Shore Competitions are organised by Roland Blomfield. For more information, please contact Roland on 01590-683363.
All competition dates for 2025.
Sat 20th Sept, Sat 18th Oct, Sat 8th Nov, Sun 21st Dec 2026.
9th Club Shore competition results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Saturday evening 2nd August the club held its 9th club shore competition which was fished on Pennington Sea Wall. The weather for the evening was sunny with a westerly wind. Nine club members signed on and seven weighed in fish consisting of smooth-hound, bass and silver eels. On these competitions undersize fish count for points which were sole and bass. All fish once weighed are returned to the sea as quickly as possible. 14 fish were weighed for a total of 17 lbs 10-5 oz. Best fish of the night was a smooth-hound weighing 5 lb 7 oz caught by junior member Mia Samber which gave her top junior and 1st place of the evening's competition. WELL, DONE MIA.
Results:
1st Mia Samber (jnr) 1 fish 5 lb 7 oz and 75 pts, 2nd Malcolm Stote 4 fish 5 lb 3-7/8 oz and 70 pts, 3rd Roland Blomfield 1 fish 2 lb 12 oz and 65 pts, 4th John Hitchiner 4 fish , 1 undersize 2 lb 10-1/8 oz and 70 pts, 5th Shane Samber 2 fish, 1 undersize 0 lb 14 oz and 45 pts, 6th Bruce Samber 1 fish 0 lb 5 oz and 30 pts, 7th Terry Kempton 1 fish, 1 undersize 0 lb 4-5 oz and 35 pts.
8th Club Shore Competition and results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Friday evening 8th July the club held its 8th club shore competition at the Shingle Bank and Keyhaven beach. This was due to the parking problem everyone is having due to camper vans in New Lane. The weather for the evening was a strong gusty westerly wind with rain showers. 10 club members signed on and 7 weighed in 27 fish consisting of bream and bass for a total weight of 20lbs 7.5oz. On these competitions undersize fish count for points which were also bream and bass. Best round fish of the evening was a bass of 1lb 12oz caught by new member Martin Pink.
Results:
1st Bruce Samber 8 fish 5lb 7oz, 2nd Pete Tomkins 7 fish 4lb 0.8oz, 3rd Martin Pink 5 fish 3lb 2oz, 4th Malcolm Stote 2 fish 2lb, 5th Derek Slack 2 fish1lb 14oz,
6th Summer Monckton 2 fish 1lb 8.3/4oz, 7th Steve Monckton 1 fish 0lb 12.5oz. Roland Blomfield, Terry Kempton and Shane Samber all caught undersize fish only.
7th club Shore Competition and results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Friday evening 6th June the club held its 7th club shore competition. This was a changed venue from Solent Road to Friars Cliffe because of a strong south-westerly wind and rain. 10 club members signed on and 3 weighed in fish consisting of dogfish, conger eel and pouting. On these competitions undersize fish counts for points which was conger eel. 4 sizeable fish were weighed for a total weight of 3lb 5-3/4oz. Best round fish of the night was a dogfish of 1lb 6-7/8oz caught by Bruce Samber. Top junior was Seth Hopkins with a conger eel of1lb 2-7/8oz.
Results:
1st Bruce Samber 1 dogfish 1lb 6-7/8oz, 2nd Seth Hopkins (Jnr) 1 conger eel 1lb 2-7/8oz and 3rd Tom Short 2 pouting 0lb 12oz. Terry Kempton caught an undersize conger eel. Sadly, al the rest blanked.