Nottingham News

AS the last few weeks have been a bit hectic, this week we are going to try and catch up so apologies to those of you who have had to wait (particularly Les Steedman) for delay in reporting match results, reports and pictures.
So let’s start with the NJAA junior nationals held the week before as covered in the additional feature last week.
The section winners in the junior events were Reece Nicholson and Joel Potts with Sam Carr securing a creditable second in his section. When you consider that Joel and Sam fish for the cadets team (under 12s) it shows that the future of Worksop AA is secure.
In the intermediates, the winning team individually scored two section wins for Gavin Tomlinson and Gavin Leversidge with Terry Foulds and Mark Smith both securing fifth in their respective sections. Well done to the four teams and a special thank you to team coach Glenn Foulds for organising the event.
Next a reminder to all the youngsters who have registered for the Guardian Junior Angling fishing day at Riverside Fishery at Scrooby this coming Thursday. Can you all ensure that you are at the venue between 9am and 9.30am. Fishery rules are that no barbed hooks can be used and it is riverside only feed pellets, although you are able to use your own hook pellet.
There are only a few places left on the Bluebell Wood/Bassetlaw Children’s ward charity match to be held at The Lakeside complex on 4th November. Tickets are £12 all in with £4 going to the charities and £6 pools and £2 pegging. We are also running a charity raffle and auction and would be grateful for any donations from individuals or local businesses, so if you are able to contribute in any way or wish to register for the match please contact us.

CLUB RESULTS
SUNDAY 8th October saw the second round take place in the Angling Times Trent Division Winter League on the River Trent at Burton Joyce where Worksop AA had to settle for third place behind a rejuvenated Middy Matchmen and Lincs County.
On Sunday 15th October, the third round took place on the River Trent, this time on an impressive Holme Marsh. There was fantastic roach sport to be had on the stick floart or waggler with a 9lb 10oz barbell also landed and we have reports of a 15lb salmon being netted on peg 104.
1st Kev Baxter peg 106 23lb waggler/stick and maggot all roach; 2nd Mick Atkins peg 100 22lb 11oz barbel on the feeder roach on waggler; 3rd Andy Higginbottom peg 120 stick float and maggot all roach.
The team’s efforts on the day secured them second place behind the Diwa Trentmen leaving Worksop in third place with eight points at the halfway stage of the series, two points behind the Trentmen and one behind the Matchmen.
Anglers from the Stanley Street Social Club held their last match of the season last Sunday on the cobble at Hatfield Grange where pole fished pellet, corn or maggot was the method for catching mainly carp, ide and goldfish. 1st Geoff Mawby peg 27 28lb 5oz; 2nd Mick Pogson peg 23 17lb 10oz; 3rd Andy Royle peg 28 11lb 8oz.
In the junior section Michael Fox led the way with 3lb 11oz just edging out Ryan Bolton who weighed 3lb 5oz.
Members of the Greyhound AC fished the last club match of the season on the Hudson Bay section of the Newark Dyke last Saturday where good weights of mainly roach were enjoyed by most of the anglers. 1st Charlie O Sullivan peg one 12lb 10oz stick and mag; 2nd Tracey Dickenson peg 15 11lb 9oz waggler and tares; 3rd Alan Sargeson peg 17 8lb 12oz stick float. The overall winner in the club’s aggregate was Tracey Dickenson with Mick Burrows second and Brett Northage third.
On 1st October, members of Hatfield Arms AC visited the River Trent at Winthorpe where they found the Trent in an unforgiving mood, with heavy rain resulting in a rising river. 1st Ray Clay peg 197 15lb feeder for three bream; 2nd Gavin Hall peg 205 7lb 5oz feeder for one bream and bits; 3rd Tony Brittonn peg 185 5lb 13oz feeder one bream and a few bits.
Worksop United held matches for permit holders on 7th and 14th October. Now the club matches have finished they are starting to get a good turn out with 20-plus anglers fishing each week. Saturday 7th: 1st P Storey 21lb 14oz peg 21 including one carp weighing 16lb 9oz; 2nd J Gibson 14lb 12oz peg one; 3rd G Barlow 11lb 12oz peg 19. Saturday 14th: 1st M Drage 14lb peg one; 2nd S Moore 10lb 10oz peg 13 Shane lost 11 big fish fishing tight to the far reed bed; 3rd R Allen 7lb 3oz peg 20 also lost half a dozen big fish.
Result of the latest Worksop Piscatorials match, held on Sunday 24th September, at Norwood Farm Fishery, Killamarsh. 1st Derek Brown 21lb 9oz; 2nd Mick Pogson 17lb 9oz; 3rd George Tomlin 15lb 1oz. Section winners were Terry Evans (14lb 15oz) and Andy Lakey (14lb 11oz) all caught carp using paste and pellet.
Thirty-two members of the Worksop Angling Supplies Batchelors AC fished on Bridge Pool at Daiwa Hallcroft on Sunday. 1st Sean Batty 29lb 2.5oz pole/meat skimmers/carp island 17; 2 Alan Quick 28lb 15.5oz pole/pellet skimmers/carp outer 32; 3rd Mel Morris 27lb 0.5oz pole/meat skimmers/carp outer 41.

LAKESIDE ROUND-UP
THE best match weights to fall at the Ranskill venue were on Saturday on the first strip pond where Andy Caudel put 78lb 14oz of carp on the scales fishing pole and paste off peg four; 2nd Geoff Cornwall 71lb peg seven.
Worm and caster is still accounting for the best weights on the match lake but not always with the pole, Mark Baldwin used the waggler to effect putting together a winning mixed bag of 65lb 6oz.
Pleasure angler Stuart Collins of Worksop enjoyed a productive day on the second strip pond, employing pole fished worm to take over 120lb of carp gold fish and skimmers.
On the carp lake, Martin Cochaine netted five specimens that included two mirrors of 26lb 6oz and 22lb 3oz from peg five.
On the trout lake Worksop’s Paul Harrison cast his cats whisker on intermediate line to land 12 fish, the best an impressive rainbow of 9lb 6oz with fellow fluff chucker Mick Bennett catching 19 fish on various sedges and floating line.

RIVERSIDE ROUND-UP
THE Scrooby venue is still responding to baits still fished hard on the deck with meat and pellet accounting for the carp and maggot worm or caster taking impressive nets of ide, skimmers and roach.
Ian Temple fished pellet on the long pole to put a winning weight of 52lb 2oz in his net on Monday at Sandmartins. The best match weight of the week fell in Saturday’s open on the main lake with Pete Allsop (88lb 11oz) of Worksop using meat fished in the margins on peg six.
The new stock fish have been introduced with 500 carp between 12oz and 2lb which he ordered specially for the kids’ match on Thursday.

LODGE FARM ROUND-UP
VENUE regulars Hodthorpe WMC tested their mettle on the silver fish on the top pond last Sunday. 1st Simon Hadfield 27lb 12oz peg 44 pole and pellet; 2nd Roy Butterfield 22lb 1oz peg 32 pole and meat; 3rd Lee Godley peg 46 19lb 13oz pole and worm.
Members of Jenkins AC of Retford held their latest match on signal pond on Sunday. 1st Daz Godley 39lb 12oz peg 17 pole fished meat; 2nd Garry Allan 27lb 4oz peg six; 3rd Ian Symmonds 13lb 13oz peg seven.
Vale AC members were on Field Pond last Saturday. 1st Andy Robertson 40lb 13oz peg one pole and paste; 2nd Thomas Morris 31lb 2oz peg two pole and meat; 3rd Garry Cooper 29lb 8oz peg four. The best method at the moment on Lily and Long Island Ponds is pole fished pellet with 57lb being the best match weight on Lily and 56lb 9oz on Long Island.

SHERWOOD FOREST FARM PARK
AT Holmedale Lake, Wednesday Fun League open on 11th October, 25 fished. 1st Dave Madin Mossella Ultimate Anglers 161lb 13oz peg 41; 2nd Pete Hodgetts Sensas Mansfield Angling 161lb 7oz peg 35; 3rd Pete Ellis Sherwood Forest Fishery 103lb 3oz peg 17.
This lake is still fishing well as it has done all summer, but this match was exception in the pouring rain. There were three weights over the tonne and just 6oz separating the top two.
First place Dave Madin fished pole and corn over pellets on three lines, two down the margin and the other out at 12m. He was into a carp on his first put in and never looked back, landing fish from 12oz up to 10lb throughout the match to finish with 161lb 13oz, 6oz in front of second place Pete Hodgetts. He started fishing on the method feeder and meat cast to the island but after an hour, with just two carp, he changed to pole and pellet having a 10lb carp straight away, ending with over 30 more fishing out and down the margin. Pete Ellis was winning the match with three hours gone fishing pole and corn out at 12m having carp to 4lb every put in, but his swim dried up and he only had one more fish in the final two hours.

THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
ALL members of the Worksop Disabled Anglers are requested to attend the annual general meeting on Monday 6th November at Manton Athletic Club on Retford Road at 7.15pm.
Denise would like to remind Worksop Piscatorial members that the last match of the season is on Sunday 29th October on the Canal at Clayworth, draw 8.30am.