1968 TROPHY AWARDS

Trophy	Achievement	Points	Estimated Weight	Winner
Mitchell Hedges	Best Shark of the season		Porbeagle – 306.5lbs	Mr T Prince
Mickey Wonnall	Runner up to Mitchell Hedges		Porbeagle – 290lbs	Mr B D Phillipps
Norman Lorraine	Best Blue Shark of the season		Blue – 164lbs	Mr V Bryan
Sammy Porbeagle	Best Porbeagle Shark of the season		Porbeagle – 306.5lbs	Mr T Prince
Alan Caunter	Best Shark of season by a Lady Member		Blue – 111lbs	Mrs Sonia Speets
Sercombe Oliver	Best Mako Shark of season		Mako – 367lbs	Mr D Griffiths
Martin Rossi	Best Thresher Shark of season			No award
Barbican Trophy	Heaviest Shark caught single handed		Porbeagle – 132lbs	Mr R Downes
Venning Trophy	Most outstanding or unusual capture of the season		Porbeagle – 306.5lbs	Mr T Prince
SACGB Trophy	Most Sharks over 100lbs in the season		Blues of 148lbs ,108lbs and 101lbs	Mr G Pincott
T N Foster	Heaviest Shark caught by a Member overseas		Blue – 214lbs	Mr S G Miller
Phil Heathman	First Blue Shark of the calendar year of 213cm or over, or 137cm or over if a Porbeagle, Mako or Thresher		Porbeagle – 241lbs	Mr W E Elliot
Auger	First Shark of 120 points or more caught in the season		Porbeagle – 241lbs	Mr W E Elliot
Leslie Andrews Light Tackle	Best Shark caught during the season caught on light line		Blue – 68lbs on 15lbs breaking strain line	Mr S James
W K Wileman Trophy	Best Shark caught during the season by a Member resident in the Midlands		Blue – 139lbs	Mr H Bennett
R C Roberts	Best qualifying Shark of the season		Porbeagle – 324lbs	Mr T Prince
Daphne Case Trophy	Best Shark caught by a member resident in Looe		Blue – 164lbs	Mr V Bryan
Ron Gibson Trophy	Best Shark caught by a member resident in Yorkshire		Blue – 115lbs	Mr L A Upton
Derek Denne	Best Shark caught by a member resident in Devon		Blue – 148lbs	Mr G Pincott
Marsden Sutcliffe Trophy	Best Shark caught by a junior member over 12 years and under 16 years of age		Blue – 106.5lbs	Master M Kitto
Redknap Trophy	Best Blue Shark caught by a member resident in Oxford		Mako – 132lbs	T Redknap
J J Holmes	Best Shark caught during the season by a member resident in Sussex		Porbeagle – 290lbs	Mr B D Phillipps

Leaping Mako Tapestries

D G Griffiths	Mako – 367lbs (Looe)
T Prince	Porbeagle – 324lbs (Isle of Wight)
T Prince	Porbeagle – 306.5lbs (Isle of Wight)
B D Phillipps	Porbeagle 290lbs (Channel Islands)
W E Elliot	Porbeagle – 241lbs (Looe)
R Downes	Porbeagle – 221lbs (Isle of Wight)
T Howard	Thresher – 189lbs (Isle of Wight)
V Bryan	Blue- 164lbs (Looe)
G Pincott	Blue – 148lbs (Exmouth)
D L Baker	Blue – 145lbs (Looe)
Maj. J R Foley	Blue – 142lbs (Looe)
H Bennett	Blue – 139lbs (Looe)
J E Clarke	Blue – 134lbs (Looe)
G Evans	Blue – 130lbs (Looe)
J Oliver	Blue – 130lbs (Looe)

Monthly Cups – awarded for best Shark caught each month

Month	Winner
May	W E Elliot – 241lbs Porbeagle
June	V Bryan – 164lbs Blue
July	B D Phillipps – 290lbs Porbeagle
August	G Pincott – 148lbs Blue
September	T Prince – 306.5lbs Porbeagle
October	A H Hill – 100lbs Blue

Boatmen’s Trophies

Trophy	Achievement	Winner
Cock of the Fleet	Awarded to the Looe Skipper (Club Member) of the boat catching the heaviest Shark of the season	Mr R Pengelly, Irene – 367lbs Mako
Looe Fishermans Protection Association	Awarded to the Owner of the boat winning the Cock of the Fleet Trophy	Mr R Pengelly, Irene – 367lbs Mako
T Clark	Awarded to the Skipper Member (not restricted to Looe) catching the best shark of the season	Mr R Downes – 306.5lbs Porbeagle
Dusty Miller	Awarded to the Skipper Member (not restricted to Looe) who catches the most qualifying shark in one season	Mr R Vinnicombe – 73 sharks in 98 trips
SACGB £10 skipper prize	Awarded to the Skipper Member boating the first shark of 75lbs or more	Mr J Kitto – 114lbs Blue on 3rd June 1968

1968 TROPHY AWARDS

Leaping Mako Tapestries

Monthly Cups – awarded for best Shark caught each month

Boatmen’s Trophies

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