Whitley Bay 2011 Open - full result

[codseeker]

welldone lads who entered hope i can find sommit to weigh in tonight

[jimmy]

hope i can find sommit to weigh in tonight

aye fatlads rover lmfao

[Simon88]

it is sods law like its the name of the game really like ant it lol but me first 2 keepers and not rocklin tht av been catching was good just casted out n me rod went mental straight onto a fish lol only been fishing for about 2 month.

[jamcod]

fished craster area tough going managed to drag a cod out 3lb 2oz , ended up 19th with a nice diawa tackle box poor turn out i thought 192 think we need to support our opens and there charitys , jamcod

[g-force]

fished craster area tough going managed to drag a cod out 3lb 2oz , ended up 19th with a nice diawa tackle box poor turn out i thought 192 think we need to support our opens and there charitys , jamcod

It was pretty tough everywhere - I was really expecting better catches after the sea had been away a couple of days earlier, but all day long my phone was really quiet and those reports coming through weren't encouraging. At the end of the day though at least everyone who caught something (if they came back lol!) got a prize, and those juniors who didn't catch were also given a pick of the table at the end.

I heard from our treasurer earlier today that despite me budgeting for 200 anglers we still managed to just break even (thanks to the raffle for the slosh 30) and also raise £100 for the Evening Chronicle Sunshine Fund, so once again I'd like to thank all who took part. I'd also like to thank our sponsors, especially the lads at Greys who gave us a great deal on our prizes; also to Simon at Lewis Tackle (who kindly donated £50 of vouchers for the Junior prize as well) and John at I.D. for the additional tackle - it enabled me to really boost the prize table compared to the previous few years & I think those that were at the presentation really appreciated it. Thanks also to Alan at the Bankhouse club for accommodating us - we hope to be back again next year.

Now that the headache of organising it is over I'm looking forward to being able to fish the next one properly lol! - roll on 2nd October & the Newbiggin open.

Thanks again lads (and Pauline!)

Gary

[davidhayley1945]

a big well done gary to you and your commitee,a lot of people don,t think about the time and effort and hard work that goe,s in to running an open,sadly the opens are starting to dwindle the days of a thousand plus anglers have long gone .keep up the good work for next year . davy

[g-force]

a big well done gary to you and your commitee,a lot of people don,t think about the time and effort and hard work that goe,s in to running an open,sadly the opens are starting to dwindle the days of a thousand plus anglers have long gone .keep up the good work for next year . davy

Thanks Davy, yes the big numbers are long gone from the local opens. Found this clipping from 1979's Chronicle, my last year as a junior, when the festival was a two day event - can't see getting nearly 700 rods fishing between Tynemouth & Blyth (as the boundaries were back then) ever again and 1000 plus over the two days.



Mind you, back then when you got back to the weigh-in you realised you knew half of the anglers as you'd spent most of the day chucking over each other!

I did hear talk about the possibility of Tynemouth resurrecting their Open - any chance you think?

Gary

[davidhayley1945]

i dont think so gary,the last onewe just broke even ,we could never get sponship from the major firms ,and paid most off the prize table out off club funds the number of anglers were dropping every year as you have all ready found out ,i just hope the eveing open is a success for you davy .