Pairs League Round 4 (Evening)
The first evening match of the year was fished in dry, if somewhat blustery conditions with the heavy rain from the previous night and into the afternoon putting the fish down. We all know consistency is the name of the game in a pairs match and this one certainly proved that point. It was the New Halwill Hustlers with creditable bags of silvers from Nathan Underwood and Ian Gray that saw them squeak unto first place by half a point, although their weights indicated a greater margin of victory. The Brendon All Stars continued their meteoric rise up the league with Matt Sampson and Tony Hilias finding the bits to take a creditable second place. The biggest net of the evening went to Simon Hockaday of the Codfathers who found four slabs from peg 30 in the Second Basin for a net of close on 20lbs. However, partner Len Codlin struggled along with everyone else in the Lower Basin seeing the team finishing in 3rd on the night. Adrian Hill was top weight in the Lower Basin but it was very close with partner Peter Giles needing only half an ounce more to push the Pirates into third place to displace the Codfathers, but it was not to be on the night although they are still the league leaders.
League challengers Me and My Boy had an 'off' night finishing equal 6th with New Team Faint Heart and the Tiscott Boys. We also saw a valiant effort from new team Carp or Bust but the conditions were not in their favour this time, much to all the other teams relief.
The next match on the 24th June clashes with England's last qualifying round in the World Cup, so we are expecting a monster turn out as its got to be better than watching England!
| Team | Angler 1 | Weight 1 | Peg | Angler 2 | Weight 2 | Peg | Pts | |
| 1 | The New Halwill Hustlers | I Gray | 6lb 12ozs | 17 | N Underwood | 11lb 5oz | 32 | 18 |
| 2 | The Brendon All Stars | M Sampson | 6lb 5ozs | 19 | T Hilias | 6lb 3oz | 35 | 17.5 |
| 3 | The Codfathers | L Codlin | 3lb 15ozs | 15 | S Hockaday | 19lb 4oz | 30 | 15 |
| 4 | The Bude Bay Pirates | A Hill | 7lb 10oz | 20 | P Giles | 6lb 3oz | 34 | 14.5 |
| 5 | The Lager Louts | A Larkins | 3lb 13ozs | 18 | K Hill | 6lb 10oz | 33 | 11 |
| 6 | Me and My Boy | S Allen | 6lb 1ozs | 16 | D Allen | 4lb 13oz | 31 | 10 |
| 6 | New Team Faint Heart | D Edwards | 4lb 12ozs | 13 | D Turner | 5lb 2oz | 28 | 10 |
| 6 | The Tiscott Boys | T Johns | 5lb 3ozs | 11 | P Braund | 4lb 14oz | 26 | 10 |
| 9 | Old Guys | D Foster | 1lb | 14 | G Pessell | 3lb 11oz | 28 | 4 |
| 10 | Carp or Bust | Herbie | - | 12 | M Pepperell | - | 27 | 0 |
Pairs League (No. of Matches in Brackets)
| Pos. | Team | Points | |
| 1 | The Bude Bay Pirates | (4) | 31.5 |
| 2 | New Halwill Hustlers | (4) | 30.5 |
| 3 | The Cod Fathers | (4) | 29 |
| 4 | Me and My Boy | (4) | 27 |
| 5 | New Team Faint Heart | (4) | 19.5 |
| 6 | The Brendon All Stars | (4) | 18.5 |
| 7 | Tiscott Boys | (4) | 13.5 |
| 8 | Lager Louts | (3) | 11 |
| 9 | Old Guys | (4) | 8.5 |
| 10 | Norma/Len H | (1) | 1 |
| 11 | Carp or Bust | (1) | 0 |