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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. Nathan Underwood…

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 lucky ones tempting a bonus …

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 starting…

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 fished the…

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) and…

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 and it…

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…

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 some big perch which was…

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 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 Gray fishing the four meter…

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 the water' from peg 32.…

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 netted two…

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 weight of 33lbs from the…

Summer League Round 5, Sunday 12th July: The summer again failed to show on Sunday as the 23 anglers fishing for the Martin Group Services Shield endured 5 hours of persistent rain. The result was a one/two for the Allen family with Simon Allen pipping father Dave by 9ozs for the win.  Simon…

Pairs League Round 6 - Tuesday 7th July With a heavy shower at the start and blustery conditions throughout it was a struggle to find the silvers.  It was a tie in the Lower Basin with Matt Sampson and Pete Slade netting 19lb 8ozs of carp, but it was Pete's partner Dick Turner who 's 7lbs of…