SPECIES LEAGUE RULES (Updated 7th August 2011)

West Bay Sea Angling Club Species League

(annually from 1^st January to 31^st December)

RULES

Please note there is no entry fee.
Members earn points when participating in any WBSAC senior closed shore and boat match (no open matches). Please note shore and boat end of year bonus point records are kept separately.
Minimum numbers fishing per match to be as per club rule 12.

To qualify for the opportunity of becoming the Species League Champion, members must fish within the club year a minimum of 10 matches. Once achieved the aim is to keep bettering one’s own lowest score, to earn as many points as possible, and also build up end of year bonus points, as match points and bonus points added together will determine the Species League Champion (there will also be a match points champion and a handicap league based on match points earned).

MATCH POINTS
1 point: no fish brought to the scales.
2 points: for weighing in.

HEAVIEST FISH
3 points for the heaviest fish.
2 points for the second heaviest.
These two fish removed:
1 point for the heaviest of each species.
No individual member can have 1^st and 2^nd heaviest fish, in this instance the points move to the 3^rd heaviest fish, and the 2^nd heaviest earns 1 point as the heaviest of its species. In the event of any tie all tied members receive the same number of points.

Species Caught in match:
Shore  3 = 1 point, 4 = 2, 5 = 3, 6 = 4, and so on.
Boat    5 = 1 point, 6 = 2, 7 = 3, 8 = 4, and so on.

END OF YEAR BONUS POINTS

Heaviest fish of the year from shore will receive 5 bonus points and the heaviest fish of the year from boat will also receive 5 bonus points. No member can receive both. E.g. a member has caught the heaviest fish from boat, a conger of 15 kg, and from shore a cod 7 kg; the conger earns 5 bonus points.
With these two fish removed: 3 points for the heaviest of each species, 2 points second heaviest, and 1 point third heaviest. This applies to both shore and boat; no member can have 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd heaviest of any species. Only the best fish caught per member will earn bonus points.
In the event of any tie all tied members receive the same number of points.

If a member competes in both shore and boat matches that member’s best result will count, not both. e.g. 17 heaviest of each species points earned from boat and 15 earned from shore = 17 bonus points awarded.

Please note: (boat only) heaviest of each species and league records stand from 2009 whether or not the member has qualified; this is due to matches being cancelled and preventing members who fish boat matches only qualifying, giving those who fish boat and shore a possible unfair advantage.

Species points: all members earn 1 point for each species caught in shore matches and 1 point for each species caught in boat matches. e.g. a member catching 15 species during the year will earn 15 bonus points. If any member competes in shore and boat matches, the members’ best result will count, not both e.g. if 8 species were caught from the boat, and 9 species from the shore, 9 bonus points would be earned.

Should more than one member have the same total number of points at year-end, the tied member who has caught the best specimen from closed matches will determine ties; this applies for all awards. The junior champion will be the junior who earns the most points fishing senior matches providing that the junior has qualified i.e. has fished 10 senior matches minimum.

 SPECIES LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS

1^st £50-00, framed certificate and an inscribed cap.
2^nd £30-00.
3^rd £20-00.
4^th £15-00.
5^th £10-00.
Match Points Champion: framed certificate.
Top Lady: framed certificate.
Top Junior: framed certificate.

Handicap League (prizes are Angling Centre vouchers)

1^st   £30-00 voucher and a framed certificate.

2^nd  £25-00 voucher.

3^rd  £20-00 voucher.

4^th  £15-00 voucher.

5^th  £10-00 voucher.

Please note handicaps are issued in January of each year.

Angling Trust minimum sizes will apply to all fish brought to the scales, except mackerel 35cm (boat only)

 

A separate junior match Species League Championship will be run along side the senior league, with a 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd certificate, plus a Junior League Match Points Champion certificate. For the juniors league the fish ten matches to qualify rule is dropped; minimum size does not apply as all fish are returned.

The Species League was devised by Dave Cornick and is the Copyright of West Bay Sea Angling Club©