OUR PICK OF THE WEEK

BROWNING CENTRAL COVENTRY CANAL WINTER LEAGUE (SUN) Coventry Canal, Coventry City Centre (72 pegs)

Overall, Agility still lead the league with 88 points. Top rod was Sensas Black Country man Darren Bolton who, from the boats at Swan Lane, fished bloodworm at 12m to net 8-4-0 of skimmers and roach.

Result: 1 D Bolton, Sensas Black Country, 8-4-0; 2 C Dyde, Browning Central Sphere, 6-4-0; 3 J Cunningham, Shakespeare Bait-Tech Superteam, 6-2-0; 4 S Sawyer, Browning Central Xitan, 6-0-0.

Teams: 1 Shakespeare Bait-Tech Superteam, 13pts; 2 Browning Central Silverlite, 17; 3 Browning Central Sphere, 19; 4 Shakespeare Bait-Tech Agility, 24; 5 Browning Central Xitan, 27; 6 Browning Northants, 30.

League: 1 Shakespeare Bait-Tech Agility, 88pts; 2 Browning Central Silverlite, 90; 3 Shakespeare Bait-Tech Superteam, 101; 4 Three Counties Youth, 117; 5 Browning Central Xitan, 121; 6 Browning Central Sphere, 124.

CADENCE WINTER LEAGUE (SUN) Packington Somers, Geary’s Level, Little Geary’s, Molands Mere & Siblings B Pools (59 pegs)

Phil Canning extended his league lead to 11 points after taking this round with a level 68-0-0 of F1s and carp off peg 7 on Siblings B Pool, where he fished pellet and maggot at 14.5m across.

Result: 1 P Canning, Frenzee, 68-0-0; 2 J McGann, Packington Vets, 62-6-0; 3 T Hougham, Solihull Angling Centre, 43-4-0; 4 J Newton, Smithy’s Angling, 42-8-0; 5 L Richards, Packington, 40-0-0; 6 D Tresigne, Smithy’s Angling, 37-4-0.

League: 1 P Canning, 19pts; 2 J Shirley, 30 (270-0-0); 3 C Newton, 30 (193-13-0); 4 I Crossman, 30 (185-7-0); 5 P Fox, 31.

COLMIC GOLDEN ROD ANGLING CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIER (SAT) Barston Lakes (60 pegs)

England Feeder star Steve Ringer won this qualifier at a canter with a level 90-0-0 of carp and big F1s off peg 12 on the river bank. The Daiwa/Guru man fished Hybrid feeder and wafters. Result: 1 S Ringer, Daiwa/Guru, 90-0-0; 2 S Beard, Stratford Fishing & Outdoors, 16-14-0; 3 M O’Neal, 16-4-0; 4 R Brennan, Stourport, 15-14-0; 5 L Picton, 13-12-0. Qualifiers: S Ringer, M O’Neal and B Clark.

DECOY LAKES (SAT) Elm, Oak, Yew & Cedar Lakes (64 pegs)

Drennan Oxford man Mick Denton headed a list of impressive weights as he drew peg 22 on Oak Lake and fished maggot at 14m and pellet and corn at 6m to take 183-0-0 of carp and F1s to the scales. Second place went to Andy Flitz, with 164-3-0 of carp and F1s on bomb and corn and maggot at 13m from peg 11 on the same lake. Result: 1 M Denton, Drennan Oxford, 183-0-0; 2 A Flitz, Drennan Bordon Angling, 164-3-0; 3 Andy Geldart, MAP/ Dynamite Baits, 149-3-0; 4 G Thorpe, GOT Baits, 146-15-0; 5 B Bell, Maver Milton Keynes, 136-14-0.

DECOY LAKES (SUN) Beastie, Willows, Six Islands, Cedar, Oak & Yew Lakes (93 pegs)

This was the final big open match before the Winter League Final drew a big crowd, but it was local rod Dave Thornton who won with a massive 200-10-0 of carp and F1s. Drawing peg 21 on Oak Lake, Dave fished maggot at 13m to finish well clear of Andy Dyson on peg 11 on the same lake. Result: 1 D Thornton, Oakham, 200-10-0; 2 A Dyson, Maver Midlands, 169-15-0; 3 J Whincup, Frenzee/Bait-Tech, 154-6-0; 4 S Conroy, Drennan NW, 153-2-0; 5 R Young, Browning Hot Rods, 141-9-0; 6 R O’Connor, Drennan NW, 139-7-0.

MARCH DAA (SUN) Old River Nene, March (103 pegs)

A big turnout found the river in tougher form than of late, but even so it needed 15lb to make the top six. Browning Hot Rods men took first and second, Stu Northrop winning from the culvert peg at Wigston’s Bridge with 19-15-0 of roach on breadpunch at 5m, and Paul Durrant a couple of pegs away also using punch at 6m for 19-2-0 of roach. Result: 1 S Northrop, Browning Hot Rods, 19-15-0; 2 P Durrant, Browning Hot Rods, 19-2-0; 3 B Stacey, Sensas Mark One, 17-8-0; 4 D Brooks Jnr, Drennan/Sensas Barnsley Blacks, 16-14-0; 5 L Kerry, Preston Innovations, 16-6-0; 6 T Marshall, Quorn AS, 16-0-0.

MEADOWLANDS FISHERY TEAMS OF THREE WINTER LEAGUE (SUN) Warren & Lambsdown Lakes (45 pegs)

Despite it being February, winner Tony Whickham found his 108-5-0

carp net by fishing down the edge of peg 5 on Warren Pool with corn over micro pellet to land fish to 12lb. Runner-up Neil Russell, on peg 48 of Lambsdown Lake, fished Method feeder and pellet or wafters to plunder 75-8-0 of carp. On the team front, Carpet Baggers won with eight points to move nine clear at the top of the table. Result: 1 T Whickham, Carpet Baggers, 108-5-0; 2 N Russell, Tornadoes, 75-8-0; 3 D Cox, Team Garbolino, 75-5-0; 4 S Daley, Swans, 71-12-0; 5 P Davies, Carpet Baggers, 69-0-0; 6 G Merritt, Team Product, 67-8-0. Teams: 1 Carpet Baggers, 8pts; 2 Tornadoes, 10; 3 Swans, 17. League: 1 Carpet Baggers, 65pts; 2 Team Garbolino, 74; 3 Low Downs, 77.

ROOKERY WATERS MAINLINE MATCH TEAMS OF THREE WINTER SERIES (SAT) Magpie, Raven & Jay Lakes (39 pegs)

The Moaners side couldn’t catch up on Rookery Waters, who finished with 63 points. Moaners had the top two individuals, Tony McGregor winning with 61-15-0 of carp to 4lb from peg 36 on the Magpie Lake where he fished maggot at 14.5m to the lily pads. Jamie McGuire, on Raven Lake peg 6, had 61-5-0 of F1s on maggot at 13m.

Result: 1 T McGregor, Moaners, 61-15-0; 2 J McGuire, Moaners, 61-5-0; 3 D Ogden, Rookery Waters, 50-11-0; 4 S Godfrey, Yerr Whatever, 47-7-0; 5 K Beavis, Rookery Waters, 43-10-0; 6 T Lee, Scratchers, 43-8-0.

Teams: 1 Moaners, 7pts; jt2 Rookery Waters and SAS, both 14; 4 Yerr Whatever, 16; 5 Pools Fodder B Team, 18; jt6 Hooked Newmarket and JVAC, both 19.

Final league: 1 Rookery Waters, 63pts; 2 Moaners, 79; 3 Yerr Whatever, 91 (dropped 28 points); 4 Hooked Newmarket, 91 (dropped 30 points); 5 Matrix Dynamite Baits, 92 (dropped 31 points); 6 Pools Fodder B Team, 92 (dropped 33 points).

STANJAY TACKLE (SUN) Old River Nene, Benwick, Factory Bank & 20ft Drains (36 pegs)

The pegs around the footbridge on the 20ft Drain will be the ones to draw in the Winter League Final as they produced big weights in this final practice. Daiwa Gordon League’s Ian Shepherd weighed in 27-3-0 of roach for victory, fishing maggot and pinkie over groundbait at 5m, while Sensas North rod Romanus Subacious followed with 26-8-0 of roach on the same approach. Result: 1 I Shepherd, Daiwa Gordon League, 27-3-0; 2 R Subacious, Sensas North, 26-8-0; 3 P Duffy, Maver NW, 23-4-0; 4 D Micklewright, Daiwa Gordon League, 18-11-0; 5 R Priestley, Maver NW, 16-12-0; 6 A Ottaway, Preston Innovations Thatcher’s, 16-2-0.

WIGSTON AS DYNAMITE BAITS CANAL LEAGUE (SUN) Grand Union Canal, Glen Parva (37 pegs)

This recently restocked section of canal provided a massive winning roach bag for Paul Taylor. The Wigston man banged out a level 30-0-0 of fish to 1lb 8oz from his peg on the County Arms section as he fished caster down the track at 7m. Second place went to Steve Oakes with a more modest, but still creditable, 9-3-0 of roach and skimmers. He fished pinkie over groundbait from the Manor section. Result: 1 P Taylor, Wigston AS, 30-0-0; 2 S Oakes, Wigston AS, 9-3-0; 3 G Smith, Preston Innovations Black Horse, 6-9-0; 4 J Wells, Wigston AS, 6-8-0; 5 A Nurse, Wigston AS, 5-9-0; 6 B Ashford, Colmic Soar Tackle, 5-5-0.