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Avon v Pucklechurch Sun 24th Feb 2008

A good turn out of almost 30 fished the river Avon at Melksham on Sunday with sections being spread between Beanacre to Conigre. The lack of colour in the water made some pegs really hard but never the less some good weights were recorded.

Winner on the day with an excellent 35lb 6oz was Melksham's Robbie Kepner. Drawn bellow the "burnt willow" at Conigre Robbie fished bread flake under a stick float and caught chub to four pounds.

Runner up was Stewart White of Chippenham with 18lb 12oz of chub and roach taken on the pole with caster as hook bait from a peg at Forest Farm.

Third was Brian Derek from Yate with 16lb 10oz of chub and roach caught on breed punch under a crow quill float, again for a peg at Forest Farm.

Top Six
1 ROBIE KEPNER 35:06
2 STEWART WHITE 18:12
3 BRIAN DEREK 16:10
4 PETE MILLS 12:05
5 ROBIN GUY 11:06
6 ROGER WARLOCK 10:06

Team Result (top nine from each side)
1 AVON AC 118:02
2 PUCKLECHURCH 37:07

The golden pegs were not won and now stand at A) £500 and B) £116

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Salisbury AC v Avon AC Sun 17th Feb

River Nadder, Salisbury

Top Six
1 Bob Ryan 32:04 all chub/ waggler/ maggot - Deanery Meadow
2 Graham Pulling 17:02 dace - stick float/maggot - Churchfields
3 = Ray Ridgers 13:05 dace,roach - stick float/maggot - Harnham Mill
4 = H Adams 13:05 chub - stick float/maggot - Deanery Meadow
5 Paul Barnard 13:04 chub - pole/maggot - Churchfields
6 Jim Smith 13:02 chub - stick float/maggot - Elizabeth Gardens

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Avon Open Sun 10th Feb 2008

A good turn out of over forty fished the river Avon in near summer like weather but as of recent weeks it was only the better fish that showed.

Drawn in the middle of the Scotland Road section, Swindon's Alan Brown fished the pole at 12 meters over ground bait with worm and red maggot on the hook. The method produced three good bream to six pound and a few perch for a winning 16lb 4oz

Melksham's Robbie Keepner took second place with 10lb 4oz from just bellow Scotland Road footbridge. Robbie's catch included a chub of over 4lb and a tench of 5lb both caught in the last half hour of the match.

Third with the only roach catch of the day was Eamon Byrne with 10lb 1oz from a peg behind Sainsburys.

Top six

1 ALAN BROWN 16:04
2 ROBIE KEEPNER 10:04
3 EAMON BYRNE 10:01
4 ROBIN GUY 9:06
5 BOB RYAN 8:09
6 NIGEL SMITH 7:11

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Avon Club Pairs Match Thur 27th Dec 2007

Having had to switch the clubs Xmas match to the K&A Canal at Semington due to the river being in flood it was more of the same for this annual club pairs contest.
And the canal was in poor form after being iced over just a few days before. Never the less 23, sorry make that 22 members stuck at the task of putting what they could in their nets.

Individual winner on the day was Devizes angler Kevin Rowels making good use of the first peg on Whaddon side of Semmington Road Bridge.
Kev managed to tempt the odd small skimmer with red maggot or pinkie, pole fished at nine meters over ground bait for a total 4lb 14oz.

Melksham's Tony (Four Star) Gilbert was runner up with 3lb 13oz from the next peg, which included a bonus one-pound skimmer taken on worm over chopped worm again on a nine-meter pole line.

Pete Macey was third with an all small fish net of 2lb 10oz

Top Six

1 KEVIN ROWELS 4:14
2 TONY GILBERT 3:13
3 PETE MACEY 2:10
4 JIM ESCOTT 2:03
5 BOB RYAN 2:02
6 NEIL HOUNSELL 1:14

Top Two Pairs

1 KEVIN ROWELS & PETE MILLS 5:09
2 NEIL HOUNSELL & PETE MACEY 4:08

Neither golden peg was won and are now worth (A) £500 and (B) £88

May I take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy and Successful New Year from all at Avon AC.

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Avon AC Club Xmas Match Sat 1st Dec 2007

Yet again heavy overnight rain forced a last minute switch for our popular Xmas club match. Having pegged a “spot on” river on Friday the match was hastily re-pegged on the K&A Canal at Semington and Hilperton after the river rose three or four feet overnight.

Winner on the day was Chippenham’s Stewart White with an excellent 14lb 14oz of skimmers to eight ounce’s. Drawn at the first peg past the aqueduct at Semington Stewart fished the pole at eleven meters with red maggot as hook bait on a size 20 hook. He kept the fish interested by feeding a half a pint of pinkie’s throughout the five hours.

Runner up was Bath match man “Stretch” who fished the pole close in and alternated between worm and red maggot on the hook. Stretch caught good-sized perch over the chopped worm and a few skimmers on maggot for a total of 12lb 2oz.

Third spot went to Kevin Rowels of Devizes who caught skimmers and small roach on the pole at eleven meters with red maggot on the hook. Kev feed ground bait and pinkie’s and finished with 9lb 5oz.

1 STEWART WHITE 14:14
2 STRETCH 12:02
3 KEVIN ROWELS 9:05
4 GRAHAM PEARCE 9:00
5 ROBBIE KEPNER 7:14
6 COLIN GITTINGS 7:09

The golden peg’s were not won and now stands at (A) £500 and (B) £70

Once again the Club would like to thank club sectary Percy Edwards and family. Also Jim Escott, Mark Crook, Robin Guy and all who's efforts made this event one of the best of its kind in the South West.
Also a big thank you to Devizes AA for the use of their waters at Semington.

Thanks again to all the members who turned out to fish and we hope to see you back again next year.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR FROM ALL AT THE AVON ANGLING CLUB.

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Avon Open Sun 14th Oct 2007

With the river Avon running low and clear this was another difficult match for the competitors in this Avon Ac Open match fished at Forest Farm down to Portman Road Green.

Melksham’s Pete Mills needed just 7lb 1oz of pole caught roach to take top spot from the “Armchair” peg at Portman Road. Pete fished red maggot and lose feed hemp and caster at seven meters to keep the fish feeding.

Runner up was match organizer Marcus Crook of Melksham with an all roach net of 6lb 6oz. Fishing the pole close in Marcus feed and caught on hemp seed from a peg at Forest Farm.

George Hobbs of Tetbury took third spot with 5lb 12oz of mostly perch taken on float-fished worm.

Top six

1 PETE MILLS 7:01
2 MARK CROOK 6:06
3 GEORGE HOBBS 5:12
4 JIM ESCOTT 4:04
5 VIC ABBOTT 2.14
6 ANDY PRATTEN 2.11

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Avon AC Club Match Sun 7th Oct 2007

The river Avon at Conigre looked in perfect condition for this club match but for most of the field it proved very difficult to get bites with just two or three pounds a man being the average.

Bucking the trend was Match organiser Marcus Crook of Melksham with a fine net of small chub taken on float fished maggot . Marcus used a stick float at peg 15 and a switch to a wagler in the last hour produced a fish a chuck to put a winning 15lb 14oz on the scales

Runner up with 9lb 8oz was Melksham’s Pete Mills. Fishing long pole with maggot hook bait Pete took three good chub and some bits from peg 25.

Bob Ryan fished stick float and caster for third place with 5lb 4oz of roach from peg 22

Top Six

1 MARCUS CROOK 15:14
2 PETE MILLS 9:08
3 BOB RYAN 5:04
4 NICK LOFY 5:3
5 NIGEL SMITH 2:15
6 TREVOR PAYNE 2:04

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Avon Open Sat 8th Sep 2007

THERE was a fair turn out for the Avon open match fished on Sunday on the Avon at the Conigre and Forest stretches at Melksham.

Rob Kepner, of Melksham, won with a mixed catch of tench and roach weighing 14lb, taken alternating with pole-fished worm and caster from a peg at Portman Road

. John Wright, of Chippenham, was second with an all-roach catch weighing 9lb 7oz 8dm, taken on pole-fished casters, and Robin Guy, of Melksham, was third with a roach catch weighing 9lb 1oz, taken on pole-fished hemp.

Other placings: 4 Trevor Payne, Chippenham, 8lb 15oz; 5 Brian Hague, Melksham, 8lb 14oz; 6 Mark Wooldridge, Chippenham, 8lb 3oz.

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Sat 8th Sep 2007 Avon Club Saturday Series
Sponsored by SCC Transport of Devizes
Match Four

Fished on the river Avon at Conigre the final round of this popular mini league series was hard work for most with only two double figure weights recorded.

Drawn at peg 24, Somerford Keynes angler Andy Pratten put together a good winning weight of 16lb 2oz. Fishing with stick float and caster Andy had good roach and small chub feeding hemp and caster and added a bonus 4lb plus chub in the final minuets.

Runner up was Melksham's Jim Escott with a small fish net of 11lb. Starting with stick float and caster Jim switched to wagler and maggot for the second half of the match to stay in touch with the fish.

Third was Robbie Kepner of Melksham with 7lb 3oz of pole caught roach from peg 5.

A very close finish in the league standings saw a tie at the top with Robbie Kepner and Gary Williamson both on 22 points, Robbie taking top place and the £100 prize money by weight.

Result on the day

1 ANDY PRATTEN 16:02
2 JIM ESCOTT 11:00
3 ROBBIE KEPNER 7:03
4 TIM SETTLE 6:15
5 BOB RYAN 6:08
6 ADRIAN MCTIFFIN 6:03

Final League Standings

1 ROBBIE KEPNER 22 POINTS (31:14)
2 GARY WILLIAMSON 22 POINTS (29:14)
3 KEVIN ABIEGALE 20 POINTS

No golden peg was won and they now stand at £500 and £30

Avon AC would like to thank Markus Crook and SCC Transport for their generous support of this series.

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Sat 18th Aug 2007 Avon Club Saturday Series
Sponsored by SCC Transport of Devizes
Match Three

Once again the match was switched to the K&A Canal at Semmington and again it was the skimmer bream that dominated the weights.

Making the most of end peg 1, Devizes match man Kevin Rowles put 13lb 2oz of good skimmer bream in the net to win this third round contest. Fishing worm on the hook over ground bait and chopped worm Kev caught the bulk of his fish on the pole at 11 meters.

Tim Suttle of Bradford was second with 9lb 6oz of skimmers and roach again taken on the pole at 11 meters but with red maggot on the hook over ground bait and caster.

Third place went to Swindon's Alan Brown with 8lb 14oz of skimmers taken on maggots on the pole at 12 meters

The golden pegs were not won and now stand at £500 and £19

Top Six

1 KEVIN ROWLES 13:02
2 TIM SUTTLE 9:06
3 ALAN BROWN 8:14
4 BRIAN HAIG 7:00
5 GARY WILLIAMSON 5:06
6 KEVIN ABBIGALE 4:09

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Sat 4th Aug 2007 Avon Club Saturday Series
Sponsored by SCC Transport of Devizes
Match Two

At last the river Avon was just about back to normal for this weekends second SCC Saturday series match. 20 plus club members turned out and fished from Forest Farm down to Portman Road and unexpectedly it was the Portman Road end that turned in the best weights.

Fishing on the downstream end peg behind the Avon car park, Swindon’s Alan Brown had a cracking days fishing putting together a winning weight of 20lb 15oz. Fishing a big stick float with maggot over ground bait Alan caught roach all day and even netted two good tench of three pounds a piece.

Runner up was Westbury match man Kevin Abigail with 17lb of mostly worm caught perch and eels on the pole at just six meters from a peg on the middle of the Portman Rd stretch,

Melksham’s Rob Kepner took third spot with an all roach catch of 14lb 4oz taken on long pole and caster over ground bait at a peg at the Forest Farm end.

The golden peg has now reached it's maximum of £500 so a second (B) Golden peg has been started which stands at £3

Top six

1 ALAN BROWN 20:15
2 KEVIN ABIGAIL 17:00
3 ROB KEPNER 14:04
4 GARY WILLIAMSON 11:15
5 PETE MILLS 11:05
6 DAVE BAKER 10:15

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Sat 28th July 2007 Avon Club Saturday Series
Sponsored by SCC Transport of Devizes
Match One

With the river Avon in flood yet again this first round SCC sponsored Saturday series match was moved to the K&A Canal at Semington.
And yet again it was the canals skimmer bream that made up the bulk of the weights in what turned out to be a very good match.

Drawn at peg one at the road bridge end, Melksham's Adrian McTiffin made good use of the end peg putting 16lb 13oz on the scales. Starting off on pole and red maggot fished down the middle over ground bait Adrian took roach and skimmers to a pound. A switch to the long pole with worm over chopped worm kept fish feeding through the final two hours and he finished the match over 3lb clear of the field.

Second spot went to Melksham's Mark Crook with 13lb 4oz of skimmers and two good eels all taken on long pole and worm fished over chopped worm.

Melksham's Gary Williamson was third with an all skimmer catch of 12lb 9oz taken on long pole and red maggot over ground bait and caster.

Top six

1 ADRIAN MCTIFFIN 16:13
2 MARK CROOK 13:04
3 GARY WILLIAMSON 12:09
4 GRAHAM PEARCE 12:08
5 BOB RYAN 11:02
6 ROB KEPNER 10:07

The golden peg rolls over and is now worth £483

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Sun 22nd July 2007 Interclub Match

Avon AC v Chippenhan v Calne v Salisbury

Heavy rain on Thursday night had the river Avon out of its banks by Friday morning so this popular interclub match was promptly switched to the K&A Canal at Semington. Many of the 45 anglers form the four different clubs found it hard going due to the large number of people and boats making the most of Sundays better weather but despite the tough conditions there were still some good weights recorded with a very close finish

First place went to Tetbury angler Pat Brushneen who weighed in 17lb 3oz of bream and skimmers. Fishing for Avon AC, Pat fished red maggot on the pole at 13 meters and lose feed casters to keep the fish feeding.

Second spot went to Salisbury man Ray Ridges with 16lb 9oz of skimmers, again taken on long pole and red maggot hook bait this time fished over ground bait

Calne angler K Moore was third with 15lb 8oz of mostly skimmers, again caught on long pole and red maggot over ground bait.

Top six

1 PAT BRUSHNEEN AVON AC 17:03
2 RAY RIDGES SALISBURY 16:09
3 K MOORE CALNE 15:08
4 GARY WILLIAMSON AVON AC 14:09
5 KEVIN ROWELS AVON AC 10:08
6 BOB RYAN AVON AC 10:04

Team Result

1 AVON AC 59:00
2 SALISBURY 39:11
3 CALNE 34:14
4 CHIPPENHAM 21:09

The Golden Peg will roll over and is now worth £465

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Sun 15th July 2007 King Billy Away, Lacock (match two)

This was the second of our match’s against King Billy of Bristol fished on the river Avon at Lacock and once again there was some cracking fishing.

Pegged at the popular Abby Fields section where the river was carrying a few inches of extra water, conditions were near perfect for stick float fishing and the top three all fished this method to put lots of good quality roach in the net.

Winner on the day was King Billy’s Jerry Pocock with 20lb 8oz of roach from peg 4. Stick float with caster on the hook and hemp and caster loss feed kept the fish feeding through out the five hour’s

Doing exactly the same thing gave Avon’s Pat Brusneen 17lb 3oz though Pat’ catch was made up with mostly dace and small chub for second place

There was a tie for third spot between Mark Crook and Clive Baber both fishing for Avon and both taking 16lb 12oz of good roach again on the stick float.

Top Six

1 JERRY POCOCK 20:08 King Billy
2 PAT BRUSHNEEN 17:03 Avon AC
3 = MARK CROOK 16:12 Avon AC
3 = CLIVE BABER 16:12 Avon AC
5 JOHN GARNER 16:05 Avon AC
6 ROGER WARLOCK 14:06 King Billy

Team Result (top four from each club)

AVON AC 67:00
KING BILLY 49:12

The golden peg was not won and rolls over at £419

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Avon Club Evening Club Match 4

Tue 10th July 2007

With the river at Conigre a little high and coloured weights were bellow normal

Fishing peg 18 Melksham's Robbie Kepner fished the stick float with caster to take 7lb 10oz of roach and finished a clear pound ahead of Melksham's Robin Guy who weighed 6lb 5oz
Andy Pratten of Somerford Keyness was third with 5lb 5oz

Top Five

1 ROBIE KEPNER 7:10
2 ROBIN GUY 6:05
3 ANDY PRATTEN 5:05
4 BOB RYAN 4:11
5 ABBY PONTIN 3:11

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Evening club match's 2 &3 were cancelled due to high river levels.

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Sun 24th June 2007 King Billy Away, Lacock

The river Avon at Lacock’s Abby fields was in fine form for this annual inter club match and the top dozen or so anglers all made double figures.

Winner on the day was Calne matchman Nigel Smith with an excellent 30lb 1oz from a peg just above the bridge. Nigel fished a stick float with red maggot and fed 3 pints of maggot and caster to take good size chub and roach throughout the five hours.

Runner up was Chippenham angler Stewart White with a very good 29lb 5oz of mostly roach.
Stewart fished the pole over ground bait with caster for hook bait from a peg in the top field.

Melksham’s Robin Guy was third with 19lb 13oz of roach taken on stick float and caster.

Top Six

1 Nigel Smith (Avon AC) 30:01
2 Stewart White (Avon AC) 29:05
3 Robin Guy (Avon AC) 19:13
4 Bob Ryan (Avon AC) 13:10
5 Pat Brusneen (Avon AC) 13:09
5 Andy Pratten (Avon AC) 13:09

Team result (top four)

Avon AC 92:13
King Billy 25:07

The golden peg pot was not won and now stands at £400

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Avon Club Evening Club Match 1

Tue 19th June 2007

Just a handful of club members turned out for the first of four Tuesday evening matches to be fished at Conigre. With the weather cold and wet fish were had to find but this resulted in a very close finish with just one 1oz separating the top three.

Tying for first place were Robin Guy and Robbie Kepner with 7lb 9oz each.
Robbie fished pole and worm at peg 3 and took small chub and a few good perch while Robin fished red maggot on the pole over ground bait for an all roach catch at peg 5.

Third with 7lb 8oz was Mark Crook with one good chub and some bits taken on stick float and caster.

Top Five

1= Robin Guy 7:09
1= Robbie Kepner 7:09
3 Mark Crook 7:08
4 Andy Pratten 6:10
5 Bob Ryan 4:15

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Avon Open Sun 27th May 2007 K&A Canal

15 Anglers turned out on this wet and windy day on the K&A Canal at Semington to fish this Avon Open match.

Despite the poor weather some good weights were recorded with the skimmer bream feeding well.

Top spot went to Melksham man Adrian McTiffin with an all skimmer catch of 14lb 12oz. Adrian took his fish using long pole with red maggot on the hook over ground bait.

Using similar tactics Bradford–On-Avon angler Neil Honusell was second with 13lb 10oz which included an ell of 3lb 14oz

Third place went to Kevin Rowels of Devizes with 11lb 1oz of skimmers.

Top Six

1 ADRIAN MCTIFFIN 14:12
2 NEIL HOUNSELL 13:10
3 KEVIN ROWELS 11:01
4 ROBIN GUY 9:10
5 BRIAN DERICK 8:14
6 PAUL ANDREWS 5:04
6 GARY WILLIAMSON 5:04

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Salisbury v Avon AC Sunday 7th Feb 2007

Melksham's Pete Mills had a cracking days fishing on the river Nadder in Salisbury with 30lb 13oz of dace and chub to win this first ever interclub between Avon AC and Salisbury. Fishing with stick float and maggot on an 18 hook Pete kept the fish coming by feeding three pints of maggot.

Runner up was Salisbury's Tom Baker 16lb 10oz of chub taken on the wagler with maggot hook bait

Salisbury match secretary Paul Barnard was third with 16lb 6oz of chub and dace taken on the pole.

Top six

1 Pete Mills 30:13 Avon AC
2 Tom Barker 16:10 Salisbury AC
3 Paul Barnard 16:06 Salisbury AC
4 Matt Gentile 13:10 Salisbury AC
5 Denis Baker 13:06 Avon AC
6 Robin Guy 11:09 Avon AC

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Avon Open Sunday 28th Jan 2007

The Bristol Avon was in reasonable condition for this Avon Open match fished at Portman Road and Scotland Road.

Fishing the end peg at Scotland Road, Melksham’s Snowy White took top spot with a 10lb 10oz net of good roach. Snowy fished a crow quill float with punched bread over ground bait and caught steadily down the middle.

Runner up was Vic Abbott of Trowbridge. Pegged at the top end of Scotland road, bellow the green bridge, Vic fished just the same as the winner to put 9lb 12oz of roach on the scales.

Melksham’s Clive Baber was third with 8lb 3oz from a peg on Portman Road. Fishing with stick float and caster Clive had two good chub and some bits.

Top six

1 SNOWY WHITE 10:10
2 VIC ABBOTT 9:12
3 CLIVE BABER 8:03
4 PETE MACEY 7:07
5 STAN BLACKBOURN 7:02
6 ROBIN GUY 5:11

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Avon Club Pairs Match Wed 27 Dec 2006

With near perfect conditions on Bristol Avon the 26 or so member who turned out for this annual event had some cracking winter fishing.

Pegged at Forest Farm, Andy Pratten caught roach, dace and small chub for an excellent winning weight of 20 12oz. Andy fished a stick float with maggot and caster on a 18 hook and feed hemp and caster to keep the fish coming.

Runner up was Kevin Bamford who also fish stick float and caster for an almost all roach catch of 16lb 8oz taken from a peg at the top end of Portman Road.

Third was Kevin Rowels with 16lb 5oz of mostly roach taken from a peg at Scotland Road. Fishing the pole at 11 meters over "balled in" ground bait Kev kept the fish feeding with caster and fished maggot on the hook.

Top Six
1 ANDY PRATTEN 20:12
2 KEVIN BAMFORD 16:08
3 KEVIN ROWELS 16:05
4 BRYAN HAIG 15:06
5 ALAN BROWN 14:08
6 PETE MILLS 12:02

Top Three Pairs
1 ANDY PRATTEN & NIGE SMITH 25:04
2 ALAN BROWN & TONY GILBERT 24:10
3 KEVIN ROWELS & CLIVE BABER 23:15

The golden peg was not won and now stands at £373

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Avon AC Xmas Club Match Sat 2nd Dec 2006

Robin Guy of Melksham, winner of the 2006 club xmas match.

With a week of heavy rainfall that saw the river Avon in flood this match was switched to the K&A Canal at Semington and Hilperton. This turned out to be a good move as over half the field of 68 club members managed to weigh in over three pounds and the top seven all had double figures.

Winner on the day was Melksham's Robin Guy with an excellent 19lb 6oz of good skimmers to over a pound from the Hilperton end of the match. Fishing the pole down the middle over ground bait with red maggot on a size 24 hook, Robin kept the fish interested by feeding a half a pint of pinkie throughout the five hours.

Runner up was Bristol matchman Kevin Boltz who again fished the pole down the middle but alternated between caster and worm on the hook. Fishing a peg at the Semington end Kevin caught good-sized skimmers and three very good perch over the chopped worm for a total of 15lb 6oz.

Peg next to Kevin was Third placed P Humphrey who caught skimmers and small roach on the pole with red maggot on the hook.

1 R GUY 19:06
2 K BOLTZ 15:06
3 P HUMPHREY 14:04
4 K ROWELS 13:01
5 A PRATTEN 10:04
6 N SMITH 10:00
6 G WILLIAMSON 10:00

The golden peg was not won and now stands at £349

Once again the Club would like to thank club sectary Percy Edwards and family, Jim Escott, Mark Crook and all who's efforts made this event one of the best of its kind in the South West.
Thanks also to all members who turned out to fish and we hope to see you back again next year.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR FROM ALL AT THE AVON ANGLING CLUB.

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Avon AC Open Sun 15 Oct 2006

Sponsored by SCC Transport of Devizes

Sundays SSC sponsored open saw the river back to being low and clear but despite this some good weights were recorded from both the Forest and Beanacre sections.

First on the day was club match sectary Mark Crook of Melksham with a very good 24lb 7oz made up of three good bream and about 10lb of roach. All Mark’s fish were taken on a five-meter whip over ground bait with caster on the hook from a peg above the hatches at Forest.

Second spot went to Chippenham’s John Garner with 9lb 11oz of small fish from the end peg at Beanacre. John fished red maggot on the pole at 10 meters and feed chopped worm and caster to keep the fish feeding.

South Cerney’s Paul Rice was third with 9lb 5 oz from a peg above the Beanacre “S” bends.
Paul’s catch was made up of mostly small fish but included some very good perch taken on ledgered worm.

Top Six

1 MARK CROOK 24:07
2 JOHN GARNER 9:11
3 PAUL RICE 9:05
4 JOHN WRIGHT 7:04
5 CLIVE BABER 6:09
6 ANDY PRATTEN 6:08

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Avon AC Club Match Sun 8th of Oct 2006

Fished from Sainsburys to the By-pass Bridge, this club match produced some good roach fishing with the river in near perfect condition.

Drawn just above the bridge, Melksham's Mark Crook took top spot with an all roach catch of 16lb 13oz. Fishing a five metre whip with caster on a twenty hook and feeding hemp proved to be the winning method.

Runner up was Bob Ryan of Melksham with 11lb 7oz of roach taken on tears fished under a crow quill float and lose feed hemp.

Third was Paul Rice with 7lb 7oz of roach taken on stick float and caster.

Top Six

1 MARK CROOK 16:13
2 BOB RYAN 11:07
3 PAUL RICE 7:07
4 JOHN WRIGHT 5:06
5 ANDY PRATTEN 4:00
6 TREVOR PAYNE 3:12

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Sun 17 Sep 2006 Airsprung Home

This first ever inter club match between Avon AC and Air Sprung of Trowbrige produced some good fishing on the Bristol Avon in Melksham.

Drawn on peg one at Conigre, Melksham’s Robin Guy took top spot fishing stick float and caster for an excellent net of small fish weighing 18lb 7oz

Runner up was Vic Abbott with 15lb 12oz of roach, again using stick float and caster from a peg above the By Pass Bridge

Neil Hounsall was third with 13lb 8o z of mostly tench and ells fishing worm on the pole over chopped worm from a peg at Portman Road. Neil fished

The golden peg was not won and now stands at £288

Top Six

1 ROBIN GUY 18:07
2 VIC ABBOTT 15:12
3 NEIL HOUNSALL 13:08
4 STAN BLACKBOURN 10:02
5 ANDY PRATTEN 7:09
6 JIM ESCOTT 6:13

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Avon AC Open Sun 10th of Sep 2006

Sundays Avon AC Open match was fished on the river Avon at Whaddon and with the river low and clear with very little flow and bright sunlight fish were hard to tempt.

Drawn on the end peg in the ‘horse shoe field’ Keith Notman took small roach on the pole at 10 meters over ground bait for a winning 8lb 2oz

Runner up was Nick Loafy with another small roach catch taken on the pole weighing 5lb 1oz

Vic Abbott took third spot just 1oz behind with 5lb, of small fish again on the pole.

Top Six

1 KEITH NOTMAN 8:02
2 NICK LOAFY 5:01
3 VIC ABBOTT 5:00
4 TONY GILBERT 4:12
5 NEIL HOUNSIL 4:04
6 J WILLIAMS 3:01

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Sat 2nd Sep 2006

Avon Club SCC Saturday Series Match 4

The forth and final round of the SCC Saturday Series was fished on the Conigre stretch of the river Avon in Melksham and once again it was Devizes matchman Kevin Rowles topping the weights.
Drawn at peg eight, Kev fished with caster on a 22 hook and a seven meter pole over ground bait to take 12lb 6oz of bits and a bonus bream of about 4lb.
With four wins from four matches Kevin amassed an unbeatable 33-point for an easy series win.

Second on the day was Melksham's Tony Gilbert with 8lb 10oz of roach taken on hemp and a few worm caught perch all taken on the pole.

Third was Bob Ryan of Melksham with 8lb 9oz of roach and perch from peg five.

Top six on the day

1 KEVIN ROWLES 12:06
2 TONY GILBERT 8:10
3 BOB RYAN 8:09
4 MARK CROOK 7:05
5 ABBY PONTIN 6:14
6 GARY WILIAMSON 6:10

Final Mini League Table

1 KEVIN ROWLES 33 POINTS
2 GARY WILLIAMSON 23 POINTS (second on weight)
3 ROBBIE KEPNER 23 POINTS

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Sat 19th Aug 2006

Avon Club SCC Saturday Series Match 3

The third round of this SCC sponsored mini league was fished on the Bristol Avon at Whaddon and once again it was Devizes angler Kev Rowles leading the way with a winning weight of 12lb 14oz. Drawn at the start of the horse- shoe bend Kev fished pole and caster to take small roach with a bonus bream and now has an unbeatable lead in the league with just one match to go.

Runner up was Gary Williamson of Devizes with 11lb 1oz of mostly caster caught perch

Melksham's Jim Escott was third 9lb 4oz of bits and a bonus bream.

The golden peg was not won and now stands at £268

The next match in the series is on Sep 2nd, draw at 1:00 Pig &Whistle pub

Top six on the day

1 KEV ROWlLES 12:14
2 GARY WILLIAMSON 11:01
3 JIM ESCOTT 9:04
4 ROBIN GUY 7:06
5 MARK CROOK 6:13
6 ROB KEEPNER 5:06

***

Rearranged Club Match Sunday 13th Aug 2006

Huge Bream Catch For Stewart

This rearranged club match fished on the river Avon at Whaddon only attracted 15 members but it's one that they won't forget in a hurry. And for Stuart White it was the match of a lifetime. The Chippenham angler amassed a staggering winning weight of 294lb 2oz of bream, breaking all sorts of records in the process.
Drawing a peg on the big bend in the second field, Stuart noted several bream rolling whilst setting up. So at the off he put in ten large balls of ground bait laced with chopped worm and casters at 12 meters and fished the pole over the feed.
First "put in" to the twelve feet of clear water produced a roach of 12oz but his second "put in" saw the first of an amazing 57 bream in the net.
Changing right away to a 3 gram float with .014 line right through and worm on a size 14 hook, Stuart kept the fish coming by lose feeding 3 pint's of chopped worm and caster.
Luckily, fellow club member Roger Warlock packed up after two and a half hours and provided another large keep net for the huge catch.
The last two-hour of the five hour match were his most productive and the fish were still feeding well at the final whistle.

Just 276lb behind the winner was Devizes ace Kevin Rowles with 19lb 10oz of pole caught roach from the last peg in the same field.

Third spot went to Melksham's Robbie Keepner with 8lb 12oz of roach

Top Four

1 STUART WHITE 294:02
2 KEVIN ROWLES 18:10
3 ROBBIE KEEPNER 8:12
4 ROBIN GUY 4:10

Stuart fishing the record breaking peg at Whaddon

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Sat 5th Aug 2006

Avon Club SCC Saturday Series Match 2

The second round of this SCC sponsored four match mini league was fished on the Conigre stretch of the river Avon in Melksham and produced much better fishing than last weeks match at Whaddon.

For the second week running, Devizes angler Kev Rowles scored a convincing win with a weight of 20lb form peg one. Kev fished pole and caster to take small chub and roach throughout the five hours.

Runner up was Rob Keepner of Melksham who fished hemp on a five-meter pole to put 13lb 1oz of roach in the net.

Gary Williamson was third with 10lb 6oz from peg eight.

The golden peg was not won and now stands at £253

The next match in the series is on Aug 19th, draw at 1:00 Pig &Whistle pub

Top six on the day

1 KEV ROWlLES 20:00
2 ROB KEEPNER 13:01
3 GARY WILLIAMSON 10:06
4 ROBIN GUY 10:02
5 JIM ESCOTT 9:03
6 KEVIN ABIGAIL 9:02

***

Sat 20th July 2006

Avon Club SCC Saturday Series Match 1

Fished on the Bristol Avon at Whaddon, this SCC sponsored first round club match proved hard work for most of the 15 anglers. This stretch of water normally produces good bags of roach at this time of year but only a few were able to find them.

Devizes match man Kev Rowles had a comfortable win with 15lb 3oz of roach taken on pole over ground bait with pinkie as hook bait.

Runner up was Melksham's Rob Keepner with 8lb 1oz of roach, again fishing with pole over ground bait but with caster as hook bait.
Third place went to Melksham's Jim Escott with 6lb 5oz of small fist taken on stick float and maggot.

The golden peg was not won and now stands at £238

Match two will be fished at Conigre on Aug 5th

Top Six
1 KEV ROWLES 15:03
2 ROB KEEPNER 8:01
3 JIM ESCOTT 6:05
4 KEVIN ABIGALE 4:07
5 ABBY PONTIN 3:09
6 MARK CROOK 3:05

***

Sun 23rd July 2006

Avon AC v King Billy / Calne / Chippenham / Salisbury / Devizes

Fished on the Avon with sections at Beanacre, Sainsbury's and Conigre anglers from five different clubs enjoyed some good sport in this popular inter club get together.

The best of the action was at Conigre and Devizes match man Kev Rowels had a narrow victory at peg 23. Fishing pole with hemp and caster Kev took roach with a few better fish for a winning 15lb.

Not far behind was Vic Abbot of Trowbridge with 14lb 3oz of roach taken on stick float and hemp from the end peg at Sainsbury's

Third spot went to Melksham's Robin Guy with a net of mostly small chub from the cattle drink at Conigre for a weight of 12lb 7oz.

The golden peg was not won and now stands at £225

Top six

1 K ROWELS 15:00
2 V ABBOT 14:03
3 R GUY 12:07
4 K NOTMAN 11:04
4 P RICE 11:04
6 A PRATTEN 10:04

***

Sun 16th July 2006 King Billy Away, Lacock

This annual inter club match between Avon AC and King Billy of Bristol fished exceptionally well given this Sunday was just about the hottest of the year so far.
The small fish feed well throughout with everyone getting plenty of bites but Billy’s Steve Skelton managed to add two good bream to his small fish net for a winning weight of 19lb 3oz. Fishing peg 5 above the Abby field Steve took all his fish on short pole and caster, feeding hemp.

Andy Britt, also of Billy was runner up with a weight of 15lb 8oz of all small fish taken mostly on hemp on a stick float.

Third place went to Paul Lombard, again fishing for Billy. Paul fished pellet on a short pole to take 14lb 5oz of better quality fish including some nice roach.

King Billy won the team event by almost 15lb

The golden peg was not won and now stands at £196

Top six
1 STEVE SKELTON 19:03
2 ANDY BRITT 15:08
3 PAUL LOMBARD 14:05
4 PAT BRUSHNEEN 11:15
5 JOHN WRIGHT 10:07
6 MARK CKOOK 8:08

Teams Result
King Billy 59:06
Avon AC 45:08

Avon AC Club Match Sun 26th Feb 2006

Sundays club match was moved to the K&A Canal at Semington after the river Avon had been in such poor form over the last few weeks. It was a move that proved popular, as most anglers were able to get bites through out the day.

Taking top spot was Stan Blackbourne with an all roach catch of 11lb. Stan fished the pole and punched bread at about five meters and caught fish to 10oz steadily through out the five hours

Runner up was Pete Macey with an all skimmer catch of 8lb 14oz taken on long pole and maggot over ground bait

Third was Malcolm White who had mostly good perch fishing worm on the pole at four meters over chopped worm.

Top six

1 Stan Blackbourne 11:00
2 Pete Macey 8:14
3 Malcolm White 7:04
4 Jim Escott 4:04
5 Snowy White 3:08
6 Clive Baber 1:14

***

Avon AC Open Match Sun 19th Feb 2006

With the river carrying a few feet of extra coloured water fish were very hard to find for the twenty plus anglers fishing this Avon AC open.

It was no surprise that bream were to dominate the weights and making the most of a noted bream peg with a winning 28lb 7oz was Devizes match man Kevin Rowels. Drawn on the “steps” at Scotland Road, Kevin fished the pole at ten meters over ground bait to take seven good bream on worm and caster hook bait.

Runner up was Swindon’s Kevin Bamford who had one good bream and a few bits for a total weight of 5lb 14oz again on Scotland Road.

Third was Robbie Kepner of Melksham with an all bleek catch of 5lb 5oz from a peg on Portman Road

Top six
1 Kevin Rowels 28:07
2 Kevin Bamford 5:14
3 Robbie Kepner 5:05
4 Alan Brown 5:04:8
5 Brian Pollard 5:04
6 John Gardener 5:0

***

Avon AC Club Match Sun 29th Jan 2006

Despite the very cold weather fifteen members braved the conditions and fished this rock hard club match. Pegged on the river Avon between the footbridge at Scotland Road and the weir in the park only five anglers managed to catch.

Heading the lucky five was Melksham's Stan Blackmore with an all roach catch of 4lb 15oz. Stan took his fish on a crow quill float fished down the middle with bread as the hook bait.

Runner up was Calne angler Nigel Smith with four good perch taken on worm on the tip for a weight of 4lb 14oz

Third place went to Jim Escott with 2lb 8oz of small roach and skimmers taken with bread on a stick float.

Top 5

1 Stan Blackmore 4:15
2 Nigel Smith 4:14
3 Jim Escott 2:08
4 Stewart White 0:12
5 Snowy White 0:04

The golden peg was not won and now stands at £181

***

Avon AC Pairs Match Tue 27th Dec 2005

The 24 club members that turned out for the annual club pairs match found the Bristol Avon running low and clear after the over night frost, and fish were hard to find in many area's. Fortunately the rivers roach fed in pockets and some reasonable weights were recorded.

Drawn at the back of Sainsbury's Kevin Bamford took the top individual prize with an all roach catch weighing 12lb 12oz. Starting out fishing punched bread on the stick float and latter switching to caster Kev took fish of 4 to 5 oz steadily through the five hours.

Runner up was Melksham's Jim Escott with an all roach catch taken from the By-Pass weighing 10lb 4onz. Jim fished bread punch on a stick float and fed white crumb to keep the roach feeding.

Bradford's Dean Adams was third with 8lb 15oz fishing a peg behind Sainsbury's and again it was the roach making a show.

Top Five Individuals

1 KEN BAMFORD 12:12
2 JIM ESCOTT 10:04
3 DEAN ADDAMS 8:15
4 KEVIN ROWLES 8:11
5 STAN BLACKBOURNE 8:07
6 NEIL HOUNSEL 7:10

The groupings for the pairs were drawn before the match and the top three pairs on the day were as follows

1 A BROWN & K BAMFORD 13:08
2 S WHITE & A McTIFFIN 12:03
3 K ROWLES & T PAYNE 11:15

The Golden Peg was not won and now stands at around £166

***

Avon Club Xmas Match Sat 10th Dec 2005

This years match winner Adrian McTiffin

Once again over 60 club members turned out to fish this very popular Christmas match. And with the river in flood just two day before the decision was taken to switch the event to the clubs stretch of the K &A canal between Semington and Hilperton. This proved to be a good move as the skimmer bream and small roach feed well on the day and most anglers had reasonable days winter fishing.

Taking home the winners hamper and £100 in cash was Devizes angler Adrian Mc Tiffin. Drawn at the Semington end and fishing the pole at 11 meters, Adrian took good quality skimmers on worm and caster over ground bait for a cracking total weight of 20lb 7oz.

Runner up and at the next peg to the winner was Melksham's Clive Baber with another skimmer catch of 17lb 10oz. Clive fished with red maggot on the pole at 11 meters and kept the fish feeding with ground bait and squats.

Taking third spot was Bristol's Bob Sheppard who fished with squats on the pole at 10 meters over ground bait and squats to put 13lb of skimmers in the net form the Hilperton end of the match length.

Top six
1 Adrian McTiffin 20:07
2 Clive Baber 17:10
3 Bob Sheppard 13:00
4 Alan Brown 12:05
5 Robbie Kepner 11:07
6 Stewart White 10:00

The Golden Peg was not won and now stands at £140

Once again the Club would like to thank Percy Edwards and family, Jim Escott, Mark Crook and all who's efforts made this event one of the best of its kind in the South West.
Thanks also to all members who turned out to fish and we hope to see you back again next year.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR FROM
AVON ANGLING CLUB!

***

Avon Open Match Sun 30th Oct 2005

This Avon Open match was fished on a rising river but still produced some good weights.
Drawn at Sainburys, Melksham's Malcolm White toped the field with a winning weight of 13lb 9oz of roach plus one good bream.

Runner up, fishing just a few pegs along was Robin Guy also of Melksham who took 12lb of good roach on seed baits.

Third was Paul Rice with 8lb 13oz of bits and one good-sized bream from a peg at Scotland Road.

Top six

1 MALCOME WHITE 13:09
2 ROBIN GUY 12:00
3 PAUL RICE 8:13
4 PETE MACEY 7:14
5 JOHN WRIGHT 7:10
6 MARCUS CROOK 6:09

***

Avon Club Match Sun 09 Oct 2005

19 members turned out for this match fished at Whaddon and with the river still very low and clear, and air temperatures dropping fish were much harder to find than in recent weeks.

Melkshams Robin Guy was the only one to reach double figures and had an easy win with his weight of 12lb 14oz. Drawn at the end peg in the second field, Robin fished maggot on the pole over ground bait to catch roach down the middle of the river.

Runner up was Somerford Keynes match star, Andy Pratten with another all roach catch of 5lb 5oz taken on the pole.

Melksham's Marcus Crook took third spot with 5lb again with an all roach catch.

Top Six

1 Robin Guy 12:14
2 Andy Pratten 5:05
3 Marcus Crook 5:00
4 Clive Baber 3:08
5 Bob Ryan 3:05
6 Malcolm White 3:01

The Golden peg was not won and now stands at £89

***

SCC Transport Sponsored Open

Sun 18th Sept 2005

This years SCC open fished on the river Avon at Sainsbury’s, the By-Pass and Conigre produced a close finish and once again it was mainly the roach feeding.

Picking up the £115 first place prize money was Tony Cambridge who fished the stick float with caster on the hook at peg 3 at Conigre. Catching mostly roach, Tony managed to put 11lb 14oz. on the scales.

Second place went to Arthur Marshall who took 10lb 4oz of stick float caught roach from a peg at Sainsbury’s

Stewart White was third with four good chub and a few small fish taken on bread from peg 8 at Conigre.

Top Six

1 Tony Cambridge 11:14
2 Arthur Marshall 10:04
3 Stewart White 10:01
4 Marcus Crook 9:06
5 Kevin Dicks 7:10
6 Lee Hubbard 7:08

Once again the club would like to thank SCC Transport for their support of this even.

***

Avon Club SCC Saturday Series Match 4

Saurday 3rd Sept 2005

The fourth and final round of the SCC sponsored Saturday series was fished on the Avon at Conigre, which was in good form after the midweek rain.

Topping the field on the day was Melkshams Rob Kepner with a 15lb 2oz net of small fish. Drawing peg one, Robbie fished the whip with caster on a size 20 hook to catch small chub, roach and dace at 5 meters.

Runner up was in form Summerford Keynes match man Andy Pratton with a weight of 14lb 14oz from peg 19. Fishing the pole at 7 meters, Andy had three good-sized chub to go with his small roach and dace catchall taken on caster

Third spot went to Melksham's Marcus Crook with mixed net of fish weighing 10lb, which included a small barbell of just over a pound from peg 3.

Andy Pratten won the series with a total of 29 point and takes home £100 of the sponsor's money.

Top six

1 Robbie Kepner 15:02
2 Andy Pratten 14:14
3 Marcus Crook 10:00
4 Robin Guy 8:04
5 Adrian McTiffin 8:00
6 Bob Ryan 7:06

The club would like to thank Marcus Crook and SCC Transport for their support of this successful series.

***

Avon Club SCC Saturday Series Match 3

Saurday 20th August 2005

The Bristol Avon at Whaddon again produced some very good roach fishing in this third round SCC sponsored club match.

Drawn at the end of the second field, Melksham's Brian Haig took top spot fishing long pole over ground bait with red maggot on the hook. The method kept the roach and bits coming steadily for most of the five hours and Brian ended the match with a winning weight of 14lb 10oz.

Runners up spot went to match organiser Marcus Crook of Melksham with another all roach catch of 13lb 12oz. Again it was the long pole over ground bait with red maggot hook bait that produced the fish.

Third was Devizes angler Adrian Mc Tiffin with 12lb 3 oz of roach fishing the same method but with caster as hook bait

With one match to go Somerford Keynes match man Andy Pratten leads the series and look favourite to take the title

Top Six

1 BRIAN HAIG 14:10
2 MARCUS CROOK 13:12
3 ADRIAN McTIFFIN 12:03
4 ANDY PRATTEN 9:07
5 ROBIE KEPNER 6:15
6 ROBIN GUY 5:11

***

Avon AC Interclub Sunday 7th August 2005

Avon v King Billy v Chippenham v Calne

Fished at Portman Road and Conigre this annual inter club contest proved hard work for most of the 21 anglers taking part. Five of the top six were drawn at Conige where small fish were the order of the day.

Fishing the whip and caster on the hook, King Billy’s Kevin Boltz had a comfortable win with 9lb 7oz of “bits” from peg 14 at Conigre.

Runner up was Calne’s Nigel Smith with 6lb 4oz of mostly Perch taken on chopped worm from Conigers peg 21.

Match organiser Marcus Crook of Melksham was third with another small fish catch of 6lb 3oz from the “skinny swim” at Coniger.

Top Six
1 Kevin Boltz 9:07
2 Nigel Smith 6:04
3 Marcus Crook 6:03
4 Martin Doleman 5:14
5 Paul Rice 5:10
6 Clive Babber 5:06

The golden peg was not won and now stands at £70

***

Avon Club SCC Saturday Series Match 2

Saurday 30thJuly 2005

The second round of the SCC sponsored Avon club Saturday series produced a close finish on the Bristol Avon at Conigre. It took a good-sized chub late in the match to give Melksham's Robin Guy the win with a catch of 10lb 6oz from peg 10. Robin fished the pole with caster to take small fish but a switch to sweet corn on the hook in the last 30 minutes produced a chub of nearly three pounds.

Winner of round one, Andy Pratten was runner up. Andy fished the stick float and caster to take a mixed net of 8lb 12oz from peg 3

Third spot went to Adrian McTiffin with an all-small fish catch of 8lb 10oz taken on the pole and caster.

Top Six

1 Robin Guy 10:06
2 Andy Pratten 8:12
3 Adrian McTiffin 8:10
4 Jim Escott 7:08
5 Rob Bullock 7:00
6 Abby Ponting 5:01

Round three is on Saturday the 20th of August. Draw at the Pig &Whistle at midday.

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Avon v King Billy away

Sunday 17th July 2005

VINCE NET’S GOLDEN PEG PRIZE

King Billy’s Vince Lunn made good use of his golden peg draw with a comfortable win in this second King Billy v Avon AC inter club match at Lacock. At peg 14 in the Abbey field Vince took mostly small fish with some better roach late on, for a total of 19lb 9oz. The bulk of his fish were caught on pole to hand, with maggot as hook bate. With the golden peg plus the match pool, Vince went home £300 better off.

Runner up was King Billy’s Kevin Boltz, with 13lb 10oz of all small fish taken on the pole from peg 5.

Third spot went to Avon’s Pat Brushneen, with another all small fish catch of 10lb 15 oz. Pat had his fish on stick float and castor from a peg below the bridge.

Top six:
1. Vince Lunn (King Billy) 19:09
2. Kevin Boltz (King Billy) 13:10
3. Pat Brushneen (Avon AC) 10:15
4. Gerry Pocock (King Billy) 9:02
5. John Garner (Avon AC) 8:03
6. Steve Skelton (King Billy) 7:14

Team result (Top six per team)
1. King Billy 62:02
2. Avon AC 42:14

Note, the golden peg pot will re-start at £50

***

Avon Club SCC Saturday Series Match 1

Saurday 2nd July 2005

Fished on the Bristol Avon at Conigre, this SCC sponsored first round club match produced some reasonable sport. With the small fish feeding well in every peg anglers were kept busy for the full five hours.

Bonus fish were hard to come by but Somerford Keynes match man Andy Pratten managed to find three large eels late on to finish with a winning weight of 14lb 9oz from peg 18. Andy started with stick float and castor on an 18 hook and feed hemp and caster to catch small roach and dace with the odd better perch. A switch to fishing the pole across in the last hour produced the bonus eels.

Runner up was Melksham's Marcus Crook at peg 1. Marcus took an all-small fish catch on the whip, fishing castor on a size 20 hook, for a total weight of 13lb 4oz.

Adin McTiffin was third with another all small fish catch of 11lb 14oz. Adin caught his fish with a short pole, fishing caster and feeding hemp and castor.

Top six:

1. Andy Pratten 14:09
2. Marcus Crook 13:04
3. Adin McTiffin 11:14
4. Robbie Kepner 11:03
5. Robin Guy 9:04
6. Roger Warlock 8:14

***

Avon Evening Club Match 2

Tuesday 28th June 2005

For the second week in a row Melksham’s Robin Guy had a comfortable win in this series of Tuesday evening club matches.
Fish proved much more difficult to catch this week but Robin still managed to weigh in with 10lb 6oz from peg five at Congre. All his fish were taken on pole fished with worm or sweet corn and included two good chub and a large ell.

Second was Andy Pratten of Somerford Keynes with an all-small fish net of 3lb 14oz from peg one. Andy fished long pole and alternated between sweet corn and caster on the hook

Third spot went to Chippenham’s Rob Bullock with an all-small fish catch of 2lb 14oz taken on stick float and caster.

Top Six
1 Robin Guy 10:06
2 Andy Pratten 3:14
3 Rob Bullock 2:14
4 Clive Baber 2:02
5 Bob Ryan 2:01
6 Marcus Crook 1:01

***

Avon v King Billy away

Sunday 26th June 2005

The heavy rains of the previous Thursday ensured that this stretch of the Bristol Avon at Lacook was in perfect condition for this popular inter club contest with King Billy of Bristol

Making the most of the conditions was Chippenham's Stewart White. Drawn on peg 4 Stewart fished the whip with maggot on the hook for an all-small fish weight of 19lb 9oz. Two pints of caster and two of hemp kept the fish feeding through the full five hours.

Runner up was Melksham's Marcus Crook who fished sweet corn under a wagler for a total of 14lb 10oz. Marcus took small chub with a few better ones from the stumps peg in the Abby field.

Vince Lunn fishing for King Billy was third with another small fish net of 14lb 3oz from an un-fancied peg above the Abby field.

The golden peg was not won and now stands at £180

Top Six
1 Stewart White (Avon AC) 19:09
2 Marcus Crook (Avon AC) 14:10
3 Vince Lunn (King Billy) 14:03
4 Rob Bullock (Avon AC) 10:11
5 Paul Rice (Avon AC) 10:06
6 Gerry Pocock (King Billy) 8:02

Team Result (top six per team)
Avon AC 63:04
King Billy 39:11

***

Avon Evening Club Match 1

Tuesday 21st June 2005

Fished on the river Avon at Conigre, the first of four evening matches produced some good fishing with chub, bream, roach, dace and perch all feeding after the very warm weather of the last few days

Taking top spot was Melkshams Robin Guy with a winning weight of 17lb 4oz form peg two. Robbins catch included four very good sized chub taken on pole and sweet corn as the light was starting to go.

Runner up was Steve Shears with a mix of small chub, dace and one good bream for a total of 11lb 2oz from peg one. Steve fished the pole across with pellet and caster.

Third was Andy Pratten with an all small fish catch of 6lb 15oz from peg 15

Top six

1 Robin Guy 17:04
2 Steve Shears 11:02
3 Andy Pratten 6:15
4 Rob Ryan 5:02
5 Rob Bullock 4:11
6 Mark Crock / Pat Brushneen both 4:08

* * *

Inter Club Match Avon AC v Pucklechurch Sun 27 Feb 2005

The last river match of the season proved to be another tough one and with the river running low and clear and temperatures only just above freezing, half the field struggled for bites.
Peged on the Scotland Road and By-pass sections it was competitors fishing the later that made the top places.

Top spot on this difficult day went to Melksham’s Tony Gilbert with an all bleak catch taken on pole and maggot. Tony managed to put a creditable 9lb 4oz on the scales from a peg behind Sainsbury’s car park.

A few pegs downstream was Andy Pratten of Somerford Keynes, who fished with stick float and caster to tempt small roach and perch. 5lb 12oz was enough give Andy second spot.

Third place went to Tony Hilbert who managed 5lb 8oz of bream and small roach, again from a peg on the By-pass.

Top Six

1 TONY GILBERT 9:04:0
2 ANDY PRATTEN 5:12:8
3 TONY HILBERT 5:08:8
4 SNOWY WHITE 4:00:0
5 D JONES 3:14:0
5 R SAVAGE 3:14:0

TEAM RESULT

AVON AC 26:15:8
PUCKLECHURCH 17:12:0

19 Fished.
The Golden peg was not won and now stands at £161

***

Avon OpenMatch Sun 20th Feb 2005

33 Anglers turn out for this Avon AC Open match fished on the Bristol Avon at Melksham. And with the river “tap water” clear, and a strong wind from the North East this was always going to be a tough one. At least half the field struggled to get a bite. Nevertheless a few managed to find the fish feeding and it was the bottom end of the Beanacre section that produced most of the action.

Drawn at the end of the "S" bends, Bath’s Kevin Dicks caught small roach on the float through out the five hour’s to record a very good winning weight of 13lb 12oz.

Taking second spot and drawn just one peg above the winner was Bristol’s Kev Boltz. Kev also fished a stick float to tempt 13lb 8o z of small chub to finish just 4oz off the leader.

Third place went to Melksham’s Jim Escott with an all-bleak catch of 8lb 11oz from a peg at Sainsbury’s car park.

Top Six

1 KEVIN DICKS 13:12
2 KEV BOLTZ 13:08
3 JIM ESCOTT 8:11
4 ROB BULLOCK 8:02
5 STEVE SHEARS 7:04
6 STAN BLACKBOURN 6:04

***

Avon Club Match Sun 30th Jan 2005

18 members turned out to fish Sundays club match on the river Avon in Melksham
With the river cold and clear fish were had to tempt and it took just four good fish for Chippenham’s Stewart White to take top spot.
Drawn at Scotland Road Stewart fished a groundbait feeder with worm and maggot and netted two good bream, a tench and a perch for a weight of 12lb 14oz.

Fishing the same section was Andy Pratten who fished a stick float and castor and weighed in 6lb 15oz with a good bream and a few roach.

Third place went to Melksham’s Snowy White with 5lb 11oz of roach and skimmers taken on float fished bread.

The golden peg pot was not won and now stands at £144

Top Six

1 STEWART WHITE 12:14
2 ANDY PRATTEN 6:15
3 SNOWY WHITE 5:11
4 JOHN GARNER 4:13
5 STAN BLACKBOURNE 4:03
6 MALCOME WHITE 3:14

***

Mon 27 Dec 2004 Avon Club Pairs Match

The clubs annual pairs match saw 26 members braving the very cold weather on the Avon at Scotland Road and the By Pass.

Winning by some way was Bradford's Neil Hounsel with a total weight of 11lb 8oz. Drawn on the Scotland road section Neil caught mostly bleek on the whip to lead the field by 5lb

Runner up spot went to Chippenham angler Stewart White with an all-small fish catch of 6lb 8oz from the By Pass section.

Melksham's Snowy White was third with 4lb 5oz

TOP SIX

1 NEIL HOUNSEL 11:08
2 STEWART WHITE 6:08
3 SNOWY WHITE 4:05
4 DAVE BAMFORD 3:12
5 PETE MACEY 3:11
6 KEVIN ROWELS 3:08

TOP THREE PAIRS

1 NEIL HOUNSEL & MARCUS CROOK 11:08
2 STEWART WHITE & JIM CAMBLE 8:00
3 KEVIN BAMFORD & BOB RYAN 6:01

***

Avon Club Xmas Match Sat 4th Dec 2004

Match winner Abigail Pontin receives his hamper from club secretary Percy Edwards

More than 60 members turned out to for the annual Christmas match fished on the river Avon between Beanacre and Whaddon.

With the river in good condition and the weather mild, some good fishing was had by most and over twenty weights over 5lb were recorded.

Taking home the winner’s hamper was Melksham’s Abigail Pontin with a winning weight of 22lb 7oz. Drawn at the first field at Whaddon, Abigale fished with bread and feeder to take eight good chub with the best fish being one of around 5lb.

Runner up was Mick Snudden with an all roach catch of 15lb 9oz, taken from a peg above the By-pass Bridge. Mick fished float and castor and feed heap and caster to keep the fish coming throughout the day.

Just 7oz behind was last year’s runner up Tony Gilbert with 15lb 2oz. Drawn at the bottom end of Beanacre, Tony caught small fish all day on stick float and castor.

There were large hampers for the top four and a prize for every member taking part:

TOP SIX

1. Abigail Pontin 22:07
2. Mick Sudden 15:09
3. Tony Gilbert 15:02
4. S. Blackboune 10:00
5. N. Smith 9:04
6. H. Adams 8:15

Once again the Club would like to thank Percy Edwards and family, Jim Escott, Mark Crook and all who’s efforts made this event one of the best of its kind in the South West.

Thanks also to all members who turned out to fish and we hope to see you back again next year.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR FROM
AVON ANGLING CLUB!

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Avon Open Sunday 31st OCT 2004

With the Bristol Avon running high and coloured after the heavy rains some reasonable fishing was had by most of the 24 anglers taking part in Sundays Avon AC Open.

Because of the high water levels the match was pegged from the top of Portman Road down to the weir in Melksham Park.

On the day it was the Scotland Road section that produced the top three weights with Bristol’s Kevin Boltz taking top spot.
Pegged just above the brook Kevin took small chub, roach and bleak on the whip and maggot for a winning weight of 9lb 4oz and went home £100 better off.

Pegged just bellow the Green Footbrige, was runner up, Melksham’s Robin Guy with an all bleak catch taken on pole with maggot for a total of 8lb 7oz

Terry Gatty also of Melksham was third just three ounce’s behind with a mix of skimmer bream and roach weighing 8lb 4oz. Terry fished the ground bait feeder from a peg half way along the Scotland Road stretch.

TOP SIX

KEVIN BOLTZ 9:4
ROBIN GUY 8:7
TERRY GATTY 8:4
ANDY PRATTEN 7:14
MALCOMB WHITE 5:3
SNOWY WHITE 4:15

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SUN 10th Oct Avon Club Match 2004

With the fall in temperature and a low and clear river, fish were much more difficult to tempt than in previous weeks.

All the top three anglers were drawn on the By-pass and Sainsburys section and with a winning weight of 5lb 12oz, Andy Pratten of Somerford Keynes was top man on the day. Fishing with stick float and caster Andy managed to find enough roach to win by a clear pound.

Runner up was Melkshams Marcus Crook with another all roach catch of 4lb 12oz, again taken on the stick float and caster.

And it was the same tactics that saw Paul Rice into third spot with 3lb 10oz

Top 4

Andy Pratten 5:12
Marcus Crook 4:12
Paul Rice 3:10
Steve Shears 3:08

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SCC Transport sponsored Open

SUN 19 Sept 2004

The Bristol Avon at Melksham was again in fine form for Sundays SCC Transport Open with the roach making up the bulk of the weights.

Winner on the day was Melksham's own Malcolm White with a total of 18lb 8oz. Drawing on the Scotland Road section Malcolm caught good quality roach plus two tench on pole and maggot fished close in over ground bait.

Drawn a few pegs down from the winner was runner up Gary Etheridge of Devizes. Gary switched between long pole and the wagler to take 15lb 15oz of all roach. Gary took most of his fish on seed baits with fish up to 1lb 8oz. in weight.

Third was Bob Ryan of Melksham with a 13lb 15oz mixed bag of roach perch and a tench of over 3lb.
Bob fished the short pole with caster on the hook over lose feed hemp and castor.

The Avon Angling Club would like to thank our sponsor, SCC Transport for putting £100 into the prize fund.

Top six places

1 MALCOM WHITE 18:08
2 GARY ETHERIDGE 15:15
3 BOB RYAN 13:15
4 MAX WINTERS 12:01
5 ROBIN GUY 11:14
6 KEVIN BOLTZ 9:05

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SUN 29th 2004 Aug Melksham Carnival Open

The annual carnival open match fished on the Kennet & Avon canal on Sunday produced some excellent sport for the 35 anglers taking part.
The best of the fishing was had at the Hilperton side of Whaddon Bridge where the skimmer bream feed well throughout the day.

After a close fought contest Swindon's Mark Hows took top spot with 18lb 7oz of skimmers fishing the pole over ground bait with castor or red maggot on the hook.

And the same tactics saw Chippenham's Dave Johnson into second place with another skimmer bream catch of 16lb 9oz

Third place went to Melksham's Terry Gatty with 16lb 8oz, just 1oz behind Dave

Top six
1 M HOWS 18:07
2 D JOHNSON 16:09
3 T GATTY 16:08
4 S SHIERS 12:12
5 K BOLTZ 12:11
6 G PEARCE 10:01

Top Junior was M PEARCE 8:13

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Aug SCC Saturday Series Match 4

SAT 28th 2004

The forth and final round of the very successful SCC sponsored Saturday series was fished on the in form Whaddon section of the Bristol Avon this Saturday.

Leading the way with his second win in a row was Melksham’s Robbie Kepner with another all roach catch of 14lb 6oz. Robbie took his fish on the long pole, fishing caster on the hook over ground bait.

Runner up was Melksham’s Brian Haig again with an all roach catch taken on the pole with pinkie on the hook. After a slow start Brian weighed in 12lb 3oz.

Third spot went to Steve Sheers who weighed in with 7lb 2oz with the help of two good eels taken on the pole.

Top six on the day

1 Robbie Kepner 14:06
2 Brian Haig 12:03
3 Steve Sheers 7:02
4 Robin Guy 6:08
5 Adrian McTiffin 6.06
6 Bob Ryan 4:05

SCC Saturday series Winners (best three results from four matches)

1 Robbie Kepner 31 points
2 Bob Ryan 26 points
3 Robin Guy 25 points

The club would just like to thank Mark Crook and S.C.C. Transport for their support of this event.

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SCC Saturday Series Match 3

SAT 21st Aug 2004

GOLDEN PEG JACKPOT WON AT LAST

Melksham’s Robbie Kepner went home from Saturday’s Avon AC Club Match almost £500 better off after winning the Club’s Golden Peg Jackpot.

Fancied peg 18 at Waddon was drawn from the hat as the golden peg and when Robbie picked out the same number at the match draw he knew he had a fighting chance of taking the jackpot.

With the roach feeding well on this excellent stretch of the Bristol Avon the match was a very closely run contest. Robbie took top spot by just 2 ounces from Devizes angler Kevin Rowles followed closely by Melksham’s Tony Gilbert.

Just about all the top weights were made up of roach taken by fishing the pole over large balls of ground bait with caster on the hook.

After three matches of the four now fished Robbie also leads the individual league which will pay out another £100 to the winner at the next Saturday’s fourth and final round.

TOP SIX

1. Robbie Kepner 15.01
2. Kevin Rowles 14.15
3. Tony Gilbert 13.12
4. Bob Ryan 11.14
5. Malcolm White 10.08
6. Brian Derrick 8.11

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SUN 8th AUG 2004 . INTER CLUB

AVON AC / CHIPPENHAM / KING BILLY / CALNE

29 Anglers took part in this annual inter club contest fished on the Bristol Avon at Melksham.
A difficult down stream wind kept weights a little lower than expected but with the roach feeding well on most sections most competitors still had a good days fishing.

Leading the field was Chippenham’s Jason O’Dell with an all roach catch of 12lb 4onz from the Whaddon section.
Jason fished with caster on the pole at 12 meters over 6 large balls of ground bait to take fish to 8onz steadily through out the match.

Runner up and also pegged at Whaddon was Calne’s Simon Fear with 9lb 4onz of roach taken on Pole and caster over ground bait.

Avon’s Roger Warlock took third spot with an 8lb 13onz net of small chub and roach. Roger had all his fish on the stick float alternating between caster and seed baits from a peg at Conigre.

Once again the Golden peg pot was not won and it now stands at almost £400 going onto our next club match on the 21st of Aug

Top Six

1 JASSON O’DELL CHIPPENHAM 12:04
2 SIMON FEAR CALNE 9:04
3 ROGER WARLOCK AVON 8:13
4 BOB RYAN AVON 7:05
5 JIM ESCOTT AVON 7:03
6 TONY GILBERT AVON 7:02

Teams
1st Avon AC
2nd Chippenham AC
3rd King Billy (Bristol)
4th Calne AC

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SUN 1st AUG 2004 KING BILLY AWAY

The second inter club match between King Billy of Bristol and Avon AC was fished on the Bristol Avon at Lacock on Sunday.
Once again it was the roach and small fish that made up nearly all the weights and with the river running very low and clear the fishing was reasonably good.
The majority of anglers taking part managed to put 5lb or more on the scales after five hours in the hot sunshine.

Continuing his run of good form Melksham's Robin Guy took top spot with a winning 12lb 3onz of good quality roach. Drawn on peg six Robin caught on the pole alternating between hemp and sweetcorn on the hook.

Runner up was King Billy's Kevin Boltz with a mixed net of roach, dace and small chub weighing 10lb 5onz. Drawn in the Abby Field at peg 16 on the fence line, Kev fished hemp on a short pole for the bulk of his fish.

Paul Rice of Tetbury was third with another good roach catch of 10lb 5onz, just one ounce behind second place. Paul was fishing the Stumps swim in the Abby field.

Top six

1 ROBIN GUY AVON AC 12:03
2 KEVIN BOLTZ KING BILLY 10:05
3 PAUL RICE AVON AC 10:04
4 ANDY PRATTEN AVON AC 8:13
5 STEWART WHITE AVON AC 8:12:5
6 GERRY POCOCK KING BILLY 8:0

TEAM RESULT (TOP 5 FROM EASH CLUB)

AVON AC 48:11
KING BILLY 37:7

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SCC Saturday Series Match 2

SAT 25th July 2004

Round two of the SCC Saturday series was switched from Beanacre to Conigre due to access problems at the lower end of the Beanacre stretch of the Bristol Avon.

Making the most of the change of venue was Melksham's Robin Guy. Robin fish a stick float at peg 18 to take an all small fish catch for a winning weight off 10lb 2onz

Second was Rob Keepner with another all small fish catch of 8lb 6onz taken on stick float from peg 3

Adrian McTiffin took third spot with 5lb 15onz of small fish from peg 16

Top Five
1 R Guy 10:02
2 R Keepner 8:06
3 A McTiffin 5:15
4 G Williams 4:13
5 M Crook 4:06

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SCC Saturday Series Match 1

SAT 17th July 2004

This year's series is sponsored by SCC Transport of Devises and the club would like to thank company director Mark Crook for his generous support.

The ever popular Avon AC four match Saturday series kicked off with the first match fished on an in form Bristol Avon at Conigre.

The opening match proved to be a very close contest with just a few pounds separating the top four and whilst small fish were caught in large numbers it was the odd bigger fish that made the difference to the top weights.

Fishing peg five, match winner Bob Ryan of Melksham fished caster on a short pole for a winning weight of 12lb 12onz. Feeding hemp and caster Bob took a net of small fish plus a bonus bream of about 4lb.

Runner up just 6onz's behind the winner was Brian Derrick from Yate. Brian fished a stick float with seed bates in peg 25 catching good Roach and one large Chub, for a total weight of 12lb 6onz.

Third place went to Melksham's Steve Shears who took 10lb 4onz of good quality Chub from peg 18.

Top six individuals:

1. B Ryan 12:12
2. B Derick 12:06
3. S Shears 10:04
4. A McTiffen 10:03
5. G Williamson 8:06
6. R Kepner 6:10

The next match in the series is on Saturday 24th July with the draw to be held at the Pig and Whistle pub at 1.30
The Golden Peg prize fund now at £333 is yet to be won, and will roll over to the next match.

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SUN 27 JUNE 2004 KING BILLY AWAY

This annual Avon AC match against The King Billy Club of Bristol was fished on the popular stretch of the Bristol Avon at Lacock on Sunday. With the less than ideal conditions some reasonable nets of mostly small fish were taken.
Top weight on the day went to Avon's Rob Ryan with an all roach catch taken on hemp of 17lb 13onz. Rob had all his fish on the stick float from a peg just above the Abby Field.

Runner up was Avon's Mark Crook with 12lb 1onz of bits caught on the whip from peg 2 just bellow the out fall.

King Billy's Andy Britt was third with 10lb 12onz the included two good Chubb and a lot of small fish again.

The clubs Golden Peg Pot remains intact at over £300

Top six

1 R Ryan Avon AC 17:13
2 M Crook Avon AC 12:1
3 A Britt King Billy 10:12
4 K Boltz King Billy 10:4
5 C Greenslade King Billy 9:10
6 R Schollar King Billy 9:7

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HOME TO PUCKLECHURCH

SUN 29 FEB 2004

A good turnout of 28 fished this popular end of season inter club contest on the river Avon at Melksham.
Despite low clear water and a cold downstream wind the weights continued to prove just how well the river has fished this winter, particularly for Roach.
The match was split into two sections with half the pegs at Portman Road and Scotland Road and the other half at the back of Sainsburts and the By- Pass.

Winner on the day with 13lb 7onz was Pete Macey with a mixed bag of Roach and Skimmers taken from the By-Pass stretch using a stick float with bread on the hook.

Pete was followed by Bob Shepherd with 12lb 14onz of mostly roach caught float fishing from the back of Sainsburys.

Third spot went to Kevin Rowels fishing at Scotland Road, Kevin took 9lb 9onz of small fish fishing the waggler and maggot.

The golden peg pot remains intact at £296

Top six

1 P MACEY 13:07
2 B SHEPERD 12:14
3 K ROWELS 9:09
4 I AGIUS 8:06
5 R SAVAGE 7:04
6 S WHITE 6:13

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SATURDAY 27 DEC 2003
AVON AC PAIRS MATCH

The 29 club members that turned out for the annual club pairs match found the Bristol Avon in very good form despite the river still rising.
The roach fishing on the river in Melksham is getting better all the time but despite some very good nets of the red fins it was a cracking all bleak catch that took top spot.

Drawn at the back of Sainsbury's Stewart White took the top individual prise with his all bleek catch weighing 20lb 2onz. Starting out fishing punched bread for roach and only finding two in the first half hour Stewart switch to fishing the whip and maggot to catch bleek in a none stop four and a half hours of action.

Runner up was Howard Adams with an all roach catch taken from Melksham Park using float fished caster weighing 15lb 9onz.

Roger Warlock was third with 12lb 11onz fishing a peg next to Scotland Road footbridge and again it was the roach making a show.

It's worth noting that the best roach weighed was a fish of 1lb 10onz taken by Andy Pratten from the By Pass stetch.

Top Five Individuals

1 S WHITE 20:2
2 H ADAMS 15:9
3 R WARLOCK 12:11
4 J SUDBURY 12:4
5 R KEPNER 10:7

The groupings for the pairs were drawn before the match and the top three in match pairs were as follows

1 STEWART WHITE & T GILBERT 30:1
2 R WARLOCK & G POCOCK 21:3
3 H ADDAMS & S WHITE 18:14

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Avon Angling Club Christmas Match 2003

This year’s winner was Melksham’s Darren Fletcher

Check out the Photo Gallery for a selection of images from the day.

65 Club members turned out for the annual Avon A C club Christmas match fished on a near perfect Bristol Avon in Melksham on Saturday.
Pegged from Beanacre right through to Whaddon the match was split into nine different sections and the top six anglers came from six different sections of the match.

This year’s winner was Melksham’s Darren Fletcher with a cracking all roach catch of 19lb 12onz. Drawn on the By Pass section Darren caught steadily for five hours with bread punch and stick float to carry off the top prize of a very large Xmas hamper and £140 in pools money.

Runner up was Tony Gilbert who also caught roach on the stick float from a peg next to the green bridge at Scotland Road. Tony weighed in 14lb 13onz.

Melksham’s Glen Wichard was third with another all roach catch of 11lb 6onz. Drawn at the top end of Portman Road Glen fished punched bread on the stick float to account for most of his fish.

Forth was Stewart White of Chippenham with 11lb 1onz. Fishing the top section at Beanacre Stewart caught mainly chub on the stick float with maggot on the hook while feeding hemp and maggot.

Bristol’s Hughie Evens managed the best weight at Whaddon of 10lb 15onz with a mixture of chub and roach to take fifth spot.

Sixth place went to Bradford’s Howard Adams fishing the bottom section at Beanacre and catching mainly small chub on the crow quill float for a total of 10lb 11onz

Apart from the top three all winning Christmas hampers every angler catching a fish received a prize back at Spencers club after the event. This must be the best club Xmas match in the South West and a big thank you must go to club secretary Percy Edwards and his family for making the event such a success through all there hard work and dedication. THANK YOU.

Thank's also to all the club members who supported the even this year and we hope to see you trying your luck again next season.

HAPPY CHRISMAS FROM AVONAC

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Commercial House League Sun 28 Sept 2003

The Bristol Avon at Melksham produced a string of good weights in the first round of the Commercial House League with the top six all getting into double figures.
Despite the low clear water most of the 96 competitors managed 2lb or more with roach being the number one target.
Winner on the day with an excellent 18lb 15onz of roach was R Merret fishing the Conigre stretch.
Also fishing at Conigre was J Grant who finished runner up with a net of Chubb and roach for 18lb 12onz.
R Cooper was third with three good Chubb and some bits for 17lb 3onz.

Top Six
1 R Merret Bristol Angling Centre 18lb 15onz
2 J Grant Super Seal 18lb 12onz
3 R Cooper Fry's A 17lb 3onz
4 L Trivett Avon Aquatics 14lb 3onz
5 G Bailey Bendix 13lb 14onz
6 D Gilman Bendix 13lb 10onz

4th placed Lee Trivett with 14lb 3onz of Roach (and one small Pike) from Scotland Road.

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AVON AC OPEN Sun 21st SEP 2003

Sunday's Meksham Open produced some reasonable fishing