Maureen Cup Beach Comp Results

Despite the heavy rain, fourteen anglers turned out on Sunday 2nd November for this evening beach competition. 

Most headed for Reculver beaches which turned out to be the most productive. Good catches of dogfish and whiting were had by all but those fishing bishopstone to the kings hall missed out on the doggies. 

K. Morris and D. Foreman both added small codling to their catches too, which is obviously encouraging to see. 

It was again however GSAC member S. Stephenson who stormed into 1st place with 25 fish in total including a cracking dogfish of 2lbs 2oz which will earn him a club specimen medal and won the heavy fish pool.

Full results as follows:
1st- S. Stephenson, 25 fish, 21lbs 11.2oz
2nd- M. Morris, 19 fish, 15lbs 4.8oz
3rd- D. Smith, 17 fish, 13lbs 6.5oz
4th- T. Morris, 16 fish, 10lbs 14.6oz
5th- K. Morris, 11 fish, 8lbs 11.3oz
6th- B. Morris, 14 fish, 4lbs 12.4oz
7th- D. Foreman, 8 fish, 4lbs 1.5oz
8th- P. Thornton, 10 fish, 3lbs 9.1oz
9th- B. Perry-French, 5 fish, 3lbs 3.9oz
10th- M. Terry, 8 fish, 3lbs 1.9oz
11th- K. Grove, 3 fish, 2lbs 4.3oz
12th- K. Wilton, 5 fish, 1lbs 14.6oz
13th- L. Perry-French, 2 fish, 1lbs 11.7oz
14th- P. Gower, 4 fish, 1lbs 7.5oz

Heron AS Autumn Boat Festival results (photo's added)

With reasonably strong SW winds on all three days of the Heron AS Autumn Boat Festival, fishing was uncomfortable at times but thankfully all three days were fished regardless.

Catches were varied and sporadic, whiting numbers were not as prevalent as expected and those who did find them in numbers had to sift through hoards of undersized fish to fill their bags, dogfish were also present as ever as well as skate, dabs, pout and it was also good to see a few codling landed too.

The biggest of the fish fell to M. Morris with a reasonable ray of 9lbs 11.9oz on Sunday and of his four codling boated on the Saturday, Mick also took the biggest of those at 2lbs 2.7oz.

The numbers game was the tactic for T. Morris who landed 175 sizeable fish over the three days and did well in the event on the whole as a result.
 Other highlights included codling from C. Zacharia and G. Mummery, with skate from K. Wilton, P. Gower and C. Zacharia. An impressive pout of 1lb 6.7oz form B. Morris was also brought to the scales.

Overall it was M. Morris who held his own over the three days however and took top spot with an aggregate weight of 95lbs 12.1oz.

Full individual day results, aggregates and class winners (by elimination) below:

Saturday 25th;
1st-M. Morris, 27 fish, 37lbs 1.2oz
2nd- T. Morris, 64 fish, 31lbs 13.2oz
3rd- G. Mummery, 37 fish, 20lbs 3oz
4th- C. Zacharia, 14 fish, 19lbs 14.7oz
5th- K. Wilton, 13 fish, 16lbs 4oz
6th- P. Gower, 11 fish, 12lbs 7.9oz
7th- B. Perry-French, 4lbs 0.2oz
8th- L. Perry-French, 2lbs 2.6oz

Sunday 26th;
1st- T. Morris, 62 fish, 29lbs 1.6oz
2nd- B. Morris, 46 fish, 25lbs 7.1oz
3rd- M. Morris, 17 fish, 24lbs 13.9oz
4th- K. Wilton, 15 fish, 23lbs 3.5oz
5th- G. Mummery, 51 fish, 23lbs 1.7oz
6th- K. Morris, 45 fish, 21lbs 8.1oz
7th- C. Zacharia, 16 fish, 17lbs 14.7oz
8th- D. Perry, 30 fish, 12lbs 12.2oz
9th- S. Mummery, 18 fish, 8lbs 11.6oz
10th- P. Gower, 10 fish, 8lbs 6.2oz
11th- K. Grove, 8 fish, 4lbs 4.4 lbs
12th- B. Perry-French, 6 fish, 2lbs 12.2oz

Monday 27th
1st- M. Morris, 38 fish, 33lbs 12.9oz
2nd- K. Wilton, 21 fish, 26lbs 9.1oz
3rd- C. Zacharia, 19 fish, 26lbs 3.9oz
4th- K. Morris, 52 fish, 24lbs 7.2oz
5th- P. Gower, 24 fish, 24lbs 0.9oz
6th- T. Morris, 49 fish, 22lbs 9.7oz
7th- D. Perry, 48 fish, 21lbs 10.9oz
8th- G. Mummery, 31 fish, 16lbs 13.6oz
9th- B. Morris, 26 fish, 12lbs 3.9oz
10th- P. Thornton, 20 fish, 9lbs 3.2oz
11th- B. Perry-French, 16 fish, 7lbs 3.4oz
12th- L. Perry-French, 13 fish, 6lbs 4.2lbs

Class 1; Aggregate
1st- M. Morris, 95lbs 12.1oz
2nd- T. Morris, 83lbs 8.6oz
3rd- K. Wilton, 66lbs 0.6oz
4th- C. Zacharia, 64lbs 1.4oz
5th- G. Mummery, 60lbs 2.4oz
6th- K. Morris, 45lbs 15.2oz
7th- P. Gower, 44lbs 15oz
8th- B. Morris, 37lbs 11oz
9th- D. Perry, 34lbs 7.2oz
10th- B. Perry-French, 13lbs 15.9oz
11th- P. Thornton, 9lbs 3.2oz
12th- S. Mummery, 8lbs 11.6oz
13th- L. Perry-French, 8lbs 7.1oz
14th- K. Grove, 4lbs 14.4oz

Class 2; Heaviest 1 day catch
M. Morris, 37lbs 1.2oz

Class 3; Greatest Number (1 day)
T. Morris, 64 fish

Class 4; Heaviest 1 day catch round fish
K. Wilton, 26lbs 9.2oz

Class 5; Greatest 1 day number round fish
G. Mummery, 51 fish

Class 6; Heaviest 1 day catch flat fish
K. Morris, 2lbs 13oz

Class 7; Heaviest fish
C. Zacharia, 7lbs 14.2oz

Class 8; Greatest 1 day variety
B. Morris, 3 varieties

Class 9; Heaviest catch by a lady
Not won

Class 10; Heaviest 1 day catch by a senior
P. Thornton 9lbs 3.2oz

Class 11; Heaviest catch flat fish by a junior on Sunday
Not won

Class 12; Heaviest catch on Monday
P. Gower, 24lbs 0.9oz

M Morris 9LB 11oz Skate

M Morris with his double brace of codling

P Gower's Skate

B Morris 1LB 6.7oz Pouting

Evans Trophy boat competition results

Perfect, glass like seas welcomed the 12 anglers who turned out for the Evans Trophy boat competition on Saturday 27th September.

Most opted for the Weir bank with encouraging catches of whiting, dogfish and dabs. P. Thornton and his partner R. Lowe decided to move into the Rand after a few hours however which proved fruitful for them as Richard landed a skate of 7lb 4.4oz and a bass of 2lb 0.2oz within the first few minutes of the move. 
The skate won him the heaviest fish pool.

Brothers G. Mummery and S. Mummery made the best choice in the end though by fishing the Woolpack area, George won the event comfortably, besting 2nd place by nearly 10lb including a small skate of his own with Sam narrowly missing out on 2nd spot.

Full results as follows;
1st- G. Mummery, 35 fish, 28lbs 15.8oz
2nd- T. Morris, 30 fish, 19lbs 8.5oz
3rd- S. Mummery, 30 fish, 19lbs 5.1oz
4th- R. Lowe, 14 fish, 17lbs 12.8oz
5th- C. Zacharia, 27 fish, 16lbs 7.9oz
6th- K. Wilton, 22 fish, 15lbs 2oz
7th- P. Gower, 20 fish,13lbs 1.6oz
8th- B. Morris,17fish, 10lbs 3.3oz
9th- L. Perry-French, 13 fish, 9lbs 6oz
10th- M. Morris, 14 fish, 8lbs 7.8oz
11th- P. Thornton, 12 fish, 7lbs 0.3oz
12th- B. Perry-French, 9 fish, 5lbs 12.1oz

G. Mummery-Skate

R. Lowe - Skate and Bass

Lady Mayoress Charity Beach Fishing Competition Results

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

Charity comp entrants

D. Andrews - Winner

M. Morris - 2nd Place

P. Morris - Ladies Winner

J. Marshall - Junior Winner

Beach and Boat fixtures 2015

 Beach:

Jan 31st - Jubilee 1st Round 1800hrs-2200hrs
Mar 29th - Tamkin Cup 1700hrs-2100hrs
Apr 12th - Osman Trophy 1600hrs - 2000hrs ***
Apr 26th - Jackson Cup (Deal)* 1400hrs-1800hrs
May 3rd-D.Mann Diamond Jubilee* 0900hrs-1700hrs
Jun 7th - Over The Low 0900hrs-1300hrs
Sept 13th - HAS v GSAC* 1200hrs-1600hrs
Oct 4th - Jubilee 2nd round 1200hrs-1600hrs
Oct 24th - Maureen Cup 1800hrs-2200hrs
Nov 21st - Autumn Beach Festival 1600hrs-2000hrs
Nov 22nd - Autumn Beach Festival 1700hrs-2100hrs
Dec 6th - Accumulator 1700hrs-2100hrs
Dec 13th - Charsley Lunch* 1100hrs-1500hrs

Boat:

8th Mar - Accumulator 1130hrs-1630hrs
19th April - Lawler Pairs 1100hrs-1600hrs
16th May - Spring Festival 0900hrs-1400hrs
17th May - Spring Festival 1000hrs-1500hrs
24th May - Spring Festival Reserve Date
31st May - Claire V Weniger 0930hrs-1430hrs
14th June - Iris Trophy 0900hrs-1400hrs
5th July - Open Limits Bass* 1300hrs-1800hrs
16th Aug - Junior Boat* 1230hrs-1630hrs
6th Sep - Old Rules* 1500hrs-1900hrs
26th Sep - Evans Trophy 0930hrs-1330hrs
10th Oct- Autumn Festival 0900hrs-1400hrs
11th Oct - Autumn Festival 0930hrs-1430hrs
12th Oct - Autumn Festival 1030hrs-1530hrs
15th Nov - Last Chance Cup 1130hrs-1630hrs
29th Nov - Autumn Festival Reserve date

*no championship points apply

***
Please note; the Osman Cup on April 12th 2015 is being fished from 1600hrs - 2000hrs and NOT 1800hrs - 2200hrs as previously stated. Sign in at the club is therefore 1445hrs.

Old Rules competition cancelled

Strong NE winds put pay to the old rules competition this year although K. Grove decided to row out anyway and give it a go!

He reported catching 8-9 dogfish, a Whiting and a plump dab.

Jubilee Cup 2nd round results

A very foggy but calm morning greeted the nine anglers that turned out for the Jubilee Cup 2nd round on Sunday 7th September. 

All were keen to get back to fishing after the summer but unfortunately all the fish were seemingly still on their holidays!!

In fact, the only reported catch by anyone was a very small bass from Studd Hill for T. Morris. 

The trophy therefore goes to S. Stephenson for his efforts back in January in the 1st round.

Junior boat competition results

Three Junior Herons set out on Sunday 24th August in fine, calm weather for the junior boat competition.
 All weighed in catches with R. Gower bagging a nice bass of 3lb 1.9oz but it wasn't enough to overcome the weights brought to the scales by brothers Bradley and Lewis Perry-French.
 Lewis took the heaviest fish with a thornback of 6lb 1.5oz and Bradley had a nice Mackerel to go with his brace of dogfish.

Full results as follows:

1st- L. Perry-French, 2 fish, 7lbs 5.6oz
2nd- B. Perry-French, 3 fish, 3lbs 12.2oz
3rd- R. Gower, 1 fish, 3lbs 1.9oz

Lady Mayoress Charity Beach Fishing Competition

Printable entry forms click here

Open limits Bass Comp results

Despite patchy, and at times heavy, rain for the inshore waters off Herne Bay, conditions were nigh on perfect for the Herons' open limits bass competition on Sunday 13th July.

Nine entrants took part with the heaviest fish to take the prize. 

Catch reports were poor on the whole but four managed to weigh in a sizeable catch along with G. Mummery and B. Morris both getting decent Smoothhounds and even a sizeable codling!

P. Thornton caught the best bass of the day for the title at 4lbs 8.2oz.

Full results as follows:
1st- P. Thornton, 4lbs 8.2oz
2nd- B. Morris, 3lbs 2.6oz
3rd- G. Mummery, 2lbs 8.8oz
4th- B. Perry-French, 1lb 10.3oz