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UPDATED 19-2-12

Team League report. (by Shauna Hole).

Hi All, Away Cup 22/01/2012. Due to the strong winds it was decided to change the venue of the Away cup to Hopes Nose - Berry Head Only 7 members braved the cold (I'm sure it had nothing to do with hangovers from presentation night!) Rowey's 'Bass Bandits' had 2 members fishing with a total of 13 points, George's 'Drew’s Militia' had 1 member fishing who earned 9 points, Bri's 'Norse Warriors' had 2 members fishing unfortunately failed to weigh in but earnt 6 points and Andy's 'Appy Anglers' had just 1 team member who also failed to weigh in but earnt 3 points. So after the second competition of the year here are the points: Bass Bandits - 44, Norse Warriors - 35, 'Appy Anglers' - 23 and 'Drew’s Militia' - 18. Hopefully we should have a good turn-out for the next competition which is 05/02/2012 February Species hunt fortnight, see you then Shauna.

Monthly League: February (by Pingu Thoburn).

6 hardy souls ventured to Sidmouth on a freezing February evening to contest the next leg of the Wednesday Social league there was more swell running than expected and with car gauges already showing -1* we all hunkered down between 2 sets of groins, being feb scratching tactics were used by all the usual specimens were caught for this time of year being whiting, pout and rockling. come the weigh in all had caught but not all had fish in size winner was Richard gray for 8 points. second Dave Thoburn 6 points 3rd Paul rowe 4 points 2 points each for Carl parsons, Shane Milliner and Gareth Moffat. next month being the worst fishing month of the year and as this is a social league it was unanimously decided that we would just hold a social at the Holly Tree Pub Withycombe Rd, 8pm onwards, all obviously are welcome but there are no points being awarded for the pool or darts champion on the evening haha cheers dave

Specimen League: January (by Ade Jones).

A chance for all the rest, yes Pete Gregory has failed to score. Here are the scores for the month Paul Rowe 2pts Adrian Jones 3pts A slow start but i am assured that the scores will be plentiful soon .So all you anglers get out and catch those fish . The fish for the month of February are the following: Pout, Bass, and there is a bonus fish of Thornback Ray, just as a reminder to you all that bonus fish will only count if you have already recorded one of the selected spieces of that month first.

Minehead Comp Report (by Brian the Viking).

Due to strong north westerly winds the venue was changed from Minehead to a Torbay rover in a hope of getting out of the wind. It was fished from Hopes Nose to Berry Head . Most went for the long hike down hopes nose which proved to be the most productive area with Whiting, Lsd, Wrasse and Mackerel all being landed. Come the weigh in the only fish caught all came from the nose 1st was Adrian Jones with 421% earning him the Away cup for 2012 he also recorded best specimen with a Wrasse of 4.06lb 2nd place went to Paul Rowe with 209% 3rd was Martin Pearce with 177% well done to all who caught and those that didn't.

Team League 2012 Exe & Teign Flounder Quest (by Shauna Hole).

Hi everyone an excellent turn out for the teams on the first competition of the Year on the Exe & Teign Flounder quest, with 17 team members fishing. In first place was Rowey's Bass Bandits with 31 points, Paul and Carl both weighed in with the rest of the team fishing they received an extra 5 bonus points. Second place went to Bri's Norse Warriors with Andy, Shauna and Brian weighing in and Dave W fishing achieved 29 points. Third place Andy's Appy anglers earned them selves a bonus 5 points for a full team but unfortunately no fish were caught they earned 20 points whilst in forth place George's "Drews Militia" only 3 team members fished but didn't weigh in earning them 9 points. Next comp Jan 22nd Minehead Pier - White Mark Away Cup Event look forward to seeing you there happy fishing all - Shauna Bass Bandits – 31 Norse Warriors – 29 Appy Anglers – 20 Drews Militia - 9

January Wednesday league 2012 (by Pingu).

Well after a shaky start week before where I had cancelled match due to dire weather warning, and then finding 3 hardy ( or brave) people did fish, wed 11 saw the first proper competition A good turnout of 11 anglers contested the match on budliegh beach and most caught, there was a mixed bag of fish but mostly whiting and pout, although 2 unseasonal mackerel were caught Winner on the night was Paul Rowe closely followed by Ken Williams then joint third Dave Thoburn and Kevin Dunn Apologies for the muck up on the first week, all sorted and up and running properly now Next month will be sidmouth seafront, harbour chit rocks meeting in the swimming pool car park 7pm CheersDave

Exe & Teign Flounder Quest Report (by Brian the Viking Reed).

26 members fished the exe + teign flounder quest, making it a real good start to the year. With near perfect conditions hopes were high for a bumper session like we had before xmas. But things were not to be with 2 hrs of the comp gone and reports of fish being caught were few and far between, As time went on a few reports of fish started to drift along the shore line. Come the weigh in only 6 anglers had recorded fish 1st was Andy Browning with a fish of 1lb 12oz also earning him best specimen and a bottle of champagne donated by Si Boeree for the largest fish 2nd Shauna Hole 3rd was Carl Parsons Brian Reed won a special prize of a box of Ferrero Rocher for the smallest fish Thanks to all who fished and a big thanks to Babs and Dave for doing the draw and thanks to Si for donating the chocolates an champagne

Specimen Challenge 2012 (by Ade Jones).

the monthly specimen league has now just began for 2012 anyone wishing to take part need only contact ade jones on the numbers already given in the club contacts and he will email you the rules and monthly chosen species for the entire year please read carefully on receipt the are a couple of changes in the rules and the species have changed from last year slightly all will become apparent when you read through. For those with no email ade will send a hard copy to you asap. A copy is here for your perusal to hopefully entice more members to partake, a happy new year to all members and tight lines on all your fishing adventures this year.