MATCH NEWS: NORTH

ANGLING TRUST EASTERN WINTER LEAGUE (SUN)

Stainforth & Keadby Canal, Thorne (56 pegs)

Five times World Champion Alan Scotthorne knows the canal around Thorne well and he topped this latest

round comfortably with a 19-10-0 roach net from peg 168. He alternated between breadpunch at 9m and hemp and caster at 14.5m, leaving Norman Beamson in second with 15-12-0. On the team front, Alan’s Drennan Barnsley Blacks side led the way with 14 points and they now sit pretty at the top of the table on six points from Browning Ossett on nine.

Result: 1 A Scotthorne, Drennan Barnsley Blacks, 19-10-0; 2 N Beamson, Sensas North, 15-12-0;

3 M Lodge, Browning Ossett, 14-11-0.

Teams: 1 Drennan Barnsley Blacks, 14pts; 2 Mosella Selby, 29; 3 Browning Ossett, 30.

League: 1 Drennan Barnsley Blacks, 6pts; 2 Browning Ossett, 9; 3 Daiwa Dons, 12.

ANGLING TRUST NORTH EAST WINTER LEAGUE (SUN)

River Tees, Yarm & Bowesfield (60 pegs)

The river was in a bit of a state after all the rain but the match went ahead and Darlington Angling Centre led the way with a 41 point tally, getting the nod on total weight after Pip’s Tackle matched that score. This means there’s a three-day tie at the top of the table between Pip’s, Tri-Cast Woodlands and Cleveland Angling Centre on eight points apiece. Top rod was Darlington’s Pat Adams who put together 11-14-0 of skimmers using feeder and worm or maggot from peg 153. He was followed by Woodlands man Chris Gowling with 7-0-0 off peg 165.

Result: 1 P Adams, Darlington Angling Centre, 11-14-0; 2 C Gowling, Tri-Cast Woodlands, 7-0-0;

3 D Wood, Tri-Cast Woodlands, 6-14-0; 4 G Jones, Pip’s Tackle, 6-8-0; 5 D Pollitt, Tri-Cast Woodlands, 6-1-0; 6 J Messer, Pip’s Tackle, 5-14-0.

Teams: 1 Darlington Angling Centre, 41pts (superior weight); 2 Pip’s Tackle, 41; 3 Tri-Cast Woodlands, 34; 4 Cleveland Angling Centre, 32 (superior weight); 5 Mosella Quaker, 32; 6 Yarm AL, 29.

League: Jt1 Tri-Cast Woodlands, Pip’s Tackle and Cleveland Angling Centre, all 8pts; 4 Darlington Angling Centre, 9; 5 Mosella Quaker, 12; 6 Yarm AL, 18.

BLUNDELL’S FISHERY ROVER (SUN)

All lakes (55 pegs)

A bumper attendance saw Old Hough man Mick Reed in charge with 123-2-0 as he picked peg 59 on the Pine Pool and fished

pellet at 14m to land carp to 10lb. That relegated Jamie Hughes into second as he tackled peg 32 on the Trio Pool with pellet at 14.5m to net carp to 6lb for 85-13-0 at the scales.

Result: 1 M Reed, Old Hough, 123-2-0; 2 J Hughes, Matrix/Spotted Fin, 85-13-0; 3 S Avison, Leigh Tackle & Bait, 84-0-0; 4 D Howard, Leigh Tackle &

Bait, 82-3-0; 5 A Howarth, Leigh Tackle & Bait, 79-5-0; 6 A Sheridan, Leigh Tackle & Bait, 78-0-0.

GARY MARCHANT MEMORIAL (SAT)

Leeds-Liverpool Canal, Chorley & Adlington (62 pegs) Held in memory of the late popular local canal angler Gary, there was a fitting good attendance. Matrix Wayne’s Tackle man Richard Yates led the way with 10-15-8 of roach fishing breadpunch at 8m and 12m

from the Adlington section. Secondplaced Paul Robinson relied on perch for his 10-2-0 net as he caught on chopped worm and caster.

Result: 1 R Yates, Matrix Wayne’s Tackle, 10-15-8; 2 P Robinson, Wigan MG, 10-2-0; 3 T Prescott, Hindley MG, 8-13-0; 4 J Edwards, Leigh Tackle & Bait, 7-11-0; 5 S Walton, Matrix Halifax, 7-10-0;

6 D Trafford, Matrix Wayne’s Tackle, 7-1-0.

MIRFIELD AC (SUN)

Aire & Calder Canal, Heck & Whitley (42 pegs) Originally scheduled for a wrecked River Calder, the canal was a good fallback venue and it produced some good fishing with winner Paul Clark finding the skimmers

and bream. Drawing at Heck, Mirfield man Paul used feeder with worm and caster to net 22 fish for 49-13-0. Steve Cooper, in second, bagged 10 bream on feeder and maggot from Whitley Lock for 35-0-0. Result: 1 P Clark, Mirfield AC, 49-13-0; 2 S Cooper, Leeds, 35-0-0; 3 I Daley, Tackle 2U, 33-7-0;

4 T Peel, Barnsley, 32-2-0; 5 J Latza, Leeds, 29-1-0; jt6 S Haigh, Angler’s World Holidays and N Chaffer, Mirfield AC, both 28-9-0.

OAKS LAKES WINTER LEAGUE (SUN)

Ash, Beech & Sycamore Lakes (38 pegs)

Weights are falling back to a more normal cold weather level and venue regular Adie Mitchell needed 179-1-0 to win this opening leg of the league as he drew peg