Senior League rd 1 , Angel Bowes lake
Match results
1st Tom Marshall 69-10-0. Peg 24

Sections
1-6 Russ Thompson 34-2-0. Peg 1.
20-26 George Pickering 36-2-0. Peg 26
34-40 Sam Mears 66-1-0. Peg 34.
With a general lack of fish coming to pole tactics Tom topped a string of feeder weights fishing to the island to just pip in a close finish. Well done men.
In light of the very sad news received during the match a minutes silence was observed prior to the results for John Parkinson. He will be sorely missed.

Senior League rd2 , Whittledene Match Lake.
Results from match :-
1st Nige Collis 8-8-0. Peg 24.
2nd Terry Crosby 6-7-0. Peg 31.

Sections
24-27 Sam Mears 5-4-0. Peg 25.
28-31 Nigel Ripley 4-10-0. Peg 29.
35-39 Andy Bell 3-12-0. Peg 36.
Another wind battered reservoir with considerable undertow. Cheers storm Dave !!
The majority of fish came from the farm bank with the roadside being poor again. Nige C was one of the few who persisted with the pole, although managing 9 metres was still an endurance test. Feeding maggot over groundbait he put together a mainly Roach net for a comfortable win.
Well done Nige.

Senior League rd 3, today's match :-
1st Barry Evans 11-12-0. Peg 9..
2nd Nigel Ripley 7-12-0. Peg 4.

Sections
1-5 Chris Morrison 4-3-0. Peg 5.
8-10 Sam Mears 7-6-0. Peg 10.
15-18 Nige Collis 5-0-0. Peg 15.
A few Crucians and Skimmers put in an appearance today , however it was sheer numbers of mainly small Roach, Rudd and Perch that won the day for Barry. Fishing maggot and pinkie over groundbait he amassed around 200:fish on 3 and 4mtr whips to finish well clear.
Well done Barry.

Senior League rd4 , Cedar lake.
Result from match:-
1st Barry Evans 28-1-0 . Peg 9.
2nd Nigel Ripley 24-12-0. Peg 27.

Sections
9-20 Phil Rippon 11-9-0. Peg 20.
22-32 George Pickering 17-1-0. Peg 22.
With a very cold morning and bright conditions following Saturdays open match the fishing was every bit as hard as expected. Barry continued where he left off last weekend with another win.
The majority of his fish came on his long line with expanders over micros. Mainly F1s with the odd bonus carp.
Well done Barry.

Senior League/Away day , Hebron
Match results :-
1st Gary Rutherford 19-0-0. Peg 3.
2nd Nigel Ripley 7-0-0. Peg 1.

Sections
1-5. Terry Crosby 3-15-0 Peg 5.
8-10 Mark Fidell. 5-8-0. Peg 10.
16-18 Barry Evans. 6-7-0. Peg 16.
A lovely day to be out with good sized carp seen spawning all around the lake.
Recent reports of good nets of mixed species had hopes up for a good day. However, it proved to be a difficult day at the office for most , especially when early cloud cover disappeared.
Highlight of the day was undoubtedly Gary's 13-8-0 Common that took a liking to his paste presented close in. He added Crucians and Skimmers to take a very comfortable win.
Well done Gary.

The Steve Freer Dissington Trophy
Results :-
1st Nige Collis 5-12-0. Peg 14.
2nd Terry Guthrie 4-0-0. Peg 10.

Sections
2-13 Tom Marshall 3-2-0. Peg 13.
14-22 Barry Evans 1-3-0. Peg 20.
Although Tench had been feeding well around the lake in the run up , it was Rudd , Roach and Perch in the main making up the weights. The shallower end of the pond fished better on the day although bites still tailed off quickly in the bright conditions.
Nigel Collis made the most of the opening period , catching silvers shallow on the pole to lift the trophy and repeat his 2025 success. Well done Nige and framers.

Summer Shield ,Brafferton F1 lake
Result from club Away Day match :-
1st Gary Rutherford 66-5-0. Peg 69.
2nd Tom Marshall. 56-8-0. Peg 46.

Sections
46-63 Nigel Ripley 43-8-0. Peg 52.
64-80 Nige Collis 19-0-0. Peg 76.
Groundhog day !!
Another trophy win for Gary employing his favourite paste method. With bright hot conditions he had to go to 16mtrs to the central island to catch , alternating with the margins to net a mixture of F1s and carp to win by a comfortable margin on a difficult day.
Well done Gary.

The Sir David Burnett Cup
Result from today's match held on High Stand Mill pond.
1st Mark Fidell 3-3-0. Peg 3.
2nd Nigel Ripley 2-4-0. Peg 4.
3rd Lee Richardson 1-11-0. Peg 5.
Gin clear water and didn't bode well for good sport and it proved to be a very tough match. Roach refused to settle over feed and we're very quick to back off. Mark worked 4.5 and 6 mtr whips with maggot over groundbait from his peg on the deep corner to record what was a comfortable win in a small fish match.
Well done Mark.

Result from match on Whittledene Northern :-
1st Tom Marshall 12-6-0. Peg 56.
2nd Bob Cranmer 12-2-0. Peg 58.

Sections
Road bank - Terry Crosby 11-3-0. Peg 41.
Tree bank - Nigel Ripley 11-13-0. Peg 52.
Winning pair
Terry Crosby & Nigel Ripley 12 points.
The reservoir fished much better than many anticipated today despite the lack of colour resulting in an average of around 10lb per man. Tom fished the pole shallow at 11mtrs loose feeding maggot over initial groundbait to take Roach , Skimmers and Perch to top the individual results. Well done Tom. On the Pairs front Terry Crosby didn't let a lack of Roach deter him with a mainly Skimmer net on the pole taking the maximum 7 points on the road bank. Coupled with my 5 points on the Tree bank it was just enough to beat Tom and Sam's 11 points.

Result from match :-
1st Phil Rippon 27-2-0. Peg 93
2nd Paul Hunter 20-0-0. Peg 101/102.
3rd Steve Knowles 19-7-0. Peg 95/96.

Sections
74-83 Steve Eddy 10-2-0. Peg 80/81.
85-96 Nige Rance 14-0-0. Peg 90.
97-104 John Bainbridge 13-4-0. 97/98.
Despite the unfavourable conditions the river fished quite well with each section won with double figures. Bream , Chub and Perch made up the weights.
Phil set his stall out for the Bream attacking his peg with the groundbait feeder and worm to land 8 around the 3lb mark to take the win. Well done Phil.

The Alan Stephens Trophy
Result from match on Alders lake at Sessay :-
1st Barry Evans 38-8-0. Peg 34.

Sections
23-34 Steve Knowles 34-0-0. Peg 23.
36-40 Nigel Ripley 29-6-0. Peg 40.
Despite a very low water level and a bright , hot day there were plenty of fish caught. Barry fished the pole at 12 metres and kept the Ide and Roach feeding with 5 pints of maggots to take the win over Steve who fished similar tactics.
Well done men.

Dave Jobson memorial match.
The forecast was a moderate breeze . Which for the derwent means you can’t stand up.
Anyway despite the conditions the pow hill area fished well with plenty of proper roach caught , with a few perch. Not too many pike ambushes either. Well done to the winner Mal Wilkinson catching steadily throughout for an impressive 20lb 06 oz . All on the groundbait feeder with caster and maggot hook bait.
1st place Mal Wilkinson 20lb 6oz.
Section 1-5 Phil rippon 15 lb.
section 6-9 Tommy Marshall 12lb 14oz .

The Yorkshire Cup
Result from the match on Nytro Lake at Woodlands :-
1st George Pickering 39-0-0. Peg 18.

Sections
4-10 Gary Rutherford 35-6-0. Peg 6.
12-18 Lee Richardson 30-2-0. Peg 12.
As the weights suggest it was a very tight match yesterday.
Bright , flat calm conditions following the venues festival made for tricky fishing. Plenty of bites for all but putting runs of fish together proved difficult with numerous foulhookers. Most nets were made up of small F1s and Carp , however George managed to find a few better samples on pole and corn to lift the trophy - see photos - fish only , George is camera shy 😄 Well done George.
Fish of the day has to go to Steve Knowles with a Sturgeon taking a liking to his worm and maggot cocktail.