South Spotlight on best matches

Kennet & Avon Canal, Hungerford (70 pegs)

Daiwa Dorking began this league as they mean to go on with victory on 76pts. Sensas Oakwood Angling had the best weight of the day via Tyrone Hull who weighed in 12-13-0 of bream and skimmers from peg D1 using maggot and squatt over groundbait at 9m. Dorking’s Tom Arnott helped himself to second with 11-6-0 of roach and four perch on caster and squatt.

Result: 1 T Hull, Sensas Oakwood Angling, 12-13-0; 2 T Arnott, Daiwa Dorking 11-6-0; 3 J Brownie, Browning Crowsports, 8-9-0; 4 G Tappenden, Rive Homestores, 8-7-0; 5 C Robinson, Sensas Oakwood Angling, 7-14-0; 6 B Kirk, Allan’s Marine, 7-12-0.

Teams: 1 Daiwa Dorking, 76pts; 2 Drennan Bordon Angling, 65; 3 Sensas Oakwood Angling, 55; 4 Sensas West Sussex, 51; 5 Allan’s Marine, 50; 6 Rive Homestores, 47. ANGLING TRUST KENT WINTER LEAGUE (SUN) Royal Military Canal, Aldergate (50 pegs)

Scoring 32 points, Preston Innovations Delcac opened their account in winning fashion as they ended the day a point in front of South East MG. Top man was Maver SE’s Barry Chapman on 21-8-0 from end peg H5 where he worked with worm and caster over groundbait at 14m to reeds to land three bream, a tench and small fish. Jamie Ford was second with 12-0-0 of skimmers.

Result: 1 B Chapman, Maver SE, 21-8-0;

2 J Ford, Team Cardinals, 12-0-0; 3 T Froud, Preston Innovations Delcac, 9-14-0.

Teams: 1 Preston Innovations Delcac, 32pts; 2 South East MG, 31; 3 Maver SE, 25; 4 Canterbury, 16; 5 Team Cardinals, 15. ANGLING TRUST OXFORDSHIRE WINTER LEAGUE (SUN) River Thames, Child Beale Park (48 pegs)

The Rive A4 side took the top two frame places in this match but not the team win, that honour going to Drennan Oxford with 40pts. Pete Bowles won the day with a super 28-14-0 of roach from the bottom end of the match length using caster over groundbait at 13m. Stuart Keeble followed in second with 22-0-0 made up of a bream, six skimmers and a big perch on feeder and worm from the fancied bream pegs. Result: 1 P Bowles, Rive A4, 28-14-0; 2 S Keeble, Rive A4, 22-0-0; 3 D Scott, Drennan Oxford, 21-140; 4 S Harrop, Rive A4, 20-3-0; 5 T Hobbs, Drennan Oxford, 19-3-0. Teams: 1 Drennan Oxford, 40pts; 2 Tadley Angling Centre, 34; 3 Rive A4, 33. BAIT-TECH VIADUCT FISHERY (THURS) Campbell & Cary Lakes (28 pegs)

Adrian Jeffery’s run of form in this midweek matches continues as he knocked out 147-12-0 of carp to 9lb for victory off peg 129 on the Campbell Lake using bomb and pellet and pellet on the deck at 14m. Glenn Bailey filled second from peg 85 on the Cary Lake as he fished paste at 13m for 138-13-0 of carp.

Result: 1 A Jeffery, Viaduct, 147-12-0; 2 G Bailey, Mosella Bathampton, 138-13-0; 3 M Hanham, Bridgewater, 126-6-0; 4 S Nadin, Whitemoor Lakes, 119-5-0; 5 J Butcher, Wiltshire Angling, 110-11-0;

6 D Stephenson, Viaduct, 105-7-0.

Silvers: N Easton, Langport, 29-6-0. COFTON CUP IV FINAL (THURS) Cofton Holidays Holiday Park, Mamhead Lake (15 pegs)

Jason Morgan, from Guildford, scooped £500 after being crowned Cofton Cup champion 2019. Held over five days at Cofton Holidays’ Mamhead Match Lake in Devon, the competition was whittled down from 40 starters to a 15-angler final where Jason polefished his way to 109-7-0 from peg 25.

Result: 1 J Morgan, Guildford, 109-7-0; 2 D Edwards, 48-5-0; 3 C Smith, 43-15-0. OCKENDON BAIT & TACKLE (SUN) Puddledock Farm, Snake Lake (34 pegs)

Cabbie Graham Dack turned in another Snake Lake win as the Matrix Image/ Bait-Tech man weighed in 173-8-0 of carp to 9lb from peg 99 where he fished meat at 6m and groundbait and maggot in the edge. That left Jay Martin in second on peg 52 with 145-8-0.

Result: 1 G Dack, Matrix Image/Bait-Tech, 173-8-0; 2 J Martin, Team Martin, 145-8-0; 3 T Gudge, Ockendon Bait & Tackle, 142-12-0; 4 D Harold, Ockendon Bait & Tackle, 131-0-0; 5 R Harold, Matrix, 125-8-0; 6 A Tuck Angling Direct Suffolk, 122-0-0. RIVER MEDWAY OPEN (WEDS) River Medway, Barming (18 pegs)

A coloured river saw the bream feed for this midweek clash and Maver SE man John Gore found them on peg 7 on the downstream section to take 24-11-0 to the scales for an easy win fishing feeder and worm tactics.

Result: 1 J Gore, Maver SE, 24-11-0; 2 F Brown, South East MG, 9-0-0; 3 J Davis, Maidstone Victory, 7-12-0; 4 P Udell, Maidstone Victory, 6-9-0; 5 G Flint, Polegate Angling, 6-5-0; 6 M Roberts, Maidstone Victory, 5-5-0. SENSAS SOMERSET M5 ANGLING TEAMS OF FOUR LEAGUE (SUN) King’s Sedgemoor Drain, Parchey & Bradney (44 pegs)

Once again, the drain produced some fine catches and Amigos man Rex Kick had the

best of them as he bagged 14-550 of roach and skimmers from peg 44 at Bradney upstream using maggot, caster and pinkie over groundbait at 9m and 5m to hand. Chris Parr got closest to him with 14-410 of roach and skimmers on maggot, caster and groundbait at 7m from nearby peg 42 to take second. Top team was Somerset Angling on 34pts but overall, Langport Nomads and Sensas 88 Silver are tying for top spot on 14 points apiece.

Result: 1 R Kick, Amigos, 14-550; 2 C Parr, Sensas Taunton, 14-410; 3 L Broughton, Chard A, 13-540; 4 S Garbett, Monkey’s Marauders, 12-150;

5 N Purches, Somerset Angling, 11-480;

6 P Purchase, Sensas Taunton, 9-950.

Teams: 1 Somerset Angling, 34pts; 2 Langport Nomads, 33; jt3 Sensas Taunton and Sensas 88 Silver, both 30; 5 Monkey’s Marauders, 28; jt6 Amigos and Chard A, both 25.

League: Jt1 Langport Nomads and Sensas 88 Silver, both 14pts; jt3 Monkey Marauders and Somerset Angling, both 17; 5 Sensas Taunton, 19; 6 Sensas 88 Gold, 20.

TYLER’S COMMON (SAT)

Horseshoe Lake (16 pegs)

Robbo’s man Andy Bolt won again at the Essex water with a massive 304-8-0 of carp to 10lb from peg 20 where he concentrated on meat in the margins all day.

Result: 1 A Bolt, Robbo’s, 304-8-0; 2 A Farley, Tyler’s Common, 175-8-0; 3 P Beck, Tyler’s Common, 133-0-0; 4 G Manoli, Harlow Angling, 119-0-0; 5 B Wager, Ockendon Bait & Tackle, 77-00; 6 J Chandler, Tyler’s Common, 61-0-0.

WHITE ACRES MAVER FESTIVAL (MON-FRI)

Porth Reservoir, Bolingey Lakes, Trewaters, Pollawyn, Jenny’s & Trelawney Lakes (180 pegs) Current Fish O’Mania champ Andy Bennett took this title with a perfect 36-point score but as often happens on these festivals, he needed a better dropped section score to get the nod after Paul Holland also finished on 36. Andy’s section win was a better dropper than Paul’s last in section!

Andy kicked off with a section win on day one from peg 16 on the Jenny’s Pool taking carp on worm fished at 14.5m for 83-14-0, following that with 25-13-0 from peg 40 on Porth for another nine points. The section wins kept on coming thanks to 172-0-0 from Bolingey peg 7 on Wednesday and 91-9-0 from Pollawyn on Thursday before he rounded the week off with 149-0-0 of carp on caster shallow from peg 2 on Trelawney.

Result: 1 A Bennett, Tri-Cast/Guru/Blake’s Bait, 36pts (dropping nine points); 2 P Holland, Guru/ Blake’s Bait, 36 (dropping one point); 3 L Sears, Daiwa, 35 (dropping seven points – 519-12-0);

4 R Laycock, Rochdale Angling, 35 (dropping seven points – 448-1-0); 5 L Turner, Fisherman’s Way, 35 (dropping six points); 6 J Jowett, Preston Innovations/Fisherman’s Way, 35 (dropping two points).