This years Committee match took place on Sunday
5th August at Puddledock Farm fisheries.
9 of the Clubs committee took part with a view to improving
on their performance from previous competitions and
the morning started well with a hearty breakfast, the sun
shining and everyone ready for a good day's fishing.
What followed was the organiser, Alan Brown, failing miserably
in booking the appropriate lake and after a minor panic,
we were eventually ushered instead onto the newly built
"Island Lake". Fishing commenced at 9.30 and apart
from a few fish being caught, it was a pretty slow morning
leaving us all wondering if the new lake had actully been
stocked with any fish. Paul Eplett and John Pryor were the
early leaders with the remaining 7 anglers just making
up the numbers. Lunch couldn't come soon enough and after
a swift beer we returned to our pegs to make up for the
earlier performance. Rod Worton managed to find some fish
whereas for the rest of us, our fish were taking a much
earned siesta as they failed to show throughout the afternoon.
Besides, we were more concerned about the smell eminating
from the local sewage plant. Not a good idea to be so close
to one of these on a hot, sunny day!
One or two nice carp were landed by Tony Marshall and at a
complete loss as to which bait and method to use, we
were soon welcoming the the final whistle at 4pm.
All in all, we once again had a good time. Aided and abetted
by friends and family the overall result really didn't matter.
Winning the Basil Goody trophy for the third time was Paul
Eplett with 17lb 8oz, 2nd was Rod Worton with 5lb 8oz
and 3rd was John Pryor with 3lb 14oz. Match results
for: 2005 & 2006
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