Round two of the annual Audco league saw a different winner, following Gerrys opeining win on the canal.  This week series new comer Stefan Davies took the top spot with an impressive paitent display of up in the water fishing. He finished the match strongly and just pipped Rich Cavey into 2nd.  The fishing was hard for many of the Anglers. Last hour saw a bit of a run  . .  . 

1) Stefan Davies - 53lb 1oz 

2) Rich Cavey - 46lb 10oz 

3) Gerry Powell  - 35lb 11oz 

4) Dave Jones - 30lb 2oz 

The match was originally due to be on Long Lane Pool, but it was moved due to high water levels on Long Lane. The venue fished O.K with Tench and Bream coming out, Mick Keen lost a few fish, but managed to frame.  Richard Cavey took the spoils on the day with another win on venue he normally does well on . . . 

1) Rich Cavey - 23lb 10oz 

2) Stefan Davies  - 22lb 10oz 

3) Mick Keeno Keen - 15lb 15oz 

Windy conditions greeted the anglers on Sunday, with 12 Anglers turning up for round 1. It was a hardly contested match, reignning champ Gerry took top spot on the day with 4lb.  Stu Miles had a good half match until a pole break stopped in his tracks just over half way point.  Two sections of pole we're lost to the canal!  Dave Burton was 2nd on to round 2 on 21st April (Melverley farm). 

Nigel missed the match following his recent accident, but thankfully is now home and on the mend. 

1) Gerry Powell - 4lb 10oz 

2) Dave Burton - 2lb 15oz 

3) Simon Dromgool - 2lb 7-8 

4) Phil Bowen - 2lb 1oz 

The latest club match on Bearcroft Pool saw better drier coniditions, following months of rain!  The Fishing continues to be hard, but a decent turn out enjoyed some spring fishing . . . 

1) Dave Jones (Peg 10) - 11lb 4oz 

2) Bob Pritchard (Peg 11) - 6lb 

3) Pete Lee (Peg 6) - 5lb 8oz 

The first Long Lane match mid weeker was contested on Weds, with the pool carrying a lot of extra Water due to all the persistent months of rain!  Numbers we're capped due to the peg conditions.  Steph again took the top spot with a fine cool water catch of peg 4 and the venue fished reasonbly well  . . . 

1) Steph - 78lb 12oz

2) Rich Cavey - 46lb 5oz 

3) Mick Keene - 42lb 12oz 

Also mention for Phil Bowen who had a nice bag of Silvers with many Roach over 12oz's (15lb 6oz).  So good days fishing for the guys. 

Some of the club match men fished the canal on Saturday and faired better than many on the Silver match (same day results below) . . . 

1) Eric Cooper (Peg 7) - 11lb 2oz 

2) Tony Elsdon (Peg 3) - 4lb 14oz 

3) Mick Price  (Peg 9) - 3lb 11oz 

The 3rd Silver match of 24 was held on Saturday on the Telford venue. A sell out turnout endured very hard fishing with around 7 people not weighing in. Steph won the match with a late flurry of Skimmers in last 40 mins . .  

1) Stef (Peg 6) - 7lb 6oz

Two sections winners and two sections runners up . . . 

Section A 

1st Mick Keene (Peg 5) - 5lb 14oz 

2nd Gerry Powell (Peg 4) - 5lb 3oz 

Section B 

1st Paul Edwards (Peg 21) - 6lb 14oz 

2nd Andy Woods (Peg 15) - 4lb 11oz 

A really tough match all around on Saturday.  A good turn out of Anglers struggled for bites and fish.  Stuart Miles started off well wit a 2.5lb Bream (second put in) but like most didn't have another bite for 3+ hours!  Phil Bowen also started well a Bream and a Hybrid, backed up with some bits.  Over half the Anglers didn't even have a bite . . . 

1st Phil Bowen - 3lb 2oz 

2nd Stuart MIles - 2lb 8oz 

3rd Kev Swinnerton - few ounces! 

The first match of the year on Newport canal saw a fantastic turnout with several new faces jjoining us on the yet another damp day! Wettest winter on record and it feels like it now! Very hard going. . . . 

1) Mick Price - 5lb 2oz 

2) Steph Davis  - 2lb 15oz 

3) Eric Cooper - 2lb 8oz 

Next match is on S.U.C Honesty box this Saturday 9th March draw 9am. 

The club held a match on the honesty box following yet another divulge of rainfall leading up to it.  Phil Bowen took the spols and most of his weight in a nice hybrid caught in first 20mins of match. Hard going for all in a heavily coloured canal

1) Phil Bowen - 2lb od 

2) Stu Miles - 4oz 

3) Rich Cavey - 2.5oz 

Dave Burton "bagged" another win this saturday on the cut.  Following a dismal 30+ hours of rain on the Thursday, cold nights and generally crappy weather. Some of the lads ventured out to fish the manor end of the stretch. 

1) Dave Burton (peg 24) - 4lb 12oz 

2) Phil Bowen (Peg 26) - 2lb 1oz 

3) Rich Cavey (Peg 28) - 3oz 

4) Whippet (Peg 30) - 2oz 10drms 

Hard conditions, so well done all who turned out.  Next match is on 24th Feb on S.U.C Honesty or Oak Tree (depending on conditions) 

David "burtie Bagger" Burton took the spols on Saturday, with a fabulous 16lb+ bag of Silvers from peg 9 on the dam wall.  A modest turn out for the first Silver match of the year also saw the consistent Gerry Powell record a very credible 11lb+ from peg 1. 

1) Dave Burton (Peg 9) - 16lb 6oz (including Bream and nice Perch) 

2) Gerry Powell (Peg 1) - 11lb 9oz 

3) Simon Dromgool (Peg 8) - 8lb 10oz 

4) Ray Jarvis (Peg 10) - 7lb 15oz (Waggler caught) 

A small group fished on Saturday in cold conditions with some more rain!  Dave Jones took top spot with some F1's off peg 4 with 10lb 

1) Dave Jones (Peg 4) - 10lb 1oz

2) Phil Bowen (Peg6 ) - 3lb 6oz 

3) Stu Miles (Peg 9) 2lb 8oz 

A reasonable turn out of Anglers for Saturdays last official Silver match of the year, saw Dave Jones take the spoils with a decent bag of 15lb of peg 10.  The weather was kinder to us (no wind but some rain) and everyone had bites/ fish :) 

1) Dave Jones (Peg 10) - 15lb 1oz (Bream) 

2) Stu Miles (Peg 21) - 13lb 12oz (Roach / Skimmers  Bream) 

3) Simon Dromgool (Peg 17) - 10lb 9oz 

Freezing cold rain on the day and days before made the fishing very hard on the cut Saturday.  Barry Mimms took top spot with 2lb 14oz and Josh was 2nd with 2lb 9

1) Barry Mimms - 2lb 14oz 

2) Josh Williams - 2lb 9oz 

3) Phil Bowen - 2lb 5oz 

A few drop outs and abesentees meant a lower turnout Saturday, but still a good number and a very enjoyable and good match it was too!  Gerry Powell took the top spot on the day and continues his fantastic season off peg 1 and new guest Paul Edwards was right on his tail.  Some quality Roach and Hybrids we're caught. 

1) Gerry Powell (Peg1) - 13lb 4oz 

2) Paul Edwards (Peg 16) - 12lb 4oz 

3) Stuart Miles (Peg 10) - 9lb 15oz 

4) Guy Jones (Peg 6) - 8lb 10oz 

Next Silve match on Stirchley Top on Saturday November 18th booking on essential

Nigel Simpson won the match and is becmoing a bit of a regular winner on this venue!  It fished hard for Silvers and despite the drop in temprature the Carp we're very active.  Nige was on peg 9 and managed to get some Roach around the Carp! 

1) Nigel Simson (Peg 9) - 7lb 11oz 

2) Gerry Powell (Peg 2) - 7lb 3oz 

3) John Palfrey (peg 4) - 4lb 8oz 

Next match on Parkers 28th October 

A big thanks to the Audco and Hodnet lads who turned out Sunday and not only fished the match on Long Lane but also helped with pool maintenance before the match!  A large tree branch was taking out of Peg 8/9 Before the match!  

The match itself was the planned return leg of a double header we've had with Hodnet this year.  Audco took round one at Ryleys pool back in September by narrow margin.  The second leg was contested Sunday on Long lane. 

The 6 aside match was contested in persistent rain and the Carp did play ball in the end! The match is based on overall weight by either team, with team with most weight taking purse at the end.  

Audco AC finished with combined weight of 168lb 9oz 

Hodnet AC had 95lb 8oz 

Overall Winner was Stu Miles of peg 5 with 45lb 15oz 

2) Bob Pritchard (peg 18) - 43lb 15oz  (audco)

3) Robert P (Peg 6) - 38lb 7oz (Hodnet)

4) Tony Turner (Peg 15) - 26lb 9oz  (Audco) 

5) Rich Cavey (Peg 8) - 24lb 4oz (Audco) 

Round 11 of the league saw a full house of Anglers for the final round of the league. A good turn out and reasonable fishing for many on the day. The beach pegs fished the best and a good frame to finish the league off in style.  We ran two sections roadside (pegs 1-8) and Beach (pegs 9-15). 

1) Gerry Powell (Peg 15) - 67lb 10oz 

2) Simon Dromgool (Peg 11) - 64lb 8oz 

3) Rich Cavey (Peg 8) - 63lb 14oz 

4) Phil Bowen (Peg 14) - 54lb 3oz 

5) Stu Miles (Peg 5) - 34lb 3oz 

Sections on day: 

Section A (pegs 1-8): 

1) Rich Cavey

2) Stuart Miles 

Section B (pegs 9 -15) 

1) Simon Dromgool 

2) Phil Bowen 

Round 10 of 11 was contested following heat wave conditions in week and day leading up to the match. Lots to play for still, Gerry overtaking current chamipon Gerald,  a fantastic bag of Carp from Dave "bagger" Burton took top spot on the day and leap frogged Phil Bowen in process.  So all makes for an interesting finale! 

1) Dave Burton (Peg 14) - 86lb 1oz

2) Gerry Powell (Peg 4) - 51lb 8oz 

3) Ron Mullinder (Peg 17) - 34lb 12oz 

4) Stu Miles (Peg 18) - 33lb 12oz 

A bit of fun we had a 6 aside match on Apley Pool this Saturday with Rods verses Poles re-match from 2022!  Nigel had a rod team who we're pegged on the Roadside pegs (3-8) and Stuart's Pole Team we're pegged on maxell beach. Many said prior to the match it would be a walk over for the Rod team, but it was very tight with every Pole fisherman losing good fish (nature of the game i guess) and a very tight frame at the end of it.  Rod team won again but it was a tale of two halfs with Poles starting quickly and then slowing up, and Rods was a reverse of this.  An enjoyable match nevertheless and conrgatulations to Nigels team and thanks everyone for making it a great match! 

1st -  Nigel Simpson (Peg 6) - 37lb 5oz - Rod 

2nd - Steph Willams (Peg 11) - 36lb 9oz- Pole 

3rd -  Kev Swinnerton (Peg 7)- 36lb 7oz - Rod 

4th -  Stu Miles (Peg 10) - 36lb 3oz - Pole 

5th - Mick Keene (Peg 3) - 32lb - Rod 

Winning Rod Team 2023! 

A full house for this one, sadly had to turn some away, every peg used for this one and congratulations to Eric Cooper who took top spot on the day from Peg 8 with 24lb 9oz . . . And thanks to Whippet, Rich and Harry for running match in Niges absence   

1) Eric Cooper (Peg 8) - 24lb 9oz 

2) Tony Whippet (Peg 14) - 21lb 4oz 

3) Gerald Large (Peg 10) - 19lb 7oz 

4) Gerry (Peg 18) - 17lb 13oz 

5) Harry Groom (Peg 3) - 16lb 11oz 

The year and the league seems to be flying by this year and another well attended round saw 12 of the 15 Anglers fish this one. It was Patchy parkers this week, with some pegs fishing but hard going for those on or around the dam wall end.  The current champion was in fine form again to take yet another top spot (thats 4 this series) to tighten his grip on top spot.  Gerry and Ronnie are both chasing Gerald and Gerry had 2nd spot on the day to keep preasure on. 

1) Gerald Large  (Peg 18) - 39lb 6oz 

2) Gerry Powell (Peg 1) - 35lb 2oz 

3) Phil Bowen (Peg 16) - 22lb 8oz 

4) Stu Miles (Peg 20) - 22lb 1oz 

Dave "Burtie Bagger" Burton became the 5th different person to win a round on the league series this year taking the round in some style with a fantastic bag of 92lb 4oz. A great weight from the Birches pool.  Birches was used as Laneside remains closed and it was a decent day for most with some decent back up weights.  

1) Dave Burton - 92lb 4oz 

2) Gerry Powell - 50lb 9oz

3) Ron Mullinder - 49lb 

4) Gerald Large - 47lb 15oz 

The league is in full swing now with seven rounds soon passed.  The fishing was hard for some, and steady for others, this round a new winner with Bob Pritchard taking a fine 52lb bag from peg 8.

1) Bob Pritchard (Peg8) - 52lb 1oz

2) Gerry Powell (15) - 35lb 9oz

3) Stu Miles (1) - 32lb 7oz

4) Gerald Large (14) - 21lb 10oz

Despite heatwave conditions leading up to (and in ) the match, a great match was held on Sunday at the prolific venue in Broseley, Telford.  Several anglers we're close to magic ton, with Ron Mullinder surpassing it to take top spot on the day.  Everybody had plenty of bites and good weights all round: 

1) Ron Mulliner (Peg 17) - 116lb 

2) Dave Burton (Peg 9) - 92lb 14oz 

3) Phil Bowen (Peg 8) - 75lb 1oz 

4) Stuart Miles (Peg 20) - 74lb 14oz 

5) Gerry Powell (Peg 14) - 67lb 2oz 

A sell out for this one.  The club held a silver match on Long Lane Saturday, it was mixed results, with fishing difficult for some and plenty of Carp turned up for others.  However a couple of decent weights and across the pool some real quality Roach came out. It was interesting to see the weights. 

Top spot again went to the inform Gerry Powell who seems to be winning a lot of these matches!  He had a fine 15lb 11oz from Peg 15 to easily win the overall place.  With 16 Anglers on the banks two sections of 8: 

Section A (Pegs 1-8) 

1st - Barry Minns - 8lb 9oz (loads of small silvers from peg 6 

2nd - Bob Pritchard - 4lb 13oz (Peg 1) 

Section B (9-18) 

1st - Stuart Miles - 8lb 15oz (Peg 10) 

2nd - Kev Swinerton - 4lb 14oz 

Be interesting to see how this would go in the Autumn or winter.  

The annual chairty match was held on the clubs town canal stretch & the honeysuckle length. 9 pairs contested the event with Richard Cavey and Tony "Whippet" Turner taking the top spot on the day with 3 points.  Tony was on the Audco and Richard Cavey was on the Honeysuckle and had a great day finishing with over 18lb of Bream. 

Runners up we're Commitee pair Phil Bowen and Dave Burton with 6 points a good day and well organsied event thanks to Bob, Phil and others for running match. 

Tony Turner & Richard Cavey Winning pair for 2023! 

Result: 

1) Tony and Richard with 3 points (Richard won overall event and Tony 2nd on Audco length). 

2) Phil Bowen and Dave Burton with 6 points

3) Roy Biddulph & Mick Price with 7 points 

Section winners: 

Audco 

Tony Elsdon 

Honeysuckle 

Mick Groom - 6lb 15oz 

The 4th round of the leage was held again on Goldstone stretch of the canal, with a fantastic days weather.  The fishing was good to start with, but slowed up following boat traffic later in the day.  A slightly lower turnout this round saw 12 Anglers (2 sections of 6 contest the round). 

Gerald Large who is a rod guy, turned his hand brilliantly to the pole and took top spot on this round with a decent 4lb 8oz.  Gerry Powell pushed all the way to take section win and second overall with 4lb 5oz, so good job we had those beam scales! 

Phil Bowen also continued his very consistent start to this campaign with another section win and 4th overall, it's heating up nicely! 

1) Gerald Large - 4lb 8oz 4dr

2) Gerry Powell - 4lb 5oz 10dr 

3) Ron Mullinder - 3lb 2oz 

4) Phil Bowen - 2lb 12oz 2dr 

Round 3 sees the series well and truly underway now, with mixed fishing on Melverley Farm Birches pool Sunday.  Gerry Powell topped the day with a decent bag of mostly feeder caught Carp from the road-side peg (50lb 9oz).  Phil Bowen and Dave Burton we're neck and neck for 2nd and 3rd and Stuart Miles and Tony Turner had equal weights for joint 4th on the day.  3rd round and 3rd different winner.  Next round on Shropshire union (Goldstone stretch).: 

1) Gerry Powell - 50lb 9oz 

2) Dave Burton - 48lb 14oz (Carp pellet wagg and pole edge) 

3) Phil Bowen - 48lb 8oz (Carp feeder & Pellet Wagg)

4) Stu Miles & Tony Tuner - 28lb 3oz

Finally it didn't rain, sleet or snow on a match!  Our 3rd silver fish match of the new year and a windy but dry day greeted us on Apley.  Fishing was patchy but everyone caughts ( and weighed in).  A fibe bag of peg 9 gave Gerry Powell a very good win! 

1) Gerry Powell (Peg 9) - 16lb 10oz mostly Roach bag. 

2) Tony Elsdon (Peg 5) - 10lb 7oz 

3) Bob Pritchard (Peg 2) - 7lb 9oz 

3) Kev Swinerton (Peg 33) - 7lb 

Next one in June on Melverley Farm Birches Pool 

The firs mid-week club match of 2023 was fished on Wednesday at Long Lane and depsite recent weather and fishing being poor, the pool fished O.K for some with Whippet taking top spot on the day with a very good bag for the time of year: 

1) Tony Turner (Peg 5) - 40lb 

2) Gerald Large (Peg 11) - 19lb 7oz 

3) Roy Biddulph (Peg 14) - 17lb 5oz 

4) Nigel Simpson (Peg4) - 17lb 1oz 

The second round of the league was fished Sunday, with the venue continuing to fish very hard for silver fish. Some Carp and Tench showed up for some of the lads and Gerald Large took top spot on the day with some Carp for 15lb odd, followed by Whippet with Carp and Tench: 

1) Gerald Large - 15lb 7oz

2) Tony Turner - 14lb 12oz 

3) Bob Pritchard - 13lb 

4) Phil Bowen - 10lb 4oz 

Sections: 

A (Pegs 1-7)

1) P Bowen 

2) Nigel Simpson 

3) Stu Miles 

B 

1) Gerald Large 

2) Tony Turner 

3) Bob Pritchard 

Finally some nice spring sunshine and another good turn out for this Saturday match.  Weather was nice and bright but fishing was very hard later in the match.  Dave "Bertie Bagger"  Burton took top spot this week: 

1) Dave Burton (Peg 14) - 9lb 11oz 

2) Bob Pritchard (Peg 3) - 5lb 12oz 

3) Eric Copper (Peg 6) - 4lb 10oz 

A great turn out for the first match in the league on Sunday, but the enthusiasm was soon dispelled!!!! The match was very, very hard, despite good conditions.  Some had a good first hour and Ronnie Mullider found some fish early on and won on the day. It was his first match back after a 4 year break. Another new comer to the league (Richard) won Section A: 

Two sections we're paid on the day: 

Section A (1-7 pegs starting from permenant peg 120): 

1) Richard Cavey - 1lb 6oz 8 dr

2) Kev Swinerton - 1lb 5oz 1dr 

3) Mick Groom - 1lb 3oz 8dr 

Section B (8-14) 

1) Ron Mullinder - 1lb 15oz 

2) Phil Bowen - 1lb 14oz 4 dr 

3) Dave Burton - 1lb 8dr 

Points overall: 

Ron Mullinder 1 point 

Phil Bowen 2 points 

Richard Cavey 3 

Kev Swinerton - 4 

Mick Groom - 5 

Simon Dromgool - 6

Dave Burton - 7 

Topsy turvy weather in the week leading up to this match, another decent turnout though and finally a little bit of spring sunshire between showers!!!! 

1) Bob Pritchard (Peg 9) - 7lb 9oz (mixed bag)

2) Stu Miles (Peg 2) - 7lb 1oz (mainly F1's) 

3) Pete Lee (peg 5) - 6lb 1oz 

4) Roy Biddulph (peg 14) - 5lb 11oz 

Good attendance for the mid-week match this week, Gerry Powel snared 2 bigger Carp later in the match (to go with his other fisth) for a good 12lb 4oz and continue his Audco winning streak! 

1) Gerry Powell - 12lb 4oz 

2) Roy Biddulph - 7lb 12oz 

3) Harry Groom - 7lb 10oz 

The popular Silver matche opens continued this month, when we fished Parkers Pool Telford. A pool that's been on red-hot Silve form prior to the Snow / Frosts and then rain, we turned up and the pool was heaviily coloured.  Sections and overall we're paid out on the day, with overall win going to Gerry Powell of peg 21 with a 13lb bag of silvers. 

The fishing was steady and plenty of bites for most of the Anglers: 

Overall Winner - Gerry Powell - 13lb 5oz 

Section A winner (pegs 1,2,4,6 & 21) - Simon Dromgool - 7lb (Peg 6) 

Section B Winner (pegs 7,8,9,10,12) - Dave Burton - 7lb 6oz (Peg 10) 

Section C Winner (Pegs 14,16,18,20) - Guy Jones -7lb 1oz (Peg 14) 

Sharp change in weather, with much colder nights (and days) resulted in very hard match on the clubs town length: 

1) Mick Groom (peg 8)  - 3lb 

2) Pete Lee (Peg 3) - 1lb 15oz 

3) Phil Bowen (Peg 1) - 1lb 8oz 

4) Bob Pritchard 15oz 

The club held a match on Goldstone stretch of Shropshire union Saturday, a good turn out fo anglers following a night of frost, made for an interesting match.  It fished O.K considering recent factors and conditions.  Nigel Simpson on his first match this year took the spoils with a fine bag of Perch / Roach from 1st peg on the stretch: 

1) Nigel Simpson - 7lb 5oz

2) Kevin Swinnerton - 3lb 5dr 

3) Roy Biddulph - 2lb 15oz 14dr 

4) Gerry Powell - 2lb 10oz 7dr

Milder weather, lower numbers but harder fishing! You can't make this Fishing game out sometimes!!  Harry latched on to a decent proper Carp with 15 mins on the clock, it was enough to get him over the line and win the match: 

1) Harry Groom (Peg 10) - 9lb 4oz 

2) Roy Biddulph (Peg13) - 5lb 3oz 

3) Gerry Powell (Peg 14) - 4lb 15oz 

4) Phil Bowen (Peg 16) - 4lb 9oz 

Another great turnout for the Fur and Feather, Tony Jackson took top spot with a fine 26lb plus. The pool fished reasonably well considering the drop in tempratures.  Last years winner Stu Miles was runner up (and section winner) with 24lb 6oz.  Results and sections: 

Overall Winner - Tony Jackson -Peg 3 - 26lb 2oz 

Section 1 ( 1,2,3,4, & 18) 

Mick Groom peg 18 - 15lb 13oz 

Section 2 (pegs 5-10) 

Stuart Miles peg 8 - 24lb 6oz 

Section 3 ( Pegs 11-17)

Gerald Large - Peg 17- 13lb 6oz 

Best Silver net - Phil Bowen - Peg 7 - 5lb 8oz 

Next year back on the Shropshire Union 

Following cold rain (and nights) the fishing was a bit harder than normal, but still some great weights considering . . . 

1) Bob Pritchard - Peg 15 - 23lb 10oz 

2) Stu Miles - Peg 13 - 20lb 15oz 

3) John Palfrey - Peg 7 - 15lb 7oz 

4) Roy Biddulph - Peg 14 - 13lb 4oz 

A good match on Laneside, but super mild conditions meant lots of Carp! Top spot on the day went to Gerry Powell with a fine 23lb 15oz bag of silvers.  Stu Miles had over 70lb Carp (not counted) and 18lb of silvers! Nigel had a specimen Perch of 3lb and Dave Jona Jones had two Carp for nearly 35lb!!!!  So would have been a cracking "non Silvers match!" but plenty we're caught: 

1) Gerry Powell - 23lb 15oz 

2) Phil Bowen - 19lb 9oz 

3) Stu Miles - 18lb 2oz 

4) Bob Pritchard - 16lb 15oz 

The latest mid-week match was a really good affair this week on Parkers, 24 hours after the Lilco match the lads had a decent day on the Wednesday, some fantastic weights!

1) Rich Cavey - Peg 20 - 78lb 12oz (Method Feeder Carp) 

2) Tom Collins - Peg 18 - 35lb 14oz (Method) 

3) Tony Turner - Peg 21 - 33lb 9oz - Pole Corn 

4) Gerald Large - Peg 10 - 26lb 10oz (Method) 

The very popular Silver fish matches have returned following holiday break and Colin Barnes took the spoils with a fantastic 19lb 6oz of fine Roach and Perch on 10m pole with caster. Excellent considering the amount of Carp (which don't count) had to be navigated, well done Colin. 

Also a great turnout with some decent bag up weights with Nigel Simpson 2nd with 9lb 13oz on the pole and Stu Miles 3rd with 9lb 2oz all on the Waggler (maggotts).  There we're 3 section prizes . . . 

Overall Winner - Colin Barnes (Peg 8) - 19lb 6oz 

Section A (Pegs 9-5): 

Nigel Simpson (Peg 6) - 9lb 13oz Section Winner 

Stuart Miles (Peg 9) - 9lb 2oz 

Mike Smith (Peg 5) - 7lb 10oz 

Section B (Pegs 4,3,2,1,10)

Dave Jones (Peg 2) - 7lb 3oz Section Winner 

Tony Elsdon (Peg 1) - 7lb 2oz 

Phil Bowen (Peg 4) - 6lb 5oz 

Section C (Pegs 11-15) - Perm pegs 33-29

Guy Jones (Peg 12 pp32) - 6lb 8oz Section Winner 

Bob Pritchard (Peg 15 pp 29) - 3lb 15oz

Gerry Poweel (Peg 14 pp 30) - 3lb 11oz

Next one is on Melverley Farm 29th October (fully booked) 

Dave "Bertie Bagger" Burton continued his fine run of various wins by taking the spoils on Bearcroft Pool today with a another double figure bag! Well done Dave and to all of you guys. 

1) D Burton - 14lb 10oz

2) M Groom - 4lb 

3) John Davies - 3lb odd 

Gerald continued with his fine 2022 form and took Top spot again on Apley, with a fine feedder caught bag of Carp.  There 2 match groups on mid-week circuit and this one arm. 

1st Peg 3 Gerald Large 63lb 6oz Carp Method Feeder

2nd Peg 2 Richard Cavey 59lb 12oz Carp Method Feeder
3rdPeg8 Tom Gollins 59lb 00oz Carp Pole Corn
4th Peg 7 Mark Jones 35lb 11oz Carp Feeder Worm.

Pool fished well considering Heavy Rain and winds all day.

1st Ped6 Dave Matson 39lb 00oz Carp Strait Lead (Bomb)  pellet
2nd Peg 4 Tony Turner 36lb 13oz Carp Pole + 2 large Roach Corn.
3rd Peg 12 Gerald Large 27lb 10oz Carp Method Feeder.
4th Peg 8 Richard Cavey 22ld 10oz Carp Pole/Feeder

Next week Apley Pool.

Dave "Bertie Baggger" Burton took top spot today with a fine canal bag of 16lb 11oz - A real mixed bag including Big Perch, Tench, 2 nice Bream and a 3lb Pike (not counted)!  Pike we're showing too as Mick Price also landed one!  

1) Dave Burton - 16lb 11oz 

2) Eric Cooper - 4lb 4oz 

3) Mick Price - 3lb 

Following lots of recent weed clearing at the venue, the lads fished it on Saturday . . . 

1) Mick Groom (Peg 1) - 12lb 11oz 

2) Dave Burton ( Peg9) - 10lb 12oz 

3) Harry Groom (Peg 4) - 9lb 6oz 

Despite low water levels some excellent weights on Apley, with Dave Matson almost doing the "Ton" . . and great back up weights too. 

1st Peg 3 Dave Matson 96lb 5oz Carp Method Feeder pellet
2nd Peg 7 Tony Turner 51lb 9oz Carp/Roach Pole Corn
3rd Peg 5 Mark Jones 50lb Carp Feeder Worms

The Final round of the 2022 league took place Sunday, with several back up positions up for grabs. Gerald just need to turn up and weigh something following last round win and he did more than that, winning on the day!  The rest of top 4 was up for grabs between Dave Burton, Dave Matson Bob and Stu Miles (who missed this last round!).  Dave Bertie Bagger Burton finished runner up. 

1) Gerald Large Peg 14 - 37lb 

2) Gerry Powell - Peg 10 - 36lb 4oz 

3) Dave Matson - Peg 1 - 26lb 7oz

4) Bob Pritchard - Peg 5 - 15lb 4oz 

Points on the day: 

Gerald -1 point 

Gerry - 2 points 

Dave Matson - 3 points 

Bob - 4 points

Nigel - 5 points 

Dave Burton - 6 points 

1st Peg 16 Richard Cavey 49lb 14oz Carp Feeder Pellet.
2nd Peg 10 Tony Turner 36lb 10 oz Carp Pole meat Carp of 17lb.
3rd Peg 11 Gerald Large 32lb 4oz Carp Feeder Carp of 12lb

Shallow water with guys wading out a bit! 

1st Peg18 Gerald Large36 lb 9oz Carp Method Feeder
2nd Peg4 Dave Matson 18lb 5oz Carp/Rudd Pole Maggot
3rd Peg 8 Tony Jackson 18lb 2oz Carp Pole corn.

The latest round of the Audco league took place on Sunday with plenty in the offing.  The weather was warm yet windy and the lads we're spread out around the pool.  Fishing for most was very very hard.  

Gerald Large showed the way on the tip to win overall on the day with 24lb 2oz and take top spot and all but confirm the leage win for 2022.  Again we had sections: 

A Section Pegs 1-7 

Roy Biddulph (Peg 7) - 13lb 15oz 

Harry Groom (Peg 2)  - 9lb 2oz 

B Section Pegs 8 - 15 

Bob Pritchard (Peg 10) - 19lb 8oz 

Dave Burton (Peg 8) - 7lb 3oz 

Points on Day: 

Gerald 1 

Bob 2

Roy 3 

Harry 4 

Nigel 5 

Dave Burton 6 

1st Peg6 Richard Cavey 83lb 1oz method feeder pellet
2nd Peg 4 Dave Matson 25lb 1oz Method feeder pellet/ cage feeder meat/ pole
3rd Peg 7 Tony Turner 22lb 12oz Pole Pellet/maggot.
4th Peg 5 Gerald Large 22lb 3oz Method Feeder pellet.
 

Pool fished well again for most.

1st Peg20 Gerald Large 40lb 13oz Carp Method Feeder Pellet
2nd Peg21 Tom Gollins  40lb 11oz carp Feeder and Pole
3rd Peg 11 Richard Cavey 38lb 10oz Pole Corn
4th Peg 10 Tony Turner 31lb 4oz Pole Corn. 

Another scorching day and a good match considering the extreme Heat.  Simon Dromgool won the day with a Pellet Waggler caught 58lb 3oz and he persevered to a deserved victory on the day. 

Overall Winner - Simon Dromgool Peg 16 - 58lb 3oz 

Sections: 

Section one:  Peg 1,2,3,4,6,20 & 21

1st Bob Pritchard (Peg 1) - 19lb 

2nd Roy Biddulph (Peg 3) - 8lb 10oz

Section Two: Pegs 7,9,10,11,14,16,18

1st - Mick Groom (Peg 11) - 35lb 9oz 

2nd - Stu Miles (Peg 18) - 29lb 5oz 

Points on the day: 

Simon - 1, Mick Groom 2, Stu Miles 3, Gerry Powell 4, Bob 5, Dave Matson 6, 

Match fished in very hot conditions 32C but the fish were feeding.

1st Peg 5 Tom Gollins 83lb 3oz Carp Feeder way out
2nd Peg 4 Richard Cavey 82lb 2oz Carp feeder way out
3rd peg 2 Dave Matson 77lb 7carp,  2 over 15lb, pole down side
 
Gerald Large caught a 2lb 8oz golden Tench first I have seen in Apley

The fine dry summer continues and the lads we're out on the Honeysuckle section of the Newport canal on Saturday, with Bob taking the top spot on the day . . . 

1) Bob Pritchard - 10lb 

2) Pete Lee - 8lb odd 

3) Mick Price - 6lb odd 

The fishing improved a lot since the league match on the previous Sunday, with Gerald following up his 2nd place on Sunday with a mid-week win, with a fantastic 67lb+ off the feeder!  Good back up weights too. . . 

Fished quite well in the summer sunshine Feeder best method

1st Peg17 Gerald Large 67lb 2oz Feeder Pellet
2nd Peg4 Richard Cavey 41lb 14oz Feeder/Pole
3rd Peg18 Dave Matson 38lb 2oz Feeder/Pole
4th Peg3 Tony Jackson 23lb 6oz Feeder/Pole.

Next Week Apley Pool.

Normal weather conditions returned (and normal draw time!) for Round 8 on Long Lane Pool.  Stuart Miles took top spot on the day with 39lb from Peg 6, with league pace setters Gerald and Dave " Bertie Bagger"  competing for the frame.  Good to see Bob back on the bank too he was 3rd overall on the day. 

Stuart Miles (Peg 6) - 39lb Overall 

Section A (Pegs 1,2,4,5,6,8,18) 

1) Gerald Large (Peg 8) - 28lb 8oz 

2) Bob Pritchard (Peg 5) - 27lb 12oz 

Section B (Pegs 9,10,11,14,15,17)

1) Dave Burton (Peg 14) - 21lb 10oz 

2) Dave Matson (Peg 9) - 18lb 3oz 

Points on the day: 

Stu Miles 1, Gerald Large 2, Bob Pritchard 3, Dave Burton 4, Roy Biddulph 5, Dave Matson 6.  Gerry Powell 7, Simon Dromgool 8th

Quite weird to see anglers who drew on far bank going back to cars for jackets after last 2days of heat. Pool fished extremely well all catching good mixed bags: 

1st Peg10 Dave Matson 44lb 1oz Carp plus nice net of skimmers/Roach/Perch Pole meat/maggot
2nd Peg 20 Richard Cavey 43lb 6oz Carp/Tench/Skimmers Method feeder
3rd Peg21 Tony Jackson 28lb 15oz Carp/ skimmers Feeder and Pole
4th Peg 16 Gerald Large 20lb. Carp Skimmers Method feeder

Heatwave conditions preceeded this match and with UK record predicted on the Sunday to the Tuesday, it was decided in best interests of Fish (and Anglers) to bring the draw forward to 7am!  Which meant starting 2 hours earlier than normal.  It was warm on the day and fishing was good overall but peggy.   Stu Miles took top spot for the first time in the league this year, with Dave "Bertie Bagger" Burton following up as 2nd.  . .  

Stuart Miles (Peg 2) - 67lb 6oz 

Dave Burton (Peg 1) - 47lb 6oz

Gerald Large (Peg 8) - 46lb 14oz 

Sections: 

A Section (Pegs 1-7) 

1) D Burton  2nd) Gerry Powell - 45lb 13oz 

B Section 8-13 

1) Gerald Large (peg 8) 

2) Nigel Simpson (peg 10) - 41lb 

Points on the day: 

Stu Miles 1,  Bertie 2, Gerald 3, Gerry 4, Nigel 5, Roy 6, Kev 7, Mick Groom 8. 

Lovely weather but very patchy fishing for most of us on Saturday. Bob Pritchard found a good run of fish and cauht steady all day and also had a couple of the bigger Carp to easily take top spot: 

1) Bob Pritchard (Peg 6) - 16lb 12oz

2) Phil Bowen (Peg 15) - 7lb 3oz 

3) Dave Matson (Peg 11) - 6lb 

4) Stu Miles (Peg 8) - 4lb 11oz 

A good turn out found the fishing very hard for July. But shoals of tiny Perch were every were. 

1st Peg 8 Dave Matson 19lb 7oz 3Carp (2of them in last 10 min)  with lots of tiny perch and roach Pole maggot.
2nd Peg 9 Richard Cavey 11lb 14oz 2 Carp lots of small Perch and Roach Pole Maggot
3rd Peg 1 Tony Turner 11lb 1oz 3 Carp feeder.
4th Peg 18 Gerald Large 10lb 2oz 3 Carp feeder.

A lower than normal turnout for our Silver fish matches (which are usually overbooked) so a very good match took shape, close with decent nets all over the pool.  Dave "I've No Luck" Matson!  Found several Bream up in the water during the last hour to come from mid field to take top spot with 32lb odd.  Guy Jones was 2nd on his first match with us but was pestered by Carp getting 6 out but losing time to these proved a little costley. Great match 7 with 7 bags of Silvers over 21lb!  

1) Dave Matson (Peg  6) - 32lb 4oz 

2) Guy Jones (Peg 10) -28lb 7oz 

3) Nigel Simpson (Peg 7) - 26lb 8oz 

4) Stu Miles (Peg 4)- 25lb 10 

Silver match break now for Summer, next one on Apley October 15th @ Apley Pool 

Apley Pool, Dave Matson takes top spot with bag of Carp . . . with Fishing improving on previous visits . .

1st Peg 15, Dave Matson 54lb 8oz Carp Pole and cage feeder Meat,
2nd Peg 9, Mark Jones 21lb 15oz Carp feeder worm.
3rd Peg 11, Tom Gollins 21lb Carp pole pellet.
4th Peg 12, Nigel Simpson 14lb 2oz Carp Pole Maggot.

The latest round was contested on Sunday at Long Lane, following a recent very warm spell and recent spawning, the fishing was hard for many and lots of lost fish on the day. Phil Bowen took the top spot on the day from peg 11 with Carp on feeder and pole: 

1) Phil Bowen (Peg 11) - 24lb 8 oz (Overall & section winner) 

Two Sections on the day 

Section 1 - Pegs 1-5 & peg 18 

1) Stuart Miles (Peg 5) - 24lb 3oz 

2) Dave Matson (Peg 1) - 17lb 6oz 

Section 2  pegs 6,8,11,14,15,17,

1) Phil Bowen (11) as above 

2) Geral Large (15) - 22lb 13oz  

The anglers numbers we're lower this round hence 4 people (2 sections) included the overall winner.  Points on the day (top 6): 

Phil Bowen 1, Stu Miles 2, Gerald Large 3, Roy Biddulph 4, Dave Matson 5, Tony Turner 6 

Fished quite hard bar one peg for the carp in the higher pegs.

1st Peg 27 Tom Gollins 60lb Carp with one large Bream with many fish lost Paste pole;
2nd Peg 30 Dave Matson 14lb 11oz Perch/Roach one small Carp
3rd Peg 26 Tony Turner 6lb 10oz one Carp.
4th Peg 28 Trevor Armstrong 3lb 5oz roach.

next week Leegomery Top Pool 

Harry Groom took top spot and won the John Buttery Memorial match this Saturday on Newports Honeysuckle section.  Well done guys and nice to honour Johns memory in Newport. 

1) Harry Groom - 12lb 13oz - Tench & Bream 

2) Bob Pritchard - 5lb 6oz 

3) Pete Lee - 5lb 3oz 

Again this venue produced well Carp showed along dam wall on pegs 1 and 12 with silvers showing all around pool. Well done to Mark Jones who took the spoils this week with a excellent bag of fish on the feeder: 

1st Peg 1 Mark Jones 63lb 7oz Carp to 17lb cage feeder meat.
2nd Peg 12 Tony Jackson 36lb 8oz Carp to 12lb pole on Paste
3rd Peg2  Dave Matson 28lb 8oz Bream and roach Best Bream 5lb pole Worm/caster.
4th Peg 6 Tom Gollin 25 lb 9oz Skimmer Bream to 2lb Roach Pole Maggot. 

Next week Apley pool Beech side,

A fine nice dry sunny day, but it was a tale of two sides of the Pool this week and a fine example of where sections really do come into play.  Dave "Bertie Bagger" did some serious bagging on Peg 8 to take overall spot and continue his good start to this years league.   A special mention to Harry Groom too who landed a very rare Apley Bream of peg 9. 

1st Dave Burton (Peg 8) - 58lb 7oz (Carp pole and feeder). 

2nd Phil Bowen (Peg 10) - 30lb 12oz (Carp on waggler) 

3rd Kev Swinnerton (Peg 15) 28lb 14oz (Carp) 

4th Harry Groom (Peg 9) - 22lb 15oz 

Sections on the day: 

A Section pegs 2 - 8 

1) D Matson (Peg 2) - 11lb (Roach and Small Carp) 

2) R Biddulph (Peg 3) - 9lb 6oz (Silvers) 

B Section  Pegs 9 -15 

1) P Bowen (Peg 10) - 30lb 12oz 

2) K Swinnerton (Peg 15) - 28lb 14oz 

See Series for Latest Points 

1st Peg 7 Rob Sands 40lb 7oz, Bream with one 15lb Carp pole worm.
2nd Peg 12 Mark Jones 34lb 1oz, Two Carp for 28lb few bream pole worm
3rd Peg 10 Dave Matson 31lb 1oz, Beam and roach worm/caster pole
4th Peg 1 Tony Turner 22lb 10oz,  3 carp Pole.

Round 4 took place at Parkers, with a full pool nearly 15 Anglers on and it was very hard work. Carp we're in pre spawing mode.  A few found some fish later on with Gerald Large becoming the 3rd different winner across 4 rounds with  35lb 4oz from peg 1 . . .  

1) Gerald Large (peg 1) - 35lb 4oz (Carp / Feeder) 

2) D Burton (Peg 1) - 25lb 6oz (Carp Pole up in water) 

3) D Matson (Peg 9) - 19lb 4oz - Silvers and 1 large Carp (Pole) 

4) S Miles (Peg 13) - 10lb 11oz  Pole silvers and 2 small Carp 

1st Peg 1 Dave Matson 32lb 7oz Bream pole worm and caster
2nd Peg5 Nige Simpson 24lb 13 oz Bream to 6lb/Roach pole maggot
3rd Peg7 Trevor Armstrong 19lb 15oz  Bream pole maggot
4th Peg4 Richard Cavey 18lb 9oz Bream/Roach pole caster.

The club had a Silvers match on the Shropshire Union canal Saturday, with fine weather. Boat traffic was heavier this week, but plenty of bites . . . Bob took the spoils with a fine 6lb bag.

1) Bob Pritchard - 6lb 

2) Mick Groom - 5lb 4oz

3) Gerry Powell - 4lb 10oz 

4) Stu Miles - 4lb 8oz 

The 3rd round took place with 14 Anglers on Birches, conditions we're good but the fishing was very hard for most.  Dave Matson again took top place (must be using some kind of Stimulant!) with 40lb 11oz from Road side peg. 

1) Dave Matson - 40lb - Carp / Chub (Pole open water and margins) 

2) Gerald Large - 32lb 7oz (Carp - Feeder) 

3) Simon Dromgool - 24lb 15oz (Carp -Pole / Feeder) 

4) Gerry Powell - 22lb 9oz 

Next round changed to Parkers due to lack of availability on SUC water - 22nd May draw 8:45am. 

The Annual Pairs match for MacMillan took place on Newport and Honeysuckle sections of canal on Saturday.  Thanks to all those who turned out for the event and thanks to Bob and co for running the match: 

Audco Section: 

1) Barry Jones - 12lb 15oz

2) Nigel Simpson - 2lb 10oz 

Honeysuckle 

1) Mick Groom - 6lb 14oz 

2) Bob Pritchard - 5lb 

Winning Pair we're Nigel Simpson and Bob Pritchard with 4 points! Well done guys. Many of the Anglers we're plagued by feeding Jack Pike in both sections.  £30 was raised by match with club also donating £20 so £50 for chairty this year.

1st Peg 9 Tony Jackson  21lb 13oz Carp pole with Corn.
2nd Peg 17 Richard Cavey 17lb 12 Carp pole and feeder.
3rd Peg14 Tony Turner  15lb 6oz  Carp pole.
4th Peg 18 Gerald Large 15lb 2oz method feeder.

Thanks to Tony Turner for running match today next week Bearcoft

The cooler nights have played havoc with mixed fishing following such nights, a decent turn out of Anglers attended on Saturday, with Phil Bowen taking the top spot this time . . .  

1) Phil Bowen (Peg 16) - 11lb 6oz 

2) Roy Biddulph (peg 12) - 8lb 12oz 

3) M Price (Peg 9) - 6lb 12oz 

4) J Davies (Peg 15) - 6lb 1oz 

Fishing was harder on Apley this week, Silvers very hard to come by!  Tony Jackson took the spoils this week of Wigan Pier peg! 

1st peg 8 Tony, Jackson 35lb 2oz - 6, Carp pole sweetcorn.
2nd peg 7 Dave Matson 29lb 9oz - 2, Carp meat pole breakers Literally
3rd peg 6 Rob Sands       6lb 11oz - 1Carp Feeder
4th peg 33 Richard Cavey 6lb 4oz - 1 Carp Pole,

Next Weeks match  Long Lane 

Despite a big match on the pool the previous day, a good turn out for us on the Sunday saw a tightly contested frame, with dry but windy conditions making fishing more tricky.  Dave Matson won overal with 21lb odd from permnant peg 1 . . . 

1) D Matson (Peg 2 PP1) - 21lb 3oz (Carp /Tench & Ide) 

2) D Burton ( peg 10 PP 18) - 20lb 1oz (Silvers) 

3) S Miles (Peg 8 / PP 13) - 19lb 7oz (Bream / Ide and 1 Carp) 

4) S Dromgool (Peg 3 PP 4) - 19lb 5oz (Carp) 

Again we had sections so Dave Matson overal winner and 2 sections: 

Section 1 - Pegs 1 to 7 

1) Simon Dromgool  per peg 3 

2) Bob Pritchard  16lb 11 per peg 7 

Section 2 - Pegs 8 to 14 

1) D Burton  per peg 18 

2) S Miles per peg 13 

Next Round on Melverley Farm Birches Pool on Sunday 8th May

Gerald Large had a large weight of Peg 4 to win this weeks match!  Method feeder is what did the trick for him on the day.  It was patchy for most but Gerald enjoyed a very good day. 

1) Gerald Large (Peg 4) - 73lb 8oz 

2) Tony Jackson (Peg 5) - 23lb 1oz (Method feeder & Pole) 

3) Tony Turner (Peg 8) - 12lb 4 (Pole /Carp)

4) Mark Jones (Peg 9) - 10lb 8oz (Pole / Carp)

The 2nd Silvers match of the new year took place on Apley on Easter Saturday, fewer Anglers turned out due to Easter getaways etc but 11 Fished.  Dave Matson won this round from peg 6 with double figures (10lb 6oz) and took the spolis.  Thanks to all the guys who helped run match in my absence. . .  

1) D Matson (Peg 6) - 10lb 6oz 

2) B Pritchard (Peg 5) - 8lb 11oz 

3) G Powell (Peg 1) & Roy Biddulph (peg 3) each with 7lb 4oz 

Next Silvers Match Saturday 14th May on Shropshire Union canal.  Please book on if you want to attend this one. 

The 2022 League kicked off on Sunday at the Shroppy Union in Hinstock wood.  Repeated overnight frosts we're a sign for a tough match and so it proved.  Tony "Whippet' Turner won the overall day on his League Debut!  With a Bream bag, others struggled!  We had two sections: 

Overall Winner - Tony Turner (Section B) peg 15 - 9lb 

Section A (Pegs 2-7)

1) Phil Bowen (Peg 3) - 3lb 13oz 

2) Gerry Powell (Peg 5) - 3lb 5oz 

Section B  (Pegs 9-15 7 in section): 

1) Andy Hughes  (peg 14) - 1lb 3oz 

2) Dave Burton (Peg 9) - 15oz 

Next Round on Stirchley Top Pool on Sunday 24th April. 

A small club knock up on Bearcroft Pool in Hinstock, saw a reasonable return considering the severe overnight frost in the area! 

1) Roy Biddulph (Peg 16) - 12lb 11oz

2) Harry Groom (peg 6) - 9lb 14oz 

3) Mick Groom (Peg 1) - 8lb 13oz 

Midweek match on Bearcroft Pool 13th April, please book on with Harry Groom if interested. 

We held a Silvers Open match on Saturday at Telfords Parkers Pool, with great weather for March and a great turn out of no fewer than 15 Anglers!  Fishing was the only thing that was missing!  

Gerry Powell took the overall prize on the day, and then we paid out two sections of two places. 

Overall Winner: Gerry Powell (Peg 4) - 9lb 2oz Roach, Hybrids and Bream.  

Section 1: Pegs 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,10

1) Stu Miles - 6lb 12 (Roach)  Peg 3 

2) John Radley - 4lb 13oz Peg 10 

Section 2: Pegs 11,12,14,16,18,20,22 

1) Dave Matson - 5lb 9oz (Peg 11) 

2) Simon Dromgoool - 4lb 10oz (Peg 18) 

We held are last match on the Honesty Box farm length of the Shrops union last Saturday with plenty of small bits coming out.  Phil Bowen continued his fine canal form with another win from end peg 17! 

1) Phil bowen (Peg 17) - 5lb 4oz 

2) Gerry Powell (11) - 3lb 12oz 

3) Roy Biddulph (15) - 2lb 15oz 

The club held an open match on the Goldstone Stetch of the Shropshire Union Canal on Saturday.  The weather was patchy and so was the fishing!  A good turn out of 12 Anglers turned out. 

1) Phil Bowen - 9lb 4oz (Bream )

2) Roy Biddulph - 4lb 5oz (Silvers) 

3) Gerry Powell - 2lb 7oz 

4) Stu Miles - 2lb 4oz 

Next canal match on 12th March stretch to be confirmed. 

The Annual Christmas match took place on a cold and windy Shropshire Union Canal on Saturday.  A great turn out of 19 anglers took part, with tough fishing for most.  An early scare by one member of the group meant an Ambulance was called and after he gave us a fright  went on to fish the match and Win top prize in his section!!!  The match was reduced to 4 hours but very glady he was O.K and we we're all very pleased with that.  A special thanks to Eric Cooper who was brilliant. 

We had 3 sections across the Honesty box stretch and paid top 3 in each.  It was hard going for most and another member broke two pole sections so costly too!  

Section one was the early pegs for those who wanted  short walks, 7 in A section several bites but all blanked (Pegs 2-7).

Overall Winner was Stuart Miles with 8lb 6oz of Skimmers and Roach from Section C (Peg 19). 

Sections: 

A-  Drew peg numbers as no-one caught: 

1) Bob Pritchard (first out of hat) 

B Section 

1) John Marshall - 4lb 10 

C Section 

1) Stuart Miles - 8lb 6oz 

2) Roy Biddulph - 4lb 10oz 

3) Gerald Large - 2lb odd