59th Annual
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Members, their families and guests were invited to The Stables Restaurant at Cross Butts, Whitby, for the 59th Annual presentation evening. Time 7.45 for 8.15 pm.
After an excellent meal & superb hospitality WSAA Secretary Peter Horbury summarized the season and members achievements.
Bernard Vasey announced the winners of the three football / domino cards, and
secretary's wife, Chris Horbury gave the answers to the mini quiz she had organised.
secretary's wife, Chris Horbury gave the answers to the mini quiz she had organised.

Back in 1973/74 Secretary Dave Johnson, in his hand written notes wrote -
The evenings presentation was the 19th held by WSAA.
If my maths is correct then this makes this evening the 59th Annual presentation.
October 2013
First match of the season and Paul Kilpatrick returned to the scales with 6 fish for 16 lb 11 oz and a fish of 4 lb 13½ oz. James Moore also had a fish of the same weight in his bag of 4 for 11 lb 02 oz, they were just 2 of the four double figure bags that evening. As it turned out it was the best weigh-in for October on the very first match of the season.
20th October and the first Royal Marines Association Charity Open and Rob Allison was victorious 10 codlings for 20 lb 15 oz. Bernard Westgarth had a single fish of 12 lb 14 oz. I hope this is to be a regular match as I thoroughly enjoyed fishing it myself.
Sunday 27th October and Ben Laws lands the Heaviest Fish of the month 5 lb 15½ oz and
Heaviest Bag Matthew Garbutt 19 lb 11 oz.
October saw 17 double figure bags for a Total of 479 fish for
667 lb 04 oz. Turned out to be the best month of the season.
November 2013
First match - November 3rd long distance North Westerly swell and the months best weigh-in 70 fish for 139 lb 01 oz with no less than 6 double figure bags.
From Iain 18 lb 10 oz, Matthew 17 lb 15 oz, Brian 16 lb 11 oz, Mike Bowman 11 lb 15 oz, Dave 11 lb 13 oz &
Colin 11 lb 02 oz.
17th Nov WSAA Annual Open - 1st place prize sponsored by James Noble of Wilf Noble Plant Hire & Construction.
Gentle westerly breeze, little close to shore swell & bright sunshine.
86 adults, 4 juniors fished. 42 anglers weighed-in 130 fish comprising of 83 codlings, 31 wrasse, 12 flat fish, 1 blegg, 1 billet and 1 bass for a total weigh-in of - 214 lb 15 oz.
I would like to thank James & Bernard for their attention to detail, recording all fish species and ensuring the weigh-in is run smoothly. Also to Colin & Rob for raffle sales and Ben for the catering. Thank you.
Matthew was 5th with 3 codlings for 8 lb 06 oz including the 2nd HF of - 6 lb 07 oz - missing out by 1½ oz on HF.
Many thanks to all our sponsors and members whom sponsor the Juniors and special prizes during the Open match.
I didn't do so badly, a lowly 38th but with the Heaviest flat fish.
Colin had a good month and pushed a good lead on Rob & Iain.
Sunday 10th HB 23 lb 10 oz - HF 5 lb 09½ oz and again
Wednesday 20th HB 23 lb 12 oz HF 9 lb 12 oz .
November saw 14 double figure bags for a total of 340 fish for 626 lb 06 oz.
December 2013
1st December slight long distance swell, fast ebbing tide & 21 members weighed-in 84 assorted fish for 171 lb 04 oz. Matthew weighed-in 10 codlings for 35 lb 02 oz - HF 6 lb 05½ oz. As it turned out the seasons best weigh-in with 6 double figure bags. For the 3rd month in a row the best weigh-in on the first match of the month.
One week later Sunday 8th 47 fish were weighed-in for 111 lb 14 oz and Matthew weighed in the seasons best bag of
36 lb 07 oz.
Sunday 15th December and I witnessed a ‘Moonbow’ over Whitby as light rain fell on Whitby and a full moon behind me on Saltwick nab.
Christmas Match - thanks must go to Paula & Malcolm Pitman for sponsoring the event, and a new trophy ‘Help A Capital Child’ - sponsored by Mick Beedle, whose daughters, Abbey & Stacey, were doing a 40 mile trek across the Grand Canyon in February 2014 in aid of Help A Capital Child. Abbey did not take part in the end as she found out she was pregnant and Beth Sanderson took her place. (Mick is a granddad again)
18 of the 26 members fishing the Christmas Match weighed-in 51 fish for 55 lb 05 oz.
Andrew Cass won with HB of 2 codlings & 1 billet for 7 lb 11 oz - HF 4 lb 14 oz.
December saw 12 double figure bags for a total of 284 fish for 485 lb 02 oz.
Christmas Break
And members were not sat around idly twiddling their thumbs.
Sunday 29th December 2013.
Dave Hambley won the Cloughton Festive Sweep Stake - 3 fish for 17 lb 04 oz.
Thursday 2nd January 2014.
Matthew Garbutt caught a specimen cod - 12 lb 06 oz - unfortunately caught outside our boundaries.
Sunday 5th January 2014 two Open Matches - The Amble Open & The Ship Inn Open.
Ben Laws won the Amble Open - 7 fish - 14 lb 11 oz.
and
Rob Allison won the Ship Inn Open - HF match - 4 lb 14 oz.
Well done to you both.
All have been recorded into the WSAA Members Trophy Cabinet.
January 2014
Sunday 19th January Bell Trophy we entered two teams with Whitby A coming second overall & Whitby B coming 4th.
Fishing conditions were good, growing East North East swells of 4-5 ft, the only down side was the low cloud cover bring constant rain & drizzle.
In the club results Neil Inglis had the HB 7 codlings for 10 lb 13 oz and Mick Beedle had the HF 6 lb 02 oz.
Wednesday 29th January Mick Beedle HF of season 12 lb 00½ oz
January was a good month for Iain Simpson with two 20 lb bags, the heaviest 20 lb 02 oz on Sunday 12th included a fish of
7 lb 09 oz.
Following Wednesday 15th Rich Cope had a 24 lb bag.
January saw 20 double figure bags for a total of 267 fish for
566 lb 06 oz which was a spike as it was greater than December.
Colin, Rob & Iain continued to jostle with 19 lb between them.
February 2014
Sunday 2nd February and Matthew returns with a 15 lb bag surpassing Denis Thompson’s record of 1986/87 with 16 matches left - well done Matthew. On Facebook someone referred to him as the human trawler.
Rob & Iain at one point were separated by 1 oz as they jostled for 5th spot.
Sunday 16th March and as we know Dave is always last to the scales, but on this fateful night they were closed when he returned as an accident on Lyth Bank meant everyone fishing north had to do a detour.
And Rob returned with a 21 lb 09 oz bag of 6 codlings.
February was dominated by a conveyor belt of low pressure systems and southerly winds some of gale force.
February saw 8 double figure bags for a total of 194 fish for 378 lb 05 oz.
Throughout February Rob & Colin weights crisscrossed with Iain not far behind.
March 2014
Sunday 2nd March and members had the worst weigh-in of the season 4 fish for 6 lb 13 oz as we were battered by another bitterly cold south easterly.
5th March and a break in the weather as high pressure returns and Matthew passes the 400 lb barrier with 5 LSD’s & 2 codlings for 12 lb 01 oz.
March saw 7 double figure bags for a total of 197 fish for 330 lb 08 oz which was as expected the lowest weigh-in for the season.
Conclusion
Accumulative Weight wise Whitby Sea Anglers finished the season with the 3rd best weigh-in of 3,053 lb 15 oz.
Only 2 lb 02 oz short of passing the 1986/87 season. So well done everyone.
Matthew Garbutt smashed the individual accumulative total weigh-in by 96 lb 11 oz, setting a New Whitby Sea Anglers record finishing the season with 440 lb 14 oz.
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Sea Angler Clubman
We submitted 3 Teams, as last year and got a mention in issue 502 as making a late surge for the top with big numbers fishing.
Matthew Garbutt was listed as 2nd with 55 points, Dave Perrett as 5th with 39 points and Andrew 25th with 30 points in the individuals.
Including February’s results Matthew has 81 points, Dave 54 points and Andrew 36 points - remains to be seen if Matthew wins. To date we are waiting of the next issue to see how the Clubman finished.
Singles KO’s
Matthews route to the finals of the Singles Knockouts saw him start in the qualifiers against
Malcolm Pitman - 0 lb to 7 lb 01 oz
Round 1 against new member John Wrigley - 0 lb to 5 lb 09 oz
Round 2 against Paul Short 2 lb v 7 lb.
Mick Beadles’ route to the final.
Round 1 against Scott Moore 3 lb 04 oz v 4 lb 13½ oz.
Round 2 against Ben Laws 0 lb to 1 lb 08 oz.
Semi Finals - southerly winds with gust of 60 mph
• Mick fished against Brian Harland 0 lb v 1 lb 05 oz.
• Matthew against Dave Perrett 5 lb 14 oz v 12 lb 10 oz.
The final fished on 8th Jan South - westerly winds & torrential rain Matthew returned with 17 fish for 10 lb 04 oz to Mick’s empty bag.
Doubles Knock-outs
Runners up Colin & Bernard's route to the Doubles Knockout Finals started v Dave & John Wrigley and you could say Colin stuffed the opposition with an individual catch of 23 lb 12 oz.
In the next round v James Gilpin & James Pearce and it was Bernard’s turn to shine with 13 lb 11 oz.
Winners James Moore & myself (Peter Horbury) started in the qualifiers against Ben & Malcolm winning by 3 lb 03 oz.
Then we up against the young pretenders of Scott & Iain who both blanked and I caught a 7 oz rockling to take us through to the next round. As a consolation on that night Iain did find ‘TONY’ a 3 lb 10¾ oz block of jet. Quids in for Simmo.
Then we were up against the big hitters of Neil & Mick Beedle, who blanked and James & I had 3 lb 03 oz between us.
The final, was fished on the same fateful night as the singles, 8th Jan westerly winds and torrential rain. Both Colin & Bernard blanked, I had 2 flat fish for 11 oz & James also 2 flat fish for 1 lb 09 oz.
Most Improved Angler
New Trophy thanks to Dave Hambley & Rob Allison.
Decided by members voting.
3rd = Mick Beedle, Dave Perrett, Mick Bowman & Andrew Cass
2nd - with 4 votes - Richard Cope
1st - with 10 votes - Iain Simpson
Iain has had a remarkable 2nd season, jostling with Rob & Colin all season. There is a book of graphs somewhere about and it is also on a new web page - Graphs. Iain had no less than 7 double figure bags 2 over 20 lb - well done
Memorable Moments
There were lots of memorable moments from forgetting to take crab flasks, packets of worms, dropped scissors in rock armour, the odd phone lost in the same manner.
Fluffed cast saw Richard Cope land a 5 lb 14½ oz cod.
Missing the weigh-in due to an accident, missing a recorded weigh-in due to non payment of entry fee.
Going fishing with 2 halves of different rods was a popular mistake.
Forgetting to pack a re stocked rig wallet. Not having a fully charged lamp / spare lamp.
Miss judging a wave and getting soaked at the start of a match.
Accessing a mark by one route and unable to find a rope via a different route to get to the weigh-in.
Unclipping a trace + fish, leaving it on a rock, making the next cast and returning to find the fish has gone as a wave had washed it away.
It was decided by the donators of the Trophy that Dave & I pick a winner from 'known' occurrences.
So on 22nd January Colin had a very unfortunate night snapping his rod. Matthew had some tape in his bag and James fashioned a repair. Colin continued fishing and as James told me he can not have been casting far but was rewarded with a 6 lb 08 oz codling. But as James & Colin were landing the fish Colin's rod snapped his rod again. So ending his nights fishing.
So well done Colin you are the recipient of the Memorable Moment Trophy 2013 - 2014.
The evenings presentation was the 19th held by WSAA.
If my maths is correct then this makes this evening the 59th Annual presentation.
October 2013
First match of the season and Paul Kilpatrick returned to the scales with 6 fish for 16 lb 11 oz and a fish of 4 lb 13½ oz. James Moore also had a fish of the same weight in his bag of 4 for 11 lb 02 oz, they were just 2 of the four double figure bags that evening. As it turned out it was the best weigh-in for October on the very first match of the season.
20th October and the first Royal Marines Association Charity Open and Rob Allison was victorious 10 codlings for 20 lb 15 oz. Bernard Westgarth had a single fish of 12 lb 14 oz. I hope this is to be a regular match as I thoroughly enjoyed fishing it myself.
Sunday 27th October and Ben Laws lands the Heaviest Fish of the month 5 lb 15½ oz and
Heaviest Bag Matthew Garbutt 19 lb 11 oz.
October saw 17 double figure bags for a Total of 479 fish for
667 lb 04 oz. Turned out to be the best month of the season.
November 2013
First match - November 3rd long distance North Westerly swell and the months best weigh-in 70 fish for 139 lb 01 oz with no less than 6 double figure bags.
From Iain 18 lb 10 oz, Matthew 17 lb 15 oz, Brian 16 lb 11 oz, Mike Bowman 11 lb 15 oz, Dave 11 lb 13 oz &
Colin 11 lb 02 oz.
17th Nov WSAA Annual Open - 1st place prize sponsored by James Noble of Wilf Noble Plant Hire & Construction.
Gentle westerly breeze, little close to shore swell & bright sunshine.
86 adults, 4 juniors fished. 42 anglers weighed-in 130 fish comprising of 83 codlings, 31 wrasse, 12 flat fish, 1 blegg, 1 billet and 1 bass for a total weigh-in of - 214 lb 15 oz.
I would like to thank James & Bernard for their attention to detail, recording all fish species and ensuring the weigh-in is run smoothly. Also to Colin & Rob for raffle sales and Ben for the catering. Thank you.
Matthew was 5th with 3 codlings for 8 lb 06 oz including the 2nd HF of - 6 lb 07 oz - missing out by 1½ oz on HF.
Many thanks to all our sponsors and members whom sponsor the Juniors and special prizes during the Open match.
I didn't do so badly, a lowly 38th but with the Heaviest flat fish.
Colin had a good month and pushed a good lead on Rob & Iain.
Sunday 10th HB 23 lb 10 oz - HF 5 lb 09½ oz and again
Wednesday 20th HB 23 lb 12 oz HF 9 lb 12 oz .
November saw 14 double figure bags for a total of 340 fish for 626 lb 06 oz.
December 2013
1st December slight long distance swell, fast ebbing tide & 21 members weighed-in 84 assorted fish for 171 lb 04 oz. Matthew weighed-in 10 codlings for 35 lb 02 oz - HF 6 lb 05½ oz. As it turned out the seasons best weigh-in with 6 double figure bags. For the 3rd month in a row the best weigh-in on the first match of the month.
One week later Sunday 8th 47 fish were weighed-in for 111 lb 14 oz and Matthew weighed in the seasons best bag of
36 lb 07 oz.
Sunday 15th December and I witnessed a ‘Moonbow’ over Whitby as light rain fell on Whitby and a full moon behind me on Saltwick nab.
Christmas Match - thanks must go to Paula & Malcolm Pitman for sponsoring the event, and a new trophy ‘Help A Capital Child’ - sponsored by Mick Beedle, whose daughters, Abbey & Stacey, were doing a 40 mile trek across the Grand Canyon in February 2014 in aid of Help A Capital Child. Abbey did not take part in the end as she found out she was pregnant and Beth Sanderson took her place. (Mick is a granddad again)
18 of the 26 members fishing the Christmas Match weighed-in 51 fish for 55 lb 05 oz.
Andrew Cass won with HB of 2 codlings & 1 billet for 7 lb 11 oz - HF 4 lb 14 oz.
December saw 12 double figure bags for a total of 284 fish for 485 lb 02 oz.
Christmas Break
And members were not sat around idly twiddling their thumbs.
Sunday 29th December 2013.
Dave Hambley won the Cloughton Festive Sweep Stake - 3 fish for 17 lb 04 oz.
Thursday 2nd January 2014.
Matthew Garbutt caught a specimen cod - 12 lb 06 oz - unfortunately caught outside our boundaries.
Sunday 5th January 2014 two Open Matches - The Amble Open & The Ship Inn Open.
Ben Laws won the Amble Open - 7 fish - 14 lb 11 oz.
and
Rob Allison won the Ship Inn Open - HF match - 4 lb 14 oz.
Well done to you both.
All have been recorded into the WSAA Members Trophy Cabinet.
January 2014
Sunday 19th January Bell Trophy we entered two teams with Whitby A coming second overall & Whitby B coming 4th.
Fishing conditions were good, growing East North East swells of 4-5 ft, the only down side was the low cloud cover bring constant rain & drizzle.
In the club results Neil Inglis had the HB 7 codlings for 10 lb 13 oz and Mick Beedle had the HF 6 lb 02 oz.
Wednesday 29th January Mick Beedle HF of season 12 lb 00½ oz
January was a good month for Iain Simpson with two 20 lb bags, the heaviest 20 lb 02 oz on Sunday 12th included a fish of
7 lb 09 oz.
Following Wednesday 15th Rich Cope had a 24 lb bag.
January saw 20 double figure bags for a total of 267 fish for
566 lb 06 oz which was a spike as it was greater than December.
Colin, Rob & Iain continued to jostle with 19 lb between them.
February 2014
Sunday 2nd February and Matthew returns with a 15 lb bag surpassing Denis Thompson’s record of 1986/87 with 16 matches left - well done Matthew. On Facebook someone referred to him as the human trawler.
Rob & Iain at one point were separated by 1 oz as they jostled for 5th spot.
Sunday 16th March and as we know Dave is always last to the scales, but on this fateful night they were closed when he returned as an accident on Lyth Bank meant everyone fishing north had to do a detour.
And Rob returned with a 21 lb 09 oz bag of 6 codlings.
February was dominated by a conveyor belt of low pressure systems and southerly winds some of gale force.
February saw 8 double figure bags for a total of 194 fish for 378 lb 05 oz.
Throughout February Rob & Colin weights crisscrossed with Iain not far behind.
March 2014
Sunday 2nd March and members had the worst weigh-in of the season 4 fish for 6 lb 13 oz as we were battered by another bitterly cold south easterly.
5th March and a break in the weather as high pressure returns and Matthew passes the 400 lb barrier with 5 LSD’s & 2 codlings for 12 lb 01 oz.
March saw 7 double figure bags for a total of 197 fish for 330 lb 08 oz which was as expected the lowest weigh-in for the season.
Conclusion
Accumulative Weight wise Whitby Sea Anglers finished the season with the 3rd best weigh-in of 3,053 lb 15 oz.
Only 2 lb 02 oz short of passing the 1986/87 season. So well done everyone.
Matthew Garbutt smashed the individual accumulative total weigh-in by 96 lb 11 oz, setting a New Whitby Sea Anglers record finishing the season with 440 lb 14 oz.
Web site past 178,261 views since launch.
Sea Angler Clubman
We submitted 3 Teams, as last year and got a mention in issue 502 as making a late surge for the top with big numbers fishing.
Matthew Garbutt was listed as 2nd with 55 points, Dave Perrett as 5th with 39 points and Andrew 25th with 30 points in the individuals.
Including February’s results Matthew has 81 points, Dave 54 points and Andrew 36 points - remains to be seen if Matthew wins. To date we are waiting of the next issue to see how the Clubman finished.
Singles KO’s
Matthews route to the finals of the Singles Knockouts saw him start in the qualifiers against
Malcolm Pitman - 0 lb to 7 lb 01 oz
Round 1 against new member John Wrigley - 0 lb to 5 lb 09 oz
Round 2 against Paul Short 2 lb v 7 lb.
Mick Beadles’ route to the final.
Round 1 against Scott Moore 3 lb 04 oz v 4 lb 13½ oz.
Round 2 against Ben Laws 0 lb to 1 lb 08 oz.
Semi Finals - southerly winds with gust of 60 mph
• Mick fished against Brian Harland 0 lb v 1 lb 05 oz.
• Matthew against Dave Perrett 5 lb 14 oz v 12 lb 10 oz.
The final fished on 8th Jan South - westerly winds & torrential rain Matthew returned with 17 fish for 10 lb 04 oz to Mick’s empty bag.
Doubles Knock-outs
Runners up Colin & Bernard's route to the Doubles Knockout Finals started v Dave & John Wrigley and you could say Colin stuffed the opposition with an individual catch of 23 lb 12 oz.
In the next round v James Gilpin & James Pearce and it was Bernard’s turn to shine with 13 lb 11 oz.
Winners James Moore & myself (Peter Horbury) started in the qualifiers against Ben & Malcolm winning by 3 lb 03 oz.
Then we up against the young pretenders of Scott & Iain who both blanked and I caught a 7 oz rockling to take us through to the next round. As a consolation on that night Iain did find ‘TONY’ a 3 lb 10¾ oz block of jet. Quids in for Simmo.
Then we were up against the big hitters of Neil & Mick Beedle, who blanked and James & I had 3 lb 03 oz between us.
The final, was fished on the same fateful night as the singles, 8th Jan westerly winds and torrential rain. Both Colin & Bernard blanked, I had 2 flat fish for 11 oz & James also 2 flat fish for 1 lb 09 oz.
Most Improved Angler
New Trophy thanks to Dave Hambley & Rob Allison.
Decided by members voting.
3rd = Mick Beedle, Dave Perrett, Mick Bowman & Andrew Cass
2nd - with 4 votes - Richard Cope
1st - with 10 votes - Iain Simpson
Iain has had a remarkable 2nd season, jostling with Rob & Colin all season. There is a book of graphs somewhere about and it is also on a new web page - Graphs. Iain had no less than 7 double figure bags 2 over 20 lb - well done
Memorable Moments
There were lots of memorable moments from forgetting to take crab flasks, packets of worms, dropped scissors in rock armour, the odd phone lost in the same manner.
Fluffed cast saw Richard Cope land a 5 lb 14½ oz cod.
Missing the weigh-in due to an accident, missing a recorded weigh-in due to non payment of entry fee.
Going fishing with 2 halves of different rods was a popular mistake.
Forgetting to pack a re stocked rig wallet. Not having a fully charged lamp / spare lamp.
Miss judging a wave and getting soaked at the start of a match.
Accessing a mark by one route and unable to find a rope via a different route to get to the weigh-in.
Unclipping a trace + fish, leaving it on a rock, making the next cast and returning to find the fish has gone as a wave had washed it away.
It was decided by the donators of the Trophy that Dave & I pick a winner from 'known' occurrences.
So on 22nd January Colin had a very unfortunate night snapping his rod. Matthew had some tape in his bag and James fashioned a repair. Colin continued fishing and as James told me he can not have been casting far but was rewarded with a 6 lb 08 oz codling. But as James & Colin were landing the fish Colin's rod snapped his rod again. So ending his nights fishing.
So well done Colin you are the recipient of the Memorable Moment Trophy 2013 - 2014.
WSAA Trophy Table
WSAA 2013 - 2014 Trophy Presentation
1st Place - 440 lb 14 oz - 229 fish. WSAA Champion for the 3rd year in a row Matthew Garbutt receives the Lord Downe Tankard from Honorary Chairman William Atkinson. Matthew Garbutt smashed the individual accumulative total weigh-in by 96 lb 11 oz, setting a New Whitby Sea Anglers record finishing the season with 440 lb 14 oz. |
After the presentation Hon Chairman William Atkinson
said a few words and made a few presentations of his own.
Group photograph
Peter Horbury - Matthew Garbutt
Paul Kilpatrick, Dave Perrett, Andrew Cass, Colin Stainthorpe, Rich Cope, Ben Laws, James Moore, Rob Allison, Iain Simpson
Seated - William Atkinson - Mike Bowman - Mick Beedle - Bernard Vasey - Jay Allison (Jnr)
Paul Kilpatrick, Dave Perrett, Andrew Cass, Colin Stainthorpe, Rich Cope, Ben Laws, James Moore, Rob Allison, Iain Simpson
Seated - William Atkinson - Mike Bowman - Mick Beedle - Bernard Vasey - Jay Allison (Jnr)
Published Sunday 6th April 2014
Last edit Sunday 6th April 2014
Last edit Sunday 6th April 2014