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MATCH REPORTS

This Page Displays the Reports for the Current Series of Matches

The Club Singles Trophy was fished on Thursday 2nd June on the Embalsa Beniarres. In previous years this fixture has produced some very good weights. However this year was a low weight match, but at the end of the day there was only 4 kilos between the top 4. On the day Bob Rafferty won with a weight of 13.040 kilos. Well done Bob
 
 
 

 

Open Match 28th October at the Embalsa Argos. 11 anglers took part. The weather was sunny and warm after a chilly start, The water was gin clear but the fish were rising.
1st Austin Vieth 23.26kgs Feeder Pellet & Tares
2nd Ian Dalzell 18.68kgs Feeder Pellet & Maggots
3rd Barry Homer 17.90kgs Feeder Pellet
4th Ian Houghton 9.88kgs  
5th Stuart Thompson 7.96kgs  
6th Bob Rafferty 6.04kgs  
7th Dennis Pick 5.72kgs  
8th David Bacon 3.44kgs  
9th Ann Fowles 2.99kgs  
Steve White & Roy Buttress DNW  

 

Open Match 2nd September at The Embalsa La Cierva, Mula, Murcia. 8 anglers attended. This is a free water given to us for the day by the Murcia Federation President. The water is in a very picturesque location. Unfortunatly the fishing was poor.
1st John Brightling 3.180kgs Pole & feeder
2nd Ian Houghton & S Thompson 1.700kgs  
4th Austin Vieth 1.300kgs  
5th Bob Rafferty 1.020kgs  
6th Ann Fowles 1.000kgs  
Barry Homer DNW  
Dennis Pick DNW  
     

 

The Club Knockout
The 3 qualifying rounds were fished on the first 3 Thursdays of August. The two top anglers from each went through to the final.
 
The final was fished on Thursday 26 August. 6 Anglers took part. The final was was fished at our HQ Bar El Alto. Everyone caught, the weather was very hot 40c at the onset. Ian Dalzell was the run away winner with a good bag of Sun Fish.
   
1st Ian Dalzell 8.940kgs
2nd Austin Vieth 6.760kgs
3rd Paul Baxter 4.980kgs
4th Roy Buttress 3.360kgs
5th Nigel Mourant 2.960kgs
6th Bob Rafferty 2.700kgs
   

 

The club pairs trophy was fished on Thursday 15th July at Argos. Congratulations to Ian Dalzell and Nigel Mourant who triumphed. We had a good turnout of 9 pairs. Weights were good, even though the venue had been match fished the previous two days.
1st Ian Dalzell & Nigel Mourant 58.040kgs  
2nd Paul Baxter & John Brightling 43.680kgs  
3rd Barry Homer & Mick Hill 30.840kgs  
4th Dennis Pick & Derek King 27.760kgs  
5th Pete Hutchison & Roy Buttress 25.020kgs  
6th Dave Hill & Steve White 18.680kgs  
7th Austin Vieth & Ian Houghton 17.280kgs  
8th Stuart Thompson & Dave Bacon 16.340kgs  
9th Bob Rafferty & Ann Fowles 8.560kgs  

 

An open match was fished on the Embalsa Beniarres on June 17th. Weights were low due the recent heavy rains. But the weather had turned for the better, 15 anglers took part. This was a non pole match.
1st Roy Buttress 16.580kgs Feeder & corn
2nd Peter Hutchison 8.720kgs Feeder
3rd Austin Vieth 6.400kgs Float & paste

 

The 12th and final round of the Spring Series was fished on Thursday 10th June on the River Segura Murcia Town. The water had already been match fished twice this week, so weights were a little low. First was Stuart Thompson which means he won the series.
1st Stuart Thompson 16.040kgs Pole & Corn
2nd Barry Homer 12.640kgs Pole
3rd Austin Vieth 12.090kgs Pole & Paste
4th Roy Buttress 6.640kgs  
5th Derek King 4.480kgs Feeder & Corn
6th John Brightling 4.240kgs  
7th Ann Fowles 3.880kgs  
8th Ian Air 3.580kgs  
9th Dennis Pick 3.160kgs  
10th Steve White 2.720kgs  
11th David Bacon 1.920kgs  

 

The annual charity match was held on Thursday 3rd June at Beniarres. 11 anglers took part. The weather was very hot and all enjoyed the fishing. Especially me.
1st Austin Vieth 40.000kgs Pole & Paste
2nd Barry Homer 23.440kgs Pole & Corn
3rd Bob Rafferty 19.460kgs  
4th Roy Buttress 18.100kgs  
5th John Brightling 10.860kgs  
6th Nigel Mourant 8.280kgs  
7th Steve White 7.380kgs  
8th Stuart Thompson 5.920kgs  
9th Ann Fowles 5.820kgs  
10th David Bacon 3.600kgs  
11th Dennis Pick DNW  

 

Round 11 of the Spring Series was fished on Thursday 27th May at Argos. See match table for full list of placings. A good turnout of 15 anglers took part. Weights were a little low, but reasonable considering this was the fourth match at this venue this week
1st Ian Dalzell 15.100kgs
2nd Stuart Thompson 14.020kgs
3rd Bob Rafferty 13.060kgs

 

Round 10 of the spring series was fished on Thursday 20th May at Blanca. Conditions were good but weights were very low. A welcome visit from the Murcian federation bailiffs was made  and licenses were checked. All was in order. However two Spanish locals fishing nearby were asked to leave.    
1st Stuart Thompson 5.240kgs Feeder & Corn
2nd Ian Dalzell 5.160kgs  
3rd Nigel Mourant 2.300kgs  
4th Dennis Pick 1.660kgs  
5th Bob Rafferty 1.600kgs  
6th John Brightling 0.880kgs  
7th Roy Buttress 0.100kgs  
Pete Hutchison DNW  
Austin Vieth DNW  
Ann Fowles DNW  
David Bacon DNW  
Steve White DNW  
Barry Homer DNW  
Ian Air DNW  
Ann Air DNW  
     
     

 
Round 9 of the spring series was fished on 13th May at Argos. All anglers caught fish and enjoyed the day. A couple of short showers were not enough to deter people and they seemed to stir the fish up a bit.
1st Austin Vieth 15.980kgs Pole & Secret paste (i'm not telling)
2nd Jim Woodhams 9.360kgs Feeder & Corn
3rd David Bacon 7.640kgs Feeder & Corn
4th Roy Buttress 7.200kgs Feeder/pole & Corn/Maggot
5th Dennis Pick 6.780kgs Pole & Paste
6th Steve White 3.950kgs  
7th Ann Air 3.510kgs  
8th Derek King 3.400kgs  
9th John Brightling 3.330kgs  
10th Ian Air 3.020kgs  
11th Nigel Mourant 2.680kgs  
12th Ann Fowles 1.320kgs  

 

Round 8 of the Spring Series was fished on 29th April at Beniarres. This was this years first outing to an Embalse and was no disappointment. Everybody caught and the weather was great. 
1st Barry Homer 24.54kgs  
2nd Dennis Pick 23.00kgs  
3rd Austin Vieth 18.02kgs  
4th Bob Rafferty 14.76kgs  
5th Jim Woodhams 9.00kgs  
6th Roy Buttress 7.36KGS  
7th John Brightling 7.28kgs  
8th Nigel Mourant 7.00kgs  
9th Steve White 5.20kgs  
10th David Bacon 1.22kgs  

 

Round 7 Of the Spring series was fished 22ndApril on the River Segura Murcia Town Centre. On Arrival it was raining and a few people had already turned back home, however the sun came out and was a nice day. Everybody caught and enjoyed the day.
1st Stuart Thompson 11.72kgs  
2nd Ian Dalzell 11.40kgs  
3rd Pete Hutchison 6.33kgs  
4th John Brightling 5.24kgs  
5th Ian Houghton 5.08kgs  
6th Ian Air 4.20kgs  
7th Dennis Pick 2.79kgs  
8th Derek King 2.22kgs  
9th Steve White 1.84kgs  
10th David Bacon 1.54kgs  
Austin Vieth DNW  

 

 
The Planned Pairs match was re arranged to a singles open match and was fished on Thursday 15th April on The 8 foot Drain La Marina. 9 Anglers took part.
1st Bob Rafferty 5.26kgs  
2nd Stuart Thompson 2.86kgs  
3rd Roy Buttress 2.50kgs  
4th Dennis Pick 2.38kgs  
5th Nigel Mourant 1.98kgs  
6th Steve White 1.50kgs  
7th Ian Air 1.12kgs  
8th David Bacon 0.88kgs  
9th John Brightling 0.05kgs  

 

The 6th round of the Spring Series was fished on Thursday 8th April on the River Segura Murcia Town Centre. 13 anglers took part and all caught. Looks like things are improving. 1st on the day was once again Bob Rafferty, Bob caught a 3.80kgs carp to boost his weight. Well done Bob
1st Bob Rafferty 14.00kgs Pole & Maggots
2nd Austin Vieth 6.500kgs Poles & Maggot/Corn
3rd Stuart Thompson 6.390kgs Pole & Maggots
4th Ian Dalzell 6.320kgs Pole/Feeder & Maggots
5th Dennis Pick 5.130kgs
6th David Bacon 4.620kgs
7th Roy Buttress 2.020kgs
8th Ian Houghton 1.870kgs
9th Nigel Mourant 1.860kgs
10th Derek King 1.660kgs  
11th Ann Fowles 1.600kgs
12th Steve White 0.940kgs
13th John Brightling 0.750kgs
   
   

 

The 5th round of the Spring Series was fished on Thursday 1st April on The River Segura Benijofar. This was an eagerly awaited match as we had not fished this water for some time and pleasure anglers had good reports. However on the day the fishing was poor and weights low.
1st Bob Rafferty 3.32kgs  
2nd Ian Dalzell 2.44kgs
3rd Ann Air 1.10kgs
4th Stuart Thompson 0.88kgs
5th Dennis Pick 0.68kgs
6th Steve White 0.08kgs
Ian Air DNW
Ann Fowles DNW  
John Brightling DNW
Ian Houghton DNW
David Bacon DNW
Roy Buttress DNW
Nigel Mourant DNW

 

Round 4 of The Spring Series was fished on Thursday 25th March on The River Segura Murcia Town Center. Again on arrival the weather was good. the water was cold. but had lowered to its normal level. The fishing turned out to be productive for some and all anglers except one caught.
1st Ian Dalzell 15kgs Pole
2nd Austin Vieth 9.88kgs Feeder & maggot
3rd Bob Rafferty 9.72kgs Feeder & maggot
4th Ian Houghton 4.75kgs  
5th Peter Hutchison 3.96kgs  
6th Dennis Pick 3.54kgs  
7th Barry Homer 3.22kgs  
8th Ann Fowles 2.86kgs  
9th David Bacon 2.28kgs  
10th Roy Buttress 1.84kgs  
11th John Brightling 1.06kgs  
12th Steve White 0.72kgs  
13th Ian Air 0.48kgs  
14th Stuart Thompson 0.36kgs  
Derek King DNW  

 

The third round of the Spring Series was fished on 18th March on the The 3m Drain La Marina. On Arrival conditions were good and we were all optimistic. however the fish had other ideas. Only small fish were caught. This was disappointing as we had moved our planned location from The Eden Canal which had been match fished the previous two days running.
1st Stuart Thompson 3.90kgs  
2nd Bob Rafferty 3.60kgs  
3rd Barry Homer 2.62kgs  
4th Roy Buttress 2.46kgs  
5th Austin Vieth 2.40kgs  
6th Pete Hutchison 2.24kgs  
7th Dennis Pick 2.09kgs  
8th Dave Bacon 1.86kgs  
9th Steve White 1.02kgs  
10th John Brightling 0.94kgs  
11th Nigel Mourant 0.88kgs  
12th Ann Fowles 0.37kgs  
Ian Air DNW  
   

 

The second round of the Spring Series was fished on 11th March on the River Segura Murcia town Centre. We had a good turn out of 14 anglers. It was a cold day and the water levels are sill high. Cold water pushing through made fishing difficult. On the day weights were low and a few dry nets
1st Austin Vieth 7.08kgs Pole & Maggot
2nd Ian Dalzell 3.28kgs Feeder
3rd Bob Rafferty 3.20kgs Feeder
4th Barry Homer 2.68kgs  
5th David Bacon 2.58kgs  
6th Derek King 1.86kgs  
7th Stuart Thompson 1.42kgs  
8th Roy Buttress 0.08kgs  
Ann Fowles DNW  
Steve White DNW  
Nigel Mourant DNW  
Jim Woodham DNW  
Ian Houghton DNW  
John Brightling DNW  
 

 

The first round of the Spring series was fished on 4th March on the Eden Canal Guadamar. Although the weather on the day was good, cold flood water pushing through made the fishing difficult.
1st Stuart Thompson 4.580kgs
2nd Bob Rafferty 3.900kgs
3rd Derek King 2.860kgs
4th Dave Bacon 2.600kgs
5th Barry Homer 2.360kgs
6th Dennis Pick 1.130kgs
7th Ann Fowles 1.000kgs
8th Steve White 0.980kgs
9th Ian Air 0.970kgs
10th John Brightling 0.025kgs

 

25th February. 3m Drain La Marina. This was to be the first Pairs match, but was changed to a singles. Bob Rafferty continued his current form to win with 4.42kgs. Weights were low, but only one dry net today. Looks like things are starting to warm up and improve.
1st Bob Rafferty 4.42kgs
2nd Barry Homer 4.06kgs
3rd Roy Buttress 2.60kgs
4th Colin Brinkley 2.08kgs
5th Stuart Thompson 1.42kgs
6th Stephen White 1.08kgs
7th Ann Fowles 0.50kgs
8th Ann Air 0.40kgs
9th Ian Air 0.30kgs
Dennis Pick DNW

 

The first open match of 2010 was fished on 28th January on the Eden Canal Guadamar. The fishing was hard due to cold water conditions and the recent rain. On the day Derek King won his first match. "Well done Derek"
1st Derek King 4.500kgs Feeder and Corn
2nd Ian Dazell 3.640kgs Pole
3rd Stuart Thompson 2.980kgs Pole
4th Barry Homer 2.720kgs Pole
5th Ian Houghton 2.300kgs Pole
6th Ian Air 2.100kgs Pole
7th Austin Vieth 1.600kgs Pole
Dennis Pick DNW  
Bob Rafferty DNW  
Ann Fowles DNW  
Roy Buttress DNW  
John Brightling DNW  

The second open match of 2010 was fished on 4th February on the 8 foot drain La Marina. Again the fishing was poor due to low water temperatures and the rain. Full results will be published when available.
1st Dennis Pick 6.200kgs  
2nd Bob Rafferty 3.640kgs  
3rd Mick Hill 1.680kgs  
4th Stuart Thompson 1.180kgs  
5th Ian Air 1.140kgs  
Ann Fowles DNW  
An Air DNW  
Roy Buttress DNW  
Paul Baxter DNW  
Peter Hutchinson DNW  
Kevin Mortimer DNW  

 

The 3rd open match of 2010 was fished on11th February on the Eden Canal Guadamar. Anglers are still struggling due to the continued cold weather. However one lucky person drew a flyer.

1st Stuart Thompson 13.193kgs  
2nd Ann Folwes 1.125kgs  
3rd Barry Homer 0.678kgs  
4th Ann Air 0.470kgs  
Ian Air DNW  
Bob Rafferty DNW  
Nigel Mourant DNW  
David Bacon DNW  
Steve White DNW  
Dennis Pick DNW  
Roy Buttress DNW  
Derek King DNW