Sunday 14th December 2025 -Fur & Feather Match- Lower Broadheath-WillowPool.
The annual pre-Xmas Fur & Feather match was held on the Willow pool at Broadheath fishery. After a welcome breakfast of hot bacon rolls prepared by Ian Goddard and Chris Loveridge, a number of stalwart members were hopeful of catching enough to win a good prize. Fortunately, the weather was dry and mild but with a moderate breeze cutting across the exposed parts of the pool. Drawn in the far, sheltered corner of the pool, Frank Edwards used a method feeder with sweetcorn bait to catch eight nice sized carp to finish the clear winner with a weight of 37-14-0. In the next peg, Chris Loveridge used similar tactics to catch about five carp for the second place weight of 20-3-0. Meanwhile, on the other side of the pool, on the last cast of the match, John Shaw managed to land a carp of over ten pounds on light pole tackle to add to number of other silver fish for a third place weight of 14-3-0.
Results
1.Frank Edwards 37-14-0
2. Chris Loveridge 20-3-0
3. John Shaw 14-3-0
4. Mick Perks 12-13-0
5. Ian Goddard 9-9-0
6. Adrian Busby 5-13-0
7. Graham Rees 4-3-0
8. Lee Harman 2-13-0
9. Jeremy Finch 1-12-0
Sunday 23rd November 2025 -Winter League No 3 Match Woodland View -High Pool.
After a cold, frosty week, the weather turned pleasantly sunny for the third Winter league match on the High Pool at Woodlands fishery. However, with the water still cold and a cool wind, the fish were somewhat reluctant to feed very much, although there were a scattering of carp caught around the pool that made for a close match. Ian Goddard used maggot bait to catch several carp of about three pounds each but his winning weight of 34-4-0 was boosted by a big carp of over twelve pounds. On the opposite side of the pool, Jeremy Finch also used maggot bait to catch several smallish carp, but his second place weight of 32-15-0 was boosted by a bigger specimen carp of almost fourteen pounds that was caught close to his inside bank. Meanwhile, Dave Stretton also caught a few carp near the inside bank to make up his third place weight of 28-5-0.
Results
1.Ian Goddard 34-5-0
2. Jeremy Finch 32-15-0
3. Dave Stretton 28-5-0
4. Lee Harman 24-0-0
5. John Shaw 20-7-0
6. Graham Rees 19-15-0
7. Paul Lane 10-15-0
8. Adrian Busby 10-3-0
9. Pete Wilkes 9-9-0
10. Frank Edwards 8-14-0
11. Mick Perks 7-3-0
12. Andy Croxall 3-6-0
Sunday 26th October 2025 -Winter League No1 Match Broadacres -Charlie Pool.
On a cold and bright morning, the first Winter league match was held at Broadacres fisheries. There was some disappointment that the water level in Charlies pool was very low, leaving most pegs with about 18 inches or less of water to fish. It also appeared that the pools had not had any significant maintenance or restocking this last year. Consequently, fishing was disappointing, as anglers struggled to catch much other than some smaller fish, with very few carp being caught. However, being drawn on a peg between two opposite islands, Chis Loveridge was able to cast towards the long edge of one of them and catch four carp that made up the bulk of his winning weight of 14-11-0. On one of the end pegs, Dave Stretton also had the end of an island in front of him where he was also able to catch a couple of carp and also a good number of roach and skimmer bream to finish second with 11-15-0 while Ian Goddard also had a similar mixture of fish for third place 9-4-0.
Results
1.Chris Loveridge 14-11-0
2. Dave Stretton 11-15-0
3. Ian Goddard 9-4-0
4. Frank Edwards 5-13-0
5. Graham Rees 4-14-0
6. John Shaw 3-15-0
7. Paul Lane 3-8-0
8. Adrian Busby 2-11-0
9. Steve Peters 2-3-0
10. Mick Perks 1-15-0
Sunday 19th October 2025 -River Series No 5 Match River Severn -Holdfast.
Ten brave souls braved the elements Sunday 19th October for the last match in the river series at Holdfast. As expected the river was low and clear and bites were difficult to obtain, Dave Stretton led the way from peg 18 with 5lb 7oz, followed closely by Ian Goddard from peg 13 with 5lb, in 3rd place Kevin Pugh managed 4lb 1oz from peg 8. The resident Bream on this stretch refused to feed in the low clear conditions which kept the weights low anglers relying on Perch and some very nice Roach to boost there catches.
- Dave Stretton 5-7-0
- Ian Goddard 5-0-0
- Kevin Pugh 4-7-0
- Adrian Busby 3-8-0
- Chris Loveridge 3-6-0
- Mick Perks 2-8-0
- Jeremy Finch 2-7-0
- Paul Lane 2-7-0
- Frank Edwards 2-4-0
Sunday 12th October 2025 -River Series No 4 Match River Severn -Holdfast.
The fourth river series match was fished at Holdfast on a somewhat cool and cloudy day. After a dry week, the river level had dropped and cleared from some fresh water the previous week, so prospects looked doubtful for big catches. Indeed, there were no big bream caught and most anglers struggled to catch an occasional roach or perch. However, new member Terry Mathews, fishing the venue for the first time, used float tackle with maggot bait to catch a number of useful sized roach, perch and chub to finish with a winning weight of 5-0-0. Having once again being drawn the favoured upstream bream peg, Ian Goddard also resorted to catching perch and roach to finish a close second with 4-14-0. Meanwhile, at the other end of the stretch, in another favoured bream peg, Chris Loveridge had to be satisfied with a catch of 4-10-0.
Results
1.Terry Mathews 5-0-0
2. Ian Goddard 4-14-0
3. Chris Loveridge 4-10-0
4. Dave Stretton 3-3-0
5. Jeremy Finch 2-9-0
5. Paul Lane 2-9-0
7. Kevin Pugh 2-5-0
8. Steve Peters 1-14-0
9. Lee Harman 1-11-0
10. Frank Edwards 1-3-0
Sunday 5th October 2025 -Points Match Hawford Claines-Canal.
As a change from the river fishing, a points match at Midenham lock on the Droitwich canal was organised. Results were very disappointing, as all anglers struggled to catch anything other than a small roach, perch, chub or bream. However, Dave Stretton worked hard to catch numbers of bleak that he eventually found gathering in his peg to make up his winning weight of only 2-11-0. Second place Pete Wilkes, with 2-7-0, started off well by catching some perch, roach, rudd and skimmer bream but then was unable to catch much after a couple of boats churned up his swim. Meanwhile, third place Lee Harman, with 1-14-0, included a couple of skimmers with roach and perch.
Results
1.Dave Stretton 2-11-0
2. Pete Wilkes 2-7-0
3. Lee Harman 1-14-0
4. Steve Peters 1-7-0
5. Chris Loveridge 1-6-0
6. Ian Goddard 0-13-0
7. Mick Perks 0-12-0
8. Jeremy Finch 0-9-0
8. Paul Lane 0-9-0
10. John Shaw 0-5-0
10. Dwayne Martin 0-5-0
Sunday 28th September 2025 -Richard Webster Memorial Match-River Severn-Holdfast.
A pleasantly sunny morning welcomed anglers for the Richard Webster memorial match on the river Severn at Holdfast. After some extra water last week, the river continued to rise mid-week but dropped off very rapidly, leaving it very clear for the match. Also during the week, with some colour in the river, there were reports of massive bream catches, but this was not to be for this match day, as all anglers struggled the catch. Fishing a peg near the car park, Steve Davies was the only one lucky enough to catch a good sized bream of about five pounds which, together with some small roach, perch and chub, made up his winning weight to 10-0-0. On last downstream peg, Paul Lane caught some skimmer bream, perch and a few nice sized roach to finish second with a weight of 6-5-0. Meanwhile, Dave Stretton caught a few perch and roach for the third place weight of 3-8-0.
Results
1.Steve Davies 10-0-0
2. Paul Lane 6-5-0
3. Dave Stretton 3-8-0
4. Kevin Pugh 3-5-0
5. Chris Loveridge 3-0-0
6. Pete Wilkes 2-7-0
7. Ian Goddard 2-6-0
8. Lee Harman 1-11-0
9. Steve Peters 1-5-0
10. Frank Edwards 0-13-0
Sunday 21th September 2025 -River Series No 3 Match-River Severn-Holdfast.
In contrast to the previous match, after a period of welcome rain during the week, the river Severn at Holdfast was carrying some extra water and colour for the fourth river series match. Consequently, there was high expectation of much better results than previously. Indeed, the leading results were good, as some big bream were caught in some pegs, in particular those at the top and bottom ends of the stretch. Ian Goddard made the most of drawing the most fancied upstream peg where, after a slow start, he caught several nice bream using mainly worm bait to win with a weight of 34-12-0. Near the other end of the stretch, new member Kevin Pugh, also caught several nice bream to finish a close second with 33-4-0 while in the neighboring end peg, Dave Stretton included a bream of over eight pounds in his third place weight of 28-12-0. A few or an occasional bream featured in the weights from some other pegs.
Results
1.Ian Goddard 34-12-0
2. Kevin Pugh 33-4-0
3. Dave Stretton 28-12-0
4. Steve Davies 21-12-0
5. John Bolton 14-9-0
6. Paul Lane 12-6-0
7. Frank Edwards 7-1-0
8. Chris Loveridge 5-11-0
8. Paul Weaving 5-11-0
10. Dwayne Martin 3-1-0
Sunday 14th September 2025 -River Series No 2 Match-River Severn-Holdfast.
The second river series match at Holdfast took place on a cold, cloudy morning with the forecast for heavy rain. Despite some heavy showers during the previous, the river remained very low and clear, so the prospects of catching were poor. Indeed the results were extremely poor, as all anglers struggled for bites and some had none at all. Ian Goddard managed to catch a few perch on worm bait to finish with a dismal winning weight of 1-9-0 with Frank Edwards and Mick Perks in second and third place with weights of 1-1-0 and 0-15-0 also catching some perch and other very small fish.
Results
1.Ian Goddard 1-9-0
2. Frank Edwards 1-1-0
3. Mick Perks 0-15-0
4. Steve Davies 0-14-0
5. Paul Weaving 0-11-0
6. Lee Harman 0-3-0
7. Chris Loveridge 0-3-0
Sunday 31th August 2025 -Roy Bouston Memorial Match-River Severn-Holdfast.
On a bright, sunny morning, but with a strong wind and the river Severn at Holdfast in desperately low and exceptionally clear condition, prospects for good catches were not high for the Roy Bouston memorial match. Indeed, catches turned out to be the poorest of the season, as there were no significant bream showing, leaving anglers struggling to catch anything other than an occasional perch or small fish. However, the final results were extremely close, with just a few ounces between the leading weights. Once again, Dave Stretton managed to nose ahead with a catch of a few perch and skimmer bream from a nicely sheltered peg in the upstream section. Close behind, with similar weights of 2-13-0 and 2-12-0 perch were Steve Davies and John Shaw with nets of mainly perch and other small fish. Section winners were Ian Goddard with 2-11-0 from the downstream section and Jeremy Finch with 2-4-0 from the upstream section. Prize vouchers of £50 were donated by Alan’s tackle in fond memory of Roy Bouston.
Results
1.Dave Stretton 3-3-0
2. Steve Davies 2-13-0
3. John Shaw 2-12-0
4. Ian Goddard 2-11-0
5. Jeremy Finch 2-4-0
6. Adrian Busby 2-2-0
7. Paul Lane 2-1-0
8. Lee Harman 1-8-0
9. Chris Loveridge 1-2-0
10. John Wagstaff 0-15-0
Sunday 17th August 2025 -Ron Thomas Cup Match-River Severn-Holdfast.
Malvern ac today fished the Ron Thomas Cup at Holdfast. Anglers were greeted with a very low clear river and bright sunshine not a great mix for big catches and most struggled for bites. Dave Stretton led the way with 16lb 10oz from peg 21 and Mick Perks was second from fancied peg 22. Ian Goddard was third from down stream peg 5 . A good day was had by all although the river is desperate for some extra water.
- Dave Stretton 16-10-0
- Mick Perks 13-2-0
- Ian Goddard 8-10-0
- Chris Loveridge 2-11-0
- Paul Lane 2-3-0
- Lee Harman 1-13-0
- Frank Edwards 1-3-0
- Steve Peters 1-1-0
- Steve Davies 0-15-0
Sunday 10th August 2025 -Derek Evans Trophy Match-Smith’s Water-River Avon.
On yet another hot, sunny day, Malvern Anglers fished their Derek Evans trophy match on Smith’s river Avon stretch at Birlingham. This match was restricted to float, rod and reel only methods. With the river very low, clear and having virtually no flow, fishing was expected to be hard going as indeed it turned out to be with most anglers struggling to catch an occasional small fish. However, once again, following his win last week, Lee Harman drew an end peg from where he managed to catch a few perch, roach and other small fish from an inside line to accumulate a winning weight of 4-4-0. Second place Jeremy Finch chose to fish the far bank with some overhanging trees where he caught a number of small chub up to about half a pound each to make up his weight of 3-6-0. Meanwhile, the rest of the weights were generally made up of various small fish.
Results
1.Lee Harman 4-40
2. Jeremy Finch 3-6-0
3. John Shaw 1-14-0
4. Ian Goddard 1-7-0
5. Paul Lane 1-2-0
5. Paul Weaving 1-2-0
7. Frank Edwards 0-14-0
8. Pete Wilkes 0-12-0
8. Steve Davies 0-12-0
10. Chris Loveridge 0-11-0
11. Mick Perks 0-3-0
11. Martin Elston 0-3-0
Sunday 3rd August 2025 -Points Match-Furnace Mill-Mill Pool.
As a break from the summer river fishing, Malvern Anglers arranged a points match on the Mill Pool at Furnace Mill. Although the weather was nice and cloudy for most of the match, an increasingly strong wind blew along the length of the pool towards the dam wall end. For most anglers away from this end, the pool was only about two feet deep and there were only occasional silver fish to be caught. However, the two anglers fishing on either side of the dam wall end found deeper water and carp congregating towards the end part of the match and it was here that Lee Harman managed to catch a few nice sized carp, together with a good sample of silver fish, to finish with a winning weight of 29-10-0, just ahead of his opposite number Dave Stretton who also caught a few carp to make up his second place weight to 26-11-0. Meanwhile, Chris Loveridge did well to catch three carp near some reeds at the shallow end of the pool to finish third with a weight of 13-12-0.
Results
1. Lee Harman 29-10-0
2. Dave Stretton 26-11-0
3. Chris Loveridge 13-12-0
4. Paul Lane 12-12-0
5. Steve Peters 5-8-0
6. Steve Davies 4-15-0
7. Ian Goddard 4-12-0
8. Pete Wilkes 4-4-0
9. Frank Edwards 3-13-0
10. Mick Perks 1-12-0
Sunday 27th July 2025 -Dick Oakley Memorial Match-Holdfast.
The Dick Oakley memorial match on the river Severn at Holdfast attracted a very good turnout of members, most of whom remembered Dick for his unique personality and approach to fishing, in particular for his use of ledger methods to which this match was restricted. Although the river remained in desperately low conditions, there was some optimism as the weather was overcast and there were reports of good catches during the previous week. However, the match turned out to be disappointing as most anglers struggled to catch and those that did tended to catch their best fish in the early minutes of the match. This was certainly the case for Ian Goddard who caught a couple of nice bream early in the match to form the majority of his winning weight of 8-4-0 and also for Steve Davies who had a couple of smaller bream for the bulk of his second place weight of 6-13-0. Meanwhile, in the most fancied upstream peg, Dwayne Martin also weighed in a couple of bream in his 6-5-0 third place weight but was angry that he had lost at least four others due to disturbances from close in boat traffic while he was trying to land the fish.
Results
1.Ian Goddard 8-4-0
2. Steve Davies 6-13-0
3. Dwayne Martin 6-5-0
4. Jeremy Finch 3-8-0
5. Dave Stretton 3-1-0
5. Paul Lane 3-1-0
7. Lee Harman 3-0-0
8. Frank Edwards 1-14-0
9. John Shaw 1-5-0
10. Chris Loveridge 1-3-0
Sunday 13th July 2025 -Points Match– Williams Water-River Avon.
Great day had by all in the heat, you new by 3 o’clock that you had fried. Paul Weaving draw close to where he won last time and the peg didn’t disappoint on double pinky catching 6 bream in the last hour to end with a weight of 20-13-0. Second place Steve Davies had a lovely mixed bag Bream and some quality roach for his seconded place weight of 13-4-0. Meanwhile Ian Goddard had plenty of bites but struggled with a pike that seemed determined to eat his catch on the way to the landing net.
- Paul Weaving 20-13-0
- Steve Davies 13-4-0
- Ian Goddard 9-8-0
- Jeremy Finch 9-6-0
- Paul Lane 6-7-0
- Andy Croxall 5-15-0
- Chris Loveridge 3-8-0
- Frank Edwards 1-1-0
Sunday 6th July 2025 -River series No 1– Holdfast.
With the continuing dry weather, the river Severn at Holdfast remained in desperately low condition for the first River Series match although the pleasantly cool and cloudy weather gave some initial optimism for good catches. However, the match followed the same trend as the previous match where there was essentially a competition between the two anglers lucky enough to be drawn in the two end pegs. Once again, the match was won from the downstream end peg where Steve Davies managed to catch a few nice bream to make up his winning weight of 21-12-0 while, from the upstream end peg, Chris Loveridge also managed to catch a few bream to finish a very close second with a weight of 21-4-0. Most of the other weights came from the upstream pegs where a few bream were caught, with Ian Goddard producing a third place weight of 10-8-0 whilst anglers in the middle to downstream pegs struggled or failed to catch.
Results
1.Steve Davies 21-12-0
2. Chris Loveridge 21-4-0
3. Ian Goddard 10-8-0
4. Paul Weaving 9-7-0
5. Steve Thomas 7-3-0
6. Adrian Busby 6-5-0
7. Paul Lane 2-0-0
8. John Shaw 1-5-0
9. Dwayne Martin 0-12-0
10. Steve Peters 0-2-0
Sunday 29th June 2025 -John Perks Shield– Holdfast.
On a day that was forecast to be extremely hot and the river Severn at Holdfast in very low and clear conditions, Malvern Anglers feared that the John Perks memorial shield match would be hard going. Although some initial cloud cover offered some respite from the heat for most of the match, catches were indeed much lower than the previous match, with almost half the anglers failing to catch or weigh in. The results turned out to be a competition between the two end pegs, with Dave Stretton in the bottom downstream peg catching five bream in the early part of the match to finish with a winning weight of 16-3-0. In contrast, drawn in the top upstream peg, Mick Perks started to catch bream later in the match to finish a very close second with a weight of 15-15-0 but was annoyed to have a bream slip the hook at the end of the match that would certainly have won him the match that he so much wanted to win in his uncle John’s memory. Meanwhile, in the next peg downstream peg, Frank Edwards caught a bream of over six pounds that made up the bulk of his third place weight of 7-13-0.
Results
1.Dave Stretton 16-2-0
2. Mick Perks 15-15-0
3. Frank Edwards 7-13-0
4. Ian Goddard 6-1-0
5. Dwayne Martin 5-13-0
6. Chris Loveridge 5-7-0
7. Steve Peters 4-12-0
8. Paul Weaving 4-4-0
9. John Wagstaff 0-2-0
Sunday 22nd June 2025 -Newton Shield– Holdfast.
After the previous days of blisteringly hot weather, Malvern Anglers were relieved to have much cooler, cloudier conditions for their Newtown Shield match on the first Sunday of the river Severn season at Holdfast. After reports of good catches earlier in the week, there was some optimism for the match, although the river had cleared and dropped from the extra water at the start of the week. Indeed, there were good catches of bream, but mainly concentrated towards a few of the upstream pegs. Leading the way, using his usual feeder tactics with a combination of maggot and caster baits, Steve Davies a few pegs down from the most fancied pegs, caught a number of bream up to about six pounds to finish with an impressive winning weight of 57-2-0. In the most fancied upstream peg, Dennis Flanagan also caught a similar number of big bream for his close second place weight of 51-12-0, but felt he could have won had he not started late and had problems with his tackle half way through the match. A couple of pegs below, Jeremy Finch also had good bream for his third place weight of 37-7-0. Meanwhile, there were occasional bream caught but weights were especially disappointing from the downstream pegs.
Results
1.Steve Davies 57-2-0
2. Dennis Flanagan 51-12-0
3. Jeremy Finch 37-7-0
4. Paul Lane 13-13-0
5. Paul Weaving 10-8-0
6. John Wagstaff 8-3-0
7. Mick Perks 6-12-0
8. Chris Loveridge 6-2-0
9. John Shaw 5-14-0
10. Ian Goddard 4-14-0
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Sunday 1st June 2025 -Points Match– Farm Pool-Great Witley Court.
On a reasonably fine day, but with occasional short showers. a points match was fished at Witley Court pool. After reports of extra fish being introduced and big bream being caught, expectations were high as the pool looked in ideal condition. However, the match turned out to be very disappointing as very little was caught with some anglers failing to catch anything while others struggled to catch other than some very small fish. Indeed, the winning weight of only 2-14-0, caught by Adrian Busby, consisted of a number of very small bream, roach and rudd. Second place Steve Peters caught the only nice sized bream of the day that made up most of his weight of 2-1-0, while the rest of the weights were all very small fish.
Results
1.Adrian Busby 2-14-0
2. Steve Peters 2-1-0
3. John Shaw 1-6-0
4. Alan Pashley 0-14-0
5. Lee Harman 0-10-0
6. Ian Goddard 0-8-0
7. Mick Perks 0-2-0
8. Chris Loveridge 0-1-0
Sunday 11th May 2025 -Fitzwater Cup– Drummonds Dub Fishery.
On another bright, warm and sunny day, the Fitzwater Trophy match was fished on Drummonds Dubb lake. This match was restricted to float, rod and reel method only but whilst this venue is usually well suited to this method, on this day the catches were somewhat disappointing. Fish were patchy to bite in all pegs and tended to disappear by mid-day when the sun was at its highest and a choppy wind made float fishing more difficult. However, after a slow start, Pete Wilkes managed to catch a couple of nice sized bream on maggot bait in the last hour of the match which, together with some smaller silver fish and a surprise eel, made up his winning weight of 8-15-0. In close second place, Ian Goddard also found a nice sized bream together with smaller fish for his weight of 8-10-0. Meanwhile, Chris Loveridge did well in a less favoured far end peg to catch a couple of good sized bream to weigh in 6-14-0 for third place, but was frustrated to have lost another big bream that would have won him the match.
Results
1.Pete Wilkes 8-15-0
2. Ian Goddard 8-10-0
3. Chris Loveridge 6-14-0
4. Lee Harman 5-6-0
5. Steve Davies 4-11-0
6. Steve Peters 4-8-0
7. John Shaw 2-7-0
8. Mick Perks 0-2-0
Sunday 27th April 2025 -Spring League No 6– Brookend Fishery.
The final match of the Spring League series was fished at Brookend pool on a warm, sunny and almost windless day. While all anglers managed to catch plenty of small silver fish, the best catches came from a few pegs grouped on one side of the pool. Drawn in the most favoured bream peg, Dave Stretton made the most of his luck and used pole fished maggot and pellet baits to catch several good sized bream that together with many smaller skimmers, roach, rudd and perch gave him an impressive winning weight of 34-10-0. A couple of pegs away, in a less favoured peg, Lee Harman used a variety of methods to catch some bream, a carp and lots of smaller fish to put together his second place weight of 21-1-0. Meanwhile, in between these two, Alan Pashley caught plenty of smaller fish and a good sized perch to finish third with a weight of 12-5-0. Although there were plenty of big carp to be seen cruising around the pool, only a couple were caught.
Results
1.Dave Stretton 34-10-0
2. Lee Harman 21-1-0
3. Alan Pashley 12-5-0
4. John Shaw 10-0-0
5. Ian Goddard 7-13-0
6. Steve Peters 4-4-0
7. Mick Perks 3-7-0
8. Chris Loveridge 3-0-0
9. Frank Edwards 0-10-0
Sunday 20th April 2025 -Spring League No5– Court Farm Fishery.
MUAA fished the 5th match in their Spring League at Court Farm on 20th April on what should have been old pool but due to a mix up in the booking ended up on new pool.
Fishing was slow to start with except Simon Hall who drew fancied peg 1and caught well on maggot from the off to finish with a winning weight of 134-1 oz. In second place Court Farm maestro Dave Stretton managed to bag a good weight of 80lb 8oz and in third place Lee Harmen caught on worm and maggot to finish with 47lb 4oz a reasonable day was had by all in spite of the mix up at the start I hasten to add not of MUAA making.
- Simon Hall 134-1-0
- Dave Stretton 80-8-0
- Lee Harman 47-4-0
- Mick Perks 43-14-0
- Adrian Busby 43-2-0
- Chris Loveridge 41-6-0
- Ian Goddard 32-11-0
- Frank Edwards 31-11-0
Sunday 6th April 2025 -Spring League No4– Unwicks Fishery
After an overnight frost, a bright, sunny day welcomed anglers for the fourth Spring League match on Hunters pool at Unwicks farm. Fishing was somewhat quiet, with most finding bites hard to come by. The results were dominated by the two end pegs where it seemed that all the carp were congregated. However, it took Lee Harman a couple of hours to find that the carp only responded to worm bait fished close to the edge and this enabled him to catch several for his winning weight of 37-3-0. On the other end peg on the opposite side of the pool, Graham Rees found some nice sized carp responding to sweetcorn fished close to the edge to finish second with a weight of 28-11-0. Meanwhile, towards the other end of the pool, Dave Streeton did well to catch several skimmer bream and a couple of carp on maggot bait for a third place weight of 15-0-0.
Results
1.Lee Harman 37-3-0
2. Graham Rees 28-11-0
3. Dave Streeton 15-0-0
4. Alan Pashley 9-3-0
5. Steve Peters 7-9-0
6. Frank Edwards 6-5-0
7. Ian Goddard 5-15-0
8. Simon Hall 4-13-0
9. Chris Loveridge 2-10-0
10. John Shaw 0-13-0
11. Adrian Busby 0-7-0
Sunday 23rd March 2025 -Spring League No 3– Broadfield Fishery
After a couple of mild, sunny days, a grey day with some light rain after overnight thunder storms greeted Malvern anglers for the third Spring League match at Broadfields fishery. At the start of the match, Simon Hall immediately started catching small carp by casting feeder with sweetcorn and maggots baits towards reeds on the far bank. However, after catching several in the first hour, the bites steadily declined but nevertheless he finished with about fourteen small carp and a few small roach and gudgeon that was enough for the winning weight of 14-12-0. Fishing tended to be somewhat slow for all anglers, with small carp making up weights of 11-3-0 for second place Ian Goddard and 10-0-0 for third place Chris Loveridge. Best fish of the day was a carp of about 6 pounds caught by John Shaw.
Results
1.Simon Hall 14-12-0
2. Ian Goddard 11-3-0
3. Chris Loveridge 10-0-0
4. John Shaw 8-11-0
5. Frank Edwards 8-6-0
6. Adrian Busby 7-6-0
7. Lee Harman 5-12-0
8. Graham Rees 3-3-0
9. Steve Peters 2-8-0
10. Mick Perks 1-5-0
Sunday 16th March 2025 -Spring League No 2– Broadacres Fishery (Charlies Pool).
Yet another frosty morning greeted Malvern Anglers for their second Spring league match – this time on Charlies pool at Broadacres fishery. Although there was a sunny start to the day, clouds built up and a biting Easterly wind made conditions rather cold during the match. Fishing was somewhat patchy, with carp concentrated in two or three pegs, while others struggled to catch very much other than some silver fish and perhaps occasional carp. Drawn in a favoured end peg, Chris Loveridge used both waggler and method feeder tactics with maggot and worm baits to catch a number of good sized carp and various smaller fish to finish with an impressive winning weight on the day of 43-6-0. In the other end peg at the opposite side of the pool, Mick Perks used legered sweet corn bait to catch several carp in a second place weight of 26-5-0, just ahead of Frank Edwards carp catch of 21-13-0. Meanwhile, without finding any carp, Alan Pashley did very well to accumulate lots of small, roach, perch and skimmer bream for his weight of 11-1-0.
Results
1.Chris Loveridge 43-6-0
2. Mick Perks 26-5-0
3. Frank Edwards 21-13-0
4. Lee Harman 13-5-0
5. Alan Pashley 11-1-0
6. Graham Rees 10-11-0
7. Adrian Busby 9-9-0
8. Ian Goddard 4-7-0
9. Jeremy Finch 3-15-0
10. Steve Peters 3-4-0
Sunday 2nd March 2025 -Spring League No 1-Woodland View-Arles.
Malvern Anglers returned to the Arles pool at Woodland View for the first Spring League match. In contrast to the previous visit to this pool for a Winter league match last month, there was bright sunshine to provide some pleasant warmth for the anglers after an overnight frost. Fish were again reluctant to bite in the cold water conditions and most anglers struggled for the occasional fish. However, like last time, Chris Loveridge was the winner of the match as he managed to catch a number of small carp using feeder tactics with maggot and corn baits cast to the edge of the opposite island. The turning point of his match appeared to be after he managed to pull out a large branch from his swim late in the match which thereafter attracted more fish to congregate and feed to enable him to finish with a weight of 15-5-0. A couple of pegs away, in more open water, Jeremy Finch switched between feeder and pole tactics to finish equal second to Ian Goddard, who used similar tactics to catch a number of small carp, bream and roach for their weights of 10-6-0.
Results
1.Chris Loveridge 15-5-0
2. Jerremy Finch 10-6-0
2. Ian Goddard 10-6-0
4. Alan Pashley 8-3-0
5. Frank Edwards 6-5-0
6. Graham Rees 5-7-0
7. John Shaw 2-3-0
8. Lee Harman 2-2-0
9. Mick Perks 0-11-0
Sunday 16th Febuary 2025 -Winter League-Clive Harman Memorial Match-Court Farm Pool.
The final match of the Winter league series was held on the smaller pool at Court Farm fishery. This match was also held in memory of Clive Harman, a keen and popular club member, but who died suddenly about two years ago. Furthermore, with respect to the way that Clive liked to fish, the match was restricted to old-fashioned rod, reel and float only method. While the weather was much drier than the previous matches this year, the temperature remained very cold with a cold Easterly wind. For most anglers, fishing was slow with long periods of no bites for some. Nevertheless, there were some good weights in the end for the cold conditions. Leading the field, Simon Hall used maggot bait to keep steadily catching a number of carp up to about five pounds to finish with a winning weight of 48-8-0. In contrast, in the next peg, Lee Harman forgot to bring maggots but used sweet corn to catch some bigger carp to finish second with a weight of 38-15-0. Meanwhile, in an opposite corner peg, Ian Goddard also used sweet corn to help him finish third with a weight of 33-7-0.
Results
1.Simon Hall 48-8-0
2. Lee Harman 38-15-0
3. Ian Goddard 32-7-0
4. Adrian Busby 23-14-0
5. Chris Loveridge 22-4-0
6. Graham Rees 21-15-0
7. Dave Stretton 20-14-0
8. Alan Pashley 15-3-0
9. Mick Perks 11-14-0
10. John Shaw 7-2-0
11. Jerremy Finch 6-12-0
12. Frank Edwards 6-0-0
Sunday 9th Febuary 2025 -Winter League-Woodland View (Arles) Pool.
Malvern Anglers returned to Woodland View fishery for their 4th Winter league match, but this time to fish the Arles pool. Although there was much less rain and wind than for the previous match, the weather remained grey and cold all day, with an increasingly stiff Easterly wind making conditions unpleasant for the unlucky anglers on one side of the pool. While the fish were somewhat reluctant to feed and there were no big weights, all managed to catch so that in the end the results were quite close. Fishing on the leeward side of the pool, Chris Loveridge cast a small feeder with maggot bait towards the open water with some features in the middle of the pool to catch a number of small carp and one bigger one to win with a weight of 14-3-0. In the next peg, Adrian Busby used similar tactics to catch some small carp to finish second with a weight of 12-6-0. Meanwhile, after catching three or four small carp towards the far island, Alan Pashley found more success by catching a number of roach and skimmer bream closer to his bank using light pole tactics with single maggot bait.
Results
1.Chris Loveridge 14-3-0
2. Adrian Busby 12-3-0
3. Alan Pashley 10-6-0
4. Lee Harman 8-14-0
5. John Shaw 5-8-0
5. Frank Edwards 5-8-0
7. Mick Perks 4-8-0
8. Graham Rees 4-8-0
9. Dave Stretton 2-13-0
10. Jeremy Finch 1-14-0
11. Ian Goddard 1-8-0
Sunday 26th January 2025 -Winter League-Woodland View (Ghost) Pool.
After the two previous matches had to be cancelled because of adverse conditions, the third Winter league match took place on the Ghost pool at Woodlands fishery in spite of the weather conditions being very unpleasant. Although the weather was dry for the first hour of the match, increasingly heavy rain with increasingly strong winds set in for the rest of the match to make fishing conditions very hard. Furthermore, because of the cold water, the fish were reluctant to feed as anglers in many pegs had very few if any bites. Nevertheless, fishing in the first and corner peg, Frank Edwards managed to catch five nice sized carp on ledgered pellets to finish the clear winner with a weight of 22-14-0. Fishing on the most windy side of the pool, Jeremy Finch used feeder with red maggot bait to catch a number of smaller carp to finish a commendable second with a weight of 12-4-0. Meanwhile, in the final corner peg, Graham Rees eventually managed to catch a couple of good sized carp on maggot bait to finish third with a weight of 10-5-0.
Results
1. Frank Edwards 22-14-0
2. Jeremy Finch 12-4-0
3. Graham Rees 10-5-0
4. Jim Pendry 5-4-0
5. John Shaw 3-11-0
6. Lee Harman 1-12-0
7. Mick Perks 1-10-0
7. Chris Loveridge 1-10-0
9. Alan Pashley 1-4-0
10. Dave Stretton 0-4-0
Sunday 8th December 2024 -Fur & Feather-Lower Broadheath Pools.
On the day after storm Darragh, some stalwart Malvern Anglers braved the conditions to fish their annual Fur & Feather match on Willow pool at Lower Broadheath fishery. Although the rain had stopped for most of the match, a very strong, cold Northly wind whipped up waves along the length of the pool to make fishing conditions very difficult. Indeed, all anglers struggled for bites, and some had nothing at all. However, fishing in the first end peg, but in the worst of the wave conditions, Chris Loveridge managed to catch two carp using ledgered maggot bait to finish with a winning weight of 11-8-0. At the other end of the pool, in slightly calmer conditions, Ian Goddard managed to catch a small carp and a nice sized bream to make up his second place weight of 4-10-0 while third place Frank Edwards caught a couple of skimmer bream for his weight of 2-8-0.
Results
1.Chris Loveridge 11-8-0
2. Ian Goddard 4-10-0
3. Frank Edwards 2-8-0
4. Jeremy Finch 1-3-0
5. Graham Rees 1-0-0
6. Steve Peters 0-7-0
7. Dennis Flanagan 0-2-0
Sunday 17th November 2024 -Derek Evans Cup-Hartleton Pools.
After being unfishable on the river Avon earlier in the year, the Derek Evans (float only) match was re-arranged to be fished on Hartleton pool at Drummands Dub. Although temperatures had been dropping during the week, the weather for the match was somewhat better than expected, with some pleasant sunshine for the first part of the match. However, the fishing was somewhat disappointing for many, particularly those unfortunate ones drawn in the shallow top end of the pool where there was hardly a bite to be had, while there were more fish in the much deeper bottom end of the pool. Finding a few skimmer bream, with smaller roach and a bonus good sized perch n maggot bait, Ian Goddard led the way with a winning weight of 8-15-0. In the next peg, Ken Yates had a bream of about 3 pounds first cast, but then struggled to build up his second place weight to 6-5-0 to tie with Chris Loveridge who managed to catch a few skimmer bream and roach in a nearby peg.
Results
1.Ian Goddard 8-15-0
2. Chris Loveridge 6-5-0
2. Ken Yates 6-5-0
4. Dave Stretton 5-1-0
5. Paul Weaving 3-8-0
6. Mark Wheeler 3-4-0
7. Pete Wilkes 2-1-0
8. Frank Edwards 1-12-0
Sunday 10th November 2024 -Winter League No2-Court Farm Pools.
After a gloomy two weeks of weather, the sun re-appeared for the second Winter league match at Court Farm. Making the most of a favourable draw in the far corner of the pool, Simon Hall started catching carp from the off, firstly using pole fished sweetcorn on the inside edge towards the corner and subsequently using maggots just in front of his peg to finish with an impressive 158-7-0 winning weight. Not far behind in second place, venue wizard Dave Stretton drew a less favoured peg next to the car park but gradually managed to attract a good number of carp that he caught in front of him on sweetcorn and maggot to finish with 146-9-0. In contrast, third place Steve Peters used ledger tactics with sweetcorn and maggot to weigh in 92-13-0.
Results
1.Simon Hall 158-7-0
2. Dave Stretton 146-9-0
3. Steve Peters 92-13-0
4. Chris Loveridge 77-9-0
5. Mick Perks 65-14-0
6. Lee Harman 61-8-0
7. Ian Goddard 51-7-0
8. Ken Yates 45-1-0
9. Frank Edwards 39-2-0
Sunday 27th October 2024 -Winter League No1-Lower Broadheath-Sycamore Pool.
With the river bank conditions at Holdfast being unfit, the first Winter league match of the season was switched to Sycamore pool at Broaheath fisheries. The match was pegged along one side of the pool where all anglers enjoyed sitting in pleasant Autumn sunshine for the whole of the match. Fishing was a somewhat slow, except for the pegs at each end where most of the carp were caught. In the end peg at the shallow side of the pool, Lee Harman caught a number of good sized carp to finish with an impressive winning weight of 55-3-0, while at the much deeper end of the pool, Ian Goddard had a slower start until the carp started to feed towards the inside edge when he managed to weigh in 33-6-0. Meanwhile, anglers in between these two had some occasional carp and a few silver fish.
Results
1.Lee Harman 55-3-0
2. Ian Goddard 33-6-0
3. Dave Stretton 16-14-0
4. Steve Peters 14-11-0
5. Chris Loveridge 12-0-0
6. Mark Wheeler 11-2-0
7. John Shaw 4-0-0
Sunday 22nd September 2024 -Richard Webster Shield-River Severn-Holdfast.
A wet morning, with periods of heavy rain forecast, greeted members for the Richard Webster Shield match at Holdfast. Richard, who sadly died about five years ago, was a fondly remembered member and match secretary of the club who was always most willing to offer others his advice on how they should fish their particular peg. However, even Richard’s advice may not have helped on a day when the river was still running clear and cold so that none of the big bream fed and most anglers struggled for a bite. Ian Goddard’s winning weight of 6-7-0 was the lowest of the season and was made up of a few skimmer bream, perch and other smaller fish. Second place Dwayne Martin also had a number of skimmer bream in his weight of 4-5-0, while the remaining anglers struggled to catch the occasional skimmer bream, roach or perch.
Results
1.Ian Goddard 6-7-0
2. Dwayne Martin 4-5-0
3. Steve Davis 2-12-0
4. Mark Wheeler 2-2-0
5. Chris Loveridge 2-0-0
6. John Shaw 1-12-0
7. Paul Weaving 1-1-0
8. Jeremy Finch 0-8-0
9. Mick Perks 0-2-0
Sunday 15th September 2024 -River Series No 3-River Severn-Holdfast.
There was a pleasant, sunny start for the third river series match at Holdfast. Although the river was carrying some fresh water, there was no colour and cold overnight temperatures led to the worst results of the season, as all anglers struggled to get an occasional bite. Once again, the top upstream peg of the stretch produced the winning weight of 18-11-0 where Steve Davies managed to catch three nice bream during a short period about halfway through the match. In contrast, second place Alan Pashley caught a nice bream and a skimmer within the first few minutes of the match but then had nothing more to add to his weight of 5-8-0. Meanwhile, Ian Goddard caught a perch of about a pound and a half and a few smaller ones for the third place weight of 2-11-0.
Results
1. Steve Davies 18-11-0
2. Alan Pashley 5-8-0
3. Ian Goddard 2-11-0
4. Paul Weaving 1-14-0
5. Jeremy Finch 1-3-0
6. Chris Loveridge 0-9-0
7. Dave Stretton 0-8-8
8. Mick Perks 0-4-0
9. John Shaw 0-2-0
Sunday 8th September 2024 -River Series No 2-River Severn-Holdfast.
SUNDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER saw the 2nd leg of the river series. After heavy overnight rain it was expected that the rising river and cold influx of water would effect weights. Dave Stretton led the way from fancied peg 22 with a weight of 29-7-0 on ground bait feeder and maggot. Alan Pashley took the honours for second place from peg 4 with 20-2-0 and third place went to John Bolton with 7-0-0.
- Dave Stretton 29-7-0
- Alan Pashley 20-2-0
- John Bolton 7-0-0
- Paul Weaving 6-13-0
- Ian Goddard 6-6-0
- Steve Davies 3-7-0
- Pete Wilkes 2-6-0
- Mick Perks 2-2-0
- Frank Edwards 2-1-0
- Jeremy Finch 1-2-0
Sunday 11th August 2024 -Roy Bouston Shield-River Severn-Holdfast.
A scorching hot day was forecast for the Roy Bouston memorial match on the river Severn at Holdfast and, with the water level being low, the prospects of big catches did not seem good. However, there was some welcome cloud cover for the first part of the match and this is when most anglers managed to catch most, with occasional big bream, smaller skimmers and perch feeding well. Inevitably when the sun broke through and the summer boat traffic increased, most pegs went dead. Leading the way, in an upstream peg (but not the most favoured upstream peg), Chris Loveridge caught a few nice bream and skimmers on swimfeeder with maggot and worm baits to finish with a commendable winning weight of 20-5-0. At the other end of the stretch, in the most favoured bottom peg, Dave Stretton also caught some nice bream to finish second with a weight of 17-11-0 while Ian Goddard a few pegs above caught some bream for the third place weight of 13-13-0. The first two weights in the match shared tackle vouchers kindly donated by Alan’s Tackle in memory of Roy Bouston who loved fishing but sadly died in a road crash more than twenty years ago now.
Results
1.Chris Loveridge 20-5-0
2. Dave Stretton 17-11-0
3, Ian Goddard 13-13-0
4. John Shaw 7-14-0
5. Frank Edwards 7-1-0
6. Alan Pashley 6-1-0
7. Paul Weaving 5-3-0
8. Mick Perks 1-10-0
9. Pete Wilkes 1-1-0
Sunday 4th August 2024 -Ron Thomas Cup-River Severn-Holdfast.
After a blistering hot week, it was a welcome change to have cooler, cloudy weather for the Ron Thomas cup match at Holdfast. Although the overhead conditions seemed perfect for fishing, the river lever remained low with little flow. As a result, compared to previous matches, the big bream were only caught on one peg, while many others struggled to catch anything other than a few perch or smaller skimmer bream. Drawn in the favourite upstream peg, Steve Peters used groundbait feeder with a combinations of maggot, worm and castor baits to catch about eight nice bream up to about five or six pounds to finish with a runaway winning weight of 39-12-0. Meanwhile, second place Paul Weaving and third place Ian Goddard each included several skimmer bream of about 12oz to finish with similar weights of 8-10-0 and 8-5-0 respectively.
Results
1.Steve Peters 39-12-0
2. Paul Weaving 8-10-0
3. Ian Goddard 8-5-0
4. Dave Stretton 7-2-0
5. Alan Pashley 4-8-0
6. Pete Wilkes 3-8-0
7. Graham Rees 2-15-0
8. Frank Edwards 2-2-0
9. Dwayne Martin 1-7-0
10. Chris Loveridge 1-6-0
Sunday 28th July 2024 -Points Match -River Avon-Smith’s Water.
A bright, sunny day with high temperatures forecast, greeted anglers for the river series match on Smith’s waters on the river Avon and with the river low and clear, prospects of good catches looked poor. However, somewhat surprisingly, a number of bream were caught in various pegs, resulting in much better weights than expected. Drawn in a favoured downstream peg, John Bolton started catching some nice sized bream using a swimfeeder with red maggot bait to finish with a winning weight of 17-12-0. At the other end of the stretch, Chris Loveridge also caught three or four good sized bream using similar tactics to finish a close second with 16-10-0. A couple of pegs away, Pete Wilkes included three nice bream in his third place weight of 11-13-0 while Chris Johnson caught the biggest bream of the day and another smaller one to finish fourth with 9-8-0. Other weights included just the odd bream and some perch but otherwise very few numbers of smaller fish were caught.
Results
1.John Bolton 17-12-0
2. Chris Loveridge 16-10-0
3. Pete Wilkes 11-13-0
4. Chris Johnson 9-8-0
5. John Shaw 6-12-0
6. Steve Davies 6-1-0
7. Dwayne Martin 4-12-0
8. Ian Goddard 1-3-0
9. Lee Harman 0-10-0
10. Martin Elston 0-9-0
Sunday 21st July 2024 -Dick Oakley Shield -River Severn-Holdfast.
After a very hot spell earlier in the week, a somewhat more bearable sunny day greeted anglers for the Dick Oakley shield match at Holdfast. Although there had been some rain the previous day, the river remained at a low level with little flow, so prospects looked somewhat doubtful. Nevertheless, there were some bream caught, although the majority were limited to the pegs at each end of the water. Dwayne Martin was lucky again to draw the downstream peg where he had previously had a big winning weight at the start of the season and set about catching some more big bream to finish with a winning weight of 30-1-0. At the other end of the stretch, Alan Pashley was also lucky in drawing this same peg again from where he had a good weight the previous match and he continued where he left off the to compile another bream weight of 27-12-0 for second place. A couple of pegs up from the winner, Ian Goddard also found a few big bream for his third place weight of 21-3-0. Meanwhile, for anglers in between, there were just occasional bream mixed with various perch and other bits.
Results
1.Dwayne Martin 30-1-0
2. Alan Pashley 27-12-0
3. Ian Goddard 21-3-0
4. Jeremy Finch 9-12-0
5. Paul Weaving 7-6-0
6. John Bolton 5-12-0
7. Anthony Taylor 5-9-0
8. John Shaw 4-15-0
9. Chris Loveridge 4-10-0
10. Mick Perks 2-5-0
Sunday 30th June 2024 -John Perks Shield -River Severn-Holdfast.
After a very hot period during the week, a cool, cloudy morning was welcomed for the John Perks Trophy match on the river Severn at Holdfast. However, unlike the first match of the season a couple of weeks before, the river level was a low with not much colour. Nevertheless some good bream were caught in some pegs, with a runaway weight from one peg, whilst anglers in other pegs struggled to catch anything other than an occasional small perch. Drawn at the upper end of the stretch, Steve Davies started catching bream on maggot feeder in the first hour of the match, but then after a long blank period, another shoal of bream moved in during the last frantic hour of the match to enable him to accumulate an impressive winning weight of 42-11-0. Meanwhile, at the lowermost end of the stretch, Craig Baldwin managed to catch a few big bream for the second place weight of 18-13-0, just ahead of the bream weight of 17-5-0 caught by Paul Weaving from a peg in the middle of the stretch.
Results
1.Steve Davies 42-11-0
2. Craig Baldwin 18-13-0
3. Paul Weaving 17-5-0
4. Ian Goddard 12-6-0
5. Alan Pashley 11-15-0
6. Dwayne Martin 11-9-0
7. Chris Loveridge 10-1-0
8. Martin Elston 6-12-0
Sunday 16th June 2024 -Newtown Shield -River Severn-Holdfast.
The opening day of the river season saw 18 members full of anticipation for the Newtown Shield match. Prospects looked good with the river carrying a touch of colour and some flow from rain earlier in the week. However, the results showed very mixed fortunes with some anglers finding it difficult to catch, some others had an occasional nice bream and whilst one individual had a runaway weight. The lucky individual was Dwayne Martin who drew the fancied end downstream peg of the water and started to catch big bream from the start using swimfeeder with maggot bait to end up with a great weight of 59-12-0. A couple of pegs away, Dave Stretton found a few stray bream to come second with 15-7-0 while at the other end of the stretch, Steve Davies also found a few bream for a third place weight of 13-12-0. The most unexpected catch of the day was from John Shaw who thought he had hooked into a specimen bream or barbel using a worm bait but eventually landed a zander of over six pounds that frustratingly did not count in a match.
Results
1.Dwayne Martin 59-12-0
2. Dave Stretton 15-7-0
3. Steve Davies 13-12-0
4. John Bolton 13-8-0
5. Ian Goddard 10-13-0
6. Dennis Flanagan 10-7-0
7. Paul Weaving 9-0-0
8. Steve Peters 5-3-0
9. Alan Pashley 3-10-0
10. Lee Harman 1-4-0
Sunday 26th May 2024 -Fitzwater Cup-Farm Pool-Great Witley.
At first sight, the new venue of Whitley Farm pool appeared to be perfect for the Fitzwater cup match that was restricted to float only, rod and reel. The pool appeared to be ideal for this type of fishing, with a nice depth and patches of water lilies in places. However, it turned out to be very disappointing, as it was extremely hard to catch any sort of fish, as all anglers struggled to get any bites on any sort of bait. The only reasonably sized fish was a tench caught by Ian Goddard on red maggot presented next to a bed of water lilies and this formed the bulk of his winning weight of 1-14-0. In the next peg, Chris Loveridge managed to catch a couple of perch and some small rudd to come second with 0-10-0, while on the opposite bank, Alan Pashley managed to include a small skimmer bream in his third place weight of 0-7-0. The conditions were not helped by a thunderstorm that passed over during the later part of the match.
Results
1.Ian Goddard 1-14-0
2. Chris Loveridge 0-10-0
3. Alan Pashley 0-7-0
4. Mick Perks 0-4-0
5. Dwayne Martin 0-2-0
5. Graham Rees 0-2-0
5. Frank Edwards 0-2-0
5. Lee Harman 0-2-0
9. John Shaw 0-1-0
Sunday 19th May 2024 -Spring League No6 -Broadacres Pools
The sixth and final match of the Spring League was held on a warm, sunny day on Charley’s pool at Broadacre fishery. Fishing was somewhat patchy, with carp showing in some pegs much more than other and with not many silver fish as alternatives. Leading the way once again, Dwayne Martin found a number of carp feeding in the margins where he used pole tactics with a variety of baits to accumulate a winning weight of 46-8-0. In contrast, second place Chris Loveridge fished to the opposite island with a method feeder to finish with a second place weight of 34-3-0, just two ounces ahead of Lee Harman who used pole tactics to catch a number of carp feeding in the margins of his peg. With both Lee Harman and Dwayne Martin finishing with 35 points each the overall winner on weight is Lee Harman.
Results:
1.Dwayne Martin 46-8-0
2. Chris Loveridge 34-3-0
3. Lee Harman 34-1-0
4. Dave Stretton 21-4-0
5. Ian Goddard 14-8-0
6. Alan Pashley 8-13-0
7. Graham Rees 8-3-0
8. John Shaw 6-11-0
9. Frank Edwards 6-4-0
10. Steve Warren 5-10-0
11. Mick Perks 0-6-0
Sunday 5th May 2024 -Spring League No5 -Woodland View Pools
A pleasantly sunny morning greeted anglers for the fifth Spring League match on Big Al’s pool at Woodland View fishery. At fist, most anglers were catching well, with numerous carp of various sizes being landed. However, later in the match, the wind increased with the sky clouding over and this seemed to signal the fish to go off feed in most pegs. However, a couple of anglers appeared to be catching better throughout with Steve Warren’s weight of 81-5-0 finishing just ahead of Dwayne Martin weight of 75-10-0. Both were using pole methods with a variety of baits and with many of their carp being caught in the margins. Using similar tactics, but some way behind in weight, Lee Harman finished in third place with 46-4-0.
Results
1.Steve Warren 81-5-0
2. Dwayne Martin 75-10-0
3. Lee Harman 46-4-0
4. Mick Perks 43-0-0
5. Frank Edwards 39-5-0
6. Graham Rees 38-4-0
7. Chris Loveridge 31-12-0
8. Dave Stretton 28-3-0
9. John Shaw 25-11-0
10. Ian Goddard 16-2-0
Sunday 28th April 2024 -Spring League No 4 -Brookend Pools
Fortunately, the early morning rain stopped for the start of the fourth Spring league match at Brookend fishery, but conditions remained quite cold for the time of year. Although there were plenty of small silver fish with occasional bream and nice sized roach being caught in many pegs, the match weights were dominated by a few large carp. Indeed, Dwayne Martin’s winning weight of 40-6-0 was dominated by three carp, with the biggest being almost 15 pounds. Second place Ian Goddard also had some nice sized carp in addition to plenty of silver fish to make up his weight of 27-1-0, while Dave Streeton had over ten pounds of silver fish in addition to a few smaller carp for third place weight of 20-8-0. Mick Perks also had a nice carp of over 13 pounds in the dying moments of the match, having lost another big one earlier on.
Results
1.Dwayne Martin 40-6-0
2. Ian Goddard 27-1-0
3. Dave Stretton 20-8-0
4. Mick Perks 14-4-0
5. Steve Warren 11-14-0
6. Chris Loveridge 8-10-0
7. John Shaw 7-5-0
8. Lee Harman 7-1-0
9. Graham Rees 3-6-0
10. Frank Edwards 1-10-0
Sunday 14th April 2024 -Spring League No 3 -Old Pool – Court Farm
After a mild and dry couple of days, a bright morning with a chilly wind greeted anglers for the third Spring league match at Court farm pool. Although it started somewhat slow at first for all anglers, the pace of catching increased towards the later part of the match with good sized carp being caught in all pegs using a variety of methods and baits. As a result, more than 1000 pounds were weighed in by the 12 anglers who fished. Leading the way, Dave Stretton once again demonstrated his expertise at catching on this venue with a winning weight of 167-6-0. Not far behind, on the opposite side of the pool, Lee Harman also had a good bag of carp for his second place weight of 131-4-0, just a little ahead of Ian Goddard’s third place weight of 112-12-0. Although many good sized carp were caught by most anglers, Frank Edwards had the best fish of the day on his last cast with a carp weighing over 12 pounds.
- Dave Streeton 167-6-0
- Lee Harman 131-4-0
- Ian Goddard 112-12-0
- Steve Warren 88-6-0
- Frank Edwards 87-4-0
- Chris Loveridge 85-4-0
- Graham Rees 81-3-0
- John Shaw 66-11-0
- Simon Hall 64-13-0
- Mick Perks 60-4-0
- Ken Yates 57-9-0
- Steve Peters 44-5-0
Sunday 17th March 2024 -Spring League No 2 -Bills Pool – Broadacres Pools
After heavy overnight rain, the weather for the second Spring league match turned pleasantly warm on Bills pool at Broadacre fishery. Unfortunately, the flood water from the surrounding fields turned the pool very brown to spoil the prospects of good catches as well as making for soggy conditions under foot. Indeed, most anglers struggled to get a bite, even on light tackle with a single maggot bait. However, a few carp were caught by a couple of anglers pegged towards one end of the island were the water appeared to be somewhat less muddy coloured. Lee Harman was one of the fortunate two who was able to catch several carp on pole tackle using a variety of baits, but mainly maggot and worm, to finish with a winning weight of 17-1-0, while in a nearby peg, Frank Edwards used ledger tactics to catch slightly fewer carp to finish second with a weight of 13-11-0. Meanwhile, Graham Rees only needed a single carp of 4-7-0 for third place.
Results
1.Lee Harman 17-1-0
2. Frank Edwards 13-11-0
3. Graham Rees 4-7-0
4. Dave Stretton 3-8-0
5. Mick Perks 1-3-0
6. John Shaw 0-14-0
7. Ian Goddard 0-7-0
8. Steve Peters 0-6-0
9. Chris Loveridge 0-2-0
Sunday 3rd March 2024 -Spring League No 1 -Hunters Pool – Unwicks Pools
On a frosty morning, the first Spring League match was held on the Hunters pool at Unwin farm. Fortunately, the sun cleared the early morning mist and anglers enjoyed the pleasant sunshine with little wind for most of the day. As expected from a cold start, fish were somewhat reluctant to feed in many pegs, with some silver fish and an occasional carp being caught spasmodically. However, at one side of the wider end of the pool, Mick Perks managed to steadily catch some nice sized carp on pole fished maggot to finish the winner with an impressive weight of 65-4-0. In the next peg, Steve Warren used similar tactics to catch similar sized carp but fell just behind with a second place weight of 57-2-0. Meanwhile, on the other side of the pool, Dave Stretton just managed to nose ahead of Lee Harman for a third place weight of 38-5-0.
Results
1.Mick Perks 65-4-0
2. Steve Warren 57-2-0
3. Dave Stretton 38-5-0
4. Lee Harman 37-7-0
5. Dwayne Martin 26-6-0
6. Simon Hall 25-4-0
7. Ian Goddard 20-8-0
8. Frank Edwards 11-10-0
9. Chris Loveridge 5-10-0
10. Steve Peters 2-0-0
Sunday 25th February 2024 -Roy Bouston Shield -Ash Pool -Lower Broadheath Fishery
Fourteen members braved a cold morning for the Roy Bouston memorial match. Although this match was originally scheduled to be held earlier in the season on the river Severn where Roy liked to fish, several postponements including flooded river conditions led to the match being finally held on the Ash pool at Broadheath fishery. While some early sunshine benefitted anglers on one side of the pool for the first hour, a strengthening Easterly wind made conditions uncomfortable for many. Catching an occasional carp and silver fish from the start of the match, Ian Goddard continued to catch a few others on pole fished maggot to finish with a winning weight of 43-9-0. In a nearby peg in the more sheltered part of the pool, Steve Warren used pole fished pellets to catch a few good sized carp for his second place weight of 30-5-0. At the other end of the pool, nothing much was being caught until the last half of the match when a few carp started to show for anglers using leger methods including John Shaw who used sweetcorn bait to catch a few good sized carp for a close third place weight of 30-1-0. While some anglers failed to catch any carp, there were a few nice sized silver fish including a lovely pair of good sized perch caught by Dwayne Martin. The winning anglers profited from vouchers kindly donated by Alans fishing tackle in memory of Roy Bouston.
Results
1. Ian Goddard 43-9-0
2. Steve Warren 30-5-0
3. John Shaw 30-1-0
4. Alan Pashley 26-14-0
5. Mick Perks 22-10-0
6. Lee Harmen 12-10-0
7. Dennis Flanagan 11-6-0
8. Steve Williams 9-8-0
9. Frank Edwards 8-15-0
10. Simon Hall 8-10-0
Sunday 4th February 2024 -Winter League No 5 -Old Pool -Court Farm Fishery
The fifth Winter League match was held on Court Farm pool where an exceptionally mild weather forecast for day raised hopes for good catches. However, an increasingly strong wind made it difficult to fish desired methods in many pegs. However, despite facing the strong wind, Ian Goddard managed to present his pole rig near to the outlet pipe of the pool where he found carp congregated and used expander pellet bait to catch an impressive runaway weight for the day of 87-5-0. On the other side of the pool, with the wind to his back, Simon Hall also used pole tactics to catch carp and come second with a weight of 47-4-0, while on the cross-wind side of the pool, Chris Loveridge was restricted to leger tactics to come a close third place with a weight of 42-6-0.
Results
1. Ian Goddard 87-5-0
2. Simon Hall 47-4-0
3. Chris Loveridge 42-6-0
4. Frank Edwards 40-12-0
5. Alan Pashley 38-6-0
6. Lee Harman 24-8-0
7. Mick Perks 17-15-0
8. John Shaw 17-0-0
9. Steve Peters 11-10-0
10. Dave Stretton 10-10-0
Sunday 14th January 2024 -Winter League No 4 -Old Pool -Broadheath Fishery
The first match of the New Year and the fourth of the Winter series was held on the Old Pool at Broadheath fisheries. Although the weather was mainly dry, temperatures were not much above freezing with a cold, Northerly wind setting in. Fishing was somewhat slow, with mainly carp predominating the catches in pegs all around the pool. Leading the way, Simon Hall managed to catch about seven carp up to about 5 pounds using method feeder with various baits including maggots and bread to finish with a winning weight of 30-12-0. In the next peg, Chis Loveridge also caught five or six carp to finish second with 23-6-0, just a few ounces ahead of Lee Harman’s bag of carp from a peg on the opposite bank.
Results
1. Simon Hall 30-12-0
2. Chris Loveridge 23-6-0
3. Lee Harman 23-4-0
4. Steve Peters 19-15-0
5. John Shaw 18-0-0
6. Graham Rees 15-7-0
7. Dave Stretton 14-10-0
8. Mick Perks 13-12-0
9. Ian Goddard 10-0-0
10. Steve Warren 1-10-0
Sunday 10th December 2023 -Fur & Feather -Willow Pool-Broadheath Fishery
After a barbeque breakfast of bacon baps, a good turn out of Malvern Anglers were lucky to be able to set up their tackle and start their Fur&Feather match on Willow Pool at Broadheath fishery before heavy rain poured down for the first half of the match. Previous rain and colder conditions earlier in the week had already made the pool very coloured and the water cold, so that fishing conditions did not look promising. Indeed, most anglers struggled to catch anything other than some small roach, while very few of the normally prolific carp were caught. However, fishing in a peg in the middle of the far side of the pool, Ian Goddard used pole fished maggot to catch several nice sized skimmer bream which, together with some smaller roach and a bonus carp, boosted his winning weight to 12-7-0. In the opposite corner peg, Simon Hall managed to catch a couple of carp for second place 6-4-0. Fishing next to the winner, Steve Warren used similar pole tactics to finish third with a weight of 5-9-0. Fortunately, the rain stopped for the end of the match to enable anglers to dry out and enjoy the spoils of an array of Xmas prizes.
Results
1. Ian Goddard 12-7-0
2. Simon Hall 6-4-0
3. Steve Warren 5-9-0
4. John Shaw 5-4-0
5. Lee Harman 3-8-0
6. Steve Peters 3-7-0
7. Dennis Flanagan 1-13-0
8. Dave Stretton 1-10-0
9. Paul Weaving 1-7-0
10. Chris Loveridge 1-4-0
11. Mick Perks 0-2-0
Sunday 12th October 2023 -Winter League No2 -Court Farm Pools-Callow End
A cold, wet day made fishing conditions unpleasant for a good turnout of members for the second Winter match at Court Farm pool. However, despite the conditions, better than expected nets of carp were weighed in some pegs. Leading the way, Dwayne Martin started catching carp on the method feeder and then switched to close in pole tactics with even more success to finish with an impressive weight of 113-11-0. Some way behind, Steve Warren also used a variety of methods to catch carp to finish second with 71-4-0, while venue expert Dave Stetton did well in a less fancied peg to come third with 61-2-0.
Results
1. Dwayne Martin 113-11-0
2. Steve Warren 71-4-0
3. Dave Stretton 61-2-0
4. Ian Goddard 59-11-0
5. Lee Harman 46-15-0
6. Mick Perks 29-3-0
7. Steve Peters 28-7-0
8. Chris Loveridge 24-8-0
9. John Shaw 20-5-0
10. Steve Thomas 16-5-0
Sunday 29th October 2023 -Winter League No 1 -Brookend Pools
On a bright sunny day, the first Winter League match was held on Brookend pool where features of the pegs vary substantially. Consequently, some pegs fished much better than others. In particular, a number of carp appeared to be concentrated on an end peg in the pool where Lee Harman managed to catch several on pole fished maggot to finish the run away winner with a weight of 37-2-0. On another end peg at the other side of the pool, Alan Pashley caught a couple of nice carp to finish second with 14-15-0, while Simon Hall also included a carp in his third place weight of 11-7-0. Other weights without carp included a good number of roach and occasional bream.
Results
1.Lee Harman 37-2-0
2. Alan Pashley 14-15-0
3. Simon Hall 11-7-0
4. Dave Stretton 9-3-0
5. John Shaw 6-14-0
6. Dwayne Martin 6-4-0
7. Ian Goddard 5-0-0
8. Mick Perks 3-5-0
9. Graham Rees 2-13-0
10. Chris Loveridge 2-12-0
11. Frank Edwards 1-3-0
Sunday 8th October 2023-Richard Webster Shield -Broadacres Pools
The Richard Webster memorial shield match was held on Charlie’s pool at Broadacre fisheries on an exceptionally warm October day that boded well for good catches. However, apart from the leading weights, results were somewhat disappointing as the expected carp did not stay for long in other pegs. Fishing on the far side of the pool, Dave Streeton found carp holding under a bush on the far bank where he used pole fished sweetcorn to catch several nice sized ones for a runaway winning weight of 40-13-0. Second place Alan Pashley, fishing a favoured corner peg opposite the end of an island, also found a few carp and various silver fish using maggot and worm baits to weigh in 23-9-0, just ahead of Graham Rees’ weight of 21-2-0 that mainly consisted of a few carp caught on sweetcorn from the edge of an island that was opposite his peg.
Results
1. Dave Stretton 40-13-0
2. Alan Pashley 23-9-0
3. Graham Rees 21-2-0
4. Ian Goddard 17-4-0
5. Dwayne Martin 8-15-0
6. John Shaw 8-0-0
7. Mick Perks 6-2-0
8. Lee Harman 3-8-0
9. Frank Edwards 2-13-0
10. Chris Loveridge 2-9-0
Sunday 1st October 2023 -River Series No 4–Holdfast
After reports of big bream catches earlier in the week, the warm, cloudy conditions appeared ideal for fishing the fourth River Series match at Holdfast. However, the results were disappointing as the big bream failed to show and smaller fish were reluctant to feed in most pegs. Leading the way, Ian Goddard caught a number of skimmer bream with some nice roach to make up his winning weight of 8-1-0. Second place Steve Davies had a similar net of fish with most of them being caught in the short period when a bore tide caused the river flow to stop. Third place Chris Loveridge’s weight of 4-13-0 benefitted from a lone big bream of over three pounds but he could have won the match had he not lost a bigger one during the match.
Results
1. Ian Goddard 8-1-0
2. Steve Davies 7-8-0
3. Chris Loveridge 4-13-0
4. Dwayne Martin 4-0-0
5. Steve Williams 3-4-0
6. John Shaw 3-1-0
7. Ben Strong 2-11-0
8. Dave Green 2-7-0
9. Dave Stretton 1-9-0
10. John Bolton 1-0-0
11. Alan Pashley 0-7-0
12. Mick Perks 0-5-0
Sunday 17th September 2023 -River Series No 3–Holdfast
Nine hardy M.U.A.A Anglers turned up this week to compete in the third of six River Series matches on the River Severn at Holdfast, this was somewhat of a surprise given last weeks swimwear revelations as many more were expected to line up along the gravel path to see what the models were sporting this week. The pre match banter revolved around Bolty’s new tackle carrier that he had arrived in, ” It’s cost him £25 just to get here” , was heard from the onlookers before the draw was made . The river itself looked in reasonable shape and with an overcast sky and lots of bubbles on show some people’s hopes were raised that the bream may be feed and off everybody sped to their respective pegs along the well groomed paths. (Thanks to those who keep it trimmed for the rest of us.)
Alas the fishing once again proved to be tricky with no proper bream showing and some leaving before the end of the match to go and peruse the latest swimwear and angling dating sites instead.
The match itself was won by Steve Davies ( who would like to give thanks to his star pupil, Dave Stretton for not turning up to fish) this week who pulled out peg 22 at the draw, much to everybody else’s consternation and although this end peg too proved to be hard going, Steve used all his river craft to winkle out 8lbs 2oz worth of mostly perch and small skimmers. In a close second place was Chris Loveridge with 7lbs 7oz of the same fish. We won’t mention the “Good sized fish” that was lost with 15 minutes to go or the fact that the words that were uneeringly heard by all who fish peg 18 forever more. Third this week was Anthony Taylor, fishing peg 5, with a perch net of fish.
And so it was after a well contested match that the updated catalogue photo shoot took place, thus distracting from the usual winners photo and off everybody went to down pints, eat Sunday roasts and a long spot of rain before the next match.
Results:
- Steve Davies 8-2-0
- Chris Loveridge 7-7-0
- Anthony Taylor 6-14-0
- Dwayne Martin 5-6-0
- Tony Meissner 4-14-0
- Ian Goddard 4-0-0
- John Bolton 2-8-0
- Paul Weaving 1-10-0
Sunday 10th September 2023 – River Series no 2 – Holdfast
Eleven MUAA anglers turned up to compete in this River Series league match on the River Severn. The heat of the previous week was starting to break down with heavy showers and thunderstorms forecast for late morning. The itinerant shoals of bream once again proved to be elusive with only one “proper” slab being netted during the five hour match. This single fish of around 6lb was caught by veteran (yet enduringly handsome) Dave Stretton who pulled out peg No 2 at the 9am draw. Dave supplemented this super fish (caught on ground bait feeder with double red maggot on the hook) with several skimmers and numerous perch for a total winning weight of 10lb 7oz. In second place was Steve Davies who caught steadily throughout the match but despite a strong performance fell a little short at the final whistle weighing in with 9lb 8oz. In third spot came club secretary Mick Perks who did well on peg No 18 (which also happened to be an end peg on this occasion) to catch a bag weighing 7lb 6oz mainly made up of skimmer bream. Coincidentally, the top three are all signed up to the same leading swimwear modelling agency and can regularly be seen sashaying along the catwalks of Paris and Milan while sporting the latest in sarongs and mankinis. In fourth place was Ian Goddard with 6lb with the rest some way behind. The thunderstorms did not materialise in the end although the rain that did fall did not dampen the enthusiasm of this keenly contested match.
Results:
- Dave Stretton 10-07-0
- Steve Davies 9-8-0
- Mick Perks 7-6-0
- Ian Goddard 6-0-0
- Graham Rees 3-3-0
- Dwayne Martin 3-1-0
- John Bolton 2-7-0
- Steve Williams 1-8-0
- Paul Weaving 1-3-0
- Frank Edwards 0-11-0
Sunday 27th August 2023- Points Match-Holdfast
A bright sunny morning greeted the 16 MUAA anglers competing for the honours in this points match at Holdfast on the River Severn held on the Bank Holiday weekend with expectations for bulging nets high as the start whistle sounded.
However, just like the weather, hopes and enthusiasm were soon dampened as anglers struggled to get bites. From the start it was clear that the shoals of bream that are sometimes in residence were not going to show up in any great numbers or at least had little inclination to feed.
On peg 19, which happened to be an end peg on this occasion, Tony Meissner fished a “window” feeder with mostly worm on the hook to net a mixed bag of fish which included one decent sized bream to weigh in 8lb 7oz at the final whistle to win the match and collect the pool winnings along with the 10 precious Championship points.
On the next peg down, Dave Stretton worked hard to catch a net weighing 5lb 6oz for second place and receive 9 Championship points. Steve Davies while fishing from peg 15 also used a variety of methods, even adding a few small perch to his 5lb 2oz net using the whip when things were desperate to secure third place and 8 points.
For most anglers things were a struggle with average weights around the 2lb mark and their nets consisting of small fish. Anglers were kept entertained by the sounds of the bands performing at the Sunshine Festival at nearby Upton echoing through the Severn valley. At one time, anglers cheered on Steve Williams on peg 9 who was relieving the monotony of only receiving one bite in the 5 hour match by jiving with his rock chick wife Stella to the sound of “Black Betty” by Ram Jam. Anglers are hoping the rivers fishes better at the next match at Holdfast planned for two weeks’ time.
Results
- Tony Meissner 8-7-0
- Dave Stretton 5-6-0
- Steve Davies 5-2-0
- Frank Edwards 3-2-0
- Paul Weaving 2-9-0
- Dave Green 2-9-0
- Pete Roberts 2-8-0
- Mick Perks 2-6-0
- Graham Rees 1-9-0
- Dwayne Martin 1-8-0
- John Bolton 1-5-0
- Chris Loveridge 0-10-0
- Pete Wilkes 0-8-0
Sunday 13th August 2023 –Derek Evans Cup -Nafford-River Avon
After a rainy start, the weather cleared for the Derek Evans trophy match on the river Avon at Nafford, but a strong wind made conditions somewhat more difficult for this float-only contest. Unlike in previous matches at this venue, the weights on this occasion were dominated by a few large bream. Indeed, fishing an unfancied upstream peg, John Bolton caught four good bream on pole fished worm and maggot baits to make up the bulk of his winning weight of 13-0-0. Although Jeff Ackrill did not catch any such bream, he did catch a good number of smaller silver fish including roach and a good sized perch to finish second with a weight of 8-2-0. The other good sized bream were caught by third place Steve Thomas who included a specimen of about four pounds in his weight of 4-15-0 and fourth place Martin Elston who had a bream of about three pounds in his 3-11-0. Meanwhile, other competitors struggled to catch much other than a few smaller fish.
Results
1.John Bolton 13-0-0
2. Jeff Ackrill 8-2-0
3. Steve Thomas 4-15-0
4. Martin Elston 3-11-0
5. Ian Goddard 2-8-0
6. John Shaw 2-2-0
7. Dwayne Martin 1-10-0
8. Pete Wilkes 1-5-0
9. Mick Perks 0-4-0
10. Chris Loveridge 0-3-0
Sunday 6th August 2023 -Ron Thomas Cup-Holdfast
After a wet Saturday, the weather cleared the next day for the Ron Thomas memorial match on the river Severn at Holdfast. However, with a sharp drop in temperature overnight and clear morning sky, fish were more reluctant to feed than they had been previously in the week. Indeed, most anglers struggled to catch much at first and throughout the match except for the leading two who each ended up with impressive bags of bream that were well ahead of the weights of the rest of the field. In first place, Chris Loveridge, drawn on a favoured upstream peg, did not catch much until the latter part of the match when he caught a number of good sized bream on maggots to finish with a weight of 35-10-0. In second place, drawn in a favoured downstream peg, Steve Davies had similar experience and caught a substantial weight of his bream in the last half hour of the match to finish with 30-10-0. Other weights were a long way behind with Paul Weaving including a couple of good bream for the third place weight of 13-4-0, while the occasional good sized bream were found in other weights, such as a specimen of about eight pounds caught by Dave Green in fourth place.
Results
1.Chris Loveridge 35-10-0
2. Steve Davies 30-10-0
3. Paul Weaving 13-4-0
4. Dave Green 11-1-0
5. Dwayne Martin 9-12-0
6. Paul Lane 7-1-0
7. John Shaw 2-12-0
8. Mick Perks 2-6-0
8. John Bolton 2-6-0
10. Ian Goddard 2-0-0
Sunday 30th July 2023 -Points Match-Twyning River Avon
The MUAA assembled at Twyning on a bright morning in order to fish the River Avon in a “points only” match. The weather deteriorated as the match progressed as the wind got up and rain began to fall however the river looked to be in good condition although quite clear but with recent reports indicating that it had been fishing well. While not being prolific in every swim, the river did not disappoint most anglers. Fishing as a guest of the MUAA was Anthony Taylor (probably better known to some for serving maggots at Alan’s Tackle in Worcester rather than fishing with them). After pulling peg 17 at the draw and catching a few tiddlers using pole with maggot bait, Anthony proceeded to fish legered worm to net a number of the resident shoal of bream to weigh in a total of 29lb 6oz and secure 1st place. At the other end of the match length in “flier” peg No.1, John Bolton continued his recent spell of good form by assembling a decent net of fish using legered caster as bait to tempt a number of bream to weigh in 14lb 4oz after the final whistle. In 3rd place after putting in a exemplary display of fishing in unfancied peg 18 was Seedy Rees who tempted three bream using legered double pinkies which made up the bulk of his 9lb 6oz net of fish.
Results:
- Anthony Taylor – 29-6-0
- John Bolton – 14-4-0
- Graham Rees – 9-6-0
- Jeff Ackrill – 8-4-0
- Alan Pashley – 7-15-0
- Dwayne Martin – 7-1-0
- Paul Lane – 6-11-0
- Steve Davies – 5-4-0
- Ben Strong – 4-12-0
- Peter Wilkes – 3-13-0
Sunday 23rd July 2023 -Dick Oakley Shield-Holdfast
After a day of persistent rain and despite a somewhat pessimistic forecast, the weather for the Dick Oakley shield match stayed remarkably dry and pleasant for fishing. Dick was an old, stalwart member of the club who sadly died some months ago but he is still well remembered and he was particularly keen on leger fishing the river to which this match was restricted to this method. With some extra water and colour from the recent rain, prospects looked good and indeed catches turned out to be good for many. Leading the way again, Paul Weaving did remarkably well from a peg just below the middle of the stretch to catch large number of bream up to about seven pounds using his favoured groundbait feeder method to finish an outstanding winning weight of 78-10-0. In fact Paul was lucky to be able to weigh these fish in, as the wash from a speeding motor cruiser caused his keepnet to be washed in at the end of the match, but thanks to Dwayne Martin’s courage to wade into the river, his net was recovered complete with all fish. Unluckily, Steve Thomas’ net was also washed in but all his fish escaped, leaving him with just the memory of the monster bream that he was excited to have caught. On the most downstream peg of the stretch, John Bolton also had a remarkably good net of big bream to finish second with a weight of 57-2-0, while on the most upstream peg of the stretch, John Shaw was pleased to be able to weigh a good net of bream for a third place weight of 41-6-0.
Results
1.Paul Weaving 78-10-0
2. John Bolton 57-2-0
3. John Shaw 41-6-0
4. Steve Davies 29-15-0
5. Ian Goddard 25-3-0
6. Dwayne Martin 18-9-0
7. Mick Perks 15-6-0
8. Steve Williams 12-3-0
9. Jeff Ackrill 12-2-0
10. Dave Green 11-3-0
Sunday 9th July 2023 – River Series 1 – Holdfast.
On a pleasant day for fishing, after some thundery rain the previous days, the river Severn at Holdfast showed some small increase in level and colour to make prospects somewhat optimistic for Malvern Anglers river series match. Indeed, there were some very good weights caught in some pegs, while others were not so productive. After his success last week on the top upstream peg, Paul Weaving drew a peg near the bottom end of the stretch where he continued his successful run by catching a good number of bream up to about six pounds on his groundbait feeder with maggot bait to finish with an impressive winning weight of 42-3-0. At the other end of the stretch, in the next to end peg, Mick Perks also caught several bream up to about six pounds to finish second with a good weight of 33-13-0. Meanwhile, near the middle of the stretch in a somewhat unfancied peg, Chris Loveridge was also able to find some big bream to finish third with a commendable weight of 26-7-0.
1. Paul Weaving 42-3-0
2. Mick Perks 33-13-0
3. Chris Loveridge 26-7-0
4. John Bolton 15-4-0
5. Steve Davies 7-5-0
6. Graham Rees 7-3-0
7. Ian Goddard 6-7-0
8. Dwayne Martin 2-4-0
9. John Shaw 2-3-0
10. Frank Edwards 1-4-0
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