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Summer League R4 2013
Sunday 7th July - Summer League Round 4 (Martin Group Services) Simon Allen 17lb 5oz Dave Allen 9lb 9oz Adrian Hill 9lb 2oz Nathan Underwood 8lb 9oz Ian Gray 7lb 1oz Paul Braund 6lb 9oz Derek Foster 5lb 15oz Kevin Hill 5lb 7oz Simon Hockaday 4lb 11oz Tony Johns 4lb...
Pairs League R4 2013
Stu Bell Trophy The Pairs League reached the half way stage on a day you could fry an egg on the towpath and so unsurprisingly the fishing was not as fast and furious as in recent contests. With two hours to go Paul Braund's carp swim on peg 35 came...
Pairs League R3 2013
In what were excellent conditions it was the Second Basin that produced the best results with bags of silvers in what was a tight (slabless) encounter on Tuesday evening. Dick Turner had the heaviest bag of the contest, just shy of 7lbs of silvers including a 1lb 9oz perch, but...
Free introduction to coarse fishing day at Whalesborough Lake
Free introduction to coarse fishing day at Whalesborough Lake Friday 9th August 2013 – The year of family fishing fun… After the resounding success of last year’s events the Environment Agency are once again running some family introduction to coarse fishing days and will be including Whalesborough Lake as a...
Summer League R3 2013
Sunday 23rd June - Summer League Round 3 The match was fished in gale force winds of pole breaking strength (ask Sailor Hill!) and single carp early on was enough to give Duncan Edwards his first ever vistory on the canal from unfancied peg 13. As the slabs did not...
Summer League R2 2013
Sunday 16th June - Summer League Round 2 With a forecast of torrential rain from start to finish it was a low turnout for round 2, and unfortunately the weatherman was correct with everyone getting a good soaking! Simon Allen completed the double with a fine haul of silvers to...
Pairs League R2 2013
Team consistency is what it takes to win and fine individual section wins by Duncan Edwards and Ian Gray was not enough to get their respective teams into a top two finish. Alternating between the tip and the pole Duncan netted a succession of small carp and skimmers from unfancied...
Monica Jones Cup 2013
Sunday 9th June - Summer League Round 1 As often happens in the early weeks of the season the bream fail to show in significant numbers during the day and so match weights were low for the oldest trophy competition of the season compared to the recent evening contest. Fishing...
Working Parties -Balsam Pulls
Dates for Himalayan Balsam Pulls There are three Himalayan Balsam working parties over the coming weeks. These will be on: - Saturday 22nd June (Postponed) - Thursday 11th July - Saturday 20th July On each date the main meeting point will be at 10am outside the Tourist Information Centre in...
Pairs League R1 2013
The Pairs League was turned on its head as last years champions and runners up finished last and second to last in the opening round. The best fishing was in the second basin with plenty of rudd and perch showing. However, you needed slabs to frame and Ady Larkins alternated...
Presentation Evening 2013
A few photo's from the successful presentation evening are now in a folder under the photo gallery tab. I will try and work out how to get the captions to work so you know who has won what!
Last Chance Match 2013
With a biting easterly wind only six of the qualifying anglers braved the elements for their last chance of silverware this season. Fishing in the Lower Basin Kevin Hill ensured he would have something for the trophy cabinet with a winning 28lbs 7oz haul of bream and a 8lb 'bonus'...
Winter League R10 2013
In a pulsating final contest a succession of slabs from peg 30 saw Dick Turner bank a 37lb winning haul to take the Jan Pethick and Johnny Coney Memorial Trophy. With a hard fought winter league, five different anglers have held the lead at various times over the grueling winter...
Winter League R9 2013
Simon Allen with a 31lbs Winning Haul of Slabs With two sharp frosts the expected poor fishing on Sunday saw some major changes in the race for the Winter League title. Dave Allen lost a bream that proved costly as he blanked along with nine others and fell three places...
Winter League R8 2013
A superb Common Carp of 19lbs 6ozs gave Len Codlin a 4o minute battle and victory in Sundays Winter League match. Len, fishing off Peg 6 in the narrows, hooked the fish on his pole using worm as bait. Simon Hockaday continued his good form finding three slabs and a...