Upper Thames winter league

[chavey]

60 anglers fished the 1st round today,on the Thames between Lechlade and Radcott, the river had a tinge of colour but very little flow. But the lack of flow didn't see to put the roach off! The top three all came from different sections of the river and was topped off by Swindon Angler John Bohane's 140 roach haul from one of the shallow pegs below Grafton lock, John started on the pole and caster and had a blistering start, but it soon died, he switched to the waggler to continue catching till the end.

1st John Bohane, Swindon talisman 18lb , all roach on pole and waggler from grafton lock
2nd Andy Pollard, Daiwa Gordon league 14lb 12oz roach from the roundhouse at Lechlade
3rd Dave George, Browning Andover 13lb 3oz of roach on tares from St. John's lock
4th Andy Powell, Lobby's 13lb of roach from St. John's lock
5th Kevin Bennett Garbolino Blackmore Vale 12lb of roach on the stick float from St. John's lock
teams:
1st Garbolino Blackmore Vale. 46
2nd Daiwa Gordon league. 37
3rd Browning Andover. 36
4th Devizes match group. 34
= 5th Lobby's. & talisman. 29

[CHOPWORM HERO]

Sounds good fishing Rich, tare roach !!!!!!!!! av it !!!!!! Well done team wise Mate.

[chavey]

Second round was fished today, here are the results:
Angling Trust Upper Thames Winter League. Round 2. River Avon Chippenham and Melksham. (60 pegs)
The river fished quite well for the second round of the Upper Thames Winter League and the weights were well spread between Chippenham and Melksham on the Bristol Avon. with over a dozen double figure weights
Winner on the day and drawing end peg at Island Park at Chippenham was Devizes Match Group stalwart Kevin Rowles. Kevin started off catching Roach and Perch on the pole over groundbait and had about 12lb in the net before before catching an 'accidental' 5lb Bream, he took a while to get it in on the right roach gear, but then put a heavier chopped worm rig over the top and caught another 6 more Bream, to finish the match with a superb 41-6.
After Kev the weights got a lot tighter with one or two fish separating the framers
Dave Mickewright (Daiwa Gordon League) was the best of the bunch and came second,Dave drew at the Forest at Melksham and caught Roach and Perch on the pole to weigh 13-12.
3rd: Andy Jane (Maver Lobbies)- 13-10
4th: Andy Ritchins (Maver Lobbies)- 13-5
5th: Pete Townsend (Swindon Talismen) and Jamie Cox (Garbolino Blackmore Vale)- 13-4
6th: Steve Nadin (Garbolino Blackmore Vale)- 13-2

Maver Lobbies won the day with 42 points
2nd: Daiwa Gordon League- 40
3rd: Garbolino Blackmore Vale- 39
4th: Devizes Match Group- 34
5th: Swindon Talismen- 31
6th: Browning Andover- 24

The league is as follows:
1st: Garbolino Blackmore Vale- 4 points
2nd: Daiwa Gordon League- 4 points
3rd: Maver lobbies- 7 points
4th: Devizes MG- 8 points
5th: Browning Andover- 9 points
6th: Swindon Talismen- 10 points.

[CHOPWORM HERO]

Good Weights again Rich
Wish that venue was closer Mate !!!!!

[chavey]

Upper Thames Angling Trust winter League Round 3 on Kennet and Avon Canal at Semmington and Seend Park (60 pegs)
Heavy overnight rain didn’t make the venue fish particularly well on the whole, but despite this there were some good bags of fish, and good individual fish including a 1-14 Roach and a 2-15 Perch.
Winner on the day was Andy Powell (Maver Lobbys) who drew the pumper section at Semmington and caught skimmers and Bream to 2lb at 6 sections on red maggots over groundbait to weigh in 13-4.
Runner Up was Andy Pollard (Daiwa Gordon League) who drew the same section as the winner and caught 12-8 of skimmers and Perch on the pole.
3rd: Rob Randall (Garbolino Blackmore Vale)- 12-6
4th: Kev East (Browning Andover)- 10-12
5th: Mick Nowicki (Garbolino Blackmore Vale)- 9-3
6th: Charlie Vallender (Maver Lobbys)- 8-12

On the team front Daiwa Gordon League won the round with 42 points from Garbolino Blackmore Vale with 39 points in second.
3rd: Swindon Talismen- 34
4th: Browning Andover- 32
5th: Devizes MG- 32
6th: Maver Lobbys- 31

This means that Daiwa Gordon League are winning the league at the halfway stage with 5 points from Garbolino Blackmore Vale with 6 points, and the other four teams all tied on 13 points.

[chavey]

Angling Trust Upper Thames Winter League. round 4 10/11/13
River Avon at Melksham and Chippenham. (60 pegs)

60 anglers faced an up and coloured river which was to prove tricky for most.
Andy Pollard (Daiwa Gordon League) drew above the wooden bridge at Chippenham and caught an early Chub, and some good roach on the pole feeder and worms, and later switched to the chopped worm feeder cast across the river for 4 more chub to 3lb, a couple of 1lb eels and perch to weigh 17-6.
Runner Up was John Bohane (Swindon Talismen) who drew at Island Park at Chippenham and caught a small Bream, a couple of Perch and lots of Roach on maggots and worms over groundbait on a flat float, to weigh 13-2.
3rd: Dave Micklewright (Daiwa Gordon League)- 10-4 which included a 7lb bream on the pole feeder!
4th: Mark Treasure (Daiwa Gordon League)- 10-1, which comprised mostly of perch
5th: Rob Randall (Garbolino Blackmore Vale)- 9-1, 200 bleak on the waggler an roach on the flat float
6th: Jamie Cox (Garbolino Blackmore Vale)- 8-7, 4lb of roach on the flat float and 4 chub on the feeder

On the team front Daiwa Gordon League had a very impressive 50 points to win the day
2nd Garbolino Blackmore - 39. points
3rd: Swindon Talismen- 36 points
4th: Browning Andover- 32 points
5th: Maver Lobbies- 29 points
6th: Devizes MG- 23 points.

This means that the league to date is as follows.
1st: Daiwa Gordon League- 6 points
2nd: Garbolino Blackmore Vale- 8 points
3rd: Swindon Talismen- 16 points
4th: Browning Andover- 17 points
5th: Maver Lobbies- 18 points
6th: Devizes MG- 19 points