Brian Hutchings claimed the points Shield for the second year running.

Vernon Adams and Alan Campbell won the Blind Pairs

A 3lb carp secured Steve Pitson his first win at the club. Until then he had 3 skimmers and 3 roach all taken on the groundbait feeder and red maggot. Brian Hutchings had 2 small bream on the feeder with pinkie and a few roach taken on the pole. Nick Collier had a level 3lb of skimmers and hybrids all taken on the groundbait feeder with maggot.

Overall, Brian Hutchings claimed the Prior Cup.

Our first match on Lens Lake at Milton Pools, was a tight affair for the top 2. Doug Robinson came out winner with a quality net of skimmers and a few small carp. He fished the pole tight to the lilies in the middle of the lake and caught all his fish on pellet. Paul Hutchings fished the same tactics and had several small carp, but could not connect with the silver fish to back up his return. Brian Hutchings kept up his good form with a mixed net of silvers and small carp. All his fish were taken on pinkie and pellet, fished tight to the lilies.

Gerald Perks won his first match of the season on a rock hard river. The cold condition took out what little colour was left in the river making conditions hard. Gerald had a single chub on the maggot feeder but lost 2 more. Nick Collier claimed second spot with a tiny gudgeon caught on maggot.

The match was a real grueller for the 10 anglers. Brian Hutchings made it back to back wins, with some quality roach and perch on the waggler with maggot. Alan Campbell had 4 small perch on the pole with worm. He switched to the whip in the last hour and had 4lb of bleak. Nick Collier stuck it out on the worm and had a good net of perch. A lost fish on the last put in cost him the match.

Brian also claimed the KO Cup, defeating Vernon Adams who did not weigh.

Pete Clarke

When the Thames is moody, it is very moody. On a low and clear river, with very little flow Alan Campbell came out on top with 6 skimmers on the groundbait feeder with worm. Rob Cordery of the next peg had 2 bream and a big perch for second. Pete Clarke was third with a mixed net taken on the waggler and whip. A lot of anglers just managed a just a couple of pounds and 5 blanks were recorded.

The question on everyone's lips was where have all the carp gone. Just handfuls were caught and even the bream failed to make an appearance. Chris Webb battled on and had 1 carp a tench and a good net of small skimmers all on the pole with pellet. Paul Goodall also used pellet on the waggler and had 2 carp and a few bits for second. Brian Hutchings had just 1 fish, a 10lb carp taken on the straight lead with pellet.

Pete Clarke won his second match of the season at Sandford, this time it was the Pete Jackson Memorial Cup. He had another quality net of roach all taken on the caster with maggot. Tony Gee pushed him all the way with another net of roach and dace on the maggot. Chris Webb kept up his good form with a mixed net all taken on maggot. All proceed from the match and raffle was donated to Cystic Fibrosis Trust. A total of £240 was raised.

Low water conditions made the fishing harder, but all the entire all had a few fish. Nick Collier came out top of the pile with 15 carp and a few bream all falling to worm on the pole. Chris Webb had a good net of carp for 2nd, all on the pole with meat. Third went to Paul Willoughby with a net of carp on the pole with worm.

There was a good turnout in the inter-club match with Yarnton Angling Club. Pete Clarke fished a tremendous match on the pole off un-fancied peg 22. He tempted a good net of roach and small chub on caster and hemp. Brian Hutchings was 2nd. He had a good net of small roach and dace on the waggler with maggot. Anthony Tomkin was 3rd using the same tactics

Waggler and maggot accounted for a good stamp of roach for Ken Franklin. He claimed his first win of the season on a flat calm river. Brian Hutchings claimed second place with an all roach net taken on the waggler with maggot. Alan Campbell took third spot, also with a few roach on the wag & mag.

The first match at Sandford turned out to be a real struggle. The resident roach switched off and everybody changed tactics to wangle out a few bits. Brian Hutchings was a clear winner with a level 5lb of bleak and 2 roach.

J.Henwood Shield/ v Yarnton Angling Club