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All the Results –All the Reports – Each Month
Round Six - The Autumn Association Match and The Final Tables
At the beginning of the week I where Bob Handford single angler to represent them
knew what I was going to say acknowledges that fishing , this at the Autumn Match.
in this editorial. I was going
to say that we have had the
best season ever. Even in
difficult conditions, the best
fishing we have ever had.
With no matches that failed to
produce better than expected
bag averages.
The weather was not kind to The first angler to catch was 67%, over two thirds of the
anglers for the 2009 Autumn Tony Baldwin of Bristol anglers, failed to catch a fish.
Association Match. Strong Reservoirs F.A. He caught a This was the most unrewarding
winds from the West South 3lbs 1oz fish close to the match the Association has ever
West – gusting up to 30 mph. pontoons. had.
However, it was slightly less
strong than through the As the day progressed and by In Group One, Bewl Bridge’s
Midlands, where boats were mid afternoon the very failure to send a team gave
not let out on Rutland. A occasional rod could be seem Fish Hawks ‘A’ the
small consolation was no rain! bending on either side of the Championship.
pontoons.
Anglers practising on the Bristol’s second place in Group
Friday had reported the fishing To the organisers, observing Two confirmed their first place
was difficult, but that there from the lodge, it was clear in the Table, and promotion to
were catchable fish in several that it was a difficult day. At Group One next season.
areas. On the day, and for the six o’clock weigh in the
most anglers, this proved too true horror of the day became In Group Three Bewl Bridge’s
optomistic. clear. ‘B’ Teams fourth ‘first place’
of the season gave them the
At the start of the match about In Group One six anglers Group Three Championship.
a third of the boats headed up caught and six anglers blanked.
into Villice Bay and drifted It was worse in the lower Grafham Water ‘B’ Team just
parallel to the shore down groups. In Group Two six managed to achieve more
towards the boat pontoons. anglers caught and twelve points than there near rivals,
blanked. Group Three had the East Midlands T.F.A., and they
Almost all the rest headed worst statistic – four anglers will be promoted to Group
towards the boat pontoons to caught and fifteen blanked. In Three next year.
start a drift in towards the Group Four five anglers caught
Dam. and ten blanked.
Inevitably as so few fish were
caught along these drifts, more
and more boats ventured
further afield as the day
progressed.
Points scored for: Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Totals Position
Group One
Bewl Bridge F.C. ‘A’ 3 4 4 4 5 0 20 2
Fish Hawks ‘A’ 2 5 5 5 4 5 26 1
Hanningflield F.A. 4 3 2 2 3 0 14 4
Rutland Water F.F. 1 2 3 3 2 4 15 3
Soldier Palmers ‘A’ 5 1 1 1 1 3 12 5
Group Two
Bristol Reservoirs F.A. 3 3 3 4 5 4 22 1
Grafham Water F.A. ‘A’ 4 4 1 2 4 5 20 2
Iver F.C. 0 1 5 3 2 2 13 5
Queen Mother F.C. 0 2 4 5 3 3 17 3
Royal (avy/Marines 5 5 2 1 1 2 16 4
Group Three
Bewl Bridge F.C. ‘B’ 3 5 5 5 2 5 25 1
Crawley F.C. 1 1 1 2 1 3 9 5
Fish Hawks ‘B’ 4 2 2 3 3 3 17 4
Invicta F.C. ‘A’ 5 3 3 4 5 4 24 2
Soldier Palmers ‘B’ 2 4 4 1 4 3 18 3
Group Four
East Midlands .T.F.A 4 4 3 2 4 2 19 2
Grafham Water F.A. ‘B’ 3 3 4 4 3 4 21 1
Invicta F.C. ‘B’ 1 2 1 1 1 1 7 4
Tunbridge Wells F.C. 2 1 2 3 2 3 13 3
Autumn Association Match at Chew on Saturday 3rd.
October
All the Individual Results
GROUP O E GROUP TWO GROUP THREE
Bewl Bridge F.C. ‘A’ Bristol Reservoirs F.A Bewl Bridge F.C. ‘B’
Tony Baldwin 2 4lbs 6oz David Little 1 4lbs 15oz
o Show Paul Roach 0 Ken Holmes 0
Mark Stevens 1 2lbs 15oz Chris Nunn 1 3lbs 2oz
Mark Withyman 1 1lb 12oz Ray Burt 0
Fish Hawks ‘A’ TOTAL 9lbs 1oz TOTAL 8lbs 1oz
Mal Bruce 0
Si Morris 1 3lbs 10oz Grafham Water F.F.A. Crawley F.C.
Tony Slater 1 2lbs 9oz Mark Brinkman 4 7lbs 3oz Baz Reece 0
Warren Gain 2 3lbs 15oz Harley Smith 1 3lbs 5oz Peter Wyles 0
TOTAL 10lbs 2oz Brian Calvert 3 5lbs Tony Kaatze 0
Norman Rushton 0 Bob Burchall 0
Hanningfield F.A. TOTAL 15lbs 8oz TOTAL
Average Bag 0.6 fish each Best Bag 7lbs 3oz Best Bag 4lbs 15oz
Mark Brinkman David Little
(Grafham Water F.F.A.) (Belw Bridge F.C. ‘B’
Average Bag 0.7 fish each Average Bag 0.2 fish each
Autumn Association Match at Chew on Saturday 3rd. October
Group Four Results - Match Winners
Group Four
ame o Weight
Invicta F.C.’B’
Kieran Caulfield 0
Keiran Bonas 0
Adam Worker 0
Ryan Worker 0
TOTAL
ame o Weight Pair Weight The Weather was fairly kind for the Fun Day,
1 Invicta F.C.’A’ which always finishes the season. This is for
Mike Smith 7 15lbs 8oz teams of four and you fish with your team
Peter Oldham 5 12lbs 13oz 28lbs 5oz mate, rather than by draw. It wasn’t too cold,
Bob Ayres 2 5lbs 3oz
Steve Middleton 6 15lbs 20lbs 3oz it wasn’t too bright and, until just before the
TOTAL 48lbs 8oz 4.30 pm end of the match, it was not too windy.
2 Grafham Water F.A. ‘ A’ With the wind blowing over the Dam most
Peter Hartley 3 6lbs 15oz boats set out for that end of the reservoir. The
Richard Kesek 7 16lbs 9oz 23lbs 8oz
Norman Rushton 4 10lbs 10oz occasional fish was caught there during the
John Weaver 4 10lbs 3oz 20lbs 13oz day, but there was no wholesale slaughter.
TOTAL 44lbs 5oz
Most boats took short drift off the Dam, but a
3 Invicta F.C. ‘B’ few let their drift extend to the Pines. Here
John Mees 7 18lbs 10oz
Alan Taylor 2 4lbs 10oz 23lbs 4oz also the occasional fish was caught just as the
Graham Williams 1 2lbs 4oz weed beds were reached.
Mark Searle 4 7lbs 12oz 10lbs
TOTAL 33lbs 4oz By the afternoon boats were beginning to
spread out. East Midlands T.F.A. had their
4. Grafham Water F.A. ‘B’
Chris Bobby 4 10lbs 7oz Bank Match on the same day. At one stage
Steve Ellerbrook 4 8lbs 14oz 19lbs 5oz three rods on the Sailing Club Bay were seen
Chris Lane 3 7lbs 6oz bending at the same time. It was not long
Nick Preston 1 1lb 12oz 9lbs 2oz before a fair number of boats were drifting
Total 27lbs 7oz
along this bank. Again a few fish were caught
5 Tunbridge Wells F.F.S. here.
Bob Holland 3 6lbs
Richard Lovett 1 2lbs 5oz 8lbs 5oz It was very much a day for ‘scraping about’.
Alex Nicholson 2 4lbs A fish here and a fish there, with long periods
Andy White 4 9lbs 13oz 13lbs 13oz
TOTAL 22lbs 2oz of hard fishing between takes!
Best Pair
***
Peter Oldham
Mike Smith
(Invicta)
(G.W.A.F.F.A.)