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Vale Park 2/1/22
As tradition, our first match of the year is the club Memorial Cup Competition which this year was held at Vale Park with the format set at single longest fish, plus a pool prize for the best flat fish.
With reports over the festive period indicating dogs being caught, it was likely that the winner would come from whoever could land the best of that species. However, for almost half the match it was small dabs, whiting and codling that were being recorded on the cards - until Lewis Taylor landed the first and for a period of time what looked to be the only dog until close to the conclusion when several more were landed causing Lewis an apocalyptic situation as each one that was landed went up in size.
With cards checked, the winner of the Memorial Shield was Phil Simpson with his fish of 59 cm. Steve Moffat was 2nd with Jim Morris 3rd, plus payouts extending to 6th place.
There was solace in the form of the flat fish pool with the top two being John Rodgers, dab of 28 cm and Steve Crowder, dab of 27 cm.
Thank you to all who took part. Details of our next match dates above.
Kingslake 19/12/21
Our 2021 calendar culminated at Kingslake which was the venue for our Christmas match. Sadly, however, the fish weren't in particularly festive mood and despite the endeavor of all competitors there were several pegs that failed to produce, with the vast majority yielding just one or two fish.
With that being said, with match fishing there is always a result and the winner of the Les Holme Shield was Jim Morris who amassed a total of 124 cm from five fish. Mike Flanagan was 2nd whilst England international Bill Lindfield made 3rd.
The remaining cash prizes for bag length went to Simon Colman and Phil Simpson respectively.
Graham Lea had the longest round, a whiting of 31 cm and Nigel Conlon longest flat with his 29 cm flounder. Simon increased his winnings having both 2nd longest round and flat.
Thank you to all who took part and to all who have supported the club over the past year. We head for a new start in the Clubman League for 2022. You can click here to see your progress throughout the years.
Town Hall 19/11/21
The final league match of the year was held along the Town Hall stretch of the promenade where the format was set at each angler's best flat and round. Steve Bonner had already claimed this year's title but there were still the evening's proceedings to be sorted and the rest of the places for 2021.
Fish were caught from the off and steadily throughout. For a while the flat fish were in short supply with only a few anglers having both. However, as time progressed, the majority of anglers had fulfilled the criteria.
With less than an hour left Graham Lea landed a dog and a dab on the same cast to close in on victory, however, with the cards checked, Jamie Pickup claimed first place with his dog and flounder pushing down Graham into second. Steve Bonner emphasised his year, coming third and adding another 6 points to his tally. There were cash prizes for the top four and Clubman Points awarded to the top eight.
Thank you to all who took part. Check out the Points Table for the final league positions of this year.
Vale Park 10/10/21
As the transition from summer to winter fishing gathers momentum, an abundance of different species were recorded at this venue. As such, it proved a justifiable decision to set the format of this penultimate points match as a species hunt. Fish recorded were whiting, flounder, plaice, rockling, dogfish, eel and tope.
The expected flat fish kicked off proceedings soon followed by the other species. With catches varying along the match length, it was an ever changing lead. The vast majority of anglers caught but there were a couple of pegs that failed to produce.
At the conclusion two anglers - Mike Flanagan and Steve Crowder - fishing adjacent pegs had recorded four species each. With the maths done, Mike came out the winner, having accumulated 202 points, just pushing Steve into second place. Nigel Conlon was 3rd with three species. Local tackle shop owners Paul and Steve Bonner also had 3 species each but it was Steve who had the upper hand.
There were cash prizes for the top 4 and Clubman Points awarded accordingly to the top eight