HSAC Summer Open and Summer Accumulator Round 9
Warm day at Kelling with a bit of swell running it looked like we had ideal conditions for Bass and hopefully the long awaited smoothhound would appear in numbers.As this was the summer open and a club match we had a turn out of 21 anglers from as far away as Grimsby. The match was pegged in 2 sections with zone A to the left of the cliffs and zone B to the right stretching up to the wreck.
The sections were very evenly spaced with 10 anglers in one and 11 in the other, lucky how some draws work out well.The match started off slow with small Basslets and the odd Flounder and Dab coming ashore, it looked like it was going to be tough going for most of us.
George Smith in section B made a good start along with Kieth Morley and Sam Attew, but it was George who pulled away with a 40cm Bass and then a good Smoothhound at range which pushed him way out in front in B section.HSAC club members were now just trying to avoid blanking so they could at least pick up some points in the summer accumulator.Peter Loke made some headway but fell behind Dene Conway when he found an elusive Bass , this lead was lost in the final few casts when Peter managed one more fish to sneak ahead of Dene. Nicole Conway also avoided a blank with 3 fish but she couldnt find enough to push her ahead of husband Dene. John "Silverfox" Neave had a soul destroying match and recorded is second blank in a row.Sam Attew and Ray Ward both managed fish to stave off the blank.
In section A Tony "Yoda" Thomas used his extensive knowledge of this venue to secure success and gave him an overral of 2nd place in the open and 1st place in the club match, this should prove to be enough to win the summer accumulator with one match to spare.Peter "baglady " Simmons also made a surprise summer return and and was rewarded with 2nd place in club. Our junior angler Henry Randell fished exremely well and managed a 3rd place in club match.Colin "Mr Grumpy " Howard also did well with 6 fish to his name.
Back to the open itself and with fishing being very slow throughout we knew weights would be low, but out of 21 anglers only 2 blanked. A big thankyou to everyone who turned up to support the club and well done to everyone who managed to find fish in tough conditions.
Open Results
1st George Smith 8 fish for 6lb 11 1/3 oz
2nd Tony Thomas 16 fish for 4lb 2oz
3rd Kieth Morley 12 fish for 3lb 2/3oz
Section A Results
1st G. Hutson 8 fish for 2lb 7 2/3oz
2nd P.Simmons 9 fish for 1lb 15 1/3oz
3rd H.Randell 8 fish for 1lb 14 1/3oz
Section B results
1st D.Shorthouse fish for 2lb 13 2/3oz
2nd S Attew 7 fish for 1lb 7 1/3oz
3rd P.Loke 5 fish for 1lb 4oz
Heaviest Flat : G.Hutson – Flounder for 0.12oz
Heaviest Round: G.Smith – Smoothhound for 2lb 12 2/3oz
HSAC Club Round 9 Summer Accumulator Results
1st Tony Thomas 16 fish for 4lb 2oz
2nd Peter Simmons 9 fish for 1lb 15 1/3oz
3rd Henry Randell 8 fish for 1lb 14 1/3oz
4th Sam Attew 7 fish for 1lb 7 1/3oz
5th Colin Howard 6 fish for 1lb 5 1/3oz
6th Peter Loke 5 fish for 1lb 4oz
7th Dene Conway 3 fish for 1lb 1/3oz
8th Nicole Conway 3 fish for 0.10oz
9th Ray Ward 3 fish for 0.8 1/3oz
John Neave also picks up1pt for a blank
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