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Over 70's match 4th August 2021

On a beautiful morning 10 over 70s prepared to do battle on Alders. Bream had been caught on the previous match and great anticipation of a few more today. The start was very slow and that set the pace for the rest of the match. The waggler came out tops with odd fish to the feeder. B Pallett came out tops with an impressive 7lbs 10oz of silver fish, second was K Hodges with one bream for 3lbs 12oz and third R Wiggins with 3lbs 7oz. We now have R Wiggins and K Hodges on 20 points, W Dixon 19 points, and H Sadler 18 points. Roll on the next match. Tight lines to all. Henry Sadler.

Over 70's match 7th July 2021

On a breezy, dull, but dry day an impressive 11 anglers fished the second over 70s match. The venue was Willows and a very keen band were looking forward to lots of fish and banter. After a slow start for most, except Kim Hodges who had two fish in the net by 10:15, the day progressed. Mervyn Burrows came out the winner with 29lb 10oz, including five carp using his secret bait. Second was Bill Dixon with three carp for 21lb. Third place was Keith Payne with 10lb 13oz, again including carp. Every angler caught fish with points well spread across the field. With his second, the artful Bill Dixon now leads the league by 4 points. The next over 70s match is 4^th August on Alders, 9am draw. New faces always welcome, just turn up and show the rest how it's done! Tight lines to all.

Over 60's match 21st July 2021

On 21st July, 11 intrepid anglers set off to conquer the Everest of lakes, called Alders. The morning was very warm and each angler was hoping for a swim with shade. With Alders being a difficult lake during matches there was talk of practice sessions, new ideas, and bait variations. As with most matches the start was cautious and slow to get going. As the day progressed fish started to be caught by most anglers. By the last 90 minutes bream were being caught, Dave Smith leading the way, but Chris Evans was also now on the bream. The final whistle sounded at 3pm and weighing commenced. Dave Smith won weighing with 26lb 8oz, Chris Evans second with 12lb 14oz, third was T. Wirth with 8lb 11 oz. A total weight caught was just over 69lbs giving an average per angler of 6lb 5oz. With roach, perch, tench and bream being caught perhaps the lake is giving anglers more, or perhaps we've all improved. Mervyn Burrows is leading the league, but only one point in front of Dave Smith. Warm welcome to new faces, T. Wirth, D. Black, R. Coates. Roll on Willows. Tight lines to all. Henry Sadler.

Over 60's match 7th April 2021

The final match of the Veterans Trophy (Over 60s) series was fished on Wednesday 7^th April on Bellwood. The series, which was reduced from 12 matches to 9, with the best 6 results to count instead of the usual 8, because of cancellled matches due to Covid restrictions.

Chris Evans took the trophy, by winning the final match, giving him a ‘best 6 match’ score of 52 points, with Steve Myers series 2^nd with 51. It was very close, with the both having a final total points score of 58.

 Only seven Veterans braved the hard frost and Baltic winds to fish a very moody Bellwood lake. The fish certainly didn’t want to play and only 3lb 13oz was required for the win. Only small Roach, a few bleak and a couple of little skimmers were caught. The only bit of excitement during the match was when Chris Evans hooked a rather large Rainbow Trout on the whip, but it was a bit too much for his light gear and he lost it. The top three places:

1^st     Chris Evans                3lb 13oz

2^nd    John Bartram            2lb 10oz

3^rd     Mervyn Burrows        2lb 7oz