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Help the Heroes Match - Tockenham Resevoir Sunday 27th June

Members of the Amalgamated Fisheries Ltd organiseds a blind pairs fishing match at Tockenham Reservoir in Wiltshire on Sunday 27th June. There were 22 anglers taking part and we added an extra £2 to each ticket in aid of Help for Heroes, plus Amalgamated Fisheries Ltd very kindly donated their £4 peg fee for each person to the cause. Therefore I am pleased to say that we have raised £132 for Help for Heroes.

The results of the blind pairs match are as follows:-

Individually Paul Barnfield won on the day with 51lb 02oz. He was opposite the point on the left hand bank and he fished a feeder across with pellet and small boilies for his brilliant bag of Bream and Carp.
Jerry Pocock also did brilliantly, he finished 2nd with 41lb 7oz of Carp and some smaller fish, unfortunately for Jerry one of his Carp went back in the lake before it got weighed.
Les Williams finished in 3rd place with another great weight of 39lb 13oz of Bream and Carp which he took on the waggler and maggot

But the star pairs on the day were:-

1st Pair Jerry Pocock 41lb 7oz and Keith Bilder 25lb 14ozs with a total of 21 points.

Jerry pegged towards the top on the right hand side of the lake where it was very slow to start, He caught carp on pellet and boilies tight to the inside on a pole.
Keith was towards the top of the left hand bank and he caught smaller fish steadily all day on a pole with soft pellet on the hook.

1st pair Jerry Pocock and Keith Builder 21 points.
2nd pair Les Williams Steve Mayberry 19 points.
3rd pair Kevin Dicks and Darren Gillman 17 points
4th pair Dave Thomas and Robin Guy 16 points
Joint 5th pair Lee Malin and John Smith 15 points
Joint 5th pair Paul Barnfield and Jamie Britt 15 points

Potos: The winning pair Jerry Pocock......Keith Bilder then the winning individual Paul Barnfield.

Nicola Goodhind

TOCKENHAM LAKE VETERANS MATCH 13TH AUGUST 2009

The Veterans Match held at Tockenham Lake on the 13th August 2009 once again was a great success. The weather was dry and sunny and 32 Veterans took part. Mainly Bream were caught with some medium sized Carp. The match was followed by a buffet at The White Hart at Lyneham which has now become an excellent social event and where prizes were awarded. The results are as follows :-

Results of King Billy/ Melksham Interclub Match at Lacock 12.07.09

24 Pegs

Results of the pairs match held at Tockenham on Sunday the 7th June 2009

It was a bit disappointing as lots of people backed out either because of illness or going to other matches. In the end only 12 fished.
Despite the weater forcast being awful we actually had very little rain just the odd spots. The rain waited until we finished the match. We had quite bright sunshine at times.
The top 3 weights all came from the left hand bank, the dam wall did not really produce. Paul Barnfield won the match individually fishing a feeder with mini boiles and hair rigged strawberry pellets at 50-60 meters. He was peg 5 which was about half way up the left hand bank. He had a good bag of Bream to 3lb and a carp of about 5lb . Les Williams was on peg 7, which about 3/4 of the way up the left hand bank and he fished a waggler up in the water with maggot on the hook for a fantastic catch of 29 Bream & Skimmers plus a 3lb tench. Andy Britt (Bathampton Avon Aquatics) who was on peg 2 just up from opposite the point on the left hand bank, fished a feeder at 40 meters with groundbait and double or triple maggots for his weight of 26lb 5oz, which consisted of Skimmers & Bream from 4oz - 4lb each. Brian Paul with 17lb 14oz of Skimmers was the top weight from the dam wall.

Pairs
1st Andy Britt & Geoff Brierley 9 points combined weight of 41lb
2nd Les Williams & Mike Goodhind 9 points combined weight of 40lb 05oz
3rd Brian Paul & Steve Evans (Frys) 7 points combined

Individuals
1 Paul Barnfield Amalgamated Fisheries
2 Les Williams Crosshands
3 Andy Britt Bathampton Avon Aquatics
4 Brian Paul Amalgamated Fisheries
5 Groff Brierley
6 Vincent Lunn Amalgamated Fisheries

Nicky

Pictures of Limley Stoke 11th Feb 2009 .......caused by the melting snow

As from the 1st January 2010 a Veteran "Life Permit" will be issued for a one off fee of £20.00.

Blind Pairs Match - Tockenham 3rd August 2008 - report Nicky Goodhind
The match went off well there were15 pairs entered, the result was decided on by points in sections. A section which was on the left hand leg of the lake in the narrower water fished very hard and there were 5 blanks. Only two carp showed in the whole match. Steve Saunders (Stretch) had one of them and the other was caught by Paul Barnfield. (Barney) Barney’s carp was about 13lbs, it was a lovely specimen. B section which was in the wider water opposite the point and up towards the dam, plus the first part of the dam wall, it fished much better in this section with 7 double figure weights of skimmers and bream.

Results on the day were:-

1st pair Neil Mercer (Amalgamated Fisheries) & Paul Elmes (Amalgamated Fisheries) with a total of 28 points and a combined weight of 52lb 10oz

2nd pair Bill Milton (Frys) and Vincent Lunn (Amalgamated Fisheries) with a total of 25 points and a combined weight of 30lb 5oz.

3rd pair Kevin Dicks (Bathampton Avon Aquatics) and Richard Lacey (Amalgamated Fisheries) with a total of 22 points and a combined weight of 19lb 08oz.

Individually Neil Mercer had a fantastic match; he won the match fishing a ground bait feeder with maggot on the hook. He had over 20 skimmers and bream from the end peg on the dam wall. He weighed in 41lb 13oz. Bill Milton finished 2nd he was near the top of the left hand bank and he also fished a ground bait feeder with maggot and worm. He weighed in 22lb 11oz. Craig Edmunds (Trigger) (Amalgamated Fisheries) finished 3rd he was also near the top of the left hand bank and was fishing ground bait feeder and maggot. He weighed in 22lb 10oz. All of the above anglers came from B section. Paul Barnfield (Amalgamated Fisheries) won A section with 17lb 12oz one carp and skimmers which he caught using a ground bait feeder and mini boilies.

1st photo: Individual winner Neil Mercer with a nice skimmer his winning weight was 41lb 13ozs
2nd photo: Paul Barnfield with carp a of 13lb be came 4th in the individuals with 17lb 12oz - Report by Nicky Goodhind.

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