Doug Richardson took top spot in Stafford Moor’s Resident Match with 131lb 1oz of carp on the pole. A few days previously Doug landed 344lb from Woodpecker Lake.
2nd place was Ian Rowney peg 1 with 107lb 3oz fishing 8mm pellet
3rd place was Martyn Johns peg 25 with 74lb 12oz
Section winners were : Colin Cross peg 18 with 33lb 14oz and Mick Coupland peg 34 with 56lb 3oz
Andy Seery won Clawford Fisheries latest open match with a fine net of 105lb. Runner up was Nathan Underwood with 67lb. Numerous forty pound plus nets were taken.
The next open is on Sunday September 11th for details contact John Ray at Clawford Fishery.
Stafford Moor Sunday Open on Tanners lake saw competitors battling against the weather with wind & Rain all day!
Doug Richardson was winner with 138lb 5oz fishing 6 & 8 mm pellet on the pole.
Runner up was Kevin Osbourne with 104lb 6oz and Mark Hayman third with 102lb 11oz.
Silvers winner of the day was Bruce Hunt with 31lb 12oz.
Some bumper match weights at Stafford Moor despite some challenging weather conditions.
Stafford Moor – Open Match Wednesday 17thAugust
1st Dave Stockton Peg 36 Woodpecker: 159lbs 10oz
2nd John Kiddle Peg 16 Woodpecker: 134lbs 5oz
3rd Sean Brennan Peg 36 Tanners: 108lbs 11oz
4th Rob Pritchard Peg 32 Woodpecker: 104lbs 13oz
Stafford Moor – Open Match Sunday 21st August
1st –Colin Horwood Peg 25 Tanners: 136lbs 12oz
2nd Phil Hardwick Peg 6 Tanners: 112lbs 7oz
3rd Lee Jan Peg 34 Tanners: 107lbs 1oz
4th Steve Forshaw Peg 30 Tanners: 102lbs 12oz
North Devon Match Group Championship No 8 at Darracott Reservoir.
1st Andy Gray 12lb 8oz
2nd John Bailey 12lb
3rd Wayne Mitchell 11lb 9oz
4th Martin Turner 8lb 5oz
Very close match held in a brisk westerly wind roach perch and skimmers caught on the whip and pole dominated.
Martin Turner has won Bideford Angling Clubs Match-Man of the Year award with 105pts eight points ahead of runner up Steve Bailey 97pts 3rd Craig Crash Lamey 83pt. The clubs Final Match of the club year was held at Tarka Swims. Results below.
Steve Bailey
Final Monthly Competition Tarka Swims – 14th August
1st Steve Bailey 26lb 4oz
2nd Kieth Copeland 19lb 9oz
3rd Craig Crash Lamey 7lb 7oz
4th Antony Bentley 4lb 4oz
5th Martin Turner 3lb 13oz
Keith Copeland
Craig Crash Lamey
Bideford Match-Man of the Year to Martin Turner 105pts runner up Steve Bailey 97 3rd Craig Crash Lamey 83pts
North Devon Tackle Clubs latest Match at Oaktree Fisheries bottom lake saw carp feeding well and providing great sport. Simon Poynter took first place with three fine nets of fish totalling 104lb 7oz. Kevin Wilton was runner up with 56lb 1oz and Pete Seaward third with 41lb 3oz. Simon’s haul is new Match lake record for the bottom lake.
Sunday Open – August 7th Tanners lake.
A great weight from Mark Hayman peg 3 with 139lb 14oz fishing 11mm on the lead.
In second place was Paul Tidball peg 32 with 131lb 7oz fishing also 11mm on the lead.
In third place was Lee Thomas peg 1 with 112lb 3oz fishing 8 & 11mm fishing 14mtrs
Silvers winner was Bruce Hunt peg 13 with 31lb 1oz of silvers !
Section winners were:
Dave Stockton peg 25 with 80lb 7oz and also Martin Heard peg 9 with 94lb 9oz
North Devon Match Group Summer League No4 was an Inter club contest at Upper Tamar Lake with Tiverton AC
Result 1st Martin Turner 33lb 13oz 2nd Wayne Mitchell 28lb 6oz 3rd Ian Brooks 28lb 6oz
Section A Paul Frost 22lb 14oz Section B Eric Priest 27lb 5oz
North Devon Match Group 140lb Tiverton 105lb
Latest match results from the ever prolific Stafford Moor
Wednesday August 3rd Open match at Stafford Moor on Tanners and Woodpecker lakes. Had 32 fishing with a continental payout . Had 6 main payouts plus 4 X section payouts.
Winner of the day was Andy Boffin Tanners peg 6 with 154lb 15oz fishing the conker & paste.
2nd Kev Walters Woodpecker peg 3 with 104lb 6oz
3rd Herbie Tanners peg 3 with 116lb 5oz
4th Tony Nallie Woodpecker peg 32 with 86lb 8oz
5th Ben Evenden Tanners peg 36 with 110lb 4oz
6th Chris Haines Woodpecker peg 10 with 84lb 13oz
Our section winners were:
Tanners steve Kedge peg 32 with 95lb 15oz and Kev Osbourne peg 27 with 61lb 12oz
Woodpecker Rob Hendrick peg 12 with 34lb and Mick Wheatley peg 26 with 43lb 7oz
Friday August 5th residents match Stafford Moor on Tanners and Woodpecker lakes. Weather was sunny most of the day , had a continental payout today , had a great winning weight from Stephen Crocker peg 36 with 132lb 4oz fishing 11mm on the lead, well done Steve ! (Who won it last year too )
2nd Chris Birch Tanners peg 35 with 122lb 5oz
3rd Keith Simpson Woodpecker peg 10 with 51lb 3oz
4th Rob Hendrick AKA MOS Tanners peg 13 with 90lb 12oz fishing 8mm & paste down the edge
5th Mark Betteridge Woodpecker peg 28 with 49lb 11oz
6th Richard Gere AKA Michael Wheatley 😜 Tanners peg 18 with 79lb 3oz