SEA LEAGUE
JULY
24: SAMF GB SUMMER LEAGUE
Hessle, 20 anglers
■ Result: 1st Paul Denholm Grimsby, 28 fish, 568cm (2); 2nd Ian Nelson, Grimsby, 20 fish, 466cm (1); 3rd Tony Burman, 18 fish, 388 cm. Biggest fish was a 31cm flounder landed by Wayne Leason. Overall league winner was Tony Burman with 3 points, 2nd Paul Denholm (6 points) and joint 3rd was Karl Wiepcke and Brian McKensie with 8 points.
23-24: NORTH EAST RIVER TYNE 2-DAY
River Tyne, 42 anglers
Competitors from Scotland, Cumbria and Yorkshire, travelled Tyne River. This year the match stretch was moved up river of Newcastle city centre in the hope of increasing the numbers of fish landed. Where as codling would have been the target species in the lower part of the Tyne, this changed to flounder, eels further up river and so it proved, although a single codling did manage to make its way into one angler’s catch, just proving how far up
