SPRINGVALE DUCHESS LAKE 2ND MAY 2021

Midlands first match of the season was a close affair with Daryl Butler out in front with 74lb,14 double figure weights in the match.

SPRINGVALE DUCHESS LAKE FIRST MATCH OF THE NEW SEASON PROVED TO BE A CLOSE AFFAIR, PUTTING IN A GREAT DISPLAY OF IDE FISHING WAS DARYL BUTLER WITH A WEIGHT OF  74LB 9OZ IN SECOND PLACE FISHING IN THEN TEETH OF THE WIND WAS JOHN SIMPSON WITH A  WEIGHT OF 71LB 2OZ, THIRD PLACE WENT TO PETE TOMLINSON THE MARGIN MASTER WITH 62LB 10OZ.

FULL RESULT

1 D BUTLER 74LB 9oz

2 J SIMPSON 72LB 1oz

3P TOMLINSON 62LB 10oz

4 G SMITH 57LB 13 oz

5 N CULHAM 57LB 10oz

6C SHAW 53LB 8oz

7 M LACEY 52LB 30z

8 C WILLIAMS 51LB 1oz

9 J RICK 38LB 4oz

10M DANDY 33LB 14oz

11 M FLETCHER 33LB 8oz

12 H SMITH 29LB 12oz

13 D BRIGGS 28LB 4oz

14 L NIGHTINGALE 20LB 1oz

London Road Canal 25th October

This was Midlands last match of the season thanks to everyone who helped during a difficult season, stay safe and stay well. Under decent conditions the match was a close run thing, coming out on top was canal expert Simon Harper off fancied peg 198 putting 8 lb 8oz on the scales, in second place off end peg 208 was John Simpson with 8lb 3oz.

Full Result

1 S Harper 8lb 8oz
2 J Simpson 8lb 3oz
3 J Rick 8lb 2oz
4 M Lacey 7lb 10oz
5 C Shaw7lb
6 P Tomlinson 5lb
7 C Williams 4lb 14oz
8 D Butler 2lb 8oz
9 P Winfield 1lb 6oz
10 L Nightingale DNW

Hemmington Moat 18th Oct

Despite good conditions fish were hard to find, after a fishless first hour Martin Lacey changed to pole and started to catch roach and bream, netting two bonus carp at the end for 53lb, on the opposite bank Gary Smith had a carp first put in but then switched to pole finishing with 30lb.

Full Result

1 M Lacey 52lb 2oz
2 G Smith 30lbs
3 M Danby 16lb 6oz
4 D Butler 14lb 10oz
5P Tomlinson 11lb 9oz
6 L Nightingale 11lb 1oz
7 C Williams 5lb 1oz
8 I Mac 1lb 7oz
9 J Rick 1lb 3oz

London road canal 11th Oct 2020

Clive Williams was a runaway winner from favored peg 196 finishing with 18lbs of roach and skimmers, John Rick was second with 8lbs 7oz followed by Chris Shaw with 6lb 12oz, the canal continued to show good form from a selection of different pegs.

Full Result

1 C Williams 18lb
2 J Rick 8lb 7oz
3 C Shaw 6lb 12oz
4 M Lacey 6lb 6oz(section)
5 D Briggs 3lb 5oz
6 D Butler 3lb 3oz(section)
7 S Harper 3lb 12oz
8 P Tomlinson 3lb
9 L Nightingale 3lb 13oz
10 G Smith 1lb 13oz
11 H Smith DNW

FRIAR TUCK 6th OCT

Pegs 23 and 21 held the fish making the most of the draw was Pete Tomlinson who put 86lb on the scales John Rick on peg 21 finished with 79lb.

Full Result

1 P Tomlinson 86lb 7oz
2 J Rick 79lb 9oz
3 L Nightingale 44lb 9oz
4 G Smith 40lb 9oz (section)
5 M Lacey 35lb 9oz (section)
6 N Culham 32lb 8oz
7 C Williams 29lb 6oz
8 M Fletcher 27lb 11oz
9 D Briggs 26lb 14oz
10 H Smith 20lb 15oz
Knock out cup winner was Gary Smith.

Thorpe Constanine 27th Sept

This was our first visit to the water, which was a little late in the year, however Neil Culham made the most of the peg to win with 73lb in second place was Pete Tomlinson with 49lb. 2oz

Full Result.

1 N Culham 73lb 2oz
2 P Tomlinson 49lb 8oz
3 G Smith
C Williams 42lb
5 C Shaw 37lb 11oz
6 J Rick 24lb 5oz
7 M Lacey 19lb 3oz
8 H Smith 18lb 9oz
9 D Briggs 18lb 2oz
10 D Butler 11lb

MILL DAM 20TH SEPT

A tale of two halfs for once the left hand bank was the place to be Daryl Butler did the business from peg 2 putting 121lb on the scales, in second place was Martin Lacey from peg 14 with 83lb. A special mention to Ian Mac who fished for the first time since lockdown Ian came a creditable 5th 50lb

Full Result

1 D Butler 121lb 4oz
2 M Lacey 83lb 11oz
3 C Williams 72lb 6oz
4 N Culham 60lb 5oz (Section)
5 I Mac 50lb 10oz
6 L Nightingale 50lb 9oz
7 D Briggs 48lb 7oz (Section)
8 J Rick 44lb 4oz
9 P Tomlinson 41lb 7oz
10 H Smith 31lb 13oz
11 M Danby 22lb 8oz

HOVERINGHAM SEPT 13TH

With a fierce downstream wind conditions were very difficult C Williams came out on top in a close match.

Full Result

1C Williams 7lbs 3oz
2 J Simpson 6lb 12oz
3 M Lacey 6lb 1 oz
4 J Rick 5lb 13oz
5 C Shaw 5lb 9oz
6 N Culham 3lb 8oz
7 P Tomlinson 2lb 15oz
8 D Butler 2lb 12oz
9 D Briggs 2lb 14oz

CAYTHORPE SEPT 6TH

On a clear river some pegs struggled to produce but at the top end of of the section Mick Danby found the roach feeding putting 10lbs on the scales, a close second was Neil Culham who seems to have discovered his river legs putting 9lb on the scales ,third place went to the inform Dave Briggs with 8lbs. The top weight at the bottom of the stretch went to Pete Tomlinson with 7lb.

Full Result

1 M Danby 10lb 8oz
2 N Culham 9lb 7oz
3 D Briggs 8lb 4oz
4 P Tomlinson 7lb 4oz
5 C Williams 6lb 12oz
6 G Smith 6lb 7oz
7 C Shaw 5lb 15oz
8 J Simpson=
M Lacey 5lb 13oz
10 J Rick 4lb 9oz
11D Butler 3lb 11oz
12 M Fletcher 2lb 12oz

LITTLE JOHN 30th August

John Rick fishing his first match for 4 months struggled for the first 2 hours then the carp moved into his margin in a big way putting 170lb on the scales for an easy win, at the next peg Gary Smith finished with 140lb, 3rd place was taken Pete Tomlinson with 137lb

Full Result

1 J Rick 170lb 11oz
2 G Smth 140lb
3 P Tomlinson 137lb 14oz
4 M Danby 106lb 7oz
5 D Butler 103lb 6oztingale
6 C Williams 99lb 3oz
7 N Culham 97lb 10oz
8 H Smith 96lb 5oz
9 M Lacey 94lb 13oz
10 D Briggs 79lb 14oz
11 L Nightingale 73lb 13oz
12 C Shaw 68lb 10oz