Festival Diary 2009

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Festival Diary 2009

Saturday 5th September

Gavin Hughes caught the best Cod
10 lbs on a blue 6 inch "Sidewinder"
soft lure, taken on a mid-Channel
wreck and weighed-in on Day 1 caught aboard
Dave Harrison's Dartmouth charter
boat "Gemini"

Saturday 5th September 2009

Photo courtesy of Dave Harrison

Mike Johnson caught this Scad
1 lbs 10 oz 14 drams from boat and
weighed-in on Day 1

Saturday 5th September 2009

Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers

William Messenger caught this Conger
24 lbs 8 oz from boat for the juniors and
weighed-in on Day 1.

Saturday 5th September 2009

Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers

Sunday 6th September

Doug Mosedale Fishing Committee
Chairman of Brixham SAC proudly
holds a Blonde Ray 20 lbs 13 ozs
and a Small Eyed Ray 9 lbs 12 ozs
caught from Inshore Boat on the
"Skerries"

Sunday 6th September 2009

Photo courtesy of Doug Mosedale

Junior Angler Jamie Grimshaw
was clearly delighted with his
Tub Gurnard 1 lb 11 ozs 8 dr
caught from Boat in Start Bay
even though it didn't quite make
the required 40% of specimen weight
this was a new junior
club record for P.S.A.A.

Sunday 6th September 2009

Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers

Terry Buckle was pleased with
his Plaice weighing 2 lb 12 ozs 12 dr
caught from Boat in Start Bay.

Sunday 6th September 2009

Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers

Local Angler Kevin Buckland
entered his first competition
since moving to Torquay and
taking up angling 2 years ago.
Kevin fished a shore mark
in Torbay and proudly holds his
specimen bass weighing
4 lb 2 ozs 2 dr

Sunday 6th September 2009

Photo courtesy of Kevin Buckland

Monday 7th September

	Visiting Lady angler Emma Drysdale caught a specimen Huss 10 lbs 13 ozs 9 dr from shore, while taking part in Torbay Sea Angling Festival Monday 7th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
Alan Jones from Plympton caught his Conger while drifting on a mid-Channel wreck on Day 3 of Torbay Sea Angling Festival aboard Dave Harrison's Dartmouth charter boat "Gemini" Monday 7th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Dave Harrison
	Jamie Hopwood a member of Brixham SAC caught the best Ling 18 lbs 4 ozs taken on a mid-Channel wreck and weighed-in on Day 3 of Torbay Sea Angling Festival aboard Dave Harrison's Dartmouth charter boat "Gemini" Monday 7th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Dave Harrison
Jed Roberts a Visiting Junior caught this fine Conger 38 lbs 14 ozs 3 dr caught from wreck aboard Simon Pedley's "Our-Joel" charter boat. Monday 7th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
	Mike Harris a member of P.S.A.A. caught this fine specimen Grey Mullet weighing 5 lbs 8 ozs 0 dr from the river Dart. Monday 7th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
Paul Vaggers the Festival Secretary managed some time off aboard Kevin Tate's charter boat Anne Clare caught this specimen Black Bream 2 lbs 5 ozs 1 dr. Monday 7th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Tony Berry

Tuesday 8th September

	Jed Roberts a Visiting Junior caught this fine Black Bream 3 lbs 14 ozs 6 dr caught from wreck aboard Simon Pedley's "Our-Joel" charter boat. Tuesday 8th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
John Bovey a member of Paignton SAA caught these specimen Black Bream left 5 lbs 0 ozs 0 dr right 4 lbs 8 ozs 12 dr from a mid-Channel wreck mark Tuesday 8th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
	Mel Ottaway a member of P.S.A.A. caught this fine specimen Grey Mullet weighing 5 lbs 0 ozs 12 dr from the river Dart. Tuesday 8th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
Tony Berry the Festival Treasurer also managed some time off aboard Kevin Tate's charter boat Anne Clare caught this specimen Black Bream 2 lbs 5 ozs 1 dr. Tuesday 8th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Tony Berry

Wednesday 9th September

Alan Sims of Paignton SAA
is hoping for the top position
in the 41st Borough of Torbay
Sea Angling Festival for his
outstanding grey mullet of
8 lbs 2 ozs 2 drams caught
from the Teignmouth shoreline.

The specimen rated 191.544%

Wednesday 9th September 2009

Picture courtesy Mike Millman

Richard House a member of Torbay &
Babbacombe S.A.C. caught this fine specimen
Black Bream weighing 4 lbs 5 ozs 6 dr
Aboard Kevin Tate's Anne Clare.

Wednesday 9th September 2009

Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers

Mat Brooks a member of Brixham S.A.C.
caught this fine specimen
Conger weighing 32 lbs 12 ozs 0 dr
from Inshore Boat.

Wednesday 9th September 2009

Photo courtesy of Doug Mosedale

Friday 11th September

	Neil Hargreaves caught this fine specimen Spotted Ray weighing 5 lbs 12 ozs 15 dr from a private boat. Friday 11th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
Paul Millman a member of Paignton S.A.A. caught these specimen Spotted Ray left 5 lbs 11 ozs 13 dr right 4 lbs 12 ozs 10 dr from a private boat. Friday 11th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
	Anne Aplin a member of P.S.A.A. caught this fine specimen Bull Huss weighing 10 lbs 1 ozs 7 dr This was also a new Ladies club record Friday 11th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
Carolina Vottero caught this fine Ballen Wrasse 2 lbs 13 ozs 4 dr caught from a shore mark Friday 11th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Carolina Vottero

Saturday 12th September

Carolina Vottero
caught this fine Ballen Wrasse 3 lbs 12 ozs 14 dr
caught from a shore mark

Saturday 12th September 2009

Photo courtesy of Carolina Vottero

Sunday 13th September

	Craig Doidge a Paignton S.A.A. Junior caught a specimen Ballen Wrasse 5 lbs 3 ozs 10 dr from shore, while taking part in Torbay Sea Angling Festival Sunday 13th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
Colin Wherlock a member of Paignton S.A.A. caught his Conger 70lbs 11ozs 9dr on a mid-channel wreck aboard Dave Harrison's Dartmouth charter boat "Gemini" Sunday 13th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
	Alan Edwards a member of Paignton S.A.A. caught his Conger 66lbs 7ozs 5dr on a mid-channel wreck aboard Dave Harrison's Dartmouth charter boat "Gemini" Sunday 13th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
Jamie Grimshaw a Paignton S.A.A Junior caught this fine Conger 28lbs 7ozs 10dr from a private boat Sunday 13th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
	Carolina Vottero caught this fine specimen Ballen Wrasse weighing 4 lbs 0 ozs 8 dr from a shore mark Sunday 13th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Carolina Vottero
Fran Dack a member of Paignton S.A.A. caught this fine specimen Silver Eel weighing 1 lbs 2 ozs 8 dr from the river Dart. Sunday 13th September 2009 Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers

FINAL RESULTS
41st Torbay Sea Angling Festival 2009

Name	Section	Trophy	For	Species	Lbs	Ozs	Dr	% Wt
Alan Sims	Overall	Abu Garcia Specimen Fish Award	Best Fish Overall	Grey Mullet	8	2	4	191.54
Graham Dryer	Overall	Local Association Cup	Best Fish from Wreck	Black Bream	5	3	8	160.58
Sean Coulson	Overall	Tolchard Trophy	Best Fish from Shore	Golden Grey Mullet	3	1	6	137.15
Neil Hargreaves	Overall	Riviera Trophy	Best Fish from Inshore Boat (Excluding Wreck)	Spotted Ray	5	12	15	145.21
Matthew Shimell	Junior	Totnes Glassworks Trophy	Best Fish Overall by Junior	Conger Eel	42	0	0	131.25
Craig Doidge	Junior	Palermo Hotel Trophy	Best Fish from Shore by Junior	Ballen Wrasse	5	3	10	116.15
Matthew Shimell	Junior	Junior Cup	Best Fish from Boat by Junior	Conger Eel	40	7	0	126.37
Jed Roberts	Junior	Sparkle Trophy	Best Garfish by Junior	Garfish	0	15	0	75.00
Shay Upham	Junior	Alt Sec Garfish Jr	Alt Best Garfish by Junior	Garfish	0	12	4	68.06
Jamie Grimshaw	Junior	Tom Crawley Trophy	Best Conger by Junior from boat	Conger Eel	28	7	10	88.99
Not Claimed	Junior	Torbay Festival Cup	Best Conger by Junior from Shore	*	*	*	*	*
Jamie Grimshaw	Junior	Saltwind of Dart Trophy	Best Wrasse by Junior	Ballen Wrasse	3	10	6	81.08
Jamie Grimshaw	Junior	Alt Sec Wrasse Jr	Alt Best Wrasse by Junior	Ballen Wrasse	3	11	13	74.77
Jamie Grimshaw	Junior	Princess Diana Memorial Trophy	Best Fish on first 2 days of Festival by Junior	Bull Huss	9	3	13	92.38
William Messenger	Junior	Princess Pier Cup	Best Fish on last 2 days of Festival by Junior	Bull Huss	10	7	0	104.37
Jed Roberts	Junior	Best % Mackerel by Junior (not winning a trophy)	Best % Mackerel by Junior (not winning a trophy)	Mackerel	1	8	5	67.53
Jamie Grimshaw	Junior	Best % Flat Fish by Junior (not winning a trophy)	Best % Flat Fish by Junior (not winning a trophy)	Flounder	2	0	15	102.93
Emma Drysdale	Lady	JF Rockhey Trophy	Best Fish Overall by Lady	Bull Huss	10	13	9	135.60
Louise Dakin	Lady	Angling Centre Shield	Best Fish Boat by Lady	Bass	6	15	2	99.22
Carol Rice	Lady	Simmonds Trophy	Next Best Fish Boat by Lady	L.S.D.	2	11	8	98.86
Anne Aplin	Lady	Elizabeth Trophy	Best Fish Shore by Lady	Bull Huss	10	1	7	126.12
Carolina Vottero	Lady	Torbay Angling Shield	Next Best Fish Lady Shore	Ballen Wrasse	4	0	8	89.58
Martin Evans	Visitor	Imperial Hotel Trophy	Best Fish Boat by Visitor	Black Bream	5	1	4	156.25
Jack Corpe	Visitor	Torquay Hotel Assoc. Trophy	Best Fish Shore by Visitor	Garfish	1	2	8	102.78
Trevor Millman	B&S	Brian Dash Memorial Trophy	Best Fish Skerries & Assoc Banks Pits from Boat	Blonde Ray	24	8	1	116.69
Jeffery Palmer	B&S	RE Edhouse Trophy	Best Fish Harbours Piers Breakwaters in Boro. from Shore	Pouting	1	3	8	108.33
Gary Messenger	B&S	Cliff Young Trophy	Best Fish River Teign from Shore	Flounder	1	8	2	75.39
Steve Shimmel	B&S	Palace Hotel Trophy	Best Fish River Teign from Boat	Grey Mullet	3	15	2	87.67
Chris Walker	B&S	Agatha Christie Trophy	Best Fish River Dart from Boat	Grey Mullet	5	9	14	124.83
Mike Harris	B&S	Rosetor Hotel Trophy	Best Fish River Dart from Shore	Grey Mullet	5	8	0	129.41
Paul Tocknell	B&S	Dean Burrell Memorial Trophy	Best Bass from Torbay	Bass	4	5	10	72.53
Keith Grady	B&S	President of Brixham SA Trophy	Best Bass from Boat	Bass	10	12	6	134.67
Kevin Buckland	B&S	Bass Trophy	Best Bass from Shore	Bass	4	2	2	68.88
John Bovey	B&S	Paignton SAA Trophy	Best Black Bream	Black Bream	5	0	0	153.85
Paul Cashmore	B&S	Ernie Passmore Memorial Trophy	Best Conger from Wreck	Conger Eel	76	12	0	139.60
Andy Simpson	B&S	Brixham Bait & Tackle Trophy	Next Best Conger From Wreck	Conger Eel	72	2	7	131.19
Andy Simpson	B&S	George Eager Trophy	Best Conger Excluding Wreck	Conger Eel	38	11	4	119.12
Simon Angliss	B&S	Hazlewood Hotel Trophy	Best Conger from Shore	Conger Eel	20	0	8	100.16
Not Claimed	B&S	Royal Hotel Torquay Trophy	Best Dab	*	*	*	*	*
Mike Johnson	B&S	Young's Europe '73 Trophy	Best Flounder	Flounder	1	13	4	91.41
Mel Ottaway	B&S	Mike Stone Trophy	Best Grey Mullet	Grey Mullet	5	0	12	118.75
Steve Doidge	B&S	San Remo Hotel Trophy	Best Mackerel	Mackerel	1	5	12	83.65
Peter Passmore	B&S	Dave Smith Memorial Trophy	Best Plaice	Plaice	3	6	11	113.95
Gary Harding	B&S	Links Hotel Trophy	Best Pollack	Pollack	13	4	5	94.78
Paul Millman	B&S	The Shark Trophy	Best Salachii (Dogfish, Ray etc.)	Spotted Ray	5	11	13	143.46
Not Claimed	B&S	Jones Perpetual Trophy	Best Turbot	*	*	*	*	*
Kevin Lee	B&S	Mike Sangster Trophy	Best Wrasse (Ballen)	Ballen Wrasse	4	14	10	109.20
Jamie Hopwood	B&S	Saltwind Trophy	Best Ling	Ling	18	4	0	101.39
Dave Wiseman	B&S	Gemini Trophy	Best Cod	Cod	12	6	0	68.75
Chris Martin (Bxm)	B&S	Lawrenson Trophy	Best Fish by a Member of Local Club Assoc. to T Fest.	Garfish	1	14	0	150.00
Martin Evans	W	Charlotte Louise Trophy	Best Pouting from Wreck	Pouting	2	12	10	111.56
Simon Putt	SPECIAL	Sportsman Trophy	Highest number of Specimens of different species (100% +)	Seven	0	0	0	0.00
John Bovey/ Andy Simpson	SPECIAL	Manor Building Trophy	Best Team	*	*	*	*	544.06
Trevor Millman/ Paul Millman	SPECIAL	Alt Sec Team	Next Best Team	*	*	*	*	534.00
Mike Johnson	SA	Specimen awards Section	Scad from Boat (Not winning prize)	Scad	1	10	4	131.25
Kev Allen	SA	Specimen awards Section	Whiting from Boat (Not winning prize)	Whiting	1	14	14	85.76
Doug Mosedale	SA	Specimen awards Section	Grey Mullet from Boat (Not winning prize)	Grey Mullet	4	6	6	97.74
Paul Hainsworth	SA	Specimen awards Section	Mackerel from Boat (Not winning prize)	Mackerel	1	12	6	78.82
Not Claimed	SA	Specimen awards Section	Brill from Boat (Not winning prize)	*	*	*	*	*
Adrian Piotrowski	SA	Specimen awards Section	Cuckoo Wrasse from boat (Not winning prize)	Cuckoo Wrasse	1	10	14	111.98
Gordon Wafer	SA	Specimen awards Section	Garfish from Shore (Not winning prize)	Garfish	1	0	6	90.97
Gary Messenger	SA	Specimen awards Section	Silver Eel from Shore (Not winning prize)	Silver Eel	1	13	14	93.36
Shaun Gatting	SA	Specimen awards Section	LSD from Shore (Not winning prize)	L.S.D.	2	12	0	115.79
Shaun Gatting	SA	Specimen awards Section	Bull Huss from Shore (Not winning prize)	Bull Huss	8	2	14	102.25
Karl Bennett	SA	Specimen awards Section	Scad from Shore (Not winning prize)	Scad	0	15	3	94.92
Not Claimed	SA	Specimen awards Section	Rockling from Shore (Not winning prize)	*	*	*	*	*
Gavin Hughes	DP	Day Prize Saturday 1	Best fish from Wreck each day not winning any other prize	Cod	10	0	15	55.88
Bob Shimell	DP	Day Prize Sunday 1	Best fish from Wreck each day not winning any other prize	Bass	10	2	10	127.05
Keith Grady	DP	Day Prize Monday	Best fish from Wreck each day not winning any other prize	Bass	10	1	2	125.88
John Bovey	DP	Day Prize Tuesday	Best fish from Wreck each day not winning any other prize	Black Bream	4	8	12	139.90
Richard House	DP	Day Prize Wednesday	Best fish from Wreck each day not winning any other prize	Black Bream	4	5	6	133.41
Richard House	DP	Day Prize Thursday	Best fish from Wreck each day not winning any other prize	Pouting	2	9	8	103.75
Not Claimed	DP	Day Prize Friday	Best fish from Wreck each day not winning any other prize	*	*	*	*	*
Gordon Richards	DP	Day Prize Saturday 2	Best fish from Wreck each day not winning any other prize	Pouting	2	6	3	95.47
Brian Coles	DP	Day Prize Sunday 2	Best fish from Wreck each day not winning any other prize	Garfish	1	13	7	147.19
Chris Date	DP	Day Prize Saturday 1	Best fish from Inshore Boat each day not winning any other prize	Bull Huss	12	11	4	127.03
Mark Barnet	DP	Day Prize Sunday 1	Best fish from Inshore Boat each day not winning any other prize	Small Eyed Ray	11	15	12	126.15
Neil Hargreaves	DP	Day Prize Monday	Best fish from Inshore Boat each day not winning any other prize	Small Eyed Ray	11	11	5	123.23
Trevor Millman	DP	Day Prize Tuesday	Best fish from Inshore Boat each day not winning any other prize	Small Eyed Ray	12	8	12	132.07
Neil Hargreaves	DP	Day Prize Wednesday	Best fish from Inshore Boat each day not winning any other prize	Small Eyed Ray	12	2	4	127.80
Stewart Reynolds	DP	Day Prize Thursday	Best fish from Inshore Boat each day not winning any other prize	Bull Huss	13	2	14	131.80
Paul Millman	DP	Day Prize Friday	Best fish from Inshore Boat each day not winning any other prize	Spotted Ray	4	12	10	119.73
Trevor Millman	DP	Day Prize Saturday 2	Best fish from Inshore Boat each day not winning any other prize	Small Eyed Ray	12	7	5	131.13
Jeremy Scott	DP	Day Prize Sunday 2	Best fish from Inshore Boat each day not winning any other prize	Small Eyed Ray	10	9	7	111.47
Karl Bennett	DP	Day Prize Saturday 1	Best fish from Shore each day not winning any other prize	Thornback Ray	10	2	11	112.98
Jason Upham	DP	Day Prize Sunday 1	Best fish from Shore each day not winning any other prize	L.S.D.	2	10	12	112.50
Gordon Wafer	DP	Day Prize Monday	Best fish from Shore each day not winning any other prize	L.S.D.	2	8	4	105.92
Chris Walker	DP	Day Prize Tuesday	Best fish from Shore each day not winning any other prize	L.S.D.	2	10	0	110.53
Mike Harris	DP	Day Prize Wednesday	Best fish from Shore each day not winning any other prize	Grey Mullet	3	15	10	93.57
Shaun Western	DP	Day Prize Thursday	Best fish from Shore each day not winning any other prize	L.S.D.	2	11	3	113.65
Sean Coulson	DP	Day Prize Friday	Best fish from Shore each day not winning any other prize	Grey Mullet	2	6	14	107.99
Micheal Coley	DP	Day Prize Saturday 2	Best fish from Shore each day not winning any other prize	L.S.D.	2	4	15	97.20
Jason Upham	DP	Day Prize Sunday 2	Best fish from Shore each day not winning any other prize	Thornback Ray	11	5	2	125.78
Mark Criddle		Top Charter Skipper	Silver Seas

Civic Reception & Presentation Evening 2009

Saturday 3rd October - 41st Torbay Festival Civic Reception & Presentation Evening - Was held at the Hoburne Torbay, Goodrington, Paignton, who looked after our every need very well. The Trophies were presented by Councillor Martyn Hodge, Chairman of Torbay Council accompanied by his consort Mrs Dee Hodge, while Steve Egerton & David Duffes (Pure Fishing (UK Ltd) Presented the Tackle Prizes to the skilful winners. We would like to thank our sponsors Pure Fishing (UK) Ltd) the parent company of several major well respected tackle brands which include Abu Garcia (UK) Ltd - Berkley - Fenwick - and Mitchell, amongst others. There were 92 separate classes of Prizes, so it's not a 5 minute job.

	Alan Sims from Torquay proudly holds the Abu Garcia Specimen Fish Award for the Best Fish Overall a Grey Mullet 8-2-14 191.54% + £650 cash + Abu Stigma Beach Rod + Ambassadeur 6500 Reel Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
Graham Dryer proprietor of Brixham Bait and Tackle proudly holds the Local Association Cup for Best Fish from Wreck a Black Bream 5-3-8 160.58% + £325 cash Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
	Sean Coulson from Paignton proudly holds the Tolchard Trophy for Best Fish from Shore a Golden Grey Mullet 3-1-6 137.15% + £325 cash Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
Neil Hargreaves from Loddiswell proudly holds the Riviera Trophy for Best Fish Inshore Boat a Spotted Ray 5-12-15 145.21% +£325 cash Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
	Matthew Shimell from Teignmouth receives the Totnes Glass Trophy for Best Fish Overall by a Junior for a Conger Eel from Boat 42-0-0 131.25% Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
Emma Drysdale from Wincanton proudly holds the J F Rockhey Trophy for Best Fish Overall by a Lady a Bull Huss from shore 10-13-09 135.60% Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
	Peter Passmore receives the Dave Smith Memorial Trophy for best Plaice 3-6-11 113.95% Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
Torbay Lifeboat coxswain Mark Criddle, receives the Cup for Top Charter Skipper together with a bottle of Whiskey, which he promptly donated to the R.N.L.I. draw. Won aboard "Silver Seas" out of Brixham with "Graham Dryer's" Black Bream 5-3-8 160.58% Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
	John Bovey & Andy Simpson proudly hold the Manor Building Trophy for Best Team. between them they managed to get a total of 544.06% Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
Jamie Grimshaw of Paignton proudly holds the Tom Crawley Trophy for Best Conger from boat for a Junior. Conger Eel 28-7-0 88.99% Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
	William Messenger a Junior from Torquay proudly holds the Princess Pier cup. won with a Bull Huss of 10-07-0 104.37% Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
Trevor Millman proudly holds the Brian Dash Memorial Trophy for Best Fish from the Skerries with a Blonde Ray of 24-8-1 116.69% Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
	Paul Cashmore from Sutton Coldfield with the Ernie Passmore Memorial Trophy for Best Conger from Wreck. Paul managed a Conger Eel of 72-2-7 139.60% Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers
Simon Putt from Slapton proudly holds the Sportsman Trophy for Highest number of different specimens total of four fish for. Photo courtesy of Paul Vaggers