There was a good turnout for this match with 26 anglers and only 5 not bothering to trouble the scales. Austin Battell got off to a good start, catching Bleak,  small Roach and skimmers, while Roger Trask landed a nice Bream of around 3lb an hour in. Pete Groombridge had his usual steady start and landed a nice bonus Eel. The two end pegs didn’t produce the Bream like they have in previous years. One up from the bridge, Ray Berry caught steadily on Hemp in around 9ft of water. After lunch, Steve Twort persisted in feeding hemp and tares with double red maggot as hookbait to catch several good Roach and Chub to 2lb. There were some lovely Roach caught to just under the 1lb mark but fish of the day was Perch which had to be over 1lb and Dave Williams took the honours on that prize with a fine fish of 1lb 6oz.
The river had a good colour to it and had some nice flow to it when the lock was opened upstream for the few boats and canoes which passed. In the end, there were some good weights recorded and the deserved winner was Steve Twort with 12lb 10oz, second was Ray Berry with 10lb 4oz and 3rd was Austin Battell with 8lb 7oz.

Ray Berry with his 10lb 4oz for 2nd place.

Dave Williams with his 1lb 6oz fish of the day Perch.