Evening Comp. No. 5 Tarka swims, results:
1st Les Polden 23lb 7oz
2nd Antony Bentley 22lb 9oz
3rd Steve Johnson 22lb 6oz
4th Martin Turner 21lb 7oz
5th Kevin Shears 15lb 8oz
6th Tyler Scott 14lb 10oz .
19 anglers fished , conditions were perfect and winner tonight is, veteran, Les on peg 4 with a lovely bag of roach to add to his carp net . Second spot was filled by Benny with an all bream catch on corn from peg 11 , Consistent Steve made 3rd on peg 18 with a skimmer bream net on short pole with maggot.
Bideford and District Angling Club Monthly competition results:
1st Nathan Underwood 36lb 2oz
2nd Steve Johnson 23lb 3oz
3rd Kevin Shears 21lb 6oz
4th Richard Jefferies 18lb 9oz
5th Stephen Sheller 18lb 2oz
6th Stephen Craker 17lb 4oz
Conditions very hot light southerly , Georges lake at Tarka swims produced another good match Nathan drew peg 26 in the shallow end and put a terrific net of smaller carp ,tench and a couple of larger bonus carp ,on the scales for a convincing victory. All caught on the pole to corn. Steve’s net of silver fish from peg 20 secured second place. Kevin fished the pole with maggot from peg 12 for third. These 3 anglers now dominate the league after 2 matches .
Results 1st Steve Johnson 31lb 4oz
2nd Steve Ashton 18lb 9oz
3rd NathanUnderwood 15lb 7oz
4th Richard Jefferies 13lb 1oz
5th Kevin Shears 12lb 14oz
6th Antony Bentley 12lb 4oz
19 fished.
Mild evening with rain showers , has produced some good weights , the best was Steve’s superb bag of silver fish on caster over groundbait on peg 21, Steve’s maggot on pole catch included several good bream from the margins on peg 16 took 2nd place , Nathan’s peg 6 catch of skimmers was third and ensures, that approaching the halfway point , he retains his league lead. Richard has caught late on the method feeder for 4th.
Colin Horwood bagged himself 203lb 8oz from peg 20 on Tanners lake to win the latest Open Match at Stafford Moor. In second place was Ben Evendon with with 164lb 2 oz from peg 15 on Woodpecker Lake. In third place was Dave Parry (lodge guest) with 176lb 1oz from peg 2 on Tanners Lake.Results :
1st Nathan Underwood 24lb 15oz
2nd Steve Johnson 16lb 14oz
3rd Tom Downing 14lb 10oz
4th Martin Turner 11lb 12oz
5th Kevin Shears 11lb 7oz
6th Steve Ashton 10lb 7oz
19 fished . Warm , overcast conditions led to another close match, Nathan bettered his 2 second places with a win on this, the 3rd match of our evening series. He has caught a great net of silver fish shallow on the pole on peg 19 and added a decent carp late on. Steve’s peg 12 has produced some better skimmers for second, Tom made a long overdue return and promptly took 3rd prize on peg 8 another net of good quality skimmers on meat.
See below full report from Jo at Stafford Moor. 
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Tarka swims , results :
1st Steve Johnson 22lb 4oz
2nd Kevin Shears 21lb 10oz
3rd Nathan Underwood 16lb 5oz
4th Mike Sudden 14lb 4oz
5th Keith Mountjoy 13lb 9oz
6th Antony Bentley 12lb 9oz
19 fished A pleasant evening ,for a change, no rain although the breeze still has an edge. This 3hour event was won by Steve on peg 18 with a lovely net of skimmer bream caught at 5metres on dead red maggot, close second was last weeks winner Kevin on peg 22 a nice mixed net also to maggot on the pole. Nathan’s bag on peg 24 fell to corn in the margins.
