by angling correspondents Roger Stocks and Stuart Lilley
Roger Stocks: 07846 673365
Stuart Lilley 07528 896655
E-Mail: roachpole10@aol.comONCE again congratulations are in order for our local anglers representing Worksop & DAA who fished at a National level last Saturday.
After winning the NFA Nationals in July the juniors managed a creditable fourth place in the NJAA Championships, held on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Wiltshire.
The youngsters achieved this despite never setting their eyes upon the water before, and young star Reece Nicholson claimed another medal to add to his CV by taking third place in the individual stakes.
The seniors representing the association took part in the NFA Division One National which in angling terms is the blue ribbon team event in English angling.
Despite upheaval and change of management, Ian Turner and the lads finished mid-table in 36th place out of 63 teams, thus cementing their place in the top tier of fishing for another year.
On an individual front the Nicholson family came to the fore again with Reece's brother Ashley coming fourth in his 63 peg section (come on dad Neil – pull your finger out!)
Today (Fri) the Schools National takes place at The Glebe, Leicestershire, where at least three local schools will be representing the area in a competiton where we have an outstanding history. So we would like to pass on the best of luck to Dinnington, Portland and Valley schools.
News that Sandhill Lake is continuing with its recent show of good form, with Worksop rod Garry Barlowe on song to land a carp of 19lb from peg 79.
And finally we would like to say good luck to all the anglers heading out to sea today for a deep water wrecking trip in the Bridlington Festival.
CLUB RESULTSTHE intrepid anglers from peg 31 at Dinnington and the Hatfield Arms at Laughton have held a summer series.
They have fished on the Worksop & DAA stretches of the River Trent (the Weirfield, Holme Marsh, Winthorpe and Ness Farm stretches.)
The league consisted of six matches with the final contest taking place on 31st August at Ness Farm where, in overcast conditions, old favourite the stick float claimed the first two places.
Results were: 1st Jack Evason, peg 24, 7lb 2oz, stick float for roach, 2nd Terry Moraz, peg 6, 6lb 11oz, stick float, 3rd Ron Smith, peg 22, 4lb 2oz, skimmers taken on the feeder.
In a closely contested series Terry Moraz took the honors with 24 points, closely followed by Jeff Clarke with 22 points and Dave Wright with 20 points.
The best weight taken in the league was Nick Atkins who landed 54lb 4oz off peg 5 on the Weirfield. Organiser Jack Evason informs us that if there are enough people interested next year they would like to run this event again.
The members of the Manton AC travelled to Clayworth on Saturday 30th August where they tackled the St Peter's Lane stretch of the Chesterfield Canal, where the main frame all took a mixed bag of small fish on the pole.
Results were: 1st Stuart Coupe, peg 18, 5lb 10oz, 2nd Steve Armested, peg 1, 4lb 4oz, 3rd Chris Lowe, peg 22, 2lb 15oz.
The members of Batchelors made the short journey to Aston last Saturday where they opted to fish the Split Pond. Results were: 1st John Eves, peg 37, 25lb 11oz, carp on pole and paste, 2nd Sean Batty, peg 36, 17lb 5oz, carp on pole fished maggot, 3rd Neil Richards, peg 34, 16lb 5oz, carp pole and pellet.
Dinnington Welfare AC braved an overflowing River Trent at Holmemarsh on Sunday 7th September. Results were: 1st Craig Crosby, 7lb 6oz, silvers on the feeder, 2nd Roy Waring, 6lb 14oz, bream on the feeder, 3rd Glyn Kaye, 4lb 12oz, silverfish caught on the pole close in.
There are two matches to report on from our old friends the Greyhound AC.
The first took place at Boddington's Resovoir on 9th August, where all the top four managed to weigh over 100lb of fish apiece. Results were: 1st Cliff Brailsford, peg 93, 114lb, method feeder, 2nd Brett Northage, peg 87, 111lb, bomb fished cat meat 3rd Dave Robinson, peg 77, 107lb, method feeder.
The second event took place on 24th August at the Swanlands complex near Thorne. Results were: 1st Russ Brown, peg 7, 33lb, pole fished worm, 2nd Wilf Salmon, peg 21, 26lb 4oz, maggot feeder, 3rd Mick Burrows, peg 20, 22lb, pole fished pellet.
LAKESIDE ROUND-UPWEDNESDAY'S Open at the prolific Ranskill venue was won by Clowne's Paul Ashley, who weighed a mixed net of carp and silvers of 134lb 4oz taken on pole fished pellet and meat from peg 24.
During a club match on Sunday John Bell employed bomb fished meat to bag a winning weight of 96lb 12oz from peg 37.
On the Strip Lake Worksop rod James Henry placed his seat box on peg 9 to plunder over 150lb of carp and silvers on pole fished pellet and maggot topped off by a mirror carp weighing 10lb 1oz.
On the Carp Lake regular visitor John Vardy banked 13 specimens from peg 5 on fusion boilies which included a mirror carp of 24lb, with Billy Grass netting two fish on mussel and oyster boilies.
Over on the Trout Lake Graham Meakin cast his gold-headed damsel on an intermediate line to tempt nine fish, with fellow fly caster Ian Head slipping his net under nine fish caught on his orange fritz and an intermediate line.
RIVERSIDE ROUND-UP JOHN from the Scrooby Fishery has two Open matches for us to report on which both took place on the Main Lake.
The first occurred on Wednesday. Results were: 1st Craig Crosby, peg 16, 37lb 8oz, pole fished worm, 2nd John Siddons, peg 38, 29lb 14oz, pole and maggot, 3rd Pete Ware, peg 8, 28lb 7oz, short pole and pellet.
The second event took place on Friday. Results were: 1st Ian Temple, peg 8, 37lb 8oz, pole and pellet, 2nd John Hitchens, peg 41, 21lb 14oz, 3rd Doug Hall, peg 27, 20lb 1oz, pole and worm.
DAIWA HALLCROFT ROUND-UPMATCHES contested on the Moat Pool have seen a variety of methods responsible for framing weights, with paste fished over a bed of hemp consistently claiming the brown envelopes.
Worm over pellet down the edge is also taking mixed nets, with corn fished over a bed of the fishery's feed pellets tempting some of the Retford venue's proper bream.
On the Bridge Pool paste fished on the long pole is scoring for match weights in excess of 100lb, with worm presented down the margins also taking respectable mixed nets.
LODGE FARM ROUND-UPREGULARS The Likely Lads opted to fish the Top Pond where venue expert John Bleakley is untouchable.
Results were: 1st John Bleakley, peg 17, 58lb 8oz, skimmers tench and carp on the ground bait feeder with corn hook bait, 2nd Mick Burrel, peg 22, 49lb 15oz, pole fished meat, 3rd Keith Walters, peg 12, 42lb 2oz, pole fished pellet.
The Thursday Veterans' Match was competed for on the Field Pond. Results were: 1st Roy Nicholls, peg 5, 112lb 9oz, pellet waggler, 2nd Mick Hemshaw, peg 3, 89lb 12oz, pole and pellet, 3rd Reg Turner, peg 12, 80lb 12oz, pole fished meat.
The latest Hawthorne WMC match took place on the Signal Pond last Sunday. Results were: 1st Lee Godley, peg 9, 34lb 11oz, worm and caster, 2nd Mick Burrel, peg 6, 25lb 4oz, pole and meat, 3rd Barry Godley, peg 14, 23lb 12oz, worm and caster.
SHERWOOD FOREST FARM PARK ROUND-UPTHE latest Gateford Angling Supplies Fun League match took place on the Holmedale Lake.
Results were: 1st Charlie Shaw, Dynamite Mayfair, peg 17, 112-4-0, 2nd Steve Shepherd, Peg One Angling Centre, peg 29, 111-5-0, 3rd Mick Langton, Sherwood Forest Fishery, peg 19, 107-13-0.
The fishing was better than the weather strong winds and heavy rain made presentation for some very hard but it was a very close finish between the top 3 anglers. Charlie started out on the method feeder cast to the island for 5 carp but the bites where at a premium and a change to his baited margin swim brought instant results fishing pole and corn he landed carp to 7lb regularly to the end of the match . Steve was just 15oz behind he fished pole and paste out at 8m on peg 29 having an all carp net with fish to 10lb 3rd placed Mick spent too long fishing the feeder to the island without a bite, a change to the pole and paste at 7m he had 3 carp in 3 puts out with fish to 8lb and never looked back weighing in the third ton of the day.
