ANGLING TRUST EASTERN WINTER LEAGUE (SUN)
New Junction Canal (56 pegs)
Daiwa Dons drew first blood in this round as they returned a 21-point card to end up two in front of Drennna Barnsley Blacks. Top weight on the day was taken by Brian Werritt of the winners with a fine 43-8-0
of bream and skimmers off peg 396. He fished worm on the feeder and maggot
over groundbait at 13m on the pole. His performance saw him well clear of John Ibbotson, the Browning Ossett man also taking skimmers from peg 290 for 21-4-0. Result: 1 B Werritt, Daiwa Dons, 43-8-0;
2 J Ibbotson, Browning Ossett, 21-4-0; 3 M Wilson, Sensas North, 17-8-0; 4 K Granger, Daiwa Dons, 13-6-0; 5 S Allison, Tri-Cast Calder, 11-5-0;
6 M Lodge, Browning Ossett, 109-5-0.
Teams: 1 Daiwa Dons, 21pts; 2 Drennan Barnsley Blacks, 23; 3 Browning Ossett, 26; 4 Sensas North, 30; 5 Tri-Cast Calder, 39; 6 Mosella Selby, 42.
ANGLING TRUST NORTH EAST WINTER LEAGUE (SUN)
River Tees, Yarm & Bowesfield (60 pegs) Plenty of colour in the river saw the skimmers feed and local Yarm rod Derek
Reaney had the bulk of them to win with 24-9-0 from peg 32 at Bowesfield using feeder and worm or maggot tactics. The same approach on Bowesfield peg 71 saw Chris Gowling into second with 20-15-0. Top team were Cleveland Angling Centre on 39pts, two ahead of Darlington AC.
Result: 1 D Reaney, Yarm AL, 24-9-0; 2 C Gowling, Tri-Cast Woodlands, 20-15-0; 3 D Armitage, Pip’s Tackle, 18-10-0; 4 P Close, Mosella Quaker, 18-4-0; 5 J Messer, Pip’s Tackle, 16-8-0; 6 R Emery, Cleveland Angling Centre, 16-2-0.
Teams: 1 Cleveland Angling Centre, 39pts; 2 Darlington Angling Centre, 37; 3 Pip’s Tackle, 36 (superior weight); 4 Tri-Cast Woodlands, 36; 5 Mosella Quaker, 34; 6 Yarm AL, 28.
BOB-CO TACKLE YORKSHIRE WINTER LEAGUE OPEN (SUN) Aire & Calder Canal, Altofts (41 pegs) This first round was cancelled as the river was unsafe to fish and instead an impromptu open drew in a crowd on the
neighbouring canal. Former Barnsley Blacks skipper Tony Peel won with a fine 48-4-0 made up of nine bream on worm and maggot fished at 14m. Second was Tom Gausden with 17-6-0 of roach from peg 34 where he fished caster over groundbait at 10m.
Result: 1 T Peel, Barnsley, 48-4-0; 2 T Gausden, Angler’s World Holidays, 17-6-0; 3 K Hobson, Drennan Barnsley Blacks, 12-7-0; 4 T Hewitt, Tackle 2U, 11-11-0; 5 S Raynor, Nottingham, 10-4-0;
6 A Hampson, Mirfield AC, 9-14-0.
HERONBROOK FISHERIES WINTER LEAGUE (SUN)
All pools (64 pegs) A three-way tie decided top spot on Sunday as Fishermania Derby, Guru/ Preston Innovations and Nathan’s Youth
all scored 12 points, the Fishermania side having the individual winner in Mark Dumelow with 226-4-0 for a clear win. Mark drew peg 18 on the Meadow Pool and fished pellet across at 14m and short
at 6m to catch F1s. Daz Johnson, of Maver Gold Yew, was second with 199-0-0 of carp and F1s as he fished pellet across at 14m all-day from peg 26 on the Meadow Pool. Result: 1 M Dumelow, Fishermania Derby, 226-4-0; 2 D Johnson, Maver Gold Yew, 199-0-0; 3 M Rogerson, Tri-Cast/Guru, 197-8-0; 4 N Machin, Nathan’s Youth, 187-3-0; 5 J Ashwell, Drennan NW, 180-11-0; 6 J Howson, Maver Midlands Bag ‘Em Baits, 174-6-0.
Teams: Jt1 Fishermania Derby, Guru/Preston Innovations and Nathan’s Youth, all 12pts; jt4 Drennan NW and Maggot Mafia, both 13; 6 Tri-Cast/Guru, 17. OLD HOUGH FISHERY (SAT) Lucky Dip, Prospect & Big Max Lakes (28 pegs) Drawing peg 12 on the Prospect Lake, Mick Reed fished pellet across at 14m and in the margins to find carp and F1s for a relatively comfortable win on 131-2-0. Andy Bridge got closest to him with 118-11-0 from peg 7 on the Lucky Dip Lake. Result: 1 M Reed, Old Hough, 131-2-0; 2 A Bridge, Old Hough, 118-11-0; 3 M Rough, Old Hough, 109-9-0; 4 M Halliwell, Matrix Bait-Tech Leigh Tackle & Bait, 109-5-0; 5 D Pimlott, Old Hough, 100-9-0; 6 C Day, Matrix, 89-12-0.
PARTRIDGE LAKES (SUN)
Covey Canal Lakes (59 pegs)
Paul Jones was top of the shop again as he took 110-8-0 off peg 117 on Canal 5 fishing maggot across at 13m and in the edge for F1s. Franek Staniuszko just missed out from nearby peg 115 with 107
15-0 of F1s on maggot.
Result: 1 P Jones, St Helens Angling, 110-8-0;
2 F Staniuszko, Preston Innovations NW, 107-15-0; 3 J Unsworth, Partridge Lakes, 92-4-0;
4 L Wallworth, Partridge Lakes, 91-0-0; 5 E Leigh, Partridge Lakes, 89-9-0; 6 F Cooke, Ray’s Tackle, 86-0-0.
PaRtRidge Lakes (sat)
Covey Canal Lakes (70 pegs)
Mike Rogerson was the only man to make it into three figures as the Preston Innovations/Ashton Angling Supplies man totalled 113-14-0 from peg 94 on Canal 4 landing carp and F1s on maggot across at 13m and pellet in the margins. Second was to Rob Parker with 95-14-0 from peg 153 on Canal 5.
Result: 1 M Rogerson, Preston Innovations/Ashton Angling Supplies, 113-14-0; 2 R Parker, Partridge Lakes, 95-14-0; 3 S Milne, Mosella Dynamite Baits NW, 93-9-0; 4 P Barwell, Partridge Lakes/ASM Floats, 84-12-0; 5 P Mercer, Pellet Guys, 81-15-0; jt6 P Jones, St Helens Angling and M Hale, Partridge Lakes, both 75-10-0.
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League (sun)
Calder & Hebble Canal, Copley (44 pegs)
Tri-Cast Rochdale are still out in front but only by a point from Tri-Cast Calder A after taking second on the day behind Matrix Halifax Red. Top rod was Matrix Halifax Black’s Richard Thorne on 4-15-0 of small roach that he took on breadpunch fished at 12m. Tony Price of the day’s winners was second with 4-4-0.
Result: 1 R Thorne, Matrix Halifax Black, 4-15-0;
2 T Price, Matrix Halifax Red, 4-4-0; 3 N Storr, Matrix Halifax Blue, 4-0-0; 4 I Latham, Tri-Cast Rochdale, 3-7-0; 5 D McGuinn, Tri-Cast Rochdale, 3-1-0; 6 J Meredith, Tri-Cast Rochdale, 2-15-0. teams: 1 Matrix Halifax Red, 16pts; 2 Tri-Cast Rochdale, 20; jt3 Matrix Halifax Blue and Tri-Cast Calder B, both 24; 5 Spares, 26.
League: 1 Tri-Cast Rochdale, 57pts; 2 Tri-Cast Calder A, 58; 3 Matrix Halifax Black, 62; 4 Matrix Halifax Red, 63; 5 Tri-Cast Calder B, 65; 6 Matrix Halifax Blue, 75.
st HeLens angLing 10th anniveRsaRy CHaRity MatCH (sun)
Carr Mill Dam (101 pegs)
Held in aid of the Willow Brook Hospice, angler generosity raised over £1,000 for the cause. Top man was Wigan’s Richard Pennington with 17-3-0 of skimmers from a well-coloured dam as he fished cage feeder and maggot or worm from peg 88, Derek Bennett taking second off peg 8 as he swapped between feeder and long pole with worm and maggot for 16-12-0 of skimmers and roach.
Result: 1 R Pennington, Wigan, 17-3-0;
2 D Bennett, Preston Innovations, 16-12-0;
3 J Crossley, St Helen’s, 14-0-0; 4 S Fleming, Liverpool, 12-5-0; 5 R Hines, Saints, 11-9-0; 6 S May, Middlewich, 11-2-0.
Wigan daa (sun)
Leeds-Liverpool Canal, Burscough (30 pegs) Sunday’s match drew a good crowd and they saw Hindley MG man Les Ryding in control with 10-0-0 of skimmers and hybrids that he caught on red maggot and breadpunch fished across at 11m. Result: 1 L Ryding, Hindley MG, 10-0-0;
2 K Sharples, Hindley MG, 8-3-0; 3 S Pawley, Tri-Cast Rochdale, 7-8-8; 4 M Wilson, Sensas NW, 6-7-0; 5 G Mortimer, Hindley MG, 6-2-0; 6 M Hargreaves, Hindley MG, 6-1-0.