Shallow Boat Competitions are organised by Brian Ansell. Contact Brian on 01590-672628.
All Competitions fished on Sundays. Dates for 2025.
17th Aug, 14th Sept, 12th Oct, 9th Nov Small Boat Open, 30th Nov , 14th Dec 2026.
8th Shallow Boat competition.
On Sunday 13th July the club held its 8th Shallow Boat competition. The weather could not have been better. Bright sunshine from the start, the wind was a bit stronger than forecast but 11 club members signed on and had a good day's fishing. Fish caught included bass, bream, dogfish and smooth-hound. All the fish on these competitions are measured, points awarded and released back into the sea as quickly as possible.
Results:
1st Ryan Nash 80pts,2nd Jack Nash 60pts, 3rd Neil Mitchener 55pts, 4thPaul Watson 48pts, 5th Colin Wright (11 fish) 45pts, 6th Charlie Nash (4 fish) and Ady Hulme (4 fish) 45pts,
8th Adrian Moody 44pts, 9th Chris Hardy 35pts, 10th Brian Ansell 31pts, 11th Alan Mapes 25pts.
7th Shallow Boat competition 1st June.
Sad to report that this competition was cancelled due to the wins that were forecast.
6th Shallow Boat competition report and photos by Brian Ansell.
On Sunday 18th May the club held its 6th Shallow Boat competition. The weather on the day began sunny and very warm with a moderate breeze, but sadly when the tide turned it became rough and unpleasant for a couple of hours. 8 club members took part and all caught fish which consisted of bass, black bream, dogfish, pouting, smooth-hound, bull-huss and ballan wrasse. All the fish are measured, weighed and returned to the sea as quickly as possible. AlanMapes caught a nice ballan wrasse weighing 4lb 9oz which was returned to the sea.
Results:
1st Neil Mitchener 90 pts, 2nd Alan Mapes 84 pts, 3rd Andrew Haines 73 pts, 4th Eddie Maynard (13 fish)55 pts, 5th Ady Hulme (7 fish) 55 pts, 6th Paul Watson 50 pts, 7th Adrian Moody 35 pts, 8th Alan Martin 20 pts.