Jersey Dive Team

JERSEY DIVE TEAM 2025 COMPETITION RESULTS

Another fun season gone too soon! A great social night.

Trophies Awarded as follows.

Species Championship Shield ... 2025 Mike Shearer

The comp runs between 1st Nov to 31st October. There are 16 eligible fish species, club msls are all well above legal msl.

Top 10 positions,
Mike won with 13 species, including best bass, sole, flounder, turbot, po***ck, mackerel, gold spot, red mullet and black bream. Runner up was Peter Baines with 6 species, inc best plaice and in third, Guy Cabot also on 6 species, including best white bream and gilthead bream.4th Dan Noble on 5 species, 5th Neil Hutton on 4 species , 6th Clive Dunford also on 4 species, including best thick lip mullet. 7th Nick Bossy also on 4 species, incl the best ( and only) trigger of the year. 8th Chris Reddy 4 species, 9th Cobus Jacobs 3 species,10th Ed Lewis on 3 species.

Best bass tankard ... 2025 Mike Shearer 3.49kg
Best Mullet plate ...2025 Mike Shearer Gold spot 1.1kg
Best Flatfish plate ....2025 Mike Shearer Flounder 1.75kg
Best Specimen plate ....2025 Mike Shearer red mullet 0.85kg
Best Bream plate ... 2025 Guy Cabot Gilthead bream 1.6kg
Gilthead trophy ... 2025 Guy Cabot 1.6kg
Crustacean Cup ....2025 Dan Noble , cuttlefish 2.5kg and spider crab 2.38kg

Specimen Hunter trophy.... 2025 Mike Shearer

Only a divers best bass, mullet, bream and flatfish are eligible and points are awarded as a percentage of our club records.

Bass of the month/ Bass championship trophy ....2025 Mike Shearer

This was a new comp for 2025. It was very close and very good fun.

We held 6 monthly comps, commencing 1st May. Divers enter their best bass caught during that month and the winner picks up a case of beers. A diver who catches the heaviest weight over the 6 months is the overall winner and gets their name on the trophy and a few more beers!

Monthly comp winners,

May, Dan Noble 2.4kg
June, Mike Skowron 3.1kg
July, Cobus Jacobs 2.82kg
August Mike Shearer 3.49kg
September, Nick Bossy 1.77kg
October, Dan Noble 1.85kg

Top 10 positions
1. Mike Shearer, best bass of 3.49kg, total of 11.63kg.
2. Nick Bossy, best bass of 3.41kg, total of 11.09kg.
3. Dan Noble, best bass 3.05kg, total of 10.42kg.
4. Alessio Agostinis 7.08kg,
5. Cobus Jacobs 6.12kg,
6. Neil Hutton 5.6kg,
7. Peter Baines 6.805kg,
8. Michal Skowron best bass 3.1kg, total 5.95kg
9. Clive Dunford 3.9kg,
10. Ed Lewis 2.5kg

Pairs Comp trophy ...2025, Nick Bossy and Paul Collas.

As per our post of 22nd June, this was an island rover event from shore or boat. 6 pairs took part. Nick and Paul won with a bass, a mullet and a gilthead. In second were Mike Shearer and Cobus Jacobs with a bass and a mullet. In third were John Saunders and Alessio Agostinis with a nice bass.

Alain Lenaghan Memorial cup .... 2025 Cobus Jacobs

As per our previous post 12th July, this dive was held at la Rocque. Only 1 bass and 1 mullet can be entered. Cobus won with a nice bass of 2.82kg and a gold spot of 1.01kg.

Silver fish champion shield ....2025 Dan Noble
Held over three dives, with one discard. Only 2 bass, 3 mullet, 3 bream, 3 flatfish and 1 bonus species can be entered. The first two dives were at La Rocque and were won by Dan, the final dive was held at Bonne Nuit and was won by Chris Reddy.

Standings ( total from best two dives)
1. Dan Noble 12.89kg
2. Mike Shearer 7.36kg
3. Alessio Agostinis 4.95kg
4. Ed Lewis 4.65kg
5. Chris Reddy 3.26kg
6. Guy Cabot 1.44kg
7. Peter Baines 1.36kg
8. Jason Prouten 0.8KG

Mishap of the year plaque

Awarded to Alessio for his moped parking skills at La Rocque slip

Golden Balls trophy

Awarded to Nick Bossy for a great performance in the pairs comp, including catching his first gilthead and trigger fish, as well as a brilliant effort in the Bass comp.

That’s a wrap for 2025. The 2026 season started 1st November, and a few fish are already on the board! Good hunting. 🐟🐟🐟

Species Championship 2025

Unfortunately, Storm Benjamin is now upon us and the sea conditions are p**p!

In between storms, Neil Hutton found some sunshine, and caught a lovely pb gilthead of 1.58kg. Nice one 🐟.

Our club season ends 31st October. Looking forward to our end of season social.🍺🍺🍺

Species Championship 2025

Our members have been busy and prior to the current storms, enjoyed some good fishing conditions. 15 of the 16 eligible species have been caught. August catches included bass, black bream, thick lips, thin lips, nice goldspot,mackerel, a good red mullet of 0.85kg for Mike Shearer, and a nice white bream of 1.19kg for Peter Baines.

The August bass of the month comp also went well. Neil Hutton added another good fish to his tally, as did Alessio Agostinis. Nick Bossy had a fine bass of 3.41kg just pipped by a fish of 3.49kg for Mike Shearer , who won this months case of beers🍺. Several divers are in close contention, and with two more rounds to go, there is all to play for.

Early in August we held the second of our three silverfish comps. Divers can enter only two bass, three grey mullet, three bream and three flatfish. Msls are well above legal sizes. Daniel Noble won the day with a good catch, adding to his weight from the first dive, he now has an almost unassailable lead.

The sun is shining but the sea conditions are pants at the moment. Hopefully it will improve soon.🙂

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Species Championship 2025.

14 out of the possible 16 eligible fish species have been entered so far.

Recent entries include a terrific mixed bag for Clive, a lovely brace of bass for Michal (including BOM for June and current best bass of the season @ 3.1kg), and Mike added a mackerel to his tally to give him 12 species and the current lead. We still have over 3 months to run!

After 2 and a bit rounds of Bass of the month championship, Nick Bossy has just nudged into pole position, with 3 bass for 5.91kg. Best bass so far this month is 2.82kg for Cobus. With another 10 days in July and then three more rounds to go, there is all to play for!

Alain Lenaghan Memorial Dive 2025.

This is a fun comp held annually in memory of Alain. Divers can only weigh in one bass (msl 50cm) and one mullet (msl 45cm). Heaviest catch wins.
Great fun dive,stunning day, lovely conditions, and plenty of fish about.... and some good ones!
14 divers took part including three guests. Chris Isaacs, Phil Mayman and Rob Larbalestier.
Only 8 divers weighed in.

Congrats to Cobus for winning with a great catch. Two bass over 2.6kg, best went 2.82kg and a pb gold spot of 1.01kg to give him first place with 3.83kg.

In second place with 2.65kg, was Phil Mayman with a bass of 1.5kg and thicklip of 1.15kg.
In third place with another nice bass of 2.26kg was Peter Baines.
4th Nick Bossy with a bass of 1.77kg
5th Alessio with a bass of 1.66kg
6th Ed Lewis with a bass of 1.29kg.
7th Chris Reddy with a thicklip of 1.17kg.
8th Mike with a gold spot of 0.91kg.

Some stopped off for a swift cold pint🍺. All in all, a good fun day and a great way to remember Alain.

PAIRS COMP 2025.

Congratulations to Nick Bossy and Paul Collas for winning this year's comp. 👏

This was an island rover event, from shore or boat. 6 pairs took part. The object was for each pair to catch a bass, mullet, bream, po***ck and flatfish. The heaviest fish in each species category is awarded 100pts and other fish of that species awarded points as a percentage of the heaviest. The weather was kind but the vis was patchy and there were not many big fish about.
Best bass was a decent fish of 2.11kg caught by John Saunders.
Nick Bossy caught an early trigger fish which is a great entry in this years Species Championship.
Nick and Paul entered three species, a bass, a gilthead and a mullet to give them a convincing win with 254 pts.
In second place we're Cobus Jacobs and Mike Shearer with a bass and mullet , for 168 pts.
In third place we're John Saunders and Alessio Agostinis with 100pts.
Well done to all who took part.

Species Championship 2025

Recent catches include a pb gilthead of 1.6kg for Guy Cabot, and a 2.4kg bass for Dan Noble (the best bass so far this season and it won Dan a case of beers and the first leg of our 2025 Bass of the Month Comp).
So far, divers report seeing a lot of legal size bass, but not that many above the clubs msl of 50cm. No really big fish have been spotted.

Our members have been busy. There are already almost 50 entries, and 11 of our 16 eligible fish species have been caught.The comp runs until 31st October so plenty of time to add a few more. Good hunting🐟

Species Championship 2025.

This comp runs from 1st Nov 24 to 31st Oct 25. Msls are considerably higher than legal limits..eg bass 50cm. The winter weather has been challenging but inspite of that, we have a great start. So far, entries include a couple of bass, best one so far caught by Scott Vallance. Small po***ck. A cracking white bream for Guy Cabot. A small turbot. A gilthead, a decent thick lip mullet, a goldie, a solitary plaice, a couple of decent sole, and a very nice flounder. Not forgetting some good chancres, a big cuttle and a very nice spider 🥂. The summer is definitely on its way so the diving season shld really kick off soon. We are looking fwd to some more great catches this year. New for 2025, we have the bass of the month comps x6, which start 1st May. Good hunting 🐟🐟🐟

Club Record Album updated with 3 new record catches from 2024.

JERSEY DIVE TEAM END OF SEASON SOCIAL NIGHT,

2024 RESULTS AND PRESENTATIONS

It was great to get together for another meal, beers and more than a few laughs! Thanks to the Tenby staff for their patience, hospitality and good food.
JDT has 32 members and we promote selective, sustainable and ethical spearfishing which provides good food for the table. This is our public page, we also run a private members page. Thanks to all members for making 2024 another great season.
Some of our group enjoy an element of friendly competition, so JDT hold several different competitive events.

SPECIES CHAMPIONSHIP 2024

This runs from 1st Nov to the following 31st October. There are only 16 eligible fish species and as for all our events, msls are set well above legal limits. Night diving is not permitted. The object is to catch as many of the eligible species as you can, and the best specimens possible. There are specific prizes to recognise the best specimens of key species.
18 divers managed to catch and enter fish above club msl. Well done to all who took part . The winner is presented with Championship shield and the top 3 also receive a small cash prize.

2024 Winner, is Mike Shearer, with 13 species, including best thin lip, thick lip, gold spot, Plaice, sole, flounder and mackerel.
In second plaice was Peter Baines with 11 species including best pollack, best red mullet and best black bream.
In third place was Guy Cabot with 9 species.

SPECIMEN HUNTER TROPHY

A divers best bass, mullet, bream and flatfish are eligible and points are awarded as a percentage of the club record

Mike Shearer won with some nice fish, including two new club records, for 310pts
In second place was Guy Cabot with 239pts and in third was Peter Baines with 223pts

BEST BREAM PLATE, Chris Reddy with a cracking white bream of 1.70kg which is only 10g under the current British record.

BEST FLATFISH PLATE, Mike Shearer with a new club record flounder of 1.9kg

BEST MULLET PLATE Mike Shearer with a new club record gold spot mullet of 1.27kg

BEST BASS TANKARD Dan Noble 3.52kg,

BEST GILTHEAD TROPHY Dan Noble 1.56kg.

BEST SPECIMEN FISH Mike Shearer with a new club record John Dorey of 1.93kg

There were some also other great fish caught, including a pb bass of 3.33kg for Neil Hutton.

The CRUSTACEAN AND CEPHALAPOD CUP awarded for heaviest cumulative weight of spider, chancre cuttle and squid

2024 Winner, Mike SHEARER

The best spider crab, Peter Baines at 2.54kg
The best chancre, Matt Le Clerc 1.2kg.
Best cuttle Nick Bossy 1.01kg

Well done to all who took part in the species comp and good luck for 2025 season.

SILVERFISH CHAMPIONSHIP 2024

This championship, consisted of three dives, with one discard.
At each dive, competitors can only enter a max of 12 fish ie 2 bass, 3 mullet, three bream, three flatfish and one bonus species. The diver with the heaviest catch wins the dive and the highest accumulated weight over their best two dives wins the championship. Although in the past, we have had some very good catches, nobody has yet managed to catch all 12 fish!
Silver 1 was held at Gorey. 8 divers took part, but only one diver caught and that was Dan Noble who won the event with 2 bass and a mullet for 3.56kg.
Silver 2 was held at La Rocque, 12 divers took part, Ed Lewis won the event with 2 nice bass for 5.34kg.
Silver 3 was held at Ouaisne, 6 divers took part. Guy cabot won the event with three thin lips, for 2.98kg.
The winner is presented with the championship shield and top 3 receive a small cash prize
The 2024 silverfish champion is Ed Lewis with a total of 7.46kg
In second place is Dave Le Clercq with 5.42kg
Third place is Dan Noble with 3.56kg.
Well done to all who took part and many congratulations to Ed who adds his name to those on the shield .

PAIRS COMP 2024

A pair can dive wherever they like from shore or boat (in Jsy inshore waters) . The pair can enter only one bass, one mullet, one bream, one flatfish and one po***ck between them. The pair are awarded points as a percentage of the club record. This is great fun and social event. Congratulations to the winners Dan Noble and Jason Prouten with won with a bass, bream and a thick lip.

THE ALAIN LENAGHAN MEMORIAL DIVE

We hold this very special dive in memory of Alain Lenaghan. As usual, it was held at La Rocque. Competitors can only enter one bass and one mullet, the heaviest catch wins.
This years winner was Dan Noble with a bass and a mullet 3.18kg
In second place was Peter Baines with a bass and mullet 2.46kg
In third was Nick Bossy with a bass of 2.04kg

The golden balls award

This was awarded to Neil Hutton for his rapid progress in the sport, finishing in the top 10 of species and specimen hunter comp, his amazing catch and release of very nice sized crayfish, and for his pb 3.33kg bass

The mishap of the year award was presented to Alessio Agostinis, for an unbelievable incident. He stowed a spider crab on his float, and sometime later, the crab managed to activate an automated emergency call from the mobile phone. This summoned the emergency services and inshore rescue. Thankfully it was clearly a false alarm and thank you to the emergency services that attended! The crab received its comeuppance!

Well thats a wrap folks. Another year gone.! Thanks again to all our members, safe diving and good hunting in the coming year.

Species Championship 2025

Started 1st Nov and runs to 31st Oct 2025.

A cracking and very tasty start for Clive Dunford with a pb chancre of 2.23kg ...almost 5lb!

Nice one Clive👍