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Presentation of the Trophies and awards for the 2022 season

January 2022

Fish Of the Month is split between Tony Lloyd for a Bull Huss of 6lb 5oz

And Denise Stacey for her cracking plaice of 3lb 15oz and 12drams which is 99.6% of the specimen weight. This fish also won the President’s Trophy for Best plaice of the Year.

February 2022

FOM was a pollack of 3lb 12.2 oz won by Steve Cowell

March 2022 No fish were weighed in for this month

April 2022 FOM was a pollack of 5lb 4.4oz and the Pollack competition itself was won by a smaller fish of 4lb 10oz and the Perpetual Challenge Cup going to Mike Whiting.

May 2022 …..Saw the entry of one of this year’s big guns with a flounder of 1lb 3.4 oz winning the Jeffrey’s Cup for the Flatfish competition. This same fish wins the FOM and the Barnett Trophy for best flounder. Congratulations go to Steve Lomas.

June 2022.. Things began to hot up in June with another chunky plaice of 3lb 8oz 8 drams which won FOM for Denise Stacey.

But Steve Lomas wasn’t to be outdone as he weighed in a wreck pollack of 11lb 1.2 oz to win the Tribe Pollack Cup.

July 2022 Steve went on to weigh in a rough ground pollack of 2lb 11oz to win the Surrey Challenge Cup. Please come up Steve.

Dave Stacey wins FOM for a Bull Huss of 13lb 5oz and 12drams but Denise wasn’t giving up on glory as she weighed in a bass of 9lb 14oz to win the Williams Cup for Ladies Best Bass.

But July wasn’t over yet as over the hill come two new faces:

Matt Dart won the Algiers Cup for the Most Species Competition with eight species. He then went on to win the Claridge Challenge Trophy for Best Men’s Bass with a fish of 4lb 5.2oz

But Matt was beaten in the percentages by his protégé as along came Charlie Puddefoot to win The Junior Challenge Cup for Best Junior Specimen of the Year with a scad of 85% weighing in at 1lb 1oz. Well done, Charlie! Here’s a medal to prove it!

August 2022 FOM was a mackerel of 1lb 14oz 4drams which is 94.5% specimen weight and it also wins the Robert Pine Memorial Trophy for Best Mackerel for Denise Stacey.

August also saw the award of The Anthony Cup for Best Bream of 3lb 4oz or 93% caught by Steve Lomas.

And, just when you thought it was safe to go into the water along came a Blue Shark of 105lb WOB. This represents a fish of a magnificent 131% which wins The Roberts Challenge Cup for the Best Shark as well as the Mortimer Challenge Cup for the Best boat specimen of the Year. Those awards go to Stuart Green.

September 2022  A new club record of a Grey Gurnard weighing 1lb 8.5 oz beating the old record of 1lb 2.8oz winning FOM for Denise Stacey.

September also held the Conger competition and the SFCC International Challenge Cup was won by Mike Whiting with a fish of 24lb WOB.

The Black Bream and Carter Challenge Trophy was won by Steve Cowell with a fish of 2lb 1.2 oz.

This month also had another cracking fish which was an Undulate Ray of 18lb WOB which won the Exwell Challenge Cup for Steve Lomas.

October held the Mackerel Competition and this was won by Becky Le Milliere with a fish of fish of 1lb 4 oz. Becky wins the Fairway Cup for Ladies Mackerel for her efforts.

No fish were weighed in for November and December.

In reverse order the results of the Accumulator are:

In sixth place with 8 points – Mark Delling

In fifth was Matt Dart with 9 points

Joint third with 10 points and winning an award are Becky LeMilliere and Steve Cowell

In second place with a respectable 17 points is Mike Whiting.

And winning the Phil and Carol Burrows Shield, in first place with 19 points, last year’s runner up is Steve Lomas.

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