11 Jul 2021

Bideford and District Angling Club Versus Plymouth and District Coarse angling Club .

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Results :

1st Martin Turner 16lb 4oz

2nd Pat Whymn 9lb 4oz

3rd Nick Newns 6lb

4th Keith Mountjoy 4lb 10oz

5th Richard Jefferies 4lb 8oz

Overall PADCAC 28lb 14oz BDAC 34lb 9oz

Ten club members ,representing our club, travelled to Cadover Lake on the edge of bodmin moor to fish the first leg of our annual interclub event. Humid conditions found the deep venues fish stocks in a tricky mood, Team captain ,Martin , landed the best individual catch of roach and skimmers on the pole , Second was Pat who’s catch included a fine 5lb bream. We must thank our hosts from Plymouth and look forward to the return leg on Tarka Swims on 31st of July.

5 Jul 2021

BIDEFORD JUNIOR EVENT

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Well done to Bideford for their efforts in promoting angling to a young generation.

Junior event No. 3 Results Over 14s

1st Adam Wheeler 8lb 5oz

2nd Tyler Scott 7lb 10oz

3rd Thomas Scott 6lb 12oz

Under 14 age group 1st Charlie Heddon 10lb 3oz 2nd Brodie Allin 8lb 12oz .

Using pegs 4 to 11 the junior event produced some great catches, in this , the third match of the series. Top weight on the day was youngster Charlie with a lovely double figure net of skimmers and tench ( and terch! ) on peg 7 in the 3 hour competition . Prizes were kindly donated by BaitTech and Summerlands.

1 Jul 2021

Bideford Angling Club – Evening League Result

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BDAC Evening Competition No.7 : Results

1st Mike Snudden 33lb 9oz

2nd Craig Crash Lamey 22lb 1oz

3rd Graham Curnow 20lb 6oz

4th Martin Turner 17lb 6oz

5th Keith Mountjoy 16lb 7oz

6th David Bailey 16lb 3oz ,

20 fished on another fine summer evening on Georges lake , Mike on, peg 10, has landed a terrific bag of bream in the 3hour contest to secure his second win in the series. His short pole worm approach seems to find the quality silver fish. Elsewhere carp have put in an appearance, Craig’s 2nd place net off peg 15 consisted 4 decent carp on meat, just pipping Graham’s method feeder carp catch on peg 6. Over half the field have weighed in double figure catches. With 3 matches remaining Nathan clings on to the lead 74 points to Steve Johnson 73 , and Martin Turner on 70.

21 Jun 2021

Bideford & District Angling Club – Junior Competition Round 2 Result

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All credit to Bideford Angling Club in organising this fabulous competition for the clubs Junior members. many thanks to Martin Turner for the report.

BDAC Junior Competition No2 held today at Tarka swims .

Results:Over 14s

1st Tyler Scott 11lb 10oz

2nd Thomas Scott 10lb 12oz

3rd Joe Westcott 5lb 13oz

4th Adam Wheeler 1lb 10oz

Under 14’s

1st Brodie Allin 9lb 10oz

2nd Thomas Conibear 2lb 15oz

3rd Harry Mounce 2lb.

Lovely afternoon for this 3 hour event held on the shallower pegs on Georges lake , the Scott brothers shared the top spots again , with Tyler coming out best this time on peg 25 , a nice bag of tench crucians and rudd topped off with a 5lb carp. Thomas was second with mainly skimmers on peg 5. Star of the show was 6 year old Brodie on his first match, winning the under 14’s off peg 2 with a great net of fish all caught on a short pole .We must again thank Summerlands and Bait Tek for their kind support with prizes.

21 Jun 2021

Bideford Angling Club – Twenty Four Hour Rover Results

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June 24 hour results

1st Julien Stainer Smoothound 11lb 12oz 117.5%

2nd Andrew Clements Smalleyed Ray 10lb 7oz 115.972%

3rd Paul Ackland Smoothound 11lb 4oz 112.5%

Well done guys some good fish finally. Other fish caught bull Huss to 10lb 8 rockling and dogs.

17 Jun 2021

Bideford Angler Club – Evening league

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Evening Comp. No. 5 Tarka swims, results:

1st Les Polden 23lb 7oz

2nd Antony Bentley 22lb 9oz

3rd Steve Johnson 22lb 6oz

4th Martin Turner 21lb 7oz

5th Kevin Shears 15lb 8oz

6th Tyler Scott 14lb 10oz .

19 anglers fished , conditions were perfect and winner tonight is, veteran, Les on peg 4 with a lovely bag of roach to add to his carp net . Second spot was filled by Benny with an all bream catch on corn from peg 11 , Consistent Steve made 3rd on peg 18 with a skimmer bream net on short pole with maggot.

13 Jun 2021

Bideford and District Angling Club Monthly competition results:

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Bideford and District Angling Club Monthly competition results:

1st Nathan Underwood 36lb 2oz

2nd Steve Johnson 23lb 3oz

3rd Kevin Shears 21lb 6oz

4th Richard Jefferies 18lb 9oz

5th Stephen Sheller 18lb 2oz

6th Stephen Craker 17lb 4oz

Conditions very hot light southerly , Georges lake at Tarka swims produced another good match Nathan drew peg 26 in the shallow end and put a terrific net of smaller carp ,tench and a couple of larger bonus carp ,on the scales for a convincing victory. All caught on the pole to corn. Steve’s net of silver fish from peg 20 secured second place. Kevin fished the pole with maggot from peg 12 for third. These 3 anglers now dominate the league after 2 matches .

11 Jun 2021

Bideford & District AC Evening Comp No. 4 Tarka swims :

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Results 1st Steve Johnson 31lb 4oz

2nd Steve Ashton 18lb 9oz

3rd NathanUnderwood 15lb 7oz

4th Richard Jefferies 13lb 1oz

5th Kevin Shears 12lb 14oz

6th Antony Bentley 12lb 4oz

19 fished.

Mild evening with rain showers , has produced some good weights , the best was Steve’s superb bag of silver fish on caster over groundbait on peg 21, Steve’s maggot on pole catch included several good bream from the margins on peg 16 took 2nd place , Nathan’s peg 6 catch of skimmers was third and ensures, that approaching the halfway point , he retains his league lead. Richard has caught late on the method feeder for 4th.

7 Jun 2021

Bideford Angling Club – Evening Match Result – Heat 3

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Results :

1st Nathan Underwood 24lb 15oz

2nd Steve Johnson 16lb 14oz

3rd Tom Downing 14lb 10oz

4th Martin Turner 11lb 12oz

5th Kevin Shears 11lb 7oz

6th Steve Ashton 10lb 7oz

19 fished . Warm , overcast conditions led to another close match, Nathan bettered his 2 second places with a win on this, the 3rd match of our evening series. He has caught a great net of silver fish shallow on the pole on peg 19 and added a decent carp late on. Steve’s peg 12 has produced some better skimmers for second, Tom made a long overdue return and promptly took 3rd prize on peg 8 another net of good quality skimmers on meat.