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by John Beesley
July 6th, 2014, 6:58 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford Summer League practice Radley
Replies: 0
Views: 252

Oxford Summer League practice Radley

The practice match for the next round of the Oxford Summer league was fished by 28 anglers on the River Thames either side of Radley boathouse. With the Thames still carrying good summer flow and colour a good match was expected and the Thames certainly did not disappoint. 1st Steve Bibby - Tubertin...
by John Beesley
June 29th, 2014, 7:13 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford Summer League round 2
Replies: 0
Views: 250

Oxford Summer League round 2

The 2nd round of the Oxford Summer league was fished by 7 teams of 6 on the Thames on the Medley and Folly stretches. On a hot and sunny day it was mainly roach that showed all the way through both stretches. 1st Andy Flint - Tubertini South - 20lb 5oz. Andy made the most of a end peg in the Perch b...
by John Beesley
June 22nd, 2014, 7:54 pm
Forum: Match Diary / Going Fishing
Topic: Open Match - Sunday 6th July - River Thames Radley
Replies: 0
Views: 275

Open Match - Sunday 6th July - River Thames Radley

Open match Thames at Radley. Sunday 6th July. Draw 8am fish 10 - 3 Radley Boathouse.
John Beesley 07771930632 for details
by John Beesley
June 22nd, 2014, 6:50 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford DAA Open Thames 22nd June
Replies: 0
Views: 341

Oxford DAA Open Thames 22nd June

The practice match for the Oxford summer league was fished by 40 anglers on the Medley and Folly stretches of the Thames in Oxford. With the hot sunny weather and little wind the match was always going to be hard and this was made worse when vast shoals of bream on Medley decided to spawn. 1st Pete ...
by John Beesley
June 15th, 2014, 7:35 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford Summer League round 1
Replies: 0
Views: 201

Oxford Summer League round 1

The 1st round of the Oxford Summer league was fished by 6 teams of 6 on the Kennet and Avon canal at Great Bedwyn. The skimmer bream and big perch fed today and dominated the weights today. 1st John Williams - Sensas A4 - 12lb 3oz. John made the most of a feature peg to net perch to 2lb and skimmers...
by John Beesley
June 10th, 2014, 5:58 pm
Forum: Match Diary / Going Fishing
Topic: Open Match -Sunday 22nd June - River Thames Medley
Replies: 0
Views: 222

Open Match -Sunday 22nd June - River Thames Medley

Open match on Thames at Medley on June 22nd. Draw and breakfast Green Road social club Kidlington from 7am. Fish 10-3.
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by John Beesley
June 8th, 2014, 6:28 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Mick Craig memorial match
Replies: 0
Views: 272

Mick Craig memorial match

The practice match for the 1st round of the Oxford Summer league was fished by 30 anglers on the Kennet and Avon canal at Great Bedwyn. The match was a memorial match for the well known Reading angler Mick Craig. There were very few big fish showing and it was mainly small roach and perch that domin...
by John Beesley
January 27th, 2014, 4:40 pm
Forum: Match Diary / Going Fishing
Topic: Oxford Summer League
Replies: 1
Views: 584

Oxford Summer League

The popular Oxford summer league is to be run again this year. The event for teams of 6 anglers is fished on Sundays mainly on the prolific Thames around the Oxford area. Any teams interested are welcome to contact organiser Mick Denton, details below. 8th June K&A canal practice, venue TBC 15th...
by John Beesley
December 15th, 2013, 7:02 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford winter league
Replies: 0
Views: 288

Oxford winter league

The 6th and final round of the Angling Trust Oxford winter league was fished by 6 teams on the Oxford canal from Wolvercote to Walton Well road, The canal was clear and there were no boats to colour the water but the overcast conditions helped and there were plenty of small perch and roach caught al...
by John Beesley
December 8th, 2013, 7:07 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford WL Practice
Replies: 0
Views: 216

Oxford WL Practice

30 anglers fished the Oxford winter league practice match on a very clear Oxford canal in the centre of town. Apart from the clear canal the anglers had to deal with rafts of leaves and twigs brought down by last weeks high winds. Despite all this the canal fished relatively well. 1st Colin Wainwrig...
by John Beesley
December 1st, 2013, 7:03 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford Winter league round 5
Replies: 0
Views: 233

Oxford Winter league round 5

Angling Trust Oxford WL The 5th round of the Oxford winter league was fished by 5 teams on a gin clear Kennet and Avon canal at Avington. With the water gin clear and midweek frosts most feared the worst but there were plenty of small fish caught and the odd bonus perch also showing. 1st Dave Kirk -...
by John Beesley
November 3rd, 2013, 6:44 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford WL
Replies: 1
Views: 243

Oxford WL

Oxford WL The 3rd round of the Angling Trust Oxford winter league was fished by 6 teams on the Thames at Radley and Abingdon. The river had more colour and flow than on the practice match and fished a lot harder in the blustery conditions. Most of the sections and overall were dominated by end pegs....
by John Beesley
October 27th, 2013, 6:52 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Thames open - Radley 0ctober 27th
Replies: 0
Views: 270

Thames open - Radley 0ctober 27th

Radley Open 27.10.13 The practice match for the Oxford winter league on the Thames at Radley was fished by 28 anglers. The river was in perfect condition but the very high winds made presentation difficult and also resulted in a few broken poles. Despite the wind the roach and chub fed throughout re...
by John Beesley
October 26th, 2013, 7:05 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Angling Trust Oxford WL round 1
Replies: 2
Views: 489

Angling Trust Oxford WL round 1

last round of winter league is on oxford canal and there will be a practice match the week before. i will advertise the practice match on here beforehand, both are in december
by John Beesley
October 20th, 2013, 7:13 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Angling Trust Oxford WL round 1
Replies: 2
Views: 489

Angling Trust Oxford WL round 1

Oxford Winter League The 2nd round of the Oxford winter league was fished by 7 teams on a windy and wet Oakfield fishery. As is often the case on commercial fisheries the wind can, and did, have a big influence on the fishing. Both Swallow and Red Kite lakes were used but it was The windy side of Re...
by John Beesley
October 13th, 2013, 7:34 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford Winter league
Replies: 0
Views: 273

Oxford Winter league

Oxford Winter League The 1st round of the Angling trust oxford winter league was fished by 6 teams on the Thames on the Medley, Channel and Folly sections. The match was fished very wet conditions on a river with no flow for the 1st half of the match untill some weirs were opened when the flow picke...
by John Beesley
October 12th, 2013, 7:16 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Thames Pairs match - Abingdon - Result 12-10-13
Replies: 1
Views: 388

Thames Pairs match - Abingdon - Result 12-10-13

28 anglers fished one of the best matches seen on the Thames on the Abingdon borough waters. 24 anglers had double figures and 7 of these had more than 20lb. The river is still hardly moving and clear but this did not stop the roach, skimmers and perch going on a feeding frenzy. 1st Simon Willsmore ...
by John Beesley
October 7th, 2013, 6:05 pm
Forum: Match Diary / Going Fishing
Topic: Thames open - Radley 0ctober 20th
Replies: 0
Views: 236

Thames open - Radley 0ctober 20th

Open match Thames - Radley - Draw @ Boathouse 8am. fish 10-3. contact John Beesley 07771930632
by John Beesley
October 6th, 2013, 7:07 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford and District Open - Medley - 06/10/13
Replies: 1
Views: 326

Oxford and District Open - Medley - 06/10/13

Oxford and District Open The practice match for the Oxford winter league was fished by 36 anglers on the Medley stretch of the Thames. With the river getting clearer by the day and no flow then the last thing the anglers wanted was bright sunshine and no wind but that was what they had. In these con...
by John Beesley
September 29th, 2013, 8:58 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Thames - Riverfest
Replies: 0
Views: 340

Thames - Riverfest

Riverfest Medley The latest round of the riverfest was fished by 48 anglers on the Thames on the Medley and channels sections. A strong easterly wi nd in your face on Medley kept the weights down but there were still a number of double figure weights. 1st Dave Roberts - Tricast Baitech - 16lb 12oz. ...