CLUB TROPHIES
Current trophies awarded to anglers at the end of year prizegiving:
as at 30 June 2024. (For season 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024)
JOHN ARKLE TROPHY
Notable fish caught by a junior angler
Current holder:
Brodie Lunt (Striped Marlin - 112.2kg on 15kg)
RICHARDSON CUP
Light tackle (less than 10kg) on formula
Current holder:
Henry Evans (Snapper - 2.650kg on 1kg)
265 pts
SUNSHINE CUP
First gamefish of the season
Current holder:
Rob Broomfield (Snapper - 5.165kg)
01/07/23
VIV MCNABB TROPHY
Heaviest tuna of the season
Current holder:
Geoff Flyger (Yellowfin Tuna - 57.500kg)
JOHN & MARGARET NORMAN TROPHY
Heaviest albacore on formula
Current holder:
Benny Holwerda (5.085kg on 15kg)
33.90 pts
DARRAH TROPHY
Heaviest kahawai on Ladies Day
Current holder:
n/a (Ladies Day not held this season)
JOCK MARSHALL SHIELD
Heaviest Striped Marlin of the season
Current holder:
Steve Wilson (111.800kg)
GRAEME WYKES TROPHY
Tag & Release trophy (most tagged billfish & tuna)
Current holder:
Matt Robinson, Kevin Ashworth, Grant Paterson, Curtis Norton (JR) & Cole Edwards (two tags each)
NEIL WRIGHT DISASTER TROPHY
Story of the season
Current holder:
Will Fransen
(see page 38 in the 2023/24 Yearbook)
COWBOY CUP
Heaviest fish landed outside the area
Current holder:
Neil Renowden (Striped Marlin - 151.800kg)
MARLENE HENDERSON TROPHY
Heaviest short billed spearfish
Current holder:
n/a (none weighed in 2023/24 season)
PENN REEL CUP
Most meritorious catch of the season
Current holder:
Orrin Murch
Most points - adult (single catch)
KATH HOPPER TROPHY
Heaviest blue marlin of the season
Current holder:
Zig Khouri (150.800kg)
LARSEN FAMILY TROPHY (JM)
Champion junior male angler
Current holder:
Curtis Norton (1200pts)
Tairua UNDERWATER CLUB TROPHY
Heaviest red crayfish of the season
Current holder:
Neil Renowden (1.730kg)
HENDERSON FAMILY CUP
Heaviest snapper - female angler
Current holder:
Jenny Bevins (6.700kg)
TAYLOR TROPHY
Heaviest Black Marlin of the season
Current holder:
n/a (none weighed in 2023/24 season)
G&T TROPHY
Top angler - most points in season
Current holder:
Tim Evans (3193.37 pts)
BRENT TURNER TROPHY
Longest snapper measured
Current holder:
Paul Nelson (cm)
GOODWIN FAMILY TROPHY
Heaviest snapper caught by a junior angler
Current holder:
Geordie Wilson (5.345kg)
DAWSON CUP
Light tackle in tournament (less than 10kg)
Current holder:
Taj Chapple (Trevally 2.045kg on 1kg)
204.5 pts
MCLAREN CUP
First gamefish over 40kg
Current holder:
Cole Edwards (Southern Bluefin Tuna)
41.150kg on 19/07/23
EVANS FAMILY CUP
Heaviest skipjack tuna of the season
Current holder:
Tyler Koefoed (6.250kg)
PETER ALDRICH SHIELD
Heaviest snapper of the season
Current holder:
Scott Preston (9.830kg)
DENISE WYKES TROPHY
Heaviest fish on Ladies Day
Current holder:
n/a (Ladies Day not held this season)
D & E TYNDALE CUP
Heaviest gamefish of the season
Current holder:
Zig Khouri (Blue Marlin - 150.800kg)
LANDBASED SHIELD
Heaviest fish in the Landbased tournament
Current holder:
Frank Watkins (YT Kingfish - 15.650kg)
KATH HOPPER CUP
Boat with most fish caught on formula
Current holder:
The Kraken (4054.76 pts)
Skipper: Allan Winter
POINTLESS TROPHY
Boat with no points over the season
Current holder:
Dollar Down
Skipper: Steve Appleby
BAYDEN WILLIAMS MEMORIAl TROPHY
Heaviest combined weight - Gull Classic tournament
Current holder:
Rick Turner (5.065kg)
TAYLOR TROPHY
Most varieties of gamefish caught
Current holder:
Peter Meredith (4)
Snapper, Trevally, Kahawai, Skipjack
LARSEN FAMILY TROPHY (SFM)
Champion smallfry male angler
Current holder:
Taj Chapple (1077.25 pts)
LARSEN FAMILY TROPHY (JF)
Champion junior female angler
Current holder:
Emily Steele (142 pts)
MCINTYRE CUP
Landbased Tournament Champion Tairua Team
Current holder:
Ocean Nation (30.275kg)
Average: 10.092kg per angler
KILWELL CUP
Heaviest combined weight - Kilwell Tournament
Current holder:
Neal Conning (9.220kg)
DON MCNEILL TRIPLE TROPHY
Heaviest combined weight - snapper, skipjack, kahawai
Current holder:
Tim Evans (12.170kg)
DICK FEATHERSTONE CUP
Heaviest Hapuka of the season
Current holder:
n/a (none weighed in 23/24 season)
FRED DICKSON CUP
Heaviest Hapuka of the season
Current holder:
n/a (none weighed in 23/24 season)
SYLVIA & MIKE RICHARDSON TROPHY
Champion Junior Angler
Current holder:
Curtis Norton (1200pts)
DENNIS IRWIN CUP
Gamefish caught - most points on formula
Current holder:
Orrin Murch (Striped Marlin 97.88kg on 24kg)
407.83 pts
HOPPER & KILGOUR CUP
First marlin of the season
Current holder:
Ben Wilson (Striped Marlin)
Tag & Release - 22/12/23
A.H & G. GREY SHIELD
Heaviest kingfish of the season
Current holder:
Jim Bell (17.400kg)
TPSFC KAHAWAI TROPHY
Heaviest kahawai on formula
Current holder:
Tim Evans (1.645kg on 1kg)
164.50 pts
GOLDFIELD BOOTS ‘N ALL TROPHY
Heaviest snapper on Ladies Day
Current holder:
n/a (Ladies Day not held this season)
ALAN JONES BOWL
Last marlin of the season
Current holder:
Steve Wilson (111.800kg - 03/04/24)
STAR TREK TROPHY
Lady Champion - most points
Current holder:
Kate Bartle, Judy Johnstone, Aloise Wigg
(600 pts each)
DOUG CALVERT MEMORIAL TRAY
Top club team in Nationals
Current holder:
Crown Reef (1200 pts)
Kevin Ashworth & Liam Ashworth
K & M MiLLAR TROPHY
Heaviest marlin of the season
Current holder:
Zig Khouri (Blue Marlin - 150.800kg)
SHOT LOWE MEMORIAL TROPHY
Heaviest fish caught by angler over 60 years
(also known as the Old Farts Cup)
Current holder:
Zig Khouri (Blue Marlin - 150.800kg)
MIKE MARTIN MEMORIAL TROPHY
Heaviest fish caught in the Shimano Stand Up
Current holder:
Ethan Gutry
(Blue Marlin - 248.000kg)
LARSEN FAMILY TROPHY (SFF)
Champion smallfry female angler
Current holder:
Brooke Holwerda (16.25 pts)
TONETTE LAING MEMORIAL TROPHY
Most enthusiastic female angler
Current holder:
Liza Maher
TPSFC SPEED FISHING TRAY
Winner of the Speed Fish
Current holder:
Jason Godward (1.150kg)
TRIVIAL PURSUIT TROPHY
Winner of TPSFC Quiz Nights
Current holder:
No Pull Outs (1314 pts)
BIG THREE TROPHY
Average weight - snapper, pig & crayfish
Current holder:
Gemstone Bay Bandits (8 pts)
GRANDSLAM TROPHY
Heaviest across all species (Grandslam tournament)
Current holder:
Ian Jowett (11.800kg)
AURELIUS TROPHY
Heaviest tuna caught by a junior
Current holder:
not yet awarded (new trophy)
