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Sunday 16th September - Summer League R8 Reg Howard Cup It was no surprise that the fine weather and light winds would see the largest bags coming from the Lower Basin, and those drawing 'red' duly delivered with the top 5 weights coming from this section.  The top three had a look of the…

Sunday 1st September - Summer league R7 - Phyllis Turner Trophy Roach and Rudd Match With the 'maggot drought' ongoing it was only a few anglers who had maggots or pinkies as a bait choice, the rest were trusting to bread, Hemp, sweetcorn and even rice!   Adrian Hill used his favoured…

Sunday 18th August- Summer League R6 - Martin Group Services Shield With 20 anglers attending Sunday's competition the Bird Hide section was included and recieved with a mixed reception!  However, the visions of double figure bags for those drawing the bottom basin were dashed 'early doors' in…

Sunday 4th August - Pairs League Final Round Stu Bell Trophy A depleted number of Teams saw a tense end to the pairs season with the Bude Bay Pirates and Lynstone Lads tieing for the win as no two anglers could put together a concisive team result.  The one and a half points secured by Me and…

Sunday 21st July - Summer League R5 It was a one two for the Allen's with Si Allen junior winning from Dave Allen senior by a 2lb margin.  Fishing off end peg 13 Si bagged up on skimmers using the long pole and also banked a 13lb carp (although only counting 5lbs).  At the other end…

Pairs League:  Tuesday 9th July Apologies for the very late publication:   Peg Lower Basin   Peg Upper Basin     Pts 1st 14 Simon Allen 9lb 5ozs 31 Dave Allen   7lb 11ozs 14 2nd 19 Tone Johns 8lb 6ozs 30 Phil Eagen   2lb 9ozs 8 2nd 16 Ady Larkins 5lb 12ozs…

Sunday 7th July  Charity Match - Summer League R4. Andy Southey dominated the competition bagging a succession of skimmers and a couple of quality bream to bring 17lbs10ozs to the scales.  Andy alternated between his favoured tip tactics and the pole from peg 18 to keep the fish coming…

Tuesday 25th June Pairs League R4 - Evening Match It was an evening where two Teams managed to put it all together and an ounce or less decided the outcome of the top three positions.  After large bags of silvers on Sunday it was a case of back to reality as 'big beasts' were not in feeding…

Sunday 23rd June - Summer League Round 3 - B&R Autospares Trophy, Wag and Mag Only It was a Lower Basin shut out with the top three weights all coming from that section, and the top four finishing anglers making thier first appearances in this years summer league. Matt Sampson bagged 31lbs of…

2024 Singles Knock Out Draw With just under two weeks before the end of R1 here are the results so far: 30th June                                                   …

Tuesday 11th June 2024:  Pairs League (Eve) It was a tough evening with a persistant, strong and cold northerly wind all through the contest.  The big slabs were absent again but there were silvers and a few decent skimmers brought to the bank with the odd tench and a small carp making an…

9th June 2024 Summer League R2 - Tom King Trophy This was one of the closest contests in many years as 3ozs seperated the top three.  With the bream in no mood to play an 8lb bag of silvers was enough to make the podium.  Tony Hillas must have fancied his chances from end peg 35 but…

Tuesday 28th May Pairs League - Evening Match - R2 It was a close affair in the Second Basin with a tie for the section win between Bo and Paul Braund with 6lb 7ozs apiece.  Bo fished the tip to bag a few quality fish from peg 35 whilst Paul fished the whip to bag skimmers, eels and silvers…

Summer League Round 1 - Sunday 26th May 2024 Monica Jones Cup A day of showers and sunshine greated the anglers competing for the Association's oldest trophy at the start of the 2024 league season. Paul Braund managed to capitalise on drawing end peg 35, fishing the 4 meter whip to bank 13lbs of…

2024 Pairs Knock Out Draw Dates indicate when each round should be completed.   30th June   4th August   8th Sept 6th Oct             Andy Southey           Mark Gratton             V…