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Monica Jones Cup
Summer League Round 1: The opening contest of the season was a mirror image of last year with the Lower Basin failing to produce the expected slabs, the only difference this time was the winning peg (no.33 last year). Dave 'End Peg' Allen was on no.34 and took a succession...
Pairs League R3 2014
With the continued patchy fishing at Whalesborough Lake it was decided to fish Hele Bridge Stock Pond and Middle Pound Sections of the canal. Dave Allen drew fancied peg 9 from the Middle Pound but only just took the top weight in the section by an ounce from Peter Giles...
Pairs League R2 2014
For the second pairs match running it was a struggle in the Whalesborough Lake section with most of the larger weights being attributable to carp. The Middle Pound section improved on the last match with some good bags of silvers being produced. Len Codlin had top weight in the Middle...
Pairs League R1 2014
The first of this years Pairs matches was fished at Whalesborough Lake and the Middle Pound. It was not the outcome expected with anglers struggling to catch on the Lake whilst Middle Pound on the whole produced the expected catches of roach. It was a last minute decision by Simon...
Website Update
Colleagues, Apologies or the protracted delay in getting the website back to a useable state. It is still not fully functioning but I am getting there. However, I am using the self help and diagnostic advice available on the tinterweb so its slow going. Please stay patient and hopefully we...
Winter League R8 2014
Result Sunday 23rd February. On yet another blustery Sunday it was a struggle to keep the bait in the water and yet again a few poles broke under the strain. Simon Allen amassed 11lbs of silvers from peg 20 using the short whip and maggot to good effect. The victory...
Winter League R6 2014
Report From Sunday 26th The season of bad weather continued with anglers battling high winds and showers, so much so pegs 1 and 2 were located to the rear of Falcon Car Park to take advantage of the shelter afforded by the fir trees. Simon Allen managed to hang on...
Winter League R5 2014
Report From Sunday 12th The canal reverted to type with a typical winter match seeing those in the Second Basin struggle all day and the slabs showing from the Lower Basin in the last hour to reward the patient and frustrate the sprat bashers. Dick Turner found two slab bream...
Fur and Feather 2013
Sunday 15th December, Fur and Feather, - Winter League Round 4 No one wanted to draw the second basin but on a blustery and wet day Tony Hilias banked 5lbs of silvers on the wag n mag in the first two hours that would would see him home to victory...
Winter League R3 2013
Sunday 8th December - Winter League Round 3 With 30 minutes to go and bites few and far between, Simon Allen was in the lead with a net of silvers taken on the long pole. However, in the gathering gloom Len Codlin landed a slab to see him pull clear...
Winter League R2 2013
Sunday 24th November - Winter League Round 2 The match was effectively won with the first two casts of the match as Simon Allen banked a 13lb and 9lb carp on the tip from consecutive casts. However, Simon became increasingly worried as Ian Gray began to land a succession of...
Winter League R1 2013
Sunday 10th November - Winter League Round 1 The car park 'knowledge' that you would need a Lower Basin Draw following heavy overnight rain to frame later in the day proved correct. Duncan Edwards on peg 17 got off to a flyer using the 11 metre pole with dead maggot...
Pairs League R6 2013
Pairs League Final Round (6) This had to be the closest to fishing in a hurricane as you can get. The gale force winds saw Duncan Edwards start on the tip and the method paid dividends with two carp (best 13lbs) and some skimmer bream to win the Second Basin...
Summer League R9 2013
Sunday 13th October - Summer League Round 9 This was a contest decided by big carp rather than the predicted slabs. Kevin Hill netted a string of carp to 11lbs from end peg 34 to take his first victory for the year, the fish fell to pole fished paste. Quiver...
Summer League R8 2013
Sunday 15th September - Summer League Round 8 (Reg Howard Trophy) The forecast of increasingly worsening weather proved correct with the match ending in torrential rain and gale force winds. On the day you really needed to be pegged in the Lower Basin to feature with the first six top...