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West Midlands Summer League 2008

The programme for the 2008 West Midlands Summer League is: (ALL SUNDAYS)

June 1 SU Canal, Little Onn, draw Royal Oak, Church Eaton
June 8 S-Worcs Canal, Hazelstrine, draw Stafford Boat Club
June 22 S-Worcs Canal, Wombourne/Awbridge draw tba
June 29 T & M Canal, Weston, draw Saracens Head, Weston
July 6 Shropshire Union Canal, Pendeford, draw Fordhouses Cricket Club
July 13 T & M Canal, Shugborough, draw Great Haywood Sports Club
July 20 T & M Canal, Trentham Meadows, draw Plume/Feathers, Barlaston
July 27 SU Canal, Norbury, draw Junction Inn

All matches operate on a rolling, random draw system. The draw will start just before 8 am. To give the organisers time to fish the draw will conclude at 8.45 am. Fishing 10 am to 3 pm; result and payout at HQ afterwards.

Entry Fee: Team of five £80, covers all peg fees @ £2 per person for all 8 matches.
The suggestion is to pay £20 per man at Match 1 and £20 per man at Match 5 (this will cover peg fees for each match and pools on Matches 1 & 5); you could also pay all £80 before if you want.

Pools: £12 per person, per match, payable on the day, i.e. £60 per team.
Payout: (based on 16 teams) = £960 taken in: 1st £140, 2nd £120, 3rd £100, 4th £70, 5th £50; total £480. Winning team on the day £100. Sections, Half sections £30 each = 10 payouts = £300.
Forwarded to overall league payout £60 per match. Winning team overall £250, 2nd £150 3rd £80.

Aggregate, £20 per match taken out = £160, 1st £60, 2nd £45, 3rd £35.
Booby; to the angler with least points from all 8 matches, £20!!!

NOTE THE FOLLOWING RULES
No pellets, bloodworm or joker in ALL matches. No pike/zander or crab like creatures will be weighed in (this might rule out a few competitors!) Competitors are requested NOT to bank walk during the match. PENALTIES for all offences, you will be shot, then fined!

**Points system (based on 16 teams): 16 points for a section win and so on down the line. Non weighers or absentees will be awarded nil points.

In the event of any team ties, if money is involved, the winner will be the one with the most section wins; if still a tie section seconds and so on. For points calculations tied teams will receive the same points.

Open to the first 20 teams of 5 that enter, Book: 01785 257416

whats the entry money for some new bib and braces

whats the entry money for some new bib and braces

He has already had them back!


I sold them to him...£5.

£5 he only gets £6 a week from angling mail

looks very good to me

I have had this email from Tony this morning:

Could you put on your website:

"The West Midlands Summer League has been cancelled.
The first match is only three weeks away this Sunday and I am going away before that. I do not want to get back and inform those that had entered with so short a notice. I would also have the added problem of informing all the clubs and headquarters so it is best to pull the plug on it now.
Just a quick thanks to those that had entered but without more local support there is no chance of running this type of league.

For the record these are the first match(es) I have had to cancel in over 40 years.

Disappointed to say the least.

Tony Keeling"



It's a shame that there has not been a bit more support as i for one was looking forward to this.

dont know what to say, look foward to this all year, now where will i go

After talking to Paul Turner and Tony Keeling we have decided to go ahead with this league.


June 1 SU Canal, Little Onn,
June 8 S-Worcs Canal, Womborne
June 22 S-Worcs Canal, SU Canal, Little Onn,
June 29 Walsall canal
July 6 Shropshire Union Canal, Pendeford, draw Fordhouses Cricket Club
July 13 Walsall canal
July 20 S-Worcs Canal, Womborne
July 27 Walsall canal

same as before but best 6 rounds to go towards the final results.