OUR PICK OF THE WEEK HEREFORD DAA WINTER LEAGUE (SUN)

ANGLING TRUST CASTLE ASHBY WINTER LEAGUE (SUN) Grendon, Scotland & Brickyard Ponds (63 pegs)

Top spot saw Preston Innovations Black Horse go two points clear at the top of the table. Garbolino RAF followed as Maver Milton Keynes finished runners-up. RAF man Danny Hurst was individual winner as he took 33-1-0 of carp on feeder and worm from peg 15

on the Grendon Pond. Second was Ian Pretty with 18-4-0 of skimmers and a few carp using long pole and pellet from Brickyard Pond peg 11.

Result: 1 D Hurst, Garbolino RAF, 33-1-0; 2 I Pretty, Maver Milton Keynes, 18-4-0; 3 F Pizzimenti, Royal Mail, 16-2-0; 4 G West, Preston Innovations Black Horse, 11-7-0; 5 A Donnelly, Preston Innovations Black Horse, 11-4-0; 6 D Martin, Maver Milton Keynes, 10-14-0.

Teams: 1 Preston Innovations Black Horse, 53pts; 2 Maver Milton Keynes, 46; 3 Garbolino RAF, 35; 4 Royal Mail, 30; 5 A Team, 29 (section countback); 6 Browning Northants, 29.

League: 1 Preston Innovations Black Horse, 8pts; 2 Garbolino RAF, 10; 3 Maver Milton Keynes, 13; 4 Browning Northants, 14; 5 Royal Mail, 19; 6 A Team, 20.

ANGLING TRUST SOAR VALLEY WINTER LEAGUE (SUN) River Soar (70 pegs)

Kamasan Starlets tightened their grip as they won on 24 points from Quorn AS to go three points clear at the top. Quorn and Trentmen occupy joint second. Top rod was Trentmen’s Mark Godfrey with 7-350 from Abbey Meadow, where he took chub, roach and perch on long pole with worm and maggot.

Result: 1 M Godfrey, Matrix Dynamite Baits Trentmen, 7-350; 2 S Hemingray, Kamasan Starlets, 6-500; 3 M Harper, Sensas Midland Angling Supplies, 6-300; 4 G Baldock, Quorn AS, 5-800; 5 T Cahill, Long Eaton Fed, 5-440; 5 D Petch, Long Eaton Fed, 5-110.

Teams: 1 Kamasan Starlets, 24pts; 2 Quorn AS, 29; 3 Matrix Dynamite Baits Trentmen, 39; 4 Long Eaton Fed, 42; 5 Wigston AS, 43; 6 Sensas Midland Angling Supplies, 49.

League: 1 Kamasan Starlets, 6pts; jt2 Matrix Dynamite Baits Trentmen and Quorn AS, both 9.

ANGLING TRUST TUNNEL BARN FARM WINTER LEAGUE (SUN) New & Extension Pools (40 pegs)

Tunnel’s league kicked off with a win for Shakespeare Bait-Tech, who turned in 13 points from Frenzee on 20. They also had the individual winner as Lee Wherrett recorded 66-15-0 of F1s from peg 25 on the New Pool, where he caught on maggot at 7m. Result: 1 L Wherrett, Shakespeare Bait-Tech, 66-15-0; 2 P Holland, G8, 65-13-0; 3 A Neal, Shakespeare Bait-Tech, 54-3-0; 4 P Jones, Frenzee, 52-0-0; 5 G Edwards, G8, 50-13-0; 6 I Exall, Shakespeare Bait-Tech, 50-5-0. Teams: 1 Shakespeare Bait-Tech, 13pts; 2 Frenzee, 20; 3 G8, 23.

ANGLING TRUST WARWICKSHIRE WINTER LEAGUE (SUN) Erewash Canal (48 pegs)

Shakespeare Bait-Tech tallied 15 points to win from Sensas Dams & Lock. Their four-point overall score saw them two in front of Dams & Lock. The day’s individual honours went to John Johnson who, from peg 38, fished bloodworm at 11m to weigh in 12-0-0 of roach.

Result: 1 J Johnson, Three Counties, 12-0-0; 2 M Hatchard, Shakespeare Bait-Tech, 8-9-0; 3 A Chisholm, Shakespeare Bait-Tech, 7-15-15; 4 D Jackson, Sensas Dams & Lock, 7-12-10; 5 D Lewis, Shakespeare Bait-Tech, 7-2-14; 6 P Madeley, Sensas Dams & Lock, 6-11-0.

Teams: 1 Shakespeare Bait-Tech, 15pts; 2 Sensas Dams & Lock, 24; 3 Three Counties, 25; jt4 Sensas Black Country and Drennan Leicester Sensas, both 31; 6 Browning Central, 42.

League: 1 Shakespeare Bait-Tech, 4pts; 2 Sensas Dams & Lock, 6; jt3 Sensas Black Country and Drennan Leicester Sensas, both 11; 5 Three Counties, 14; 6 Browning Central, 16.

BARFORD AA TEAMS OF SIX (SAT) Warks Avon, Barford (60 pegs)

Despite a clear river, bream made up the winning weight. Steve Bowen, of Chiltern Baits, found fish to 5lb at peg 60 on groundbait feeder with worm and caster for 30-10-0.

Result: 1 S Bowen, Chiltern Baits, 30-10-0; 2 A Narbeth, Sensas WB Clarke, 14-9-0; 3 T Marshall, Shakespeare BaitTech, 14-3-0; 4 N Davies, Shakespeare Bait-Tech, 14-0-0; 5 A Newman, Bailey’s of Warwick, 13-3-0; 6 D Young, Chiltern Baits, 10-13-0.

Teams: 1 Shakespeare Bait-Tech, 11pts; 2 Sensas WB Clarke, 27; 3 Sensas Portway, 29; 4 Lane’s Bait, 31; 5 Barford AA, 33; jt6 Chiltern Baits and Bailey’s of Warwick, both 37.

League: 1 Shakespeare Bait-Tech, 67pts; 2 Sensas WB Clarke, 77; 3 Bailey’s of Warwick, 89; 4 Lane’s Bait, 91; 5 Match Box, 104; 6 Sensas Portway, 105.

DRENNAN SILVERFISH LEAGUE (SAT) Rycroft Fishery (40 pegs)

Long Eaton Fed man John Eccles was the winner with 19-5-0 of quality roach at peg 30 on Donno’s Lake. He caught on caster fished at 13m and on the waggler.

Result: 1 J Eccles, Long Eaton Fed, 19-5-0; 2 C Logan, Nathan’s of Derby, 18-6-0; 3 M Hall, Sensas, 16-4-0; 4 K Ritter, Nathan’s of Derby, 15-2-0; 5 N Bull, Kamasan Starlets, 13-13-0.

EAST MIDLANDS WINTER LEAGUE PRACTICE (SUN) Cock Bank & Factory Bank (60 pegs)

After a spell away from the match scene, the Cock Bank saw steady fishing. It couldn’t compete with Factory Bank, which produced the leading weights. Martin Roper won with 13-15-0. The Sensas Mark one man fished pinkie and squatt over groundbait to catch small roach and perch. The same tactics saw Andrew Kilby claim second with 13-6-0 of roach and perch. Result: 1 M Roper, Sensas Mark One, 13-15-0; 2 A Kilby, Stanjay Tackle, 13-6-0; 3 R Martin, Stanjay Tackle, 12-0-0; 4 T Hayden, Stanjay Tackle, 9-13-0. River Wye, Hereford (72 pegs) The Wye produced another good

match, with 47-8-0 winning for Damien Scribbens. The Fishtastic man drew peg 96 and fished waggler and maggot for a net of dace and chub. Top team were Woody’s with 52 points, three clear of Shakespeare Bait-Tech.

Result: 1 D Scribbens, Fishtastic, 47-8-0; 2 K Ellaby, Nomads, 43-6-0; 3 N Davies, Shakespeare Bait-Tech, 39-0-0; 4 P Downes, Woody’s, 37-8-0; 5 M Greening, Woody’s Academy, 33-8-0; 6 M Jones, Wizards, 32-0-0.

Teams: 1 Woody’s, 52pts; 2 Shakespeare Bait-Tech, 49; jt3 DH Angling and Nomads, both 41; 5 Wizards, 40; 6 ABC Bait, 36.

PACKINGTON SOMERS WINTER LEAGUE (SUN) Molands Mere, Little Geary’s, Geary’s Level & Siblings Pools (71 pegs)

Phil Canning found the fish at peg 42 on Molands Mere to win. The Frenzee man fished waggler and bread and then maggot at 13m to net carp and F1s for 54-7-0.

Result: 1 P Canning, Frenzee, 54-7-0; 2 L Richards, Packington, 39-10-0; 3 J Newton, Smithy’s Angling, 34-7-0; 4 C Toal, Solihull Angling Centre, 33-10-0; 5 K Wynn, Lane’s Bait, 29-11-0; 6 I Tegg, Ridgemere AC, 28-0-0.

PRESTON INNOVATIONS WOODLAND VIEW CLUBMAN CHAMPIONSHIP (SUN) All lakes (98 pegs)

This annual event drew a big crowd and handsome sponsorship from Preston Innovations. Gary Mitchell took top spot with 75-0-0 of carp to double figures at peg 19 on the Barley Pool. He fished bomb and corn cast to the far bank. Result: 1 G Mitchell, Woodlands, 75-0-0; 2 R Willetts, Brookfields, 63-6-0; 3 R Wilson, St Stephen’s AC, 59-8-0; 4 G Kirkham, Mosella, 58-8-0.

WENSUM VALLEY ANGLING WINTER LEAGUE (SUN) Reepham Fishery (36 pegs)

This opening round produced some super weights and a double ton winner for Dave Jarvis. He fished maggot at 11m from peg 30 on the Long Lake to take 207-13-0 of carp. On the team front, Matrix Wensum Valley Angling Pools Fodder emerged winners with a superb five-point score.

Result: 1 D Jarvis, Poker Players, 207-13-0; 2 B Smith, Matrix Wensum Valley Angling Pools Fodder, 162-0-0; 3 S Crowe, Angling Direct Black, 146-3-0; 4 S Parker, Angling Direct Black, 137-15-0; 5 S Elmar, Matrix Wensum Valley Angling Pools Fodder, 123-10-0; 6 S Swallow, Hot Tottys, 116-12-0.

Teams: 1 Matrix Wensum Valley Angling Pools Fodder, 5pts; 2 Cillit Bang, 11; 3 Angling Direct Black, 12; 4 Hot Tottys, 14; 5 Norwich DAA, 16 (223-10-0); 6 Also Rans, 16 (198-12-0).

EREWASH VALLEY WINTER LEAGUE (SAT) Erewash Canal, Dockholme (48 pegs)

Andy Beesley won from the first peg below Dockholme Lock with 9-10-0 made up of a tench plus perch and a surprise ide of 2lb. All of the fish fell to worm. The team event saw victory for the Long Eaton Fed side with 19 points.

Result: 1 A Beesley, Shakespeare Bait-Tech, 9-10-0; 2 N Stone, Long Eaton Fed, 8-1-0; 3 D Jackson, Three Counties, 6-3-0; 4 A Wright, Long Eaton Fed, 4-15-0; 5 D Massey, Shakespeare Bait-Tech, 4-7-8; 6 P Maciejewski, Mill Tackle, 3-14-8.

Teams: 1 Long Eaton Fed, 19pts; 2 Team 1779, 27; jt3 Shakespeare Bait-Tech and Three Counties, both 28; 5 Mill Tackle, 29; 6 Matchman Supplies, 35.