(Draw: 8:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 3:00pm)
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Sparsholt students only using railway bank fished this match.
- 1st place: James Oxford [21 Lbs 3 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 2nd place: Sam Moore [17 Lbs 3 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 3rd place: Joe Rose [14 Lbs 9 Oz -1 Dr ]
- 4th place: Jamie Stansford [14 Lbs 1 Oz 0 Dr ]
(Draw: 8:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 3:00pm)
12 fished this Farnham MG match using pegs 10-21 following a day of heavy rain and a very cold night. Bites were at a premium and Dave Johnson on end peg 10 won with 14.2.0 from Chris Ludlow on peg 10 who banked 9.13.0. Third was Mark Gillam with 9.6.0 and fourth Ian Spitz on peg 14 with 9.3.0.
- 1st place: Dave Johnson [14 Lbs 2 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 2nd place: Chris Ludlow [9 Lbs 13 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 3rd place: Mark Gillam [9 Lbs 6 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 4th place: Ian Spitz [9 Lbs 3 Oz 0 Dr ]
(Draw: 8:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 4:00pm)
D.A.C.E. the Disabled Angling Club of Ealing enjoyed a match at the dam end of Busbridge lake. First on the day was Arthur Bunning fishing peg 39 for 22lb of Bream & Tench on the pole using soft hooker pellets. Second on peg 40 was Walter Hendry with 6lbs from Frank Austin on peg 4 and Brian Massingham on peg 3
- 1st place: Arthur Bunning [22 Lbs 15 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 2nd place: Walter Hendry [6 Lbs 3 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 3rd place: Frank Austin [4 Lbs 8 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 4th place: Brian Massingham [3 Lbs 4 Oz 0 Dr ]
(Draw: 8:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 3:00pm)
Sadly nobody from Woking entered this Over 60s match at Busbridge so the honours were all Godalming. Brian Wallis won from peg 38 with15lb including a six pound Tench. Dave Lake took second with13lb from peg 11 and Andy Love was third from peg34 with 11lb.
- 1st place: Brian Wallis [15 Lbs 6 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 2nd place: Dave Lake [13 Lbs 14 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 3rd place: Andy Love [11 Lbs 12 Oz 0 Dr ]
(Draw: 8:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 3:00pm)
This over 60s match with Woking at Cobbetts was well attended this year with 16 tacking part. Perry Gray won the day with 11lb fromWil Spurling who managed7lb. There was a tie for third between Brian Stevens and Pete Repton both on 5lb. As is customary on this event all the competitors took home a meat prize supplied this year by hosts Woking .
- 1st place: Perry Gray [11 Lbs 6 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 2nd place: Wil Spurling [7 Lbs 10 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 3rd place: Brian Stevens / Pete Repton [5 Lbs 0 Oz 0 Dr ]
(Draw: 9:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 3:00pm)
This pairs match was the last of the season. Lythe Hill provided a change of scene for the regulars and the fishing proved to be very different too!
The lake is full of small carp and these were easy targets on the maggot alongside small roach. Dave and Michael Ewing targeted the bigger fish on pellet and ran out clear winners with 20lb 13 including two carp over 5lb for dad Dave.
The Hackman family filled second and third spots with small fish nets and Cameron and Malcolm fourth.
Thanks to lee Hazell and Haslemere club for the use of the venue. It was greatly appreciated!
- 1st place: David & Michael Ewing [20 Lbs 13 Oz ]
- 2nd place: Leo And Rob Hackman [2 Lbs 8 Oz ]
- 3rd place: Dee And Zak Hackman [2 Lbs 1 Oz ]
(Draw: 8:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 3:00pm)
With the river in full flood and much of the lock cutting towpaths under water, we transferred to Marsh Farm Richardson Lake. After a frosty start the warm sunshine triggered algae floating up from the bottom. As on previous occasions that this has happened, the fishing was very hard and in fact only one of the thirteen competitors caught anything. The winner and only catcher was Andy Rogers with one bite producing a 2lb Tench.
- 1st place: Andy Rogers [2 Lbs 8 Oz 0 Dr ]
(Draw: 8:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 3:00pm)
Just Eight pairs fished this latest open moved onto the Cattershall Cuts due to poor river conditions and very strong winds on the day. Frankie Bevan and Dave Lake ran out winners the a total of 6 pts beating Henty Golas and Andy Love on second with 9 pts. Third pair were Ken Cardwell and Dave Woolgar on 9 pts also but inferior weight. Fourth were Colin Underwood and Chris Kampa. Individuals were Henry Golas 2.9.0, Colin Underwood 1.3.0 and Max Calverley 1.2.0.
- 1st place: Frank Bevan / Dave Lake 6pts []
- 2nd place: Henry Golas / Andy Love 9pts []
- 3rd place: Ken Cardwell / Dave Woolgar 9pts []
- 4th place: Colin Underwood / Chris Kampa 10pts []
(Draw: 8:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 3:00pm)
Eleven pairs turned out for the final match on the river this season, although no rain during the week the water levels and flow rates fluctuated wildly over the weekend. 12inches down on Saturday evening then normal on Sunday morning only to speed up and drop another 9 inches during the day, needless to say the fishing was vey poor with over half the field blanking. Dave lake and Frank bevan made the most of a good draw with Dave on 61 in Salgasson taking a single Bream and a Roach totalling 2lb and Frank on peg 1 in Firs with a few Perch and Dace for 4lb. Second pair were Brian Stevens and Jim Findlay with a total weight between them of 5oz but megger section points.Third went to Barry Stevens and Rory Kingerley, Rory blanked but Barry won the Firs section from just past the manor with two Chub. Bob Percy and son Jason tied for third on pts but with Bob blanking and Jason winning the Salgasson section with a Chub of 3lb they missed out on weight.
- 1st place: Dave & Frank 4pts []
- 2nd place: Brian & Jim 10pts []
- 3rd place: Barry & Rory 12pts []
- 4th place: Bob & Jason 12pts []
(Draw: 8:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 3:00pm)
This match was fished on a mild but very windy day and being a pairs match we used two sections. Lower Common Meadows and Broadford Bridge, Both fished very differently with a few big Chub dominating Broadford but loads of Roach and Dace at Lower Common. Mick Redman and Richard McGuinn won with 4 section points, Richard on the "Bottle bank" at Lower Common won the section with a great all Dace catch of 11.12.0 and Mick took a Chub and a few Dace at Broadford for 3rd in section. Hot on their heels were Frank Bevan and Dave lake, Frank third in section near the join with 5.11.0 of Roach and Dace in Lower Common and Dave with a Chub and bits for second in section at Broadford giving them a total of 5pts. Chris Kampa and Colin Underwood were third with 7pts and Brice Kearney and Steven Doyle fourth with 8pts.
- 1st place: Mick / Richard 4pts []
- 2nd place: Frank / Dave 5pts []
- 3rd place: Chris / Colin 7pts []
- 4th place: Bryce / Steven 8pts []
(Draw: 8:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 3:00pm)
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- 1st place: John Taylor [6 Lbs 3 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 2nd place: Barrie Stephens [3 Lbs 15 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 3rd place: Colin Underwood [3 Lbs 1 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 4th place: Frank Bevan [2 Lbs 0 Oz 0 Dr ]
(Draw: 8:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 3:00pm)
32 fished this latest open match on the hottest day of the year so far with temperatures reaching 24c with light winds. The far bank proved to be the place to be with the top four coming from there. Ian Dixon on peg 47 ran out the winner fishing the pellet feeder to take Tench, Bream and bits for 46 lbs. Brian Stevens nearby on 49 pole fished casters over groundbait and a second line with pellet for a bag of mainly Crucians with a few Tench and Bream for good measure for 31lb. Charlie Salmon on 44 and John Brounley on 53 were third and fourth.
- 1st place: Ian Dixon [46 Lbs 14 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 2nd place: Brian Stephens [31 Lbs 0 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 3rd place: Charlie Salmon [29 Lbs 6 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 4th place: John Brownley [27 Lbs 10 Oz 0 Dr ]
(Draw: 8:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 3:00pm)
This match was transferred to Richardson as the original venue on the river at Firs Bridge was flooded, making fishing impossible.
Richardson proved very hard on a cold day and there were several blanks amongst the nine hardy souls that fished. Chris Kampa won the day with a couple of Tench backed up with a few Skimmers and Roach.
- 1st place: Chris Kampa [8 Lbs 12 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 2nd place: Andy Rogers [3 Lbs 8 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 3rd place: Colin Underwood [1 Lbs 8 Oz 0 Dr ]
(Draw: 8:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 3:00pm)
The final round of the summer league was fished by 21 on a cool cloudy and windy day. Out of the wind John Wilkins on peg 25 caught from the off and weighed 48lb for the win taking Bream and Tench. Andy Rogers on peg 5 fished the wagg and magg and ended up with 32lb and second. Roy Fiander on peg 9 had a late run to finish on 28lb for third just beating Tony Meddlecott on peg 1 who also had 28lb. Sections were Tony Meddlecott 28.2.0, Ian Covey 15.8.0 and Paul Field 26.2.0. The final league top six were Bryce Kearney 65pts, Colin Sax 46pts, John Wilkins 45pts,Tony Meddlecot 41pts, Chris Kampa 39pts and Roger Howe 37pts.For full final league result see league tables page
- 1st place: John Wilkins [48 Lbs 10 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 2nd place: Andy Rogers [32 Lbs 13 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 3rd place: Roy Fiander [28 Lbs 10 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 4th place: Tony Meddlecott [28 Lbs 2 Oz 0 Dr ]
(Draw: 9:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 3:00pm)
It was a good day for all 9 who turned out as everyone caught. Best of all was Dave Johnson on peg 3 who had a mix of roach, rudd, skimmers, tench, crucians and topped with a 3lb 10oz mirror carp for 25lb+. He lost a bigger one on his roach rig! Bait was pinkie and caster. Next best was Frank Bevan, opposite on peg 15, who weighed in an all roach, rudd weight of 13lb 14ozs, which included a roach of over 1,5lb! Third was Keith Wickens who had a perch of approx., 1.5lb in his mixed bag of 10lb 8oz.
- 1st place: Dave Johnson [25 Lbs 3 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 2nd place: Frank Bevan [13 Lbs 14 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 3rd place: Keith Wickens [10 Lbs 8 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 4th place: Scott Cross [7 Lbs 6 Oz 0 Dr ]
(Draw: 9:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 2:00pm)
7 pairs fished this closely fought competition which was run on a carp count basis with only the bigger fish being weighed. The early action was at the bottom of the rugby bank- peg 22 - where Cameron had a carp virtually first cast. however as time wore on the pegs opposite the islands started to pull way. Leo and rob Hackman on Peg 10 edged in front with three fish but Michael and David on peg 13 caught them up.
Then Leo and Rob would catch a coupe more, Michael and David pull one back in what proved a tense battle. At the end Leo and rob caught 8 carp - biggest 15lb9 - and Michael and David came second with 6 fish - biggest 14lb 9. After the early start the Rugby Bank went quiet with single fish being scored- the biggest weighing in at 15lb 3 for Callum and Richard.
A good match fished in sunny and pleasant conditions. Our next junior match is the 21st of May and we will run this as a Lads and dad's match as well. Any pair interested in fishing contact Kevin Holcombe on 07704 430685
- 1st place: Leo And Rob Hackman []
- 2nd place: David & Michael Ewing []
- 3rd place: Callum And Richard Hatley []
(Draw: 9:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 2:00pm)
The rivalry between the Hackman's and Ewing's continued with this time the Ewing pair coming out on top!
Michael and David shared peg 7 and out together 17 lb of fish mainly on the pole ( from Michael) with David adding 5 lbs of bits on the wggler. Leo and Rob fished pegs 12 and 13 with Leo netting couple of decent fish for 2lb 6 and Rob adding some bits.
Next up is the Junior summer League - starting 11th June. Remember to book in with Kevin if you want to fish the first round- phone 07704 430685 and mention MATCH.
- 1st place: Michael & David Ewing [17 Lbs 0 Oz 8 Dr ]
- 2nd place: Leo And Rob Hackman [4 Lbs 2 Oz 8 Dr ]
(Draw: 9:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 2:00pm)
It wasn’t the best match of the year for the 12 who braved the cold, but they where all rewarded with hot chocolate and a great xmas party afterwards, whether they caught or not. Hill Pond was not seen at its best for our young brigade with only 4 catching, and then not very much. Victory went to James Buckley with the massive weight of 4ozs, narrowly beating his next door neighbour Ben Barnet. James had 3 small fish to Ben’s 2 small fish… just a difference of 1oz! Other catchers included George Evans and Harry Franklin who both tied with half and ounce!
See Junior News for full report, league table and photos, courtesy of James Buckley.
- 1st place: James Buckley [0 Lbs 4 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 2nd place: Ben Barnett [0 Lbs 2 Oz 0 Dr ]
- 3rd place: Harry Franklin [0 Lbs 0 Oz 8 Dr ]
- 4th place: George Evans [0 Lbs 0 Oz 8 Dr ]
(Draw: 9:00am, Start: 10:00am, Finish: 1:00pm)
This re-scheduled Christmas match fished better than expected given the hard morning frost. All the anglers caught quality roach.
Michael Ewing fished caster at 10 metres for a runaway win with 9lb 1oz of pristine roach and rudd. Cameron Eadie was second fishing maggot for 1lb 3 and Leo Hackman third- again on maggot- with 14 oz.
All 5 competing anglers got tackle voucher prizes, hot chocolate half way through the match and a bacon roll or two at the end. And some winter sunshine to warm everyone up once the frost lifted!
- 1st place: Michael Ewing [9 Lbs 1 Oz ]
- 2nd place: Cameron Eadie [1 Lbs 3 Oz ]
- 3rd place: Leo Hackman [14 Oz ]
(Draw: 8:00am, Start: 9:00am, Finish: 12:00pm)
7 keen juniors contested the last of our Junior Summer League matches. A noticeably cooler feel to the weather kept weights lower than of late but the match was a close-fought affair.
Summer league winner Finley Tester on peg 9 found a couple of late bream to add to his bits for a winning 11lb 12oz. Cameron Eadie on 12 was second with 9lb 2 and Haydon on peg 7 third with 5lb 14.
League wise Finley triumphed again with a perfect 4 point score winning the Janaway cup. Haydon was second with 8 points and Cameron and Ralphie Shearer tied for third on 9.
This has been a great series with good attendances ad tightly fought matches and we will do it ala gain next summer!
- 1st place: Finley Tester [11 Lbs 12 Oz ]
- 2nd place: Cameron Eadie [9 Lbs 2 Oz ]
- 3rd place: Haydon [5 Lbs 14 Oz ]
