CLUB RESULTS

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.