Angling: Collett gets his hands on a frozen cod to hit jackpot.

Byline: Ron Cousins

THE Cardiff SAA Lee Holbrook Memorial Charity Open Competition drew 72 anglers to a freezing cold Cardiff foreshore where after four hours fishing, only 13 managed to catch a sizeable fish.

Cardiff angler Allan Collett collected the pounds 300 first prize donated by Cardiff firm Glamaco Limited and added pounds 33 pool money for the heaviest fish and 20 Seamaster points after beaching a lone cod that weighed 3lb 3oz.

Cardiff fishing lamp manufacturer Bob Radman finished in second place and stepped up for a Zziplex beachcaster and 19 points thanks to a flounder and a rockling adding up to 1lb 1oz.

Past Seamaster title holder and reigning Barry Festival champion Steve Chadwick moved to the top of the Seamaster points table when he took third place with a 1lb flounder that gave him pounds 133 prize money to go with his 18 points.

Roy Tapper, from Marshfield, is now third in the overall placings after finishing fourth and adding 17 points to his collection by catching a flounder and a rockling weighing 14oz while regular Seamaster finalist Phil Mather is in at number two after coming fifth and taking 16 points with 12oz. The others who picked up Seamaster points were: Ivor Smith, 6oz 15; Chris Read and Mike Perrett, both 5oz 13.5 each; Tommy Davies, 4oz 12; Barry Owen, 3oz 11; Matt Nelms, 2oz 10; Mike Notley, 1.5oz nine and Nigel Evans, 1oz eight points.

There was little seasonal cheer at the first of the two Penarth SAC Christmas competitions where a 1.2kg cod from Ranny Pool put Chris Garner well ahead of the field.

Runner-up Paul Starling caught a flounder and a pouting weighing 0.38kg at Dock Beach; thirdman Gary Parsons caught his 0.34kg pouting at Ranny Pool.

Although 56 members lined the bank of the tidal Usk at Coronation Park, single fish took the prizes in the Newport Sea Anglers Christmas competition.

Winner Jason Hart caught a 440gm flounder; Richard Rogers had one of 260gm and Paul Yates came third with a 220gm flounder.

The scalesman didn't have much to do at the end of the Gwent SAC competition. Rogerstone member Ivor Smith managed a winning 220gm with his rockling trio; Mike Perrett caught two rockling for 160gm and the only other catch was Neil Evans's 70gm rockling.

The WFSA East Region Shore League comes to an end with Sunday's sixth round at Cold Knap and Porthkerry.

Competitors book in by5pmat Cold Knap car park and fish from 6pm to 10pm with the fishing zone restricted to the pebble beach at Cold Knap and the beach at Porthkerry.

This competition will also include a separate SAMF Masters qualifier, organised by Andrew Hutchings, with one in every five competitors qualifying for next November's two day national final and the chance for big money prizes at Skegness. The entry fee is pounds 4 and anglers who want to enter can book in with Andrew after entering for the Shore League.

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PLEASING CATCH: Gabreil Sgouridis, from Cardiff, caught this 28.5lb cod from Peter Griffith's charter boat Unity when they fished a mark off Knap Point. They also caught a number of other cod up to 13lb