This year’s Drennan Cup runner up was Stephen Gibbons who landed himself a record 9 weekly awards and banks himself £1000.
It was an exceptional season for many anglers, but Stephen certainly stood out from the rest, accumulating a massive 9 weekly awards during the 24/25 season, the most any single angler has ever been awarded!
Stephens’s weekly awards included an 11lb 14oz tench, 6lb 3oz eel, rudd of 3lb 5oz and 3lb 9oz, river roach of 2lb 8oz 8dr and 2lb 10oz, a 3lb 2oz grayling, a stillwater 3lb 4oz roach and then a Dorset Stour 7lb 15oz chub.
He told us “I would like to say congratulations to Steve – to see an eel of that magnitude is mind boggling and I have the upmost respect for anglers who catch them. As it happens, the highlight of my season was catching a 6lb 3oz eel, and nothing could beat that feeling of sharing it with my good friend Jack Sales. It’s an honour to finish second and have such a great season, in which I couldn’t do much more! Thank you to Drennan for running the event along with all at the Angling Times. Also, congratulations to all the anglers who caught some magnificent fish this season.”
Well done Stephen!