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Winter League R6 2016
Winter League Round 6, Sunday 10th January: A bonus fish between the hail and thunderstorms was the requirement for the day and Sunday's contest ended with a tale of a carp, two slabs and a mixed bag. Peter Slade and Len Hancock both had gilt edged chances to win but...
Winter League R5 2015
Winter League Round 5, Sunday 13th December: The annual Fur and Feather contest for the Brian Putt Trophy attracted 29 anglers on what was an overcast but dry day. There were a lot of small roach caught on the pinkies and bread punch but at 4 fish to the ounce...
Winter League R4 2015
Winter League Round 4, Sunday 28th November: With gale force winds (but thankfully no rain) it was always going to be tough for the brave souls who entered the match. It was a day for the carp with our hard fighting friends featuring in all of the top four weights...
Winter League R3 2015
Winter League Round 3, Sunday 15th November: It was the first tough match of the winter as the fish were slow to respond to the bait going into the water. Many anglers in the Second Basin had to resort to single pinkie to eek out a few ounces with the...
Winter League R2 2015
Winter League Round 2, Sunday 1s November: This match turned into the Lower Basin slab show as the big bream finally made an appearance in the deeper water. However, it was not until the final couple of hours that the Lower Basin came to life with the slabs and skimmers...
Winter League R1 2015
Winter League Round 1, Sunday 18th October: It was a surprise that no big carp were not brought to the bank in Sundays competition. However, they were feeding with four fish lost between the top three and Tony Johns loosing two fish from peg 13 (or 'carp corner'). Shaun Stenton...
Summer League R10 (Final) 2015
Summer League Round 10, Reg Howard Trophy Sunday 4th October: Matt Samson made it two matches on the bounce with victory in the Reg Howard Trophy, traditionally the closing contest of the Summer League. As ever you needed a carp to feature (the top 4 all bagging a bonus carp)...
Penultimate (and revised) Summer League
Summer League Round Table as at 14th September: Apologies for the errors we have uncovered. I have been back through all the results and revised them so we have an updated league table going into the final round. The eagle eyed amongst you will notice it is mainly points added...
Pairs League Final 2015
Pairs League Round 9 (Final) Revised after Stewards Enquiry! It was an incredibly close finish that saw the Halwill Hustlers defeat the defending champions Me and My Boy by two points even though they finished equal last. Dave Allen won the Second Basin section winning the all important bonus point...
Summer League R9 2015
Summer League Round 9, Sunday 13th September: The annual wag 'n' mag only contest saw 188lbs of fish brought to the scales at an average of 9lbs 4ozs per angler. Given there were a few carp and even fewer bream banked a very large number of fish were caught including...
Pairs League R1 September 2015
Pairs League Round 1 Sunday 24th April Whalesborough Lake and the Hele Bridge Stock Pond provided the two sections for this opening competition of the new season. Whilst the large predicted bags of carp did not materialise from the lake there was plenty of action with four weights over the...
Summer league R8 2015
Summer League Round 8, Sunday 23rd August: The overnight rain and opening of the lock gate paddles left a highly coloured canal and in this roach and rudd only match made these fish difficult to find. It was short pole tactics in the Lower Basin that won out with Ian...
Summer League R7 2015
Summer League Round 7, Sunday 16th August: Fishing paste 'down the side' Ian Croxton bagged a 13lb and 5lb carp early doors to win the annual Charity match from Lower Basin peg 20. Simon Allen did it the hard way with a 17lbs bag of the redfins taken 'up in...
Pairs League R7 - Stu Bell Trophy
Pairs League Round 7 - Stu Bell Trophy Sunday 9th August The expected 20lb bags of skimmers did not materialise as anglers struggled to find fish on the long pole and groundbait. Going for the carp was the answer and this paid off for Duncan Edwards on peg 13 who...
Summer League R6 2015
Summer League Round 6, Sunday 26th July: What is it with this summer? Another three hours fishing in torrential rain, so much so they had to open the Lock Gate paddles to let some water out the canal! Nathan Underwood got amongst the carp to win the contest with top...