Hanby Cup.
Date
Usually takes place in September, see Programme for details.
What we do in this competition
Open boat pairs event, fished for charity. This event is open to non-members and allows club members to fish with friends and family who are not RWFF.
Register at the Lodge by 9:00am latest, a briefing will take place on the dock at 9:15am.
Fishing from 9:30am to 5:30pm. All boats to be back in the harbour by close of fishing.
Boat partners to be arranged by the anglers and entered as a pair. Make contact with the organisers if you would like to be paired up.
Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
Rules
Each boat to weigh in any two fish, plus catch and release. The two fish weight will be totalled, with the highest boat pair winning. A second and third place will also be awarded.
The match will be fished to Fishery Rules with anchoring, fishing the boils etc all allowed.
Anglers will be expected to use barbless hooks and fish loch-style with no rudders allowed.
All Brown Trout to be released.
Members can take more fish if they wish, up to the limit of their ticket purchased.
Note that at least one person on the boat must have a Bronze, Silver or Gold season ticket or have purchased a 4 fish day ticket in order to weigh in two fish.
Anglers are able to join in as C&R only and not weigh in if they wish, but that will remove the pair/boat from the match element.
Sponsors
RWFF would like to extend their thanks to the following sponsors for their continued support:
Iain Barr for running a draw for a guided day out. See Iain’s Facebook page for details.
Airflo, Fulling Mill, Anglian Water, Semperfli, Fishing TV, Flash Attack Flies, Rutland Fly Collective, Multum Gin Parvo and The Rutland Vineyard have all generously donated raffle prizes.
All raffle takings will go to the charity.
Trophy
Previous Winners
2025 : Winners: Graham Measures & Gary Cooper, Runners-up: Neil Squires & Frank Daley
2024 : Tim Lawson & Roy Taylor
2023 : Cancelled due to bad weather
2022 : Graham Pearson & Dave Porter
2021 : Cancelled due to COVID
2020 : Cancelled due to COVID
2019 : D Perks & L Walters
2018 : R Gill & R Teasdale
2017 : R Cooper & G Hayward 21-12
2016 : P Gover & P De Kremer 8-11
2015 : D Porter & S Crowther
2014 : D Porter & S Crowther
2013 : R Gent & M Rowson. 44-3
2012 : G Pearson & A Owen
2011 : D Oldfield & J Sutton. 22-7
2010 : M Barrett & G Pearson
2009 : M Barrett & G Pearson
2008 : R Taylor & R Wells
2007 : TBA
2006 : TBA
2005 : R Taylor & A Wells
2004 : TBA
2003 : R Taylor & A Wells
2002 : M Barrett & G Pearson
2001 : M Netherclift & S Cutting 26-15
2000 : TBA
1999 : G Pearson & M Barrett
1998 : TBA
1997 : R McCarthy & N Savage 32-15
1996 : TBA
1995 : M Ellis & G Wright 24-0
1994 : N Savage & R McCarthy 12-15
1993 : R Bartrum & D Freer
1992 : R Long & S Short 22-6
1991 : R Long & S Short 22-5
1990 : R Long & S Short 19-2
1989 : D Dakers & T Neal. 28-9
1988 : G Moore & G Pearson. 17-6
1987 : LK Smith & G Nichols. 40-4
1986 : G Nichols & L Smith. 29-1
2025 Winners: Graham Measures, winner of
the Hanby Cup (boat partner Gary Cooper was unable to attend)
2024 Winners: Tim Lawson & Roy Taylor
2022 Winners: Graham Pearson & Dave Porter presented by Mick Connor
History
This lovely piece of silverware was donated to the club by the late Cecil Dobney. He owned a trout rearing establishment in the village of Hanby near Grantham. Hence the name of the trophy. It is a boat competition fished to reservoir rules, first presented in 1986.
