Over 50s Beach Fishing Competition - Pevensey Bay - Weds 26th November 2014

24 anglers fished the Over 50s Beach Fishing Competition held in Pevensey Bay on Weds 26th November, with 19 weighing in fish. Points are awarded as follows, with 15 points for the winner, decreasing down to 1 point.

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1st  Malcolm Payne - 6lb 14¾oz  (15 points)   
2nd Ian Hopper - 6lb 13½oz       (14 points) 
3rd  Carol Vivian - 6lb 8½oz    (13 points)  
4th Vernon Vivian - 6lb 5oz    (12 points)  
5th  Keith Erridge -  5lb 12¼oz   (11 points)  
6th  Dave Rudland - 5lb - ¾oz    (10 points)   
7th   Gerald Sargeant - 5lb ¼oz    (9 points)  
8th  Alan Smith- 4lb 8¼oz  (8 points)                                    
9th  Billy Plumstead  -   4lb 6oz    (7 points)   
10th  Tony P - 4lb 0oz  (6 points) 
11th  Paul  Christopher - 3lb 9oz (5 points)
12th   P Dyer- 3lb 5¼oz    (4 points)
13th   Mike Perfect  - 3lb 4oz (3 points)   
14th  Budge Booker -  2lb 8¾oz  (2 points)
15th   Iain Smart - 2lb 8½oz  (1 point)  
16th   Gary Banfield   - 2lb 8oz                                          
17th   Gordon Welfare - 1lb 9oz 
18th   M James        - 1lb 3¾oz
19th   C Wren           - 1lb 1½oz                                                      


Heaviest Flat Fish - Gerald Sargeant  (Flounder)  7¾oz

Heaviest Round Fish  - Paul Christopher (Eel)  10¼oz 

Points awarded so far

Ian Hopper - 54 Points
Iain Smart - 47 Points
Keith Erridge - 47 Points
Malcolm Payne -  37 points
Dave Rudland - 36 Points
Tony Kirrage - 35 Points
Alan Smith - 34 Points
Vernon Vivian - 30 Points
Mike Perfect - 29 Points
Carol Vivian - 26 Points
Tony Bush - 26 Points
Gary Banfield - 26 Points
Sam Samson - 23 Points
Gordon Welfare - 13 Points
Carol Vivian - 13 Points
Trevor Rooney - 11 Points
Fred Wassel - 10 Points
Gerald Sargeant - 10 points
Mick Timms - 9 Points
Barry    - 8 Points                              
Jeff Burgess  - 8 points
Billy Plumstead - 7 Points
Paul - 7 Points                             
Terry Taylor - 6 points

Fortnightly Over 50s Beach Competitions run throughout the autumn/winter in Pevensey Bay and are co-ordinated from Anglers Den. These comps usually take place on a weekday between 11am - 3pm.

National Sea League Final - Nov 2014 - Norfolk

The 2014 National Sea League Final beach fishing competition was held over the weekend of 22nd/23rd November, in North Norfolk, fishing the shingle ridge beaches of Cley, Salthouse  and Kelling/Weybourne. The Kelling Heath Holiday park, just a short distance away was the organisational, residential and social headquarters for this event.

27 Teams entered the event, and this included six teams from the Eastbourne area. Teams were entered from A&T Tackle, Anderida Fishing Club, Anglers Den, Tony's Tackle, The Railway and Sea Eagles.

Worthing based Prime Angling continued their run of success in recent years, by again taking first place with 49 penalty points winning 1st place trophies and £2000. Tronixpro, another Worthing based team were a close 2nd with 56 penalty points and welsh team Gary Evans Match Team came in 3rd with 79 penalty points.

Eastbourne based A & T Tackle  (pictured below) came 6th and were the top finishing team representing the Eastbourne Sea League.

Our very own Anglers Den team came in 8th position!! Well done lads, not bad at all out of 27 Teams!  Anglers Den were represented this year by Kevin Morgan, Jamie Morgan, Ian Hopper, Dave Dawson and Kim McGreevy.

The top eight teams who received prizes were:
1st Prime Angling                  49pts
2nd Tronixpro                        56pts
3rd Gary Evans Match Team 79pts
4th Zziplex                              92pts
5th Southwold                        104pts
6th A&T Tackle Elite             114pts
7th North Norfolk Lads          116pts
8th Anglers Den                      117pts

Full final team positions can be viewed at
http://www.seaanglersmatchfederation.com/NSL%202014%20Results.htm

The 2015 National Sea League Finals will be in Eastbourne in Oct/Nov (date to be set)

Anderida Beach Competition - 22nd Match - Thurs 20th November 2014

Anderida Beach Competition - 22nd Match - Thurs 20th November 2014

 Anderida Fishing Club held a beach competition on Thursday 20th November in Pevensey Bay, with 24 anglers fishing.The main species caught were Whiting.

Results:
1st Dan Wood 12lb 11oz
1st  Gerald Sargeant 10lb 15oz
2nd Jim Whippy 9lb 11½oz
4th Colin Isaacs 9lb 7½oz

Superpool - Tim Harmer Whiting 13oz
Heaviest flat
Heaviest round fish -  Tim Harmer Whiting 13oz

Kev's East Sussex Diary - 20th Nov 2014

Kevin Morgan of Anglers Den Sussex, Pevensey Bay, gives a monthly summary of local sea fishing competition results.

PEVENSEY BAY AQUA CLUB

On Sunday 12^th October 20 anglers fished with Kim McGreevy winning with 7lb 10oz. Second was Gerald Sargeant with 5lb 4oz, third Steve Tibbals with 4lb 8oz and fourth Ian Hopper with 3lb 12oz. The heaviest flat was a flounder of 13 ¼ oz for Rod Reymolds and the biggest round a codling of 2lb `14oz for Steve Tibbals.

On Sunday 9^th November 28 anglers fished in ideal conditions in Pevensey Bay. The winner was Ian Hopper with 8lb 9oz (including 2 codlings). Second was Trevor Rooney with 8lb 1oz, third Joe Plumstead with 6lb 8oz and fourth Paul Christopher with 6lb 3oz. The heaviest flat were two flounders of 1lb 2oz shared by Steve and Kevin Merner and the biggest round was a codling of 2lb 2oz for Steve Tibbals. 

THE RAILWAY

On Sunday 26^th October the club fished a match in Pevensey Bay, with the winner Kevin Merner landing a codling of 2lb 8oz for a total weight of 2lb 14oz. Second was his brother Steve with 2lb 5oz and third A.J.Puttick with 1lb 11 ½ oz. 

ANDERIDA

On Tuesday 21^st October the match saw 18 anglers fishing in Pevensey Bay. The main species caught were whiting with some codling, dogfish and a cracking Dover sole for Rod Reynolds. The winner with 11lb 13 ½ oz was Jim Whippy. Second Rob Lock with 10lb 15oz and third Colin Isaacs with 10lb 10oz. The biggest fish and superpool winner was Tim Harmer with a codling of 1lb 13½ oz. The biggest flatfish was a good sole of 1lb 5oz for Rod Reynolds.

Tim Harmer 1lb 13½oz Codling

On Tuesday 4^th November 21 anglers fished with the main species being whiting with some codling, dogfish, Flounder, pout and sole. Gerald Sargeant won with 11lb 8oz, Second with 9lb 15 ½ oz was Jim Whippy, Jim also caught the biggest flatfish and round with a lovely sole of 1lb 6 ¾ oz and a codling of 1lb 8 ¼ oz.

THE E ASTBOURNE NOMADS

The 5^th Nomads Cup was fished on Wednesday October 8^th with Dan Wood catching 12lb 12oz of whiting, pout, eel and bass. Second was Phil Chapman with 9lb 3oz 8dr, third Graham Lewis with 6lb 14oz 8dr and fourth Richard Newman with 6lb 14oz. The heaviest round was a bass of 2lb 1oz and the heaviest flatfish a dab of 7oz for Rod Parris.

OVER 50S

Twenty two anglers fished on Tuesday 28^th October at Whithorses with Iain Smart winning with 2lb 10 ½ oz. Second was Tony Kirrage with 1lb 15 ¾ oz, third Keith Erridge with 1lb 15oz and fourth Alan Smith with 1lb 11 ½ oz. The heaviest round was a codling of 13 ½ oz for Malcolm Payne and the heaviest flatfish was a flounder of 11oz for Tony Kirrage.

On Wednesday 12^th November Gary Banfield won the match with 7lb 14 ½ oz, including 2 bass. Second was Alan Smith with 5lb 1 ½ z, third Dave Rudland with 4lb 8oz and fourth Iain Smart with 4lb 6 ½ oz. The heaviest round was a bass of 2lb 9 ½ oz for Gary Banfield and the heaviest flatfish was a Sole of 15 ½ oz for Gerald Sargeant. 

Gary Banfield Over 50s Comp 12th Nov 

Over 50s Beach Fishing Competition - Pevensey Bay - Weds 12th November 2014

More than 20 anglers fished in the Over 50s Beach Competition held on Weds 12th November, with 18 weighing in.
Points awarded as follows: 15 points for the winner, decreasing down to 1 point.

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Results

1st  Gary Banfield - 7lb 14½oz  (15 points) 
2nd Alan Smith - 5lb 1½oz       (14 points)
3rd  Dave Rudland - 4lb 8oz    (13 points)
4th  Iain Smart  - 4lb 6½oz    (12 points)
5th  Trevor Rooney -  4lb 3oz   (11 points)
6th  Keith Erridge 3lb - 15½oz    (10 points) 
7th   Tony Kirrage - 3lb 12oz    (9 points)
8th  Barry   - 3lb 9oz  (8 points)                                      
9th  Paul  Christopher  -   2lb 9½oz    (7 points) 
10th  Peter Fountain  - 2lb 6½oz  (6 points)
11th  Malcolm Payne - 2lb 6oz (5 points)
12th   Ian Hopper- 2lb 5½oz    (4 points)
13th   Mike Perfect  - 2lb 2½oz (3 points)
14th  Carol Vivian -  2lb 1¾oz  (2 points)
15th  Gerald Sargeant - 1lb 10oz  (1 point)
16th  Colin Esseray    - 1lb 3oz                                          
17th   Gordon Welfare - 1lb 2½oz 
18th   Chris Ren           - 1lb 1¾oz                                                      


Heaviest Flat Fish - Gerald Sargeant  (Dover Sole)  15½oz
(Peter Fountain also had a 15¼oz  Flounder)

Heaviest Round Fish  - Gary Banfield (Bass) 2lb  9½oz - Pictured below 

Gary Banfield - overall 1st in this Comp

Points awarded so far

Iain Smart - 46 Points
Ian Hopper - 40 Points
Keith Erridge - 36 Points
Tony Kirrage - 35 Points
Tony Bush - 26 Points
Alan Smith - 26 Points
Dave Rudland - 26 Points
Mike Perfect - 26 Points
Gary Banfield - 26 Points
Sam Samson - 23 Points
Malcolm Payne -  22 points
Vernon Vivian - 18 Points
Gordon Welfare - 13 Points
Carol Vivian - 13 Points
Trevor Rooney - 11 Points
Fred Wassel - 10 Points
Mick Timms - 9 Points
Barry    - 8 Points                              
Jeff Burgess  - 8 points
Paul - 7 Points                             
Terry Taylor - 6 points
Gerald Sargeant - 1 point

Fortnightly Over 50s Beach Competitions run throughout the autumn/winter in Pevensey Bay and are co-ordinated from Anglers Den. These comps usually take place on a weekday between 11am - 3pm.

Pevensey Bay Aqua Club Competition - 11th Match - Sun 9th November 2014

Pevensey Bay Aqua Club Competition - 11th Match - Sun 9th November 2014

The 11th Pevensey Bay Aqua Club Beach Competition of 2014 was fished on Sun 9th November between 10am - 2pm in Pevensey Bay, with 28 anglers fishing.

Results as follows:
1st Ian Hopper 8lb 9oz
2nd Trevor Rooney 8lb 1½oz
3rd Joe Plumstead 6lb 8½oz
4th P Christopher 6lb 3oz
5th Colin Isaacs 5lb 12oz

Biggest Flatfish S Merner and K Merner (Flounders) 1lb 2oz .... (spooky)
Biggest Round Trevor Rooney (Codling) 2lb 2oz

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Anderida Beach Competition - 21st Match - Tues 4th November 2014

 Anderida Beach Competition - 21st Match - Tues 4th November 2014

 Anderida Fishing Club held a beach competition on Tuesday 4th November in Pevensey Bay, with 21 anglers fishing.The main species caught were whiting but there were also Codling, Flounder, Sole and Dogfish caught. Jim Whippy had the most productive evening, finishing 2nd overall and landing the biggest flat and round fish.


Results:
1st  Gerald Sargeant 11lb 8oz
2nd Jim Whippy 9lb 15½oz
3rd Tim Harmer 7lb 14oz
4th Colin Isaacs 7lb 12oz

Superpool - Jim Whippy (Codling)1lb 8¼oz
Heaviest flat - Jim Whippy (Dover Sole) 1lb 6¾oz
Heaviest round fish - Jim Whippy (Codling)1lb 8¼oz

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