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Crawley Post Office Angling Club was formed in the spring of 1987. The social club received a letter from SEPORA (SOUTH EAST POST OFFICE REGIONAL ASSOCIATION) asking whether anyone in the Crawley office would like to take part in a regional angling competition. A PHG named Les Bailey did a bit of fishing and set about getting a team together. He asked Colin Temple.(He had never fished before but he agreed as he thought it would be a good day out).Between them they managed to get 3 teams of 6 together. Most of them were sea anglers but took part for the fun of it. Unfortunately, Les got the sack before the matches took place and Colin was left to organise everything on his own. The teams did well and the anglers expressed a wish to form a club.By August 1987 the club had 20 members. Thanks to Colin's efforts the club has grown to what it is today.
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Ribbon Lake 13/11/2011
Last report of the league-Ribbon Lake at Sumners Pond for this one. It started with a full English breakfast at the lakes cafe with lashings of tea and coffee. The weather was sunny and dry but the fishing was hard due to the drop in temperature.
Top Honours for the day
1st place Keith Huggins with a mixed net for 16lb 10oz,caught on the pole at 16m with mixed hook baits.
2nd place was Roger Apps with a mixed net for 12lb 11oz caught on the pole next to the bridge mainly on worm.
3rd place was Rob Fairbrother with a mixed net for 12lb 6oz using his top 2 and dead maggot.
Chump of the month was JJ with a DWI as he went home half way through the match for an early bath!!
The final of the Mitchell cup was also fished with Gary Mitchell weighing in 9lb 15oz to Doug Bottings 4lb 4oz.
Hi Lights of the Match
I thought Kipper was gullible but Mac is on par as he genuinely thought Rob was using liquidized banana!!(an easy mistake to make as its the same colour as sweet corn!). Kipper managed to weigh in 2 fish that looked like they had barcodes on them,he would have had 3 if he was using Asda sweetcorn. Balky didn't want a mention in this report for breaking anything,so he decided not to bring his fishing gear,but instead being an electrician,he brought his tool box and various lengths of wire and spent the next six hours making a complete electric circuit for a Morris Minor! Keith Huggins didn't want a mention either,but his mate in the tackle shop told him that it was speed fishing that won on Ribbon Lake the week before,so he turned up in a camouflaged lycra suit that held him in,in all the right places!(his 'mate' in the tackle shop sold it to him at a discount!) Unfortunately after demolishing 4 breakfasts he exploded at the seams and ended up in wellies and a jumper!! And what about that Mitchell!!! I wondered what he was up to after breakfast when I saw him talking to the bailiff,who gave him a map of the lake,so I thought I would keep a beady eye on him after the draw. And true to his nature of wanting to win 'his' trophy at all costs,he started sticking pins into the map where Doug was fishing! Gary old mate this type of behaviour is bad for your health,it's got to stop,let someone else win 'your' trophy next year for your own sanity! And finally while we were having a beer in the pub afterwards,Deb asked Colin what he wanted for Christmas,just as he threw his pint in his lap,I think Tenna Men will help with your incontinence over Christmas Colin!!!
See you all next year! MERRY CHRISTMAS
Written as always by Ray 'the scoop' Hill
PS from Gary......
I would like to say a BIG Thank you to Ray 'the Scoop' Hill for taking on the job of writing the match reports. He does a great job,and doesn't miss a trick! As of next season there will be a paragraph added about Ray written by myself and Mr. Balk,cheers Ray!
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