Unlike the previous year, the weather prior to the event was dreadful, with rough seas and high winds from the east, never any good for finding the fish. Although on the day it soon calmed down to give quite sunny, if cold conditions, there was still too much east in the wind for anglers' liking.
These conditions were almost certainly the reason, along with the poor catch two weeks previously at the Air Ambulance Open, that entries were limited to 48 anglers, which included two juniors and four ladies, who are thanked very much indeed for their support.
With the weather being against them, only three anglers, with not a lady or junior amongst them, managed to weigh in four eligible fish between them in this heaviest bag, flounder only, competition.
There were no tales of other species being caught anyway!
The biggest was 455gms, or one gram over 1lb in old money. This was caught by a Llanelli rod Phil Evans, who added another small one of just 155fms to land him the first prize.
The other two catchers were local anglers from Haverfordwest and Milford Haven, respectively. In second place with a flounder of 375gms was Deri Roberts and in third place was Chris Daines with a fish of just 180gms.
Naturally enough, with such few fish being caught, it was not a surprise when the pairs competition went the same way as the overall competition, with Andrew John, also of Llanelli, partnering Phil and Neil Sharp, of Pembroke Dock, paired with Deri.
However, the most important result on the day was that the event raised £895 for the RNLI, which together with the £1,121 from last year, makes over £2,000 in two years - not bad considering the number of participants.
To thank for this sterling effort, we must first congratulate the anglers from the organising clubs, you know who you are, together with Roger Harris, of the Amroth Arms, who continues to allow us to use his premises and always gives valued support at events such as these. Secondly, we must thank the Felinfoel Brewery and their representative Jamie Owen for their main sponsorship of the event and lastly, we must also thank all the other kind and generous sponsors who donated cash, made collections and donated prizes for the mega raffle, which all helped to ensure the event's success. These were firstly Martin and Sandra Thompson, of Angler's Corner, Milford Haven, for the first prize in the raffle, then in no particular order, Pembroke Angling, Roger Harries (Amroth Arms), Haven Angling Group, Dale Sailing, Mark Bentley, Andrew Skeels, Keith, of Tenby Angling, Alex Nicholas, Pembrokeshire Terminal Tackle, John O'Connor, Shane Tucker, Leigh Rogers, The Victoria Hotel and Sir Charles Wetham, both in Milford Haven.