Congratulations to the team from Gosford RSL Fishing Club who won the annual competition against Bateau Bay for the first time this Century. There were some really good catches and a very good team effort to score 1117.3 points for the April round to add to the score of 1501.3 to give a combined score of 2618.6 points.

1. John Timp 267.7 points
2. Dave Brown 191.5 points
3. Dean Wetherill 186.0 points
4. Toby Russell 171.6 points
5. Kevin Timbrell 108.6 points
6. John Hatcher 90.4 points
7. Antony Wardle 58.3 points
8. Larry Prior 43.2 points

With the terrible weather last weekend only 3 die hard anglers ventured out for a fish. Top of the pile was Rebekah Trees with 58.12 points followed in 2nd place by John Timp on 57.4 points and Dave Brown on 31.6 points.

Lucky angler on the day was Dave Brown.

A big thank you goes out to the helpers on the day who cooked and served lunch.

The next competition is Sat 12th / Sunday 13th against Bateau Bay with the weigh in being at Bateau Bay and all fish must be in the weigh in area by 2:00PM. Rule to be advised later.

The first of the Bi Annual competitions against the Grange Hotel was fished in difficult conditions with only 6 competitors from each side weighing in. The result was reversed from the last competition with Gosford RSL coming out on top by 670.7 points to 520.6 points.

Top angler on the day was Antony O’Dwyer on 184.6 points, followed in second by Rebeka Trees (also top lady angler) on 147.6 points.

Top junior was Toby Russell on 91.2 points.

The good weather this weekend meant another good turnout with 13 people weighing in. There were some excellent catches of Flathead, Bream, Whiting, Teraglin, Tailor and Bonito weighed in and Adam Overton came out on top with yet another really impressive score of 419 points. Antony Wardle came second with a score of 214 points and Scott Russell coming third with 183 points.

Top lady angler on the day was noon with 129 points.

Top Junior angler on the day was Toby Russell on 43 points.

Lucky angler prize went to Antony O’Dwyer

The weather made the fishing difficult this weekend but there were still some fantastic catches weighed in. Top rod on the day was John Timp with an impressive catch of Tailor, Mullet, Whiting and Bream with a total weight of over 19Kg scoring him a total of 292.75 points. Second place went to Adam Overton with a score of 177 points and in third place was Dean Wetherill with 151.6 points.

Top lady on the day was Rebekah Trees with 20.82 points

Top Junior was Toby Russell with 8.50 points

The winner of the Lucky Angler prize Adam Overton

Last weekend was our first competition for the year, and because of Australia Day weekend, it will be the only competition in January. Despite an ordinary forecast, a few people went out and some good caches were brought to the weigh in. Adam Overton took out the men’s comp with 430.7 points. New member Bec, took  out the ladys comp with 71.8 points and Steven Rennie was the only junior who was able to fish.

Thanks to everyone who gave feedback on the calendar and the Club Person of the year. Attached is the updated calendar, and the weekends points score. If you notice any errors. Please let either myself or Gary Rothwell know. 

A reminder that the AGM is coming up on Sunday 2nd Feb 10:00 am at the club and we will have the first committee meeting of the year in the afternoon at 1pm. I expect that the incoming committee will organise some food. 

Last weekend saw the clubs annual Xmas competition take place and the weather wasn’t too bad with 7 fisho’s weighing in.

Top rod on the day was Kevin Timbrell with 144.9 points , in second place was John Timp on 131 points and in third place was Dave Brown on 116.2 points.

It was a good day for the Timbrell boat as Noon was top lady on 107.8 points.

Lucky angler on the day was Dave Brown.

As was befitting for the Xmas competition there was a visit from Santa and the kids all got a present.

Good conditions prevailed for our competition last weekend with 8 fisho’s weighing in in. In first place was Adam Overton on 251 points, second was John Timp on 151 points and third place was Dave Brown on 136 points. Best junior on the day was Stephen Rennie on 50 points. Mixed bags were weighed in including Fathead, Snapper, Bream, Tarwhine, Luderick, Tailor, Garfish, Mullet, Bonito & Blue Swimmer Crabs. Everyone enjoyed the sunshine & a great lunch prepared by Di & cooked by “Master Chef” Ray. Many thanks to all who helped set & cleanup after a nice relaxing afternoon.

Congratulations to Antony Wardell for finally landing his dream fish, a legal Garfish

Next competition is 9th and 10th of November

Hi everyone.

The weekend was the setting for the first round for our Annual competition against Bateau Bay Hotel fishing club.

Tough weather over the weekend restricted a lot of the offshore people to the estuary and some of our
fishos did a great job in very trying conditions.

1st for RSL was Dean Wetherill on 306 points.
2nd. Scott Russell 285 points.  
3rd. Toby Russell 190 points.

This helped the RSL to a first round win.

RSL 1500.25
BB   688.5

Prizes went to:
Dean, Helena, Scott and Stephen.

We even saw three Generations of the “Brown Family” weigh in today.

A massive effort by all our fishos,helpers,cleaner uppers & everyone else who helped to make it a great day. Many thanks “AGAIN” to our “Master CHEFs”   Ray Bates and Noon for doing an excellent job on the BBQ and David Craig
for his generous prize donation.

We’ve got a lead and this could be a great chance for us to actually win the competition this year, so hopefully we get another great turn out for the return leg!

Saturday had a brief window for those that were able to head offshore. Inside fishing was slow. The RSL had 5 people who caught fish and did pretty well. The Grange, who were the hosts, had 9 or 10 people with fish, and the extra numbers showed in the final scores.

The Grange Hotel came out on top with a total of 1056.15 points to the RSL’s 717.20

Top rod for the RSL on the day was Scott Russell with 192.5 points followed by John Timp on 164 points, Adam Overton on 147.2 points, Antony Wardle on 115.60 and Dean Wetherill on 97.9 points.

David Craig attempted his first comp for donuts, and has said that if he doesn’t catch anything the next time, then he’ll be selling his boat!

Congratulations to the Grange for their good catches. The competition, as always, was conducted in great spirts, with some good food. We’ll be hunting to get the trophy back next time!