JACK Parkman was crowned Junior v Parents Open after an incredible haul sealed him the victory.

Twenty-eight competitors signed on to fish the match consisting of 14 junior members and 14 adults.

Fishing was very quiet for the first part of the match but, Parkman kicked off proceedings with a modest flounder.

Senior member Ollie Mears soon followed up with a sizeable pout which put the adults in the lead.

Fishing picked up a little with a steady stream of fish coming to the scales with pout the predominant species with flounder, pollack, rockling and a small bull huss also showing.

Ollie Mears’ bull huss turned out to be the heaviest fish of the match but was under the Angling Trust’s minimum size with sizeable fish taking precedence. All fish were returned after capture.

As the match continued the juniors took the lead with Parkman landing sizeable pout and flounders with junior member Ewan Chambers moving into second spot, also with a nice flounder.

It looked set to be a first and second for the juniors right up to the klaxon but Hugh Rathbone wound in a sizeable three-bearded rockling at the very end of the match which secured him second place.

After the match all the competitors and their families returned to the Salthouse for refreshments where an excellent buffet provided by the Punch and Judy Bakery. This event includes the first match of the Jurassic League, the Junior Shore Festival and the Juniors V Parents Open so first the presentation for the junior match took place.

The first Jurassic match in a series of four was comfortably won by Jack Parkman with a catch including three sizeable fish, a pout and two flounders. The overall match and the JvP trophy also went to Parkman and as best junior he also secured the Junior Shore Festival trophy.

The wooden spoon prize went to junior member Abbie Button; top five competitors listed below. Many congratulations to Jack Parkman as he is only the second junior to win the JvP trophy since the event began.

RESULTS

Saturday Junior League 2016

The Saturday Cup (overall winner weight): Aaron Chambers 6997g

Lambert Trophy (runner-up weight): Ewan Chambers 6912g

The Points Trophy: Ewan Chambers 48pts

Points Runner-Up Trophy: Aaron Chambers 44pts

Ladies Junior Trophy: Abbie Button

The Hils Trophy (heaviest fish): Jack Parkman (thick-lipped mullet 888g)

The Trevett Cup (heaviest flounder): Owen Swatridge (321g)

The Tiny Cup (heaviest mackerel): Owen Swatridge (531g)

The Forward Trophy (most promising junior): Caolan Ayers

Junior Match

1st Jack Parkman 789g (699g sizeable)

2nd Ewan Chambers 329g (total/sizeable)

3rd Caolan Ayers 236g (79g sizeable)

Heaviest flatfish: Jack Parkman flounder 333g

Heaviest round fish: Jack Parkman pout 100g

Most species: Robbie Hall – Three

Wooden spoon: James Lawrence

J v P Open Top Five

1st Jack Parkman (junior) 789g (699g sizeable)

2nd Hugh Rathbone (senior) 468g (total/sizeable)

3rd Ewan Chambers (junior) 329g (total/sizeable)

4th Ollie Mears (senior) 558g ( 201g sizeable)

5th Caolan Ayers (junior) 236g (79g sizeable)

Wooden spoon: Abbie Button (junior)

Sponsors on the day: Watchouse Cafe, Kay Guppy, Richard ‘Tiny’ Daw, Punch and Judy Bakery and John Hunt.

The Jurassic League continues with 3 matches remaining with the final match and prize-giving taking place on Christmas Eve.