THE Commercial House Winter League match fished on the Kennet & Avon Canal from Bath to Limpley Stoke saw Maver Bathampton Elite take top spot in the A Division with 24 points and Sensas Wilts Angling Green top B Division with 28, writes COLIN SCULL.
Individual honours went to Vince Lunn of M & N Electrical with 15 lb 2 oz of bream, roach and skimmers.
Other placings: 2. Chris Glover, Cardiff Nomads, 9 lb 6 oz 8 dm; 3. Neil Mercer, Maver Bathampton Elite, 8 lb 11 oz; 4. Neil Saunders Sensas Wilts Angling Black 7 lb 7 oz 8 dm; 5. Richard Lacey Maver Bathampton Invincible 7 lb 6 oz; 6. Andy Power Preston Innovation Thatchers A 7 lb 3 oz.
Teams – A Division: 1. Maver Bathampton Elite 24; 2. Preston Innovation Thatchers B 24; 3. Preston Innovation Thatchers A 22.
B Division: 1. Sensas Wilts Angling Green 28; 2. M & N Electrical 27.5; 3. Premier Angling Thornbury 20.5.
League tables – A Division: 1. Preston Innovation Thatchers A 26.5; 2. Maver Bathampton Elite 17.5; 3. Preston Innovation Thatchers B 17. B Division: 1. Sensas Wilts Angling Green 25.5; 2. M & N Electrical 20.5; 3. DW Builders 20.
THE Airsprung match was rearranged to the Beehive stretch of the Kennet & Avon Canal on Sunday after the inter-club event with Chippenham was cancelled.
Andy Fox, from Hilperton, carried off top prize with 5 lb 10 oz of roach and skimmers, followed by Brian Neale, from Frome, with 4 lb 4 oz.
Stan Blackmore, from Trowbridge, was third with 4 lb 2 oz 8 dm of roach and skimmers.
Other placings: 4. Tom Ince Trowbridge 3 lb 14 oz; 5. Steve Southern Trowbridge 3 lb 11 oz; 6. Dave Morrison Trowbridge 3 lb 6 oz.
COMPETITORS in the Wilts Angling Open match enjoyed excellent sport at Shearwater on Sunday with bream feeding well.
Top honours went to Tim Martin, from Frome, with a bream catch weighing 70 lb.
John Garner, from Chippenham, took runner up spot with 64 lb 12 oz of bream, with Andy Pritchard, from Westbury, third with 57 lb 15 oz of bream.
Other placings: 4. Kevin Rowles Devizes 57 lb 10 oz; 5. Nigel Smith Calne 52 lb 12 oz; 6. Rob Kepner Melksham 47 lb 14 oz.
Future events
Sunday Jan 18: Chippenham Open match at Chippenham; Wilts Angling Open at Melksham; Airsprung v Tisbury at Barton Farm.
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