Gillingham AA Pairs Match.  River Stour- Deepwater to Rectory Straight. (26 pegs)

13 pairs contested the club pairs on the river Stour which looked to be in good condition but in the event fished very hard.  Pairs winners on the day were Tim Thick and Bob machin who had 3 points, and Bob Machin won the match individually from peg 2 at Highbridge with 2 Chub for 5-00 on the stick and maggots.  Equal 1st individually was Barry Taylor who caught 5-00 of Roach on the pole and Caster from peg 5 at Highbridge.

3rd: Jack Stamp- 4-6

4th: Dave Sealy- 4-5

5th: Tim Thick- 2-12

6th: Rob Manns- 2-00

The Runners up in the pairs were Jack Stamp and Simon Hebditch with 5 points.

3rd= Dave Sealy/ Mike Hunt and Rob Manns/ Steve Lovell with 10 points.

The last Winter match is on January 16th.  Book in with Dave Sealy on (01747)823159.

 

Gillingham AA Xmas Match.  River Stour (Provost to Catholics, 28 pegs)  

Despite the arctic conditions Gillingham anglers braved the elements to catch a few fish on the annual Christmas Match.  Wayne Hunt won the day and a hamper from peg 34 above Trill Bridge with 7-11, made up of small chub and bits on the stick and maggots.  Father Michael Hunt drew peg 26 at Provost and caught 2 chub and bits on the same method to weigh in 5-1 for second.

3rd: Malc Walters- 4-1

4th: Joe Searle- 3-14

5th: Sam Trevis- 2-9

6th: Ricky Searle- 2-4.

Match Secretary Dave Sealy warns anglers (Steve Lovell) that it isn't advisable to go swimming at this time of year!

 

Gillingham AA.  5th Winter Championship.  River Stour (Stour Provost to Tin Shed) (25 mad anglers)

25 mad anglers fished in freezing conditions on the River Stour on Sunday between Stour Provost and Tin Shed and peg 28, the Pumphouse, won the match for Alan Rendall with 10-12 of Chub, Dace and Roach caught on the stick and maggot and on the lead and Bread.  Second was Phil Banfield from Marnhull Big Hole who caught 3 Chub on the pole and single caster to weigh in 7-10.

3rd: Tony Gates: 6-8

4th: Michael Hunt: 4-6

5th: Jack Stamp: 4-0

6th: Bob Machin- 3-12

The last match in the series is in January and there are still 10 anglers who can still win the winter championship. 

 

Gillingham AA Open.  River Stour, Highbridge and Catholics.  (21 pegs) 

With 4 out of 6 winter club matches already fished the match secretary has decided to run opens on the Stour on free weekends and this was the first one of the season.  The River was up a bit and quite coloured but despite this there were alot of fish caught and winner Adie West (Gillingham AA) drew peg 18 on the straight and caught 4 Chub, a 2lb Perch and some Roach on the stickfloat and maggots to weigh in 10-13.  Runner Up Simon Hebditch (Garbolino BV) drew peg 14 and caught 6lb of Roach and Dace on the stick and Caster over groundbait, then added two skimmers on the feeder to weigh in 9-8.

3rd: Joe Searle (Gillingham AA)- 9-4

4th: Jason Mills (Garbolino BV)- 7-4

5th: Jack Stamp (Gillingham AA)- 6-4

6th: Michael Hunt (Gillingham AA)- 5-12

 

Gillingham AA 4th Winter Championship.  River Stour (Deepwater to Stour Provost) (29 pegs)

Despite a couple of days of rain this match went ahead on a reasonable looking river but big weights failed to materialise.  Winner on the day was Jason Mills who caught 5 skimmers and some bits on the feeder and pole and maggot to weigh in 8-1 from peg 13.  Runner Up from the next peg 14 was John Collings who  had a big Chub and some bits for 4-12.

3rd: Adie West- 3-9

4th: Kev Harvey- 3-5

5th: Michael Hunt- 3-4

6th: John Moody- 2-13

 

Gillingham AA 2nd Winter Championship.  River Stour (Highbridge to Catholics) (28 pegs)

The River Stour was low and clear for the second fixture in this popular series and coupled with an overnight frost ruined sport for most.  Winner on the day was match secretary, Dave Sealy, who drew the swimming pool at Catholics and caught Roach, Dace and a 3lb Chub on the stickfloat and maggot/Caster over hard balls of groundbait to weigh in 6-4. Mike Trevis drew peg 19 at Highbridge and caught two chub and some bits on the stickfloat and maggot to weigh 6-00 and come second.

3rd: Paul Knight- 5-8

4th: Jack Stamp- 4-11

5th: Jason Mills- 4-8

6th: Michael Hunt- 4-4

Gillingham AA Carnival Match at Loddden Lakes (23 pegs) Saturday 2nd October.

The Gillingham AA Carnival Match raised £100 for the Carnival Committee and this year was won by John Moody (Garbolino BV) who drew peg 15 and after a fruitless hour on the method caught Bream on the pole and Caster to weigh in 26-12.  Runner Up was Bob Hockin (Gillingham AA) who drew peg 32 and caught 22-1 of Skimmers on the groundbait feeder.

3rd:  Mark Leslie (Gillingham AA)- 13-4

Top junior was James Patterson who caught 5-5 and second Junior was Mike Searle who weighed 4-9.  

3rd: Junior- Matt Candy- 3-12.

 

Gillingham AA 1st winter Championship. River Stour Highbridge to Catholics. (27 pegs) Sunday 3rd October.  

A hectic weekend for Gillingham anglers saw a depleted field for the first winter championship match on the river, with a few people not turning up due to the weather!  Winner on the day was Mike Trevis who drew peg 17 at Highbridge and caught 9-00 of mainly Roach on the feeder and maggots.  Runner up was Rich Fripp who drew peg 47, the telegraphs at Catholics, and caught 8-7 of mainly Dace and Chublets on the stickfloat and magggots and Casters.

3rd: Adie West- 6-8

4th: Barry Taylor- 5-8

5th: Jack Stamp- 5-7

6th: Tony West- 5-6

Junior Pairs Match - Todber’s Park Lake - Saturday 25^th September

Saturday saw the last in Gillingham’s junior series ending with the pairs match on Todber’s Park Lake, 5 pairs fished and the winners on the day where Matt Candy & James Paterson with a combined weight of 33lb 2ozs, second was Yousif Davis & Matt Ponting with 30lb 12ozs, with Alfie Dyke & Elliott Wareham third with 20lb 14ozs. All these lads have had a great summer and all are looking forward to next year.

6th G&DAA Junior Summer Match - Coking Farms Rush Lake-  12th September

Saturday saw the sixth and final round in the junior summer series fished at Coking Farms Rush Lake. Twelve juniors took part and had a super finish to this year’s series, the match was won by Matt Candy with 40lb 1oz of carp and skimmers on corn and pellet, second was Sam Paterson with 34lb 8ozs on the feeder and pellet to the island, third Alfie Dyke with 25lb 10ozs. In the intermediate series Tom Christopher won with 29lb 14ozs on the pole with corn and pellet, Mike Searle was second with 14lb 6ozs.

The series was won by Matt Candy with 497pts, second Alfie Dyke with 488pts and third was Daniel Young with 487, a close and exiting finish, everyone else had a great day and many went home with a trophy to collect next May.

The intermediate series was won by Mike Searle with 498pts, second Tom Christopher with 496pts and third was Josh Ravenhill with 297pts.

I would like to thank all those who came out and helped teach these young lads and for helping me run my first series, and a big thanks to Tim who never missed a match,
John.

Gillingham AA 6th Summer Championship.  River Hunspill at Woolavington.  (30 pegs)

Wet and windy weather greeted the 30 competitors fishing the River Hunspill and large Bream were conspicuous by their absence.  Winner on the day was Joe Searle who fished the feeder and maggot to weigh in 9lb of skimmers.  Runner Up was Martin Fuller who caught 8-10 of Roach, Perch and skimmers on the waggler and maggot.

3rd: Wayne Hunt- 7-14

4th: Mike Trevis- 7-1

5th: Malc Walters- 7-0

6th: Dave Sealy- 6-2

This meant that Dave Sealy won the Summer Championship with 485 points from Jason Mills on 482 and Mark Leslie in third on 480.

The  veterans was won by Malc Walters with 460 and the Ladies by Sue Collings with 370.

Next week there is a work party at Highbridge.  Meet at Highbridge Mill before 9 O'clock

GILLINGHAM AA 14 TH ANNUAL 3 DAY FESTIVAL REPORT - (DAVE HILLIER LAKE AT LODDEN, TURNERS PADDOCK AND PARK LAKE AT TODBER MANOR) (48 pegs)

The 14th Annual 3 Day Festival took place over the bank holiday weekend and was fished by 48 anglers and everyone agreed that the atmosphere and friendliness of this festival was second to none.

Winner of the festival and winning his lake every day was local angler Mark Brennan (PI Thatchers) who recorded a perfect points score of 24 points and won his lake every day!  Day 1 saw Mark on peg 33 on the Dave Hillier Lake at Lodden and in his closest finish he caught 29-10 of skimmers and Bream on the pole and Casters to win the section and just edge out team mate Mark Harper who had 29-5.  Day 2 found Mark on peg 13, the Waterfall, at Turners Paddock and a comfortable section win and lake win ensued after catching 47-8 of Bream and skimmers on the feeder and worm.  Day 3 clinched the festival win when he drew peg 8 at Todber’s Park Lake and won the lake with 150-10 of Carp, some on the method feeder and some on the pole and meat.  Mark won £700 over the weekend + what he picked up from onsite bookie ‘Honest’ Mark Harper, including the Chancy Pairs with Jamie Dixon.

1^st: Mark Brennan (PI Thatchers) - 24 points (229-12) (£450)

2^nd: Nick Collins (Somerset Angling) - 22 points (134-15) (£350)

3^rd: Gary O’Shea (PI Thatchers) - 22 points (123-00) (£225)

4^th: Mark Harper (PI Thatchers) - 20 points (182-5) (£175)

5^th: Simon Hebditch (Garbolino BV) - 20 points (113-11) (£125)

6^th: Gary Webber (PI Thatchers) - 19 points (137-01) (£75)

Biggest Fish: Mick Withy- 27-8 (£88)

Chancy Pairs 1^st Mark Brennan/Jamie Dixon (335-8) (£140)

                       2nd Mark Harper/Simon Hebditch (296) (£100)

Day 1:

Lodden: Mark Brennan (PI Thatchers) - 29-10

Turners: Gary O’Shea (PI Thatchers) - 51-00

Park:  Ben Leach (Daiwa Dorking) - 158-8

Day2:

Lodden: Tim Rowe (PI Thatchers) - 39-12

Turners: Mark Brennan (PI Thatchers) - 47-8

Park:  Nick Collins (Somerset Angling) - 97-05

Day 3:

Lodden: Simon Hebditch (Garbolino BV) - 31-8

Turners: Nick Ewers (PI Thatchers) - 25-10

Park:  Mark Brennan (PI Thatchers) - 151-10

Simon Hebditch, the organiser, would like to thank Gillingham AA and Todber Manor for the use of their water and to Preston Innovations, M5 Angling, Sonubaits and Wiltshire Angling for donating some really good prizes.  See you all again next year!

 4^th Junior Match Todber’s Park Lake- Saturday 31^st July

On a sunny day with a bit of a strong breeze 9 intrepid junior anglers along with three intermediate anglers fished the forth match in the summer series. With some away on holiday it meant that some of the new lads could make up some points, and they did, with the lowest weight being 16lbs there was some good angling going on down the lake. The winner on the day was Matt Candy on peg 29 with 67lb 4ozs of carp and silvers caught on the pole with sweet corn, meat and pellet, second was Daniel Young with 44lb 12ozs from peg 28, and third was the inform Alfie Dyke with 37lb 14ozs from peg 34. With a month off  we hope that they will all go fishing and pick up a few good tips and come back finish the job.

4^th       Yousif Davis             30lb                7^th       Connor Chalk          18lb 10ozs
5^th       Daniel Ponting          21lb 7ozs        8^th       Matt Ponting           16lb 15ozs
6^th       Tom Lipop                20lb                9^th       George Lipop           16lb

The intermediate match was won by Mike Searle with 40lb 6ozs on sweet corn and meat on the waggler from peg 35.

 

Gillingham AA Wednesday evening match at Lodden Lakes (15 pegs)

The penultimate evening match was won from peg 1 by Will Bonnie (Garbolino Blackmore Vale) who caught a double figure Carp down the edge on Corn and some skimmers on the method for 22-4.  Runner up was Jason Mills  (Garbolino Blackmore Vale) who caught 3 Tench and some skimmers on the pole and worm from peg 25 for 20-12.

3rd:  Mark Harper (PI Thatchers)- 20-02.

The last one is this Wednesday.

Gillingham AA 4th Summer Outing at Viaduct Fishery.  Cary and Lodge.  (30 pegs)

The venue was hard but fair for the fourth match in the seris and Mark Leslie won from peg 69 on Lodge with 79-6.  Mark caught Carp and skimmers on the pole and paste.  Runner up was evergreeen Bob Machin with 54-10 of Carp on the lead and pellet from peg 96.

3rd: Dave Sealy- 48-2

4th: Sam Trevis- 45-14

5th: John Collings- 45-11

6th: Kev Harvey- 45-10

(All Gillingham AA)

The next match is at Coking Farm on Sunday 8th August.  Book in with Dave Sealy on (01747)823159

 

Gillingham AA Evening Match.  Lodden Lakes (15pegs) Wednesday 14th july.

The second of the evening matches was won by Simon Hebditch (Garbolino Blackmore Vale) who drew peg 25 and caught Bream and skimmers on the pole with worms and casters on the hook to weigh in 24-10.  Second was Gary O'Shea (PI Thatchers) who had 24-00 of Carp and skimmers on the method feeder from peg 15.  Third was Jason Mills (Garbolino BV) with 18-2.  These matches are every Wednesday in July.

 

3^rd junior match - Todber’s Whiteposts Lakes

Gillingham’s third junior match was fished this week on Todber’s Whiteposts Lakes with a turnout of 18 anglers, on a windy but sunny day everyone caught some good fish some better than others, first on the day was Alfie Dyke with an excellent bag of both carp and silver fish from peg 3 on the top lake all caught on sweet corn and pellet for a weight of 39lb 9ozs, second was James Paterson from peg 7 on top lake with 23lb 10ozs, third was Connor Chalk from peg 4 on the top lake with 18lb 10ozs, everyone had a good fun day and are looking forward to the next match on Todber’s Park Lake on 31^st July.
4^th       Matt Candy              17lb 12ozs               8^th       Elliott Wareham        12lb 5ozs
5^th       Daniel Young           15lb 1oz                    9^th       Sam Paterson          11lb 14ozs
6^th       Matt Ponting           14lb 14ozs               10^th     George Lipop               7lb 12ozs
7^th       Yousif Davis             12lb 10ozs

Gillingham AA 3rd Summer Championship.  Avalon Fishery (30 pegs) Sunday 11th July

The third round of the summer championship was held at Avalon Fishery in Westhay.  Winner on the day was Jason Mills (Garbolino Blackmore Vale) who caught fish to 8lb on the pellet waggler and on the method feeder for a weight of 64-1.  Second was John Moody (Spro Dorset Raiders) who caught on the feeder and waggler to weigh in 53-6.

3rd: Malc Walters (Gillingham AA)- 47-1

4th: Dave Sealy (Gillingham AA)- 41-10

5th: Joe Miller (Gillingham AA)- 39-10

6th: Mike Trevis (Gillingham AA)- 38-3

The next match is at Viaduct on 25th July.  Book in with Dave Sealy on (01747)823159.

 

Gillingham AA Evening Match.  Lodden Lakes (14 pegs) Wednesday 7th july.

The first of the evening matches got off to a good start with 24lb needed to frame.  Winner on the day was Rob Randall (Garbolino Blackmore Vale) who caught a Carp, 2 Tench and some bream on the pole and worm, Caster and micro pellet from peg 25 to weigh in 30-00.  Second was Andrew Eagle (Haines Angling) who caught 26-12 of skimmers on soft pellet from peg 33.

3rd= Simon Hebditch (Garbolino Blackmore Vale) and Gary O'Shea (PI Thatchers)- 24-00.

These matches are every Wednesday in July.

 

Jim Debnam Memorial Match.  Lodden Lakes  (23 pegs)

The Dave Hillier Lake at Lodden fished quite well for the 23 anglers though most of the weights were made up of Carp.  Winner on the day was Adie West (Gillingham AA) who drew peg 6 and caught 8 small Carp and 6 Bream on the method feeder for 46-00.  Second was Jason Mills (Garbolino BV) who weighed in 8 Bream and 2 Carp on the method feeder and pole for 32-4, despite having an 8lb Carp jump out of his keepnet!

3rd: Rob Randall (Garbolino BV)- 27-12

4th: Steve Lovell (Maver Veals)- 27-10

5th: John Collings (Gillingham AA)- 23-4 

6th: Simon Hebditch (Garbolino BV)- 19-7

Adie West won the Jim Debnam Memorial Shield, Steve Lovell won the biggest specimen trophy with a Carp of 11-7, and Simon Hebditch won the Trophy for the most fish (affectionately known as the sea bass trophy!) with 43 fish.

 

The next match in the summer series is at Avalon Fisheries on July 11th.  Book in with Dave Sealy on (01747)823159.

 

2nd Gillingham A.A. Junior Match Saturday 3rd July (Loddon Lakes)

Gillingham & District’s second junior match was fished on Loddens ‘Dave Hillier’ lake with 17 anglers taking part. The weather was good and the lake fished well, the winner on the day was Joe Paterson with 26lb 8ozs on sweet corn pellet and meat from peg 8, second was James Paterson his Brother with 19lb 8ozs from peg 31, third was Matt Candy with 9lb 8ozs from peg 33.

4^th       Sam Paterson          7lb 12ozs       8^th       Connor Chalk            2lb 5ozs       
5^th       Yousif Davis             6lb 4ozs        9^th       Tom Lipop                1lb 14ozs
6^th       Daniel Young           6lb 4ozs         10^th     Alfie Dyke                 1lb 4ozs
7^th       George Lipop           2lb 5ozs

 

Gillingham AA  2nd summer outing.  Witherington Farm.  (30 pegs)

Despite the football there was a good turnout for the second match in this series and match secretary (and noted Carp hater!) Dave Sealy (Gillingham AA) won with 51-6 of Carp.  Dave drew unfancied peg 10 and caught some on the method across and specimens to 10lb down the edge on pellet and corn. Second place went to Adie West (Gillingham AA) who caught on a variety of methods from peg 46 to weigh in 35-14.

3rd: Sam Trevis (Gillingham AA)- 35-10

4th: Tony West (Gillingham AA)- 35-4

5th: Jason Mills (Garbolino BV)- 31-14

6th: Martin Fuller (Gillingham AA)- 29-00

 

The next match in the series is at Avalon Fisheries on July 11th.  Book in with Dave on (01747)823159.

This weekend is the Jim Debnam Memorial at Lodden Lakes on Sunday 4th July, which is open to Sturminster AA or Gillingham AA anglers.  Book in with Dave on (01747)823159.

The Lodden Lakes evening matches start on Wednesday 7th july, for every Wednesday in July.  Book in with Jason Mills on (07971)728780.

 

1st Gillingham A.A. Junior Match Saturday 19^th June (Park Lake)

 The first of the Junior Summer Series was fished at Todber’s ‘Park Lake’ on a warm sunny day with a excellent turnout of 18 anglers, and every one of them catching a good weight of fish, the winner was Matt Candy with a weight of 43lb 6ozs on the pole with pellet meat and corn, second was Yousif Davis with 26lb 4ozs and third was Daniel Young with 20lb 14ozs.

4^th Joe Paterson                 18lb 4ozs                     8^th    Matt Ponting               11lb 4ozs
5^th Alfie Dyke                     17lb                            9^th    Tom Lipop                   10lb 11oz
6^th James Paterson             15lb11ozs                    10^th  Elliott Wareham             8lb 14ozs
7^th Sam Paterson               16lb 14ozs

The new intermediate series was won by Mike Searle on the pole with pellet meat and corn.

The next match is on Saturday 3^rd July at Lodden Lakes please book with John Collings on (01747-821301).

 

Gillingham AA Open.  Todber Manor.   Whitepost Lakes.  (21 anglers) - 16th May '10

21 anglers fished at this prolific North Dorset venue and there were some respectable weights led by PI Thatchers angler Mark Brennan.  Mark drew peg 10 on the top lake and caught 102-3 of Carp on the method feeder and white boilies.  Runner up was Adie West (Gillingham AA) from peg 8 with 65-9 of catmeat caught Carp on the pole at 4 metres.  Best weight on the bottom lake was Jason Mills (Garbolino BV) who came third with 53-00 of Carp on soft pellet. 

4th: John Moody (Dorset Raiders)- 48-14

5th: Jack Stamp (Gillingham AA)- 45-6

6th: Michael Hunt (Gillingham AA)- 38-10

7th: Tony West (Gillingham AA)- 33-8

8th: Mark Leslie (Gillingham AA)- 32-4.

 

The next match is the Joint Fisheries Annual Charity Challenge at Lodden Lakes.  This is an open charity match with the proceeds this year going to the 3 rivers and is on Sunday 30th May.  Book in with Dave Sealy on (01747)823159.  Tickets are £15, with an optional £5 superpool.

 

The Gillingham junior course is underway and anyone wanting to take part should phone Dave on the above number.

 

GILLINGHAM AA SPRING OPEN, MAPPOWDER (14 PEGS) - 18th April '10

Winner of this match was Mark Brennan (PI THATCHERS) who caught 4 Bream and 20 Carp, from the monk on Pheasant lake, on the feeder and pole on sweetcorn and Casters for a fine weight of 51-12.  Second was Brendan Coolihan (Gillingham AA) who drew behind the island on Spring Lake and caught small Carp on pellet for a weight of 17-8. 

3rd= Jason Randall (Garbolino BV)- 13-10

3rd= Paul Knight (Gillingham AA)- 13-10

5th: Martin Fuller (Garbolino BV)- 11-2

6th: Bob Machin (Gillingham AA)- 9-11

The next match is at Lodden on May 2nd.  Book in with Adie West on (01747) 825860.

 

Gillingham AA Open on the Dave Hillier Lake at Lodden Lakes (25 pegs) - 4th April '10

A fine turnout of 25 anglers fished the latest Spring Open at Lodden Lakes although after torrential rain and cold nights the lake fished below par.  Winner on the day was Andy Power (PI Thatchers) who drew unfancied peg 3 and caught 2 Carp on the method feeder and bread to weigh in 20-08.  Runner Up from peg 6, and rueing 4 lost Bream was John Moody (Spro Dorset Raiders), who caught 2 Carp early on the feeder and hair- rigged corn, before catching some bream to 2lb later on the pole and Caster, to weigh in 20-00.

3rd: Steve Tucker (PI Thatchers)- 13-12

4th: Guy Manton (PI Thatchers)- 13-00

5th: Mark Brennan (PI Thatchers)- 12-12

6th: Tom Thick (Thatchers Tackle)- 11-8  

The next Gillingham AA Spring Open match is on Sunday 18th April at Mappowder.  Book in with Adie West on (01747)825860. Cost is £13 all in, and draw is 8 O'clock.. 

 

6th Gillingham AA Winter Championship.  River Stour (Highbridge to Fifehead) (30 pegs) - 21st February

The last river match of the season saw the Stour fining down nicely after last weeks rain and there were a few fish caught. Winner on the day was Jack Stamp who drew peg 5 at Highbridge and caught 8-9 of small Roach and Dace on the stick and maggots and Caster, sewing up the winter championship in the process.  Runner-Up was in-form Barry Taylor who drew peg 16 at Highbridge and caught 2 Chub and some bits on the stickfloat and maggots.
3rd:  Joe Searle- 5-6
4th:  Malc Walters- 5-0
5th:  Tony Gates- 4-12
6th:  Adie West- 3-10

This meant that Jack Stamp won the championship with 484 points from Tony West on 478, who was also top veteran.
3rd: Martin Fuller- 475
4th: Barry Taylor- 469

Jack Stamp also won the Knockout beating Phil Banfield in the final and Sue Collings was ladies champion with 417 points.

more details here
Full Winter Championship standings can be found here

Dave Hillier Upper Stour Memorial Open. (28 pegs) River Stour (Highbridge to Catholics) - 14th February

Attendance was a bit down this year with clashes with other events and most of the competitors were probably dreading fishing the River after a week of sub zero temperatures!  Fortunately though the temperature increased and there were quite a lot of fish caught.  Winner on the day with a cracking bag of 23-14 was Barry Taylor who drew peg 26, the Hawthorns, at Stour Provost.  Barry fished the stickfloat and single red maggot to take 13 Chub to 3lb and a handful of small roach over loosefed caster and maggot.  Runner-Up was Dave Sealy from peg 2 in the loop at Highbridge who caught 4 decent Chub and lots of Dacelets and Chublets on the stick and maggot over Hemp and Caster, to weigh in a fine 14-8.  Third was in-form John Collings who drew Blackthorns at Trill and caught lots of small Roach, Chublets and Dace on the stick to weigh a respectable 9-00.
4th: Jack Stamp- 8-3
5th: Ken Murchie- 7-7
6th: Pat Smith- 5-14

The last Winter Championship Match is this weekend coming, the 21st February, weather permitting.  Book in with Dave Sealy on 0174783159.

5th Gillingham AA Winter Championship River Stour. (Highbridge to Rectory Straight) (30 pegs)

The 5th Winter Championship was held at Highbridge and Provost and a few fish were caught on a good looking river.  Winner on the day was John Collings who drew peg 5 at Highbridge and caught 7-15 of mainly Roach on the stickfloat and maggot.  Second was Jack Stamp who drew peg 14 and caught a 3lb Bream and some bits on the pole and Caster.  Jason Mills got third place with 2 Chub and a Roach for 5-7.
4th: Tim Thick- 4-12-8
5th: Alan Rendall- 4-12

With one match to go the standings in the winter championships are very close:
1st: Tony West- 386
2nd= Martin Fuller/Jack Stamp- 384
4th:  Rich Fripp- 382. 

more details here

4th Gillingham AA Winter Championship River Stour. (Provost, Trill, Catholics & Tin Shed) (30 pegs) - 31st January

At last Gillingham got back on the River Stour and despite a minus 5 frost there were a few fish caught.  Winner on the day was Rich Fripp who drew the Willows at Trill and caught 5 Chub on the feeder and double Caster for 11-6.  Runner Up was Dave Sealy who caught 3 Chub from peg 51 at Catholics on the stick and bomb on Caster, Sweetcorn and worm for 7-12.
3rd:  Martin Fuller- 4-8
4th:  Sue Collings- 2-15
5th= Michael Hunt, Paul Henson and Tony West- 2-9

The 5th Winter Championship is next week February 7th.  Book in with Dave Sealy on (01747)823159.  

On February 14th there is the Dave Hillier Memorial Upper Stour Championships. Book in with Dave on the above number.

more details here

Gillingham AA pairs match.  River Stour.  Highbridge to Tin Shed.  (30 pegs) - 3rd January 2010. 

15 pairs fished the club pairs match on the River Stour with one section at Highbridge and one section at Catholics and Tin Shed and the bright conditions made fishing very difficult with small fish shoaled up in a few pegs and odd Chub coming out.  Winner on the day was Ken 'where's my Haggis?' McMurchie who drew peg 58 at Catholics and caught two Chub on bread for 5-8 losing two as well.  Second was Sue Collings who drew peg 2 in the loop at Highbridge and fished the stick float with maggots to catch plenty of small Roach, Dace and Chublets up to 12oz to finish with 4-12.
3rd:  Alan Diment- 4-11
4th: Alan Rendall- 4-00
5th: Adie West- 3-12
6th: Phil Banfield- 3-3

With a few blanks and odd fish showing Ken Murchie and Alan Rendall did well to win the pairs with 4 points.  
Second: Tony Gates and Tony West- 9 points 
Third: Charlie Walters and Jack Stamp- 13 points.

The next club match is on 17th January.  Book in with Dave Sealy on (01747)823159 and hope for more clement weather!

Hants, Wilts & Dorset Angling Times Winter League Round 6. K & A Canal at Pewsey (58 pegs) 

The final round of this years winter league was fished at Pewsey on the Kennet & Avon Canal and Garbolino Blackmore Vale won the day with 54 points to seal the league, and a semi final trip to the canal at Bathampton, whilst runners up Spro Dorset Raiders will go to the semi at Monk Lakes.  Winner on the day was small fish specialist Rich Chave (Garbolino Blackmore Vale) who drew in the middle of the boats and caught 150 small Roach on breadpunch then on bloodworm to weigh 5-3-8, only half an ounce in front of Steve Nadin (Spro Dorset Raiders) with 5-3.   Steve drew on the wharf and caught small Roach on Bloodworm bolstered by a bonus 1lb Perch.
3rd: Dave George (Spro Dorset Raiders)- 4-4
4th: Dave Tucker (Andover)- 3-15
5th: Chris Albiston (Spro Dorset Raiders)- 3-14
6th: Gary Etheridge (Garbolino Blackmore Vale)- 3-11

Gillingham angler Rob Randall (Garbolino Blackmore Vale) won the individual league title with 34 points and Jon Atkins (Garbolino Blackmore Vale) won the Knockout final.

Teams on the day:

1st: Garbolino Blackmore Vale- 54
2nd: Spro Dorset Raiders- 51
3rd: Eastleigh- 31
4th: Andover- 30
5th: Salisbury- 23
6th: Test Valley- 19

Final League: 

1st: Garbolino Blackmore Vale- 7
2nd: Spro Dorset Raiders- 15
3rd: Eastleigh- 17
4th: Andover- 20
5th: Salisbury- 24
6th: Test Valley- 28

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