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by John Beesley
September 13th, 2015, 8:09 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Drennan Thames Festival
Replies: 0
Views: 599

Drennan Thames Festival

The Thames festival was fished by 69 anglers over 3 days, 8th, 9th, 10th September, on the Thames between Abingdon and Appleford. each angler fished the 3 venues in rotation over the 3 days. The match was sponsored by Drennan International and Dave Harrell Angling and very efficiently run by Paul Gl...
by John Beesley
August 30th, 2015, 7:43 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford Summer League round 6
Replies: 0
Views: 447

Oxford Summer League round 6

The 6th and final round of the Oxford summer league was fished by 8 teams of 6 on the Thames at Medley and Folly. Finally the vast shoals of roach in the Thames dominated the match after disappearing for most of the summer.. On Medley in particular the quality roach fed and all of the top 4 came fro...
by John Beesley
August 23rd, 2015, 7:33 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford Summer League round 5
Replies: 0
Views: 462

Oxford Summer League round 5

The 5th round of the Oxford Summer league was fished by 9 teams of 6 on the Thames at Culham and Appleford. The match was fished in blustery wet conditions but once again there were loads of small fish caught. With only one match to go Matrix Blue look to have, barring a disaster, sown up the league...
by John Beesley
July 26th, 2015, 7:27 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford Summer League round 2
Replies: 0
Views: 434

Oxford Summer League round 2

The 1st round of the Oxford Summer league was fished by 9 teams of 6 on the Thames on the Medley and Folly stretches. With the rain in the week, and also all though the match,the Thames was rising slightly and also colouring up a bit. With the change in conditions bream were expected to dominate but...
by John Beesley
July 19th, 2015, 6:57 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford DAA Open Thames 19th July Medley
Replies: 0
Views: 452

Oxford DAA Open Thames 19th July Medley

The latest ODAA open match was fished by 36 anglers on the Medley stretch of the Thames. With a gin clear river and no flow together with a bright sunny day no one was sure how the river would fish but it fished remarkably well will both some big bream and plenty of roach caught. 1st Alan Brown - Ma...
by John Beesley
July 12th, 2015, 7:05 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford District open 12.07.15
Replies: 0
Views: 449

Oxford District open 12.07.15

39 anglers fished the latest ODAA open match on the Thames spread over the top end of Medley, Abbey and Folly sections. With the river still very low and clear most anglers wanted to draw the deeper sections at Abbey road and Folly but it was Medley that provided all of the framers with bream and sk...
by John Beesley
July 7th, 2015, 6:03 pm
Forum: Match Diary / Going Fishing
Topic: Thames open Medley, Channel and Folly 19th July
Replies: 0
Views: 655

Thames open Medley, Channel and Folly 19th July

Open match Sunday 19th July
Thames Medley, Folly and Channel
Fish 10-3
Draw 7,45 Green road social club Kidlington
Breakfast from 7
Book in with Top tackle 01865201020
by John Beesley
June 25th, 2015, 5:36 pm
Forum: Match Diary / Going Fishing
Topic: Thames open match Medley and channel - July 12th
Replies: 0
Views: 658

Thames open match Medley and channel - July 12th

Open match Sunday 12th July
Thames Medley top end, Folly and Channel
Fish 10-3
Draw 7,45 Green road social club Kidlington
Breakfast from 7
Book in with Top tackle 01865201020
by John Beesley
June 21st, 2015, 7:16 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford DAA Open Thames 21st June Medley
Replies: 0
Views: 371

Oxford DAA Open Thames 21st June Medley

27 anglers fished the 1st ODAA open match of the season on a low and clear Thames at Medley with 14 pegs at the top end and 14 pegs at the bottom end. Bream had been caught all through during the 1s week of the season so these were expected to provide the winning weights. With 4 end pegs in draw it ...
by John Beesley
June 8th, 2015, 5:09 pm
Forum: Match Diary / Going Fishing
Topic: Thames open match Medley - 21st June
Replies: 0
Views: 679

Thames open match Medley - 21st June

Open match sunday 21st June
Thames -Medley and Folly
Draw 7.45 Green Road Social club Kidlington
Breakfast from 7.00
Fish 10 to 3
Book in with Top tackle 01865201020
by John Beesley
December 7th, 2014, 7:22 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Angling Trust Oxford Winter league round 6
Replies: 0
Views: 279

Angling Trust Oxford Winter league round 6

The final round of the Oxford winter league was fished by 6 teams of 8 on the Oxford canal from Kings bridge to Walton well road. After midweek hard frosts the canal had cleared and a hard match was predicted and it was hard except for 1 section where 4 out of the top 5 all fished. End pegs were sti...
by John Beesley
November 30th, 2014, 7:03 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford WL practice open -Oxford canal - Wolvercote
Replies: 0
Views: 284

Oxford WL practice open -Oxford canal - Wolvercote

The practice match for the last round of the Oxford winter league was fished by 36 anglers on the Oxford canal from Wolvercote to Walton well road. With relatively mild weather and the canal carrying good colour and flow it was hoped that it would be a good match and so it turned out. However as see...
by John Beesley
November 23rd, 2014, 7:00 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford winter league round 5
Replies: 0
Views: 236

Oxford winter league round 5

The 5th round of the Oxford winter league was fished by 6 teams of 8 on the Kennet and Avon canal up and down from Kintbury in Berkshire. With the canal flowing and a tinge of colour the canal was always going to fish well especially for end pegs with some brilliant canal weights On the team front D...
by John Beesley
November 9th, 2014, 6:51 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford winter league round 4
Replies: 0
Views: 222

Oxford winter league round 4

The 4th round of the Oxford winter league was fished by 50 anglers ona clear oxford canal from Kidlington to Kings bridge. With few boats and a clear canal on a sunny day the fish were always going to be shoaled up. The top 5 all came from 2 areas where the fish shoaled while other areas were virtua...
by John Beesley
November 3rd, 2014, 6:11 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: International Anglers Meeting 2014
Replies: 6
Views: 653

International Anglers Meeting 2014

good film. looks like a superb venue
by John Beesley
November 2nd, 2014, 6:40 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford WL practice open -Oxford canal - Kidlington
Replies: 0
Views: 324

Oxford WL practice open -Oxford canal - Kidlington

The practice match for the next round of the Oxford winter league was fished by 36 anglers on the Oxford canal at Kidlington. With the recent trimming of the majority of the features on the far bank of the canal then the match was always going to be dominated by end pegs and remaining feature pegs. ...
by John Beesley
October 26th, 2014, 7:20 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Angling Trust Oxford Winter league round 3
Replies: 2
Views: 447

Angling Trust Oxford Winter league round 3

The 3rd round of the Oxford winter league was fished by 6 teams of 8 on the Thames at Radley and Abingdon. With the mild weather and good river conditions this was always going to be a good match with roach showing everywhere. In some sections double figures of roach did not finish in the top 3 show...
by John Beesley
October 20th, 2014, 5:14 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Angling Trust Oxford Winter league round 2
Replies: 0
Views: 280

Angling Trust Oxford Winter league round 2

The 2nd round of the Oxford winter league was fished by 6 teams of 8 on the Thames on the Medley, Channel and Folly sections. With the river finally having a good flow and colour after the recent rain everyone had high hopes of good weights. Although the bream failed to show there were plenty of fis...
by John Beesley
October 12th, 2014, 6:58 pm
Forum: Match Results, Reports and Blogs
Topic: Oxford winter league open
Replies: 0
Views: 393

Oxford winter league open

The practice match for the next round of the Oxford winter league was fished by 38 anglers on the Thames on the Channel and Folly sections. With the river still very clear a hard match was experienced by most but there were pockets of better fish in areas. 1st Martin Wickens - Drennan Banbury Gunsmi...