The above championships were hosted by Northumbria Police last week. Two day competition held on Blyth Beach 31/10/07 and Warkworth Beach 01/11/07 on the Northumberland coast.
Conditions not ideal with W-SW winds and flat seas.
Match results:
140 fished individuals, 36 teams, 242 fish caught
1st – Geoff McIntyre – Police Service of Northern Ireland ‘B’ – 72 points
2nd – Peter Hewitt – Cumbria Police – 69 points
3rd – Dennis Barnes – Cumbria Police – 66 points
Teams:
1st – Cumbria Police – 192 points
2nd – PSNI ‘B’ – 184 points
3rd – Metropolitan Police ‘C’ – 155 points
Zone Winners – Blyth:
Blue – Pat Sheppard – Norfolk ‘A’
Green – Geoff McIntyre – PSNI ‘B’
Red – Dennis Barnes – Cumbria
Yellow – Gregor Hay – Northern Constabulary
Zone Winners – Warkworth:
Blue – Geoff McIntyre – PSNI ‘B’
Green – John Crawford – Kent ‘A’
Red – Kyle Millar – PSNI ‘C’
Yellow – Fred Douglas – Northumbria Police ‘B’
Longest fish:
Graham Clarke – South Yorkshire ‘A’ – Flounder 39cm – Blyth
Steve Watts – North Wales – Turbot 39cm – Warkworth
Well done to all the winners and thanks to those that took part and made it an enjoyable few days.
There will be full report and feature about the event in a future edition of TSF. Thanks.