Summer League Round 6, Falcon Cup, Sunday 27th July:
Long standing Associate Member and visitor to Bude, Jim Escott chose not to fish against the reeds from the Bird Hide section as is the popular tactic. Instead he fished a short pole and amassed over 23lbs of skimmers on the red worm to win the Falcon Cup. Simon Allen landed a couple of carp (best 12lbs) to see him home in second spot and leapfrog Nathan Underwood to the top of the league. Duncan Edwards also made good use of a Bird Hide draw to secure third spot with an 18lbs+ bag.
Dick Turner took the Lower Basin section with a 17lb bag of skimmers that only included the one slab. Nick 'Super Emmet' West, another frequent visitor to Bude, took the Second Basin section with a 9lbs+ bag of silvers. Pete Horton rounded off a good day for the Bird Hide with a section win of 11lbs+.
In all over 209lbs of fish were landed with an average weight of 8lbs 10zs, which I think is a new canal record! Next up, everyone's favourite Trophy, see you there.
Result as Follows:
| Pos: | Angler | Lbs | ozs | Peg No. | |
| 1 | Jim Escott | 23lbs | 8oz | 47 | |
| 2 | Simon Allen | 19lbs | 4oz | 28 | |
| 3 | Duncan Edwards | 18lbs | 14oz | 44 | |
| 4 | Dick Turner | 17lbs | 5oz | 17 | |
| 5 | Paul Braund | 15lbs | 11oz | 13 | |
| 6 | Nathan Underwood | 12lbs | 11oz | 15 | |
| 7 | Pete Horton | 11lbs | 13oz | 42 | |
| 8 | Mike Bowden | 10lbs | 3oz | 16 | |
| 9 | Nick West | 9lbs | 12oz | 30 | |
| 10 | Jean Bowden | 8lbs | 12oz | 35 | |
| 11 | Dave Allen | 6lbs | 12oz | 31 | |
| 12 | Simon Hockaday | 6lbs | 10oz | 20 | |
| 13 | Matt Sampson | 6lbs | 1oz | 18 | |
| 14 | Adrian Hill | 5lb | 13oz | 14 | |
| 15 | Norman West | 5lb | 12oz | 31 | |
| 15 | Peter Giles | 5lbs | 12oz | 19 | |
| 17 | Len Codlin | 5lbs | 2oz | 46 | |
| 18 | Tony Hilias | 4lbs | 6oz | 29 | |
| 19 | Ady Larkins | 4lbs | 5oz | 27 | |
| 20 | Tony Johns | 3lbs | 14oz | 34 | |
| 21 | Kevin Hill | 3lbs | 8oz | 26 | |
| 22 | Ian Gray | 2lbs | 1oz | 43 | |
| 23 | Derek Foster | 1lbs | 7oz | 32 | |
| 24 | Len Hancock | - | 8oz | 45 | |
Summer League (No. matches fished in brackets):
| Pos: | Angler | |
| 1 | Simon Allen | 106 (6) |
| 2 | Nathan Underwood | 103.5 (6) |
| 3 | Peter Giles | 82 (6) |
| 4 | Duncan Edwards | 81 (6) |
| 4 | Pete Horton | 81 (6) |
| 6 | Dick Turner | 76 (5) |
| 7 | Ian Gray | 69.5 (6) |
| 8 | Paul Braund | 67 (5) |
| 9 | Ady Larkins | 64 (6) |
| 10 | Matt Sampson | 64 (6) |
| 11 | Dave Allen | 63 (6) |
| 12 | Mike Bowden | 57 (4) |
| 14 | Tony Johns | 49 (6) |
| 15 | Kevin Hill | 49 (6) |
| 16 | Adrian Hill | 48 (5) |
| 17 | Jean Bowden | 43 (4) |
| 18 | Paul Drissel | 42 (3) |
| 19 | Simon Hockaday | 40 (6) |
| 20 | Tony Hilias | 38 (3) |
| 21 | Ian Croxton | 34.5 (3) |
| 22 | Len Codlin | 32 (4) |
| 23 | Jim Escott | 26 (1) |
| 24 | Derek Foster | 24 (4) |
| 25 | Nick West | 16 (1) |
| 26 | Dougie Genini | 11 (4) |
| 27 | Norman West | 10 (1) |
| 28 | Len Hancock | 7 (3) |
| 29 | Wayne Burnard | 3 (1) |