PENN Sea League

RESULTS

The latest results from Britain’s biggest event for shore match anglers. All matches up to and including 14^th May.

 

APRIL

8th: Reg Willis Memorial open, Hastings 15 anglers

Result: 1^st Mark Hurcombe, Deal, 2 fish 65 points (1); 2^nd Rex Palmer, Hastings, 60 points.

8th: Seahouses Street SAC Easter Open, 99 anglers.

Result: 1^st Ged Stevens, Barrow in Furness, 1lb 7oz flounder (9); 2^nd Gareth Griffiths, Barrow in Furness, 6lb 14oz (8), 3^rd Paul Tuck, Maryport and Chris Stringer, Whitley Bay, 4lb 11oz (7).

9th: Gynn wall, 22 anglers.

Result: 1^st David G Hutchinson, Morecambe, 4 fish 101cm (2); 2^nd Tony Baxter, Clay-le-Moore, 3 fish, 66cm (2); 3^rd Mark Taylor, Blackpool, 2 fish, 57cm.

10th: Shoreham Open, Burrell’s, 30 anglers.

Result: 1^st Mick Tapsell, Folkestone, 5 fish, 73 points (3); 2^nd Saul Page, Deal, 3 fish, 52 points (2); 3^rd Colin Carey, Worthing, 1 fish, 51 points (2).

15th: Colwyn Bay Victoria Sea Anglers winter series, Conwy River, 30 anglers.

Result: 1^st Scott Davies, Abergele, B zone, 7 fish, 1.83m (3); 2^nd Tony Bob, Anglesey, A zone, 6 fish, 1.63m (2); 3^rd Tommy Harrison, Liverpool, B Zone, 6 fish, 1.60m (not registered).

15th: Southern League round 4 of 12 & open, Stokes Bay 54 anglers. Result: 1^st Danny Mogridge, Portsmouth, 23lb 6oz (5); 2^nd Darren Newland, Ryde, 21lb 14oz (4); 3^rd Paul Simmons, Faversham, 21lb (3). Biggest fish was a ray of 10lb 15oz landed by Colin Carey, Worthing (2).

15th: Anglers Corner West Wales Shore League Teams of 5 and Open, Cefin Sedian, 30 anglers.

Result; 1^st Peter Hammond, Ferryside, 135cm (3); 2^nd Nathan Brown 101cm (not registered); 3^rd Paul Thomas, 75cm (not registered).  Biggest fish 51cm bass landed by Peter Hammond.

16th: East Anglian teams of five and open, Aldeburgh, 58 anglers.

Result: 1^st Barry Diaper, Stowmarket, 25 fish, 435 points (5); 2^nd Steve Adams, Chelmondiston, 23 fish, 394 points (4); 3^rd Richard Burt, Clacton, 14 fish, 320 points (3). Zone winners: Jason Banham, Ipswich (2); Ian Battle, Stowmarket (not registered). Biggest fish was a codling of 49cm 116 points landed by Matt Frost, Woodbridge (2).

16th: ACSA Aberavon Open Aberavon 84 anglers; 4 zones continental pay-out.

Result: 1^st Shaun Moore, Cardiff, zone 2, 100cm, 2 dogfish (8); 2^nd Mark Cowell, Llanwit Major, zone 1, 82cm dogfish and a flounder (7); 3^rd Roy Tapper, Marshfield, zone 4, 71cm 2 flounders (6). Zone winner: Z3, Rhys Lewis, Port Talbot (3); Gerald John, Caerphilly (3) and Alun Price, Neath (not registered), all with 50cm dogfish. Longest fish went to Chris Jenkins, Bridgend, with bass of 54cm (3).

16th: Hornsea SAC RNLI Open, Sewerby Steps to Paull lighthouse, 104 anglers.

Result: 1^st Andy Crowe, Scarborough, smoothhound 2.725kg (10); joint 2^nd Mike Coates, Hull (9), and Tony Thompson, Hornsea, 2.10kg, (not registered); 4^th Phil Walker, Sigglesthorne, 1.95kg (not registered); 5^th Mike Coates, 1.85kg, thornback ray. Biggest bag: 1^st Mike Coates, 6.875kg; 2^nd Andy Crowe, 6.45kg; 3^rd Wayne Davidson, 5.875kg. Ladies biggest fish: S Moore, bass (1.25kg). Junior biggest fish: D Laws, 0.075kg.

22nd: Bonkers Bank Open, A nice evening for the first ever open match at Bonkers Bank. It’s a fairly new venue in recent years with the sand dunes building up has turned into a very good fishing spot. 335 fish were caught between 30 anglers. Species caught were bass, codling, whiting, flounders, dabs, plaice and a surprise 38cm turbot for Brett Bartram which it very rare for the Humber.

Result: 1^st George Smith, Grimsby, 22 fish, 560 points (3), 2^nd Chris Fisher, Aldbrough, 15 fish, Hull 403 points (2); 3^rd Brett Bartram, Barton, 11 fish, 380 points (2). Top junior angler was Rex Taylor, 9 fish, 208 points.

22nd: Maryport and District SAC, Spring Open, 63 anglers.

Result: 1^st Ray Mallinson, Maryport, 1lb-3½oz  plaice (not registered); 2^nd = Joe Pattinson, Maryport, 1lb-3¼oz plaice (not registered); Antony Cole, Millom, 1lb-3¼oz plaice (5).  Juniors: 1^st Reagan Tinnion, Maryport, 1lb-8¾oz dogfish; 2^nd Liam Holm, Maryport, 13¼oz plaice.

23rd: Newport & District Open St Brides 102 anglers

Result: 1^st Chris Equall, Cardiff, 2 conger eels 3.67kg (10); 2^nd Dai Ridge, Rhondda Valley, 2 conger eels 3.65kg (not registered); 3^rd Steve Roberts, Cardiff, 1 conger 3.26kg, which was also the biggest fish of the day (not registered); 4^th Shaun Moore, Cardiff, 1 conger eel for 2.47kg (7); 5^th Cyril Cross, Cardiff, 1 conger eel for 2.40kg (not registered)

23rd: Kent Flounder League Round 4, 31 anglers.

Result: 1^st Colin Dobner, Sheerness, 245cm (not registered); 2^nd Lee Collins, Gillingham, 238cm (2); 3^rd Kevin Chapman, Sheppey, 221cm (not registered).

23rd: 48^th Chesil Championships 69 anglers. It was great to see this match back up and running again after the difficulties of the past several years.  The match was fished between Hive Beach, Burton Bradstock to Dragons Teeth, Abbotsbury. Fishing proved fairly difficult but with several decent rays caught also dogfish, whiting, pout and plaice.

Result: 1^st Dean Francis, small eyed ray, 3,544g (not registered); 2^nd Mike Taylor, small eyed ray of 3,449g (5); 3^rd Adam Cullingford, 1 dogfish, 1 whiting and a plaice, 2,466g (4). Top Lady: Jane Johns with a pout weighing 505g. Top Junior: Archie Sweetland with a dogfish and pout.

23rd: Ipswich Sea Anglers, The Alby Clements Memorial open, Aldeburgh, 64 anglers.

Result: 1^st Barry Diaper, Stowmarket, 22 fish, 354 points (6); 2^nd Matt LF, Ipswich, 20 fish, 284 points (5); 3^rd Lee Caley, Debenham, 15 fish, 268 points (4). Zone winners: Z1 Mark Wilson, Lowestoft (not registered); Z2, Dave Buggs, Ipswich (not registered); Z4, Ste Adams, Chelmondiston (2). Top junior: AJ Adams, 7 fish, 54 points. Biggest fish was a dogfish of 60cm landed by Lee Caley.

29th: Westend beach, 30 fished.

Result: 1^st Anthony Cole, Milliom, 6 fish, 229cm (3); 2^nd Neil Cutler, Gateshead, 6 fish, 206cm (2); 3^rd Gareth Gardiner, Sunderland, 5 fish, 159cm (2).

30th: Westlands Angling Centre Spring Open. 84 anglers.

Result: 1^st Juzy Hawkshead, Withernsea, 2.70kg bass (not registered); 2^nd Paul Kemp, Hull, 2.50kg (not registered); 3^rd Mike Trehane, Sleaford, thornback ray 2.025kg (6).

30th: Skua Open, Pwhelli, 35 anglers.

Result: 1^st Shane Russel, Old Colwyn Bay (3); 2^nd Gary Wood, Holyhead (2); 3^rd Shaun Tucker, Swansea (2).

MAY

6-7th: Holt Sea Anglers Bass Festival, 134 anglers. Result: 1^st Nathan Elliott, Dover, 2 points (20); 2^nd Henry Randle, Bodham, 3 points, 3209 fish points (19); 3^rd George Smith, Grimsby, 3 points, 2843 fish points (18); 4^th Gareth Gardiner, Sunderland, 4 points (17); 5^th Saul Page, Deal, 5 points, 2574 fish points (16); 6^th Shane Russell, Old Colwyn, 5 points, 1334 fish points (15); 7^th Adrian Bordianu, Taverham, 5 points, 1132 fish points (14); 8^th Craig Buy, Colchester, 6 points, 1190 fish points (13); 9^th Matthew Frost, Woodbridge, 7 points, 1832 fish points (12); 10^th Andrew Pemberton, 7 points, 1704 fish points (not registered).

Zone winners: Ben Shepherd, Maryport, (4); Sam Collier, Deal, (4); Paul Harrison, Aldeburgh, (4); Dave Shorthouse, Kettering, (4); Steven Walker, (not registered); Joe Plumstead, Pevensey Bay, (4); Dai Loder, Cwmbran, (4); Colin Crosby, Hastings (4); Mark Rogers, Maidstone.

6-7th: Tralee SAC Tag a Ray, 131 anglers. Once again Tralee Bay SAC hosted the annual Tag-A-Ray competition. Anglers dotted all-round the bay caught a mixture of painted, thornback ray, undulate and stingray. The marine institute fitted tags and acoustic tags to these catches to better understand the life cycle of the rays. Longest ray of the weekend was an undulate ray of 87cm landed by Finn Healy using a squid cocktail. 65 Rays were caught in total.

Result: Day 1: 1^st Fiachra Cronin, 4 Rays, 322pts; 2^nd Chris O’Sullivan, 3 rays, 243pts; 3^rd Martin McGowan, 2 rays, 169pts. Day 2: 1^st Troy Francis, 5 rays 381pts; 2^nd Kevin Hayden, 3 rays, 232pts; 3^rd Ian O’Grady, 2 rays 155pts. Overall: 1^st Fiachra Cronin, Tralee Bay, 6pts (13); 2^nd Chris O’Sullivan, Tralee Bay, 9pts (12); 3^rd James Raymond, Limerick 12pts (not registered); 4^th Finn Healy, 15pts (not registered).  Longest fish landed by Finn Healy, 87cm undulate ray

6th: Samalite Chesil League round 4 of 11, Chesil Centre, 33 Anglers. The clash with Charlie’s coronation was unfortunate but there was still a reasonable entry. Heavy rain to start the day which cleared in time for the match, there was a breeze from the south west and a small swell followed by a much bigger swell when the fog hit the beach.  Recent reports of long sessions with no bites proved to be accurate as only 18 anglers managed to find fish, nine in each zone.  The last hour with darkness made very little difference with baits coming back untouched.  Species caught included bass, pout, conger, smoothound, dogfish, whiting, grey gurnard and huss.

Result: Richard Dorgan, Bristol (3); Mike Taylor, Eastleigh (2); Jeff Fisk, Bournemouth (2). Zone A: 1^st Lloyd Summers, 123pts; 2^nd James Lane, 120pts; 3^rd Till Hall 90pts. ZB: 1^st Rich Dorgan, 375pts; 2^nd Mike Taylor, 160pts; 3^rd Jeff Fisk, 144pts.

7th: Marine Beach, 12 anglers.

Result: 1^st Stuart Dewhurst, Preston, 8 fish, 251cm (1); 2^nd Tony Baxter, Clay-le-Moore, 7 fish, 244cm; 3^rd David G Hutchinson, Morecambe, 7 fish, 239cm.

13th: Colwyn Bay Victoria Sea Anglers, Dock Road Connahs Quay, 30 anglers.

Result: 1^st Bill Lindfield, Greasby, B zone, 11 fish, 3.94m (3); 2^nd Steve Bonner, Liverpool, A zone, 12 fish, 3.79m (2); 3^rd Chris James, Colwyn Bay, B zone, 7 fish 2.69m (not registered). Longest fish, 58cm bass landed by Bill Lindfield.

13th: Southern League round 5 of 12 & Open, Bournemouth, 63 anglers.

Result: 1^st Ben Arnold, Brighton, 163oz (6); 2^nd Adrian Martin 157.5oz (not registered); 3^rd Joe Wales, Shoreham 153oz (4). Zone winner: Colin Carey, Worthing, ZC (2). Biggest fish was a thornback ray of 152oz landed by Peter Lee (not registered).

13th: Anglers Corner West Wales Shore League, Teams of 5 and Open, Cefin Sedian, 24 Anglers.

Result: 1^st Steve Tucker, Neath, 222cm (2); 2^nd Peter Hammond, Ferryside 147cm (1).

14th: North West Federation of Sea Anglers, Rock Channel, 36 anglers.

Result: 1^st Jim Morris, Chester, 423cm (3); 2^nd Shane Russel, Old Colwyn, 418cm (2); 3^rd Tom Hughes, Bangor, 343 cm (not registered).

14th: East Region Shore League Omore and Porthcawl, 76 anglers. Weather conditions where again almost spot-on with a moderate westerly wind. The fishing was exception throughout with good bags of dogfish present along the whole of the fishing marks. 74 out 76 anglers caught fish totalling 615 kg consisting of 10 different species: dogfish, bull huss, pouting, conger eel, spotted/small eyed/thornback rays, whiting, codling & smoothhound.

Result: 1^st Rory Jenkins, Tonyfrail, 22kg, dogfish, bull huss and a small eyed ray (7); 2^nd Scott Busher, Maesteg, 19kg 27 dogfish a smoothound and a spotted ray (not registered); 3^rd Shaun Tucker, Swansea, 18.26kg dogfish and a thornback ray (5). The heaviest fish was small eyed ray of of 4.02kg landed by Lee Brimfield (2).

Top 5 Individuals after 3 legs; 1^st Rory Jenkins with 289 fish points, weight of 33.1kg; 2^nd  Shaun Tucker with 273 fish points, weight of 24.9kg; 3^rd  Deane Downe with 261 fish points, weight of 21.7kgs; 4^th  Roy Tapper with 259 fish points, weight of 22.3kg; 5^th  Steve Ellis with 257 fish points, weight of 19kg.

Top five teams on the day: 1^st  Team Knockout Baits with 442 fish points & 14 team points; 2^nd  Sakuma Match Team with 388 fish points, 13 team points; 3rd  South Wales match Men with 375 fish points, 12 team points; 4^th  Team Turkana with 374 fish points , 11 team points; 5^th Dave Richard Match Team with 353 fish points, 10 team points.

Top Five Teams after 3 legs; 1^st Sakuma Match team with 38 team points; 2^nd South Wales Match Team with 37 team points; 3^rd Garry Evans Math Team 35 team points; 4^th Team Knockout Baits 34 team points; 5^th Dave Richards Match Team with 30 team points.

14th: Scottish Federation of Sea Anglers league 2023

Montrose beach, 45 anglers.

Result: 1^st Stevie Burns, Dunbar, Zone C 19 fish 381 points (4); 2^nd Michael McLoughlin, Zone A, 10 fish 267 points (not registered); 3^rd Stevie Barrett, Zone B, 8 fish 198 points (not registered). Longest fish was a 36cm flounder landed by Neil McMillan (not registered).  Junior Winner was Callum Strang, 5 fish 110 points.

14th: Commercial SAC Withernsea Spring Open 96 anglers.

Result: 1^st Darren Pashby, Driffield, 2.295kg ray (9); 2^nd Steve Ingleston, Whitby, 2.295kg ray (8); 3^rd Rob Smith, Withernsea 2.245kg bass (not registered); 4^th Andy Bates, Louth 2.2kg ray; 5^th Paul Short, Redcar, 1.94kg ray.

 

REMINDER Entries will only be accepted from the match organiser at least eight weeks in advance. Results must be emailed to ian.bowell@icloud.com within seven days of the event. Those not received by then risk being declared void for Penn points.

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