1 Jul 2024

Bideford Angling Club Match Results

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Midweek evening competition No. 7

Results:

1st Nathan Underwood 43lb 10oz

2nd Warren Thornton 30lb 7oz

3rd Kevin Shears 28lb 11oz

4th Rhys Eyles 22lb 1oz

5th Roger Ackroyd 20lb 8oz

6th Ian Croxton 17lb 11oz

17 members fished.

Nathan Underwood continues his remarkable run of results, with another victory in our summer evening series. He has drawn peg 16 for the second week running! , and made no mistakes using the trusty pole and paste beside the lilly pads.

Second spot went to Warren on peg 13 using corn then meat over micros.

Kevin on peg 1 has caught some decent carp on hard pellets out towards the island for third place., moving him up the league into 4th position.

B.D.A.C.ROD AND REEL MATCH RESULTS DATE 23.6.24 AT TARKA

The weather was sunny with some light rain at times. 13 anglers fished the match and all caught fish.

1st place today went to Richard jefferies on peg 10 with a nice mixed bag of fish for 35lbs 13oz, 2nd place was Darren Polden on peg 8 with 26lbs 13oz 3rd place went to Warren Thornton on peg 6 with 23lbs 9oz and 4th place was taken by 2 anglers Stephen Paul Sheller and Colin O’Hagan both had 22lbs 6oz next match will be on the 28.7.24 at Tarka.

20 Jun 2024

Bideford Evening League Results

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Midweek evening competition No. 6

Results:

1st Roger Ackroyd 43lb 2oz

2nd Nathan Underwood 40lb 4oz

3rd Craig Lamey 39lb 8oz

4th Kevin Shears 22lb 5oz

5th Martin Turners 21lb 11oz

11 fished.

Our members were treated to a beautiful midsummer evening, and the top three had a very close battle , Roger came out on top on peg 19 , he fished with a long pole to the island shallow with pellets.

Nathan has done his thing with paste off peg 16 for second place.

Craig has fished in the corner on peg 13, shallow with pellets for a very close third spot.

16 Jun 2024

Bideford Mid week Competition Result

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Evening competition No 5

Results. :

1st Nathgan Underwood 24lb 8oz

2nd Ian Croxton 24,lb

3rd Craig Lamey 23lb

4th Mike Snudden 17lb 14oz

5th Les Polden 17lb 4oz

16 members fished.

At the midway point of the summer league they were treated to a warmish, less breezy evening.

Nathan once again performed his paste on the pole trick for yet another victory off of peg 9.

Ian ,on peg 6 , was a close second on 24lb with Craig, not far behind in third on peg 1 with 23lb .

10 Jun 2024

Bideford and District Angling Club Monthly competition

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Bideford and District Angling Club

Monthly competition

Results:

1st John Lisle 45lb 13oz

2nd Craig Lamey 40lb 13oz

3rd Les Polden 39 lb 14oz

4th Steve Johnson 37lb 4oz

5th Darren Polden 37lb 4oz

6th Roger Ackroyd 29lb 5oz

16 members fished.

John has drawn peg 16 and fished worm over micros on a long pole for victory in this, the halfway match of our year long league.

Craig , opposite,on peg 12 has fished sweetcorn with a short pole for second place.

Birthday ” boy” Les has had a cracking mixed bag also on corn on the pole for third spot.

Steve on peg 6 has finished fourth using hard pellets.

A cold North Westerly took the edge of, an otherwise bright dry day, despite this, almost 450lb of fish were brought to the scales.

Bideford and District Angling Club

Evening Competition No. 4

Results:

1st Nathan Underwood 38lb 1oz

2nd Kevin Shears 33lb

3rd Thomas Scott 22lb 5oz

4th Ian Croxton20lb 8oz

5th Les Polden 19lb 9oz

18 members fished

Pleasant conditions, warm but a sneaky North Westerly breeze,for this the fourth in the series.

That man Nathan on peg 9 has made it 3 on the bounce, with another victory, paste on the pole the winning technique.

Kevin on peg 1 has fished towards peg 26 again on pole and paste for second on the night.

Youngster, Thomas has made a welcome return and managed third spot on peg 13.

The Cornish Brummie settled for fourth.

2 Jun 2024

Bideford and District Angling Club Evening competition No. 3

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Bideford and District Angling Club

Evening competition No. 3

Results:

1st Nathan Underwood 33lb

2nd Richard Jefferies 29lb 15oz

3rd Stace N Dazza Polden 26lb 7oz

4th Keith Mountjoy 22lb 11oz

5th Martin Turner 22lb 10oz

6th Roger Ackroyd 22lb 5oz

18 members fished.

The 3rd match in the 10 match series was fished in reasonable conditions , a brisk westerly and warmish evening led to another close competition..

Out of the 18 numbers in the draw bag Nathan has again drawn peg 13 !

He fished with paste over pellets in the margins for his second victory of the series.

Richard has drawn the adjacent peg 12 and fished in a similar fashion for the second spot.

Darren has had a couple of larger fish and some skimmers for third off peg 3 .

27 May 2024

Bideford & District Angling Club Rod N Reel Match Result

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B.D.A.C Rod and Reel match results date 26.5.24 at Tarka. Today the weather was a bit sunny with a few showers and fishing was steady. 1st place today went to Richard jefferies on peg 10 with a weight of 34lbs 8oz mainly carp, 2nd place when to Stephen Paul Sheller on peg 6 with 33lbs 15oz and 3rd place was Keith copland on peg 8 with 23lbs 13oz. The next Rod and Reel match will be on the 23.6.24.

24 May 2024

Bideford & District Angling Club Midweek Series Heat 2

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Hard to believe its got to that time of year already. So much so that I forgot to report on heat 1.

Results

1st Nathan Underwood 34 lb 9oz

2nd David Bailey 24lb

3rd Mike Snudden 23 lb 10oz

4th Craig Crash Lamey 20lb 11oz

5th Stace N Dazza Polden 18lb 8oz

14 members fished.

A rather damp evening proved tough going for some, Nathan has bounced back to form with a convincing victory from peg 13 , paste fished into the weed bed was his chosen tactic.

David has made a successful return with a lovely net of mainly silver fish on maggot from peg 8 for 2nd spot.

Mike has caught on worms on the pole on peg 5 for 3rd place.

20 May 2024

The final of Stafford Moors May Festival 2024

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The final of Stafford Moors May Festival 2024

The consistently high weights caught during matches at this superb venue never cease to amaze.

Joanne Combes wrote :-

Our worthy winner is ……… Steve Ford who had a total weight of 954lb 4oz with 5 points a huge well done to you!

In second place was Lee Werrett with a total weight of 740lb 7oz and a total of 6 points well done!

In 3rd place was Ben Evenden with a total weight of 731lb 5oz and a total of 6 points well done!

Just want to say what a fantastic week it has been with the company and weights this week wow some fab weights all week. The total amount of fish caught this week was 36,590 lb !!!!!!!!! Wow that’s a few fish !