Sunday 16th March - Winter League R8
Jan Pethic and Johnny Coney Memorial Match
The cold nights put an end to the recent good form of the canal with anglers struggling to put any kind of bag together, and half the field blanking, many without even a bite!
Andy Southy stuck to the tip off peg 16 and found the skimmers, ammassing a winning bag of 9lbs 3ozs. Simon Allen bucked the trend above Falcon bridge with 7lb 13ozs off the Brendon Car park tree stump peg (23) that included two good bream, securing second place and the Winter League Championship. No other angler in this section caught, although Dick Turner did hook a 4lb bream early doors, only to lose it at the net. Mark Gratton banked 7lbs 2ozs off end peg 13 to round out the podium in third.
Tony Johns won the Lower Basin section, and with no other catches in the upper section the prize went uncollected. It could have been worse had Karl Yates and Steve Whitehouse not caught in the dying minutes of the contest, Karl a 2lb 3oz bream and Steve with a surprise 1lb 5oz chub.
Full Result:
| Angler | Weight | Peg | ||
| 1st | Andy Southey | 9lb 3oz | 16 | |
| 2nd | Simon Allen | 7lb 13ozs | 23 | |
| 3rd | Mark Gratton | 7lb 2ozs | 13 | |
| 4th | Tony Johns | 2lb 9ozs | 17 | |
| 5th | Karl Yates | 2lb 3ozs | 19 | |
| 6th | Steve Whitehouse | 1lb 5ozs | 20 | |
| 7th | Ian Gray | 10ozs | 15 | |
| 8th | Wayne Barnard | 6ozs | 14 | |
| 9th | Paul Braund | DNW | 26 | |
| 10th | Len Hancock | DNW | 28 | |
| 11th | Dick Turner | DNW | 24 | |
| 12th | Dave Allen | DNW | 27 | |
| 13th | Rob Fuller | DNW | 29 | |
| 14th | Phil Eagen | DNW | 25 | |
| 15th | Matt Sampson | DNW | 22 | |
| 16th | Alfie Yates (J) | DNW | 18 |
Winter League 2024/25 Final:
| Angler | No. Mtchs | Points | |
| 1st | Simon Allen | 7 | 102 |
| 2nd | Paul Braund | 8 | 90 |
| 3rd | Steve Whitehouse | 7 | 81 |
| 4th | Mark Gratton | 8 | 73 |
| 5th | Ian Gray | 8 | 71 |
| 6th | Andy Southey | 8 | 69 |
| 7th | Steve Maynard | 4 | 46 |
| 8th | Len Hancock | 8 | 43 |
| 9th | Dick Turner | 5 | 43 |
| 10th | Tony Hillas | 3 | 42 |
| 11th | Ady Larkins | 5 | 42 |
| 12th | Tony Johns | 6 | 37 |
| 13th | Wayne Barnard | 3 | 37 |
| 14th | Ryan Willshire | 2 | 34 |
| 15th | Dave Allen | 7 | 32 |
| 16th | Brian Powel | 3 | 30 |
| 17th | Karl Yates | 3 | 26 |
| 18th | Adrian Hill | 4 | 24 |
| 19th | Rob Fuller | 3 | 24 |
| 20th | Dean Ferris | 2 | 18 |
| 21st | Andy Preston | 1 | 17 |
| 22nd | Mike Bowden | 2 | 17 |
| 23rd | Phil Eagen | 7 | 12 |
| 24th | Ade Hicks | 2 | 10 |
| 25th | Matt Sampson | 2 | 9 |
| 26th | Colin Abbot | 4 | 6 |
| 27th | Alfie Yates (J) | 3 | 3 |
| 28th | Tom Daniels | 1 | 1 |