Caythorpe river Trent 20th June 2021

First river match with some patchy results.

Full Result

With an upgate wind making float fishing tricky float weights were low., but on the upstream end peg Neil Culham found the beam feeding, and fished a perfect match catching 10 bream to win with 33lb. Second place went to Clive Williams with 7lb of float caught fish.Third palce went to Pete Tomlinson  6lb 3oz..

N Culham 33lb 4oz

C Williams 7lb 4oz

P Tomlinson  6lb 3oz

J Simpson 5lb 8oz (section)

G Smith 5lb 3oz (section)

J Rick 5lb

M Lacey 4lb 4oz

D Briggs 3lb 15oz

C Shaw 2lb 4oz

P Winfield 1lb 3oz

Sookholme Lake 13th June 2021

New venue proves a hit

Full Result

This new venue provided some excellent weights, Neil Culham drawn on peg 19 caught on pellet waggler and pole for a winning weight of over 100lb, in second place was John Rick on peg 23 with a pole caught weight of 70lb, third place went to Pete Tomlinson on peg 5 with 54lb.

N Culham 100lb 8oz

J Rick 70lb 1oz

P Tomlinson 54lb 11oz

C Shaw 41lb 5oz (section)

D Briggs 40lb 4oz

G Smith 36lb 5oz (section)

H Smith 34lb 12oz

M Lacey 29lb 10oz

C Williams 22lb 6oz

Portland 4 Islands June 6th 2021

4 Islands threw up some good weights.

Full Result

With the carp reliuctant to feed a few of the anglers had a decent day, while some struggled to get the fish to feed, leading the way was Daryl Butler with 72lb 10oz from peg 17  Daryl fished over on pellet on the inner island, in second place was Chris Shaw 70lb  on the outer peg 14 catching down the margins, third place went to Mick Danby also on the inner with 55lb.

D Butler 72lb 10oz 

 C Shaw 70lb 8oz 

M Danby 55lb 10oz

C Williams 39lb 12oz

N Culham 38lb 4oz (section)

J Simpson 39lb 2oz (section)

G Smith 24lb 8oz

M Lacey 20lb 6oz

L Nightingale 19lb 10oz

J Rick 17lb 3oz

D Briggs 15lb 5oz

H Smith 13lb 5oz

I Mac 7lb 2oz

P Tomlinson 7lb 1oz

Wellow Dam May 30th 2021

On the hottest day of the year so far the fish were in a spawning frenzy weights were lower than expected as the fish had other things on there mind.

Full result

With fish spawning and the sunny and bright conditions it made it hard for most, leading the way was Chris Shaw on peg 22 who put 34lb on the scales his weight was helped by a mighty carp weighing 16lb 9oz, that along with a couple of smaller carp and some silvers gave him the win,running him close from peg 24 was Martin Lacey with 33lb Martin coming second again for the third consecutive match Martin had 3 carp and a few silvers .third place went to evergreen Clive Williams fishing on peg 5 Clive had 30lb mainly silvers on worm.

C Shaw 34lb 9oz

M Lacey 33lb 6oz

C Williams 30lb 4oz

D Butler 25lb 9oz

N Culham 25lb 6oz (section)

P Winfield 25lb 6oz

D Briggs 20lb 10 oz (section)

P Tomlinson 18lb 8oz

M Danby 16lb 1oz

J Rick 13lb 4oz

J Simpson 8lb 14oz

H Smith DNW

Nottingham canal London road May 23rd 2021

Weights were low with no roach showing only small fish and the odd bream making up the weights.

Full Result

John Rick fishing peg 202 had  bream up to 4lb in his catch and also lost a couple of big bream, second place went to Martin Lacey had mainly skimmers and one decent bream for 9lb, third place went to Chris Shaw with a net of skimmers for 6lb.

J Rick 13lb 14oz

 M Lacey 9lb 14oz

C Shaw 6lb

P Tomlinson = ( joint section)

C Williams  4lb 14oz

J Simpson 2lb 15oz (section)

G Smith 1lb 15oz

P Winfield 1lb 12oz

D Briggs=

D Butler 1lb 10oz

Portland old lake May 16th 2021

Another good turn out with some excellent weights

Full Result

Neil Culham recorded his second win on the trot drawing his favorite peg 8 he fished an excellent match catching on the feeder and pellet waggler, in second place was Martin Lacey catching on the pole at 9 mtrs and in the margins late on.

N Culham 54lb 10oz

M Lacey 53lb 1oz

D Butler 50lb 6oz

P Tomlinson 48lb 12oz

J Rick 48lb 4oz (section)

G Smith 39lb 3oz (section)

C Shaw 30lb 10oz

J Simpson 21lb

H Smith 18lb 3oz

M Danby 15lb

D Briggs 9lb 6oz

M Fletcher 9lb1oz

L Nightingale 8lb 5oz

C Williams 7lb 6oz

Shelthill Hazel lake May 9th 2021

Difficult day for most of the anglers very windy conditions

FULL RESULT

In a hard match first snd second were way out in front Neil Culham winning with 50lb of Ide and Carp John Simpson was second with 45lb mainly Ide both fished 16 meters, in third place was Daryl Butler maitaining his good start to the season with 17lbs.

1 N Culham 50lb 10oz

2 J Simpson 45lb

3 D Butler 17lb 8oz

4 G Smith 15lb 6oz

5 M Fletcher 13lb 14oz

6 D Briggs 12lb 15oz section winner

7 P Winfield 12lb 6oz section winner

8 C Shaw 10lb 8oz

9 H Smith 10lb 7oz

10 C Williams 9lb 15oz

11 L Nightingale 9lb 10oz

12 J Rick 6lb 8oz

13 M Lacey 5lb 13oz

14 I Mac 4lb 10oz

15 P Tomlinson 3lb 9oz

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