David E Stevens was the runner up at the Fisherman of the Year Competition 2010

David E Stevens was the runner up at the Fisherman of the Year Competition 2010. David did amazingly well. In the Semi Finals on Friday he only lost by under 1 second. He was by far the fastest splicer in the competition both in the Semis & in the Final. On finding out that the finals were to be at 1230 on the Saturday his was prepared to attend & risk missing his flight from Glasgow Airport at 1430! It was a close call, with David having to leave the SECC as soon as the competition had finished.

On the day of the final, he was very gracious & supplied Crew 2 Crew with invaluable information on Cornish Fishing. In the final he lost the practical part of the competition by an even smaller margin than the Semi…it was a photo finish with only thousandths of a second in it.



He unfortunately lost on the head to head question & answer section. He was magnanimous in defeat & even though he had to rush to get his flight, he took the time to congratulate John Buchan the Winner.

The first image here has David mending the nets. the second image is of David putting on the lifejacket. At this point of the compeition, there was absolutely nothing between David & John. Indeed it was probably the closest finish to any competition I had ever seen. At this point the crowd were really getting behind all the competitors.



He was a worthy finalist & a credit not only to Cornish Fishermen but to all Fishermen in general.



Please find a link to Davids website Here