Amalgamated Fisheries Winter League Team

1st round of the South West Winter League 02/10/2011
Jack Whites Crane Swineford 50 pegs

1st Graham Hunt Maver Bathampton 18.12
2nd Martin Rayett Maver Bathampton 18.09
3rd Shaun Townsend Maver Bathampton 14.10
4th Guy Manton Preston Innovation Thatchers 12.10
5th Vincent Lunn Amalgamated Fisheries 12.04
6th Simon Dennis Sensas Wiltshire Angling 11.10
7th Steve Hutchinson Sensas Wiltshire Angling 11.02
8th Chris Parr Sensas Thyers 10.10

Teams on day
1st Maver Bathampton 38
2nd Sensas Wiltshire Angling 35
3rd Preston Innovation Thatchers 32
4th Sensas Thyers 26
5th Amalgamated Fisheries 19

Teams Overall
1st Maver Bathampton 1
2nd Sensas Wiltshire Angling 2
3rd Preston Innovation Thatchers 3
4th Sensas Thyers 4
5th Amalgamated Fisheries 5

Graham Hunt was on peg 30 right on the fence by Swineford bridge, he fished a crowquill with small balls of groundballs and castor for a brilliant bag of Roach

Martin Rayett was on peg 18 in the 2nd field at Swineford and he caught roach and big chub on a waggler and maggot feeder.

1st Darren Gilman Maver Bathampton 89.01
2nd Steve Skelton Amalgamated Fisheries 47.01
3rd Paul Purchase Sensas Thyers 32.10
4th Eddie Wynne Sensas Wiltshire Angling 28.10
5th Simon Dennis Sensas Wiltshire Angling 18.12
6th Nicky Ewers Preston Innovation Thatchers 16.04
7th Mark Bromsgrove Sensas Thyers 15.10
8th Andy Ottaway Preston Innovation Thatchers 13.04

Teams on day
1st Sensas Thyers 37
2nd Maver Bathampton 33.5
3rd Preston Innovation Thatchers 32
4th Sensas Wiltshire Angling 26
5th Amalgamated Fisheries 22.5

Teams Overall
1st Maver Bathampton 3
2nd Sensas Thyers 5
3rd Preston Innovation Thatchers 6
4th Sensas Wiltshire Angling 6
5th Amalgamated Fisheries 10

Darren Gilman was on peg 12 in the little donkey field opposite the mouth of the Marina. He balled in 10 balls and fished a pole at 13mtrs with castor and worm, for his amazing weight of 89.01, he caught 15 Bream up to 5lb each, Skimmers and Hybrids.

Steve Skelton was next to Darren on peg 11, he also had an amazing weight of Bream & Skimmers. He caught his fish down the middle of the river on a crowquill feeding small balls of ground bait and castor.

Paul Purchase was on peg 66, he fished the pole with castor at 11.5mtrs having balled it 1st. He had 4 Bream up to 6lb, Skimmers and Roach.

1st Kevin Boltz Amalgamated Fisheries 45.11
2nd Rob Mann Sensas Wiltshire Angling 30.14
3rd Paul Barnfield Amalgamated Fisheries 23.14
4th Shaun Kitteridge Sensas Thyers 23.13
5th Nick Chedzoy Preston Innovation Thatchers 22.09
6th Andy Britt Maver Bathampton 21.15
7th Tim Ford Preston Innovation Thatchers 19.01
8th Dave Wride Sensas Thyers 16.01

Teams on day
1st Sensas Thyers 33.5
2nd Preston Innovation Thatchers 32
3rd Maver Bathampton 30
4th Amalgamated Fisheries 28.5
5th Sensas Wiltshire Angling 26

Teams Overall
1st = Maver Bathampton 6
1st = Sensas Thyers 6
3rd Preston Innovation Thatchers 8
4th Sensas Wiltshire Angling 11
5th Amalgamated Fisheries 14

Kevin Boltz of Amalgamated Fisheries, was drawn at peg 63 at Newbridge, he balled 10 balls at 13 mtrs, and fished the pole with castor for a brilliant weight of 45lb 11oz. Kevin caught steadily on the pole, he had Roach, Skimmers and a Bream about 31/2lb, He then switched to the feeder and caught 6 Bream in the last hour.

Rob Mann of Sensas Wiltshire Angling, drew peg 10 at Swineford, he fished the ground bait feeder over, with castor and worm for his lovely bag of Skimmers & Bream.

4th Round of the South West Winter League 06.11.11

Newbridge 50 pegs

1st = Paul Purchase Sensas Thyers 18.02
1st = Mark BromsgroveSensas Thyers 18.02
3rd Steve Hutchinson Sensas Wiltshire Angling 14.10
4th Chris Parr Sensas Thyers 13.12
5th Kevin Boltz Amalgamated Fisheries 12.07
6th Nick Chedzoy Preston Innovation Thatchers 10.11
7th Andy Ottaway Preston Innovation Thatchers 10.06
8th Steve Priddle Sensas Thyers 9.15

Teams on day
1st Sensas Thyers 40
2nd Preston Innovation Thatchers 38
3rd Maver Bathampton 28
4th = Amalgamated Fisheries 22
4th = Sensas Wiltshire Angling 22

Teams Overall
1st Sensas Thyers 7
2nd Maver Bathampton 9
3rd Preston Innovation Thatchers 10
4th Sensas Wiltshire Angling 15
5th Amalgamated Fisheries 18

The river fished very hard today with a lot of very smaller weights. It was definitely a Thyers day today. Paul Purchase and Mark Bromsgrove both of Sensas Thyers joint won the match with 18lb 02 oz each.

Paul was pegged at no 26 at Newbridge, he fished a pole at 13meters for Roach Perch and 1 Bream, he then fished a feeder ¾ across with chopped worm and castor for 2 more Bream, one went 71/2lb.

Mark was pegged at no 46 at Newbridge, he fished a feeder down the middle with maggot and worm for his bag of Skimmers, Eels Perch & 3 Bream.

5th Round of the South West Winter League 20.11.11

K & A Canal Darlington to Bathampton 50 pegs

1st Nathaniel Johnson Preston Innovation Thatchers 16.09
2nd Liam Braddell Preston Innovation Thatchers 14.08
3rd Chris Parr Sensas Thyers 11.10
4th Nick Chedzoy Preston Innovation Thatchers 10.15
5th Dave Micklewright Maver Bathampton 9.14
6th Steve Skelton Amalgamated Fisheries 9.09
7th Nigel Saunders Sensas Wiltshire Angling 9.05
8th Andy Britt Maver Bathampton 8.03

Teams on day
1st Preston Innovation Thatchers 40
2nd Sensas Thyers 34
3rd Maver Bathampton 31.5
4th Sensas Wiltshire Angling 26.5
5th Amalgamated Fisheries 18

Teams Overall
1st Sensas Thyers 9
2nd Preston Innovation Thatchers 11
3rd Maver Bathampton 12
4th Sensas Wiltshire Angling 19
5th Amalgamated Fisheries 23

Nathaniel Johnson of Preston Innovation Thatchers won the 5th round today. Nathaniel was pegged in the bay at Darlington Wharf. He started on the pole with bread at 6mtrs, catching Roach, and finished on Castor and Joker across to the reeds. He caught steadily all day and his fish included a 2lb Roach and Skimmers.

Liam Bradell of Preston Innovation Thatchers was pegged outside of the George at Bathampton. He started on the pole at 6.5 mtrs on bread where he had about 8 or 9lb of Roach & Skimmers, when it died he started fishing at 9 mtrs still on bread for the remainder of his bag of Skimmers and Roach.

6th Round of the South West Winter League 04.12.11
K & A Canal Darlington to Bathampton 50 pegs

1st = Kevin Boltz Amalgamated Fisheries 9.05
2nd Andy Britt Maver Bathampton 8.10
3rd Simon Dennis Sensas Wiltshire Angling 7.14
4th Andy Powers Preston Innovation Thatchers 7.03
5th Darren Gillman Maver Bathampton 6.13
6th Mark Brennan Preston Innovation Thatchers 6.08
7th Gary O’Shea Preston Innovation Thatchers 6.04
8th Dave Haines Amalgamated Fisheries 5.12

Teams on day
1st Preston Innovation Thatchers 40
2nd Maver Bathampton 31.6
3rd Sensas Thyers 29.5
5th Sensas Wiltshire Angling 28.5
4th Amalgamated Fisheries 20.5

Teams Overall
1st Sensas Thyers 12
=1st Preston Innovation Thatchers 12
3rd Maver Bathampton 14
4th Sensas Wiltshire Angling 23
5th Amalgamated Fisheries 28

Winner on the day was Kevin Boltz of Amalgamated Fisheries, Kevin drew by the bridge at Meadow Farm, where he caught Skimmers and Roach at 4 mtrs on bread, he had 5lb in the 1st hour. He then fished tight over on worm, Castor, or Pinkie for a couple more Skimmers and the rest of his bag of fish.

Runner up on the day was Andy Britt of Maver Bathampton, he was pegged opposite the School at Bathampton, he fished at 4mtrs on bread, catching Skimmers up to 2lb and Roach. He then fished the bottom of the far shelf, alternating his bait of castor and bloodworm, for his bag of fish.

Team wise it was very close with Thyers and Thatchers drawing on overall points, but Thyers won overall thanks to 3 match wins.

Individual Champion was Andy Ottaway of Preston Innovation Thatchers with 27 points
2nd Paul Purchase of Sensas Thyers with 25.5 points
=3rd Liam Braddell of Preston Innovation Thatchers with 24
=3rd Shaun Townsend of Maver Bathampton with 24 points
5th Mark Bromsgrove with 23 points

Paul Purchase of Sensas Thyers won the knockout and Steve Priddle of Sensas Thyers was runner up.

Report by Nicky Goodhind

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