Keith Scrivener memorial match 1st September 2013

The annual match to commemorate Keith Scrivener, who was the club's long standing committee officer and treasurer, took place on Willows. This year back to the original format of a singles match, 11 anglers came along to hopefully get amongst the big fish. The field was widely spread out at the finish. Dave Smith won with 56lb of carp, crucians and a bream, Brian Pallett was second with 39lb of carp - the largest 14lb), and Ashley Blunt was third with a brace of carp for 19lb. The exact weights were:

Dave Smith 56-3-0. 8 carp, crucians and a skimmer in peg 54 (again)

Brian Pallett 39-11-0, 3 carp (one 14-4-0) and some bits in peg 41

Ashley Blunt 19-2-0, 2 carp in peg 34

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Over 60's match 21st August 2013

The Over 60's trekked out to the canal at Avington for this event, completing half the series. It was a good win for Steve Myers, following him only 4 ounces separating the next 3 anglers. Still decent weights for the canal at this time of year, drawing a field of 9 anglers. The result is:

Steve Myers 6-6-0

Brian Pallett 5-12-8

Dave Smith 5-11-0

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Rover match 11th August 2013

The first Rover trophy match ofthe year took place on Willows lake and this time the carp were feeding. Dave Smith and Dave chadler had the big bags, leaving the others to trail with a fraction of the winning weight. Even though it was a Rover, with only 9 fishing everyone got the peg they wanted making for a very friendly match. Notably Brian Cripps caught a near 6lb bream. The weigh-in was:

Dave Smith 57-13-0 8 Carp from peg 54

Dave Chandler 41-2-0 5 carp peg 44

Josh Purton 14-14-0 3 carp peg 51

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Club Championship 18th August 2013

The Club Championship went to Dobsons for a silver fish only contest. The weights were not much different to the event where carp counted. This was a runaway win for Dave Smith, who has no doubt been practising again on the quiet. The rest of the field could only watch as Dave bagged a series of Bream for over 15lb. The full result is:

Dave Smith 15-5-0 4 Bream peg 26

Brian Cripps 4-0-8 1Tench + roach peg 29

Richard Wiggins 3-11-0 1 Bream + roach peg 11

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Over 60's match 7th August 2013

Despite reports of good catches from Alders on pleasure sessions the fish did not want to come out to play when fourteen oldies turned up for the latest in the over 60’s series. All looked good from the car park with several areas showing evidence of fish feeding but as usual as soon as the whistle went the fish went into hiding.  All caught a few fish early on but struggled to get bites as the day wore on.  Mervyn on Peg 15 started slowly but managed to snare a big bream around lunch time which was enough to win the match with a total weight of 4lb 2oz.  Richard Wiggins on Peg 23 and Colin Gore on Peg 21 were second and third respectively with nets of 2lb 15 and 2lb mainly made up of rudd.  Colin also battled with 2 carp managing to get one out on light gear but unluckily for him carp don’t count on Alders.  The points table is now looking tight with 4 anglers battling for top spot and only 4 points between them but Dave Smith is heading the race with 28 points.

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