Totals - 13 lb 05 oz
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Seaham A
5 lb 12 oz
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Sunderland A
3 lb 14 oz
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24th November 1989 - 1st round
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Whitby A
Totals - 43 lb 06 oz
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Bridlington D
24 lb 09 oz
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30th December 1989 - 2nd round
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30th December 1990 - 1st round
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3rd January 1992 - 1st round
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Whitby A
Totals - 11 lb 08 oz
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Filey Brigg A
0 lb 10 oz |
16th February 1992 - 2nd round
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Whitby A
Totals - 15 lb 08 oz
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Whitby B
2 lb 01 oz
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16th March 1992 - South Region final
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Whitby A
Totals - 0 lb 00 oz
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Bridlington B
2 lb 07 oz
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20th November 1992 - 1st round
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Whitby A
Totals - 9 lb 15 oz
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Bridlington C
9 lb 08 oz
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11th December 1992 - 2nd round
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29th December 1993 - 1st round
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Whitby A
Totals - 6 lb 02 oz
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South Cliff B
1 lb 05 oz
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2nd February 1994 - 2nd round
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14th January 1995 - South Region final
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12th January 1996 - 1st round
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20th February 1996 - South Region semi-final
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14th December 1996 - Federation K/O final
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Whitby A
Totals - 24 lb 02½ oz
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Redcar A
8 lb 01 oz
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Burradon A*
0 lb 00 oz
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* - Burradon A - did not turn up.
So that is what happened, I must say I was very proud to Captain such a good team, and it was a real team effort but we decided to pack in as there was to much cheaating and gamesmanship going on.
William Atkinson - April 2022
William Atkinson - April 2022
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Unbeknown to Chairman William Atkinson....................................
In December 2021 it was 25yrs since Whitby Sea Anglers Association [Team A - William Atkinson Cpt, Ian Russell, Dave Perrett & Denis Thompson] had won the final of the Four Person Team Northern Federation knockouts. |
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Whitby Sea Anglers Association is the only Club to have won 3 times, after the last win the competition ceased to be run.
To commemorate this achievement, four tankards were to be award to the winning team members Ian Russell, Dave Perrett, Denis Thompson & Captained by William Atkinson.
To commemorate this achievement, four tankards were to be award to the winning team members Ian Russell, Dave Perrett, Denis Thompson & Captained by William Atkinson.
Published - Monday 25th April 2022
Last edit - Monday 25th April 2022
Last edit - Monday 25th April 2022