CLUB RESULTS

MATCH RESULTS - 29th AUGUST

The clear cut winner of the Club’s regular Wednesday match last week was Barry Owen. The venue was Heesom’s Pool and Barry put 13-15-0 of crucians, roach, perch and skimmers on the scales off peg 26. All of Barry’s fish were taken on worm and caster presented on the pole at 8 metres. Second was Jason Best, peg 12, with 9-3-0 of skimmers and crucians, all tempted by pellet and maggot at 7 metres. Also in the money were Stan Atkinson, peg 14 with 7-10-0 and Arthur Kenny on peg 17 who weighed-in with 5-9-0. 

On Saturday morning Heesom’s Pool was the venue for the Terry Heath Memorial Open match in aid of St. Luke’s Hospice. A good week continued for Barry Owen who secured the top pay out with 12-11-0 of skimmers, roach and perch. Drawn on peg 25, Barry again took all of his fish on caster and worm. Ian Titchard, peg 13, was second with 10-1-0 of skimmers and roach taken on worm and pellet at 5 and 9 metres. Third place was filled by Dave Cowley, peg 18, with 7-6-0 followed by John Osbourne on peg 11 who finished the match with 5-4-0.

The Club’s last match of the week was on Sunday morning on the Dredger stretch of the River Weaver. Steve Furfie fished maggot on the pole at 10 metres off peg 413 to put together a mixed bag of roach, skimmers, perch and a single bream for a winning weight of 9-10-0. In second place was Mark Emmison, peg 420, with 7-6-0 of roach and skimmers, all taken on a tip rod with maggot on the hook,. Third was Wayne Percival, peg 415, with 6-70, a catch that included an eel of around 1lb.

MATCH RESULTS - 22nd AUGUST

Veteran angler John Dudley claimed first place in the mid-week match on the River Weaver at Anderton on Wednesday. Drawn on peg 41, John fished red maggot on the pole at 11 metres for 10-2-0 of skimmers, roach and perch to register a convincing win. Back in second was Arthur Kenney, peg 37, with an all-roach catch of 4-5-0, all taken on bronze maggot presented at 11 metres. Third was Peter Robinson on peg 34 with a mixed bag of roach, skimmers and perch that weighed-in at 4-0-0.

On Saturday the Club held a ‘Teams of Four’ match on Heesom’s Pool to raise funds for Macmillan Nurses.  A combined weight of 47-2-0 gave victory to ‘Castermen’ (Stan Atkinson, Dave Coyle, Arthur Kenney, and Calvin Tagg). The runners-up slot was filled by ‘Odd-Bods’ (John Dickens, Peter Floyd, Bob Griffiths and Ted Isherwood with 29-9-0. The frame was completed by ’The Plonkers’ (Mick Cowley, Dave Cowley, Peter Moore, and Chris Parry) with 15-1-0. Stan Atkinson took the heaviest individual catch on the day with 18-1-0. This event raised £46 for McMillan’s.

The Club’s regular Sunday morning match last week was held on the Weaver at Anderton. Leading the way was Mark Emmison, peg 41, who landed 12 skimmers, plus roach, that registered 6-6-0 on the scales. All of Mark’s fish were taken on maggot presented at 12½ metres. Second was Calvin Tagg on peg 37 with 6-6-0 of perch and roach and in third place was Chris Parry, peg 47, with 2-6-0.

MATCH RESULTS - 15th AUGUST

The final match in the Club’s 9-match Monday Evening series was held at Heesom’s Pool last week. Top rod on the night was Stan Atkinson who, after a slow start, weighed-in with 6-14-0 of skimmers and roach. Drawn on peg 21, Stan tempted all of his fish on caster presented at 8 metres. Second was Ian Titchard, peg 46, with 6-9-0 of skimmers and crucians taken on worm and pellet at 6 metres and third was Ian Morrison on peg 33 with 6-2-0 of roach, rudd and skimmers. It was Ian who claimed the ‘Hazlehurst Cup’ for 2010 as he secured overall victory of this Series with a total of 166 points with 2 wins and 6 placings. Ian is also the winner of the ‘Appleton Thorn AC’ Cup for the largest individual weight recorded in a round of the this Series thanks to the 17-7-0 that won him the Round 5 match on the River Weaver’s Oak Tree length in July. The Series runner-up is Chris Parry with 134 points and he takes the ‘Cookson Trophy’.

The River Weaver at Anderton was the venue for the final match in the Wednesday Evening Series.  Calvin Tagg was first on the night with 5-10-0 of skimmers and roach off peg 42, all taken at 9 metres on the pole with maggot on the hook. Second was Alan Gregory, peg 40, who landed a bream, plus a few roach, to weigh-in with 3-15-0 and the frame was completed by Ian Morrison on peg 39 with 3-10-0.

The overall winner of this Series and winner of the ‘Firthfield Trophy’ is the ever consistent Ian Morrison with 168 points, consisting of 4 wins and 4 placings. Chris Parry is the runner-up and winner of the ‘Clarke Cup’ with 135 points.

The annual I.C.I. C & P Junior/Senior Cups match was held on the River Weaver at Anderton on Sunday morning. The winner of the Junior trophy was Gareth Evans, peg 37, with 0-10-0 of roach taken on pinkie at 8 metres. Steve Walker won the Senior Cup with 15-5-0. Drawn on peg 47, Steve used the tip rod with maggot on the hook to land a succession of skimmers and roach, Second was Calvin Tagg, peg 28, with 8-8-0 and Bob Foster was third with 4-11-0.

MATCH RESULTS - 8th AUGUST

Another busy week for the Club’s match anglers began with the 8th match in its Monday Evening Series. The venue was the Red Lion, Barnton, length of the River Weaver and it was Steve Walker who secured the maximum points on offer with 14-3-0 of roach and skimmers. Drawn in the little wood, Steve took all of his catch from the middle of the River on a tip rod with maggot on the hook. Second was Ian Morrison with 12-15-0 of roach, plus a few rudd, taken at 13 metres on pole-fished maggot. The frame was completed by Chris Parry with 10-15-0 of skimmer and roach. With just one match to go in this Series, Ian Morrison is leading the way with 148 points. In second place is Chris Parry with 122 and Arthur Kenney is third with 109 points.

On Wednesday the action moved to Heesom’s Pool for the penultimate round of the 9-match Wednesday Evening Series. Mark Davies, peg 32, headed the field with 10-7-0 of skimmers and roach tempted by worm and maggot presented at 10 metres on the pole. The second slot was filled by Steve Walker on peg 30 with 8-15-0 of crucians and skimmers. Also in the money was Ian Morrison, peg 31, with 7-14-0 of crucians, roach, rudd and perch. The points leader in this Series is Ian Morrison with 150 points, followed by Chris Parry with 128 and Arthur Kenney with 114.

Mick Cowley was the runaway winner of the last match of the Club’s Friday All Night series on Heesom’s Pool. Having drawn peg 7, Mick fished pellet at 3 metres to land crucians and skimmers to weigh- in with 52-11-0. Second on the night was Dave Cowley, peg 28, with 22-3-0 of skimmers and crucians. Steve Walker, peg 18, was third with 17-2-0 of skimmers and roach. The overall winner of the Series this year, and recipient of the ‘Terry Heath Memorial Rose Bowl’, is Mick Cowley with 79 points, just one point short of the maximum possible haul. The runner-up spot went to his son Dave Cowley with 58 and Peter Knight finished in third with 37 points.

Top rod in Sunday’s match on the Willow Beds length of the River Weaver was Steve Walker on peg 45 who secured his second win of the week with 13-13-0, a net consisting of skimmers and two bream to 3½lbs. All of Steve’s fish were taken on a tip rod with maggot on the hook. Second was Bob Foster, peg 52, with 12-11-0 of bream, skimmers and roach and in third place was Calvin Tagg on peg 54 with 9-14-0.

MATCH RESULTS - 1st AUGUST

There was a good turn out of twenty-three anglers at Heesom’s Pool for the 7^th Round match of the Monday Evening Series last week and the finish could not have been closer. Stan Atkinson came out on top on the night by just 1oz with a net of crucians, skimmers and rudd that weighed-in at 12-4-0. All of Stan’s fish were tempted by maggot presented on the pole at 9 metres off peg 32. A close second was Barry Owen, peg 21, with 12-3-0 of skimmers and roach taken at 10 metres on pole-fished pellet. The pay out was completed by Ian Morrison, peg 3, with 11-11-0 of skimmers, crucians and roach and Steve Walker on peg 19 with 11-7-0. With just two matches left in this Series, the current points leader is Ian Morrison with 129, followed by Arthur Kenney with 109 and Chris Parry who is on 104.

Heesom’s Pool was also the venue for the final round of the Club’s veterans’ series for the William (Bill) Haddock and E & H Cross Trophies. First was Mal Stanley on peg 15 with 14-9-0 of skimmers, crucians, rudd and roach, all taken on the pole at 6 metres with red maggot as the hook bait. Dave Goodier on peg 12 used rod and line with a waggler float to secure second with 8-9-0 of skimmers, roach and crucians. Third was Arthur Kenney, peg 5 with 7-11-0. The overall winner of this Series was Mal Stanley who secured the William (Bill) Haddock Trophy with a total of 109 points and Bob Foster was the runners-up and claimed the E & H Cross Trophy with 98 points.

The 7^th match in the Wednesday Evening Series was held on the River Weaver at Anderton. Ian Morrison, peg 47, registered his fourth win in this Series as he landed 3 bream to 3½lbs, plus skimmers, for a total weight of 14-4-0. All of Ian’s fish were taken ¾ of the way across the River on a tip rod with maggot on the hook. Second was Chris Parry on peg 40 with 11-8-0 of bream, skimmers and roach taken on maggot fished on the pole at 8 metres.  In the third slot was Mick Malam, peg 36, with 4-11-0. The current points leader of this Series is Ian Morrison with 132. In second is Chris Parry with 115 points and in third place is Arthur Kenney with 114.

On Friday night the 3^rd round of the Club’s ‘All Night’ series for the Terry Heath Rose Bowl was held on the River Weaver at Anderton. First was Mick Cowley, peg 37, with 39-7-0, a catch consisting of 12 bream to 4lbs all tempted by corn and bread at 8 metres. In second place was Dave Cowley, peg 40, with 29-8-0 and in third was Peter Knight, peg 42 with 15-14-0.

The final match of the week was the Junior/Senior pairs match for the Green Cup which was held on the Junior Cistern on Sunday morning. A low turn out of Juniors made for only two pairs competing for the Cup this year, but the weights were good.  The team of Jamie Stebbings and Steve Walker lifted the trophy this season thanks to a combined net of crucians, skimmers, roach and rudd of 22-4-0. This set the benchmark for this match which was held on this venue for the first time. In second place was the team of Gareth Evans and Peter Knight who put a total of 14-1-0 on the scales. The individual Senior winner on the day was Mark Emmison with 9-4-0

MATCH RESULTS - 25th JULY

Round 9 of the Club’s 9-match Monday Evening series was held on the River Weaver at Anderton last week and it was Mark Emmison who secured the maximum points on offer. Drawn on peg 39, Mark used a tip rod to fish maggot at distance to land two bream to 3lbs together with roach and skimmers for a match-winning 11-10-0. Second was Mick Malam, peg 55, who used the same method, but with pinkie as his hook bait, to weigh-in with 10-2-0 of bream and roach and the frame was completed by Ian Morrison on peg 35 with an all-roach net of 9-7-0. The current overall points leader with 3 matches left is Ian Morrison with 111. Arthur Kenney is second with 97 and Chris Parry is third with 95 points.

The Club’s veterans were on the Heesom’s Pool on Wednesday morning for the penultimate match for the William Haddock and E & H Cross Trophies. Top rod on the day was Barry Owen, peg 43, who used a pole to fish caster at 8 metres to take skimmers, crucians and roach for 16-14-0. Some way back in second place was Ralf Titchard, peg 42, with 10-10-0 of skimmers and crucians, all taken on a tip rod with maggot on the hook. Mal Stanley, peg 39, was third with 8-6-0. With one match to go, the overall points leader is Mal Stanley with 89 with Bob Foster on 81 and John Dudley and Barry Holbrook sharing third with 75 points each.

Ian Morrison was the top rod in the 6^th match of the Wednesday Evening Series on the Red Lion, Barnton, stretch of the River Weaver. Drawn on an un-fancied peg just through the entrance gate, Ian was kept busy throughout the match as he took a succession of roach at 4 metres on pole-fished pinkie. A late change to 13 metres produced a couple of skimmers of 1½ lbs that boosted his net to 13-11-0 and a well earned win.  Stan Atkinson landed two bream together with skimmer and roach to claim the second slot with 11-5-0. Third was Chris Parry with 6-14-0 of bream and roach  

On Thursday evening the final match of the Junior’s Early Season Series took place on the Junior Cistern. James Bonello once again had a walkover in the 8-12 years section but nevertheless was a study of concentration and he deserved better than the 0-11-8 of rudd and roach caught on pole fished maggot. In the 13 to 16 years section Gareth Evans registered another win as he put together a catch of 9-10-8 of bream, tench, crucians, roach and rudd. Ben Moores was second with 4-5-0 and Luke Ormond was third with 1-14-0.

James Bonello was the overall winner of the 8-12 years age group series with 68 points and Daniel Forster finished in second with 36. Heading the 13-16 years series was Gareth Evans with 68 points and the runner-up was Ben Moores with 43.

Round 2 of the Club’s ‘All Night’ series for the Terry Heath Rose Bowl was held on Heesom’s Pool on Friday night. Victory went to Dave Cowley on peg 31 with 55-11-0 of skimmers, crucians and small tench, all taken at 1 and 5 metres on pellet and maggot. Dave’s catch set a new venue record for this match as he beat the previous best of 52-4-0 set by his father, Mick, in 2006. In second place on the night was Mick Cowley, peg 44, with 17-12-0 of skimmers and crucians.

Chris Parry went home with the top pay out from the Club’s Sunday morning match on Dane Valley Pool 3. Drawn on peg 5, Chris fished maggot and pinkie on the pole at 8 metres for     7-12-0 of roach, skimmers. Mark Emmison was second with 7-7-0 of roach, skimmers and perch from peg 12 and Arthur Kenney, peg 23, was third with 6-3-0.

MATCH RESULTS - 18th JULY 

The 5^th round match in its Monday Evening Series last week was held on the River Weaver’s Oak Tree length. Top rod was Ian Morrison on peg 435 with 17-7-0, a catch consisting of four bream, a tench and a few small skimmers and roach, all taken on worm presented on the pole at 5 metres. Ian’s catch is the highest weight so far in this Series, which puts him in a good position to take the ‘Appleton Thorn AC’ Cup for this year. The second slot was filled by Wayne Percival, peg 426, who used the pole to fish caster at 4 metres to put 9-7-0 on the scales and Bob Foster on peg 431 was third with 8-12-0. With four matches to go in this Series, Ian Morrison is leading the way with 93 points with Arthur Kenney in second with 81 and Chris Parry in third place with 80.

On Wednesday morning the Club’s veterans were on the Weaver at Anderton for the fourth round in their series for the William Haddock and E & H Cross Trophies. The maximum points on offer went to Arthur Kenney with 5-1-0 of small roach and perch, all caught on bronze maggot fished on the pole at 11 metres from peg 28. John Dudley, peg 41, put together a mainly roach catch of 4-1-0 to claim second and Mal Stanley, peg 22, was third with 2-10-0. The current points standing in this 6-match Series is Arthur Kenney with 73, followed by Mal Stanley who has 71 and Bob Foster with 67.

Later in the day the action switched to Heesom’s Pool for the 5^th round of the Wednesday Evening Series.  First was Stan Atkinson, peg 29, who fished maggot at 6 metres to take a string of crucians, skimmer and rudd for a final weight of 16-10-0. Second was Barry Owen, peg 25, with 14-6-0 of skimmers and crucians tempted by worm and maggot at 8 metres. Mark Emmison on peg 13 was third with 14-3-0 the pay out was completed by Ian Morrison, peg 2, with 13-15-0. The current points leader of this series is Ian Morrison with 92. In second place is Arthur Kenney with 88 points, followed by Chris Parry who has 78.

The penultimate round in the Juniors’ six-match Early Season series was held on Friday evening on the Junior Cistern. The 8-12 years section was once again reduced to a single entrant, James Bonello. James brought three skimmer bream to the weigh net that scaled 4-4-8. Sweetcorn presented on a pole close to an overhanging tree was the successful method.

In the 13-16 years section Gareth Evans was the comfortable winner with 8-11-8, a catch that included three tench up to 3½ lbs backed up by a few small roach. Luke Ormond had just a single 1oz roach in his net with 15 minutes of the match remaining. Then a 6-14-0 mirror carp succumbed to the unusual method of pole-fished corned beef presented over a bed of flavoured corn. It was ten minutes after the all-out before Luke was able to land the carp which gave him second place on the night with 6-15-0 and put him in the lead in the contest for the season’s biggest fish. A very close third was Ben Moores with 6-14-0. 

On Friday evening the first match of the Club’s ‘All Night’ series for the Terry Heath Rose Bowl was held on the River Weaver at Anderton. With only four anglers turning up, just two positions were paid-out. The winner by a large margin was Mick Cowley on peg 38. Mick fished corn and bread at 6 metres on the pole to land 15 bream to 4lbs to weigh-in with 41-2-0. Second was Andrew Knight, peg 42, with 3-12-0, a catch consisting of an eel and a single bream. 

On Sunday morning the Club’s matchmen were on the Red Lion, Barnton, stretch of the River Weaver. Steve Walker drew an end peg close to the 220 Yard Post close to Winnington Bridge and he used a tip rod with maggot to take 9 skimmers to 1½ lbs, plus roach, for a match-winning weight of 13-13-0. Dave Stewart was second with 6-14-0 and the pay-out was completed by Les Akenhead with 5-1-0.

The last match of a busy week was the Club’s annual Ladies match for the Metcalfe Cup which was held on Sunday evening at Heesom’s Pool. Only Barbara Leicester turned up and she secured the Ladies Trophy for 2010 with 2-4-0.

MATCH RESULTS - 11th JULY

Danny Griffiths was the clear winner of the 4^th match in the Club’s Monday Evening series for the ‘Appleton Thorn AC’ Cup. The venue was Heesom’s Pool and Danny headed the field of 26 competitors with 11-6-0. Drawn on peg 1, he used a pole to present pellet and maggot at 8 metres to land skimmers, crucians and roach. Back in second place was Mick Malam, peg 18, with 6-5-0 of crucians, skimmers and perch all taken at 4 metres on pole-fished pinkie. Ian Morrison, peg 5, was third with 6-4-0 and also in the money were Steve Furfie with 5-10-0 and Barry Owen who finished with 5-9-0.

John Dudley claimed the maximum points on offer in the 3rd match in the series for the veterans’ Bill Haddock and E. & H Cross Trophies on Wednesday morning on the River Weaver at Anderton. Fishing from peg 37, John netted two bream to 3lbs together with small roach and chub to weigh-in with 6-11-0. Bob Griffiths, peg 39, was second with 4-9-0 of roach, dace and small skimmers and the frame was completed by Mal Stanley, peg 19, with 3-7-0.

The Oak Tree length of the River Weaver was the venue for the 4^th match in the Club’s Wednesday Evening Series. Steve Walker, peg 427, was the convincing winner of this contest as he put together a net of 14-10-0 which was made up of 5 bream to 3½lbs and a few skimmers. Steve took all of his catch on a tip rod with maggot on the hook. Arthur Kenney, peg 433, was second with 7-14-0 of skimmers and roach and Ian Morrison on peg 435 was third with 6-2-0, which included a tench of around 2lbs.

Round 4 of the Juniors Early Season Series was held on Heesom’s Pool on Friday evening. The Pool was in dire mood for the match and while plenty of fish were showing, they seemed reluctant to feed with any enthusiasm. In the 8-12 years section Daniel Forster fished maggot and worm on the bottom over a bed of groundbait at about 8 metres to tempt a couple of decent skimmers and some small fish to win with 3-4-8. James Bonello struggled to come to terms with the venue but eventually tempted three perch and a roach to record a catch of 0-7-0. Jamie Stebbings headed the 13-16 years section with two skimmers, a quality crucian plus ‘bits’, all taken on maggot fished down the side to put 4-1-0 on the scales. Chasing Jamie hard, Gareth Evans bagged a 3-13-0 of skimmers, crucians and roach. Dylan Wilkinson was third with 0-11-0.

Heesom’s Pool was also the venue on Sunday for the Club’s annual Bob Hunt Memorial match. The winner of the Greenall Cup this year was Barry Owen, peg 34.  Fishing worm and caster on the pole at 10 metres, Barry put together a net of skimmers and crucians that registered 18-8-0 on the scales. Second was Dave Cowley, peg 36, who used a tip rod with red maggot on the hook to take 12 skimmers for 13-4-0. Mal Stanley, peg 30, was third with 10-3-0 of crucians, skimmers and rudd.

This season’s Ladies & Gents Cup match was held on the Top Cistern on Sunday evening. Unfortunately, only Barbara and Peter Leicester turned-up and they claimed the Pairs Trophy by putting a combined net 10-8-0, consisting of rudd, roach skimmers and gudgeon.

MATCH RESULTS - 4th JULY

The 3^rd match in the Monday Evening series on the Weaver at Anderton last week and, despite falling in the water just after the start, Arthur Kenney managed put a catch of 9-2-0 on the scales to take the maximum points on offer. Drawn on peg 40, Arthur fished maggot on the pole at 10 metres to take dace, roach, small chub and eels. Second was Mick Malam, peg 47, who used a tip rod with pinkie on the hook to land a couple of bream and 4 skimmers for 8-7-0. Chris Parry, peg 54, was third with 6-7-0 of roach and chublets, plus a bream of around the 3 ½ lb-mark, all taken on maggot at 4 metres. 

The 2^nd round of the Club’s Veterans series for the William, (Bill), Haddock and E & H Cross Trophies was held on the Weaver at Anderton on Wednesday morning. Top rod on the day was Peter Knight, peg 41, who used a tip rod to fish corn close to the far bank to net 5 bream and a single chub for 13-5-0. Back in second place was Bob Foster, peg 39 with 6-7-0, a catch that included a 3 ½ lb bream, and also in the money was Bob Griffiths on peg 36 who landed a 4lb bream and some small roach for 4-12-0.

The latest match in the Wednesday Evening Series was held on Pool 3 at Dane Valley Fishery. In first place was Ian Morrison, peg 7, who used a pole to present maggot at 9 metres for a mixed net of roach, rudd and skimmers that weighed-in at 5-12-0. Calvin Tagg on peg 5 was second with a similar net of 5-2-0 and a close third was Chris Parry, peg37, with 5-0-0.

On Thursday evening the juniors competed in round 3 of their Early Season series on the Middle Cistern. This match was notable for the fact that all of the competitors included at least one small tench in their catches, none of which was bigger than four ounces. The 8-12 years group was won with a 1-2-0 catch of roach, rudd, tench and gudgeon taken on pole fished maggot by Danny Forster. A six ounce bag of roach and tench gave James Bonello second place. Gareth Evans ran out the winner by some distance in the 13 – 16 years age group with a 5-5-0 catch of tench, rudd, perch and roach. Ben Moores was second with 1-10-0 of tench, roach and rudd and Dylan Wilkinson finished in third place with 0-12-0.

The Club held its annual G. P. O. vs. Barnton & Frodsham AC ‘teams-of four’ match at Heesom’s Pool on Saturday and the finish could not have been any closer on a day when the bites were hard to come by. A combined weight of 30-0-0 gave victory to ‘The Castermen’, (Stan Atkinson, Dave Coyle, Arthur Kenney, Barry Owen), while only 1oz behind were ‘The Plonkers’, (Dave Cowley, Mick Cowley, Peter Moore and Ian Morrison) with 29-15-0. The third slot was filled by ‘Pat’s Plonkers’ (Bob Foster, Mike Smith, Mark Storey, Calvin Tagg) with 18-9-0. The overall individual winner was  Barry Owen,     peg 7, with 17-6-0 of skimmers and roach.

The last match of a busy week was held on Sunday morning on Pool 3 at Dane Valley Fishery. Steve Walker secured the top pay out as he weighed-in with 11-9-0 of roach, rudd, skimmers and crucians all caught at 9 metres on pole-fished maggot and pinkie. Sharing second were Mark Emmison on peg 11 and Calvin Tagg, peg 31 who each finished the match with 4-8-0.

MATCH RESULTS - 27th JUNE

The winner of the 2^nd match of the Club’s Monday Evening Series was Ian Morrison on peg 428 with 10-14-0. The venue was the Oak Tree length of the River Weaver and Ian used a tip rod with maggot on the hook to take 3 bream, plus a few roach and skimmers on the pole. In second was Wayne Percival, peg 443, with 9-6-0 of bream and skimmers, all taken at 5 metres on pole-fished caster. Calvin Tagg was third with 3-8-0.

On Wednesday morning the Club’s veterans were at Heesom’s Pool for the first match in their series for the William (Bill) Haddock and E & H Cross Trophies. Top rod was Arthur Kenney, peg 3, who presented caster on the pole at 10 metres to land a steady stream of mainly roach to 4ozs to weigh-in with 17-0-0. Mal Stanley on peg 11 secured the second slot with 10-5-0 of roach, rudd and crucians tempted by red maggot at 5 metres. The frame was completed by Bob Griffiths, peg 5, with 10-2-0 of roach and rudd.

Later in the day the action moved to the River Weaver at Anderton for the 2^nd round of the Wednesday Evening Series. Chris Parry continued his fine start to the season as he secured the maximum points on offer with 9-6-0 of roach, small chub and a single bream of 3 ½ lbs, all taken on big maggot on the pole at 7 metres from peg 38. Arthur Kenney, peg 41, was second with 8-14-0 of roach, eels and a bream and Mick Malam on peg 49 was third with 8-3-0 of bream, skimmers and roach.

Round 2 of the Juniors Early Season Series was held on the Middle Cistern on Friday evening. Danny Forster won the 8-12 years age group with 1-15-0 of rudd and roach. A close second was James Bonello with a roach, rudd and tench bag of 1-13-0. First in the 13-16 years age group was Ryan Wilkinson who offered pellet on the bottom to take roach, rudd and skimmers to put 3-2-0 in his net. Garth Evans took second with 2-14-0 and Jamie Stebbings was third with 2-11-8.

On Sunday the Club held its annual John Burdett Memorial match to raise funds for St. Luke’s Hospice. The venue was Heesom’s Pool and it was Barry Owen who lifted the John Burdett Trophy by placing 17-6-0 on the scales. Drawn on peg 42, Barry fished worm and maggot pellet on the pole at 10 metres to net 10 good quality skimmers. The second slot was filled by Mark Emmison on peg 51 with 15-9-0 of skimmers, crucians and a bream of 4lbs, all taken on maggot and caster presented at 8 metres.. The pay out was completed by Dave Cowley, peg 21, with 10-3-0 and John Osborne who weighed-in with 9-7-0 from peg 2. The 21 anglers who took part in the match, together with donations from F. Hayes & Son and Blakes Transport, raised a total of £112 for St. Luke’s Hospice.

Junior Match Report

Second Junior Match 2010

24^th June 2010 – Junior Cistern

A 50% increase over last week’s attendance figure saw the total number of competitors leap to six!

In the younger 8-12 years age group two competitors meant that this week we had a contest, and a close one at that. Danny Forster shaded it with a catch of mainly rudd and roach taken on pole high in the water on maggot that scaled 1-15-0. This gave him a two ounce margin over James Bonello who used maggot on the bottom to lure three small tench, a skimmer plus bits for 1-13-0.

The older 13-16 years age group was also a close run affair in which Ryan Wilkinson ran out the winner, his pellet fished on the bottom taking rudd, roach and skimmers that weighed in at 3-2-0. Gareth Evans relied on an up in the water approach to garner a bag of mainly rudd with a few perch which took the scales round to 2-14-8. Similar tactics gave Jamie Stebbings a catch of 2-11-8 for third place.

MATCH RESULTS - 20th JUNE

The Club’s extensive 2010/11 match season got underway last week at a new venue for its match angling fraternity at Dane Valley Pool 3 at Northwich A.A.’s Shipbrook Lane complex. On this occasion only 8 turned up to compete in the 1^st round of the Monday Evening series, a turnout that should improve as anglers get used to this venue. The maximum points on offer went to Calvin Tagg with 12-4-0. Drawn on peg 4, Calvin presented maggot on the pole at 11 metres to land skimmers, roach, rudd, crucians, plus a single barbell, at a steady rate throughout the contest. Second was Ian Morrison, peg 10, with roach, rudd and skimmers taken at 11 metres on pole-fished maggot for a net of 8-7-0. The frame was completed by Trevor Jones, peg 34, with 5-8-0.

The Red Lion, Barnton, length of the Weaver was the venue for the first match in the Wednesday Evening series. The River had little flow and it was Ian Morrison who used a light rig on the pole to present pinkie at 6 metres to secure the top slot with 7-0-0 of small roach and skimmers from a peg opposite the Works. Arthur Kenney was second with 4-12-0 of roach to 4ozs taken at 10 metres on caster and bronze maggot and in third was Mick Malam with 4-4-0.

On Thursday evening the first match in the juniors’ early Season series was held on the Junior Cistern. Disappointingly, the trend for low attendance figures in junior matches continued with only four young anglers turning out. In the younger 8-12 years age group the only competitor, James Bonello, nevertheless fished diligently with maggot on the pole at 9 metre to catch rudd, roach, gudgeon and a tench of just over 2lbs, to put 3-15-0 on the scales. In the 13-6 years age group Gareth Evans won at a canter. Alternating between maggot and pellet on the pole, Gareth caught steadily throughout the match with silver fish, including some cracking roach to 1 ¼ lbs. These, plus a tench, gave him an impressive 7-15-0 bag. The scrap for second place ended with Jamie Stebbings an ounce ahead of Ben Moores with 2-10-0 of mainly rudd.

A busy opening week came to an end on Sunday with 17 anglers turning up at Heesom’s Pool to fish for the Secretary’s Cup. A last-cast bream of over 4 ½ lbs put the icing on the cake for Assistant Match Secretary Chris Parry as he lifted the Cup with a winning weight of 15-15-0. Fishing from peg 4, Chris tempted crucians, perch roach, and his bonus bream, with maggot presented on the pole at 5 metres. Steve Furfie, peg 7, was second with 14-3-0 of skimmers, crucians, perch, roach and rudd and the pay out was completed by Mal Stanley, peg 28, with 13-5-0.