Summary of Competition Results for the 2018-2019 Season

March 15, 2019

March 11th Club Championship – leg 1

6 members fished Gingers Pound and caught a total weight of 1lb-1ozs
1st Tony Edwards with 0lbs-9ozs Sweep £20.00

Leg No 5 of the Colne trophy and leg No 1 of the Canal Trophy were fished at the same time.

March 22nd Club Championship – leg 2

7 members fished Dickensons Pound and caught a total weight of 19lbs 5ozs

1st Lee Robinson with 9lbs 2ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Bob Horwood with 4lbs 8ozs “ £10.00

Leg No 2 of the Club Championship and leg No 2 of the Canal Trophy were fished at the same time.

May 9th Wednesday Spring League – leg 1

7 members fished Castles and caught a total weight of 53lbs 14ozs

1st Ian Halford with 11lbs 8ozs Sweep £20.00
2nd Ron Larkin with 9lbs 0ozs “ £15.00

No Carp were landed but four were hooked and broke free.

May 13th Championship Trophy - leg 3

12 members fished Stanley Lake and caught a total weight of 60lbs 8ozs

1st Terry Monk with 13lbs 8ozs Sweep £30.00
2nd Paul Spiller with 11lbs 8ozs “ £20.00
3rd Brian Eccles with 11lbs 4ozs “ £10.00

Ron Larkin caught a Crucian weighing 2lbs 0ozs

The Golden Swim Sweepstake was not won and £12.00 was carried forward.

May 20th The Absolon and the Grove Cup Competition for Club Officers

As programmed was not fished. The Wesley Trophy Competition for senior citizens was brought forward from July 22nd and fished instead.

9 members fished Stanley Lake and caught a total weight of 106lbs 11ozs

1st Dave Sephton with 27lbs 12ozs Sweep £ 30.00
2nd Ian Halford with 23lbs 10ozs “ £15.00

The 2018 Knock out Competition (1st round)

Terry Monk with 13lbs 8ozs beat Ron Larkin with 6lbs 8ozs
Paul Spiller with11lbs 8ozsbeat Terry Parker with 0lbs 6ozs
Frank Tucker with 9lbs 9ozs beat Ian Halford with 9lbs 8ozs
Bob Horwood with 8ozs beat Trevor Francis with 5ozs after a titanic battle
Tony Edwards had a Bye into the next round

May 23rd Wednesday Spring League – leg 3

9 members fished Thurlows Lake and caught a total weight of 56lbs 15ozs

1st Terry Parker with 18lbs 8ozs Sweep £30.00
2nd Trevor Francis with 8lbs 9ozs “ £15.00

May 30th Wednesday Spring League – leg 4

8 members fished Tolpits Lake and caught a total weight of 16lbs 8ozs

1st Bob Horwood with 3lbs 12ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Graham Picton with 3lbs 3ozs “ £15.00

June 6th Wednesday Spring League - leg 5

8 members fished Thurlows and caught a total weight of 53lbs 13ozs

1st Ian Halford with 16lbs 8ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Terry Parker with 8lbs 8ozs “ £15.00

June 10th The Canal Trophy leg No 3

8 members fished Stanley Lake and caught a total weight of 18lbs 9ozs

1st Paul Spiller with 5lbs 4ozs Sweep £ 25.00
2nd John Sears with 4lbs 4ozs “ £15.00

The Canal Trophy - 2018 Season (Aggregate weight of three legs fished)

Winner Lee Hutchinson with 12lbs 5ozs
Second place Paul Spiller with 6lbs 2ozs

Leading Claims for Trophy Fish caught in the 2018-2019 Season (as at 13th June)

  • Roach caught in any of the nine Championship legs. No claims to date
  • Roach caught in any Club Competition – Trevor Francis – 1lb 6ozs – Wesley Cup
  • Perch caught in any of the nine Championship legs. No claims to date
  • Perch caught from Tolpits Lake. No claims to date
  • Bream caught in any of the nine Championship legs. No claims to date.
  • Best Fish caught from any of the Club's waters. Not yet decided.
  • Pike caught in a Club Competition. No claims to date.
  • Other Species:- Whilst there are no prizes for species not listed above, all other species will be considered for the claim to be The best fish caught in club waters, which will be decided at the end of the Season.

June 13th Wednesday Spring League – leg 6

8 members fished Castles Lake and caught a total weight of 57lbs 13ozs

1st Tony Edwards with 19lbs 2ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Graham Picton with 9lbs 9ozs “ £15.00
Terry Parker caught a Crucian weighing 2lbs 2ozs

June 17th Championship Trophy – leg 4

14 members fished on Thurlows Lake and caught a total weight of 129lbs 11ozs
1st Paul Spiller with 35lbs 8ozs Sweep £35.00
2nd Frank Tucker with 31lbs 0ozs “ £20.00
3rd Trevor Francis with 17lbs 4ozs “ £15.00

The Golden Swim Sweepstake carried forward is £26.00

The 2018 Knockout Competition (2nd round)

Terry Monk with 5lbs 9ozs beat Bob Horwood with 3lbs 6 ozs
Paul Spiller with 35lbs 8ozs beat Tony Edwards with 5lbs 2ozs.
Frank Tucker went through to round three with a Bye.

20th June Wednesday Spring League Leg – 7

8 members fished Castles Lake and caught a total weight of 76lbs 15ozs
1st Ron Larkin with 20lbs 0ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Terry Parker with 13lbs 9ozs “ £15.00

27th June Wednesday Spring League – leg 8

6 members fished Thurlows and caught a total weight of 20lbs 7ozs
1st Graham Picton with 6lbs 12ozs Sweep £20.00
2nd Bob Horwood with lbs 14ozs “ £10.00

4th July Wednesday Spring League - leg 9

1st Bob Horwood with 31lbs 0ozs (Including an 18lb Carp) Sweep £25.00
2nd Dave Sephton with 22lbs 0ozs “ £15.00

8th July Championship Trophy - leg 5

10 members fished Tolpits Lake and caught a total weight of 60lbs 15ozs
1st Ron Larkin with 19lbs 10ozs Sweep £25.00 including two Tench of 7lbs 9ozs & 7lbs 12ozs
2nd Lee Robinson with 16lbs 10ozs including a Bream of 6lbs 2ozs “ £15.00
3rd Tony Edwards with 7lbs 0ozs “ £10.00

Golden Swim Sweepstake carried forward £36.00

Club Championship leaders after five rounds (4 more rounds to go)

Paul Spiller...........90 points
Tony Edwards...... 87 “
Bob Horwood.......79 “

Wednesday Spring League leaders after nine rounds (eight more rounds to go)

Bob Horwood...... 58 points
Graham Picton..... 57 “
Ron Larkin...... ... 57 “
Ian Halford ........ 56.5 “
Tony Edwards..... 52.5 “

Do not forget to record your claims for Trophy Fish for the 2018-2019 Season

11th July Wednesday Spring League leg 10

6 members fished Tolpits Lake and caught a total weight of 28lbs 5ozs
1st Graham Picton with 12lbs 12ozs incuding a Tench of 7lbs 10ozs Sweep £20.00
2nd Tony Edwards with 5lbs 13ozs including a Perch of 1lb 6ozs “ £10.00

Ron Larkin weighed in a Perch of 1lb 2ozs

18th July Wednesday Spring League leg 11

6 members fished Broadacres and caught a total weight of 35lbs 8ozs
1st Bob Horwood with 18lbs 9ozs Sweep £20.00
2nd Tony Edwards with 7lbs 9ozs “ £10.00

22nd July The Walker Cup Pairs

14 members fished Broadacres Lake and caught a total weight of 160.lbs 13ozs
1st with a combined weight of 75lbs 0ozs Tony Edwards & Paul Spiller
2nd “ “ “ “ “ 23lbs 11ozs Beck Jay & Ian Halford
3rd “ “ “ “ “ 19lbs 11ozs Ron Larkin & Lee Robinson

Sweepstake winners :-
1st Tony Edwards with 58lbs 0ozs Sweep £40.00
2nd Ian Halford with 22lbs 8ozs “ £20.00
3rd Paul Spiller with 17lbs 0ozs “ £10.00

Frank Tucker caught a Pike weighing 10lbs 0ozs

The Knockout Competition - 2018

Paul Spiller with 17lbs 0ozs beat Terry Monk with 4lbs 14ozs
Paul Spiller with meet Frank Tucker in the final
The Golden Swim Sweepstake carried forward £36.00

25th July Wednesday Spring League leg 12

As the River Colne was very weedy the competition was switched to Thurlows Lake.

7 members fished and caught a total weight of 66lb 2ozs.
1st Paul Spiller with 39lbs 8ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Tony Edwards with 10lbs 8ozs “ £10.00

1st August Wednesday Spring League leg 13

8 members fished Castles Lake and caught a total weight of 15lbs 3ozs
1st Ron Larkin with 15lbs 0ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd John Sears with 0lbs 3ozs “ £15.00

5th August Championship Trophy leg 68

members fished The River Colne and caught a total weight of 16lbs 13ozs

1st Terry Parker with 3lbs 14ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Ron Larkin with 3lbs 9ozs “ £15.00

The Golden Swim Sweepstake carried forward £44.00

8th August Wednesday Spring League leg 14

7 members fished Thurlows Lake and caught a total weight of 50lbs 12ozs
1st Bob Horwood with 14lbs .0ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Tony Edwards with 11lbs 8ozs “ £15.00

15th August Wednesday Spring League leg 15 (only leg 16 left to fish)

9 members fished Stanley Lake and caught a total of 98lbs 0ozs
1st Ian Halford with 31lbs 8ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Bob Horwood with 25lbs 2ozs “ £15.00
3rd Terry Monk with 22lbs 10ozs “ £10.00

18th August The Nick Beale Memorial Trophy

8 members fished Castles Lake and caught a total weight of 10lbs 8ozs.
1st Luke Boldison with a Carp weighing 5lbs8ozs
2nd Ian Halford with a Carp weighing 5lbs 0ozs

No sweepstake was held.

The support for this special event was disappointing. Consideration should be given to
changing the format on future occasions to encourage more members to take part.

22nd August Wednesday Spring League leg 16 (The final leg)

8 members fished Castles Lake and caught a total weight of 33lb 3ozs
1st Bob Horwood with 21lbs 7ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Ted Erdwin with 3lbs 7ozs “ £15.00

The Wednesday Spring League - Final Results

1st Bob Horwood - 91 points
2ndTony Edwards - 82.5 points
3rd Ron Larkin - 79 points
4th Graham Picton - 77 points
5th Ian Halford – 75.5 [oints

A total of 15 members took part in this event

2nd September The Club Championship leg 7

12 members fished Stanley Lake and caught a total weight of 82lbs 3ozs
1st Terry Monk with 15lbs 8ozs Sweep £30.00
2nd Tony Edwards with 13lbs 4ozs “ £20.00
3rd Ron Larkin with 13lbs 3ozs “ £10.00

The Golden Swim Sweepstake carried forward is £56.00

The Final of the Knockout Competition

Paul Spiller and Frank Tucker both caught 5lbs 2ozs and will need to fish again.
Special Competition WP1- WP4 & WP7
Winner Tony Edwards with 53 points

5th September The Wednesday Autumn League leg 1 (Here we go again)

6 members fished Castles Lake and caught a total weight of 12lbs 14ozs
1st Trevor Francis with 6lbs 8ozs Sweep £20.00
2nd Trevor Judge with 3lbs 2ozs “ £10.00

12th September Wednesday Autumn League leg 2

6 members fished the River Colne and caught a total weight of 7lbs 13ozs
1st Lee Robinson with 3lbs 4ozs Sweep £20.00
2nd Paul Spiller with 2lbs 0ozs “ £10.00

16th September The Adrian Gooch Memorial Trophy

10 members fished Broadacres and caught a total weight of 97lbs 12ozs
1st Paul Spiller with 35lbs 0ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Tony Edwards with 12lbs 8ozs “ £15.00
3rd Terry Parker with 12lbs 2ozs “£10.00

The Golden Swim Sweepstake C/F £66.00

The Final of the 2018 Knockout Competition

1st Paul Spiller with 35lbs Sweep £30.00
2nd Frank Tucker with 7lbs 2ozs “ £15.00

19th September Wednesday Autumn League leg 3

10 members fished Castles Lake and caught a total weight of 45lbs 0ozs
1st Trevor Francis with 18lbs 3ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Graham Picton with 9lbs 4ozs “ £15.00
3rd Dave Sephton with 6lbs 4ozs “ £10.00

26th September Wednesday Autumn League leg 4

9 members fished Tolpits Lake and caught a total weight of 46lbs 13ozs
1st Trevor Francis with 12lbs 12ozs Sweep £20.00
2nd Terry Parker with 8lbs 1ozs “ £15.00
3rd Graham Picton with 6lbs 0ozs “ £10.00

30th September The Club Championship leg 8

12 members fished Tolpits Lake and caught a total weight of 78lbs 5ozs
1st Tony Edwards with 19lbs 2ozs Sweep £30.00
2nd Trevor Judge with 10lbs 4ozs “ £20.00
3rd Paul Spiller with 7lbs 8ozs “ £10.00

Claim for specimen fish - Trevor Francis Perch 2lbs 0ozs
“ “ “ “ - Tony Edwards Tench 5lbs 13ozs

The Competition was followed by a Barbecue and prize giving, for the 2016-2017 season,
with photographs taken by Peter Hadwin

Special Competition WP2-WP5 & WP8

Winner Tony Edwards with 56 points
Golden Swim Sweepstake C/F £78.00

3rd October Wednesday Autumn League leg 5

7 members fished Castles Lake and caught a total weight of 38lbs 9ozs
1st Frank Tucker with 18lbs 0ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Terry Parker with 7lbs 9ozs “ £10.00

10th October Wednesday Autumn League leg 6

6 members fished Tolpits ake and caught a total weight of 38lbs
1ozs
1st Ian Halford with 9lbs 0ozs including a Perch of 2lbs 2ozs Sweep £20.00
2nd Ted Erdwin with 7lbs 5ozs “ £10.00

17th October Wednesday Autumn League leg 7

7 members fished Castles Lake and caught a total weight of 13lbs 12ozs
1st Tony Edwards with 5lbs 0ozs Sweep £20.00
2nd Ron Larkin with 4lbs 4ozs “ £10.00
3rd Trevor Judge with 3lbs 0ozs “ £5.00

21st October The Observer Cup (float fishing only)

8 members fished Broadacre Lake and caught a total weight of 34lbs 8ozs
1st Graham Picton with 9lbs 8ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Lee Robinson with 8lbs 8ozs “ £15.00

24th October Wednesday Autumn League leg 8

6 members fished the River Colne and caught a total weight of 2lbs 9ozs
1st Graham Picton with a weight of 1lb 7ozs Sweep £20.00
2nd Trevor Francis with a weight of 0lbs “ £10.00

31st October Wednesday Autumn League leg 9

7 members fished and caught a total weight of 10lbs 13ozs
1st Tony Edwards with 3lbs 10ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Graham Picton with 2lbs 7ozs “ £10.00

7th November Wednesday Autumn League leg 10

7 members fished and caught a total weight of 19lbs 11ozs
1st Trevor Judge with 5lbs 8ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Ian Halford with 3lbs 12ozs “ £10.00

14th November Wednesday Autumn League leg 11

9 members fished and caught a total weight of 3lbs 14ozs
1st Lee Robinson with a weight of 1lb 12ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Trevor Francis with a weight of 1lb 8ozs “ £15.00
3rd Tony Edwards with a weight of 0lbs 5ozs “ £5.00

Golden Swim Sweepstake B/F £78.00

18th November Club Championship leg 9

9 members fished the River Colne and caught a total weight of 8lbs 15ozs
1st Lee Robinson with 2lbs 2ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Tony Edwards with 1lb 9ozs “ £15.00
3rd Trevor Francis with 1lb 9ozs “ £5.00

The final Club Championship results for the 2018/2019 season are :-

1st Tony Edwards with 114 points
2nd Paul Spiller with 111 “
3rd Lee Robinson with 105.5 “
4th Ron Larkin with 104 “

The Golden Swim Sweepstake C/F to the Christmas competition is £87.00

21st November Wednesday Autumn League leg 12

8 members fished Thurlows Lake and caught a total weight of 21lbs 3ozs
1st Lee Robinson with 6lbs 2ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Tony Edwards with 4lbs 5ozs “ £15.00

28th November Wednesday Autumn League leg 13

3 members fished Tolpits and caught a total weight of 4lbs 4ozs
1st Tony Edwards with 2lbs 11ozs Sweep £15.00

2nd December Mayfield Pike Cup

3 members fished Tolpits and caught a total weight of 15lbs0ozs.

(There was no sweepstake)

1st John White with 11lbs 0oze
2nd Lee Robinson with 4lbs 0ozs

5th December Wednesday Autumn League leg 143 members fished Castles and caught a total weight of 10lbs 0ozs

1stbTony Edwards with 7lbs 8 ozs Sweep £15.00
2nd Trevor Francis with 2lbs 8ozs

9th December The Christmas Rose Bowl

11 members fished and caught a total weight of 32lbs 2ozs
1st Richard Lear with 11lbs 8ozs Sweep £50.00
2nd Paul Spiller with 7lbs 4ozs (The Golden Swim Sweepstake BF) £87.00
3rd Lee Robinson with 3lbs 2ozs “ £30.00
4th Ron Larkin with 3lbs 0ozs “ £20.00
5th Trevor Francis with 2lbs 12ozs “ £20.00

12th December Wednesday Autumn League leg 15

6 members fished Thurlows and caught a total weight of 10lbs 7 ozs
1st Paul Spiller with 5lbs 8ozs Sweep £20.00
2nd Trevor Francis with 1lb 11 ozs “ £10.00

19th December Wednesday Autumn League leg 16

2 members fished Tolpits and caught a total weight of 4lbs 2ozs
1st Trevor Francis with 2lbs 10ozs Sweep £10.00
2nd Trevor Judge with 1lb 8ozs

Final Result of the Autumn Wednesday League Competition

1st Trevor Francis with 92 points
2nd Tony Edwards with 84 points
3rd Trevor Judge with 73 points

6th January 2019 - The River Colne Trophy - Leg 1

9 members fished the River Colne and caught a total weight of 3lbs 0ozs
1st Terry Parker with 1lb 0ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Paul Spiller with 0lbs 9ozs “ £15.00
3rd Lee Robinson with 0lbs 8ozs “ £5.00

20th January - The River Colne Trophy – Leg 2

6 members fished the River Colne and caught a total weight of 6lbs 8ozs
1st Trevor Judge with 2lbs 8ozs Sweep £20.00
2nd Lee Robinson with 1lb 6ozs “ £10.00

3rd February – The River Colne Trophy – Leg 3

9 members fished and caught a total weight of 0lbs 0.25ozs
1st Tony Edwards with 0.25ozs Sweep £45.00
8Members blanked

17th February - The River Colne Trophy – Leg 4

6 members fished and caught a total weight of 3lbs 2ozs
1st Frank Tucker with 1lb 1ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Lee Robinson with 1lb.00 “ £10.00
3rd March – The River Colne Trophy – Leg 5

7 members fished and caught a total weight of 8lbs 14ozs
1st Lee Robinson with 2lbs 2ozs Sweep £25.00
2nd Frank Tucker with 1lb 15ozs “ £10.00

The River Colne Trophy- Final

Result The highest aggregate points
of the best three legs, from the five legs fished.
1st Lee Robinson with 28 points
2nd Frank Tucker with 26 points

There were no claims for the best fish caught in the five River Colne Events.

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