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12th OCTOBER 2008
The first leg of the Northampton Nene Winter League went ahead on the Grand Union Canal this week despite the delay in starting which arose from problems with the pegging out. In warm Autumnal conditions with a warm south westerly breeze the match fished reasonably well with fish being caught through out the match length. At the weigh in the weights were pretty consistent with plenty of the seventy four anglers recording weights in the region of two and a half pounds. There were some outstanding catches how ever with Alan Webster in B section catching a perch of two pounds plus and Alan Robinson who took second over all with his silver fish catch. The angling for Spro team leader was pretty constant from the off with small fish all the way. The second round of the match will be on November 9th between Bugbrooke and Birds Haulage.RESULTS 1ST ADI STOKES WELLINGBOROUGH 6-2-0 2ND ALAN ROBINSON SPRO 5-15-0 3RD TONY WARD RUGBY 5-12-0 4TH STEVE GIBSON BLACKHORSE 5-5-0 5TH R. DIZZI CASTLE ASHBY 4-13-12 SECTIONS A G
SNEE 4-48 T BOYCE 3-15-12 SPRO BLUE
15-5-8
31ST AUGUST 2008 FINAL LEG OF SUMMER LEAGUE
Alan Robinson steered the MB
Messalla team to the Northampton Nene Summer League Crown, in the
final leg which was fished between Bugbrooke and Banbury Lane on the
GUC this week. 1ST ALAN ROBINSON MB MESSALLA
RED 7-10-0 A) D MARTIN 2-7-0, L FARMER
4-9-8 TEAMS ON THE DAY TEAMS OVERALL
Division 3 National – Staffs & Worcs Canal - Saturday 16th AugustGreen and Buckley shine in a disappointing National for NNAC
The picturesque Staffs & Worcs canal provided the venue for this years Div 3 National. The canal was on average about 12m wide with plenty of far bank features to fish to. However, the constant boat traffic did make fishing difficult and for most the last couple of hours were barren. Only Gerald Green and John Buckley managed to catch a decent enough weight to earn excellent section points for the team. Both anglers finished 6th in their respective sections, achieving 33 points out of a possible 38. The team finished a disappointing 24th position out of the 38 teams that entered. Gerald was drawn in E section and caught 1.8kg of mainly roach with a few gudgeon and perch for good measure. The winner of E section and match runner up caught 7.5kg and was some distance ahead of the others in the section (he did have the end peg though!) John was in B section and found himself in a reasonable area where four of the top six anglers in his section came from. John caught 1.4kg of fish and had the perfect start catching 1.5lb bream first put in. Top weight in this section was 3.4kg. The rest of the team didn’t fair that well really with anglers such as Bob Eales (Sect A) and Les Ramsden (Sect H) struggling for a for a few hundred grams but having the indignation of sitting next to the section winner! Ron Collins was in the much fancied D section where the eventual match winner came from with 8.6kg, but couldn’t get any of those bonus fish that were there. The winning angler landed a 15lb carp early on backed up with a decent tench and bream. The average weight for this section was 1.8kg. Other team members Paul Ramsden, Brian Beard and Paul Minney managed around 800g each. Andy Law found himself being double boated twice, struggled to catch a 1lb plus of fish and to cap it all at the end of the match went back to find that his car along with others had been impounded in a farmers field! Mick Goodridge was just a few pegs away from being in with a chance of the prizes and better points as the top six anglers in his section all drew the last six pegs! For the full listing of results go to www.nfaresults.co.uk/2008/div3_sections.php Next year it’s the New Junction Canal - www.doncaster-and-district-angling-association.co.uk/new-junction-canal.htm Have a peek, it looks lovely!!!!
NNAC –
Club Match
The club were not blessed with the best of weather for their second visit of the season to Waterloo Farm. A Strong blustery wind coupled with intermittent heavy downpours did little to help the 13 anglers present. Fish and indeed bites were hard to come by for most in the first couple of hours and for those facing into the wind presentation on the pole was very difficult, therefore those anglers turned to the feeder as their main line of attack. Baz Eaton began to catch steadily fishing the cage feeder with pellet and occasionally alternating with the pole, catching small carp in the 1lb-2lb bracket. On the next peg Bob Eales also then began to start catching a similar stamp of fish, initially on the feeder but then in the last couple of hours mainly on the pole, feeding sweet corn and using sweet corn on the hook. As the match progressed it became a two way battle between these two for first and second place. Those with the wind behind were mainly fishing the pole and waggler and were catching reasonably regularly but a smaller stamp of fish. Throughout the match though Dave Gibbins and Paul Ramsden were catching a few more of the 1lb-2lb carp than their club mates on the same bank could manage and were now competing for third place. At the final whistle a good last hour had seen Bob Eales take first place with 39lb 15oz, a very creditable perfor mance taking the conditions into account. Baz Eaton was second with 27lb 10oz and Dave Gibbins third with 19lb 12oz.. John Buckley, with the wind and rain in his face, had also done well and just pipped Paul Ramsden by a few ounces for fourth spot, both anglers catching 16lb plus.
SUNDAY 3RD AUGUST The Northampton Nene Summer League second leg was
fished between New Bridge and Furnace Lane at Nether Heyford. The
match over alll was a hard slog for most of the forty nine guys
involved with the canal not fishing anything like its usual standard.
That is with the exception of D section where for some reason the
fish seemed to be on the feed. indeed the first five results all came
from the one section.
SECTIONS TEAMS
1ST FOX MATCH BLAC K HORSE BLACK 11
POINTS
SUNDAY JULY 20TH
The latest leg of the Summer League was fished between Weedon steps and Flore bridge this week and in blustery but warm conditions the water fished well with plenty of four pound weights through out the match length. Though the boats did not make it easy with there being plenty of traffic out. Though with the school holidays fast approaching there are bound to be a lot more rental craft about. Over all a good match with few gripes. RESULTS SECTIONS TEAMS ON THE DAY
SUNDAY JULY 6TH The lads held their Club match at
Waterloo near Market Harborough on the older lake
SUNDAY 22ND JUNE The first round of the NNAC Summer
League took place on the Grand Union canal between Dodford and Weedon.
The weather was once more to play a dominant role in the match with the
high winds causing problems for a lot of the fifty anglers taking part.
All in all plenty of fish were caught though the weights were reasonable
low considering the way the water can and does fish.
The Nelson Ac match group from Stockton were at the Weston Mill this week for their first river match of the season. In extremely windy conditions the lads struggled and had to relocate some of the anglers mid match as their pegs were unfishable. The honours were taken by top rod Micheal bedding on the day with a cracking catch of Bream. He was closely followed by second man Matt bousefeild who too a bag of very nice tench from the opposite side of the river. RESULTS 1ST MICHEAL BEDDING 23-14-0
SUNDAY 15TH JUNE The Northampton Nene Lads held their
latest match at the popular Crockwell Farm fishery. The fishery is
predominantly a carp water and all the lads caught a good head of fish.
Though one angler in particular left his team mates well behind with a
cracking catch of over the hundred pounds. SUNDAY JUNE 1ST
The Northampton Nene AC held their first Club Match on the
Swan Valley lakes and in still humid conditions the water fished very hard
with several guys struggling for bites.
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1ST BAZ EATON 21-4-8
SUNDAY 11TH MAY 2008
The lads
from Nelson AC over at Stockton in Warwickshire held the first match of
their season on the Furnace Lane section of the canal at Nether Heyford.
Team leader Dan Winfield put the opposition to bed with a cracking winning
weight. Dan was to report a brilliant match with the anglers catching
plenty though the roach were still slow to show.
1ST DAN
WINFIELD 4-11-0 9TH MARCH 2008
FIRSTLY A MASSIVE THANKS TO DEREK AND IRENE AT THE WHITE HART
FLORE FOR THEIR GRACIOUS HOSPITALITY THROUGH OUT THE LEAGUE.
The final leg of the Northampton Nene Angling Club was fished between the Piggeries and Banbury Lane on the Grand Union Canal. The match fished in bright conditions with heavy blustery winds fished very well. With the winner Dave Mawby coming from an entirely unexpected area. In fact 'D' section produced some of the highest weights of the match with four weights of over five pounds and one over six, with out Dave's incredible eight pound plus win. A result which would have been much higher if Dave had not dropped five other lumps two of which were lost at the net.
RESULTS 1ST DAVE MAWBY (KETTERING WANABEES YELLOW) 8-10-0 2ND TONY WARD (CUSTOM HEAT) 7-7-0 3RD GARY SNEE (FOX BLACKHORSE RED) 6-10-0 4TH IAN HUGHES(ATTLEBOROUGH SPORT) 6-9-8
SECTIONS A) BRIAN BEARD 2-14 FRED PRIOR 4-13-0 B) ROBIN SMITH 5-13-8 JOHN BELHATCHET 2-12-0 C) DAVE LANE 4-3-8 ALAN ROBINSON 5-7-8 D) TOM NEWBURY 5-1-8 TERRY LOVELL 2-11-0
TEAMS ON DAY 1ST CUSTOM HEAT 16-4-8 JOINT 2ND KETTERING WANABEES YELLOW 15-4-0 FOXMATCH BLACKHORSE RED 15-4-8 4TH ATTLEBOROUGH SPORTS 15-3-0
TOP THREE TEAMS OVER ALL 1ST FOX MATCH BLACKHORSE BLACK 17 POINTS 2ND FOX MATCH BLACKHORSE RED 23 POINTS JOINT 3RD MB MESSALLA BLUE 32 POINTS KETTERING WANNABEES BLUE 32 POINTS
3RD FEBRUARY 2008
The lads from Far Cotton Working Mens Club held their wash out At the Weedon Steps in absolutely freezing east winds there were a good deal of blanks among the sixteen man Field. The lads also asked that they could send their best wishes to Kelvin Mcilhinney who recently shattered his ankle. The message goes something like this. Fear not Kelvin in the event that you decide not to return to fishing your tackles fate has already been decided. It will all be shared out among the lads. Especially the centre pin which has had more than one offer of a new home. Get well soon mate the lads. RESULTS 1ST 1ST MARCUS ANNABLE 0-12-0 2ND PETE SCOTT 0-11-0 3RD PHIL BARKER 0-9-0 JOINT FOURTH DANNY BROWN AND DAVE HADDEN 0-8-0
The penultimate leg of the NNAC Winter League was fished between the double concrete at Bugbrooke and Lovers Lane and once more saw a good deal of the anglers suffering from a distinct shortage of both bites and fish. Though some of the more sheltered waters did produce fish the match did not fish anything like the canals normal potential. All we can say is well done to the sixty one hearty souls who endured the appalling conditions on the day. RESULTS 1ST D TEBBIT (FOX MATCH BLACK HORSE RED) 7-0-0 2ND G SNEE (FOX MATCH BLACK HORSE RED) 6-13-0 3RD B EATON (NORTHAMPTON NENE AC) 5-3-0 4TH D MARTIN (FOX MATCH MILTON KEYNES) 5-0-0
SECTIONS A) D MAWBY 2-8-8 R ATKINS 4-1-0 B) G SMITH 3-15-0 A SWIFT 2-14-0 C) A CURLIS 2-3-8 F JOHNSON 2-7-8 D) R COLLINS 0-12-0 C GODDING 0-14-8
TEAMS ON THE DAY FOX BLACK HORSE RED 15-15-0 FOX BLACK HORSE BLACK 10-4-0 MB MESSALLA BLUE 8-7-8 FOX MATCH MILTON KEYNES 8-4-0
TEAMS AFTER FIVE ROUNDS FOX MATCH BLACK HORSE BLACK 11POINTS FOX MATCH BLACK HORSE RED 21 POINTS MB MESSALLA BLUE 23 POINTS MB MESSALLA GOLD 25 POINTS KETTERING WANABEES BLUE 27 POINTS
5TH JANUARY 2008
The latest leg of the NNAC Winter League took place on the GUC between Nether Heyford and the Green Bridge at Bugbrooke with 62 anglers braving the conditions. In cold South winds a lot of the guys struggled to put a good catch together. Chris Camplin who fished for White Hart Flore was pegged a couple of pegs down from the Marina entrance and thoroughly thrashed all those along side him. Chris who is a recognised local Perch angler added a couple of the stripeys to his total to take second place over all with a stunning catch of 4-14-0. There were a good head of fish caught through out the match length though as the day progressed it was to become apparent that whole areas of the match length would not perform to their potential and a good deal of the anglers ended up with mere ounces.
RESULTS 1ST MARK SKEGGS FOX BLACK HORSE 5-12-0 2ND CHRIS CAMPLIN WHITE HART FLORE 4-14-0 3RD GERALD CASH RUGBY 4-11-0 4TH IAN HUGHES ATTLEBOROUGH SPORT 3-12-8
SECTIONS A) M COLERSON 2-1-0 S BROOKES 1-4-8 B) A OBINSON 2-4-0 D GIBBINS 2-7-0 C) R ATKINS 1-12-8 D GREEN 1-3-0 D) D MARTIN 2-8-8 T BOYCE 2-15-0
TEAMS ON DAY FOX MATCH BLACK HORSE BLACK 8-3-0 WHITE HART FLORE 6-13-0 ATTLEBOROUGH SPORT 6-4-0 MESSALLA GOLD 6-1-0
16TH DECEMBER
The Northampton Nene held their Fur and Feather match this week tghe venue was the long pound at Stoke Bruerne, and saw nineteen anglers fishing in eastely winds with cat ice on the water. All of the guys did catch though despite the ice the boats carried on moving. Over all a hard fished match but a success none the less RESULTS 1ST BOB EALES 9-1-0 3RD CHRIS HOWARD 6-1-8 4TH GERALD GREEN 5-2-0
9TH DECEMBER
The latest Leg of the Northampton Nene Winter League was fished between Heyford New Bridge and Furnace Lane on the Grand Union Canal. In bitterly cold changable winds and torential rain a lot of the 55 anglers struggled for mere ounces. The fishing was terrible considering the normal quality of catch that normally comes from the water. A week of high winds virtually continual rain and the occasional frost in the week leading up to the match played absolute havoc on the fishery.
RESULTS 1ST GARY SNEE FOX BLACK HORSE RED 6-8-0 2ND DAMIEN GREEN FOX BLACK HORSE RED 5-7-0 3RD DAVE GIBBINS NNAC 4-11-8 4TH PAUL MINNEY NNAC 4-1-0
SECTIONS A PAUL COWERN 3-0-8 ALAN ROBINSON 2-0-8 B C GRIFFIN 3-4-0 T BOYCE 2-11-0 C A CURLISS 3-6-0 A SWIFT 2-8-0 D G SMITH 2-12-0 T KING 3-6-8
TEAMS FOX BLACK HORSE RED 14-2-0 NNAC & FOX BALCK HORSE BLACK JOINT SECOND 9-5-8 KETTERING WANABEES YELLOW 7-8-8
2ND DECEMBER The lads from Nelson AC at Stockton held
a match under the tree's at Green Bridge in Bugbrooke this week and in
conditions which were rough to say the least the boys chose wisely and
although the rain did get to them the strong winds were some what
dissipated by the over hanging trees. The results were reasonable with team
leader Dan Winfield taking the honours. 1ST DAN WINFIELD 4-3-0
SUNDAY 12TH NOVEMBER Northampton Nene AC RESULTS INDIVIDUAL 1ST DAVE GIBBINS NORTHAMPTON NENE 13-3-0 2ND CRAIG BENNET WANABEES BLUE 11-7-0 4TH ANDY CURLIS FOX MATCH BLACK HORSE BLK 6-5-8 5TH R ADKINS 6-0-0
SECTIONS B EATON 5-8-0 T KING 4-1-0 G TILSON 4-13-8 GLEN MORRIS 5-11-6 C HARRIS 4-11-0 M ROSE 5-0-0 N BRADSHAW 4-2-8 D REENEY 4-9-0
TEAMS ON DAY WANABEES BLUE 21-0-8 MB MESSALLA BLUE 14-10-8 FOX MATCH MILTON KEYNES 13-2-0
OVER ALL MB MESSALLA BLUE 5 FOX BLACKHORSE BLK 6 MB MESSALLA GOLD 10 FOX BLACK HORSE RED 11
SUNDAY 24TH OCTBER
The first leg of the Northampton Nene
Winter league fished overall well though very patchy, the return of the
warmer weather not helping things particularly. There were some decent results
how ever with some of the guys in the sections finding good pockets of fish.
The winner was situated just short of the pylon pegs at Weedon with the second
place man coming from the stick ups at Dodford.
RESULTS
SECTIONS C A SWIFT 3-13 D HOLLOWAY 4-15 D G SMITH 4-11-8 C HOWARD 6-15
TEAMS FOX MATCH BLACKHORSE RED 33LBS 8 DRM 2ND SEPTEMBER
The final leg of the NNAC summer league went ahead today and was fished in water that was absolutely stuffed with Signal Cray fish that played havoc with the anglers, the crays were snatching up everything intended for the fish . With this and the wind being a strong due westerly the fishing was made all the harder for the lads. The league over all was a roaring success thanks to the efforts of two guys who were out there doing the pegging in most cases at four AM in the morning . Paul Minney and Chris Howard. The club would also like to extend it's thanks to Derek and Irene of the White Hart Flore with out whose hospitality the event would never have been possible.Well done to Fox Blakck horse black who took first place in the league.
RESULTS 1ST DAVE HOLLAND BROWNING CENTRAL 46LBS 3RD GRAHAM WEST FOX BLACKHORSE BLACK
11LBS 3 OZ'S 4DRM
SECTIONS A) GRAHAM (BEE GEES) SMITH 3LBS 9 OZ'S
OVER ALL WINNERS FOX BLACKHORSE BLACK 9 POINTS ATTLEBOROUGH SPORT 17 POINTS
SUNDAY 27TH AUGUST
The latest club match was fished in warm breezy conditions on the Crockwell Farm Fishery and all fifteen of the anglers caught reasonably well with lady member Angie Collins framing the only lass brave enough to challenge the lads at their sport. RESULTS 1ST MATTHEW WEBB 154LBS 7 OZ'S
SUNDAY 19TH August
The latest leg of the Northampton Nene Summer League fished between Nether Heyford and Bugbrooke on the GUC today was a roaring success with eighteen weights over five pounds from the forty six anglers involved with no one getting below three pounds. The conditions seemed well suited to the match with the fish feeding voraciously. There were some cracking large perch caught as well as a good head of bream and roach showing through out the match length. Over all a superb match with plenty of happy anglers. RESULTS 1ST
ALAN ROBINSON MB SENSAS 14LBS 2 OZ'S SECTIONS
TEAMS Sunday 12th August
In the latest open held at the Swan Valley Lake Mark Skeggs took the honours with a brilliant bag of roach, which were taken on the berry fished over hemp' the match was a hard fished event with several anglers not weighing in. With low water levels rising temperatures, and changable conditions the fish proved hard to find. RESULTS 1ST
MARK SKEGGS 10LBS 15 OZS
Sunday 5th August The latest leg of the Summer League was fished today on the popular Heyford section of the Grand Union Canal the awter fished very well in the warm conditions for the 51 guys who attended the event despite a difficult strong Southerly wind causing some problems. With team Fox black Horse showing the rest of the field the way home. RESULTS 1ST TERRY LOVELL (FOX BLACK HORSE RED)
17LBS 6 OZ'S 17 SKIMMERS AND BITS FOX BLACKHORSE WHITE
10 POINTS FOX BLACKHORSE BLACK 5
POINTS Sunday 29th July The latest club match was fished today on the popular Stanwick fisheries lake a new venue for the Club and though we had a good turn out of sixteen guys on the match, the water did not fish particularly well. The water was gin clear and as a result the fish were extremely shy with a good few of the anglers struggling to contact anything at all.
Sunday 22nd July
The second round of the Northampton
Nene Summer League was today held between Weedon and Flore on the Grand Union
Canal. In reasonable conditions the water produced some reasonably good
weights through out the length of the match. Although a good deal of the 44
who fished had to be content with smaller rather than large fish. Les Ramsden
of the Northampton Nene team ran away with the match leaving the rest of the
feild in his wake. Les who drew the Christmas tree peg fished the long pole
and lost several good fish on top of his winning weight.
TEAMS
SECTIONS
PLACES
Sunday 8th July
The Northampton Nene Angling Club
match fished at The British Waterways controlled Boddington Reservoir was an
event to remember with the return of some reasonable temperatures and bright
conditions the lads and lasses who fished the Club match were pleasantly
surprised. Though match organiser Paul reports that several of the anglers
were pestered by roach taking the corn all of the anglers had a good day and
no one had less than twenty pounds of fish at the weigh in.
1ST BOB EALES 142LBS 14 OZ'S
2ND MATTHEW WEBB 135LBS 4 OZ'S 3RD DAVE GIBBINS 85LBS 4 OZ'S 4TH FRED BURFORD 67LBS 14 OZ'S
SUNDAY 1ST JULY
The lads from the Northampton Nene Angling Club had a knock about on the Meadow Lakes fishery on Sunday and in cool damp conditions most of the lads either found finding the fish difficult or they were broken up by the big carp. The outing was eventually taken by Bob Eales with a carp of 11lbs 6 oz's. 2nd was Baz Eaton with a bream of 4lbs 5 oz's. 3rd Chris Howard 3lbs 12 oz's of roach Paul Minney took the forth spot with 3lbs 8 oz's.
SUNDAY 24TH JUNE
Today saw the start of the Northampton
Nene Summer League with the first of the series being fished between Dodford and
Weedon on the Grand Union Canal. Fifty two guys turned out for the event from
all over the country and despite the expected heavy boat traffic, in wet cool
conditions there were some good results recorded with an impressive Bream only
catch taken from the returning Dodford stick ups. A reed bed that until recently
had all but disappeared. A well known holding area for fish in the past.
According to match organiser Paul a reasonably good event over all.
1ST MARTIN LANE (ATTLEBOROUGH SPORT) 25LBS
2 OZ'S BREAM
BLACKHORSE BLACK 9 POINTS MONDAY 18TH JUNE
The lads of Heysham Port AC from
Lancashire, endured an absolutely appalling weekend spent by a good deal of the
guys under canvas in what can only be described as atrocious weather. Having
survived the weekend the guys then went on to fish an unknown river which again
was in an awful state due to some of the heaviest rainfall we have had for
years. However not to be out done the lads chose to fish the Great Ouse at
Newton Blossomville regardless and in anything but perfect conditions the sun
came shining through so to speak and the event turned into a blinding match.
With some good bream catches coming from just over a rod length out on the worm
and maggot.
1ST B. REDPATH 27LBS 8OZ'S (MIRROR CARP) SUNDAY 17TH JUNE The Northampton Nene held their Club match at the popular Crockwell Farm fishery where the lads were to experience an absolutely brilliant match considering the awful weather of late. The fishery did not appear to suffer to greatly and the fish fed well. The only other unusual thing about the match was that the first four places were taken by fellow Management Committee members. RESULTS 1ST PAUL MINNEY 99LBS 6OZ'S
Sunday 10th June
The latest open fished by the NNAC was held on the Swan Valley Lake near Rothersthorpe. On a day which started overcast and muggy the match began ok with most anglers getting into fish early on. Though as the day progressed and the sky cleared leaving the lake flat calm the angling became progressively more difficult. Despite this though some of the anglers found some of the better fish and put together some good weights
Sunday 3rd June
The Northampton Nene open at Meadow Lakes
was an extremely hard match. The anglers struggled for bites pretty well
through out the blistering conditions.With very little shade on the water a
good deal of the guys caught more sun than fish. A wind free and very
oppressive day. 1ST DAVE GIBBINS (TWO CARP) 31LBS 11OZ'S
Sunday 29th April Sunday 22nd April
The lads of Nelson AC based in Stockton travelled to Bugbrooke
today to fish the Lovers Lane section of the Grand Union Canal. In warm breezy
conditions the lads found that getting past hundreds of gudgeon was the first
issue of the match. Having achieved this they were eventually able to target the
better fish and found themselves putting weights together made up of Perch and
Bream though Alan Scriven was the only one to manage to find the quality roach.
Team leader Dan Winfield said he'd never caught so may gudgeon in a match. There
were the usual amount of boats on the water for the time of year and largely
they had no ill effect on the fishing.
Sunday 15th April
The members of the Abington Park AC today fished an extremely
difficult match on the Grafton Regis section of the Grand Union. With the
arrival of a warm sunny day the boat traffic was some what heavier than it has
been of late and as a result it was difficult to get the fish concentrated, On
top of this some of the anglers found that if they fished across the water they
only had about four inches in which to fish, the water was a good foot to
eighteen inches below level.
Sunday 8th April
The worthy lads from Team Gilders today endured what turned into a bit of a gruelling match which was booked on the Long Pound at Stoke Bruerne. In fine sunny weather with a cool wind and cooler than usual water the fishing was tough to say the very least. On top of that the holiday traffic was out on the Canal in force. The pound fished absolutely terribly considering it's normal consistency but this was possibly due to the constant lock action. The lads were glad to get to the pub after this one.
1ST NICK WILSON 2LBS 7OZ'S Sunday 18th March 2007
Abington Park AC were today pegged out in the Long pound at
Stoke Bruerne. The ten anglers endured everything from high winds to a hail
storm through the course of the match, and perhaps not surprisingly the fishing
was hard. There were also problems with the water levels as one of the lower
pounds had emptied and subsequently the water was running for a good while.
Despite the conditions there were some reasonable
weights put together.
RESULTS
The only other canal match today was held below the trees at
Bugbrooke though the sudden return of winter caused a few issues the lads fared
reasonably well. The water they had elected to fish was the most sheltered spot
along the entire length. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday 11th March 2007
The final leg of the Northampton Nene Winter League was today
fished on what can only be described as a very difficult water. The match was
pegged from the lock pounds just below Stoke Bruerne in an almost continual line
through to just below Bozenham Mill on the GUC. There were some sixty four
anglers on this match alone with the over all league being fished between
October 2006 and today over six legs seeing a total of 455 anglers taking
part. It was as a roaring success with special praise being due to Paul Minney
and Chris Howard the guys without whom the series could'nt have gone
ahead. Getting down to peg the match from as early as 4am, they then endured the
conditions which ranged from fine in the earlier months to bitterly cold during
the winter and each evening after fishing the match stayed on to work out both
the points and the winnings. The club would also like to extend a special thank
you to Derek and his team at The White Hart in Flore. Who were there to open the
pub and feed the lads in the morning and have their doors open to welcome
the lads back after the match. Overall the League was a cracking event and the
Nene AC look forward to hosting the event again next year along with a new
Summer league which was found to be very successful in the run up to the
Division Two National Angling Championships which were run by the National
Federation of Anglers and hosted on the Grand Union by Northampton Nene AC. RESULTS ON THE DAY.
TEAMS
INDIVIDUALS SECTIONS
A1-8 F. PRIOR 4LBS 12OZS A 9-16 MICK BASSETT 7LBS 1OZ WINNERS OF WINTER LEAGUE 2006-07
FOX MATCH MILTON KEYNES 21 POINTS
Sunday 4th March 2007
The Nene Angling Club match was held on the lock pound section above Stoke bottom lock today and what an absolutely scorching match it was. In cold blustery south Easterly winds and heavy rain showers the lads did the Club proud with some absolutely cracking fish being landed. John Belhatchet pictured above had three perch for four pounds early in the match and went on to finish in first place. All of the anglers had over three and a half pound of fish at the end of the match and dispite the difficult cweather conditions a good day was had by all. RESULTS
1ST JOHN BELHATCHET ( PERCH & SKIMMERS) 11LBS 4OZS
Rushden Windmill AC
The lads from Rushden Windmill were due to fish the Grand
Union today but a last minute change of mind by team leader Colin Gregg saw them
holding their match on the River Nene at the Brittania Straight. In water which
was coloured and reasonably high the lads targeted the roach with reasonable
success though Greg (spike) Pendleton showed them who was boss on the day.
1ST GREG (SPIKE) PENDLETON 11LBS 8OZS (ROACH) Nose Bags AC
Fished what can only be described as a difficult match on the
Furnace Lane stretch of the GUC. With very coloured water the bites were hard to
come by with most of the lads having a dismal day. There's not much we can say
about this one apart from to wish the lads better luck on their next match in a
fortnight.
MARK SMITH 3LBS 8OZS Sunday 25th February 2007 The Northampton Nenes match was today fished on the Green Bridge section of the Grand Union and though the lads were well sheltered from the high winds the heavy rain showers did nothing to help. In spite of the weather the match was the only one of the week which produced any kind of reasonable consistency with all of the anglers landing over three pounds of fish a piece. RESULTS
1ST JOHN BELHATCHET 5LBS 9OZS (PERCH 1LB AND SILVERS) At the other end of the spectrum Far Cotton Working mans Club angling section endured everything the weather could throw at them on the only other canal Match. In a highly exposed match section at Yardley Short Walk the lads had the wind in their face and the rain lashing down periodically through out the match. Having fought the conditions the eleven man match fished reasonably well. RESULTS
1ST DAVE HADDON 6LBS 7OZS (3LB 6OZ PERCH) Sunday 18th February 2007 The Club today had a bit of a knock about on the GUC at Flore, between Bridge 27 and the A5. The canal over all fished exceptionally difficultly in clear bright conditions with temperatures fluctuating. Some of the more well known areas of the canal proved to be extremely stubborn with anglers blanking through out. So when you come upon a match on which the anglers are actually getting a few fish in the net, it makes you realise just how hard the lads must have been working a valiant effort by all concerned.
RESULTS MAN OF THE MATCH
Has to go to Matthew Webb who landed the hard fighting dog toy
pictured above. RUSHDEN WINDMILL
The Rushden Windmill AC fished one a match which was situated on the river at the Brittania Straight. The river looked to be in excellent condition though the water was a little higher than usual. In cool bright conditions the match produced three good bags of predominantly roach taken on pole fished punch. RESULTS
1ST IVAN CLARKE 7LBS 6OZS Sunday 11th February 2007 Finedon Angling Club today fished the Furnace Lane section of the Grand Union at Nether Heyford and found the match hard work mostly due to the water being extremely cold as a result of the recent snow thaw getting into the canal and a blustery cold westerly wind. None of the anglers were able to contact fish near to the normally productive moored boats but found most of their fish in the deeper water of the boating channel. The match honours must surely go to third place man Matthew Roberts who managed to battle the thirteen other anglers to take third position at seven years of age. RESULTS
1ST GEOFF CADE 5LBS (ROACH AND GUDGEON) Northampton Nene held a match just along the water at Heyford short walk and had much the same problems with the weather though the wind was substantially stronger. Three of the anglers also had to endure match long problems with a pike of good size that continued to make the angling difficult as it snatched at anything they caught. The whole field caught fish with the usually good water only coming together for one man Who left the rest of the field trailing in his wake.
1ST JOHN BUCKLEY 10LBS (CASTER CAUGHT PERCH) Sunday 4th February 2007
The penulitmate leg of the Northampton Nene winter league was today fished on the Grand Union between Bugbrooke road Bridge and the piggeries at Gayton. wITH 75 anglers taking part.In extremely cold but bright conditions the match got off to a difficult start with three quarters of the anglers having to deal with quite thick ice stretching across the water for the first hour and a half. It was only when the sun got higher that the ice began to melt allowing the lads to fish properly. Though the ice was noticed during the pegging of the match at seven in the morning it had thickened quite considerably by match start at ten.
RESULTS
1ST GRAHAM SMITH (FOX BLACK HORSE) 8LBS 2OZS SECTIONS
A1-10 K FOWELL 3LBS, A11-21 D MAWBY 4LBS 2OZS
TEAMS SUNDAY 28TH JANUARY 2007
The Nosebags Angling Club today fished a match between Birds
Haulage and the Bugbrooke Road Bridge on the Grand Union Canal. The match which
was fished in dull windy conditions and was a little below par for the water
with only three anglers of the nine doing any good. Over all a very hard match
on the day.
Wellingborough based Aquaflow AC had a good turn out of 13
anglers for their match fished at Bugbrooke on the GUC with good weights
coming through out the match length. With North Westerly blustery winds
hampering the lads they did well to keep the fish feeding. At the end of the day
some respectable weights were recorded with both first and second places coming
from opposite ends of the match. Mick Large had the fish of the day with a perch
of 1lb 14ozs falling to pole fished maggot.
Northampton Nene chose to fish a match at Blisworth today and
despite the cold winds the lads didn't fare to badly in a match which saw mostly
roach being caught through out. The weights which were described as reasonable
for the time of year. SUNDAY 21ST JANUARY 2007
The Spencer Ac today fished a match on the GUC at Gayton and the
water did not fish particularly well due mainly to a very cold night wind which
chilled the water down and subsequently affected the fishing all caught fish
though the weights were generally low. NNAC MATCH Was also held on the GUC at Bugbrooke wharf though the cold winds prevailed through out the match and the water was chilled down all of the competitors were able to get at least three pounds of fish in the net. The results of the match were reasonably good over all.
1ST JOHN BUCKLEY 5LBS 14OZS NNAC Sunday 14th January 2007 Due to the extremely bad weather conditions of late and the subsequent high water levels on the rivers the Club relocated their match from the Middle Nene to the canal and opted to fish the long pound at Stoke Bruene. The match fished surprisingly well considering that the water levels were far lower than usual. On a fine cool day the match which was dominated by roach and skimmer bream fished excellently producing some spectacular winter weights RESULTS
1ST GLEN TILSON 14LBS 8OZS Saturday 2nd September 2006 The Club would like to thank every one who was involved in the running of the Division 2 nationals held on the Grand Union today. With SPECIAL thanks to Ron Collins for establishing contact with Towcester Race course and for his invaluable help with setting up the parking. Thanks to Paul and Chris without whose expertise the practice matches could not have taken place, and to those of us who braved the appalling conditions as Stewards on the day Thank you. Also a special thank you to British Waterways John Ellis and the fisheries team for their help and support through out the event. DIVISION 2 RESULTS
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