Bannister House, Match Canal. Merseyside. Sun. 42. Tolga Istek (Leigh Tackle & Bait) 39-9-0, carp and skimmer bream, soft pellet, 12m pole, peg 3; Steve Burgess (Garbolino Elton) 25-1-20; Paul Coyle (Preston Innovations) 25-12-0; Ian Melling (Sam’s Tackle & Bait) 24-14-0.
Blundell’s, East Lodge. Cheshire. Wed. 28. James De Clouet (Ray’s Tackle Liverpool) 42-11-0, carp to 2lb, soft pellet, 14m pole, peg 3; Mick Woolvine (Ted Carter’s Southport) 38-14-0; Andy Bennett (Stalybridge Angling) 34-1-0; Paul Jones (Bait-Tech) 31-2-0. Sat. 40. Stuart Carroll (Leigh Tackle & Bait) 91-2-0, carp to 5lb, corn and pellet, 16m pole, peg 53; Carl Cantello (Guilder’s Tackle) 50-7-0; Chris Preese (Clayton) 44-2-0; Adam Shawcross (Aerial Sky) 42-8-0. Sun. 38. Steve Parry (Dynamite Baits) 61-6-0, carp to 2lb, soft pellet, 16m pole, peg 1; Kerry Kirkwood (St. Helens Angling) 53-10-0; Steve Carrier (Fisherman’s Tackle Birkenhead) 49-1-0; Alan Howarth (Leigh Tackle & Bait) 36-10-0
Bradshaw Hall, Lake Four. Lancashire. Wed. 16. Steve Hall (Midleton) 24-2-0, roach, skimmer bream and chub, worm and maggot, 12m pole, peg 17l Chris Hogan (Fisherman’s Way Bury) 23-4-0; Derek Holland (Manchester) 18-10-0. Over 50s. Lake Eight. Lancashire. Wed. 16. Mick Teall (Burnley) 13-11-0, skimmer bream and chub, maggot and caster, 12m pole, peg 5; Tony Hardy (Bolton) 8-15-0; Ray Windsor (Little Lever) 7-4-0.
Brookside, Snake Canal. Cheshire. Thurs. 31. Stuart Taylor (Hazelgrove Angling Centre) 48-4-0, carp and tench, sweetcorn, 12m pole, peg 20; Tony Irvine (A&I Pole Floats) 44-6-0; Ray Thompson (Vale Royal Angling) 38-8-0; Andy Butler (Mosella) 38-2-0. Sat. 42. Andy Butler (Mosella) 59-10-0, carp and ide, red maggot, 11m pole, peg 25; Andy Spencer (Chester Tackle Locker) 50-2-0; Paul Keeley (Drennan NW) 50-0-0; Steve Conroy (Drennan NW) 47-2-0. Sun. 30. Steve Conroy (Drennan NW) 91-10-0, carp and ide, red maggot, 12m pole, peg 40; Nick Butterworth (Cheshire Angling) 80-0-0; Jim Price (Deeside Tackle) 76-10-0; Andy Butler (Mosella) 72-14-0.
Congleton AS Charity, Macclesfield Canal, Congleton area, Cheshire, Sat. 86. Andy Billington (Drennan North West) 12-15-7, roach, skimmers and a 2lb 5 oz perch, poled punched bread and caster, peg D17; Neil Martin (Drennan North West) 9-15-0; Simon Mottram (Trabucco Midlands Van den Eynde) 7-7-7; Dave Horton (Trabucco Midlands Van den Eynde) 7-0-8; Dave McCall (Shakespeare) 6-11-4; Carl Robinson (Ted Carter, Preston) 6-6-10.
Hampton Springs, Long Island. Cheshire. Sat. 19. Kevin Williams (Weston Tackle) 45-0-0, carp to 6 lb, pellet, 12m pole, peg 28; Wendy Locker (Chester Tackle Locker) 38-0-0; Steve Boyd (Saints) 35-12-0; Gary Vincent (Rod n’ Reel) 35-4-0. Sun. 40. Phil Ashdown (Fisherman’s Way) 51-1-0, carp and tench, pellet and corn, 16m pole, peg 20; Simon Loyley (Chester Tackle Locker) 42-14-0; Steve Boyd (Saints) 42-12-0; Dave Birchall (Guilder’s Tackle) 42-6-0; Len Bolton (Rod n’ Reel) 29-0-0; John Cheetham (Ted Carter’s Preston) 26-12-0.
Hazel Grove Angling Centre Spring League, Round Three, Stapeley Cudmore, Whitmore, Newcastle Under Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Sun. 40. Steve Butler (Ted Carter Southport) 63-6-0, carp to 6 lb and odd skimmers, tip and straight legered corn, Pool 1 peg 4; Jake Robinson (Maver Pickerings) 58-0-0; Paul Shone (Stapeley Cudmore) 54-8-0; Steve Boyd (Prescott Angling Centre) 42-12-0; Kevin Shone (Stapeley Cudmore) 40-12-0; Kevin Haystead (Stapeley Cudmore) 39-8-0.
League: Steve Butler (Ted Carter Southport) 37; Carl Lane (Prescott Angling Centre) 34; Steve Boyd (Prescott Angling Centre) 30; Mike Billingham (Hazel Grove Angling Centre) and Ray Rigby (Ted Carter Southport) both 28.
Heronbrook Individual League, Final Round, Canal, Bridge, Meadow and Island Pools, Slindon, near Ecccleshall, Staffordshire, Sun. 43. Rob Pelling (Connect Tackle) 96-0-0, all F1s to 2 lb, peg 6 Island; Jamie Hughes (Maver Midlands/Bagem Baits) 81-0-0; Andy Lees (Gilders Tackle) 77-8-0; Stuart McGuinness (Connect Tackle) 60-0-0; Ben Roberts (Drennan North West) 49-14-0; Phil Ross (Izaak Walton, Leigh) 48-14-0. Overall: Rob Pelling (Connect Tackle) 12 points (£500); Ben Roberts (Drennan North West) 12, (£350); Chris Shelley (Trentside Tackle) 12, (£250); Alan Bruce (Ray’s Tackle) 13, (£200); Gerry Lees (Gilders Tackle) 13, £100.
High Heyes, Lake Two. Lancashire. Sat. 27. Andy Davies (Tri-Cast Highfield) 29-0-0, carp 3lb and barbel, sweetcorn, 13m pole, peg 24; Ian Scott (Mack’s Tackle) 23-12-0; Paul Banks (Burscough Angling Supplies) 18-0-0; Ernie Pilkington (Turnover Tackle) 14-12-0.
Highfield Fishery, OAPs. Beech Lake. Lancashire. Wed. 23. Terry Clarke (Mack’s Tackle) 41-0-0, carp to 5lb, soft pellet, 18m pole, peg 19; Joe Lavery (Fleetwood Res) 14-8-0; Mark Brady (Fleetwood Res) 14-2-0; Fred Porter (Blackpool & Leyton) 12-4-0. Sun. 30. Bob Watson (Ted Carter’s Preston) 33-2-0, ide and carp, caster, 14m pole, peg 10; Mike Reid (Highfield Fishery) 22-12-0; Sandy Barker (Highfield) 22-12-0; Stuart Kennedy (Ted Carter’s Preston) 17-3-0.
Lingmere, Ling Mere. Wirral. Thurs. 21. Steve Openshaw (Fisherman’s Tackle Birkenhead) 82-8-0, carp to 8 lb, banded pellet on Method feeder and soft pellet 6m pole, peg 43; Alan Dewhurst (Fisherman’s Tackle Birkenhead) 70-2-0; Dave Woodworth (Wallasey Tackle Box) 58-0-0; Gary Baugh (Chester Tackle Locker) 55-2-0. Sat. 23. Chris Smith (Chester Tackle Locker) 41-2-0, carp and barbel, soft pellet, 13m pole in the margins, peg 29; Phil Roberts (Upton) 35-6-0; Phil Ashdown (Upton) 33-0-0; Ritchie Nelson (Birkenhead) 31-14-0.
Meadow View, OAPs. Lark Pool. Cheshire. Tues. 22. Bob Dac (Edgley Sports) 67-0-0, carp to 8lb, pellet and corn, 11m pole, peg 40; Jim McNab (Cosjack) 17-10-0; Denis Ockwell (Leigh Tackle & Bait) 12-14-0; George Osborne (Penketh) 12-6-0. Lark Pool. Cheshire. Wed. 18. Shaun Sandham (Sam’s Tackle & Bait) 37-4-0, roach and carp, corn, 6m pole, peg 40; Pete Constable (Warrington) 27-12-0; Chris Diamond (Eddie’s Bait) 18-4-0; Brian Martin (Meadow View) 11-8-0. OAPs. Thrush. Cheshire. Thurs. 16. Roger Peet (Oldham Owls) 20-0-0, carp to 5lb, sweetcorn, 10m pole, peg 11; Fred Bowman (Woodhouse Park) 15-8-0; Denis Ockwell (Leigh Tackle & Bait) 13-12-0; Ken Maddon (Shaw’s Tackle) 12-11-0. Lark Pool. Cheshire. Sun. 16. Paul Kay (Warrington) 33-8-0, carp to 6lb, soft pellet, 14m pole, peg 42; Paul Legerton (Meadow View) 21-4-0; Eddie Jones (Liverpool) 13-2-0.
Mill House, Mistral Lake. Merseyside. Sat. 20. Steve Burgess (Garbolino Elton) 33-12-0, carp to 2lb, soft pellet, 14m pole, peg 22; Alan Sharman (Garbolino Elton) 30-8-0; Andy Wilson (Mersey Dockers) 22-14-0; Paul Bottomley (Coppull Angling Centre) 22-2-0.
Newton-le-Willows AA OAPs, White Door Dam. Merseyside. Thurs. 20. Dennis Bates (Warrington) 7-5-0, roach, rudd, perch, chub and carp, red maggot, 12m pole, peg 2; Eddie Cook (Warrington) 7-4-0; Doug Thom (Widnes) 7-4-0; Jeff Clare (Richmond’s Tackle) 4-12-0.
Partridge Lake, Covey Canal. Cheshire. Sat. 32. Karl Webster (Trafford Angling) 99-10-0, carp to 12 oz, red maggot and pellet, 11m pole, peg 82; Dave Pimblott (Garbolino Elton) 65-15-0; Mick Reid (Highfield) 64-4-0; Alan Greaves (East Lancs) 59-0-0; Andy Bridge (Garbolino Gooch) 52-9-0; Chris Weeder Jnr (Trafford Angling) 51-13-0
St. Helens AA, Sankey-St. Helens Canal at Church Street. Merseyside. Wed. 18. Dave Alsop (St. Helens) 25-5-0, three carp and skimmer bream, soft pellet, 10m pole, peg 9; Tony Pennington (Drennan NW) 22-0-0; Bernie Breeze (Newton-le-Willows) 16-1-0; Steve Rimmer (Pilkingtons AA) 13-7-0. Sun. 22. Mike Birkhill (Leigh, Tackle & Bait) 14-14-0, skimmer bream, red maggot, crumb feeder, peg 74; Simon Stott (Swinton Angling Centre) 6-5-0; Steve Ward (St. Helens) 5-11-0; Steve Leyland (Warrington) 4-4-0.
Stapeley Crewe and District WL, Final Round, Shropshire Union Canal, Nantwich, Cheshire, Sun. 56. Damian Parry (The Gun) 5-0-6, roach, poled squatt and punched bread, Stoke Manor; Steve Fothergill (Cheshire MG) 4-6-12; Dave Horton (Trabucco Midlands Van den Eynde) 3-10-0; Ken Mainwaring (Wyche) 3-7-12; M. German (wyche) 3-6-12; Chris Tudor (Betley’s Monsters) 2-10-8. Teams: Wyche 46; The Gun 41; Birkenhead Blue 40; Eclipse Blue 37; Cheshire MG 36; Leso’s 34.
Final League: Eclipse Blue 205; The Gun 188; Wyche 180; Frank’s Four 174; Snowy’s 173; Eclipse Green 171.
Ind Aggregate: Fred Cheetham (Eclipse Blue) 66; Perry Follows (Eclipse Green) 61; Paul Dobing (The Gun) 59.
Stapeley Cudmore, Whitmore, Newcastle Under Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Sat. Suez and Brewsters Canals, 22. Andy Moors (Maver Pickering’s) 68-10-0, carp to 3 lb and skimmers, poled pellet, peg 19; Jake Robinson (Maver Pickering’s) 56-12-0; Martin Murphy (Stalybridge Angling Supplies) 50-10-0; Gary Skerritt (Maver Pickerings) 47-0-0; Sean Hill (Stapeley Cudmore) 46-0-0; Robbie Dean (Vision Baits Team Border) 44-8-0.
Tasker’s Top Team, Leeds-Liverpool Canal at Haskayne. Merseyside. Sun. 48. Dave Walmsley (Sam’s Tackle & Bait) 6-10-0, skimmer bream, hybrids and roach, punch bread and caster, 10m pole, peg 124; Dave Moorcroft (Mersey Dockers) 4-7-4; Mark Crossley (Willaston AS) 4-1-4; Ray Pagan (Maghull CA) 4-0-10.
Teams: Sam’s Tackle & Bait 18; Liverpool AS Red 19; Mersey Dockers 23; Liverpool AS Black 25.
League: Sam’s Tackle & Bait 142; Liverpool AS Red 144; Liverpool AS Blue 166; Mersey Dockers 175.
Wigan & District AA, Leeds-Liverpool Canal at Adlington. Lancashire. Wed. 28. Dave Benson (Chorley Social) 4-3-12, two skimmer bream and 3lb of roach, punch bread, 9m pole, pegged opposite scout hut; Lawrence Clayton (Hindley MG) 3-9-0; Ken Sharples (Wigan MG) 3-8-0; Alan Whalley (Lostock Tackle Box) 3-0-0. Sat. 24. Alan Whalley (Lostock Tackle Box) 3-5-4, roach to 6 oz, punch bread, 5m pole, peg 457; Steve Dolan (Ted Carter’s Preston) 3-2-4; Lawrence Clayton (Hindley MG) 2-4-12; Dave Rigby (St. Helens) 2-0-4. Gratton Shield. Leeds-Liverpool Canal at Burscough. Lancashire. Sun. 62. Gordon Houlibecq (Bolton) 11-13-8, skimmer bream and roach, punch bread, 11m pole, pegged on town boats; Colin Brunt (Ted Carter’s Preston) 5-8-0; Derek Fairhurst (Hindley MG) 4-4-12; Mike Charnley (Lostock Tackle Box) 3-9-4.
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