A dedicated clubman has been praised for keeping a sea angling club afloat during a challenging year.
West Bay Sea Angling Club held its 2025 presentation evening at Martins Bar & Restaurant in Eype, where Richard "Tiny" Daw was awarded the Presidents Cup for his service and commitment.
Rod Barr, chairman of West Bay Sea Angling Club, read out the President's message: "I have decided that a man who, through dedication and determination, has maintained our club under extremely difficult circumstances deserves this award.
"Without him, WBSAC could well have been in considerable trouble this year.
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"Thank you very much Richard 'Tiny' Daw for holding our club together.
"Please come forward to receive the Presidents Cup."
The awards ceremony began with junior prizes, with only one young member able to attend.
The junior member collected the Forward Trophy for Most Promising Junior as well as the Jurassic League Runner-Up Trophy.
In the Junior Species League, Chelsea Pearce took top spot with 56 points.
Lea Windsor dominated the senior categories, winning the Species League with 63 points, and went on to collect a total of ten trophies during the evening.
Mr Windsor also picked up the Committee Cup, Conger Trophy (Shore), Peter Payne Memorial Trophy, Summers Cup, and Whitehead Cup.
He earned the Conservation Cup for a catch-and-release Blonde Ray weighing 7kg 807g.
In addition, he received two Angling Trust awards: a Silver for his Conger Eel at 128.44 per cent specimen weight, and a Bronze for his Small Eyed Ray at 110.33 per cent.
Ross Bourne enjoyed another strong season, winning the Frank Jackson Memorial Trophy, the Lyme Bay Marine Mullet Trophy, and the Woolwich Cup.
He also received two Angling Trust Bronze Awards for Golden Grey Mullet caught at 123.96 per cent and 120.57 per cent of specimen weight.
In the annual Species Hunt, senior winner Jon Trevett recorded 56 species.
Junior winner Aaron Chambers identified 34 species.
In the team competition, third place went to Team Chambers (Aaron and Malvin Chambers).
Second place went to Team Senior Service (Rod Barr and Keith Woods), who recorded 46 species.
The top spot went to Team Dragonettes (Jon Trevett and Emma Drysdale), who identified 61 species.
Tony Colls received the Wally Shore Trophy for the most Thursday Night matches fished with the lowest aggregate points.
Organisers thanked Martins Bar & Restaurant for hosting the evening, Georgia Barr for sourcing raffle prizes, and Tom Marley at The Angling Centre for providing prize vouchers.
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