Anderida Beach Fishing Competition - 10th Match - Mon 18th May 2015

Anderida Beach Fishing Club held it's tenth competition of 2015  on Monday 18th May in Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, with 25 anglers fishing.
The rough seas earlier in the day helped to produce some good catches on the night. There were plenty of flounders caught, also eels, pout, a couple of bass,and even a nice codling for Tim Lane.

Results
1st Keith Bean  4lb 6½oz
2nd Darren Mitchell  4lb 4oz
3rd Tim Lane 4lb 2oz
4th Harry Spencer 3lb 2oz

Heaviest Round Fish - Darren Mitchell (bass) 2lb 3oz
Heaviest Flat Fish - Rod Reynolds (flounder) 14¼oz

Superpool -  Darren Mitchell (bass) 2lb 3oz

Pevensey Bay Angling Club Beach Competition - 5th Match - Sunday 17th May

Pevensey Bay Angling Club held its fifth Beach Fishing Competition of 2015 on Sunday 17th May  between 9am - 1pm , in Pevensey Bay, near to Eastbourne, East Sussex, with 26 anglers fishing.

Results as follows:

1st Ian Hopper 3lb 7oz

2nd Dennis Puttick 2lb 11oz

3rd Mark Underhill 2lb 5½oz

4th Phil Ollif  1lb 15oz

5th Paul King 1lb 12oz

Biggest Flatfish Dennis Puttick (flounder) 12oz

Biggest Round Ian Hopper (dogfish) 1lb 2½oz

Eastbourne Sea League - 1st Match - 13th May 2015

The Eastbourne Sea League got under way last week with the first match of a four match series. This year, as the league is being fished primarily in the summer, it is being fished on a Catch and Release basis. This is in keeping with the National Sea League Final to be held in Eastbourne on 28/29th November of this year.
All team's fishing the the four match series will qualify to fish the final.


Match Position                                       Total Points      Overall Position

1st.Anglers Den                      53pts           53pts               1st
2nd Asso Match Squad          45pts           45pts                2nd
3rd. Anderida Aces                43pts           43pts                3rd
4th. Tonys T-Bay                   41pts           41pts               4th
5th. Sea Match Pirates            36pts          36pts               5th
6th. Sonic Sea Match             31pts          31pts                 6th
7th. The Happy Hookers        30pts          30pts                7th
8th  Tonys Tackle 3                29pts         29pts                8th
9th  The Railway Club           26pts          26pts                9th
10th  The Dennis Destroyers  25pts          25pts               10th
11th  A T Tackle                    17pts          17pts               11th
12th  The Dirty Hookers        13pts          13pts               12th

Zone A 1st.Richard Newman (Tonys T-Bay) 191pts
Zone A 2nd Peter Fountain  (The Railway Club) 175pts
Zone A 2nd Kim McGreevy (Anglers Den)  175pts

Zone B 1st  Jamie Morgan (Anglers Den) 174pts
Zone B 2nd  Grant Bryant (Sonic Sea Match) 169pts
Zone B 3rd Rod Reynolds (Anderida Aces) 106pts

Zone C 1st Tony Kirrage (Sea Match Pirates) 229pts
Zone C 2nd Dan Wood (Asso Match Squad) 226pts
Zone C 3rd  Darren Mitchell (Anderida Aces) 223pts

Zone D 1st  Kevin Morgan (Anglers Den ) 396pts
Zone D 2nd Mark Underhill (Sea Match Pirates) 263pts
Zone D 3rd  Graham Lewis (Tonys T-Bay) 236pts

Zone E 1st  Phil Metcalf (Anderida Aces) 328pts
Zone E 2nd Paul Parsons (Asso Match Squad) 313pts
Zone E 3rd Kevin Merner (Dennis Destroyers)  256pts

The Biggest Fish Pool was split three ways between Tony Kirrage (flounder), Martin Payne (flounder) and Darren Mitchell (smoothound), all scoring 44pts.

Shore Caught Bass at Normans Bay - May 2015

Local angler Tony Rose caught a couple of nice bass using lugworm as bait, during a session at Normans Bay. They weighted in at just under 2lb each.

Anderida Beach Fishing Competition - 9th Match - Mon 4th May 2015

Anderida Beach Fishing Club held it's ninth Beach angling competition of 2015 on Monday 4th May  in Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, with 19 anglers fishing.

Results
1st Dan Wood 1lb 12½oz
2nd Jim Whippy 1lb 9½oz
3rd Phil Taylor 1lb 9oz

Heaviest Round Fish - Jim Whippy (Eel) 14¾oz
Heaviest Flat Fish - Dan Wood (Flounder) 7½oz

Superpool - Jim Whippy (Eel) 14¾oz 

Fish4Kidz 2015 - Children's Beach Fishing Competition - Sun 26th April 2015

Fish4Kidz 2015 - Children's Beach Fishing Competition - Sun 26th April 2015

The fourth annual Fish4Kidz Children's Beach Fishing Competition was held on Sunday 26th April and was a FANTASTIC SUCCESS!!
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Fish4Kidz is an annual FREE Children's Beach Fishing Competition for youngsters aged between 5 - 16yrs which was established in 2012. This unique event was founded by Steve Frost of the Eastbourne Nomads Angling Club, and for the past 4 years the organisation of annual Fish4Kidz events has involved close collaboration between local angling clubs, fishing tackle shops and the RNLI, with support from local MP Stephen Lloyd.

Fish4Kidz Organising Committee

Steve Frost and Glyn Morgan - booking in

Kevin Morgan - sorting the rods

A huge amount of organisaton needs to be done before the children start arriving at 10.30 am.
The event saw 72 children fishing from Eastbourne beaches in drizzly, damp conditions, and nearly 50 of them catching fish!

Nikki

Aniyah

Harvey

Connor

This was a Catch and Release Competition fished from 12 midday til 2.30pm, with entrants being grouped by age (5-9yrs, 10-12yrs, and 13-16yrs),

Josie

Biggest Flat Fish

Ollie

Morgan

Josephine

The rods and reels used in the event were donated by Rovex Masterline, and much of the angling equipment given out as prizes was donated by Pure Fishing tackle company. Terminal tackle given out in goody bags, was kindly supplied by Tronix Pro .Crisps and drinks for all the children were supplied by our own Eastbourne Bookers.
Fishing rigs supplied to all the children were made and donated by a local fishing rig maker.


This year the RNLI ,as well as supplying loads of goodies for the goody bags, also donated mugs and hats so that all the children that caught fish went home with a prize.
In addition many local bait diggers, including a number of the stewards,  got up early to dig bait which was donated free to support the event.

Tianna and Reon

Ellie

Children were all accompanied by adults, as well as being under guidance from local experienced anglers who had volunteered their time to act as Stewards.

Glyn Morgan of Anglers Den - Assisted Casting

Steve Frost with Aniyah (5yrs) 

Steve Tibbals with Tianna

This year fishing time was adjusted to try to ensure more children caught fish! The inclusion of face painting, balloon modelling and a barbeque back at the Angling Club also ensured that, after the competition, children and their families waiting for the results were successfully kept happy, fed and entertained!

Face Painting

BBQ and Balloon Modelling

Final Results - by age group

Every participant who caught a fish was awarded a prize, presented by Eastbourne MP Stephen Lloyd, who has been a keen supporter of this event since it began in 2012.

The Overall Winner of Fish4Kidz 2015 Callum Jones (15yrs)

Prize Winners

A huge THANK YOU is owed to the stewards who give up their day to offer Fish4Kidz entrants the opportunity to experience the joys of beach fishing, and so help to safeguard the future of our sport.

The organising committee for Fish4Kidz is already planning ahead for Fish4Kidz 2016!

Over 50s Beach Fishing Competition - Pevensey Bay - Tues 21st April 2015

The eighth Over 50s Beach Fishing Competition of 2015 was held in Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, UK on Tues 21st April, with 19 anglers fishing.

Heaviest round fish went to  Fred Wassell (Pictured) with  a bass of 5lb 13¼oz ,
and the biggest flat fish went to  Dave Rudland with a flounder of 12¾oz

Points are awarded as follows, with 15 points for the winner, decreasing down to 1 point

1st  Fred Wassell - 6lb 7oz  (15 points)         
2nd  Gary Banfield -  3lb 2½oz  (14 points) 
3rd Mike Perfect - 2lb 4½oz (13 points) 
4th Keith Erridge - 2lb 3½oz  (12 points)  
5th  Gerald Sargeant -  1lb 15½oz (11 points)  
6th  Sam Samson- 1lb 11oz  (10 points)  
7th Vernon Vivien - 1lb 10oz   (9 points)  
8th  Tony Kirrage -  1lb 7oz  (8 points)                          
9th  Tony Bush  - 1lb 6½oz (7 points)   
10th  Mick Timms  - 1lb 6¼oz (6 points)  
11th  T Royal - 1lb 4oz (5 points) 
12th Ian Hopper -  1lb 3½oz (4 points) 
13th Dave Rudland - 1lb 2½oz (3 points)  
14th Alan Smith - 7¾oz (2 points)  
                       
 

Fred Wassell with 5lb 13¼oz bass 

                             

Final Points Total

1st Place - Ian Hopper - 124 Points

2nd Place - Mike Perfect - 108 Points

3rd Place - Keith Erridge - 99 Points

Gary Banfield - 95 Points
Dave Rudland - 94 Points  
Gerald Sargeant - 92 points 
Vernon Vivian - 87 Points
Alan Smith - 84 Points  
Fred Wassell - 84 Points 
Sam Samson - 83 Points 
Malcolm Payne -  81 points       
Tony Bush - 81 Points
Paul Christopher - 79 Points 
Tony Kirrage - 69 Points
Iain Smart - 52 Points  
Carol Vivian - 50 Points 
Mick Timms - 42 Points 
Pete Fountain - 35 Points
Les Glazzard - 27 Points
Barry Sinden - 18 Points
Trevor Rooney - 16 Points
Terry Taylor - 13 points
Gordon Welfare - 13 Points 
 Taylor Solerno - 12 Points
M James - 12 Points
 Norman Message - 9 Points 
Tony P - 9 Points
J F - 8 Points                         
Jeff Burgess  - 8 points
Billy Plumstead - 7 Points
T Royal - 5 Points
Richard Booker - 5 Points 
R Roberts - 5 Points
Gary Coulson - 1 Point

Congratulations goes to Ian Hopper who won this series of Over 50s Competitions, and also Congratulations to Mike Perfect who came second and who organises these comps, and to Keith Erridge who came in third! 

The Next Series of Over 50s Competitions will commence in September 2015.

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 first competition of the new series will be held on Tuesday 15th September  11am - 3pm.