VERULAM ANGLING CLUB

MATCH RESULT

 DATE:           3rd February 2008

VENUE:         Apsley Grand Union Canal

TROPHY:       Championship #16

 

Commentary:  Why do we bother we canals? Even when conditions are good for the time of year half of Hemel decides that the nicest thing to do on a blowey February morning is a bracing yomp along the tow path. Add the 100 nutters jogging 40 miles from Tring to Kew, the spandex wearing bikers and a platoon of army cadets should describe the bankside traffic endured for this match.

 

It’s a deep pound compared to some. This helped make up for the gin clear water (never a boat or two when you want one) and the better weights were on the downstream deeper end.

 

Top on the day, perhaps helped by having barges double parked downstream, was Len Cooper (peg 6) with two big pound-plus perch and a smattering of smaller samples for 5-8-0. Further down on peg 2 was Stan who picked up a pound-plus perch and a few others on pinkie down the middle and added some chublets and a couple of perch from the far side at 13m for 3-8-0 and 2nd.

 

Phil Rule just held onto 3rd on peg 5 with a late 8oz perch to give him 2-7-0 to pip Neil on peg 7. Phil also had a pike which, of course, we don’t count.

 

Elsewhere blanks were suffered including Paul Bangs who was initially delighted to draw the peg where he had 10lb of roach and perch when he practised five days earlier. Today not a single roach was landed!!!....Roll on the Summer.

 

  

POSITION

NAME

WEIGHT

POINTS

COMMENTS

1

Len Cooper

5.8.0

100

 

2

Stan Kiddle

3.8.0

95

 

3

Phil Rule

2.7.0

90

 

4

Neil Anderson

2.3.8

85

 

5

Tom Heighton

1.13.8

80

 

6

Clive Bailey

1.4.8

75

 

7

Andy K

0.5.8

70

 

8

Steve Burfoot

0.0.8

65

 Silver Peg

9

Kevin Hawes

0.0.8

60

 

10

Ray Pettfier

DNW

1

 

11

Stuart Heighton

DNW

1

 

12

Roger Smith

DNW

1

 

13

Ivan Coleman

DNW

1

Golden Peg

14

Paul Bangs

DNW

1

 

15

Malcolm Jeffery

DNW

1

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

Total Weight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Fished

15