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Over 60's match 2nd September 2020

The fourth Over 60s Match of 2020/2021 was held on Knotts on the 2^nd of September. Nine anglers turned out on what was another day when the fish were reluctant to feed. Perch, Roach and Rudd made up all the catches. The top three weights were:

1^st     Keith Payne               4lb

2^nd     Steve Myers            3lb 15oz

3^rd     Mervyn Burrows       3lb 6oz

Over 60's match 5th August 2020

The third Over 60s Match of 2020/2021 was held on Willows on the 5^th August.

A warm, pleasant but blustery day greeted the nine anglers who turned out for the match. Again the carp didn’t come out to play, with only three being caught, but It was good to see the silvers showing, with some pegs producing decent mixed bags of Roach, Perch and small Crucians, meaning a close race for 2nd place on the day. Looking to the future, Willows is looking as though it might be a great winter ‘Silvers Only’ match venue! The results were:

1^st     Wilf Squires                  27lb 4oz     Two Carp

2^nd     John Bartram               9lb 13oz     Roach, Perch and Crucians.

3^rd     Henry Sadler                9lb 10oz     Roach, Perch and Crucians. 

Over 70's match 19th August 2020

Only three intrepid Piscators braved the monsoon like conditions of the third Over 70s match held on Alders. I think they wished they’d stayed in bed, as once again Alders was reluctant to give up its residents. Henry also had two small common carp of 3/4oz (not counted as Alders matches are silver fish only).

Results:

 1^st     K Hallis       1lb 4oz       Two Tench.

 2^nd     H Sadler     14oz           Roach/Perch

 3^rd     S Myers      13oz           Crucian/Rudd/Perch

Over 60's match 22nd July 2020

The second Over 60s Match of the 2020/2021 season was held on Alders on the 22nd July.

As the Alders match is ‘Silver Fish’ only event, any carp would not count. Again, a hot day of bright sunshine (seemingly) affected the results. Ten fished, three blanked and only 3lb was required for the win.

1^st       Steve Myers             3lb 3oz 8g     One Tench, 3 Perch

2^nd       Chris Evans               1lb 3oz 8g     Small roach

3^rd       Henry Sadler            1lb 2oz 8g     5 Perch