CHARITY CUP PONDS AND BROOK
8 Members fished the ponds and brook a minuets silence was observed in memory of Gordon Stone who has sadly passed away he will be missed a great deal by the club
1st on the day was Rick Northcott with 9lbs 9oz skimmers from peg 9 2nd from the last peg downstream Shay Gillman 8lbs 9oz trout 3rd Bob Purnell 1lb 1oz trout
4th Ian Fussell 8oz
5th Kevin Jefferies 7oz
Lionel Chidgy Simon Belcham Richard Saunders DNW
NEW YEARS CUP PONDS AND BROOK
7 Members fished the road pond and brook it was decided to have a rover draw with each angler choosing their preferred peg Kevin Jefferies chose to fish the Brook just down from the forest pond winning with 4lbs 1oz all trout 2nd from the end peg upstream was Phil Wring 3lbs 12oz all trout 3rd also from the brook Nick Shinn 3lbs 7oz
4th Rick Northcott 2lbs 14oz peg 2 road pond
5th Ian Fussell 13oz
6th Bob Purnell 1oz
Andy Weeks DNW
CHRISTMAS MATCH CRANE 2/12/2017
16 Members fished the Crane section of the Avon which was still carrying a bit of extra water 1st on the day Nick Shinn with 7lbs 4ozs from the 2nd peg in the 3rd field 2nd Jeff Dillion 6lb 11ozs 3rd Shay Gillman 6lbs 00oz
4th Rick Northcott 5lbs 12ozs
5th Andy Chivers 4lbs 15ozs
6th Simon Belcham 4lbs 6ozs
7th= Richard Saunders 4lbs 2ozs
7th= Gordon Stone 4lbs 2ozs
9th Matt Baber 3lbs 50z
10th Keith Appleby 3lbs 00oz
11th Ian Fussell 2lbs 8oz
12th Brian Lloyd 1lb 00oz
13th Derrick Wilkin Smith 11ozs
14th Kevin Jefferies 10ozs
15th Bob Purnell 2ozs
16th Lionel Chivers DNW
with a fishing prize and a raffle prize for everyone a very pleasant hour was spent in the white heart in Bitton
CLUB MATCH PONDS 5/11/2017
13 Members fished both ponds that were both very clear and temperature was low .1st on te day and continuing his good run was Phil Wring 8lbs 8oz skimmers from peg 2nd also on the road pond Kevin Jefferies 4lb 8oz peg 83rd and top weight on the forest pond Shay Gillman 2lbs 12oz peg 23 just pipping match secretary Ian Fussell 2lbs 10oz peg 13
5th Nick Shinn 2lbs 4oz peg 9
6th Matt Baber 1lb 15oz peg 20
7th Lionel Chidgy 1lb 4oz peg 7
8th Bob Purnell 1lb 1oz peg 3
9th Keith Appleby 1lb 00oz
DNW Simon Belcham
DNW Richard Saunders
DNW Rick Northcott
DNW Tony Hitchen
S PRICE CUP SEAGRY
On arriving at the club waters at seagry the 9 members were surprised to see the farmer has removed every tree on the stretch this will create a lot of new fishable areas but caused a few problems with the debris in the water
making the most of the new potential was Nick Shinn who drew a new area at the bottom of the stretch weighing 12lbs 6oz roach and dace 2nd on the day Simon Belcham had 7lbs 12oz from the next peg upstream 3rd Phil Wring 5lbs 8oz
4th Kevin Jefferies 3lbs 8oz
5th Jeff Dillion 2lbs 13oz
6th Rick Northcott 2lbs 12oz
7th= Ian Fussell 2lbs 4oz
7th= Richard Saunders 2lbs 4oz
9th Bob Purnell 1lb 8oz
EDDIE PERKINS MEMORIAL CUP SWINFORD
12 Members fished the Avon at Swinford pegging was tricky resulting in some long walks but decent weights of small fish .1st on the day was Rick Northcott 13lbs 2oz skimmers and roach from a peg in the 3rd field 2nd on his Valley debut Phil Wring 9lb14oz mostly roach from the very end peg on the beach 3rd Shay Gillman 8lb 14oz from peg 4 4th Ian Fussell 8lb 6oz from the mouth of the brook
5th Gordon Stone 7lb 10oz
6th Jeff Dillion 6lb00oz
7th Nick Shinn 5lb 6oz
8th Richard Saunders 5lb1oz
9th=Matt Baber
Kevin Jefferies 2lb10oz
Bob Purnel Simon Belcham DNW
Good to see Simon back on the river fishing this match as we both spent many a happy day fishing with Eddie over many years. also good to see new faces hope to see you again Phil
as is tradition after this match the payout was at the Swan and i for one needed a cider after the 5 field walk with the wheel falling off my trolley ever 20 yards
Once again was the sort of day Ed would of loved plenty of fish a good laugh and a beer after
GEORGE CUP SEAGRY
9 Members fished a very low and clear Avon at seagry but weights were still good with just over a pound separating the top 4. coming out on top was Match Secretary Ian Fussell with 6lb 12oz from the top of the last bend roach and chublets joint 2nd Gordon Stone and Rick Northcott 6lbs 7oz
4th Shay Gillman 5lbs 9oz
5th Richard Saunders 3lb 8oz
6thBob Purnel 3lbs 30z
7th Matt Baber 2lbs 8oz
8th Nick Shinn 2lbs 2oz
9th Kevin Jefferies 1lb 8oz
CHARLES KING SMITH CUP PONDS
10 Members fished both ponds for the evening match weights were quite good and the weather was ok for a change
1st on the day was Shay Gillman from peg 23 on the forest pond 16lbs 00oz small tench roach and rudd 2nd was Nick Shinn 12lbs 8oz from peg 8 forest pond a few proper bream and roach 3rd was Lionel Chidgy 9lbs 2oz peg 24 forest pond
4th Gordon Stone 9lb peg 2
5th Ian Fussell 8lbs 2oz peg 9
6th Matt Baber 7lbs 4oz peg 20
7th Bob Purnel 4lb 4oz peg 13
8th Richard Saunders 3lbs 7oz peg 14
9th Kevin Jefferies 1lb 7oz peg 3
10th Keith Appleby 1lb 00oz peg 1
CLUB MATCH FARLIEGH WOOD
11 Members made the return to this nice lake and with a little more knowledge weights were up once again a extra sliver pool was agreed 1st on the day John Veasey 46lbs 1oz 2nd Richard Saunders 32lbs 2oz 3rd Nick Shinn 31lbs 1oz
4th Rick Northcott 29lbs 11oz
5th Shay Gillman 22lbs 8oz
6thSteve Maybre 15lbs 14oz
7th Simon Belcham 14lbs 8oz winning silver weight
8th Ian Fussell 12lbs 6oz
9th Bob Warren 6lbs 12oz
10th Matt Baber 4lbs 15oz
11th Kevin Jefferies 3lbs 7oz
CLUB MATCH FARLIEGH WOOD
13 Members fished a new venue for the club a nice looking lake outside Bath .At the draw it was decided to have an extra silvers pool Rick Northcott drew the far side of the the island and put a winning weight of 20lbs 13oz on the scales also winning the silvers with 10lbs 9oz 2nd Shay Gillman 19lbs 14oz also 2nd in silvers with 8lbs 8oz 3rd John Veasey 19lbs 9oz
4th Ian Fussell 10lbs 8oz
5th Gordon Stone 10lbs 6oz
6th Bob Warren 7lbs 1oz
7th Nick Shinn 3lbs 14oz
8th Keith Appleby 3lbs 12oz
9th Jeff Dillon 3lbs 2oz
10th Bob Purnell 1lb 15oz
11th Richard Saunders 1lb 4oz
12th Matt Baber 9oz
DNW Steve Maybry
CLUB MATCH PONDS
10 Members fished both ponds weights were a little disappointing but very close
Rick Northcott winning from peg 1 with 6lbs 13oz 2nd and winning the forest pond Matt Baber 6lbs 8oz peg 13 3rd Kevin Jefferies 6lbs 4oz peg 21
4th Shay Gillman 5lbs 12oz peg 8
5th Ian Fussell 4lb 8oz peg 2
6th Bob Purnell 4lb 40z peg 22
7th Bob Warren 3lb 1oz peg 23
8th Keith Appleby 13oz peg 3
9th Nich Shinn 12oz peg 9
10th Gordon Stone 5oz peg 7
MARCH CUP PONDS
7 Members fished the last match of the season fished on the Road Pond
winner on the day was Shay Gillman with a good net of skimmers and roach from peg 1 10lbs 12oz 2nd was Richard Saunders with 8lb 4oz and 3rd Ian Fussell 4lb 12oz
4th Bob Purnell 15oz
5th Keith Appleby 10oz
6th Kevin Jefferies 9oz
DNW Bob Warren
CLUB CUP Points for the whole season
1st Ian Fussell 309
2nd Kevin Jefferies 299
3rd Shay Gillman 288
CHARITY CUP
10 Members fished both ponds 1st on the day Bob Purnell with 5lbs 4oz roach and skimmers from peg 8 2nd from the next peg Kevin Jefferies 2lbs 9oz peg 7 and 3rd and top weight off the forest pond Ian Fussell 2lbz 8oz
4th Lionel Chidgy 1lbs 14oz peg 1
Richard Saunders 1lbs 14oz peg9
6th Bob Warren 1lb 1oz
7th Shay Gillman 12ozs
John Veasey DNW
Nick Shinn DNW
Matt Baber DNW
NEW YEAR CUP PONDS
9 Members fished the 1st match of 2017 and the recent restocking of the road pond saw a big improvement in the weights. 1st on the day Richard Saunders 12lbs 12oz of skimmers and roach from peg 7 it was Richards 1st match with the Valley so not a bad start 2nd Ian Fussell 8lbs 00oz peg 8 3rd Shay Gillman 7lbs 15oz peg 3 4th and top weight on the forest pond Matt Baber 2lbs 12oz peg 21
5th= Kevin Jefferies 2lbs 8oz peg 3
Rick Northcott 2lbs 8oz peg 23
7th Gordon Stone 2lbs 3oz peg 9
8th Bob Purnell 1lbs 00oz peg 17
9th Lionel Chidgy
CHRISTMAS CUP CRANE
16 Members fished the Crane stretch of the Avon which was clear but still flowing a bit too quick, a draw above the 1st field was needed as only 2 caught in the 1st field . 1st on the day was Gordon Stone with 6lbs 9oz from the 1st peg in the 3rd field 2nd Shay Gillman 4lb 10oz from the bottom of the bay and 3rd was Len Harris 3lb 4oz from the top of the bay
4th Steve Maybrey
5th Jeff Dillon
6th Bob Purnell 15oz
7th Kevin Jefferies 8oz
8th Keith Appleby 7oz
9th Nick Shinn 2oz
DNW Lionel Chidgy Andy Chivers Matt Baber Rick Northcott Ian Fussell Derek Wilkin Smith Brian LLoyd
thanks to the club for donating £100 there was a good selection of prizes... nice warm pub and a good laugh
CLUB MATCH PONDS
8 Members fished the Road pond which was very clear and low after a cold snap in the week and no water going in added to the fish loss problems prospects didnt look good and so it proved although everyone caught. 1st on the day from peg 9 was John Veasey 2lb 2oz all perch 2nd after moaning about drawing the unwanted peg 6 was Match secretary Ian Fussell 1lb 7oz perch and a few roach 3rd from peg 8 was Shay Gillman 1lb 4oz
4th Bob Purnell 8oz
5th Kevin Jefferies 7oz
6th Bob Warren 6oz
7=Keith Appleby
Lionel Chidgy 4oz
Next Match is the Christmas match on the Crane please book in with Ian before 1st of December
Hopefully new stock of fish should be in before the next match on the ponds
S PRICE CUP SEAGRY
8 Members fished the seagry stretch the river was low and clear but everyone caught a few. 1st on the day was Shay Gilman 9lbs 4oz from the flyer peg 1 2nd Gordon Stone 6lb and joint 3rd Matt Baber and Ian Fussell 2lb 1oz
5th Keith Appleby 1lb 8oz
6th Kevin Jefferies 1lb 7oz
7th Nick Shinn 1lb 6oz
8th Bob Purnell 15oz
EDDIE PERKINS MEMORIAL CUP SWINFORD
8 Members fished the avon at Swinford the river was looking nice but the weather was the worst we have had for ages heavy rain and strong swirling winds made the fishing difficult 1st on the day was match secretary Ian Fussell 8lb 3oz roach and dace from the under the fallen tree in the 2nd field 2nd was Shay Gillman from the next peg downstream with 8lbs 2oz and 3rd Nick Shinn 4lb 5oz last peg in the 1st field
4th Rick Northcott 3lbs 12oz
5th Bob Purnell 2lbs 2oz
6th Keith Appleby 1lb 00oz
7th Kevin Jefferies 14oz
Gorden Stone DNW
It was a shame the weather was so bad i dont think i have ever been so wet but it was a special day for Ian as he was good friends and traveling partner with Eddie fishing all over the place since the early 1980s .....the usual couple of pints were enjoyed in the dry in the swan ...i bet the old man was laughing at us getting wet then saying "fishing with yer mates ,,,,better then winning the lottery"
GEORGE CUP SEAGRY
8 Members fished the seagry stretch on a bright and sunny day with the river low and clear but weights were still pretty good 1st on the day was Rick Northcott with 10LB 14oz 1 good chub roach perch and a trout form the end of the straight 2nd from the bottom of the last bend Shay Gillman 8lb 14oz roach dace and perch 3rd from the peg above was Nick Shinn 6lb 14oz 1 pike and roach
4th Gorden Stone 6lb 4oz
5th Bob Warren 4lb 12oz .....1st time on a river in years
6th IanFussell 3lb 13oz
7th Kevin Jefferies 2lbs 2oz
8th Bob Purnell 2lbs 00oz
CHARLES KING SMITH CUP
7 Members fished the forest pond for this evening match 1st on the day was Shay Gillman from the previously unused peg 21 with 15lbs 14oz small tench rudd and roach 2nd was match secretary Ian Fussell from the next peg 22 with 10lb 8oz 3rd Tony
Hitchens 6lbs 7oz peg 23
4th Kevin Jefferies 5lbs 10oz ...14
5th Bob Warren 5lb 4oz ....13
6th Lionel Chidzey 5lb 1oz....24
7th Matt Baber 14oz .....20
HERBERT JARRETT MEMORIAL SHIELD
6 Members fished the forest pond as the road pond is still causing concerns . 1st on the day was match secretary Ian Fussell with 14lbs 4oz small tench and rudd from unfancied peg 22 2nd Rick Northcott 10lbs 8oz from peg 20 including 4 better sized carp and 3rd was Bob Purnell 8lbs 10oz peg 13
4th Bob Warren 7lbs 13oz peg 23
5th Kevin Jefferies 4lbs 10oz peg 24
6th Nick Shinn 2lbs 8oz peg 14
CLUB MATCH BOYD VALLEY
14 Members fished this club match at Boyd Valley and in true valley tradition the carp decided to start spawning so with lots of crashing around in the reeds and cruising fish not interested in feeding weights were disappointing 1st on the day was Rick Northcott with 31lbs 8oz from the road side 2nd John Veasey 30lbs 13oz 3rd Bob Price 17lbs 12oz 4th Steve Maybery 17lbs 8oz
5th Bob Warren 15lbs 6oz
6th Martin Alexander 9lbs 4oz
7th Jeff Dillon 7lbs 7oz
8th Shay Gillman 6lbs 12oz
9th Ian Fussell 4lbs 13oz
10th Bob Purnell 2lb 00oz
11th Lionel Chidzey 1lb 15oz
12= Kevin Jefferies 1lb 12oz
12= Andy Chivers 1lb 12oz
14th Keith Appleby 1lb 00oz
CLUB MATCH PONDS
8 Members fished the 1st match of the new season.with the ongoing problems on the road pond it was agreed to all fish the forest pond with everyone having the option to fish the road pond (only Kevin Jefferies took that option) ..1st was match secretary Ian Fussell with 8lb 4oz small tench and rudd from peg 24 2nd was Gordon Stone 7lbs 9oz peg 14 and 3rd Lionel Chidzey 4lbs 11oz peg 21
4th Bob Hole 3lbs 7oz peg 13
5th Keith Appleby 2lbs 11oz peg 23
6th Brian Lloyd 2lbs 00oz peg 20
7th Nick Shinn 15oz peg 22
8th Kevin Jefferies 4oz peg 2
MARCH CUP PONDS
6 Members fished the road pond and the worrying lack of fish caught continued with only 2 catching 1st Rick Northcott 2oz 2nd Bob Purnell 1oz
Keith Appleby DNW
Bob Warren DNW
Lionel Chidzey DNW
Kevin Jefferies DNW
CHARITY CUP PONDS
8 Members fished the road pond weather was challenging to say the least strong winds and heavy rain and the results were well below par 1st on the day was Lionel Chidzey 3lbs 1oz a good bream and some perch from peg 11 2nd was Gorden Stone 2lb 2oz peg 2 3rd Rick Northcott 9oz 4th and picking up 3rd place pools money (Lionel not in pools) was Ryan Appleby 3oz
5th Bob Warren 2.5 oz
6th Kevin Jefferies 2oz
Nick Shinn DNW
Ian Fussell DNW
With 1 match to go this year its very close in the points with Kevin Jefferies and Ian Fussell tied on 275
New Year Cup Ponds and Brook
11 members fished both ponds and the brook with bad weather all week and a less then hopeful forecast it was decided to return to the rover format of drawing pegs so at least everyone was fishing a peg they fancied even then it was a hard days fishing
Kevin Jefferies fishing peg 2 on the road pond had a bream skimmer and a crucian carp weighing 5lbs 00oz joint 2nd weight was both on the Brook Nick Shinn and Ian Fussell both having 1lb 6oz
4th Tony Hitchens 13oz forest pond
5th Shay Gilman 12OZ Brook
6th Ryan Appleby 7oz
7th Bob Purnell 1oz
Rick Northcott DNW
Matt Baber DNW
Keith Appleby DNW
Lionel Chidgy DNW
The Brook rose about a foot during the match and was unfishable for the last couple of hours and fishing was very hard on both ponds when Rick blanks on peg 1 you know its a hard day
CHRISTMAS MATCH
With the Avon being high and rising it was decided to switch back too our own waters at Bitton with each member being given the options to fish the brook in stead of their drawn peg
Nick Shinn was the only one to take the swap and caught a mainly trout catch of 6lbs 9oz 2nd from peg 2 on the road pond was Rick Northcott with 5lbs 9oz 3rd was Jeff Dillon with 3lbs 4oz from peg 9 also on the road pond
4th Gordon Stone 2lbs 00oz
5th Shay Gilman 1lbs 13oz winning the forest pond
6th Bob Warren 1lb 9oz
7th Ian Fussell 1lb 6oz
8th Andy Chivers 1lb 00oz
9th Kevin Jefferies 12oz
10th Lionel Chidgy 7oz
11th Brian Lloyd 6oz
12th Bob Purnell 5oz
Henry Wells Keith Appleby and John Veasey DNW
With weights being low at least the prize giving was warm and dry thanks to Gordon for sorting out the Swan at Conham each member who fished had a fishing prize and raffle prize
CLUB MATCH PONDS
10 Members fished both ponds on a dry but breezy day weights were very close Kevin Jefferies winning with a good weight of 10lbs 5oz from peg 2 2nd=John Veasey peg 8 and Ian Fussell peg 1 both weighing 9lbs 8oz
4th Nick Shinn 8lbs 8oz p3
5th Shay Gillman winning the forest pond 5lbs 8oz p14
6th Lionel Chidgy 2lbs 12oz p9
7th=Bob Purnell p20 and Bob Warren p24 1lb 9oz
9th Ryan Appleby 1lb 8oz p13
10th Henry Wells 1lb 00oz p23
so very close match even the pound bet between Bob and Ryan was only separated by 1oz
Next Match is the christmas match so please book in early ring Ian on 07432486298
S PRICE CUP SEAGRY
10 Members fished the club waters at Seagry the river was low but a small amount of flow pegging was tricky and 2 late arrivals meant all pegs were used resulting in some less then perfect swims (sorry)........no such problems for Match secretary Ian Fussell who drew the fancied peg 2 winning with a weight of 6lbs 8oz 2nd from the old fallen tree peg was Rick Northcott 6lbs 3oz 3rd was Matt (must find out his 2nd name) 5lbs 5oz
4th Gordon Stone 4lbs 5oz
5th Henry Wells 4lbs 4oz
6th Keith Appleby 3lbs 00oz
7th Bob Purnell 1lb 3oz
8th=Nick Shinn 1lb 1oz
Kevin Jefferies1lbs 1oz
10th Shay Gillman DNW
EDDIE PERKINS MEMORIAL CUP SWINFORD
11 Members fished the river Avon at Swinford the river looked almost perfect and the weather was good Nick Shinn drew halfway along the 2nd field under the fallen tree and included 1 good bream and a pike along with about 5lbs of roach and perch for a winning 14lbs 10oz 2nd was Shay Gillman with 11lbs 1oz roach and dace from the last peg in the 2nd field 3rd was Match secretary Ian Fussell 10lbs 00oz from the 3rd field [maybe next year]
4th Jeff Dillon 9lbs 7oz
5th Rick Northcott 7lb 9oz
6th Gordon Stone 5lbs 12oz
7th Andy Chivers 5lbs 2oz
8th Henry Wells 3lbs 10oz
9th Len Harris 3lbs 00oz
10th Kevin Jefferies 2lbs 10oz
11th Keith Appleby 2lbs 2oz
with the top 3 all catching double figures,a good turn out on the Avon and a pint in the swan it would of been the sort of day Mr Perkins would of loved
HERBERT JARRETT MEMORIAL SHIELD PONDS
13 Members fished both ponds weights were down a bit Bob Warren peg 3 on the road pond and Ian Fussell peg 13 forest pond both weighing 12lbs 4oz two different catches Bob having a few bigger fish and Ians being mostly small rudd 3rd with a similar catch was Shay Gillman 8lbs 3oz
4th Nick Shinn 5lbs 12oz p24
5th Bob Purnell 5lbs 4oz p23
6th Henry Wells 4lbs 6oz p7 winning £25
7th Tony Hitchens 3lbs 10oz p4
8th Kevin Jefferies 3lbs 3oz p21
9th Rick Northcott 3lbs00oz p22
10th Pete Hows 2lbs 12oz p9
11th Mike Ferris 2lbs 00oz p8
12th Matt ?? 1lbs 14oz p2
13th Keith Appleby 1lbs 12oz p1
CHARLES KING SMITH CUP PONDS
9 Members fished the ponds for this evening match and the forest pond was the place to be Bob Warren winning with 17lbs 9oz made up of small tench rudd and carp from peg 13 2nd was Lionel Chidgy 15lbs 20z from the cold swim 3rd and winning the road pond was Shay Gillman with 15lbs 00oz 4th and picking up £20 as lionel wasnt in the pools was Kevin Jefferies 13lbs 12oz
5th Ian Fussell 12lbs 6oz road pond
6th Nick Shinn 6lb 8oz road pond
7th Bob Purnell 4lbs 5oz
8th John Veasey 4lbs 4oz
9th Henry Wells 2lbs 8oz
George Cup Ponds
This match was switched too the ponds as the river at Seagry was unfishable due too the floating duck weed and it proved a good decision as both lakes fished very well ...Rick Northcott winning from peg 2 on the road pond with 21lbs 3oz just beating Match secretary Ian Fussell by 1oz Ian weighed 21lbs 2oz from the cold swim on the forest pond made up of over 300 rudd and small tench 3rd from peg 1 on the road pond was Bob Warren 16lbs 10oz
4th Nick Shinn 14lbs 8oz forest pond
5th Gordon Stone 13lbs 7oz forest pond
6th Kevin Jefferies 10lbs 4oz peg 8 road pond
7th Tony Hitchins 8lbs 00oz forest pond
8th Bob Puenell 5lbs 4oz forest pond
9th Keith Appleby 3lbs 00oz
CLUB MATCH BOYD VALLEY LAKE
13 Members fished Boyd Valley for this club match weather was better then forecast but a stiff breeze and the carp thinking about spawning meant the fishing wasnt as good as hoped Lionel Chidzey winning with 35lbs 10oz fromthe road side bank 2nd Tony Hitchens 28lbs 2oz also the roadside 3rd was Rick Northcott 26lbs 4oz 4th Bob Warren 21lbs 4oz 5th Kevin Jefferies 16lbs 2oz
6th Shay Gillman 12lbs 9oz
7th Henry Wells 10lbs 00oz
8th Nick Shinn 8lbs 4oz
9th Andy Chivers 7lbs 8oz
10th Bob Purnell 4lbs 10oz
11th Ian Fussell 2lbs 12oz
12 Keith Appleby 12oz
13th Barrie Hicks DNW
CLUB MATCH PONDS 19/4/15
7 Members fished both ponds and weights were quite good for april Match secretary Ian Fussell winning with 12lbs 8oz mainly rudd with the odd tench from the cold swim on the forest pond 2nd also on the forest pond with a similar net was Shay Gillman 10lbs 12oz 3rd from peg 1 on the road pond Rick Northcott with 10lbs 00ozincluding a large trout
4th Keith Appleby 8lbs 3oz forest pond
5th Lionel Chidgy 8lbs 2oz forest pond
6th Henry Wells 2lbs 13oz road pond
7th Kevin Jefferies 2lbs 00oz
next match 31 may at Boyd Valley please let ian know if your fishing
MARCH CUP
8 Members fished the final match of the year on both ponds Nick Shinn winning with 9lbs 4oz from peg 8 on the road pond 2nd was match secretary Ian Fussell with 6lbs 00oz from peg 1 on the road pond giving Ian enough points to win the Club Cup 3rd was Rick Northcott with 4lbs 9oz the top weight from the forest pond
4th Lionel Chidgy 2lbs 9oz (forest pond)
5th Ryan Appleby 2lbs 00oz (road pond) winning his bet with Bob
6th Bob Purnell 1lb10oz (road pond )
7th Keith Appleby 1lb 5oz (road pond)
8th Brian Lloyd 1lb 3oz
CHARITY CUP
II Members fished both ponds on a very cold but dry day Keith Appleby winning with a good weight of 4lb 12oz from peg 2 on the road pond including a lovely big chub well deserved win as Keith is the only person to fish every match this season 2nd from peg 8 on the road pond was Kevin Jefferies 3lb 4oz and 3rd was John Veasey 3lb 1oz from peg 1
4th Bob Purnell 2lb 15oz
5th Rick Northcott 2lb 51/2oz and top weight on the forest pond
6th Brian Lloyd 2lb 00oz
7th Gordon Stone 1lb 00oz
8th =Ian Fussell
Lionel Chidgy 9oz
10th Henry Wells 8oz
11 Ryan Appleby 4oz
NEW YEARS CUP
9 Members fished both ponds which were cold and clear ....Rick Northcott caught a winning weight of 7lbs 10oz from peg 1 on the road pond 2nd from peg 9 on the road pond was Gordon Stone with 7lb 00oz 3rd and top weight from the forest pond was match secretary Ian Fussell with 2lb 15oz
4th Bob Purnell 2lb 6oz
5th Ryan Appleby 2lb 2oz
6th Keith Appleby 2lb 00oz
7th Kevin Jefferies 1lb 15oz
8th Jeff Dillon 1lb 14oz
9th Andy Chivers 1lb 00oz
CHRISTMAS CUP
16 members fished the crane stretch of the Avon weights were down on what we were hoping but everyone caught .Match secretary Ian Fussell winning with 5lbs 8oz roach and dace from a peg in the bay in the little ash tip field 2nd Gordon Stone with 4lbs 14oz from the 3rd field and 3rd Nick Shinn 3lbs 9oz from the 1st peg in the 2nd field
4th Jeff Dillon 3lbs 00oz
5th Andy Chivers 2lbs 2oz
6th Len Harris 2lbs 1oz
7th Rick Northcott 2lbs 00oz
8th Brian Lloyd 1lbs 12oz
9th Steve Maybre 1lb 8oz
10th Lionel Chidgy 1lbs 7oz
11th Keith Appleby 1lbs 3oz
12th John Veasy 12oz
13th Ryan Appleby 8oz
14th Kevin Jefferies 7oz
15th Bob Purnell 4oz
16TH Barrie Hicks dnw
Thanks to the club putting £100 in there was a good selection of prizes with everyone having a fishing prize and a raffle prize Ian knew it was a good day as he also won 1st prize in the raffle
there was also a raffle for some fishing tackle donated by the family of Rex Jarrett a life long Valley member who sadly passed away this raised £50 for St Peters Hospice thank you
Carrying on with his bad luck on the net side of things Bob Purnell being 1st to weigh put the sling in his net to get it wet ,,snagged his net tried to free it dropped the net ..after 30mins of swearing sweating and plenty of banter Gordon managed to retrieve the net and sling thanks to Brian having a hook that screwed onto a landing net pole unfortunately for Bob most of the fish were gone
HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL THANK YOU FOR SUPPORT THIS YEAR HOPE 2015 BRINGS YOU GOOD DRAWS AND LOADS OF FISH
CLUB MATCH SEAGRY
7 Members fished the Avon at Seagry Rick Northcott winning with 10lbs 9oz mainly roach from the bottom bend 2nd Gordon Stone 4lbs 4oz 3rd Ian Fussell 4lbs 2oz
4th Lionel Chidgy 3lbs 6oz
5th Henry Wells 2lbs 15oz
6th Bob Purnell 1lbs 9oz
7th Keith Appleby 10oz
Bob Purnell caught an estimated 5lb of fish but a huge hole in the bottom of his new net saw most of them swim to freedom costing Bob second place a timely reminder to us all to check our nets before the start
INTER CLUB V's RBL K+A CANAL SEMINGTON
10 Golden Valley Members fished the annual match with the legion at Semington With Valley members taking 4 out of the top 5 places it was a convincing win. Individually Ian Fussell took top spot with 11lbs 14oz 2nd Jeff Dillion 9lbs 8oz 3rd John Veasy 4lbs + and Rick Northcott winning a section and the football card
Many thanks to Brian Lloyd and his Legion team for our invite hope to do the same next year
CLUB MATCH PONDS 5/10/2014
9 Members fished both ponds ,after a slight drop in temperature overnight weights on the forest pond were down a bit on what we expected Match secretary Ian Fussell winning a peg to peg battle with Rick Northcott on pegs 1 and 2 on the road pond thanks to 2 bonus perch Ian weighed 6 lbs12oz and Rick 5lbs 5oz Kevin Jefferies won the forest pond with 3lbs14oz with only 10oz separating all 5 on the forest pond
4th Bob Purnell 3lbs12oz
5th Lionel Chidgy 3lbs8oz
6th= Ryan Appleby
Henry Wells 3lbs 4oz
9th Keith Appleby 2lbs 12oz road pond
10 Barrie Hicks DNW
EDDIE PERKINS MEMORIAL SHIELD SWINFORD
6 Members fished the Avon at Swinford Shay Gillman winning with a superb net of roach and dace fishing hemp and tares on peg 2 weighing 15lbs 1oz 2nd from the last peg in the 1st field was Kevin Jefferies with a good bream and some roach for 7lbs 12oz 3rd was Henry Wells 3lbs 8oz
4th Ian Fussell 3lb
5th Bob Purnell 2lbs 9oz
6th Keith Appleby 1lb 8oz
CLUB MATCH SEAGRY
6 Members fished a club match on the Avon at Seagry Gordon Stone made it 2 in a row with a match winning weight of 6lbs 8oz 2nd was Bob Purnell 4lbs 7oz and 3rd was Ryan Appleby with 3lbs 8oz
4th Henry Wells 2lbs 8oz
5th Keith Appleby 2lbs 00oz
6th Brian Lloyd 1lb 12oz
CHARLES KING SMITH CUP PONDS
9 Members fished this evening match on the ponds which fished very well Gordon Stone winning with 16lbs 2oz of tench and bits from the forest pond 2nd was Rick Northcott 14lbs 4oz peg 9 on the road pond 3rd Keith Appleby 10lbs 4oz forest pond
4th Ian Fussell 9lbs 4oz
5th Bob Purnell 6lbs 14oz
6th Shay Gillman 6lbs 7oz
7th Kevin Jefferies 6lbs 4oz
8th Andy Chivers 5lbs 3oz
9th Barrie Hicks 2lbs 4oz
GEORGE CUP SEAGRY
7 Members fished the river Avon on the club waters at Seagry despite being very clear it fished really well with over 35lbs of fish mainly roach being weighed in 1st was match secretary Ian Fussell with 8lbs 14oz from the fancied peg 2 (old peg 1) 2nd on his return to the club was Shay Gillman 8lbs 8oz 3rd Rick Northcott 5lbs 4oz
4th Keith Appleby 5lbs 00oz
5th Gordon Stone 4lbs 10oz
6th Ryan Appleby 2lbs 8oz
7th Kevin Jefferies 1lb 4oz
HERBERT JARRETT MEM SHIELD PONDS
10 Members fished both ponds and despite fishing well all week weights were a little bit disappointing 1st on the day was Rick Northcott 9lbs 7oz from peg 8 on the road pond 2nd Gordon Stone 6lbs 6oz peg 1 on the road pond and 3rd Lionel Chidgey 5lbs 14oz from peg 13 on the forest pond
4th = Kevin Jefferies 4lbs 4oz forest pond
Nick Shin 4lbs 4oz peg 9 road pond
6th Barrie Hicks 3lbs 12oz forest pond
7th Ian Fussell 3lbs 4oz peg 4 road pond
8th Ryan Appleby 2lbs 11oz forest pond
9th Keith Appleby 1lbs 12oz
Tony Hitchens DNW
Club Match Sedges Brick lake
10 Members fished this cracking venue in Bridgwater thanks to Jamie and Denise for letting us have one side rather then the whole lake saving us some money
1st on the day Rick Northcott with 88lbs 7oz good sized carp from peg 10 2nd was Steve Maybrey 55lbs 2oz from peg 1 and 3rd Ian Fussell 54 lbs 9oz peg 8
4th Andy Chivers 31lbs 1oz with the top weight of silvers going 23lbs
5th Kev Jefferies 14lbs 5oz
6th Barrie Hicks 12lbs 3oz
7th Bob Purnell 8lbs 12oz
8th Adrain......Andys mate ..7lbs 6oz
9th Ryan Appleby 6lbs 00oz
10 Keith Appleby DNW
Next Match back on our own ponds Sunday 8th June
8 Members fished the ponds and brook a minuets silence was observed in memory of Gordon Stone who has sadly passed away he will be missed a great deal by the club
1st on the day was Rick Northcott with 9lbs 9oz skimmers from peg 9 2nd from the last peg downstream Shay Gillman 8lbs 9oz trout 3rd Bob Purnell 1lb 1oz trout
4th Ian Fussell 8oz
5th Kevin Jefferies 7oz
Lionel Chidgy Simon Belcham Richard Saunders DNW
NEW YEARS CUP PONDS AND BROOK
7 Members fished the road pond and brook it was decided to have a rover draw with each angler choosing their preferred peg Kevin Jefferies chose to fish the Brook just down from the forest pond winning with 4lbs 1oz all trout 2nd from the end peg upstream was Phil Wring 3lbs 12oz all trout 3rd also from the brook Nick Shinn 3lbs 7oz
4th Rick Northcott 2lbs 14oz peg 2 road pond
5th Ian Fussell 13oz
6th Bob Purnell 1oz
Andy Weeks DNW
CHRISTMAS MATCH CRANE 2/12/2017
16 Members fished the Crane section of the Avon which was still carrying a bit of extra water 1st on the day Nick Shinn with 7lbs 4ozs from the 2nd peg in the 3rd field 2nd Jeff Dillion 6lb 11ozs 3rd Shay Gillman 6lbs 00oz
4th Rick Northcott 5lbs 12ozs
5th Andy Chivers 4lbs 15ozs
6th Simon Belcham 4lbs 6ozs
7th= Richard Saunders 4lbs 2ozs
7th= Gordon Stone 4lbs 2ozs
9th Matt Baber 3lbs 50z
10th Keith Appleby 3lbs 00oz
11th Ian Fussell 2lbs 8oz
12th Brian Lloyd 1lb 00oz
13th Derrick Wilkin Smith 11ozs
14th Kevin Jefferies 10ozs
15th Bob Purnell 2ozs
16th Lionel Chivers DNW
with a fishing prize and a raffle prize for everyone a very pleasant hour was spent in the white heart in Bitton
CLUB MATCH PONDS 5/11/2017
13 Members fished both ponds that were both very clear and temperature was low .1st on te day and continuing his good run was Phil Wring 8lbs 8oz skimmers from peg 2nd also on the road pond Kevin Jefferies 4lb 8oz peg 83rd and top weight on the forest pond Shay Gillman 2lbs 12oz peg 23 just pipping match secretary Ian Fussell 2lbs 10oz peg 13
5th Nick Shinn 2lbs 4oz peg 9
6th Matt Baber 1lb 15oz peg 20
7th Lionel Chidgy 1lb 4oz peg 7
8th Bob Purnell 1lb 1oz peg 3
9th Keith Appleby 1lb 00oz
DNW Simon Belcham
DNW Richard Saunders
DNW Rick Northcott
DNW Tony Hitchen
S PRICE CUP SEAGRY
On arriving at the club waters at seagry the 9 members were surprised to see the farmer has removed every tree on the stretch this will create a lot of new fishable areas but caused a few problems with the debris in the water
making the most of the new potential was Nick Shinn who drew a new area at the bottom of the stretch weighing 12lbs 6oz roach and dace 2nd on the day Simon Belcham had 7lbs 12oz from the next peg upstream 3rd Phil Wring 5lbs 8oz
4th Kevin Jefferies 3lbs 8oz
5th Jeff Dillion 2lbs 13oz
6th Rick Northcott 2lbs 12oz
7th= Ian Fussell 2lbs 4oz
7th= Richard Saunders 2lbs 4oz
9th Bob Purnell 1lb 8oz
EDDIE PERKINS MEMORIAL CUP SWINFORD
12 Members fished the Avon at Swinford pegging was tricky resulting in some long walks but decent weights of small fish .1st on the day was Rick Northcott 13lbs 2oz skimmers and roach from a peg in the 3rd field 2nd on his Valley debut Phil Wring 9lb14oz mostly roach from the very end peg on the beach 3rd Shay Gillman 8lb 14oz from peg 4 4th Ian Fussell 8lb 6oz from the mouth of the brook
5th Gordon Stone 7lb 10oz
6th Jeff Dillion 6lb00oz
7th Nick Shinn 5lb 6oz
8th Richard Saunders 5lb1oz
9th=Matt Baber
Kevin Jefferies 2lb10oz
Bob Purnel Simon Belcham DNW
Good to see Simon back on the river fishing this match as we both spent many a happy day fishing with Eddie over many years. also good to see new faces hope to see you again Phil
as is tradition after this match the payout was at the Swan and i for one needed a cider after the 5 field walk with the wheel falling off my trolley ever 20 yards
Once again was the sort of day Ed would of loved plenty of fish a good laugh and a beer after
GEORGE CUP SEAGRY
9 Members fished a very low and clear Avon at seagry but weights were still good with just over a pound separating the top 4. coming out on top was Match Secretary Ian Fussell with 6lb 12oz from the top of the last bend roach and chublets joint 2nd Gordon Stone and Rick Northcott 6lbs 7oz
4th Shay Gillman 5lbs 9oz
5th Richard Saunders 3lb 8oz
6thBob Purnel 3lbs 30z
7th Matt Baber 2lbs 8oz
8th Nick Shinn 2lbs 2oz
9th Kevin Jefferies 1lb 8oz
CHARLES KING SMITH CUP PONDS
10 Members fished both ponds for the evening match weights were quite good and the weather was ok for a change
1st on the day was Shay Gillman from peg 23 on the forest pond 16lbs 00oz small tench roach and rudd 2nd was Nick Shinn 12lbs 8oz from peg 8 forest pond a few proper bream and roach 3rd was Lionel Chidgy 9lbs 2oz peg 24 forest pond
4th Gordon Stone 9lb peg 2
5th Ian Fussell 8lbs 2oz peg 9
6th Matt Baber 7lbs 4oz peg 20
7th Bob Purnel 4lb 4oz peg 13
8th Richard Saunders 3lbs 7oz peg 14
9th Kevin Jefferies 1lb 7oz peg 3
10th Keith Appleby 1lb 00oz peg 1
CLUB MATCH FARLIEGH WOOD
11 Members made the return to this nice lake and with a little more knowledge weights were up once again a extra sliver pool was agreed 1st on the day John Veasey 46lbs 1oz 2nd Richard Saunders 32lbs 2oz 3rd Nick Shinn 31lbs 1oz
4th Rick Northcott 29lbs 11oz
5th Shay Gillman 22lbs 8oz
6thSteve Maybre 15lbs 14oz
7th Simon Belcham 14lbs 8oz winning silver weight
8th Ian Fussell 12lbs 6oz
9th Bob Warren 6lbs 12oz
10th Matt Baber 4lbs 15oz
11th Kevin Jefferies 3lbs 7oz
CLUB MATCH FARLIEGH WOOD
13 Members fished a new venue for the club a nice looking lake outside Bath .At the draw it was decided to have an extra silvers pool Rick Northcott drew the far side of the the island and put a winning weight of 20lbs 13oz on the scales also winning the silvers with 10lbs 9oz 2nd Shay Gillman 19lbs 14oz also 2nd in silvers with 8lbs 8oz 3rd John Veasey 19lbs 9oz
4th Ian Fussell 10lbs 8oz
5th Gordon Stone 10lbs 6oz
6th Bob Warren 7lbs 1oz
7th Nick Shinn 3lbs 14oz
8th Keith Appleby 3lbs 12oz
9th Jeff Dillon 3lbs 2oz
10th Bob Purnell 1lb 15oz
11th Richard Saunders 1lb 4oz
12th Matt Baber 9oz
DNW Steve Maybry
CLUB MATCH PONDS
10 Members fished both ponds weights were a little disappointing but very close
Rick Northcott winning from peg 1 with 6lbs 13oz 2nd and winning the forest pond Matt Baber 6lbs 8oz peg 13 3rd Kevin Jefferies 6lbs 4oz peg 21
4th Shay Gillman 5lbs 12oz peg 8
5th Ian Fussell 4lb 8oz peg 2
6th Bob Purnell 4lb 40z peg 22
7th Bob Warren 3lb 1oz peg 23
8th Keith Appleby 13oz peg 3
9th Nich Shinn 12oz peg 9
10th Gordon Stone 5oz peg 7
MARCH CUP PONDS
7 Members fished the last match of the season fished on the Road Pond
winner on the day was Shay Gillman with a good net of skimmers and roach from peg 1 10lbs 12oz 2nd was Richard Saunders with 8lb 4oz and 3rd Ian Fussell 4lb 12oz
4th Bob Purnell 15oz
5th Keith Appleby 10oz
6th Kevin Jefferies 9oz
DNW Bob Warren
CLUB CUP Points for the whole season
1st Ian Fussell 309
2nd Kevin Jefferies 299
3rd Shay Gillman 288
CHARITY CUP
10 Members fished both ponds 1st on the day Bob Purnell with 5lbs 4oz roach and skimmers from peg 8 2nd from the next peg Kevin Jefferies 2lbs 9oz peg 7 and 3rd and top weight off the forest pond Ian Fussell 2lbz 8oz
4th Lionel Chidgy 1lbs 14oz peg 1
Richard Saunders 1lbs 14oz peg9
6th Bob Warren 1lb 1oz
7th Shay Gillman 12ozs
John Veasey DNW
Nick Shinn DNW
Matt Baber DNW
NEW YEAR CUP PONDS
9 Members fished the 1st match of 2017 and the recent restocking of the road pond saw a big improvement in the weights. 1st on the day Richard Saunders 12lbs 12oz of skimmers and roach from peg 7 it was Richards 1st match with the Valley so not a bad start 2nd Ian Fussell 8lbs 00oz peg 8 3rd Shay Gillman 7lbs 15oz peg 3 4th and top weight on the forest pond Matt Baber 2lbs 12oz peg 21
5th= Kevin Jefferies 2lbs 8oz peg 3
Rick Northcott 2lbs 8oz peg 23
7th Gordon Stone 2lbs 3oz peg 9
8th Bob Purnell 1lbs 00oz peg 17
9th Lionel Chidgy
CHRISTMAS CUP CRANE
16 Members fished the Crane stretch of the Avon which was clear but still flowing a bit too quick, a draw above the 1st field was needed as only 2 caught in the 1st field . 1st on the day was Gordon Stone with 6lbs 9oz from the 1st peg in the 3rd field 2nd Shay Gillman 4lb 10oz from the bottom of the bay and 3rd was Len Harris 3lb 4oz from the top of the bay
4th Steve Maybrey
5th Jeff Dillon
6th Bob Purnell 15oz
7th Kevin Jefferies 8oz
8th Keith Appleby 7oz
9th Nick Shinn 2oz
DNW Lionel Chidgy Andy Chivers Matt Baber Rick Northcott Ian Fussell Derek Wilkin Smith Brian LLoyd
thanks to the club for donating £100 there was a good selection of prizes... nice warm pub and a good laugh
CLUB MATCH PONDS
8 Members fished the Road pond which was very clear and low after a cold snap in the week and no water going in added to the fish loss problems prospects didnt look good and so it proved although everyone caught. 1st on the day from peg 9 was John Veasey 2lb 2oz all perch 2nd after moaning about drawing the unwanted peg 6 was Match secretary Ian Fussell 1lb 7oz perch and a few roach 3rd from peg 8 was Shay Gillman 1lb 4oz
4th Bob Purnell 8oz
5th Kevin Jefferies 7oz
6th Bob Warren 6oz
7=Keith Appleby
Lionel Chidgy 4oz
Next Match is the Christmas match on the Crane please book in with Ian before 1st of December
Hopefully new stock of fish should be in before the next match on the ponds
S PRICE CUP SEAGRY
8 Members fished the seagry stretch the river was low and clear but everyone caught a few. 1st on the day was Shay Gilman 9lbs 4oz from the flyer peg 1 2nd Gordon Stone 6lb and joint 3rd Matt Baber and Ian Fussell 2lb 1oz
5th Keith Appleby 1lb 8oz
6th Kevin Jefferies 1lb 7oz
7th Nick Shinn 1lb 6oz
8th Bob Purnell 15oz
EDDIE PERKINS MEMORIAL CUP SWINFORD
8 Members fished the avon at Swinford the river was looking nice but the weather was the worst we have had for ages heavy rain and strong swirling winds made the fishing difficult 1st on the day was match secretary Ian Fussell 8lb 3oz roach and dace from the under the fallen tree in the 2nd field 2nd was Shay Gillman from the next peg downstream with 8lbs 2oz and 3rd Nick Shinn 4lb 5oz last peg in the 1st field
4th Rick Northcott 3lbs 12oz
5th Bob Purnell 2lbs 2oz
6th Keith Appleby 1lb 00oz
7th Kevin Jefferies 14oz
Gorden Stone DNW
It was a shame the weather was so bad i dont think i have ever been so wet but it was a special day for Ian as he was good friends and traveling partner with Eddie fishing all over the place since the early 1980s .....the usual couple of pints were enjoyed in the dry in the swan ...i bet the old man was laughing at us getting wet then saying "fishing with yer mates ,,,,better then winning the lottery"
GEORGE CUP SEAGRY
8 Members fished the seagry stretch on a bright and sunny day with the river low and clear but weights were still pretty good 1st on the day was Rick Northcott with 10LB 14oz 1 good chub roach perch and a trout form the end of the straight 2nd from the bottom of the last bend Shay Gillman 8lb 14oz roach dace and perch 3rd from the peg above was Nick Shinn 6lb 14oz 1 pike and roach
4th Gorden Stone 6lb 4oz
5th Bob Warren 4lb 12oz .....1st time on a river in years
6th IanFussell 3lb 13oz
7th Kevin Jefferies 2lbs 2oz
8th Bob Purnell 2lbs 00oz
CHARLES KING SMITH CUP
7 Members fished the forest pond for this evening match 1st on the day was Shay Gillman from the previously unused peg 21 with 15lbs 14oz small tench rudd and roach 2nd was match secretary Ian Fussell from the next peg 22 with 10lb 8oz 3rd Tony
Hitchens 6lbs 7oz peg 23
4th Kevin Jefferies 5lbs 10oz ...14
5th Bob Warren 5lb 4oz ....13
6th Lionel Chidzey 5lb 1oz....24
7th Matt Baber 14oz .....20
HERBERT JARRETT MEMORIAL SHIELD
6 Members fished the forest pond as the road pond is still causing concerns . 1st on the day was match secretary Ian Fussell with 14lbs 4oz small tench and rudd from unfancied peg 22 2nd Rick Northcott 10lbs 8oz from peg 20 including 4 better sized carp and 3rd was Bob Purnell 8lbs 10oz peg 13
4th Bob Warren 7lbs 13oz peg 23
5th Kevin Jefferies 4lbs 10oz peg 24
6th Nick Shinn 2lbs 8oz peg 14
CLUB MATCH BOYD VALLEY
14 Members fished this club match at Boyd Valley and in true valley tradition the carp decided to start spawning so with lots of crashing around in the reeds and cruising fish not interested in feeding weights were disappointing 1st on the day was Rick Northcott with 31lbs 8oz from the road side 2nd John Veasey 30lbs 13oz 3rd Bob Price 17lbs 12oz 4th Steve Maybery 17lbs 8oz
5th Bob Warren 15lbs 6oz
6th Martin Alexander 9lbs 4oz
7th Jeff Dillon 7lbs 7oz
8th Shay Gillman 6lbs 12oz
9th Ian Fussell 4lbs 13oz
10th Bob Purnell 2lb 00oz
11th Lionel Chidzey 1lb 15oz
12= Kevin Jefferies 1lb 12oz
12= Andy Chivers 1lb 12oz
14th Keith Appleby 1lb 00oz
CLUB MATCH PONDS
8 Members fished the 1st match of the new season.with the ongoing problems on the road pond it was agreed to all fish the forest pond with everyone having the option to fish the road pond (only Kevin Jefferies took that option) ..1st was match secretary Ian Fussell with 8lb 4oz small tench and rudd from peg 24 2nd was Gordon Stone 7lbs 9oz peg 14 and 3rd Lionel Chidzey 4lbs 11oz peg 21
4th Bob Hole 3lbs 7oz peg 13
5th Keith Appleby 2lbs 11oz peg 23
6th Brian Lloyd 2lbs 00oz peg 20
7th Nick Shinn 15oz peg 22
8th Kevin Jefferies 4oz peg 2
MARCH CUP PONDS
6 Members fished the road pond and the worrying lack of fish caught continued with only 2 catching 1st Rick Northcott 2oz 2nd Bob Purnell 1oz
Keith Appleby DNW
Bob Warren DNW
Lionel Chidzey DNW
Kevin Jefferies DNW
CHARITY CUP PONDS
8 Members fished the road pond weather was challenging to say the least strong winds and heavy rain and the results were well below par 1st on the day was Lionel Chidzey 3lbs 1oz a good bream and some perch from peg 11 2nd was Gorden Stone 2lb 2oz peg 2 3rd Rick Northcott 9oz 4th and picking up 3rd place pools money (Lionel not in pools) was Ryan Appleby 3oz
5th Bob Warren 2.5 oz
6th Kevin Jefferies 2oz
Nick Shinn DNW
Ian Fussell DNW
With 1 match to go this year its very close in the points with Kevin Jefferies and Ian Fussell tied on 275
New Year Cup Ponds and Brook
11 members fished both ponds and the brook with bad weather all week and a less then hopeful forecast it was decided to return to the rover format of drawing pegs so at least everyone was fishing a peg they fancied even then it was a hard days fishing
Kevin Jefferies fishing peg 2 on the road pond had a bream skimmer and a crucian carp weighing 5lbs 00oz joint 2nd weight was both on the Brook Nick Shinn and Ian Fussell both having 1lb 6oz
4th Tony Hitchens 13oz forest pond
5th Shay Gilman 12OZ Brook
6th Ryan Appleby 7oz
7th Bob Purnell 1oz
Rick Northcott DNW
Matt Baber DNW
Keith Appleby DNW
Lionel Chidgy DNW
The Brook rose about a foot during the match and was unfishable for the last couple of hours and fishing was very hard on both ponds when Rick blanks on peg 1 you know its a hard day
CHRISTMAS MATCH
With the Avon being high and rising it was decided to switch back too our own waters at Bitton with each member being given the options to fish the brook in stead of their drawn peg
Nick Shinn was the only one to take the swap and caught a mainly trout catch of 6lbs 9oz 2nd from peg 2 on the road pond was Rick Northcott with 5lbs 9oz 3rd was Jeff Dillon with 3lbs 4oz from peg 9 also on the road pond
4th Gordon Stone 2lbs 00oz
5th Shay Gilman 1lbs 13oz winning the forest pond
6th Bob Warren 1lb 9oz
7th Ian Fussell 1lb 6oz
8th Andy Chivers 1lb 00oz
9th Kevin Jefferies 12oz
10th Lionel Chidgy 7oz
11th Brian Lloyd 6oz
12th Bob Purnell 5oz
Henry Wells Keith Appleby and John Veasey DNW
With weights being low at least the prize giving was warm and dry thanks to Gordon for sorting out the Swan at Conham each member who fished had a fishing prize and raffle prize
CLUB MATCH PONDS
10 Members fished both ponds on a dry but breezy day weights were very close Kevin Jefferies winning with a good weight of 10lbs 5oz from peg 2 2nd=John Veasey peg 8 and Ian Fussell peg 1 both weighing 9lbs 8oz
4th Nick Shinn 8lbs 8oz p3
5th Shay Gillman winning the forest pond 5lbs 8oz p14
6th Lionel Chidgy 2lbs 12oz p9
7th=Bob Purnell p20 and Bob Warren p24 1lb 9oz
9th Ryan Appleby 1lb 8oz p13
10th Henry Wells 1lb 00oz p23
so very close match even the pound bet between Bob and Ryan was only separated by 1oz
Next Match is the christmas match so please book in early ring Ian on 07432486298
S PRICE CUP SEAGRY
10 Members fished the club waters at Seagry the river was low but a small amount of flow pegging was tricky and 2 late arrivals meant all pegs were used resulting in some less then perfect swims (sorry)........no such problems for Match secretary Ian Fussell who drew the fancied peg 2 winning with a weight of 6lbs 8oz 2nd from the old fallen tree peg was Rick Northcott 6lbs 3oz 3rd was Matt (must find out his 2nd name) 5lbs 5oz
4th Gordon Stone 4lbs 5oz
5th Henry Wells 4lbs 4oz
6th Keith Appleby 3lbs 00oz
7th Bob Purnell 1lb 3oz
8th=Nick Shinn 1lb 1oz
Kevin Jefferies1lbs 1oz
10th Shay Gillman DNW
EDDIE PERKINS MEMORIAL CUP SWINFORD
11 Members fished the river Avon at Swinford the river looked almost perfect and the weather was good Nick Shinn drew halfway along the 2nd field under the fallen tree and included 1 good bream and a pike along with about 5lbs of roach and perch for a winning 14lbs 10oz 2nd was Shay Gillman with 11lbs 1oz roach and dace from the last peg in the 2nd field 3rd was Match secretary Ian Fussell 10lbs 00oz from the 3rd field [maybe next year]
4th Jeff Dillon 9lbs 7oz
5th Rick Northcott 7lb 9oz
6th Gordon Stone 5lbs 12oz
7th Andy Chivers 5lbs 2oz
8th Henry Wells 3lbs 10oz
9th Len Harris 3lbs 00oz
10th Kevin Jefferies 2lbs 10oz
11th Keith Appleby 2lbs 2oz
with the top 3 all catching double figures,a good turn out on the Avon and a pint in the swan it would of been the sort of day Mr Perkins would of loved
HERBERT JARRETT MEMORIAL SHIELD PONDS
13 Members fished both ponds weights were down a bit Bob Warren peg 3 on the road pond and Ian Fussell peg 13 forest pond both weighing 12lbs 4oz two different catches Bob having a few bigger fish and Ians being mostly small rudd 3rd with a similar catch was Shay Gillman 8lbs 3oz
4th Nick Shinn 5lbs 12oz p24
5th Bob Purnell 5lbs 4oz p23
6th Henry Wells 4lbs 6oz p7 winning £25
7th Tony Hitchens 3lbs 10oz p4
8th Kevin Jefferies 3lbs 3oz p21
9th Rick Northcott 3lbs00oz p22
10th Pete Hows 2lbs 12oz p9
11th Mike Ferris 2lbs 00oz p8
12th Matt ?? 1lbs 14oz p2
13th Keith Appleby 1lbs 12oz p1
CHARLES KING SMITH CUP PONDS
9 Members fished the ponds for this evening match and the forest pond was the place to be Bob Warren winning with 17lbs 9oz made up of small tench rudd and carp from peg 13 2nd was Lionel Chidgy 15lbs 20z from the cold swim 3rd and winning the road pond was Shay Gillman with 15lbs 00oz 4th and picking up £20 as lionel wasnt in the pools was Kevin Jefferies 13lbs 12oz
5th Ian Fussell 12lbs 6oz road pond
6th Nick Shinn 6lb 8oz road pond
7th Bob Purnell 4lbs 5oz
8th John Veasey 4lbs 4oz
9th Henry Wells 2lbs 8oz
George Cup Ponds
This match was switched too the ponds as the river at Seagry was unfishable due too the floating duck weed and it proved a good decision as both lakes fished very well ...Rick Northcott winning from peg 2 on the road pond with 21lbs 3oz just beating Match secretary Ian Fussell by 1oz Ian weighed 21lbs 2oz from the cold swim on the forest pond made up of over 300 rudd and small tench 3rd from peg 1 on the road pond was Bob Warren 16lbs 10oz
4th Nick Shinn 14lbs 8oz forest pond
5th Gordon Stone 13lbs 7oz forest pond
6th Kevin Jefferies 10lbs 4oz peg 8 road pond
7th Tony Hitchins 8lbs 00oz forest pond
8th Bob Puenell 5lbs 4oz forest pond
9th Keith Appleby 3lbs 00oz
CLUB MATCH BOYD VALLEY LAKE
13 Members fished Boyd Valley for this club match weather was better then forecast but a stiff breeze and the carp thinking about spawning meant the fishing wasnt as good as hoped Lionel Chidzey winning with 35lbs 10oz fromthe road side bank 2nd Tony Hitchens 28lbs 2oz also the roadside 3rd was Rick Northcott 26lbs 4oz 4th Bob Warren 21lbs 4oz 5th Kevin Jefferies 16lbs 2oz
6th Shay Gillman 12lbs 9oz
7th Henry Wells 10lbs 00oz
8th Nick Shinn 8lbs 4oz
9th Andy Chivers 7lbs 8oz
10th Bob Purnell 4lbs 10oz
11th Ian Fussell 2lbs 12oz
12 Keith Appleby 12oz
13th Barrie Hicks DNW
CLUB MATCH PONDS 19/4/15
7 Members fished both ponds and weights were quite good for april Match secretary Ian Fussell winning with 12lbs 8oz mainly rudd with the odd tench from the cold swim on the forest pond 2nd also on the forest pond with a similar net was Shay Gillman 10lbs 12oz 3rd from peg 1 on the road pond Rick Northcott with 10lbs 00ozincluding a large trout
4th Keith Appleby 8lbs 3oz forest pond
5th Lionel Chidgy 8lbs 2oz forest pond
6th Henry Wells 2lbs 13oz road pond
7th Kevin Jefferies 2lbs 00oz
next match 31 may at Boyd Valley please let ian know if your fishing
MARCH CUP
8 Members fished the final match of the year on both ponds Nick Shinn winning with 9lbs 4oz from peg 8 on the road pond 2nd was match secretary Ian Fussell with 6lbs 00oz from peg 1 on the road pond giving Ian enough points to win the Club Cup 3rd was Rick Northcott with 4lbs 9oz the top weight from the forest pond
4th Lionel Chidgy 2lbs 9oz (forest pond)
5th Ryan Appleby 2lbs 00oz (road pond) winning his bet with Bob
6th Bob Purnell 1lb10oz (road pond )
7th Keith Appleby 1lb 5oz (road pond)
8th Brian Lloyd 1lb 3oz
CHARITY CUP
II Members fished both ponds on a very cold but dry day Keith Appleby winning with a good weight of 4lb 12oz from peg 2 on the road pond including a lovely big chub well deserved win as Keith is the only person to fish every match this season 2nd from peg 8 on the road pond was Kevin Jefferies 3lb 4oz and 3rd was John Veasey 3lb 1oz from peg 1
4th Bob Purnell 2lb 15oz
5th Rick Northcott 2lb 51/2oz and top weight on the forest pond
6th Brian Lloyd 2lb 00oz
7th Gordon Stone 1lb 00oz
8th =Ian Fussell
Lionel Chidgy 9oz
10th Henry Wells 8oz
11 Ryan Appleby 4oz
NEW YEARS CUP
9 Members fished both ponds which were cold and clear ....Rick Northcott caught a winning weight of 7lbs 10oz from peg 1 on the road pond 2nd from peg 9 on the road pond was Gordon Stone with 7lb 00oz 3rd and top weight from the forest pond was match secretary Ian Fussell with 2lb 15oz
4th Bob Purnell 2lb 6oz
5th Ryan Appleby 2lb 2oz
6th Keith Appleby 2lb 00oz
7th Kevin Jefferies 1lb 15oz
8th Jeff Dillon 1lb 14oz
9th Andy Chivers 1lb 00oz
CHRISTMAS CUP
16 members fished the crane stretch of the Avon weights were down on what we were hoping but everyone caught .Match secretary Ian Fussell winning with 5lbs 8oz roach and dace from a peg in the bay in the little ash tip field 2nd Gordon Stone with 4lbs 14oz from the 3rd field and 3rd Nick Shinn 3lbs 9oz from the 1st peg in the 2nd field
4th Jeff Dillon 3lbs 00oz
5th Andy Chivers 2lbs 2oz
6th Len Harris 2lbs 1oz
7th Rick Northcott 2lbs 00oz
8th Brian Lloyd 1lbs 12oz
9th Steve Maybre 1lb 8oz
10th Lionel Chidgy 1lbs 7oz
11th Keith Appleby 1lbs 3oz
12th John Veasy 12oz
13th Ryan Appleby 8oz
14th Kevin Jefferies 7oz
15th Bob Purnell 4oz
16TH Barrie Hicks dnw
Thanks to the club putting £100 in there was a good selection of prizes with everyone having a fishing prize and a raffle prize Ian knew it was a good day as he also won 1st prize in the raffle
there was also a raffle for some fishing tackle donated by the family of Rex Jarrett a life long Valley member who sadly passed away this raised £50 for St Peters Hospice thank you
Carrying on with his bad luck on the net side of things Bob Purnell being 1st to weigh put the sling in his net to get it wet ,,snagged his net tried to free it dropped the net ..after 30mins of swearing sweating and plenty of banter Gordon managed to retrieve the net and sling thanks to Brian having a hook that screwed onto a landing net pole unfortunately for Bob most of the fish were gone
HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL THANK YOU FOR SUPPORT THIS YEAR HOPE 2015 BRINGS YOU GOOD DRAWS AND LOADS OF FISH
CLUB MATCH SEAGRY
7 Members fished the Avon at Seagry Rick Northcott winning with 10lbs 9oz mainly roach from the bottom bend 2nd Gordon Stone 4lbs 4oz 3rd Ian Fussell 4lbs 2oz
4th Lionel Chidgy 3lbs 6oz
5th Henry Wells 2lbs 15oz
6th Bob Purnell 1lbs 9oz
7th Keith Appleby 10oz
Bob Purnell caught an estimated 5lb of fish but a huge hole in the bottom of his new net saw most of them swim to freedom costing Bob second place a timely reminder to us all to check our nets before the start
INTER CLUB V's RBL K+A CANAL SEMINGTON
10 Golden Valley Members fished the annual match with the legion at Semington With Valley members taking 4 out of the top 5 places it was a convincing win. Individually Ian Fussell took top spot with 11lbs 14oz 2nd Jeff Dillion 9lbs 8oz 3rd John Veasy 4lbs + and Rick Northcott winning a section and the football card
Many thanks to Brian Lloyd and his Legion team for our invite hope to do the same next year
CLUB MATCH PONDS 5/10/2014
9 Members fished both ponds ,after a slight drop in temperature overnight weights on the forest pond were down a bit on what we expected Match secretary Ian Fussell winning a peg to peg battle with Rick Northcott on pegs 1 and 2 on the road pond thanks to 2 bonus perch Ian weighed 6 lbs12oz and Rick 5lbs 5oz Kevin Jefferies won the forest pond with 3lbs14oz with only 10oz separating all 5 on the forest pond
4th Bob Purnell 3lbs12oz
5th Lionel Chidgy 3lbs8oz
6th= Ryan Appleby
Henry Wells 3lbs 4oz
9th Keith Appleby 2lbs 12oz road pond
10 Barrie Hicks DNW
EDDIE PERKINS MEMORIAL SHIELD SWINFORD
6 Members fished the Avon at Swinford Shay Gillman winning with a superb net of roach and dace fishing hemp and tares on peg 2 weighing 15lbs 1oz 2nd from the last peg in the 1st field was Kevin Jefferies with a good bream and some roach for 7lbs 12oz 3rd was Henry Wells 3lbs 8oz
4th Ian Fussell 3lb
5th Bob Purnell 2lbs 9oz
6th Keith Appleby 1lb 8oz
CLUB MATCH SEAGRY
6 Members fished a club match on the Avon at Seagry Gordon Stone made it 2 in a row with a match winning weight of 6lbs 8oz 2nd was Bob Purnell 4lbs 7oz and 3rd was Ryan Appleby with 3lbs 8oz
4th Henry Wells 2lbs 8oz
5th Keith Appleby 2lbs 00oz
6th Brian Lloyd 1lb 12oz
CHARLES KING SMITH CUP PONDS
9 Members fished this evening match on the ponds which fished very well Gordon Stone winning with 16lbs 2oz of tench and bits from the forest pond 2nd was Rick Northcott 14lbs 4oz peg 9 on the road pond 3rd Keith Appleby 10lbs 4oz forest pond
4th Ian Fussell 9lbs 4oz
5th Bob Purnell 6lbs 14oz
6th Shay Gillman 6lbs 7oz
7th Kevin Jefferies 6lbs 4oz
8th Andy Chivers 5lbs 3oz
9th Barrie Hicks 2lbs 4oz
GEORGE CUP SEAGRY
7 Members fished the river Avon on the club waters at Seagry despite being very clear it fished really well with over 35lbs of fish mainly roach being weighed in 1st was match secretary Ian Fussell with 8lbs 14oz from the fancied peg 2 (old peg 1) 2nd on his return to the club was Shay Gillman 8lbs 8oz 3rd Rick Northcott 5lbs 4oz
4th Keith Appleby 5lbs 00oz
5th Gordon Stone 4lbs 10oz
6th Ryan Appleby 2lbs 8oz
7th Kevin Jefferies 1lb 4oz
HERBERT JARRETT MEM SHIELD PONDS
10 Members fished both ponds and despite fishing well all week weights were a little bit disappointing 1st on the day was Rick Northcott 9lbs 7oz from peg 8 on the road pond 2nd Gordon Stone 6lbs 6oz peg 1 on the road pond and 3rd Lionel Chidgey 5lbs 14oz from peg 13 on the forest pond
4th = Kevin Jefferies 4lbs 4oz forest pond
Nick Shin 4lbs 4oz peg 9 road pond
6th Barrie Hicks 3lbs 12oz forest pond
7th Ian Fussell 3lbs 4oz peg 4 road pond
8th Ryan Appleby 2lbs 11oz forest pond
9th Keith Appleby 1lbs 12oz
Tony Hitchens DNW
Club Match Sedges Brick lake
10 Members fished this cracking venue in Bridgwater thanks to Jamie and Denise for letting us have one side rather then the whole lake saving us some money
1st on the day Rick Northcott with 88lbs 7oz good sized carp from peg 10 2nd was Steve Maybrey 55lbs 2oz from peg 1 and 3rd Ian Fussell 54 lbs 9oz peg 8
4th Andy Chivers 31lbs 1oz with the top weight of silvers going 23lbs
5th Kev Jefferies 14lbs 5oz
6th Barrie Hicks 12lbs 3oz
7th Bob Purnell 8lbs 12oz
8th Adrain......Andys mate ..7lbs 6oz
9th Ryan Appleby 6lbs 00oz
10 Keith Appleby DNW
Next Match back on our own ponds Sunday 8th June
Club Match Boyd Valley
8 Members fished this 1st match off the new season a very disappointing turn out as
several people who were booked in failed to turn up Steve Maybrey weighed 36lbs 8oz of carp 2nd Rick Northcott 21lbs 5oz and 3rd was match secretary Ian Fussell 21lbs 00oz
4th Bob Purnell 8lbs 6oz
5th Keith Appleby 4lbs 7oz
6th Pete Hows 2lbs 8oz
7th Ryan Appleby 2lbs 00oz
Kevin Jefferies DNW
Next Match Sedges Brick pond may the 4th please contact ian if you wish too fish
MARCH CUP Boyd Valley and Road Pond
This Match was split over the 2 lakes and Boyd was the place to draw with John Veasey catching carp and chub for 34lbs 5oz 2nd also from boyd was Lionel Chidgy with 5lbs 3oz 3rd and winning the road pond was Gordon Stone with 3lbs
4th Henry Wells 2lbs 8oz
5th Bob Purnell 1bs 12oz
6th Nick Shinn 1lb9oz
7th Keith Appleby 7oz
8th Ian Fusell 3oz
Rick Northcott DNW
Kevin Jefferies DNW
With Rick blanking which is very unusual and Ian sneaking out 1 small skimmer Ian won the club cup Gordon was 2nd Keith 3rd and Rick 4th
Charles King Smith Cup Road pond 2/2/14
The road pond was clear and cold for the 10 members and weights were low Ian Fussell 2lbs 3oz 1 crucian and a few small roach and Rick Northcott 1 perch and a few bits 2lbs 3oz tied for 1st place and Gordon Stone was 3rd with1lb 4oz
4th Kevin Jefferies 8oz
5th Keith Appleby 7oz
6th Lionel Chidgy 4oz
7th Bob Purnell 2oz
Andy Chivers DNW
Dave Monks DNW
John Veasey DNW
So its still close in the points with 7 points between Ian and Rick
CLUB POINTS
With 2 matches to go its very close at the top Match Secretary Ian Fussell is leading on 239 (260 dropping worst score of 21) 2nd place Rick Northcott 232
3rd Gordon Stone 217
4th Keith Appleby 213
NEW YEARS CUP
Because of the high turnout this match was switched to Boyd Valley Lake but unfortunately the lake didn't fish as well as was hoped with all the weights coming from the car park side (guess who drew the road side).....1st was Andy Chivers 18lbs 4oz from peg 3 2nd Dave Monk 12lbs 00oz peg 1 3rd Nick Shin 10lbs 14oz peg 4
4th Rick Northcott 7lbs 6oz
5th Kevin Jefferies 3lb 8oz
6th Gordon Stone 3lb 13oz
7th John Veasy 1lb 10oz
8th Lionel Chidgy 1lb 2oz
9th Bob Purnell 9oz
10= Keith Appleby 8oz
10= Ian Fussell 8oz
12th Henry Wells 5oz
Because of the high turnout this match was switched to Boyd Valley Lake but unfortunately the lake didn't fish as well as was hoped with all the weights coming from the car park side (guess who drew the road side).....1st was Andy Chivers 18lbs 4oz from peg 3 2nd Dave Monk 12lbs 00oz peg 1 3rd Nick Shin 10lbs 14oz peg 4
4th Rick Northcott 7lbs 6oz
5th Kevin Jefferies 3lb 8oz
6th Gordon Stone 3lb 13oz
7th John Veasy 1lb 10oz
8th Lionel Chidgy 1lb 2oz
9th Bob Purnell 9oz
10= Keith Appleby 8oz
10= Ian Fussell 8oz
12th Henry Wells 5oz
CHRISTMAS MATCH
14 members fish the Crane section of the Avon which for the first time in years was in almost perfect condition
At the draw Rick Northcott had a moan after drawing just above the gantry in the 1st field normally a poor area but proceeded to catch fish all day for a match winning 11lbs 4oz all roach caught on the float and long rod 2nd from the end peg (1st peg in the 3rd field) was Andy Chivers with 9lbs 4oz and 3rd from the other end peg by the cattle grid was Gordon Stone with 7lbs
4th Jeff Dillon 5lbs 4oz
5th Nick Shin 5lbs 2oz
6th Henry Wells 3lbs 14oz
7th Derek Wilkin Smith 3lbs12oz
8th Ian Fussell 3lbs 6oz
9th= Lionel Chidgy 2lb 4oz
9th = Kevin Jefferies 2lb 4oz
10th John Veasey 2lb 1oz
11th Steve Maybrey 1lb 14oz
12th Brian Lloyd 1lb 2oz
13th Keith Applyby 8oz
Thanks to Steve Lippiett at the Cheery Tree for the sausages and chips and hospitality a good day was had by all
14 members fish the Crane section of the Avon which for the first time in years was in almost perfect condition
At the draw Rick Northcott had a moan after drawing just above the gantry in the 1st field normally a poor area but proceeded to catch fish all day for a match winning 11lbs 4oz all roach caught on the float and long rod 2nd from the end peg (1st peg in the 3rd field) was Andy Chivers with 9lbs 4oz and 3rd from the other end peg by the cattle grid was Gordon Stone with 7lbs
4th Jeff Dillon 5lbs 4oz
5th Nick Shin 5lbs 2oz
6th Henry Wells 3lbs 14oz
7th Derek Wilkin Smith 3lbs12oz
8th Ian Fussell 3lbs 6oz
9th= Lionel Chidgy 2lb 4oz
9th = Kevin Jefferies 2lb 4oz
10th John Veasey 2lb 1oz
11th Steve Maybrey 1lb 14oz
12th Brian Lloyd 1lb 2oz
13th Keith Applyby 8oz
Thanks to Steve Lippiett at the Cheery Tree for the sausages and chips and hospitality a good day was had by all
CLUB MATCH ROAD POND
7 Members fished the Road pond for this club match and continuing his good run Rick Northcott drew peg 1 and caught 14lbs 2oz for an easy win 2nd from peg 11 was Ian Fussell 6lbs 13oz and 3rd from peg 2 was John Veasy with 6lbs 5oz
4th Barrie Hicks 5lbs 6oz
5th Keith Appleby 5lbs 1oz
6th Henry Wells 3lbs 13oz
7th Bob Purnell 2lbs 4oz
Next Match is the christmas cup with plenty of prizes so give Ian a ring new number is 0117 9327163 or Mobile 07432486298..
7 Members fished the Road pond for this club match and continuing his good run Rick Northcott drew peg 1 and caught 14lbs 2oz for an easy win 2nd from peg 11 was Ian Fussell 6lbs 13oz and 3rd from peg 2 was John Veasy with 6lbs 5oz
4th Barrie Hicks 5lbs 6oz
5th Keith Appleby 5lbs 1oz
6th Henry Wells 3lbs 13oz
7th Bob Purnell 2lbs 4oz
Next Match is the christmas cup with plenty of prizes so give Ian a ring new number is 0117 9327163 or Mobile 07432486298..
CHARITY CUP SEAGRY
6 Members fished a low and clear avon at seagry but weights were very good as the roach fed well through out the stretch winning from a peg right in the middle was Rick Northcott with 8lbs 1oz 2nd from the very end peg at the bottom of the field was Ian Fussell 5lbs 14oz and 3rd from the new peg 1 created by Syd and Ian's hard work was Bob Purnell 4lbs 2oz
4th Gordon Stone 3lbs 14oz
5th Keith Appleby 2lbs 8oz
6th Keain Jefferies 1lb 8oz
With over 25lbs of fish caught on a less then perfect looking river a good day was had all-round
6 Members fished a low and clear avon at seagry but weights were very good as the roach fed well through out the stretch winning from a peg right in the middle was Rick Northcott with 8lbs 1oz 2nd from the very end peg at the bottom of the field was Ian Fussell 5lbs 14oz and 3rd from the new peg 1 created by Syd and Ian's hard work was Bob Purnell 4lbs 2oz
4th Gordon Stone 3lbs 14oz
5th Keith Appleby 2lbs 8oz
6th Keain Jefferies 1lb 8oz
With over 25lbs of fish caught on a less then perfect looking river a good day was had all-round
Eddie Perkins Memorial Cup
7 Members fished the river at Swinford Rick Northcott fished the new peg 1 with tares on the pole catching 11lbs 9oz of roach 2nd from peg 3 Gordon Stone 6lbs 8oz 3rd Ian Fussell 5lbs 12oz
4th Andy Chivers 3lbs 9oz
5th John Veasey 3lbs 6oz
6th Keith Appleby 3lbs 4oz
7th Len Harris 1lb 4oz
It was good to see Len Again shame he drew the same peg as last year ...im sure the old man was looking down on us and having a right laugh at our misfortunes
7 Members fished the river at Swinford Rick Northcott fished the new peg 1 with tares on the pole catching 11lbs 9oz of roach 2nd from peg 3 Gordon Stone 6lbs 8oz 3rd Ian Fussell 5lbs 12oz
4th Andy Chivers 3lbs 9oz
5th John Veasey 3lbs 6oz
6th Keith Appleby 3lbs 4oz
7th Len Harris 1lb 4oz
It was good to see Len Again shame he drew the same peg as last year ...im sure the old man was looking down on us and having a right laugh at our misfortunes
George Cup Seagry
5 members fished the river at Seagry Match Secretary Ian Fussell drew the bottom bend and caught a nice net of roach and perch weighing 6lbs 12oz 2nd Gordon Stone drew the last peg and weighed a similar bag of roach for 5lbs 3rd Rich Northcott 4LBS 12 oz
4th Keith Appleby 2lbs 1oz
5th Bob Purnell 1lbs 12oz
5 members fished the river at Seagry Match Secretary Ian Fussell drew the bottom bend and caught a nice net of roach and perch weighing 6lbs 12oz 2nd Gordon Stone drew the last peg and weighed a similar bag of roach for 5lbs 3rd Rich Northcott 4LBS 12 oz
4th Keith Appleby 2lbs 1oz
5th Bob Purnell 1lbs 12oz
Herbert Jarrett Memorial Shield
8 Members fished the evening match on the 2 ponds Gordon Stone drew the road pond peg 9 and caught a match winning 5lbs 8 oz match secretary Ian Fussell fished the Forest pond catching 4lb 1oz of small tench and Andy Veale came 2nd on the road pond also with 4lbs 1oz
4th= Bob Purnell 2lbs 12 oz road pond
4th= Barrie Hicks 2lbs 12oz road pond
6th Dave Monk 1lbs 14oz forest pond
7th Keith Appleby 12oz forest pond
8th Henry Wells 8oz forest pond
8 Members fished the evening match on the 2 ponds Gordon Stone drew the road pond peg 9 and caught a match winning 5lbs 8 oz match secretary Ian Fussell fished the Forest pond catching 4lb 1oz of small tench and Andy Veale came 2nd on the road pond also with 4lbs 1oz
4th= Bob Purnell 2lbs 12 oz road pond
4th= Barrie Hicks 2lbs 12oz road pond
6th Dave Monk 1lbs 14oz forest pond
7th Keith Appleby 12oz forest pond
8th Henry Wells 8oz forest pond
Club Match Trinity watera Wildmarsh lake
11 members fished and once again the lake looked better then it fished winner on the day was Pete Hows 21lbs 6oz 2nd Rick Northcott 20lbs 13oz 3rd Barrie Hicks 17lbs 8oz
4th Steve Maybre 14lbs 4oz
5th Lionel Chidzey 9lbs 4oz
6th Ian Fussell 7lb
7th Johm Veasey 6lbs 9oz
8th Henry Wells 4lbs 8oz
9th Gordon Stone 3lbs 8oz
10th Phil Veasey 1lb 1oz
Keith Appleby DNW
11 members fished and once again the lake looked better then it fished winner on the day was Pete Hows 21lbs 6oz 2nd Rick Northcott 20lbs 13oz 3rd Barrie Hicks 17lbs 8oz
4th Steve Maybre 14lbs 4oz
5th Lionel Chidzey 9lbs 4oz
6th Ian Fussell 7lb
7th Johm Veasey 6lbs 9oz
8th Henry Wells 4lbs 8oz
9th Gordon Stone 3lbs 8oz
10th Phil Veasey 1lb 1oz
Keith Appleby DNW
iClub Match Sedges
10 Members fished this lovely venue in Bridgwater John Veasey won with 60Lbs 4 oz from peg 1 2nd Steve Maybre
with a lovely bag of skimmers 43lbs 13oz 3rd Rick Northcott 42lbs 9oz
4th Gordon Stone 35lbs 2oz
5th Lionel Chidzey 25lbs 7oz
6th Bob Purnell 17lbs 10oz
7th Pete Hows 13lbs
8th= Barrie Hicks 10lbs 1oz
8th=Ian Fussell 10lbs ioz
10TthKeith Appleby 1lb 11oz
10 Members fished this lovely venue in Bridgwater John Veasey won with 60Lbs 4 oz from peg 1 2nd Steve Maybre
with a lovely bag of skimmers 43lbs 13oz 3rd Rick Northcott 42lbs 9oz
4th Gordon Stone 35lbs 2oz
5th Lionel Chidzey 25lbs 7oz
6th Bob Purnell 17lbs 10oz
7th Pete Hows 13lbs
8th= Barrie Hicks 10lbs 1oz
8th=Ian Fussell 10lbs ioz
10TthKeith Appleby 1lb 11oz
Club Match Boyd valley
9 Members fished this club match and Lionel Chidzey caught 38Lbs 2oz to win fro m peg 4 mainly carp down the edge 2nd was John Veasey with 24Lbs 4oz and 3rd Steve Maybre 16Lbs
4th Ryan Appleby 11Lbs 3oz
5th Andy Veale 7Lbs 4oz
6th Keith Appleby 4Lbs 9oz
7th Ian Fussell 4Lbs 70z
Bob Purnell DNW
Barrie Hicks DNW
MARCH CUP
13 Members fished the match on the Road Pond and Boyd Valley lake
Rick Northcott fished the 1st peg on the road side on Boyd and took a very nice 49lbs 4oz 2nd place was Henry Wells with 10lbs 8oz and 3rd was Keith Appleby 9lbs 6oz 4th John Veasey 8lbs 12oz all from Boyd
5th and winning the Road Pond was Mike Ferris 4lbs 4oz
6th Andy Veale 3lbs 9oz
7th Gordon Stone 3lbs 01oz
8th Dave Monks 2lbs 14oz
9th Ian Fussell 1lbs 13oz
10th Barry Hicks 1lbs 5oz
11th Ryan Appleby 2oz
Bob Purnell dnw
Lionel Chidgy dnw
CHARITY CUP
10 Members fished the club match on the Road pond and Boyd valley lake the road pond was clear and cold
Bob Purnell caught from the off at Boyd and weighed a superb 44lbs 8oz of carp and a lovely barbel of 6lbs 2oz picking up £40.. 2nd place Andy Veale 19lbs 2oz of carp for £20 3rd was Lionel Chidgy 16lbs 00oz 4th Dave Monk 15lbs2oz 5th Rick Northcott 9lbs 12oz 6th and top weight from the Road Gordon Stone with 8lb 00oz winning £20
7th John Veasy 3lb 4oz
8th Barrie Hicks 2lbs 6oz
9th Ian Fussell 1lb 4oz
Henry Wells DNW
A big thank you to Pete at Avon Aquatics for giving us the 6 pegs at Boyd Valley free of charge
NEW YEARS CUP
12 Members fished the Road pond and Brook on the 6th January John Veasey took a winning 4lbs 4oz to the scales made up of 2 crucians 2nd was Barrie Hicks 3lbs 15oz 3 good perch 3rd was Andy Veale with another good perch and bits 4th was Match Secretary Ian Fussell with the top weight from the brook 2lbs 7oz 2 trout and minnows as the top 3 were all not in the pools Ian picked up £40 .A very late crucian gave Gordon Stone £30 and 5th place with 2lbs 4oz .6th and winning £20 was Bob Purnell with 2lbs 00oz
others
Kevin Jefferies 1lb13oz
Dave Monk 1lb 8oz
Keith Appleby 10ozs
Rick Northcott DNW
Mike Ferris DNW
Andy Chivers DNW
12 Members fished the Road pond and Brook on the 6th January John Veasey took a winning 4lbs 4oz to the scales made up of 2 crucians 2nd was Barrie Hicks 3lbs 15oz 3 good perch 3rd was Andy Veale with another good perch and bits 4th was Match Secretary Ian Fussell with the top weight from the brook 2lbs 7oz 2 trout and minnows as the top 3 were all not in the pools Ian picked up £40 .A very late crucian gave Gordon Stone £30 and 5th place with 2lbs 4oz .6th and winning £20 was Bob Purnell with 2lbs 00oz
others
Kevin Jefferies 1lb13oz
Dave Monk 1lb 8oz
Keith Appleby 10ozs
Rick Northcott DNW
Mike Ferris DNW
Andy Chivers DNW
CHRISTMAS CUP
With the River Avon still in flood the match was switched to the Road Pond and Boyd Valley Lake
Match secretary Ian Fussell winning with 9LBS 3oz from peg 7 at Boyd Ians catch was made up with 1 carp 2 chub and some small roach 2nd was Keith Appleby 7lbs 8oz peg 9 at Boyd and 3rd was Rick Northcott 5lbs 13oz also on Boyd peg 10
4th Henry Wells 4lbs 4oz
5th Derrick Wilkins Smith 2lbs 30z
6th Lionel Chidgy 2lbs 00oz
7th Andy Veale 1lb 4oz The only fish caught on the road pond
8th Bob Purnell 8oz
Gordon Stone Jeff Dillon Steve Maybre Andy Chivers John Veasey and Barrie Hicks all failed to weigh in
Charles King Smith Cup
The Road pond actually flooded during this match after heavy rain saw levels rise and all pallets were under several inches of water and weights were down
winner on the day Gordon Stone fished peg 1 catching skimmers and 1 better bream
rest of the results to follow ..........match secretary misplaced result sheets
The Road pond actually flooded during this match after heavy rain saw levels rise and all pallets were under several inches of water and weights were down
winner on the day Gordon Stone fished peg 1 catching skimmers and 1 better bream
rest of the results to follow ..........match secretary misplaced result sheets
EDDIE PERKINS MEMORIAL CUP
The River Avon at Swinford was the venue for the Eddie Perkins Memorial cup and although looking nearly perfect the pace was still a bit quick (any excuse)
10 members fished and at the draw Ian decided to leave 15 pegs in and as usual that meant a cock up with the outfall not drawn (sorry)
ist on the day was Rick Northcott weighing in 6lbs 12oz 2 small chub with roach and dace, 2nd was Andy Chivers with 5lbs 6oz 1 good bream and roach and dace, 3rd was match secretary Ian Fussell 4lbs 8oz roach and dace and losing a pike at the net which gave Kevin Smith a laugh as he was watching
4th Gordon Stone 3lbs 14oz
5th Len Harris 2lbs 12oz
6th Andy Veale 2lbs 9oz (Not bad with a broken thumb) he also caught a pike after the match
7th Jeff Dillon 2lbs 8oz
8th Ryan Appleby 2lbs 00oz
9th Derrick Wilkins Smith 1lbs 14oz
10th Bob Purnell 1lbs 5oz
Really good to see veteran Len Harris fish the river for the ist time in many years and catch a few as Eddie and Len were fishing together way back in the 60's as you can see by looking at the older cups
I'm sure the old man was looking down at us and having a damn good laugh
Next match is the inter club with the Legion at Woolverton draw at 8.30 please contact Ian if your coming
GEORGE CUP
The Club water at Seagry was the venue for the George Cup on Sunday 5th August
5 members fished with Rick Northcott winning with 6lbs 12oz of roach dace and perch 2nd was Gordon Stone with 3lb 00oz 3rd was match secretary Ian Fussell 2lbs 14oz from the peg 1 normally the hot peg 4th was Andy Chivers with 2lbs 4oz and 5th Bob Purnell 1lbs 12oz
After the heavy rain and thunder storms it was a bit hairy coming back up the hill but with a few prayers and a lot of bad language and pushing Gordon up the steep bit we all made it
Big thanks to Andy Chivers for his help on the saturday clearing the pegs
Next match is the Eddie Perkins Memorial Cup at Swinford on Saturday 8th September Draw at 8.30 in the field
Herbert Jarrett Memorial Shield
Another good turn saw 14 members fish both ponds ,once again the weather gods were against us with rain and drizzle ..Drawn on peg 3 on the road pond John Veasey weighed in 12lbs 14oz of bream and crucian's 2nd was Andy Veale on peg 2 on the Forest pond made up of a lot of small tench unfortunately Andy was not in the pools 3rd was Membership Secretary Gordon Stone who included 2 carp in his 9lbs 12oz from peg 4 on the Forest pond 4th place and picking up 3rd prize money was Andy Chivers with 9lbs 6oz of small tench from peg 3 on the Forest pond
Others
5th Ian Fussell 8lbs 3oz peg 8 road pond
6th Ryan Appleby 5lbs 9oz good weight from peg 6 road pond
7th Tony Hitchins 5lbs 4oz peg 5 Forest pond
8th Keith Appleby 5lb 00oz peg 9 road pond
9th Dave Monks 3lbs 13oz peg 1 Forest pond
10th Henry Wells 3lb 00oz peg 2 Road pond
11 Bob Purnell 2lbs 14oz peg 6 Forest pond
12 =Derrick Wilkins Smith 2lbs 4oz peg 7 Road pond
12= Barrie Hicks 2lbs 4oz peg 1 Road pond
14th Lionel Chidgy 9oz peg 4 Road pond
HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY
Bob Purnell's late bid for Olympic glory in the diving don't panic Tom Daley but by all accounts it was worth 5.5 at least......
Next Match Seagry August
Welcome to the first golden valley match report
sunday 10th of june saw 12 valley members head off to trinity waters nr Bridgewater for a club match
fished on wildmarsh lake as per usual the weather was not in our favour
Michia the fishery owners daughter had reserved us pegs 52 to 67 and 1 to 10 and very kindly only charged us for the 12 so we had plenty of room without breaking the bank
Unfortunately the fish decided not to play and weights were quite disappointing but a good day was still had by all
Drawn on end peg 10 Steve Maybery fished the feeder with pellet and meat for 29lb 12ozs mainly bream to 3lb
2nd on the day was Rick Northcott drawn on peg 63 with 18lbs 8ozs
3rd was John Veasey 9lb 4ozs
4th place Gordon Stone (Syd) with 6lb 15ozs beating Andy Veale by 1oz which was bad luck for Andy as he had a fish jump back in before he could weigh it
Next Match Saturday 7th july on the ponds and brook draw 1pm
sunday 10th of june saw 12 valley members head off to trinity waters nr Bridgewater for a club match
fished on wildmarsh lake as per usual the weather was not in our favour
Michia the fishery owners daughter had reserved us pegs 52 to 67 and 1 to 10 and very kindly only charged us for the 12 so we had plenty of room without breaking the bank
Unfortunately the fish decided not to play and weights were quite disappointing but a good day was still had by all
Drawn on end peg 10 Steve Maybery fished the feeder with pellet and meat for 29lb 12ozs mainly bream to 3lb
2nd on the day was Rick Northcott drawn on peg 63 with 18lbs 8ozs
3rd was John Veasey 9lb 4ozs
4th place Gordon Stone (Syd) with 6lb 15ozs beating Andy Veale by 1oz which was bad luck for Andy as he had a fish jump back in before he could weigh it
Next Match Saturday 7th july on the ponds and brook draw 1pm