A decent turnout saw 24 entrants take to the beaches between Seasalter and Coldharbour for the Lady Mayoress' Charity open competiton on Sunday 21st September.
With a relatively cold, strong onshore NE wind it was brilliant to have so much support for the event even by those who didn't fish. Early indications are that well over £500 was raised for the various charities.
The fishing was fairly tough given the conditions and reports of bait stripping crabs came in too.
Nonetheless, 8 competitors weighed in a catch with mixed bags of bass, eels, flounders and whiting.
It was great to see the ladies and junior prizes won but the overall winner of the day was David Andrews, not only did he take the trophy with 3.762kg but he also scooped the heaviest fish pool with a lovely bass of 1.256kg AND the greatest number pool with 6 fish!
2nd place went to Mick Morris whose bass of 0.926kg was not too far behind Dave's and 3rd place went to Darren Kennedy with eels and a whiting.
Mrs Penny Morris took the ladies prize with a 5th place finish and Joseph Marshall the Junior in at 7th.
All in all a great day was had by all and it has been a successful fund raiser. A big thank you to all involved in arranging it especially Wendy Dinley, Dennis Foreman and the G.S.A.C.
Full results as follows;
1st-D. Andrews, 6 fish, 3.762kg
2nd-M. Morris, 2 fish, 1.206kg
3rd-D. Kennedy, 3 fish, 0.840kg
4th-P. Gower, 1 fish, 0.818kg
5th-P. Morris, 3 fish, 0.766kg
6th-S. Stephenson, 1 fish, 0.344kg
7th-J. Marshall, 1 fish, 0.160kg
8th-T. Morris, 1 fish, 0.766kg
Report by B. Morris
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| Charity comp entrants |
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| D. Andrews - Winner |
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| M. Morris - 2nd Place |
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| P. Morris - Ladies Winner |
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| J. Marshall - Junior Winner |
