MATCH FACTS

There were 49 sizeable fish, with 31 caught in zone A and 18 in zone B. ■ Winner Steve had scooped £1,000 worth of Penn tackle by finishing second in the 2017 Penn Sea League Premier Division, and his win in the final added another £1,000 voucher from the sponsors.

Second prize was a Penn Squadron Euro Surf rod, Penn Surfblaster reel and spool of Berkley Whiplash 8, and third a Surfblaster reel with a spool of Whiplash 8.

TOP 10 IN EACH ZONE

■ Zone A (pegs 1-20) – 1 Steve Williams, Jarrow, peg 9, 2 fish (including longest fish 94cm bull huss), 478pts (10 Penn pts); 2 Andew Dugdale, Peel, peg 2, 4, 155 (9); 3 Roy Tapper, Pentwyn, peg 1, 2, 117 (8); 4 Darren Bond, Lancing, peg 17, 2, 99 (7); 5 Simon Drayton, Gainsborough, peg 10, 5, 81 (6); 6 Neville Charlesworth, Hornsea, peg 16, 3, 81 (5); 7 Gary Pye, Peterlee, peg 13, 1, 74 (4); 8 Neil Cutler, Gateshead, peg 5, 4, 73 (3); 9 Troy Francis, Killarney, peg 12, 1, 62 (2); 10 James Madsen, Bedminster, peg 18, 1, 59 (1).

■ Zone B (pegs 21-40) – 1 Billy Buckley, Glasgow, peg 36, 3 fish (including longest fish 66cm dogfish), 206pts (10 Penn pts); 2 Nathan Elliott, Dover, peg 39, 2, 156 (9); 3 Kenny McCoy, Sunderland, peg 21, 1, 119 (8); 4 Ian Dancey, Waterlooville, peg 35, 3, 104 (7); 5 Steve Smith, Whitehaven, peg 33, 2 89 (6); 6 Julian Shambrook, Torquay, peg 38, 74 (5); 7 Gareth Gardiner, Sunderland, peg 40, 2, 62 (4); 8 Paul Medd, Scarborough, peg 29, 1, 59 (3); 9 Rory Jenkins, Tonyrefail, peg 25, 2, 42 (2); 10 Bill Lindfield, Greasby, peg 26, 1, 13 (1).