Simple Match Fishing Forum

Yeah I remeber Sammy Mann, - good egg.
Am I right, -he won the Evesham Festival; Ind one year with 9 lb odd from the top end of Evesham.
If anyone else can remember it I was 4th or 5th and lost two chub with bite-offs that happened quite a bit in those days. I was near Bob Green and Frank Barlow

Someone might be in deep sh!t; the one on the bottom right is the 'Law'

I thought it was Max Wall

sorry Glenn

Bill,
Sorry it took time to get back but if i remember it was Ricky Haynes a Starlet Vet at the time who won that match, remember him

Choppie, I'll swear crappity smack Sammy Mann won it one year; it may have been the team match though;
If I remember right you had to use the pole for the first half of the match; ne feeders at all. I had 6 lb odd of small dace, roach and bleak; fished 11 to hand with pinkie

I just had a bloke on the phone who reckons he can name the whole team

Bill, i am going to Evesham on Saturday so i will check this out and get back to you mate

I just had a bloke on the phone who reckons he can name the whole team

Did he

Got to amend a mistake its Billy Hines not Terry as i put in the list.

Angling Times Winter League South Staffs Division Winners 1978.
Final Round; Shrewsbury, River Severn.
Final Round Individual Result:
1. Paul Sinfield Avon Matchmen
2. Mark Downes Starlets
3. Sam Mann Starlets
4. Mark Banks Galaxy
5. Paul Downes Starlets
6. Barry Carr Stafford
Final League Placings:
1. Starlets 29 points
2. Avon Matchmen 28 points
3. Stafford Trotters 27 points
4. Galaxy 23 points
5. Springhead 11 points
6. New Willenhall 8 points

Back row (L-R): Mark Downes; Bill Hines; Steve Parker; Carl Baker; Dave Lodge; Keith Thomason;
Dave Carter; Pete Hobson.
Middle row (L-R): Paul Downes; Pete Aske; Terry Lines; Barry Fulford; Ted Farmer.
Front row (L-R): Dave Williams; Gary Farmer; Steve Webb; Sammy Mann; Glenn Law.
I think that’s right, if not blame Angling Times circa 1978.
I used to keep press cuttings, used them for team sponsorship applications.
And yes, we do look a mess, but you should have seen the other teams!

crappity smack me I fished that match at Shrewsbury. Our team only finished two points behind Boglets in the League.

We did better on the Upper Trent League though

Stafford trotters that sounds appropriate for you Bill