Just three days after the club championship, the Over 60's tried their luck on the Enborne Canal. Although the bank holiday was over and the water was quieter, the fish were still shy. It was a close race for the win with Brian Pallet and Billy Lowe chasing each other fish for fish to the end. Once again just single ounces separated the minor placings. The result was:
Brian Pallett 5-13-0
Billy Lowe 5-9-0
Steve Myers 2-8-0
The club championship series descended on the Enborne canal on the bank holiday weekend, to find the waterway not giveing up its fish easily. It was a tough match with weights below expectation, not helped by it being a bank holiday weekend and lots of boats passing through. John cox was the runaway winner, the others not getting near half his weight. It was very close for the lower points, with some anglers only separated by one ounce.
The result was:
John Cox 12lb exactly
Steve Myers 5lb 6oz
Martin Pallett 3lb 12oz
The Over 60's visited Dobsons for the August outing, trying to find the bream where other matches had failed. It was another tough day on the lake with the winning weights formed mostly of bonus carp and tench, and only in small numbers. The overall result was:
Billy Lowe 6-14-0 peg 36, including one carp
George Goodliffe 5-10-0 peg 41, including one carp
Dave Smith 4-0-0 peg 40, including one tench
For their third foray the over 70's went to test their muscles against the carp of Willows. On this occasion B. Canning was a runaway winner in quite a large field from the very hot peg 50, with more than double his nearest competitor. Second place man M. Shore had a single carp for over 14lb, a definite contender for the Match Carp trophy. The full result is:
B. Canning 31lb 13oz, five carp from peg 50
M. Shore 14lb 2oz, one single carp
A. Pearce 11lb 8oz
The third match in the Rover Trophy series took place at Willows and there were big bags a-plenty in a nail-biting close finish, with just ounces separating the top three. The winning method was fishing pellet waggler high in the water. The hot pegs being in "the strip" between 40 and 50. Impressive showings from Josh Purton, Jake Heaver and Dave Taylor to claim the spoils. The results was:
Josh Purton 60-4-0 from peg 50. Carp up in the water on the pellet waggler
Jake Heaver peg 48 59-1-0 Carp up in the water on the pellet waggler
Dave Taylor peg 44 56-6-0
