18 hardy souls turned up to fish the first Over 50s Beach Fishing Competition of 2015 held in Pevensey Bay on Thurs 8th January, in inclement weather conditions.
The fishing was better than expected with some good fish being caught. The biggest round fish was a Codling for Ian Hopper weighing 2lb ¼oz , and the biggest flat fish went to Sam Sampson with a Flounder of 1lb ¾oz. Other species caught included some Dogfish, some nice Dabs, Whiting and Ling.
Points are awarded as follows, with 15 points for the winner, decreasing down to 1 point.
1st Ian Hopper - 11lb 8¼oz (15 points)
2nd Vernon Vivian - 9lb 3½oz (14 points)
3rd Sam Samson - 8lb 7oz (13 points)
4th Mike Perfect- 7lb 12oz (12 points)
5th Paul Christopher - 7lb 5¼oz (11 points)
6th Alan Smith - 7lb 3oz (10 points)
7th Gerald Sargeant - 6lb 9½oz (9 points)
8th Dave Rudland - 6lb 9oz (8 points)
9th Malcolm Payne - 5lb 13¼oz (7 points)
10th Keith Erridge - 5lboz 8½oz (6 points)
11th Iain Smart - 5lb 7¼oz (5 points)
12th Gary Banfield - 5lb 3½oz (4 points)
13th Les Glazzard - 4lb 10¼oz (3 points)
14th Tony Kirrage - 3lb 14oz (2 points)
15th Gary Coulson - 3lb 10½oz (1 point)
16th T Pain 2lb 9¾oz
17th M Tims - 2lb 9¼oz
Points awarded so far
Ian Hopper - 78 Points
Vernon Vivian - 58 Points
Malcolm Payne - 55 points
Keith Erridge - 54 Points
Iain Smart - 52 Points
Alan Smith - 51 Points
Dave Rudland - 46 Points
Mike Perfect - 44 Points
Sam Samson - 40 Points
Gary Banfield - 38 Points
Tony Kirrage - 37 Points
Tony Bush - 34 Points
Paul Christopher - 33 Points
Gerald Sargeant - 32 points
Carol Vivian - 26 Points
Fred Wassell - 22 Points
Barry Sinden - 18 Points
Mick Timms - 14 Points
Gordon Welfare - 13 Points
Trevor Rooney - 11 Points
Jeff Burgess - 8 points
Billy Plumstead - 7 Points
Terry Taylor - 6 points
Les Glazzard - 3 Points
Gary Coulson - 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, over lunchtime.
The Next Comp is on Thurs 22nd Jan 10.30-2.30pm.
From January 2016, instead of posting on our Sea Blog, our 'Sea Angling Catch News' will become a section of our increasingly popular website www.anglersdensussex.co.uk Our Sea Angling Blog will remain live, documenting two years worth of local Sussex Sea Angling news (Nov 2013, til Dec 2015), but all news updates will be posted on our website in 'Sea Angling Catch News'.
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