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Sunday 24th April Jack Crystal had to borrow a landing net after fogetting his own and was soon onto the 'lumps' fishing pellet dwen the edge to take a succession of carp to easily win the Lake section (his best 10lb fish just fitting into the net!). The going was harder in the Middle Pound for…

Si Allen (peg 16) knocked out London Tone Hillas (peg 17) with over 30lbs of bream skimmers and silvers, Tone had a creditable 16lbs 10zs.  Both alternated between long and short pole.  

Last Chance Match - Sunday 3rd April 1.  Steve White House          10lb 13ozs    Peg 19 2.  Dick Turner                       9lb 12ozs     Peg 20 3.  Andy Southey …

Sunday 27th March Winter League R10 Jan Pethick and Johnny Coney Memorial Trophy It was decided again to close up the peg distances in the Lower Basin to get ten anglers into this productive section (peg 1 =20 to peg 10=13).  Adrian 'Sailor' Hill took full advantage of drawing peg 5 (mid-Lower…

Sunday 6th March With twelve anglers it was decided to peg everyone between pegs 12 and 20, which at least saw the majority of anglers find a few fish. Simon Allen managed to tempt a few slabs using worm over groudbait on the long pole and with a number additional silvers easily won with 15lbs 4ozs…

Winter League Round 8: Sunday 27th February: After a breakfast conference it was decided to give the Rodds Bridge section a go after Adrian Hill raised it as the 'Elephant in the Room' option, so we are all blaming Adrian for what followed!  With clearish water and a bright sun it was…

Winter League Round 7: Sunday 13th February: It was decided to use the sections 1-20 to see if the deeper water from 3 to 11 would produce better results than the Second Basin.  However, it turned out to be a difficult day for those in the narrows as the Upper Basin returned the first…

BCAA took delivery of fish from the Environment Agency's Calverton fishery located in Nottingham on Monday 24th January, Guy Pessel, Adrian Hill and Matt Sampson were on hand to carry the fish the short distance from the Truck to the Pound.  The fish were all stocked into the Middle Pound…

Winter League Round 6: Sunday 9th January: What a difference a week makes with the roach absent in what turned into a real scratching contest.  It was the anglers who managed to pick up the odd skimmer who made the frame with the prediced roach catches on  Whoopers Bend (pegs 13 to…

Winter League Round 5: Sunday 19th December: The roach were back with avengence in the Lower Basin with a number of anglers catching over 100 redfins.  However, it was a carp of 8lbs that boosted Mark Gratton's weight to over 12lbs for the victory off end peg 12 (fair do's, Mark had said…

Winter League Round 4: Sunday 28th November: This was a match dominated by quality bream as the smaller fish that had been in evidence earlier in the week were just not interested on the day.  Matt Sampson held onto the pole in windy conditions to bank a near 10lb bag of skimmers for the win…

Winter League Round 3: Sunday 7th November: For once it was an even split between the two Basins and surprisingly it was the Second Basin that came out on top.  At the equivalent match last year everyone in the Second Basin blanked with no one having a bite! It was no surprise that Simon…

Winter League Round 2: Sunday 24th October: It was a bream fest off pegs 15 and 16 as the Allens bagged up on the slabs that everyone thought were no longer in the canal.  Simon managed to bag some quality 'bronzer' slabs and a bonus  1lb 4oz silver bar,  alternating between pole…

Winter League Round 1:  Paul Drissell Memorial Trophy:  Sunday 10th October: The bumber turnout for the first holding of the Paul Drissell Memorial Trophy was greated with light winds, sunshine and high expectations. As ever, eveyone wanted to draw red but it was John Townsend on green…

Pairs League - Round 8 - Sunday 3rd October After the dissapointment of Middle Pound it was decided to experiment by fishing the narrows section from Rodds Bridge towards Whoopers Bend. A win on the Lake by Simon Allen with 28lbs was needed to secure the league victory for Me and My Boy by 1 point…