Club Winter League rd.1

Results from match on Whittledene.
1st Nige Collis 11-2-0. Peg 35.
2nd Nige Ripley 9-14-0. Peg 33.
3rd Terry Crosby 4-13-0. Peg 7.

Sections

6-12 Lee Richardson 3-4-0. Peg 6.
26-30 Tom Marshall 2-12-0. Peg 26.
32-37 Russ Thompson 2-5-0. Peg 37.
A somewhat patchy match as the results suggest. Roach and Perch making up the weights with only a smattering of small Skimmers putting in an appearance.
Nige C fished the pole at 9.5 metres, feeding hemp , groundbait and pinkie for the only double figure net on the day and got his League off to the perfect start.
Very well done Nige.

Club Winter League rd2

Result from match at Whittledene.
1st Sam Mears 4-4-0. Peg 35 , Match Lake.

Sections

35-39-Match Lake.
Lee Richardson & Nige Collis JT. 3-7-0. Pegs 38 & 39.
42-45- Northern.
Mal Wilkinson. 2-13-0. Peg 44.
46-49-Northern.
Ian Bullock. 2-8-0. Peg 46.
Split pegging today utilising the shelter of the respective roadside banks.
Sam fished pinkie over groundbait at 9 metres , clinching the win with a bonus Skimmer topping up his small fish on a very hard day. Well done Sam.
Those pegged on the Northern failed to muster anything of note on the pole and it was an odd bonus Skimmer on the feeder that made the difference.

Christmas Match

Whittle Dene Match & Northern Lakes
Extremely cold and windy conditions made fishing very difficult and the fish didn't seem to like it either!
1st Peter Hamilton - peg 38 - 3lb 1oz
2nd Ian Bullock - peg 44 - 2lb 12oz
Northern Section - Nige Ripley - 7oz
Match Lake Section - Barry Evans - 2lb 6oz
Well done all for braving the elements.

Winter League rd3

Result from today's match on Hackworth lake at Eden Grange.
1st Nigel Collis 53-8-0. Peg 22.
2nd Mal Wilkinson 45-0-0. Peg 13.
3rd Tom Marshall 31-8-0. Peg 3.
Sections

1-12 Paul O'Donnell 27-8-0. Peg 5.
13-24 Steve Knowles 29-0-0. Peg 20.
Nige C continues to make the running in the early stages of the league.
Fishing and feeding maggot on the pole at 11 metres he caught Carp at regular intervals to end with 28 for a well deserved win. Well done Nige.

Cancelled due to ice. Rescheduled for Bowes Lookout 16/03/25.

Results from round 4 of the Winter League at Hebron

1st Nigel Collis 2-6-0. Peg 10.
2nd Terry Crosby 1-12-0. Peg 9.
3rd Barry Evans 1-2-0. Peg 16.
Sections

1-5 Sam Mears 1-1-0. Peg 4.
8-12 Lee Richardson 1-0-0 .Peg 8.
13-17 Andy Bell. Peg 15.
The consistent right hand bank was the place to be in today's low weight, ice affected match. Nige C came out on top in a next peg battle with Terry C with a net of 34 fish, mainly small Roach on the pole and Pinkie. With 3 wins and a second already he will take some catching.
Well done again Nige.

Winter League round 5 , Angel Bowes Lake

Match results.
1st Tom Marshall 7-7-0. Peg 2.
2nd Lee Richardson 6-8-0. Peg 1.
Sections

1-6 Mal Wilkinson 4-13-0. Peg 4.
11-19 Nigel Ripley 4-7-0. Peg 13.
A better day weather wise than round 4, although the water temperatures will no doubt have been pretty low. Small fish ensured everyone had bites and it was Tom who made the most of them. With his pole line failing to produce , as it did for several others, he built his winning net on the waggler and maggot holding off Lee's next peg challenge.
Well done Tom

Result from Winter League rd6

1st Nigel Collis 13-3-0. Peg 40.
JT 2nd
Mal Wilkinson & Nige Ripley 10-0-0. Pegs 15 & 23
Sections

15-29 Paul O'Donnell 5-10-0. Peg 17
32-40 Tom Marshall 4-2-0. Peg 36.
Alders lake at Sessay certainly was a tough nut to crack for most today with only a handful of fish coming to pole tactics . Bucking the trend was Nige C who made the most of the deeper water to put together his net of Ide , Roach and the odd small Skimmer on the pole and maggot to secure another win.
Having had a check of the league positions and potential maximum scores he is now in an unassailable position even though 3 rounds remain.
Top angling Nige.

League top 6 , with 5 qualifying results and disregard applied.
Nige Collis 49 points , max 50
Mal Wilkinson. 35 points , max 48
Tom Marshall. 34 points , max 48
Lee Richardson. 34 points , max 48
Nigel Ripley. 33 points , max 48
Sam Mears. 29 points , max 47.
Incredibly tight for silver and bronze !!

Winter League rd7 , Hebron

1st Terry Guthrie 4-1-0. Peg 8.
2nd Mark Fidell 3-13-0. Peg 11.
3rd Nige Collis 2-15-0. Peg 18.
Sections

2-5 Sam Mears 2-7-0. Peg 5.
7-11 Terry Crosby. 1-6-0. Peg 7.
15-18 Barry Evans. 2-2-0. Peg 15.
Pleasant enough conditions to fish in and plenty of small stuff moving before the all in. A very slow start though for the majority.
Although hampered by the wind , the right hand bank was again the place to be. Terry made the most of his draw with a net of Roach and Perch on the pole to hold off Mark who included a big Perch and the only Crucian of the day in his catch.
Well done Terry and framers.
Still very tight for the second and third places in the league :-
1st Nigel Collis 49 points, max 50
JT 2nd Lee Richardson 36 points, max 45
Tom Marshall 36 points, max 44
JT 4th. Mal Wilkinson. 35 points, max 46
Nigel Ripley. 35 points, max 45
6th. Sam Mears. 34 points, max 45.

Next round , 9th March , Brafferton Ghost Lake.

The penultimate Winter League round at Brafferton Fisheries.
Winner was Tommy Marshall with a net of Carp and F1's plus a few Silvers for a total of 40lb 09oz. Runner up was Dave Kirby with a net of F1's, Carp and Skimmers for 35lb dead.
Section 1 winner was Terry Guthrie with a 240 fish haul of Silvers and Section 2 winner by default was Barry Evans with a net of F1's and Carp (including a 10lb 14oz Carp) for 33lb 14oz.
Last match of the Winter League is on Sunday 16th March, Angel, Bowes Lake (Silvers).

Winter League 24/25 final round.

Result from silver fish match on Bowes.
1st Nigel Ripley 10-6-0. Peg 3.

Sections
1-5 Tom Marshall. 9-2-0. Peg 1.
11-19 Phil Rippon. 7-15-0. Peg 13.
Mainly Roach for me today with some decent stamp fish coming to waggler and maggot with a few smaller samples in the pole over groundbait.

Overall top 6 :-
1st Nigel Collis. 49 points
2nd Tom Marshall. 43 points
3rd Nigel Ripley. 40 points
4th Lee Richardson. 38 points
Jt 5th
Barry Evans. 37 points
Mal Wilkinson. 37 points
An excellent series for Nige C with 4 match wins and an almost perfect score. A very well deserved win. Very well done to Tom on his runners up position and many thanks to all participants.