Midweek result from Bideford Club supplied by Martin Turner.
Tarka Swims
1st Kevin Shears 23lb 3oz
2nd Ian Owen 14lb
3rd Craig Crash Lamey10lb 11oz
4th Colin Gorman 4lb 2oz
5th Kieth Copland 3lb 5oz
Kevin won the match from peg x with 2 large pole caught carp on corn, Ian landed a good carp on the final whistle to add to his bream to push Craig into 3rd.
No 3 Upper Tamar Devon Bank.
1st Neilsen Jeffery 30lb 9oz
2nd Martin Turner 27lb 12oz
3rd Christopher Morris 23lb 13oz
4th Paul Ware 21lb 12oz
5th Paul Elworthy 20lb 11oz
Neilsen fished a 5mt whip , near the bench peg on the Devon arm, with groundbait and caster, Martin caught a mainly roach net shallow on hemp. Chris fished a top kit to hand for 3rd and Paul’s 4th place was a feeder caught net of bream.
Match No 5 results
1st Chris Lovell 22Lb 8oz ,
2nd Colin Gorman 21Lb ,
3rd John Lovell 15Lb 8oz ,
4th Pete Slade 4Lb 8oz.
It was a very wet match 9 anglers braved the weather , hence no pictures taken , it turned out to be the Lovell show & Mr Gorman did not read the script. Well done all.
Match report from Martin Turner who was away catching barbel on the River Severn, ( Below) How could I resist putting up a picture of a barbel a first for North Devon Angling News!!
Bideford and District Angling Club Coarse Section Midweek Competition. No4 Results
1st Martin Turner 13lb 3oz
2nd Colin Gorman 6lb 15oz
3rd Peter Slade 4lb 2oz.
15 anglers turned up to fish our regular 3 hour evening comp on the longest day. Martin landed 2 of the larger Tarka carp on a banded 8mm pellet for first place. Colin managed to land one good carp on prawn bait ,whilst Peter caught on bread on peg B. Rhys Eyles still leads the league with 33pts
1st place Andy Dare with 278lb 2oz peg 9 on Woodpecker
2nd place Martin Heard with 174lb peg 20 on Tanners
3rd place Tim Kinson with 173lb 6oz peg 15 on Woodpecker
4th place Andy Funnylove with 173lb 3oz peg 18 Tanners
5th place Mark Hayman with 158lb 14oz peg 3 Woodpecker
6th place Mark Layzelle with 121lb 13oz peg 16 Tanners
Over 50’s festival 2017 The winner was Andy Dare who had a perfect score just 4 points and a total weight of 510lb 7oz, In 2nd place was Mark Layzelle who had 5 points with 277lb 14oz and in 3rd place was Keith Winn with 7 points and a total weight of 339lb 12oz.
NDMG summer league No2 Oaktree top
1st Paul Morris 63lb 2oz
2nd John Lovell 43lb 5oz
3rd Martin Turner 40lb 2oz
4th Christopher Morris 39lb 15oz
6th John Forster 39lb 1oz
Well done to Paul who fished a very tidy match starting on banded pellet fished shallow on the long pole and later switching to maggot in the margins over groundbait, John fished meat and corn on the pole to finish 2nd ,Martin had 7 carp on meat over hemp for 3rd, Paul Elworthy took the silvers pool with 21lb 1oz of skimmers, conditions were warm and wet, this did not stop half the field landing nets of more than 30lb.
Midweek comp at Tarka Swims
1st Kieth Copland peg B 15lb 10oz
2nd Cavan Patterson peg F 15oz
3rd Rhys Eyles peg S 10oz.
The match was very well attended but did not fish well. Several large carp were lost luckily Kieth managed to land 2 on double red maggot fished near the lilly pads, on the pole Cavan fished the pole on peg F for a small carp,tench roach and perch,Rhys Eyles had a nice roach .Pete Slade hooked and landed his fish , unfortunately after the whistle!
Martin Turner Reports :-
North Devon Match Group hosted the first leg of the annual inter-club competition on Clawford Fisheries using 3 lakes . Paul Ware landed a fine catch of carp on luncheon meat in the margins of peg 12 on JR,s for 98lb 4oz, 2nd also on JRs was Neilsen Jeffery similar tactics for a net of 87lb 2oz , 3rd place was taken on Edwards lake by Christopher Morris using pellets on the long-pole for a weight of 64lb 6oz , Default sections went to Mathew Sampson Kevin Shears and Paul Morris. NDMG take a good lead, of 220 points to 131 points, to the return leg on the canal in September. After a very warm thundery day, John and Wanda laid on a most welcome fine spread. Many thanks to all for making a memorable day.
Stafford Moors open match on Tanners lake with held in glorious weather. Nick Jones fished peg 35 to put together an impressive haul of 168lb 1oz using waggler tactics.
