East Region Shore League Leg 6
Cold Knap, Porthkerry & Rhoose
While Storm Bert battered most of the country, Cardiff SAC's open match went ahead as planned. Strong south westerly winds prevailed throughout the day before the match, but conditions improved dramatically with very little wind on day. Sadly, not so the rain which was very persistent throughout the match. The bad weather however didn’t manage to put the fish off.
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The whiting made an appearance with the inevitable conger eels following up them up the channel.
72 seniors & 5 juniors braved a soaking, where 38 anglers caught fish totalling 76kgs. Eight different species in all were caught which included conger eels, dog fish, bass, thornback ray, rockling, pouting, silver eels & whiting.
In First place was Holton Road club member & tackle shop owner Dan Crump from Barry with 9.1 kgs consisting of 2 conger eels, 2 dogfish & 2 whiting. Dan won £300 cash donated
by COMPUTERWORLD WALES LTD.
2nd place went to Shaun Williams from Barry, also fishing for Holton Road SAC with 2 conger eels for 8.95kgs. Shaun won £200 donated by Cardiff SAC.
3rd Place went to Ben Worsey from Cardiff with a single eel of 7.22 kgs. Ben won a Penn Fathom reel donated by Cardiff club member John Powell. Ben also took the £140 pool for the biggest conger eel.
4th Place went to Cardiff SAC club Secretary Justin Bird from Rhoose with 3 conger eels & a whiting for 7.18 kgs. Justin won £100 Cash donated by Cardiff SAC.
5th place went to Chris Mather fishing for South Wales Sea Anglers (SWSA) with a single conger eel of 6.1 kgs.
The Biggest cod pool of £140 was not won but was raffled off between all those who enter the pool & was won by Shaun Moore who also finished 8th in the match.
Five Juniors fished the match. All Junior prizes were donated by Billy Coopey.
1st was Ashton Morris with a single whiting of 0.25 kgs. Aston won a £50 tackle voucher.
2nd was Dan Winter with 2 whiting & a pouting for 0.195 kgs. Dan won a £30 tackle voucher.
3rd was Max Worsey with 2 whiting a pouting & silver eel for 0.17 kgs. Max won a£20 tackle voucher.
Chris Stephen with his 3.7 kgs conger eel.
East Region Shore League Leg 6
Cold Knap, Porthkerry & Rhoose
The last leg of the ACSA East Region Shore League was fished this weekend at Cold Knap, Porthkerry & Rhoose.
Weather conditions were a fresh with a westerly breeze and intermittent heavy rain. 70 out of 80 anglers caught fish totalling 145 kgs made up of 12 different species and consisting of blonde / small eyed / spotted rays, conger eel, dogfish, pouting, bull huss, 3 bearded rockling, poor cod, bass, dover sole & whiting
Top five individuals:
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First - Shaun Moore fishing for Caerau SAC with 15.575 kgs consisting of 5 blonde rays & 3 conger eels. Shaun also won the most fish pool.
Runner up was current Seamaster Champion Dai Llewellyn fishing for the South Wales Matchmen with 13.1 kgs. Consisting of 3 blonde rays & a poor cod.
Third Place was Garry Evans Match Team member Steve Symth with 9.06 kgs. Consisting of 3 blonde rays.
Fourth Place went to South Wales Matchmen team member Dan Crump with 8.1 kgs. Consisting of 2 conger eels a spotted ray.
Fifth Place went to Knock Out Baits team member Scott Busher with 6.8 kgs. Consisting of 3 conger eels, 2 pouting & 2 rockling.
Best specimen pool was won by Lee Jones fishing for Veals Mail Order with a whiting of 0.16 kgs.
The overall individual competition was again a tight affair with a number of anglers in contention for the 3 prizes of ANYFISH ANYWHERE rods supplied by the event sponsor Julian Shambrook.
Leg winner & most fish winner Shaun Moore.
Runner up leg winner Dai Llewellyn.
Best Specimen winner Lee Jones.
Individual series winners, Shuan Moore, Dai Llewellyn & Dan Crump
Overall top five overall individuals at the end of the series.
1st Shaun Moore, 562 fish points for 65.9 kgs. Shuan won a AnyFish AnyWhere rod of his choice.
2nd Dai Llewellyn, 534 fish points for 64.595 kgs. Dai won a AnyFish AnyWhere Six & Bait.
3rd Dan Crump, 531 fish points for 92.38 kgs. Dan also won a AnyFish AnyWhere Six & Bait.
4th Lloyd Summer, 514 points for 52.63 kgs.
5th Chris Jenkins, 506 fish points for 33.32 kgs.
Congratulations to Shaun Moore for winning the individual series.
Top five teams on the day.
1st Garry Evans Match Team with 383 fish points, 15 team points.
2nd Sakuma Match Team with 363.5 fish points, 14 team points.
3rd Reel Fishing with 358 fish points, 13 team points.
4th Pinnacle Match Team with 356 fish points, 12 team points.
5th Team Knock out baits with 355 fish points, 11 team point
This year’s team event went right down to the wire again where most four teams could have won the series.
Overall top five overall team positions for the series.
1st Sakuma Match Team with 80 points.
2nd Team Knock Baits with 76 points.
3rd South Wales Match Men with 71 points.
4th Reel Fishing with 69 points.
5th Garry Evans Match Team Team with 66 points.
Congratulations to Sakuma Match Team for winning the series.
During the event an extensive raffle was held were teams & individuals donated raffle prizes, 15 in all. Raffle tickets were sold throughout the day & raised a magnificent total of £420. The money will be added to the UK Junior International Fund, which will be split between all 4 Junior International team.
Finally, a big thank you to Julian Shambrook (ANYFISH ANYWHERE) for his continued support to our region throughout the years.
Penarth Open
10 November 2024
Results of the 63rd South Wales Open held on 10th November 2024 Sponsored by The Admiral Group PLC.
Huw Llewellyn presented the prizes on behalf of Admiral Group.
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120 anglers participated with 28 weighing in. Five different species were caught during the match, with the total weight of fish amounting to 32kgs, consisting of conger eels whiting, dog fish, pouting and silver eels.
In First Place was the ever-present Dai Llewellyn representing Holton Rd Anglers. Fishing the Beach weighed he in 3.303 kgs to win the £500 first prize donated by Admiral Group plc, £72 in pool money and the Senior Trophy for this year's Championship.
Third was Gary Addis representing Cardiff Sea Anglers again fishing the beach weighing in weighing in 3.11kgs to win £100 Sponsored by MDP Mechanical.
Second was Dave Backhouse representing Cardiff Sea Anglers. Also fishing the beach, he weighed in 3.28 kgs to win £200 sponsored by Set Up Displays plus £48 pool monies.
The JUNIOR CHAMPION for this year was Faith Marsh who fishing the Pier and weighed in 0.12 kgs. Eight year-old Faith was representing Penarth Sea Anglers and takes home a £50 voucher plus the Junior Championship Trophy for this year.
The club would like to thank all of their sponsors and organisations/individuals who donated prizes for the event this year. SeaMasters Points were awarded to the top 20 individuals, the points update following the first three rounds of the 2024/25 Championship can be found by clicking on the link HERE
SWSA OPEN, CARDIFF FORESHORE
13 October 2024
The open saw a cracking turnout of 96 anglers this year. The weather stayed pretty good throughout the event despite a chilly south easterly breeze, but the fishing was hard work and anglers had to work hard for the fish. Most of the fish were caught on the flood with conger eels being the main catch. 26 anglers and 4 juniors weighed in back at the Splott Cons with 61 people coming back to the weigh in enjoy the food and comradery. A huge thanks to all our sponsors and all the staff at the Splott Cons, none of this is possible without your support.
Huge thanks to the stewards on the day especially Tyrone Berry.
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1st place was local angler Nigel Putbrace of Cardiff SAC with a brace of conger eels for 6.84kg netting him £300 from Computer World Wales (Shaune Parsons) and the heaviest bag pool of £84 together with the Robert Radman Shield.
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2nd place was SWSA club angler Alex Jamieson with a conger of 3.44kg netting him £200 (donated by Rob Radman) plus £84 for the heaviest conger.
3rd place was Chris Stephens from Tata Steel with a conger of 2.92kg netting him £100 donated by SWSA fishing club.
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Juniors
1st, 2nd and3rd place sponsor for the event was Ozzy Osmond from Paul Osmand Haulage. 4th place sponsor was Leighton Cauchi who donated a tackle voucher.
1st place was Lawson Gamlin with a mixed bag fish for 1.08kg. Lawson comes from a long blood line of anglers in his family with his dad and grandad both well known anglers in south Wales.
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2nd place was Caylum Stickler from SWSA, son of Robz Rigz with 0.50kg of mixed fish.
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3rd place was Alfie Fender from SWSA also with a mixed bag of fish for 0.27kg.
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4th place was Benjamin Winston with another mixed bag of fish for 0.16kg.
Well done to all the other anglers that weighed in a cracking effort from everyone.
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Our club celebrates 17-years on October14th and we are into our 12th year on the shore comps .
Our committee would like to thank everyone who has taken part as members and guests over the years!
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Please see the Club's Facebook page for photos taken on the day.
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Barry Angling Festival / Garry Evans Seamaster Final 6 October 2024.
The 44th Garry Evans Seamaster final took place on the 6th October in conjunction with the Barry Angling Festival fishing the beaches of Cold Knap, Porthkerry, Rhoose & Fontygary. The week prior to the event saw reasonably settled weather conditions, but those who practice fished the area struggled to find fish with only the odd blonde ray being caught. The match day weather conditions were awful with heavy rainfall for most of the competition. Fortunately, the wind stayed a light south easterly which resulted in good sea conditions. 82 anglers entered the seniors match & 7 juniors also fished with 49 anglers bringing fish to the scales in this catch & release match. 14 different species of fish were caught i.e. conger eel, blonde / spotted / small-eyed rays, dogfish, bull huss, rockling, goby, bass, pouting, mullet, wrasse, whiting & smooth hound. The total match weight was 144kgs.
This year’s total prize table again equated to around £3000.
Junior Section.
The junior festival winner from Llanelli was Welsh Junior International, 12-year old Max Worsey. Max weighed in 0.94kgs consisting of a conger eel & a rockling. Winning himself a £50 tackle voucher & the Junior Barry Angling Festival Shield.
In second place was 6 year old Lawson Gamlin from Cardiff weighing in 0.86kgs of pouting & a mullet. Lawson won a £30 tackle voucher.
In Third place was Dan Winters from Barry with 0.76kg consisting of wrasse, pouting, conger eel & rockling. Dan won a £20 tackle voucher.
All Junior prizes were donated by Craig Maddock, ACSA East Region Chairman.
The Photo below shows ACSA East Region Chairman Craig Maddock with junior winners. Left to right - Dan Winters, Lawson Gamlin and Max Worsey.
Barry Angling Festival Seniors result.
For the 4th time in 5 years, the event was won by Angling Ambitions rod builder from Barry, Dai Llewellyn who was fishing for Holton Road Anglers. Dai weighed in with 16.605kgs consisting of 2 conger eels & 2 blonde rays. Dai won the festival first prize of £500 donated by Angling Cymru Sea Anglers East Region (ACSAER) along with £80 pool money for the heaviest bag of fish & the Barry Angling Festival Shield.
In second place fishing for Caerau SAC was last year’s Garry Evans Seamaster champion Shaun Moore with 9.40kgs consisting of 2 conger eels & 2 blonde rays. Shaun won £250 cash donated by ACSAER.
Third place went to Cardiff SAA member Justin Bird with 8.55kgs of 2 conger eels & 4 rockling. Justin won himself a Anyfish Anywhere Bass Pro rod donated by the ACSAER shore league TEAM SAKUMA.
Fourth place in the festival was Shuan Tucker from Neath fishing for Tata SAC with 7.74kgs consisting of 2 blonde rays & a conger eel. Shuan won a Penn Fathom 15 donated by Cardiff SAA member John Powell.
In fifth place was Barry stalwart Ray Christofarato with 6.82kgs consisting of 1 blonde ray & a small eyed ray. Ray won a Anyfish Anywhere 14ft Six & Bait rod donated by Julian Shambrook.
The heaviest nominated species pool was won by Steve Roberts (right) fishing for Newport & District SAC, he won £80 pool for the heaviest pouting of 0.50kgs.
Garry Evans Most Points 2023/24.
1st Shaun Moore with 127.5 points winning him £125. The highest number of points in the 44 year history of the Seamaster's.
2nd place Roy Tapper with 87 points winning him £75.
3rd place Dai Llewellyn with 77 points winning him £50.
Garry Evans Seamaster Final Result.
In first place for the 4th time in 5 years was Angling Ambitions rod builder & Holton Road Angling member Dai Llewellyn (below left) with 16.605kgs. Dai won a £250 tackle voucher & the coveted Seamaster Trophy.
Runner up was last year’s Garry Evans Seamaster champion Shuan Moore (below centre) with 9.40kgs. Shaun won £150 tackle voucher.
Third place went to Neath angler Shaun Tucker (below right). Shaun won a £100 tackle voucher.
All Tackle vouchers were donated by Garry Evans Tackle Centres.
On behalf of the ACSAER, we thank all our sponsors for enabling the region to continue with this prestigious event.
Remaining top 20 anglers are in the attached Seamaster points update which can be found HERE.
TATA STEEL SAC Open
15th September 2024 at Aberavon
This 88-peg match run by Tatas Steel SAC was fished on 15th September at Aberavon beach where anglers came from as far as Kent & West Wales. The weather on the day turned out almost prefect with a slight south westerly breeze. Unfortunately, there was a lack of small fish in at close range with the majority of fish being caught at distance. 46 anglers brought fish to the measure in this length match. 11 different species in all were caught including dog fish, bull huss, flounder, small eyed ray, bass, turbot, golden grey/thin lipped mullet, conger eel, smooth hound & gurnard.
The beach was divided up into 4 zones of 22 where the prizes & seamaster points where decided on the continental style allocation of points.
1st from zone B was Cardiff based angler Shaun Moore with a total length of 356 cm consisting of 5 dog fish & 2 small eyed rays. Shaun won the 1st prize of £300 plus the first-place share of the super pool of £280.
2nd from zone A was Cardiff based angler Chris Read with a total length of 234cm consisting of a dog fish & 4 small-eyed rays. Chris won £225 plus a share of the super pool of £210.
3rd from D was Carmarthen based angler Ben Edwards with a total length of 93cm consisting of 2 bass & a dog fish . Ben won £150 plus a share of the super pool of £140.
4th from zone C was Bristol Channel anger Dean Burfoot with a total length of 86cm consisting of 2 small eyed rays. Dean won £125 plus a share of the super pool of £70.
Longest fish of the day went to Andrew Withey from Bridgend with a conger eel of 105 Andrew won £100.
Junior winner on the day was Max Worsey (below left) from Llanelli with 26cm consisting of a single golden grey mullet. Max won a £30 tackle voucher plus a hoody & fishing cap.
In second place was Dan Winters (below right) with 24cm consisting of a single bass. Dan won a £20 tackle voucher plus a fishing line & cap.
Remaining positions are shown on the Garry Evans Seamaster points update which will be published on Facebook & available by clicking on the link HERE.
The Newport & District Charity Open
The Newport & District Charity open took place on the 8th of September at St Brides, where £860 was raised in aid of the Stroke Association. 68 anglers braved the wet conditions at the start of the match but fishing turned out to be poor with only 9 anglers catching fish comprising conger eels, bass, silver eels & flounder.
In first place was Angling Ambitions rod builder Dai Llewellyn with 2 conger eels for 4.88 kgs. Dai who lives in Barry & fishes for Holton Road SAC won £300 donated by Martin Cronin Probaits LTD & manager of Peterston Lakes at Walnut Tree Farm Wentlooge Newport NP10 8SQ.
In Second place was Gerald John from Caerphilly with a conger & a silver eel for 4.14 kgs. Gerald won £250 cash also donated by Martin Cronin.
3rd place went to current Seamaster points leader Shuan Moore with a bass & conger eel for 2.925 kgs. Shaun who fishes for Holton Road SAC won £200 cash donated by NFU Mutual Gloucester.
4th place went to Cardiff SAA member Paul Coles with a conger eel of 2.77 kgs. Paul won £100 cash donated by R.C.P.S.C.
5th place went Robbie Wall fishing for Newport & District SAC with a conger eel of 2.46 kgs. He won a Penn Fathom 15 reel donated by Dean Booker Robbie also picked up the 5th place pool money of £68.
6th place went to Dai Ridge fishing for Odyssey with a conger eel of 1.50 kgs. Dai won £50 cash donated by Robbie Wall.
7th place went to Thomas Harrison also fishing for Odyssey with a flounder of 0.55 kgs. He won £50 also donated by Robbie Wall.
8th Place went to Cardiff junior Harvey Lewis with a silver eel for 0.13 kgs, Harvey also won the Junior section of the match & won two £50 tackle vouchers from Mike’s Auto Supplies & Greens fishing tackle.
9th place went to Holton Road SAC member Gary Parsons with a silver eel of 0.10 kgs. Gary picked up a £50 tackle voucher donated by Garry Evans Fishing tackle Newport, also £68 9th place pool money.
Other photos taken at the weigh in include a shot of all the juniors who entered the match, and one of the £860 cheque being presented by Newport & District Committee members to a representative of the Stroke Association
Results for all weighers can be found in the updated SeaMasters Points table which can be accessed by following the link HERE
Llantwit Major Charity Open
18th August 2024
The Llantwit Major Charity Open took place over a 3-mile stretch of local beaches on the 18th August. A moderate westerly wind stayed constant throughout the day with 88 anglers fishing the match and coming from all over Wales. 10 different species of fish were caught consisting of smooth hound, conger eel, 3 bearded rockling, spotted ray, dog fish & bull huss, tub gurnard, trigger fish, wrasse & gobies. In all 53 anglers caught fish totalling an impressive 882 kgs of fish.
This year's event was run to raise money for three charities, The Stroke Association, Noah’s Ark Hospital Charty & The Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity. All prizes won at the event where sponsored by UK & local businesses enabling all proceeds taken on the day going to the three charities. In total £1635 was raised which was shared equally between the 3 charities. (£545 Each).
In first place with a great catch of 75.73 kgs was knockout Baits team member Shaun Tucker from Neath. He caught 19 smooth hounds winning him £250 donated by the Newport SAC Midweek Charity Fund (Stroke Association).
Shaun (right) receiving his prize from organiser Mark Cowell.
Second place went to Angling Ambitions rod builder Dai Llewellyn from Barry fishing for Holton Road SAC with another cracking bag of 13 smooth hounds for 48.487kgs Dai won £250 donated by Dave Bowring Electrical (Noah's Ark).
Third place went to Bridgend based angler Gary Parsons fishing for Tata SAC with 47.78 kgs consisting of 13 smooth hounds. Gary also won £250 donated by Carl & Emma Davies for Brian Wood. (Great Ormond Street Hospital).
Fourth place went to Barry Tackle dealer Holton Road Angling Centre Dan Crump with 10 smooth hounds & a dog fish for 45.16kgs. Dan won £100 donated by the Llantwit Major beach cafe (Maria).
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Fifth place went to TATA Steel club member Rhys Lewis (photo right) with 11 smooth hounds for 42.735kgs. Rhys won £100 donated by Steve & Shaun Tucker from Neath.
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Sixth place went to Shaun Moore fishing for Caerau SAC with 10 smooth hounds for 35.575kgs. Shaun won £100 donated by Saul Page Fishing Tackle.
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Seventh place went to Steve Tucker from Neath with 7 smooth hounds for 30.995kgs. Steve won £50 donated by Newport & District SAC.
Eighth place went to Newport & District SAC member Roy Tapper with 10 smooth hounds for 29.92kgs. Roy won £50 donated by South Wales Sea Anglers (SWSA).
Ninth place went to Tata SAC team member Chris Jones with 6 smooth hounds for 28.88kgs. Chis won £50 donated by Chris Stephens Tata SAC.
Tenth place went to SKUA member Ben Price from Liverpool with 8 smooth hounds a dog fish for 27.07kgs. Ben won £50 donated by Richard Potts Treforest Tiling LTD.
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The remaining ten Seamasters points winners are shown in the attached Seamaster points update (can be found by clicking the link HERE). Other top twenty prize donators include Mark Cruickshank from Tata SAC, Richard Smith of Dragon Baits, Sea View Lads SAC, Andrew Griffiths (Caerphilly), John Griffiths Tata SAC, Lee Jones Cardiff SAC, Gwent & District SAC, John Little Holton Road SAC, Any Bunston A.B Decorating Bridgend & Evan Rees E.L.M. Driving School.
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Junior winners
In first Place was Reel Minds member Dan Winter (below left) with a bull huss & 2 conger eels for 1.85kgs. Dan won a £25 Tackle voucher donated by Craig Rosser & a presentation pack of fishing tackle from Akious Tackle.
Second was Welsh International Junior team member Max Worsey (below right) with 3 wrasse & a goby for 0.48 kgs. Max won a presentation pack of fishing tackle from Akious Tackle & Sonic Tackle.
The Ladies prize was won by Sammy Nichols. Sam won a cut-glass vase donated by event organiser Mark Cowell.
Heaviest Fish Pools
Heaviest smooth hound went to Gareth Jones with a fish of 6.76 kgs. Gareth won £100 donated by Ben Price owner of BCP Heating in Liverpool & the ACSA smooth hound cup. Heaviest conger eel pool was won by Phil George, Phil won £50 donated by Matthew Thomas (Pinnacle).
Heaviest dog fish pool went to Jimmy Price from North Wales a fish of 0.54kgs. Jimmy won £50 donated by Gary Parsons.
Heaviest ray went to Andrew Hutchings with a spotted ray of 1.57kgs. Andrew won £50 donated by Richard Potts Treforest Tiling LTD.
Most species pool was also won by Andrew Hutchings with 3 species, a spotted ray, tub gurnard & a smooth hound. Andrew won £50 donated by Marc & Sammy Nichols. The Heaviest bass pool of £50 donated by Garerth Swennson was not won but was raffled off & won by John Griffth.
The 5th place heaviest bag pool went to Tata Steel SAC member Rhys Lewis he won £75. 15th place heaviest bag pool went to Holton Road SAC member Lewis Holbrow he also won £75.
Pairs result.
Father & son combo Steve & Shaun Tucker (photo below) took 1st spot with a combined weight of 106.725kgs, they won £50. In second place was Dai Llewellyn & Shaun Moore with a combined weight of 84kgs, they won £34.
An impressive raffle took place during the event with 63 prizes on offer which raised over £500 towards the charity funds. Main Organiser Mark Cowell wishes to thank all sponsors, anglers & helpers for what has been an extremely successful event & hopes to do it all again next year.
Brian Lewis RNLI Charity Open
Penarth SAC 28 July 2024
The Brian Lewis RNLI charity open took place run by Penarth Sea Angling Club on the 28 July 2024 where 113 anglers fished the local beach & pier.
17 seniors caught fish which included 5 different species; Conger eel, smooth hound, mullet, bass & silver eels totalling 28kgs.
£1339 was raised for the RNLI which is the most raised in a match since the competition started some 8 years ago. A cheque was presented to Penarth RLNI Treasurer Bob Haswell by Brian Lewis' daughter, Laura Below left)
1st place went to Dai Ridge from Gilfach Goch with a conger eel of 4.2kgs. Dai won £200 donated by Set Up Displays plus £100 pool money. Dai collected his winnings and trophy from Laura (photo below right).​
2nd place Holton Road Angling member Ray Christo with a smooth hound of 3.75kgs. Ray won £100 donated by MDP & £100 pool money.
3rd place went to Penarth club member Calvin Parker with a smooth hound of 3.68kgs from the pier He won £50 donated by Penarth Club Chairman Colin Boagey.
Calvin collecting his prize from Laura
4th place went to Mark Cruickshank fishing for Tata Steel with 2 bass for 2.74kgs. Mark won £50 donated by Newport Mid-week League Charity Fund.
5th place went to Shaun Moore from Cardiff with a bass & a conger eel of 2.675kgs.
All other placings are in the points update which can be found HERE.
Angling Cymru Sea Anglers East Region Shore League Leg 4
Fontygary to Marcross 21 July
Angling Cymru Sea Anglers East Region held the 4th leg of the shore league at Llantwit Major & Aberthaw this weekend. The area has been fishing well for smooth hounds for the last 2 months. This match was no exception. Weather conditions were spot on with a light north-westerly which did pick up & change to a westerly on the flood. Some areas of the venue were patchy but some excellent bags of fish were caught. 87 anglers fished the match with 73 catching fish. 10 species were caught including smooth hounds, conger eels, codling, rocking, bull huss dogfish pouting, bass, spotted ray & tub gurnard. Resulting in a total match weight of 831 kgs, with 188 smooth hounds being caught.
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The first 3 places went to the South Wales Match Team members.
First place went to Holton Road tackle shop owner Daniel Crump. He weighed in an impressive bag of 19 smooth hounds totalling 63.84.kgs. Dan also won the most fish pool.
In second place was Adam Farmer with 34.51 kgs consisting of 10 smooth hounds. Third Place went to Angling Amibitions rod builder Dai Llewellyn also with 10 smooth hounds for 33.45 kgs.
Fourth place went to Team Knockout Baits member Shaun Tucker with 10 smooth hounds & a spotted ray for 32.275 kgs.
Fifth place went to Justin Bird fishing for Reel Fishing with 9 smooth hounds for 29.69 kgs.
Biggest Smooth Hound of the match went to Chris Jenkins fishing for Team Sakuma, with a fish of 5.74 kgs.
Third place Dai Llewellyn collecting his winnings from organiser Steve Chadwick
Fifth place Justin Bird collecting his winnings from organiser Steve Chadwick
Dai Llewellyn with one of his ten smooth hounds
Top 5 individuals after 4 legs.
1st Lloyd Summers with 381 fish points, 47.6 kgs.
2nd Roy Tapper with 374 fish points, 47.8 kgs.
3rd Shaun Moore with 363 fish points, 37.5kgs.
4th Daniel Crump with 359 fish points, 80.1 kgs.
5th Dai Llewellyn with 344 fish points, 45.3 kgs.
Top 5 team positions leg 4.
1st South Wales Match Team with 462 fish points, 15 team points.
2nd Team Knockout Baits with 35 fish points, 14 team points.
3rd Veal"s Mail Oder with 389 fishing points, 13 team points.
4th Sakuma Match Team with 350 fish points 12 team points.
5th Reel Fishing with 344 fish points 11 team points.
Overall team positions after 4 legs.
1st South Wales Team with 55 team points.
2nd Team Knockout Baits 53 team points.
3rd Sakuma Match Team with 52 team points.
4th Reel Fishing with 45 team points.
5th Caerau SAC with 38 team points.
All other team & individual placing can be found by clicking the link HERE
John Griffiths with a smooth hound of 5 kgs
Dave Bowering with a 5.42 kg smooth hound
Three members of the Veal's Mail Order match team
Angling Cymru Sea Anglers East Region Open
Cardiff Foreshore 30th June
The East Region section of Angling Cymru Sea Anglers fished their annual open event at Cardiff Foreshore where a disappointing attendance of 53 anglers turned
out in ideal weather conditions. The match fishing turned out to be poor with fish being hard to find for most anglers. Only 11 anglers caught fish consisting of 4 different species: smooth hound, thornback ray, silver eels & bass.
In 1st place was local angler Nigel Putbrace fishing for Cardiff SAA with a single smooth hound of 5.75kg. Nigel was fishing on Cod"s Corner. He picked up the first prize of £300 donated by Angling Cymru Sea Anglers East Region (ACSAER) plus £50 pool for heaviest bag of fish.
Runner up was TATA Steel club member Mark Cruicksank with a smooth hound of 4.51kg. Mark was also fishing on Cod's Corner & won £150 donated by Shaune Parsons COMPUTERWORLD WALES LTD.
In third place was Mark Cowell from Llanwit Major fishing for Tata Steel with a single smooth hound for 3.16kg. He won £100 donated by Parkwood Garden Services.
Fourth place went to Newport & District club member Roy Tapper with 2 bass for 3.155kg. Roy won a Anyfish Anywhere 14ft Six & Bait beach caster donated by Julian Shambrook.
Fifth place went Penarth club member Calvin Parker with a bass of 3 kg He won a Pen Fixed Spool Surfblaster donated by Garry Evans Fishing Tackle Cardiff & Newport.
The remainder of the point scorers can be found on the updated SeaMasters Score Sheet which can be viewed by clicking the link HERE
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Three juniors entered the match, two of which caught fish.
In first place was 11 year old Max Worsey (below left) who attends Llanelli Swiss Valley school with a silver eel & a bass for 0.9 kg. Max won a £50 tackle voucher donated by Valley Pets Pengam, Blackwood.
Runner up was 5 year old Lawson Gamlin (below Right) who attends Byrn Hard Primary school in Llanrumney. He caught a silver eel of 0.30kg & won a £25 tackle voucher donated by Valley Pets Pengam Blackwood. Lawson also won the £50 biggest Silver Eel pool.
Max Worsey collecting the Junior First prize from Steve Chadwick
Lawson Gamlin collecting his runner-up prize and the £50 pool for biggest silver eel
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Other fish weighed in included a 2.56kg thornback ray caught by Justin Bird (below left) and a 1,66kg bass caught by Simon Phelps (below right).
ACSAER would like to thanks all individuals, clubs & tackle dealers who supported the event.
Gwent & District Open 2nd June 2024
Cardiff Foreshore.
Gwent & District SAC held their annual open event at Cardiff Foreshore in memory of Brian Wood, Neil Evans & Mark Newman on 2nd June where 74 anglers fished in bright sunlight conditions throughout the match. Fishing was hard with only 23 anglers bringing fish to the scales. Six species in all were caught including conger eels, bass, dogfish, smooth hound, thornback rays & silver eels.
In first place with a total bag weight of 5.68kgs was Gwent member Dai Loder from Cwmbran consisting of thornback rays, a smooth hound & a dog fish. Dai won £300 donated by Gwent & District SAC in memory of Brain Wood.
Dai can be seen in the photos below with a thornback ray of 2.15kg, a smooth hound of 3kg and receiving his winners prize from Ivor Smith.
Runner up was Mark Cowell from Llantwit Major with a single thornback ray of 3.82kgs which was also the heaviest fish of the day. Mark won £200 donated by Family Finance LTD.
Third place went to Dave Bowering from Cowbridge with a conger eel & Dog fish for 3kgs. Dave won £100 donated by Gwent SAC. in memory of Neil Evans (Nev) & Mark Newman.
Fourth place went to Holton Road angling member Lee Gurd with a nice bass of 2.97kgs. Lee won a Sunset Commando beach-caster donated by Garry Evans Fishing tackle Cardiff & Newport.
Fifth place went to Gary Thomas (below left)(no attached club) with a conger eel & two dog fish for 1.91kgs. Gary won £25 cash donated by Allens Printers LTD. Gary also pick up £70
pool prize allocated to 5th position in the table prize table.
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Sixth place was taken by Craig Maddox (below right).
The only junior to caught fish was 7-year-old Caylam Sticker with a bass of 19cm. Caylam won a Anyfish Anywhere lure & bait rod donated by Gwent & District SAC and is shown below with his father collecting his prize from Ivor Smith
East Region Shore League - Leg 3
Ogmore & Porthcawl
The third leg of the East Region 2024 Shore League was fished on Sunday 19th of May 2024 at Ogmore & Porthcawl.
Weather conditions where again almost spot-on but with a light south easterly wind. The fishing was patchy throughout with good bags of fish present along some of the fishing marks. Sea conditions varied with a mixture of clean/green water with patches of heavy weed. 63 out 86 anglers caught fish totalling 172 kgs, consisting of 7 different species as follows; dogfish, bull huss, conger eel, spotted/small eyed/thornback rays, & smooth hound.
Top five individuals:
All top 5 individual places were close with average numbers of fish being caught.
1st was Adam Farmer fishing as a reserve for South Wales Match team with 12.85 kgs consisting of dogfish & rays.
2nd was Rory Jenkins fishing for Team Sukuma with 11.01 kgs consisting of 2 smooth hounds & a conger eel. Rory also had the biggest fish of the day a smooth hound of 5.75kg.
3rd place was Just Bird with 10.49kg consisting of dog fish & rays. Justin also won the most fish pool with 14 fish.
4th place went to Dean Downe fishing for Team Sakuma with 10.30kgs consisting of rays & a single dogfish.
5th place went to Chris Jones fishing for Reel Fishing with 10.08kgs consisting of 2 smooth hounds.
The Heaviest ray pool when to Driftwood team member Rob David with a small eyed ray of 3.08kgs day.
Top 5 Individuals after 3 legs:
1st Lloyd Summers with 289 fish points, accumulative weight of 24.5kgs.
2nd Shaun Moore with 286 fish points, accumulative weight of 23kgs
3rd Roy Tapper with 279 fish points, accumulative weight of 20.4kgs.
4th Chris Jenkins with 273 fish accumulative weight of 16.4kgs.
5th Dan Crump with 259 fish points, accumulative weight of 16.3kgs.
Top five teams on the day:
1st Team Sakuma with 406 fish points & 15 team points.
2nd Garry Evans Match Team with 399* fish points, 14 team points. Team weight 20.9kgs.
3rd South Wales Match Men with 399* fish points, 13 team points. Team Weight 17.7kgs.
4th Reel Fishing with 345 fish points, 12 team points.
5th Team Knockout Baits with 310 fish points, 11 team points.
* On the day team points awarded on heaviest team weight.
Top Five Teams after 3 legs:
1st South Wales Match Team with 40 team points. Accumulative fish points 1188
2nd Team Sakuma with 40 team points. Accumulative fish points 1147
3rd Team Knockout Baits 39 team points.
4th Reel Fishing with 30 team points.
5th Caerau SAC with 28 team points.
Tied team points positions decided on accumulative fish points.
Adam Morgan with a Thornback Ray of 2.24kgs
Matthew Jones with a Small-eyed Ray of 1.95kgs
Ian Osbourne with a smooth hound of 4.68kgs
Chris Jones with a smooth hound of 5.64kgs
Joe Gallivan with a smooth hound of 3.60kg
Newport & District SAC Open
12 May - St.Brides.
Result of the Newport & D SAC Open 12 May at St.Brides.
1st Shaun Moore 4.31kg - 3 congers, Holton Road Angling
2nd Gerald John 3.68kg - 2 congers, Holton Road Angling
3rd Stevie Roberts 3.60kg - 2 congers, Newport SAC
4th Stephen Smyth 3.22 kg - 1 conger, Holton Road Angling
5th Robbie Wal 2.91kg - 1 conger, Newport SAC
6th Roy Tapper 2.85 kg 1Bass - 1conger, Newport SAC
7th Matthew Newman 2.80kg - 1 conger, Newport SAC
8th Daniel Bridle 2.61kg - 1 conger, Newport SAC
9th Chris Mather 2.45kg - 1 conger, N/C
10th Joseph Gamlin 2.40kg - 1 conger, SAC.
23 anglers caught fish; all had a prize.
A good turnout with 92 anglers attending the open match and cheers on that one guys.
Huge thanks to our sponsors on a tremendous prize list Alan Shinton, Shaune Parsons, Mike's Auto Parts Chepstow, also thanks to Martin Cronin of Peterstone Fisheries for putting up with us again this year.
Thanks to GT and Val for the work they put into organising the open and Dave Sweeting and Leighton Cauchi for being the gate stewards and Roy Tapper for being the card steward.
Cheers to Steve Chadwick and Roy for the brilliant pics. T.H.
ACSA East Region Shore League
Leg2 - Marcross & Monknash.
The 2nd leg of the East Region 2024 Shore League was fished on Sunday 24th of March at Marcross & Monknash.
Weather conditions where not ideal with a stiff northwest wind blowing right from the start which continued throughout the match. However, fish were there right from the start but problems with weed & rough sea conditions made fishing difficult. 69 out 92 anglers caught fish totalling 146kgs made up of 7 different species including dogfish, bull huss, 3 bearded rockling, pouting, conger eel, small eyed ray & bass.
Dan Crump fishing for South Wales Matchmen was top rod with 13 fish consisting of 10 dog fish, 2 conger eels and a nice bass of 3.26kgs for a total weight of 11.54kgs.
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Right - Dan with his 3.26kg bass
A close second was Roy Tapper also fishing for South Wales Matchmen with 5 fish consisting of 3 conger eels and 2 dog fish for 10.94kgs
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Right - Roy with conger eels of 4.49kg and 3kg
Third place was Lloyd Summers fishing for Team Knockout Baits with 9.56kgs consisting of 4 dog fish, 5 conger eels & a bull huss.
Fourth place went to Chris Jenkins fishing for the Sakuma Match Team with 8.24kgs consisting of 3 conger eels & 4 dog fish.
Fifth place went to visitor Rob Gregg with 7.42 kgs consisting of 2 dogfish & a conger eel of 5.54kgs which was also biggest fish of the match.
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Top 5 Individuals after 2 legs
1st Lloyd Summers with 197 fish points, accumulative weight 18.58kgs.
2nd Roy Tapper with 196 fish points, accumulative weight 16.7kgs.
3rd Shaun Moore with 192 fish points, accumulative weight 16.55kgs
4th Chris Jenkins with 188 fish points, accumulative weight 11.7kgs.
5th Dan Crump with 184 fish points, accumulative weight 13.54.
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Best named specimen was a tie between John Griffith & Phil Jehu, both had a pouting for 0.45kgs.
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Most fish pool went to Dan Crump fishing for the South Wales Match Team with 13 fish.
Top five teams on the day
1st Team Sakuma with 426 fish points, accumulative weight 23.1 kgs. 15 team points.
2nd Team Knockout Baits with 329 fish points, accumulative weight 18.8kgs. 14 team points. (on weight).
3rd Veal Mail Order also with 329 fish points, accumulative weight 13.3kgs. 13 team points.
4th South Wales Matchmen with 380 fish points, accumulate weight 32kgs. 12 team points
5th Caerau SAC with 307 fish points, accumulative weight 9.13kgs. 11 team points.
Top 5 Teams after 2 legs
1st Team Knockout Baits with 28 team points.
2nd South Wales Matchmen with 27 team points
3rd Sakuma Match Team with 25 team points.
4th Caerau SAC with 24 team points.
5th Reel Fishing with 22 team points.
Other notable fish caught during the match include the following:
Milo Bejgovic with a bass of 3.92kg
Chris Equall with a small eyed ray of 3.69kgs
Gary Parsons with a conger eel of 2.45kgs
Rob Gregg with a conger eel 5.54kgs, the biggest fish of the match
ACSA East Region Shore League
Leg1 - Aberthaw & Boverton.
The weather turned out well for the first leg of the 2024 shore league. A moderate south easterly wind made it a little challenging on the dropping tide, but surprisingly the wind dropped to nothing on the flood. The fishing was patchy but 65 out of 83 anglers brought fish to the scales, 104kgs in all. 8 species of fish were landed including 3 different ray species, thornback, spotted & blonde, dogfish, conger eel, pouting rockling & codling.
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Top five individuals:
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1st - Cardiff angler Shaun Moore fishing for new team Caerau SAC. Shaun weighed in 11.1kgs consisting of a brilliant blonde ray of 7.98 kgs which was the heaviest first of the match plus 3 conger eels.
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Right - Shaun with his blonde ray of 7.98kgs
2nd - Knock Baits team member Lloyd Summers from Caerphilly with 9.02kgs, consisting of 7 conger eels & 2 rocking. Lloyd also won the most fish pool with 9 fish.
3rd - Veals Mail Order team member Gareth Swensson from Barry with 6.12kgs consisting of 3 conger eels & a rockling.
4th - South Wales Match-men team member Roy Tapper with 5.78kgs consisting of 4 conger eels a rocking & a pouting.
5th - Driftwood Anglers team member James Theyer with 5.75kgs consisting of a thornback ray & single dogfish.
Best rockling specimen went to Dai Ridge fishing for Pinnacle Match Team with a 0.49kg 3 bearded rockling.
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Top Five Teams after the first leg.
1st South Wales Match-men with 409 fish points & 15 team points.
A close 2nd Knockout Baits with 406 fish points &14 team points.
3rd was Caerau SAC with 324 fish points & 13 team points.
4th was Reel Fishing with 316 fish points & 12 team points.
5th was Team Turkana with 313 fish points & 11 team Points.
All other individual & team potions can be found by clicking on the link HERE
Chis Stephens with a conger eel of 3.06kgs.