Next weeks' match at Walters Lake is the last match of the 2011/12 season so membership renewals will be due at the next meeting or as soon as possible after that. Please be aware that the club now has a few more members than we have had in previous years which makes it even more important that you attend the monthly meetings to secure places at matches as I anticipate a lot of matches will be fully booked next season.
I have (finally) booked this year's Christmas match! It will be at Acorn (Paddock Lake) on 16 December.
The Holgan Farm weekend festival (3-5 August) is now booked up and deposit sent. I have 11 booked in for definite but there is still room for more so if you are interested please let me know as soon as possible so I can organise the accommodation.
The Agm will be on Tuesday 1 May and we will be looking for a new Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Treasurer and Match Secretary so if any of those positions sound appealing please feel free to step up! (but don't all rush at once). I won't be attending as I will be topping up my tan and propping up one of the many bars on the Independence of the Seas somewhere between Spain and Portugal!
Driving Directions for Walters Lake
I have switched our match to the Green lane as this has more pegs than the other lanes.
There are 2 ways to get there. You can go the scenic route via Chipping Sodbury / Tetbury / Cirencester and then on to the A419 or up the M4 to jct 15 (second Swindon junction) and on to the A419.
Either way you want to come off the A419 on to the B4696, the venue is on Wickwater lane which is the second turning on the left (look for the signs for Waterside Cafe).
For those of you with modern technology, the postcode is GL7 5TL
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Sunday, 25 March 2012
Sunday, 18 March 2012
Shiplate, Hawthorn, 18 March (14 pegs)
Overall Result:
- Rich Jones .... peg 12 ..... 56-4
- Darren North ........... 14 ........ 37-12
- Simon Belcham ........ 6 ......... 15-6
- Chris Gay ................. 8 ......... 13-10
- Steve Burgess .......... 1 .......... 11-12
- Mike Smith ............. 11 ......... 11-8
- Mike Welling .......... 7 ........... 10-4
- Alan Healy .............. 4 ........... 9-6
- Mark Radford ......... 2 ........... 7-0
- Paul Reed ... Dnw
- Bob Warren ... Dnw
- Adam Caswell ... Dnw
- Lionel Legge .... Dnw
- Steve Wynne .... Dnw
- Simon Belcham ...... 3-14
- Chris Gay ................ 2-12
- Darren North .......... 1-8
- Alan Healy ............. 0-8
- Mark Radford ......... 0-2
Sunday, 11 March 2012
Acorn, Old Match Lake, 11 March (12 pegs)
Overall Result:
- Alan Healy ....... 46-10
- Mark Britton .............. 36-0
- Mark Radford ............ 33-3
- Ron Hardiman ........... 32-8
- Simon Belcham ......... 27-15
- Darren North ............. 22-6
- Mike Smith ............... 17-0
- Paul Reed .................. 12-14
- Mike Wilson .............. 11-1
- Ryan Radford / Will Dearlove .... 9-0
- Derek Lucas ............... 7-9
- Darren North ..... 1-10
- Simon Belcham .. 1-7
- Paul Reed ........... 1-6
- Will Dearlove ..... 1-4
- Mark Radford ..... 1-1
Monday, 5 March 2012
Psv Weekend Festival @ Holgan Farm, 3~5 August
I don't normally like to namedrop but I had a chat on the phone today with Ian Heaps, former world champion and owner of Holgan Farm Fishery in Pembrokeshire, and have more or less sorted the arrangements for our weekender in August.
Dates are Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th August with a match on a different lake on each of those days.
Accommodation will be split with some staying at the fishery and the rest at a nearby pub b&b.
The cost for peg fees and accommodation will be $115 (us laptop) for 2 nights or $165 if you prefer to travel on the Thursday.
All are welcome and I'm sure it will be a weekend to remember however, I need to know as soon as possible how many are definitely interested so that I can finalize the arrangements with my mate Ian!
More information on the fishery can be found at www.ian-heaps.com
Boyd Valley, 04 march (12 pegs)
Unfortunately I wasn't able to fish this one but even so, due to the ongoing problems with my phone(s), i still managed to mess up as 13 turned up for this 12 peg venue!
Still, never mind, as I had a thouroughly enjoyable dinner at Farrells retaurant in Keynsham and seeing as it was a very cold, wet, windy and miserable morning I wasn't overly bothered!
Thankfully, the carp showed at last resulting in some decent weights and a close result.
Full result: sorry no peg numbers or silvers weights!
muggers members were stirring from their winter hibernation and making a welcome reappearance and that it wouldn't be long before legendary carp-magnet, Craig Trigger Edmunds would be gracing us with his presence.
And sure enough, right on cue, that day had come. But unfortunately it seems he jumped the gun a bit as my bankside spies told me that he packed up halfway through the match complaining of hypothermia.
I suspect however, that he had a call from his girlfriend who is due to produce a "mini Trig" any time soon, demanding extra supplies of custard donuts and catfood to satisfy her pregnancy cravings!
Please note that the monthly club meeting is on Tuesday night where I will be taking bookings for Acorn, old lake (11 March), Shiplate (18 March) and Walters lake, South Cerney (1 April).
Although we haven't had a match at Walters before, a few members have fished there and it was one of the venues that was put forward when we discussed new places to book so it will be interesting to see how many book in for this one!
If you are unable to make the meeting you can contact me in the week to book into matches if spaces are available.
My work phone (07979647233) should be back up and running from Tuesday onwards or alternatively you can get hold of me on 07583295430 evenings and weekends.
On a lighter note, the picture below has absolutely no relevance to this post whatsoever but if you look closely it shows how to tie a "snowman" rig which may come in handy one day when the carp are a bit tricky!
Still, never mind, as I had a thouroughly enjoyable dinner at Farrells retaurant in Keynsham and seeing as it was a very cold, wet, windy and miserable morning I wasn't overly bothered!
Thankfully, the carp showed at last resulting in some decent weights and a close result.
Full result: sorry no peg numbers or silvers weights!
- Rich Britton ...... 59-12
- Darren north .... 58-5
- Chris Gay ........ 52-4
- keith Ray ......... 50-0
- Simon Belcham .. 46-0
- Alan Healy ........ 21-9
- Bob Warren ...... 19-12
- Derek Lucas ..... 14-10
- Paul Reed ........ 11-4
- Mike Wilson ..... ?
- Steve Wynne ..... dnw
- Trigger ............. dnw (see below)
And sure enough, right on cue, that day had come. But unfortunately it seems he jumped the gun a bit as my bankside spies told me that he packed up halfway through the match complaining of hypothermia.
I suspect however, that he had a call from his girlfriend who is due to produce a "mini Trig" any time soon, demanding extra supplies of custard donuts and catfood to satisfy her pregnancy cravings!
Please note that the monthly club meeting is on Tuesday night where I will be taking bookings for Acorn, old lake (11 March), Shiplate (18 March) and Walters lake, South Cerney (1 April).
Although we haven't had a match at Walters before, a few members have fished there and it was one of the venues that was put forward when we discussed new places to book so it will be interesting to see how many book in for this one!
If you are unable to make the meeting you can contact me in the week to book into matches if spaces are available.
My work phone (07979647233) should be back up and running from Tuesday onwards or alternatively you can get hold of me on 07583295430 evenings and weekends.
On a lighter note, the picture below has absolutely no relevance to this post whatsoever but if you look closely it shows how to tie a "snowman" rig which may come in handy one day when the carp are a bit tricky!
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