Mark Beaumont and Matt Hillaby scoop Scarborough Angling Festival victories
Mark Beaumont won the Yorkshire Boating Championship as the Scarborough Angling Festival continued on Sunday with a 34lb bag.
Also on Sunday, Matt Hillaby scooped top spot in the Hospital Challenge Bowl heaviest single cod match, a 3lb 12oz 6drm – just ahead of Gareth Truelove’s 3-11-6 catch.


In Monday night’s Bill Bayes Memorial Trophy shore Heaviest bag match, Denis Thompson, from Lythe, took the trophy with a cod and a wrasse.
Danny Binnie caught the heaviest fish of the Festival so far, a 5lb cod.
Tuesday night’s shore bag match was for the Teanby Challenge Trophy.
On another warm calm evening, Corky Agar took the trophy with a 6lb bag.
Lee Drydale had a fish, 3lb 5oz, to take the heaviest fish sweep.
Festival treasurer Martin Eves won the Vice Admiral of Yorkshire Coast Challenge Trophy (Greatest Weight of Fish Boating Competition) with an excellent 78lb 8oz.
In the Wednesday afternoon shore match Ian Sellars decided to try something a bit different today and it certainly paid off winning the heaviest fish match with a bass just under 5lb and taking the heaviest bag prize with 3 bass for over 10lb.
The Binnie family continued their good week with Danny and the two boys, Jamie and Jack, all in the prizes.
RESULTS ROUND-UP
Event 4 – September 20
Yorkshire Boating Championship (Greatest Weight of Fish boating competition)
Result: 1 Mark Beaumont 34lb, 2 Martin Eves 33lb 8oz, 3 Shane Chapman 31lb 6oz, 4 Ian Cockerill 31lb 2oz, 5 Nikki Kennedy (65+) 28lb, 6 John Rowlands 26lb 4oz, 7 Stewart Latham 19lb, 8 Tom Ward 14lb 8oz, 9 Dave Shay (charter) 10lb 4oz, 10 Keith Johnson 10lb, 11= Mark Fenton 6lb 2oz, 11= Andy Tranmer 6lb 2oz, 13 J Shipley 5lb 6oz, 14 C Weater 2lb 8oz, 15 Bradley Giles (Junior) 1lb 8oz. Fished 25, weighed in 15.
Greatest Weight from the landrock: Mark Beaumont 34lb.
Greatest Variety of Fish Species: Martin Eves 5.
Greatest Weight by a Junior: Bradley Giles 1lb 8oz.
Greatest Weight by an Over-65: Nikki Kennedy 28lb.
Greatest Weight by a person from a charter boat: Dave Shay.
Super Pool: Shane Chapman, ling 7lb.
Event 5 – September 20
Hospital Challenge Bowl – Heaviest Single Cod
Result:1 Matt Hillaby 3lb 12oz 6 drm, 2 Gareth Truelove 3-11-6, 3 Phil France 3-8-8, 4 Lee Drydale 2-13-10, 5 Billy Colling 2-13-8, 6 Mark Thomas 2-10, 7 Chris France (65+) 2-2, 8 Mick Chadwick 2-0-4, 9 Scott Thornton 1-14-14, 10 Steve Dixon 1-14-10, 11 Bob Spedding 1-6-12, 12 Dave Bielby 1-5-8, 13 Ben Birch 1-4-14, 14 Andy Crowe 1-4-12. Fished 58+3, weighed in 14.
Heaviest Fish by a Visitor: Steve Dixon 1-14-10.
Heaviest Fish by an Over-65: Mick Chadwick 2-0-4.
Highest Placed fully paid up member of Scalby Mills: Matt Hillaby 3-12-6.
Heaviest Bag: Phil France 12-15-6, 2nd Heaviest Bag: Lee Drydale 5-5-12.
Event 6 – September 21
The Bill Bayes Memorial Trophy (Roving Competition Greatest Weight of Fish)
Result: 1 Denis Thompson (65+) 6lb 15oz, 2 Danny Binnie 5-1-12, 3 Lee Drydale 3-9-2, 4 Andy Crowe 3-2-8, 5 Ben Cawthorne 2-0-5, 6 Ian Thompson 1-10-8, 7 Chris France 1-6-6, 8 Tony Ritson (65+) 1-6-0, 9 Mark Stonehouse 1-3-10, 10 Jeremy Robinson 0-15-8, 11 Lee Outhart 0-12-8, 12 Dave Bielby 0-9-2, 13 Jamie Binnie (Junior) 0-8-10. 29+3 fished, 13 weighed in.
Greatest Weight taken by a junior: Jamie Binnie 0-8-10.
Greatest Weight by an angler over 65: Denis Thompson 6-15-0.
Heaviest Fish: Danny Binnie 5-1-0.
2nd Heaviest Fish: Denis Thompson 4-10-2.
Event 7 – September 22
Vice Admiral of Yorkshire Coast Challenge Trophy (Greatest Weight of Fish Boating Competition)
Result: 1 Martin Eves 78lb 8oz, 2 Mark Fenton 42-2, 3 Paul Hamer 34-0, 4 Nick Halstead 31-6, Keith Johnson 25-4, John Rowlands (65+) 24-0, Mike Lunn 21-0, 8 Kathryn Clarke 11-6, 9 Tom Clarke 10-8, 10 Stuart Latham 5-6, 11 Jaxon Clarke (Jnr) 5-4. Fished 11, weighed in 11.
Greatest Variety of fish species – Mark Fenton & Keith Johnson 5.
Greatest Weight by a lady – Kathryn Clarke 11-6.
Greatest Weight by a junior – Jaxon Clarke 5-4.
Superpool – Martin Eves, ling 9-4.
Event 8 – September 22
The Teanby Challenge Trophy (limited roving competition – greatest weight of fish)
Result: 1 Corky Agar 6lb 4oz 10drm, 2 Denis Thompson (65+) 4lb 2oz, 3 Lee Drydale 4lb, 4 Tony Ritson 3-14-12, 5 Ian Thompson 3-4-2, 6 Steven Gyte 2-8-14, 7= Brandon Sayers & Ade Colling 2-7-14, 9 Mark Thomas 2lb 6oz, 10 Scott Thornton 2-3-4, 11 Mark Stonehouse 2lb 2oz, 12 Andy Crowe 1-11-6, 13 Lee Outhart 1lb 9oz, 14 Ben Price 1-1-2, 15 Phil France 0-6-14. Fished 41 + 4 Jnrs = 45, weighed in 15.
Greatest Weight of fish by an Over-65 – Denis Thompson 4-2-0.
Event 9 – September 23
Scarborians Trophy (Roving competition – Heaviest Single Fish)
Result: 1 Ian Sellars 4-11-0, 2 Danny Binnie 4-3-12, Jack Binnie (Junior) 4-0-8, 4 Mark Thomas 4-0-2, 5 Pete Walker 3-14-8, 6 Phil France 3-0-10, 7 Alfie Sayers 2-14-8, 8 Rob Allinson 2-8-12, 9 Shane Nesbit (65+) 2-7-2, 10 Dave Sayers 2-3-12, 11 Mark Stonehouse 2-3-0, 12 Jamie Binnie (Junior) 2-1-4, 13 Colin Rodda 2-0-14, 14 Dave Bielby 1-13-8, 15 Corky Agar 1-12-0, 16 Denis Thompson 1-11-8, 17 Steven Gyte 1-8-0, 18 Shaun Outhart 0-12-14.
Heaviest Fish by a Junior – The Neil Ashington Trophy: Jack Binnie 4-0-8 and Jamie Binnie 2-1-4.
Heaviest Fish by an Over-65: Shane Nesbit 2-7-2.
Heaviest Codling – The Sharpe Trophy: Danny Binnie 4-3-12.
Heaviest Bag: Ian Sellars 10-5-12, 2nd Heaviest Bag: Mark Thomas 8-7-6.