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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