Result of the Over 60’s match on Avington on 23 September 2026.
Tim Wirth 8-5-0, Les Durnford 7-3-0, Dave Smith 6-10-0, Bill Bowsher 5-12-0, Richard Wiggins 4-8-0, Henry Sadler 4-0-0, Brian Pallett 3-14-0, Malcolm Chapple 3-11-0, Ian Portman 3-2-0, Ken Rolfe 1-8-0, Mark Rose 0-10-0 (Mark fished his first match with us and was great to see him on the scoreboard) Alf Megarry 0-8-0.
A nice warm September day on a stretch of canal that a lot of people do not like because “there are no fish”!! The two top weights were the two top end pegs which is traditionally the “dead stretch”. Everyone had a good amount of fish in front of them which led to a very enjoyable match.Result of the Over 60’s match on Alders on 16 September 2026
D Smith 21-0-0, M Burrows 14-1-0, L Durnford 10-8-0, K Haines 6-9-0, M Chappell 5-4-0, B Pallett 3-11-0, T Wirth 3-0-0, R Wiggins 1-0-12, K Cole 1-0-0, H Sadler 0-10-0, A Megarry 0-8-0, Ian Portman 0-1-0. K Rolfe and T Mortlock DNW.
Bream were needed to get onto the leader board. Les Durnford had 2 Mervyn had 4 and the winner had 6. It was nigh on impossible to fish a feeder next to the Lily pads because of the weed. With the water level so low this summer the weed has exploded. Most were restricted to waggler or pole. Dave Smith found a clear spot at 10 metres on the pole just past the Lilies. He fed groundbait and maggot and was surprised to see a jacuzzi in front of him! He lost the first one on his light rig with a size 18 hook. Out went the heavy rig with a size 14 and a big piece of worm and he never looked back. A couple of nice Tench were also caught which enhances Alders as one of our better silver fish lakes with not a Carp in sight!!
Result of the Over 60’s match on Bellwood 26th August 2026
W Bowsher 7-7-0, K Haines 6-0-0 and D smith 6-0-0, B Pallett 5-3-0, H Sadler 4-4-0, M Burrows 3-9-0, R Wiggins 2-1-0, Ian Portman 1-8-0, A Megarry 0-15-0. K Rolfe, K Cole and M Chapple DNW.
Some of the anglers sat on the feeder for big fish. That proved not to be the way to go. Only one Bream was caught and that was by Ken Haines who had a few silvers to make up his 6lb. Dave Smith on the other hand had 81 Roach and Perch for his 6lb and, as he said, he had a much more enjoyable match. Bill Bowsher did the same as Dave and outscored him in the small fish race! Bellwood is one of our better maintained lakes.The pegs were comfortable and access around the lake was easy. It didn’t rain so it was an enjoyable match for the Seniors!
Result of the Over 60’s match on Dobsons on 19 Aug 26.
Tony Mortlock 6-3-0, Kelvin Cole 5-9-0, Richard Wiggins 4-5-0, Bill Bowsher 1-12-0, Steve Pallett 1-6-0, Brian Pallett 0-14-0, Henry Sadler 0-10-0, Merv Burrows 0-6-0, Dave Smith 0-1-0. Ken Haines, Ken Rolfe, Tim Wirth, Clive Jones and Alf Megarry DNW. If you didn’t find a big fish you were not going to get good points. he top two had a carp and Richard caught a Bream. The rest had to try and find the bits that wanted to feed. Dave Smith’s little Perch earned him 2 points!!
Result of Over 60’s match held at Marshalls on 5th August 2026
Clive Jones 33-11-0, Tony Mortlock 32-2-0, Dave Smith 31-12-0, Malcolm Chapple 21-3-0, Tim Wirth 20-3-0, Kalvin Cole 15-3-0, Ken Haines 13-1-0, Brian Pallett 10-0-0, Henry Sadler 3-12-0. Ken Rolfe, Mervyn Burrows, Steve Myers and Alf Magarry DNW. Tight at the top, Clive had 3 Carp and a Tench, Tony and Dave both had 4 Carp. Steve Myers was not feeling well so he packed up and went home.
Result of Over 60’s match held at Marshalls on 22nd July 2026
S Myers 73-0-0, K Rolfe 51-0-0, M Chapple 41-0-0, H Sadler 29-8-0, K Haines 24-8-0, Clive Jones 23-10-0, K Cole 15-7-0, W Bowsher 11-10-0, D Smith 7-12-0, Ian Portman 2-2-0. A McGarry 1-4-0. R Wiggins, B Pallett and T Mortlock DNW.
You will see from the names that we had two new anglers join us, they seemed to enjoy themselves. The winners on the day were the ones who have worked out how to catch the carp!!
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| Name | Marshalls | Dobsons | Marshalls | Marshalls | Dobsons | Bellwood | Alders | Avington | Avington | Enborne (up) | Enborne (up) | TOTAL | BEST 8 SCORES | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1st | D Smith | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | B Bowsher | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | K Haines | 6 | 4 | DNW | 9 | 7 | 26 | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th | H Sadler | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5th= | M Chapple | 8 | 7 | DNW | 6 | 3 | 24 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5th= | B Pallett | DNW | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th | R Wiggins | DNW | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8th= | K Cole | 4 | 5 | 9 | DNW | 2 | 20 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8th= | T Wirth | 6 | DNW | 4 | 10 | 20 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10th | T Mortlock | DNW | 9 | 10 | DNW | 19 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11th= | M Burrows | DNW | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11th= | L Durnford | 8 | 9 | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13th | C Jones | 5 | 10 | DNW | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14th | S Myers | 10 | DNW | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15th= | S Pallett | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15th= | I Portman | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17th | A Megarry | 0 | DNW | DNW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18th | K Rolfe | DNW | DNW | DNW | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19th | M Rose | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
