zippie
Well-known member
the north east regional police fishing match took place today at sandsend .5 forces were represented with SOUTH YORKS being the host .registration was between mid-day and one pm,with fishing btwn 2pm to 7pm as per the e-mail sent to us.not having fished this flat shelfless beach before after paying the money etc,i went and had a butchers and set up .4 zones 10 anglers per zone.you pays your money you takes your chance and i drew peg 1 zone red.first hour plus fishing in next to no water but thats the luck of the draw.crab after crab brought in by myself and those around despite distance of cast bait used etc.rumours had it of a few flatties and as it went dark a small number of whities were caught ,one of the host force was two pegs up from me,canny lad he also doubled up as a steward,not that i kept him busy !!!.however at 6.45 pm i cast my last bait out and tidied up as did most around me.i gave my remaining bait away to a couple of young lads at 6.55 pm as again did most others in our two zones.At seven on the dot i reeled in and packed away.
well surprise surprise at 7.05 pm the steward from our zone stood next to us and took a phone call from the match organiser to say the match had been EXTENDED until 7.30 pm!!!! EH WHAT you cannot do that said myself and several others from our two zones,then came the situation of half off the beach and the rest still fishing including the MATCH ORGANISER who was in the area where the fish were now starting to show.at 730 pm the remainder came off the beach and we went for the presentation and raffles.despite an official complaint being lodged by N'BRIA and being backed by DURHAM (THANKS IAN!!) THE RESULTWAS ALLOWED TO STAND WITH ALL FISH TO COUNT INCLUDING FISH CAUGHT AFTER 7PM.well pleased for DURHAM who won the team prize and blackrat for his backing but sorry you cannot change the rules after the stated time to finish has elapsed.please dont think its sour grapes its not ,if a match is over an alloted period then that is the finishing time.im posting this for other club secretarys views ie sless ,yours truly etc as i think it was wrong and the match should have been declared null and void.cheers
well surprise surprise at 7.05 pm the steward from our zone stood next to us and took a phone call from the match organiser to say the match had been EXTENDED until 7.30 pm!!!! EH WHAT you cannot do that said myself and several others from our two zones,then came the situation of half off the beach and the rest still fishing including the MATCH ORGANISER who was in the area where the fish were now starting to show.at 730 pm the remainder came off the beach and we went for the presentation and raffles.despite an official complaint being lodged by N'BRIA and being backed by DURHAM (THANKS IAN!!) THE RESULTWAS ALLOWED TO STAND WITH ALL FISH TO COUNT INCLUDING FISH CAUGHT AFTER 7PM.well pleased for DURHAM who won the team prize and blackrat for his backing but sorry you cannot change the rules after the stated time to finish has elapsed.please dont think its sour grapes its not ,if a match is over an alloted period then that is the finishing time.im posting this for other club secretarys views ie sless ,yours truly etc as i think it was wrong and the match should have been declared null and void.cheers