Winter League 25/26 round 1 , Hebron
What started out with a blue sky , light winds and decent air temperature turned very dark and very wet. Weighing in by torchlight with section sheets turning to mush. We've wanted rain all year but now we have too much. Welcome to the winter league !!
On to the fishing.
A hard match was anticipated in keeping with the conditions in the run up.
Small Roach , Rudd and Perch provided bites for all but little in the way of weight building. Terry Guthrie managed to find a trio of good Perch on the chopped worm and caster backed by small Roach to get his league off to the best possible start. Well fished Terry.
1st Terry Guthrie 4-4-0. Peg 4.
2nd Nigel Ripley 3-12-0. Peg 8.
3rd Barry Evans 3-0-0. Peg 13.

Sections
1-5 Nige Collis 2-1-0. Peg 3.
8-13 Bob Cranmer 1-2-0. Peg 12.
15-18 Russ Thompson 2-0-0. Peg 18.

Winter league round 2 , Hebron.
Another damp day with very poor visibility.
It didn't prevent Terry from making the most of favoured peg 10. Fishing a 5mtr whip and feeding small balls of groundbait he amassed over 100 fish up to 3oz for an emphatic win.
Well done again Terry.
1st Terry Guthrie 7-10-0. Peg 10.
2nd Nigel Ripley 3-1-0. Peg 1.

Sections
1-9 Andy Bell 3-0-0. Peg 3.
10-18 Lee Richardson 2-14-0. Peg 18.
Next match Saturday 3/1/26 , Angel Lookout ( silvers match)

Winter League rd3 , Angel - Lookout lake
A gruelling match today with two thirds of the field failing to get a bite.
Ice breaking and repeat swim clearance were required to get a bait in the water.
Sam Mears included a good Skimmer in amongst small Roach on the pole and maggot for a comfortable win to get his league up and running.
Well done Sam.
1st Sam Mears 3-10-0. Peg 22.
2nd Barry Evans 1-8-0. Peg 3.

Sections
1-15 Terry Guthrie 0-15-0. Peg 5.
22-32 Lee Richardson ( drawn out the hat)

Winter League rd4 , Woodlands Kestrel Lake.
Results from today's match.
With water temperature rock bottom following the melting of the majority of the ice sport was unsurprisingly very slow as the weights demonstrate. A pity as bait presentation was spot on (although Mark and Barry would rightly disagree as the last of the ice lingered in their pegs)
1st Tom Marshall 18-11-0. Peg 25.
2nd Bob Cranmer 6-3-0. Peg 26.
3rd Sam Mears 5-8-0. Peg 7.

Sections
1-9 Russ Thompson 4-4-0. Peg 9.
25-29 George Pickering 1-12-0. Peg 29.
31-35 Ian Bullock 0-13-0. Peg 32.
Well done Tom on a runaway win .
Fishing wag and mag he had 5 F1s and around 3lb of silvers. He sealed the match win with an 8lb carp which was netted after a lengthy battle.
Round 5 , Sessay Alders lake , Sunday 25th January.

Club Winter League rd 5
Result from today's match on Alders lake at Sessay.
1st Nigel Ripley 26-3-0. Peg 14.
2nd Barry Evans 10-6-0. Peg 16.

Sections
3-10 Andy Bell 9-0-0. Peg 7.
12-21 Tom Marshall. Peg 21.
23-32 Mal Wilkinson 5-10-0 Peg 27.
No ice breakers required today thankfully. I must admit I wasn't too disappointed when the last peg in the bag was 14 . A couple of early Carp on the bomb and bread were an ideal start. Long pole lines only produced small Roach but the waggler line eventually came good with bursts of two or three decent Ide at a time on maggot. A further Carp also fell to the waggler.

Results from s silverfish match on Kestrel lake at Woodlands.
1st Terry Guthrie. 15-3-0. Peg 8.
2nd Bob Cranmer. 14-10-0. Peg 16.
3rd Nigel Ripley. 12-6-0. Peg 32.

Sections
4-16 Lee Richardson. 7-14-0. Peg 12.
20-34 Phil Rippon & George Pickering 12-4-0. Pegs 20 & 26
No rain, light winds and results in daylight . All very pleasant and the fishing wasn't bad either with some very close weights and everyone catching. Terry completed his third win of the series putting himself in a very strong position to win the league. Fishing both 4mtr and 12mtr pole lines with live and dead maggot over groundbait, his 80 odd fish included a couple of bonus 2lb skimmers which made all the difference.
Well done again Terry.

Results from rpound 7 match .
Pleasant weather conditions for late February other than a typical late match soaking.
A tight frame with mainly Roach , Perch and Gudgeon with the odd Skimmer showing.
1st Terry Crosby 4-13-0. Peg 31.
2nd Nigel Ripley 4-4-0. Peg 38.
3rd Bob Cranmer 4-2-0. Peg 8.

Sections
1-8 Mal Wilkinson 1-6-0. Peg 1.
26-31 Andy Bell & Phil Rippon 3-12-0. Pegs 26 & 29.
32-39 Barry Evans. 3-3-0. Peg 36.
Terry opted to fish the pole over groundbait for the duration of the match catching small Perch initially before the Roach moved in but in keeping with the lake in general he suffered numerous quiet spells.
Well done Terry.

Results from final match.
1st Bob Cranmer. 11-10-0, peg 29.
2nd Barry Evans , 8-10-0 , peg 26.
3rd Andy Bell , 8-2-0 , peg 28.
Sections

6-14 Mal Wilkinson 1-14-0. Peg 13.
26-31 Nige Collis 7-8-0. Peg 27.
35-39 Terry Crosby 2-0-0. Peg 35.
Bob put an impressive double figure net of mainly Roach on the scales to head up a string of good pole weights on the farm bank. Following two frosts it would appear the fish moved to deeper water with the other two banks poor in comparison.
Overall top 3
1st Terry Guthrie 38 points
2nd Nigel Ripley 38 points
3rd Bob Cranmer. 37 points.
A very close result with Terry winning the trophy due to a greater number of match wins.
Very well done Terry and Bob.