Llanwit Major Charity Open 19th April 2026
The East Region section of Angling Cymru Sea Anglers fished their annual open event at Cardiff Foreshore & Penarth where an attendance of 60 anglers turn out in ideal weather conditions. The fishing turned out to be patchy with fish being hard to find for some anglers. 31 anglers caught fish totalling 48.585kgs. Consisting of 9 different species, including thornback & spotted rays, bass, conger & silver eels, dog fish, bull huss, whiting & pouting.
The top 6 places are as follows who get Angling Trust Sea League points who are sponsored by Anyfish Anywhere & ASSO Sport Fishing.
In 1st place was SWSA club member Chris Mather from Cardiff with 6.8kgs consisting of 2 conger eels. One of which was 4.55kgs which was also the heaviest fish of the match. Chris picked up the first prize of £300 donated by Angling Cymru Sea Anglers East Region (ACSAER) & the heaviest bag pool of £55.
In 1st place was SWSA club member Chris Mather from Cardiff with 6.8kgs consisting of 2 conger eels. One of which was 4.55kgs which was also the heaviest fish of the match. Chris picked up the first prize of £300 donated by Angling Cymru Sea Anglers East Region (ACSAER) & the heaviest bag pool of £55.
In third place was Caerau SAC club member Shaun Moore from Cardiff with 3.55kgs consisting of a conger eel & a dog fish. Shaun won a Six & Bait Anyfish Anywhere beachcaster donated by Julian Shambrook.
Fourth place went to Cardiff SAC club member Roy Tapper from Marshfield Gwent with 3.18kgs consisting of 2 bass & a silver eel which was returned safely to the water. Roy won £100 donated by Newport & District SAC. (Tony Hart).
5th Place went to Holton Road Angling Centre owner Dan Crump with 2.96kgs.kgs consisting of a conger eel, 2 dog fish & a pouting. Dan won a Tronixpro Exodus Match rod donated by Steve Tuckers Agencies.
6th Place was Angling Ambitions rod builder Dai Llewellyn from Barry with 2.64kgs consisting of a thornback ray & a dog fish. Dai won £50 donated by Wrigglers Baits
Junior winner was Henry Equall who won a £50 Tackle Voucher with a whiting & conger eel for 0.47kgs.
Runner up was Lawson Gamlin with a silver eel of 0.24kgs. He won a £30 Tackle Voucher.
All junior prizes where donated by Craig Maddock, Chair Person of ACSA East Region.
Remaining top 15 and up to date overall positions on the SeaMasters League Table can be viewed by clicking on the link HERE.
ACSA East Region would thank to all the tackle shops, clubs & individuals that donated prizes to the match.
Llanwit Major Charity Open 19th April 2026
The Llantwit Major Charity Open took place over a 3-mile stretch of local beaches this weekend. Flat conditions prevailed on the ebb with a slight increase of a westerly wind on the flood. 10 different species of fish were caught consisting of smooth hound, conger eel, 3 bearded rockling, spotted / small-eyed / thornback rays, dog fish, bull huss, pouting, & bass. In all 49 anglers out of 66 caught fish totalling 237 kgs.
This Years event was run to raise money for animal charity ALL CREATURES GREAT & SMALL The event was hosted by Tata SAC.
The event raised £1283 which will go towards the welfare & up-keep of the animals within the charity.
Top 20 prize winners:
1st Shaun Moore from Cardiff with 30.255kgs kgs, Shaun won £300 donated by Donna Stonelake Estate Agents Cwmbran.
2nd Ken Shove from Newport with 14.73 kgs, Ken won £150 donated by Donna Stonelake Estate Agents Cwmbran.
3rd Dai Llewellyn from Barry with 12.73 kgs, Dai won £100 donated by Angling Ambitions (Himself).
4th John Griffiths from Tonyrefailf with 9.5 kgs John won £100 donated by Llantwit Major Beach Cafe (Maria Hughes).
5th Lee Williams from Cardiff with 9.089 kgs, Lee won £100 donated by Richard Potts Treforest Tiling LTD.
6th Lewis Holbrow from Barry with 8.995 kgs, Lewis won £50 donated by BDP Heating Ben Price Liverpool.
7th Peter Hammond from Tenby with 8.405 kgs, Peter won £50 donated by Sammey & Marc Nichols.
8th Ben Price from Holyhead with 7.23kgs, Ben won £50 donated by Richard Smith Dragon Baits.
9th Lee Davies from Port Talbot with 7.085 kgs, Lee won £50 donated by Justin Bird Cardiff SAC.
!0th Cusey Vaughan from Barry with 6.6 kgs, He won £50 donated by Andrew Griffiths Caerphilly.
11th Joe Arch from Cardiff with 6.375kgs. He won £50 donated by John Griffiths Tata SAC.
12th John Austin from Barry with 6.27 kgs, John won £50 donated by Bud Ellis.
13th Rob Gregg from Barry with 6.11 kgs. Rob won £50 donated by Penarth SAC.
14th Shaun Tucker from Neath with 5.525 kgs, Shaun won £50 donated by Alun Price Tata SAC.
15th Rhys Lewis from Port Talbot with 5.445 kgs, Rhys won £53, 15th heaviest bag pool.
16th Lee Jones from Cardiff with 4.51 kgs, Lee won £25 donated by Shaun Moore.
17 Robbie Granton from Barry with 4.46 kgs, Robbie won a £30 voucher donated by Fishy Box.
18 Colin Mc Inery from Barry with 4.45 kgs, Colin won £25 donated by John Little Holton Road.
19th Wayne Leason from Hull with 4.3 kgs, Wayne won a bottle of wine.
20th Gary Parson from Bridgend with 4.08 kgs, Gary also won a bottle of wine.
Junior Winner
Sproog Nichols, she won rods & reels donated by SAKUMA through Adam Morgan.
The Ladies prize.
Sammie Nichols. she won a rose bowel donated by Mark Cowell.
Heaviest Fish Pools.
Heaviest conger eel pool was won by Ken Shove with a great conger eel of 6.665 kgs. He won £50 donated by Mark Cruickshank. Heaviest dog fish pool went to Rhys Lewis with a fish of 1.05kgs. He won £50 donated by Gary Parson. The Heaviest bass pool went to John Griffiths with a fish of 2.38 kgs. He won £50 donated by Sea View Lads. Heaviest rockling pool went to Peter Hammond with a fish of 0.565 kgs. He won £50 donated by Lee Jones SWSA.
The 5th & 15th place heaviest bag pools went to Lee Williams & & Rhys Lewis, £53 each.
Pairs result.
Shaun Moore & Dai Llewellyn won the pairs with a combined weight of 43.907 kgs, they won £56. Runners up in the pairs with combined weight of 13.606 kgs was Joe Arch & Ben Price, they won £38.
An impressive raffle took place during the event with 70 prizes on offer which raised over £500 towards the charity funds. Main Organiser Mark Cowell wishes to thank MR TESS for all the free polo tops & caps, plus all the other sponsors & helpers for what has again been an extremely successful event.
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The updated SeaMasters League Table can be viewed by clicking the link HERE
John Griffiths receiving his £50 prize for Heaviest bass from Mark Cowell
Kate Carly receiving the charity cheque of £1283 from Main Sponsor Donna Stonelake owner of Stonelake Estate Agents Cwmbran