News 2010
Ribbon Lake 1/08/2010
This was our first match on this lake which is part of the Sumners Pond complex.It's a snake type lake but without Carp.Gary took top spot on the day by fishing two lines.One at 3 meters and one at 6 meters.After starting on 6mm cubes of meat he changed to 6mm expander pellets as believe it or not he got "BARBELED OUT" with small 3-4 oz. Barbel .He weighed in 29lb-12oz.Kipper fished the match of his life and took 2nd place with 22lb-1oz. on the wagler and Martin Rann also did great to finish 3rd with 19lb-6oz. although he still lost a pound to Gary!!
Woodpeckers Night Match 3-4/07/2010
Congratulations must go to Stu Roddick who won the night match this year. As lesser mortals dozed off Stu fought off sleep and continued netting fish right through the night, finishing with 42lb-7oz.Gary wasn't too far behind with 37lb-1oz and Darkie took third with 28lb...We would all like to say a big thank you to Deb who went out and bought all the food for the barbie and also to Matt. and Mandy for doing all the cooking. They did a great job.
Borde Hill 20/06/2010
Well done to Darkie for being only the second angler in the club to break the one hundred pound mark. He fished a brilliant match using a pole float on a waggler rod with cat meat for bait. He fished in the margins and ended up with 107lb-4oz.Stu also did well taking 60lb -2oz.on the pole with corn and Ray took third on the method and maggot taking 38lb-15oz.Sadly, it looks like this may be our last match at Borde Hill as they aren't going to allow matches in the future.
Pro-Am Henfold Lake 1 30/05/2010
This years pro-am took place at Henfold lakes. It was great to see some new faces as well as the old regulars back on the bank. Darkie and his mate Kezza showed their class once again to take top spot with 40lb-8oz. Gary and John West took silver with 24lb-1oz and Dave and Phillipa Botting took bronze with17lb-5oz. It was a great day which saw Darren Brooker fall in and poor old Del (Wiggy) Sumner blank. He took it well though, he only swore lots. We must say a big thankyou to all the anglers that kindly lent their tackle to the Ams on the day.
Osprey Lake 09/05/2010
Sunday saw us back at Osprey lake.Keith Huggins,fed up with Gary taking the Mick about him always coming second didn,t.He shut him up and came first with 37lb-10oz on what turned out to be a tough day.New face Doug Botting put his name on the map by doing a Keith Huggins and coming second with 23lb dead and Clive Bolter fished a great match taking third spot with14lb-7oz.It was great to see all of our new members catching fish but commiserations must go to Kate Newton who took the Chump of the month award.
Furze Farm 18/04/2010
Gary would like to say sorry as he forgot to mention that it was the Jeff. Lincoln Memorial match on Sunday at Furze Farm. What an idiot. Anyway, congratulations must go to Darkie who won the trophy with 81-15oz of Carp on the method feeder to the island. Keith Huggins came second for the third time in three matches (well you can't say he's not consistent) with 69lb and Gary after a great start ended in third place with 61lb. Chump of the month was Jay Jay, but as it was his first time fishing with us he had a good excuse.
Henfold 28/03/2010
Well what a fun day this turned out! Lake 1 was being dredged which meant that what was stirred up was washed down through the other lakes resulting in poor weights all round. At least this was the very best of many excuses that Gary could come up with for the reason he "BLANKED". Ten of the twenty anglers that took part caught less than a pound. Full credit must go to Roger Apps who took top spot with 3lb-14oz, Keith Huggins was just behind with 3lb-12oz and in 3rd was Mac. with 3lb-2oz. Gary said that it was very kind of Niff Noff to not catch anything either. It was still decided that Niff should come in front of Gary though as he didn't cry so much. Gary took it well but has been unusually quiet since. Watch your back Ingram!
Woodpeckers 07/03/2010
For the first time since our records began the new season kicked off with us all having to break the ice. Light tackle with small hooks was the order of the day and Gary took victory with a mixed bag totaling 17lb-6 oz. Keith Huggins was just behind him with 15-11 and Darkie just behind that with 15lb. dead. We must mention John Powell who scored his highest ever league score. Funny moments came from Ray Hill who fishing the waggler was hooking and losing fish as the ice floated between him and the fish. They obviously weren't Skate!!! Also Colin Temple will now be known as "BARBIE" as he allegedly caught a hook in his jacket and it just wouldn't come out. We wonder why.
As the league don’t seem to be broke I don’t intend to fix it so as always 15 points for 1st down to 1 for 15th but you get an extra point for turning up if you come 15th or below.
Several people have said that they would be quite interested in fishing a Mr. And Mrs. Match.This, as the the name suggests, would run along the lines of the pro-am but we fish with our partners. If any single people want to fish we could try to get volunteers to fish with them. I was thinking of Henfold as a venue as it has clean toilets and a bar for afterwards. Have a word with your better halves and let me know what you think. If there is enough interest I will arrange a date in the summer.
Thanks once again for making it all such good fun and I look forward to seeing you all back on the bank soon. Lets try and beat Macs incredible 155lb-6ozs.
All the best Gary