Summer is passing by all too quickly  and Bideford’s Evening League coming to an end is an indication of this. I have enjoyed receiving weekly updates from Martin Turner on this and must thank him for all the reports and images. Its also good to see the Junior events being well supported.

1st Ian Owen 28lb 1oz

2nd Martin Turner  17lb 14oz

3rd Cavan Patterson 13lb 15oz

4th joint Ron Rhoads  Colin Gorman 10lb 1oz

6th Martin Hawker 8lb 8oz

18 fished. Another warm summer evening was enjoyed by our members.Ian landed 3 large carp on the pole on float fished caster on peg U for top weight on the night and in the series, Ian finished the league in joint 4th place. Martin’s second place was secured with 2 carp and some skimmers on peg Q , this ensured that he retained the overall league title with 85 points, Cavan landed a single carp of 13lb 15oz on peg I for 3rd spot.

The final league positions are :

Martin Turner 85pts

Stephen Craker 79pts

Peter Slade 70pts

Keith Copland & Ian Owen 64pts

  Junior competition /teach in event.

1st Adam Wheeler 7lb 10oz

2nd Tom Scott 5lb 2 1/2oz

3rd Tyler Scott 4lb 12oz

4th Will 1lb 2oz 5th Maya 1lb

6th Brooke 7th Grace .

The decision to use the deeper pegs ,for our second Junior event, proved right, as some nice bags of fish were landed by our enthusiastic younger members.Adam was top weight with a lovely net of skimmer bream caught on the pole on red maggots of peg P. Second ,on the next peg Q, was younger of the Scott brothers ,Tom with a similar bag taken on a 4mtr. whip. In 3rd place on peg N was Tyler with another bream net taken on the long pole, Back up weights were roach and perch Brooke, unluckily, lost a winning carp after a 10 min battle on a whip.The 3 hour event was fished in blazing sunny conditions.The current league table ,with , one match remaining is a dead heat for 1st spot, on 21 points, between Adam  Tom ,and Tyler. Many thanks to all the helpers and to Summerlands Tackle for their generous help with prizes.