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2014 - 2015 Presentation
2014 - 2015 season

61st Annual
Presentation Evening
Saturday 16th April 2016

2015 - 2016 season
2015 - 2016 season

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Saturday afternoon Dave Perrett, Bernard Vasey & Peter Horbury set up the tiered table of trophies.

Members & guests arrive, Cross Butts Stable Restaurant
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Secretary Peter Horbury had compiled a small 'just for fun' quiz, & caption competition, presented after the first course.
↓ - Bernard had improved the tiered trophy table from last year - ↓
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After an excellent meal & superb hospitality WSAA Secretary Peter Horbury summarized the season and members achievements.


​Tonight is our 61st Annual Presentation evening, I hope everyone enjoyed their meal, and thank you all for coming.

September 2015

Start of the season, just one match in September and Bernard Vasey is feeling unwell, ignored stomach cramps and went fishing.  Returning with 2 codlings for 5 lb 03 oz.  Sadly Dave missed the weigh-in when he was in collision with an adult deer on the Scarborough road.

October 2015

October was Matthew’s month and saw the Singles knockouts get off to a good start.  Matthew 4 fish for 10 lb in the first round, and in the Doubles Knockouts Matthew 8 fish 21 lb 14 oz.  Matthew claimed the month with 33 fish for 87 lb 02 oz with Rob 27 lb in arrears.  Wednesday 7th Oct and Mathew weighs-in the Heaviest Bag of the season 30 lb 09 oz, that night would be the best weigh-in of the season 156 lb 05 oz from 20 members.  Sunday 25th Oct and a WSAA record broken twice, 1st Paul Short, with a pollock of 6 lb 05 oz.  Short lived though, no pun intended, as Denis weighed the Heaviest Fish of the night, a 9 lb pollock, the new WSAA record.  Following Wednesday and Andrew weighs a fine spragg 7 lb 05½ oz.  October was to be the best month of the season 325 fish for 589 lb 06 oz.

​November 2015

November was Rob’s month 80 lb 10 oz 31 fish, some 27 lb more than Colin.  Our Open was ‘Groundhog Day’ for Rob and Mick Chadwick.  Rob won for the 2nd year in a row 4 codlings & 1 wrasse 16 lb 00 oz.  Well done Rob.  Heaviest Bag of the month fell to Andrew 24 lb 08 oz.   Heaviest Fish from Malcolm on the first match 6 lb 03 oz was cruelly taken from him by Rob on the last match of the month with a spragg of 7 lb 03½ oz.  Earlier in the day, Rob was 2nd in the Royal Marines Assoc Charity Open.  Michael Saunders weighed the heaviest flat fish 12 oz.  For November only 272 fish were weighed-in for 513 lb 10 oz.

December 2015

December had the 4th best weigh-in and the highest fish count 458 for the season, of which 315 were whiting.  It was Ben’s month 58 fish for 53 lb 03 oz only 8 lb ahead of Dave.  Another record, this time from new member Mike Saunders, a thornback ray 5 lb 08 oz.  Taking the record from Malcolm, which he had set in 2003 - 1 lb 09 oz.  Sunday 13th December and Andrew shares 1st Place in the Cloughton Open with Pete Dunn with identical fish of 8 lb 02 oz 2 drm.  Well done Andrew.  9th December, Colin & Malcolm were crowned Doubles Knockout champs beating Dave & Mick.

Christmas match again kindly sponsored by Paula & Malcolm, Hook, Line & Sinker.  Rob won 5 codlings 16 lb 05 oz with Dave taking Heaviest Fish 6 lb 08 oz.

Over the Christmas break, The Station Inn Open & Andrew was 3rd with a spragg of 8 lb 04 oz.

January 2016

January, 1st Wednesday, James is crowned Singles Knockout champ beating Andrew, both with 3 fish 12 lb 03 oz - V - 9 lb 10 oz.  Another record, Most Fish caught in any one match 35 fish - 32 whitings and 3 flat fish from Malcolm.  Beating Phil Mead’s previous record of 36 whitings for 14 lb 13 oz.
Bell Trophy Sunday 24th and 13 members attended, we came a respectful 2nd 8 fish for 15 lb 13 oz 02 drm.  Our hosts for the day, Scarborough Rock Anglers were awarded the ‘wooden spoon’ from their secretary George Dunn.
Saturday 30th and Chris is pleasure fishing and weighs-in the Heaviest Fish out of Competition 9 lb 07 oz, being the first recipient of the new David ‘Sten’ Stonehouse Memorial Sandsend Trophy & £50.  Well done Chris, how long before you are classed as a senior?

​February 2016

February saw the revival of an ‘old grudge’ match, Cloughton Rock Anglers - V - WSAA, sadly true to tradition as hosts we lost the match.  Our average of 12½ oz could not match theirs 1 lb 09 oz.
February 224 fish for 312 lb 09 oz, was Rob’s month 14 fish for 42 lb 07 oz.  Wednesday 10th and Storm Imogen had past, Ben weighs the Heaviest Bag 17 lb 09 oz.  Only 2 fish mind, to take Heaviest Fish of the season 12 lb 08 oz.  Well done Ben, sadly on the same night our Chairman, & President, William reported dropping a good fish when he tried to lift it, estimated at 8 lb.

March 2016

March, although Matthew hadn’t fished a match for a while didn’t mean he wasn’t fishing.  Over the weekend 5th/6th March Matthew won the European Open Beach Championships, at Tunstall, East Yorkshire.  Weighing a spragg 7 lb 02 oz on Saturday & a flat fish on Sunday to clinch the win & £6.5k.  Well done Matthew.
March, the worst month with a poor 242 lb 06 oz weigh-in 305 fish, 226 whitings, only 40 cod weighed.  March was Dave’s month taking 44 fish for 27 lb 12 oz, 4 lb more than Rob.  Heaviest Bag fell to Jamsy 10 lb 06 oz with Rob, again taking Heaviest Fish 5 lb 14 oz on the last match of the month, this time from Colin.

Most consistent member with 41 weigh-ins from 51 matches was myself Peter Horbury.

Well done to WSAA Team B in the Yorkshire Fours, crowned champions for the 2nd year in a row.

Overall the season was better than last season by 389 lb, with similar membership 25, and one of the better seasons since 1997 / 1998 season 3,394 lb from 36 members, with the exception of 2013/ 2014 season 3,053 lb.

682 Cod
651 Whitings
140 Rocklings
83 Billets
47 Flat Fish
11 Poutings
9 Pollock
8 Eels
2 Wrasse
2 Lesser Spotted Dogfish
& 1 thornback ray

Totalling 1,943 fish for 2,645 lb 03 oz (Av 1 lb 06 oz)

Many thanks to all members for your input, photographs and tales.

Thanks to Bernard & James for their work, at the Open & weigh-ins (and banter).

Many thanks to Dave for the book work and keeping everyone in order.

In reverse order we will present the prizes & trophies

1
Ladies winner

​Paula Pitman


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Junior winner

Chris McCarthy

​79 lb 09 oz

​61 fish

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Junior Heaviest Bag of Fish

​Chris McCarthy

9 lb 08 oz - 14 whitings

​Sunday 6th December 2015
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Junior Heaviest Fish

​Chris McCarthy

6 lb 11½ oz

​Wednesday 27th January 2016

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Most Improved

(by members voting)

Unanimous winner - Chris McCarthy
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Singles Knockout winner

​James Moore

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Singles Knockout runner-up

​Andrew Cass
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Doubles Knockout winners

​Colin Stainthorpe & Malcolm Pitman

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Doubles Knockout runners-up

​Dave Perret & Mick Beedle
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Heaviest Fish in Competition

Ben Laws

​12 lb 08 oz Wednesday

​10th February 2016

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Heaviest Fish Out of Competition

Chris McCarthy

​9 lb 07 oz Saturday

​30th January 2016
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Christmas Match winner

Rob Allison

16 lb 05 oz - 5 fish

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Christmas Match Heaviest Fish

Dave Perrett

​6 lb 08 oz
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Greatest Number of Fish

Malcolm Pitman

​201 fish

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Heaviest Bag of Fish

Matthew Garbutt

30 lb 09 oz

​Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Aggregate Fish

Rob Allison

​2 lb 10 oz

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WSAA Annual Open Winner

​Rob Allison
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10th Place

Peter Horbury

123 fish

​130 lb 00 oz

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9th Place

Colin Stainthorpe

82 fish

​147 02 oz
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8th place

Malcolm Pitman

201 fish

​147 lb 14 oz

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7th Place

Paul Short

120 fish

​157 lb 05 oz
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6th Place

Denis Thompson

77 fish

​159 lb 11 oz

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5th Place

James Moore

177 fish

​176 lb 13 oz
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4th Place

Dave Perrett

170 fish

​192 lb 02 oz

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3rd Place

Andrew Cass

129 fish

​209 lb 01 oz
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2nd Place

Ben Laws

151 fish

​239 lb 07 oz

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1st Club Champion 2015 - 2016

Rob Allison

116 fish

​301 lb 14 oz
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Most Memorable Moment

Dave Perrett

​1st match of the season and in collision with a deer, and wrote his car off.

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WSAA Chairman & President William Atkinson.
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Gave his customary speech to members, issuing a few words of encouragement & thanks.  Followed by him presenting a few gifts to offficials
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Weigh master James Gilpin

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Weigh Master Bernard Vasey
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Secretary Peter Horbury

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Treasurer Dave Perrett
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Caption Competition

Couple of 'out take' photographs.
Wednesday 9th December 2015
Sunday 13th December 2015
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Will you get out of my face!
Mines got a big mouth!
Please meet my ventriloquist.
With a gob like that, it must be Lobley!
A gottle of gear.
Bernard comes 2nd in beauty the contest.
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Oh shit, is that a deer?
Paula will you stop nipping my bum!
​Told you it was a whopper!
​Have you seen the size of my...
Just can't put my finger on this one.
​We have the same eyes!

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Dave Perrett was in collision with a deer on the way back from Scarborough.
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Denis Thompson - Record Pollock smashes rod eyes as rod is dragged over the rocks.
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Peter Horbury forgets to pack his rod in the car
James Moore falls off Scarborough pier
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Cormorant steals Paula's flat fish & denies her a weigh-in
James Moore lands 4 lb 08 oz cod on size 1 hook
James Moore & Dave Ward miss weigh-in, unnecessarily avoiding Sandsend thinking road was shut.
Dave Perrett causes confusion at scales, as he returns early, only to reopen twice after.
Storm Coldagh blows more than the cob webs away
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Storm Desmond has past
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Rich Deadman hooks a fish, plays it, and it turns and straightens his hook.  Dave Perrett reel trouble.
Paul Kilpatrick HBoFish - not entered into monthly sweep, so doesn't count.
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Christmas match Dave Perrett has to return home for his head torch.
Storm Eva starts to warm up!
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James Pearce lands a 4 lb Bass, after the EU bans them until June 2016.
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Phone or rod? Fish pulls rod as Peter Horbury checks time 21.59 hrs stood in 2ft water.
Bell Trophy - Paul Short brakes his rods end eye at the start of the match.
PB for Chris McCarthy - 6 lb 11½ oz
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Peter Horbury lost a rockling when it fell off the rock into the water.
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Colin Stainthorpe snaps his rod at Amble Open
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Paul Kilpatrick's car wouldn't start at Runswick, got a lift with Dave Perrett to make weigh-in 5 for 9 lb 09 oz
Mike Saunders forgets to pack his fishing reel & has to return home, making him late for the match start.
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Coldest night of season, not a night to find your waders leak Tom Evans
Jamsy lands a lobster
Peter Horbury had to return home for his rod rest.
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Rob finds a rat in his bag eating his lug worm & squid baits.

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Published Monday 25th April 2016
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