Fished in the Exe and Teign, the event was for the single best specimen flounder and. our very own Exe estuary produced the best catches of the day. Numerous fish were landed throughout from, Shelly Beach, Bull Hill and the Harbour View, but the winning catch was to eventually come from the Clock Tower area. Meanwhile, Brian ‘the Viking’ Reed won the booby prize for the smallest fish. At the weigh-in first place went to Andy Browning with a fish of 2lb, which also won him the best specimen pool.

Manager Seldon had warned against lethargy and complacency after a poor run in the New Year last season, but, when Ottery scored in the first minute and kept the pressure on with a penalty, it looked like the team had decided to ignore the advice. To their credit they fought themselves back into the game and dominated much of the second half, even though goalkeeper Dec Lines had to keep his team on level terms near the end with a magnificent penalty save. The introduction of the jet-heeled Henry Ho gave the team an outlet as his pace down the right gave the Otters something to worry about. The boys returned to League action with a shock as they found themselves two goals down in the first five minutes of this exciting local derby, writes Richard Seldon.