Whitley Bay AS Open Summer Matches 2018

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Here are the dates for this year's open summer matches - all anglers welcome!

Whitley Bay Angling Soc.
Open Summer Matches 2018

Sun 17 June @ Newton - Fishing 10.00am - 2.00pm (lw 12.40 - 0.46)

Sun 15 July @ Newton - Fishing 9.00am - 1.00pm (lw 11.40 - 0.25)

Sun 29 July @ Beadnell - Fishing 8.30am - 12.30pm (lw 11.05 - 0.94)

Sun 19 Aug @ Beadnell - Fishing 2.00pm - 6.00pm (lw 16.15 - 1.79)

Sun 2 Sept @ Howick - Fishing 12.00pm - 4.00pm (lw 14.15 - 1.38)


Meet 1 hour prior to start of match; Beadnell, meet Patterson's Garage. Newton, meet car park, Lower Newton. Howick, meet Doctor's House.

Entry £10 per match, 100% payout on the day 1st & 2nd Heaviest Bag & Heaviest Fish.

Boundaries:
Beadnell matches: Seahouses south pier (excl) to Beadnell Harbour
Newton matches: Snook Point (incl.) to Dunstanborough (excl. point & Castle)
Howick matches: Dunstanborough Castle (incl. point & Castle) to Howick Burn Mouth
Weigh-in closes 45 mins after end of match.

Round fish only (no mackerel) - minimum size (cod, coaley, pollack) 35cm
Conger 91cm, dogfish 38cm, bass 42cm (when eligible)
Bait fishing only - no lures

There will be a special prize for the Angler with the heaviest aggregate weight & heaviest fish over the five matches.

More info - Gary 07957949557

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Just a quick reminder...first match this sunday!

Gary

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First match - result

Today's result - first Open Summer Match: Newton 17/06/18

29 anglers turned out to fish in fine but overcast conditions, flat seas but a fairly stiff breeze, and 22 returned to the scales with fish:

1st - Dave Crudace - 6f 16lb 11oz
2nd - Stephen Williams - 8f 14lb 5oz
3rd - Paul Brown - 5f 10lb 3oz
4th - John Hepton - 4f 9lb 15oz
5th - Alan O'Neill - 3f 9lb 9oz
6th - Scott Davidson - 4f 9lb 6oz
7th - Dave Milne - 4f 8lb 7oz
8th - Garry Appleton - 4f 7lb 7oz
9th - Ryan Lyall - 3f 7lb 5oz
10th - Derek Wood - 5f 6lb 13oz
11th - Steven Robson - 3f 5lb 9oz
12th - David Williams - 2f 4lb 13oz
13th - Dave Greatrex - 3f 4lb 10oz
14th - John Blaney - 2f 4lb 5oz
15th - Dave McLachlin - 2f 4lb 4oz
16th - Tony Anderson - 2f 3lb 15oz
17th - John Bell - 2f 3lb 4oz
18th - Barrie Sanderson - 2f 3lb 1oz
19th - Dave Delaney - 1f 2lb 11oz
20th - Martin Bailey - 1f 2lb 2oz
21st= Gary Wilson - 1f 1lb 13oz
21st= Michael Clark - 1f 1lb 13oz

HF - Alan O'Neill - 4lb 15oz

Well done to everyone today, a good turnout and good weigh in - let's hope it continues! Next match 4 weeks time as it's the Bedlington Summer open in a fortnight's time.

Cheers, Gary

[david.northeast]

Dropped a couple more decent fish but still had a great day

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Second match result

Today's result - 2nd open summer match - Newton 15/07/18
22 anglers fished today & 15 weighed in as follows:

1st - John Blaney - 5f - 12lb 9oz
2nd - Dave Delaney - 5f - 10lb 14oz
3rd - David Greatrex - 4f - 6lb 14oz
4th - Steven Robson - 4f - 6lb 13oz
5th - Garry Appleton - 4f - 6lb 12oz
6th - David Milne - 3f - 6lb 9oz
7th - John Hepton - 4f - 6lb 5oz
8th - Scott Davidson - 3f - 6lb 2oz
9th - Paul Brown - 4f - 4lb 9oz
10th - Tony Anderson - 2f - 3lb 5oz
11th - Alan O'Neill - 1f - 3lb 3oz
12th - D Clark - 2f - 3lb 2oz
13th - Dave Crudace - 2f - 2lb 10oz
14th - Phil Skinner - 1f - 1lb 15oz
15th - Gary Wilson - 1f - 1lb 4oz
HF - Dave Delaney - 3lb 5oz

Well done to John & Dave and everyone else today, thought there might have been a few more fish today...
Cheers, Gary
PS - I'll post up the aggregate weights later when I've got them worked out.

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League placings

Summer league placings after 2 matches:

1st - Dave Crudace - 19lb 5oz
2nd - John Blaney - 16lb 14oz
3rd - John Hepton - 16lb 4oz
4th - Scott Davidson - 15lb 8oz
5th - Dave Milne - 15lb 0oz
6th - Paul Brown - 14lb 12oz
7th - Stephen williams - 14lb 5oz
8th - Garry Appleton - 14lb 3oz
9th - Dave Delaney - 13lb 9oz
10th - Alan O'Neill - 12lb 12oz
11th - Steven Robson - 12lb 6oz
12th - David Greatrex - 11lb 8oz
13th - Ryan Lyall - 7lb 5oz
14th - Tony Anderson - 7lb 4oz
15th - Derek Wood - 6lb 13oz
16th - David Williams - 4lb 13oz
17th - Dave McLachlin - 4lb 4oz
18th - John Bell - 3lb 4oz
19th - Darren Clark - 3lb 2oz
20th= Barrie Sanderson 3lb 1oz
20th= Gary Wilson - 3lb 1oz
22nd - Martin Bailey - 2lb 2oz
23rd - Phil Skinner - 1lb 15oz
24th - Michael Clark - 1lb 13oz

Cheers, Gary

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Match 3 result

Today's result - 3rd summer match Beadnell 29/07/18
18 fished today in pretty poor conditions (strong S wind, rain & building sea) and 7 weighed in as follows:

1st - John Hepton - 2f - 7lbs 11oz
2nd - John Bell - 2f - 3lb 8oz
3rd - Paul Brown - 1f - 2lb 9oz
4th - Dave Milne - 1f - 2lb 3oz
5th - Kenny Bowen - 1f - 2lb 1oz
6th - Dave Crudace - 1f - 2lb 0oz
7th - Steven Robson - 1f - 1lb 11oz
HF - John Hepton 4lb 1oz

Well done to John on a clean sweep today and to everyone else who managed to find a fish on a very hard day...hopefully the weather will be back to normal for the next match in 3 weeks time.
Cheers, Gary

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Aggegate weights so far...

Here's the latest Top Ten in the summer matches with 2 left to fish:

1st - John Hepton - 23lb 15oz
2nd - Dave Crudace - 21lb 5oz
3rd - Paul Brown - 17lb 5oz
4th - Dave Milne - 17lb 3oz
5th - John Blaney - 16lb 14oz
6th - Scott Davidson - 15lb 8oz
7th - Steve Williams - 14lb 5oz
8th - Garry Appleton - 14lb 3oz
9th - Steven Robson - 14lb 1oz
10th - Dave Delaney - 13lb 9oz

It's getting tight at the top!

On the heaviest fish side there still haven't been any really notable fish yet - the best so far remains Alan O'Neill's codling from the first match of 4lb 15oz.

Cheers, Gary

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Match 4 result

Today's result - match 4 Beadnell 19/08/18
29 fished in rather soggy conditions today and 16 weighed in as follows:

1st - Phil Skinner - 6f - 15lb 1oz
2nd - Dave Grieve - 4f - 14lb 0oz
3rd - John Bell - 5f - 11lb 12oz
4th - Garry Appleton - 4f - 10lb 14oz
5th - John Lee - 3f - 10lb 7oz
6th - Scott Davidson - 3f - 9lb 1oz
7th - Steve Williams - 3f - 8lb 14oz
8th - Tony Anderson - 2f - 8lb3oz
9th - Darren Clark - 3f - 7lb 15oz
10th - Paul Brown - 5f - 6lb 13oz
11th - David Greatrex - 3f - 6lb 2oz
12th - Paul Donaldson - 2f - 6lb 0oz
13th - John Hepton - 2f - 5lb 1oz
14th - Dave Crudace - 2f - 5lb 0oz
15th - Alan Wood - 1f - 4lb 5oz
16th - Andy Brown - 1f - 2lb 14oz

HF - Steve Williams - 5lb 6oz

Well done to Phil & the top 5 all scoring double-figure bags and Steve on the HF of the summer so far - I'll post up the leader-board tomorrow when I've got it all worked out. Last match in 2 weeks time at Howick/Craster...it'll all be to fish for then I'm sure!

Cheers, Gary

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Updated Top Ten

Ok folks, with one match remaining, here's the top-ten leader-board after 4 matches:

1 - John Hepton - 29-0
2 - Dave Crudace - 26-5
3 - Garry Appleton - 25-1
4 - Scott Davidson - 24-9
5 - Paul Brown - 24-2
6 - Steve Williams - 23-3
7 - John Bell - 18-8
8 - David Greatrex - 17-10
9 - Dave Milne - 17-3
10 - Phil Skinner - 17-0
HF so far...Steve Williams - 5-6

Please note, as per last year, there's a three-coley limit at Craster/Howick

Cheers, Gary

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Match 5 result

Today's result, match 5 Howick / Craster 02/09/18

19 fished with 9 weighing in:

1st - John Hepton - 4f - 10lb 6oz
2nd - Dave Crudace - 3f - 8lb 14oz
3rd - Steve Williams - 3f - 7lb 15oz
4th - John Lee - 4f - 7lb 12oz
5th - Tony Anderson - 4f - 5lb 9oz
6th - Paul Brown - 3f - 5lb 3oz
7th - Ian Hall - 2f - 4lb 4oz
8th - Garry Appleton - 1f - 2lb 8oz
9th - Gary Wilson - 2f - 2lb 0oz
HF - John Hepton - 4lb 8oz

Big well done to John on a clean sweep today as well as overall summer champion for 2018!!👍🎣🐋🐋 Well done to Steve too on bagging the heaviest overall fish 👍👍🐋

Many thanks to everyone who's turned out over the summer, I'll be posting up the final full table tomorrow but the top 5 are as follows:

1st - John Hepton - 39lb 6oz
2nd - Dave Crudace - 35lb 3oz
3rd - Steve Williams - 31lb 2oz
4th - Paul Brown - 29lb 5oz
5th - Garry Appleton - 27lb 9oz

Cheers, Gary

[Richy d]

Well done john mate

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Final table

Here's the final table from this year's summer matches:

1st - John Hepton 39-6
2nd - Dave Crudace 35-3
3rd - Stephen Williams 31-2
4th - Paul Brown 29-5
5th - Garry Appleton 27-9
6th -Scott Davidson 24-9
7th - Tony Anderson 21-0
8th - John Bell 18-8
9th - John Lee 18-3
10th - David Greatrex 17-10
11th - David Milne - 17-3
12th - Phil Skinner 17-0
13th - John Blaney 16-14
14th - Steven Robson 14-1
15th - Dave Grieve 14-0
16th - Dave Delaney 13-9
17th - Alan O'Neill 12-12
18th - Darren Clark 11-1
19th - Ryan Lyall 7-5
20th - Derek Wood 6-13
21st - Paul Donaldson - 6-0
22nd - Gary Wilson 5-1
23rd - David Williams 4-13
24th - Alan Wood 4-5
25th= Dave McLachlin 4-4
25th= Ian Hall 4-4
27th - Barrie Sanderson 3-1
28th - Andy Brown 2-14
29th - Martin Bailey 2-2
30th - Kenny Bowen 2-1
31st - Michael Clark 1-13

Well done all! 👍😀
Cheers, Gary