The winter league has started and is being well supported with approaching thirty anglers having fished on one or more matches to date.
The first match was won by Paul Gregory..
The second and third matches were won by Phil Ross and Steve Atherton respectively with just over 30lbs.
The forth match after a drop in temperature was a hard match, won by Steve Burns on peg 30, many anglers had less than 10lbs.
Kenny Ogden won the fifth match with 35lb in a close contest from peg 26.
Steve Burns decided to turn up again on the sixth match. Needed the money for his new jacket, won it with 41lbs. Should have stayed at home beat my 39 lbs and pushed me into second place.
The match on the 9th December, was won again by Steve Burns Winning 3 consecutive matches, Winning with only 21lbs. Second was Adrian Berry and third Kenny Ogden, 22 Fished. Less than 180lbs weighed in total match.
The match on the 15 December was also a hard match, Peg 24 being drawn by John Costello who won with just over 23lbs
Second was Carl Rens and third Kenny LLoynd. 14 Fished.
The match on the 22 December 2018 fished better on most pegs, except mine. Match won by A, Berrry with Tom Maden Atkinson secon both with weights over 40 lbs Third was Phil Ross with 39 lbs. Over 350 lbs weighed on the match
The match between Christmas and new year produced three good weights; Phil Ross winning on peg 17 fishing on the boards with bread, second was Adrian Berry with 38lbs and Paul Gregory was third with 37lbs. Fourth was Derek Porter. Are you sure!!! with 22lbs.
Weights were low in the first match of the new year won easily by Adrian Berry with over 32 lbs. second was Steve Atherton with over 23 lbs and third was John Costello with under 13 lbs.
The match on the second week in January 2019 was won by Tom Maden Atkinson with 22lbs. joint second was John Costello and Andy Underwood. The first eight anglers were within 7 lbs of the winner. Quite a close match
Drawing the same peg 23 Tom Maden Atkinson won again with 38lbs. second was Steve Atherton and third Neil Smith
The match on the 27th January, 2019 was won by Neil Smith, a big weight almost 50 lbs on peg 1. 3 of the top first four pegs on the no 1 peg side were in the top four weights. Andy Pickles with 24lbs and Steve Subbs with 20lbs. 2 oz just beaten into third place by Tom Maden Atkinson on 24 AGAIN
The match after the freeze was won by Paul Gregory with 36lbs. Neil Smith was second on peg 1 with 34lbs and third was Andy Pickles with 23LBS
Paul Gregory also won the match on the 17th Feb 2019 Second was Danny Howarth and third was Andy Pickles.
First win of the season for John Atherton, he said you cannot keep a good man down. Second Phil Ross and third S, Atherton A good day for the Athertons
Steve Stubbs won the match on the 3rd March, 2019 with 42lbs. second was Andy Underwood with 35lbs and third was Paul Gregory with 24lbs.
10th March 2019. Very windy with rain and sleet, only 10 hardy anglers fished the match. Winner Tom Maden-Atkinson, with 52lbs. Second John Atherton with 23 lbs. and third Steve Atherton with 20lbs.
Only two matches left 17th and 31st of March. 24 match at Partridge
Penultimate match in winter league won by A. Pickles (35lbs) second was P.Ross (29lbs) and third Tommy Isherwood 28lbs.
The final match was won by Tom Maden Atkinson on peg 1 with 87lbs. 8oz. second Steve Stubbs with 62lbs 8oz on peg 4 and third was Glen Oakley with 44lbs. 8oz.
Overall winner of the league was Paul Gregory closely followed by P. Ross, S. Atherton and Tom Maden Atkinson
Thanks to our weighers during the season
The full match placings are included on the winter league table on the results page.