COMPETITIONS & RESULTS

2024

15th December  Springbok Lake Christmas Carp & Silvers Combo Match

Tis was the final fixture of 2024, being our Christmas match which turned out to be one of the best days fishing from previous years, in this competition nobody knows who has won the day till the combined points from the Carp and Silvers positions from each competitor are added together. Tony Hardstone peg 16 from the bowl end of the lake found enough Carp and a mediocre amount of Silvers to win the day for a grand total of 25 points. Second was Martin Charnock with an average combination of both species totaling 23 points with most of his fish caught on the whip. Third place was Max Calverley with 21 points from peg 6. Top Carp places in weight were Tony Hardstone with 63-3-0 Second Richie Hemmings who had 43-4-0 with Alan Ringwood taking the third spot with a weight of 33-6-0. On the Silvers front in first place was Les Collins with 8-10-0 second place going to Max with 7-1-0 with Martin taking third place with 6-12-0. The end of the day saw us end up in the clubhouse for drinks and a fantastic buffet with a Raffle that totalled over £600 in prizes. Thanks goes to our Treasurer Phil Taylor who donated a waggler rod and bags of groundbait to the vast array as seen below.

24th November  Sumners Match Lake  CADAS VS Ockley A.S

Gale force winds were the order of the day so much so that it was an expensive day for a few anglers with broken poles and even whole sections of pole were being lifted from the margins and blown into the deepest realms of the lake never to be seen again. The Ockley members showed their class as they took the top three places. It was Ben Emery ( top Centre ) taking the win from peg 7 with 174-12-0 . Second was Simon Corpus from peg 11 with 146-10-0 with third place going to Dave Steer from peg 3 with 112-7-8. Section winners were pegs 1-6 CADAS Derek Carter 111-7-0, Pegs 7-12 CADAS Micky Wakeling 72-4-0, Pegs 13-18 CADAS Andy Wolsternhurst 108-10-0 and pegs 19-24 Ockley Match Sec Keith from the wedding stage 108-2-0.

Top 6.  CADAS. 534-9-0.      Ockley A.S.  742-13-0

14th November. Weirwood Reservoir. ‘ The Coffin Dodgers Midweeker ‘

Today’s coffin dodgers midweeker match saw the lads back at Weirwood reservoir. Those that fish here regular know that the feeder produces the better weights compared to the float. What soon became apparent that some of the anglers were finding it hard to attract bites except for Martin Charnock and Les Collins (top). Martin was trying a new groundbait from the So simple bait company and what a groundbait as Martin took top spot with 35-6-0 including these two Bream that went 8-8-0. Les Collins took second place with 16-14-0. as for the rest of the field they tipped back as we were only paying the top two.

10th November  Five Oaks. Top Lake. Silvers Only Match

As there wasn’t much on this weekend due to Remembrance Sunday a few of our members got together for a Silvers Only match on the Top Lake at Five Oaks. This lake has a tendency to switch off when a number of anglers are around the lake and today was no different. However though it was tough going, it ended up being a closely fought competition. Word on the bank halfway through the match, Gary Speckman peg 6 and Del Carter Peg 7 were catching quality skimmers. Bites were very timid but the odd quality Roach were being caught by those around them. Martin Charnock was on end peg 1 and was finding it difficult to catch close on the whip but switched to a whip of 6m and was soon into the hoards of Roach with a bonus Tench to boot. The weigh in started with Del Carter as he put 13-9-0 to take the lead next door Gary speckman was close with 10-14-0. Steve Beard was improving on catching Silvers as he weighed 7-2-0 from a flyer in peg 4 . Les Collins was next to weigh on peg 3 and upset Gaz as he went into second place with 11-5-0 with a net of Roach caught close in. John Ayres peg 2 weghed 7-1-0 just missing out on the wooden spoon as 99.9 % of the time goes to Les Taylor and today was no different. Martin on Peg 1 put 14-10-0 to take the spoils on the day, feeding his favorite Silvers mix of Sensas Gros Gardons and Canal Noire 50/50. A close match indeed, keep looking out for more friendly knock-ups on Spond over the course of the Winter period.

5th November. Weirwood Reservoir. Round 2  ‘Feeder Only Match’

The final round at Weirwood Reservoir was a feeder only match with the weights from today added from the first round which was a float only match. Martin Charnock had a slight advantage going into round 2 but with Les Collins drawn on another end peg close too where he has fished before looked to be favorite. Les got off to a good start within the first two hours catching quality Bream but bites were proving hard to see from the timid bites. Martin was struggling during the first half of the match as Richie Hemmings also started to catch quality Bream with one fish pushing 5lbs. The fish were drifting from angler to angler but with 2 hours to go some big specimens arrived at Martins peg  losing one Bream to a Cormorant as he was winding in which would prove costly. On the whole the fishing was very tight with Les taking the win with only 3 ounces to spare with 16-2-0 .Martin took second place with 15-15-0 but more importantly the win for the overall, Richie taking the runner up spot overall with the help from today’s catch of 14-14-0.

3rd November. Orchard Place Farm. Lake 10  ‘Carp & silvers combo’

The Carp silvers combo match was another very close affair with just the odd point separating the top 4. The expected silvers didn’t really show in great numbers like it used too a few years ago, however the introduction of Carp had changed the diversity of the lake somewhat. End pegs were to prove fruitful with Gary Speckman peg 1 t(op left) clinching the top Carp weight and overall win with a combined points total of 26. Martin Charnock (top right) at the far end on peg 14 ended with the top Silvers weight with some nice Barbel within his catch for a total score of 25 to take second place overall. Tony Hardstone peg 9 also had a quality net of Carp for third place overall with 24 points, section winners were Peter Lea, Terry the Guest and Derek Carter.

29th October Weirwood Reservoir Round 1 Float Only Match

The first round of two matches at Weirwood reservoir saw today’s Competition being float only. A calm water often results in a hard day’s fishing and so it proved difficult for the whole field. Martin Charnock on peg 1 closest to the flag pole fished the Slider at 40 metres to land 7-8-0 of small skimmers along with the odd Roach. Richie hemmings on peg 3 also fished the Slider to take second place with 3-10-0, Les Collins took third place with 1-2-0 with the rest of the anglers failing to catch. Round 2 is to be feeder only hopefully weights will improve.

20th October. Pip’s Main Lake.  Report by Alan Ringwood

After a good breakfast we met in Ockley Lionel rings got puncture we arrived at pips I told others I would go back to change his wheel I rung Lionel and believe it old bill were changing his wheel they aren’t all walkers only those who fish . We drew and the rain came down and the wind got up I was straight up spit should have gone home then but I lasted till 12 ish and tipped back 4 small carp jack was in top swim and weighed in 90 pound Mick was in another fair swim and came 3nd with 80 lb our Tony coming 3rd after breaking his landing net on a 25 to 30 lb sturgeon the results were shite as was day. Thanks for supporting my matches I’m not doing so many nxt year as without guests some were embarrassing turnouts thanks to the 8 to 10 regulars c u nxt yr.

18th October  Weirwood Fishery. Friendly Knock-Up

A small contingent of CADAS members visited Weirwood reservoir today Martin Charnock fished the slider using these DJK floats above on a 14ft Acolyte Power rod. to land Skimmers Roach and Rudd, Richie Hemmings above persevered on the feeder and whilst he did not match the quantity of Martin, he made up with a better quality of Skimmers. Les Collins solely fished the feeder also landing a good net of skimmers.

13th October. Bernies.  Racetrack.  ‘Carp & Silvers Combo’

The Carp and Silvers combo today has to be the most exciting match to date as the top 8 anglers were in with a shout of winning. John Ayres on end peg 10 top had this fantastic 13-0-0 Mirror carp taking a point off Martin Charnock on peg 9 bottom left which would have given him a total of 15 points and thus winning on weight but it wasn’t to be as they both tied on 14 points and with the heavier total weight John managed to secure third place overall. Gary Speckman bottom center took the heaviest Carp weight with 40-15-0. Richie Hemmings taking the top Silvers weight with 11-15-0 along with his modest Carp weight, gave him a total of 15 points to win the day with his total combined weight of 39-15-0. Tony Hardstone had also tied on 15 points taking second in the Silvers weight with 10-4-0 and into the runner up position just losing out by a few ounces to Richie for a combined total of 38-9-0.

6th October. Five Oaks  Top Lake  Carp & Silvers Match

It was a match of two halves with a Carp and Silvers pool split into two sections. The Carp failed to show for most of the field but it was Derek carter on end peg 1 that found a few to take the win with 16-10-0 with Robbie Gaiger taking the runner up spot with 4-8-0 from peg 9 with Ron Carter taking third place with Carp for 3-1-0. On the Silvers front Martin Charnock does what he does best on the whip plus utilising the pole at 11m to take the win from peg 8 with 10-7-0. Del Carter was second on the silvers with 9-7-0. Third place on the Silvers was Tony Hardstone with 8-0-0. The only reason for the poor fishing was probably down to the high air pressure as those that practiced in the run up too today’s fixture had caught weights in excess of 30 lb.  Top; L- R  Derek Carter, Martin Charnock & Robbie Gaiger.

22nd September. Stanbridge Lake.  Report by Alan Ringwood

Thanks for help boys a good day as rain held off all day a v light shower for 15 mins.and it was light. 

15th September. Springbok Lake  ‘Carp & Silvers Combo’

Above pictures were those that had the top three Carp weights today L-R Derek Carter, Robbie Gaiger & Ron Carter. However today was not just about catching a Carp weight, anglers also had to catch Silvers each top weight of species getting awarded points adding the two scores together would give the ultimate winner.

As for the Silver weights it was the anglers above that took the top three positions from L-R Dennis Cooper, Martin Charnock & Richie Hemmings. What became interesting was the final standings whereby Dennis and Derek tied on points with Derek just piping Dennis on weight. As for the fishing in general everybody had a chance on winning but it was decisions on which species to target and at what time of day that made the difference.

8th September. Orchard Place Farm Donut Lake (5) Report by Alan Ringwood

Arriving at the Donut Les wasn’t there not good just getting worried Les is always early then he arrived we did draw I think Rembrandt would have given his ear to b able to draw like Bellshill Del who drew the car park another great swim off we went I blew whistle it started to drizzle Den shouted out why did u do that. We all got brolly ise the fishing was most were wet. After a gruler of a day the weights were v good all the way around the lake. Mick won left bank with Del 2nd i did the right bank with Tony H second thanks to those who weighed in for me

1st September. Betchworth. River Mole & Mole Cup. Report By Trevor Pavitt

6 anglers out with a recent knock up not much was expected, and so it turned out. At least we were all getting bites but they were all minute gudgeon and roach, Ron Carter drew the no1 swim by the bridge and even there not a decent fish was caught. Les Collins peg 4 on lillies plodded away with very small fish for 3.15. Ron and Dennis tied joint second 3.3 again all tiddlers.

L-R Top: Ron carter, Dennis Cooper & Peter Cooke.

27th August. Betchworth.  River Mole  ‘The Coffin Dodgers Midweeker’

With the upcoming match on the Mole this weekend a few members decided to see how it was going to fish as well as doing a bit of a work party on some of the pegs, thanks to Trevor for bringing the tools along to do the job. It was Ron Carter that took the honors fishing the pole from a peg close to the bridge landing a few better stamp Roach than the rest of us to take the win with 3 kilos 600 grams. A few pegs to Ron’s left saw Martin Charnock fishing the whip with the majority of his fish being miniature Gudgeon with the odd Roach and a bonus Perch for 3 kilos 450 grams and second place. Les Collins fishing midway along the length saw him weigh 2 kilos 600 grams to take third place overall. It would appear that the pegs closest to the Bridge will dominate on Sunday.

25th August. Warwick Wold   Ash Lake  Report by Alan Ringwood

After getting the draw done Del & Wayne drew pegs 5 & 7 respectively  Les T drew peg 9 best peg in South of 🇬🇧   Steve drew peg 19 again making no mistakes starting on method he had 5 fish in 5 casts but it was peg 7 that shone  through with Wayne  a guest  that took the honours wit Del 2nd on front bank Steve took back bank and top weight for club members.well done Steve. Garry S got 2nd  on back bank this fishery always gives everyone  a fair day’s fishing road bank wins again.

11th August  CADAS  VS  Ockley A.S.   Ockley Main Lake

A calamitous result as CADAS’s away fixture with Ockley A.S turned into a complete whitewash. Carp were the species that required to be caught at Ockley’s home water with only our own Del Carter getting a default section win with 68-2-0. But it was Billy Alias representing Ockley that took the top weight on the day with 139-0-0 from peg 9, with their next weights of 87-13, 78-10-0 & 71-8-0 making our anglers look like they were complete novices.

Results Ockley A.S  Top 4. 376-15-0.   CADAS  Top 4.  145-8-0

4th August. Chart Fishery.  Cancelled due to being double booked

23rd July. Weirwood Reservoir.  ‘The Coffin Dodgers Midweeker’

The Coffin Dodgers saw the midweeker match held at Weirwood Reservoir. They say practice makes perfect, drawing in the same area he practiced Les Collins blitzed the match with some proper Bream on the feeder to take the win with 19 kilo 400 grams. Runner up was Martin Charnock with 9 kilos 200 grams also on the feeder fishing corn as bait. Ron Carter was third with 3 kilo 100 grams alternating between feeder and Pole. The rest of the field tipped back. Next visit will be float only, stay tuned in on Spond and the fixture list via this website to find when the next midweeker takes place.

21st July. Stanbridge View Lakes

The Carp Guru that is Paul Jones showed his class from a tight pegged area of the lake (top) to take a consecutive match win with 127-12-0.  Gary Speckman was just a few fish behind on 116-2-0 to take the runner up position with third place going to Alan “Warburton” Ringwood on 93-1-0 from peg 6 close to the car park. The lake didn’t quite live up to expectations going by previous visits but most anglers seem to have had an enjoyable day with banter being verbalized across the lake and at the weigh in, which was worth more than the price of today’s ticket.

L-R John Ayres, Gary Speckman & Alan Ringwood.

14th July.  Orchard Farm Fishery.  Lake 6.  Report by Alan Ringwood

After a good breakfast arriving at lake no day tickets on our chosen bit great. We do draw draw bag Del gets best peg top right hand corner of spit Tony h at end of spit with Boz on left end of spit we think Boz was still on Hols. 5 round back of lake end peg Paul making no mistake this lake never disappoints  with him weighing in a massive 338 14 to take the day followed by Del on290 4 then me on suicide  peg 1 on spit with 223 11 only 4 weights under 100 lb great day fishing was had by all.

7th July.  Betchworth.  River Mole

Only a small contingent decided to venture out on this running water club fixture. Days leading up to today had seen the river gin clear yet the Roach fishing had been fantastic. However with the heavy showers the river had turned coffee coloured, yet despite this it did look really inviting. Les Taylor drew by the bridge taking third place with 1 Kilo 500 grams. The next swim up from Les T was Les Collins fishing the pole. He was finding it hard at times but his luck was about to change as this bonus Tench found his hookbait leading to some heart stopping moments as the Tench tried to make it to every available snag. Les was able to eventually subdue this bonus and with it top spot with a winning weight of 5 kilos 100 grams. Yours truly had fished several lengths of whips throughout the day to take the runner up spot with a Roach & Dace net for 4 kilos 900 grams.

23rd June. Warwick Wold. Ash Lake.   Report by Alan Ringwood

Top John Ayres Bottom L-R: Gary Speckman, Del Carter, Steve Beard & Les Taylor.

16th June  Beaver Farm Fishery  Maze Lake

Normally I would put the organisers report into this match blog. However to say Trevor thought this was a good day left me bewildered. The results show how poor this fishery fished for 95% of the field with literally one to two fish caught  by the majority of anglers over a period of six hours. This has to be the worst result all season and this is a commercial fishery. Winner on the day Robbie Gaiger had only one Skimmer going into the last hour but then had one more skimmer and three Carp to snatch the win with 16-2-0. Trevor Pavitt who drew an end peg in the jungle for the third consecutive visit had six skimmers for 13-8-0. he would have won the most fish category had we had one !!!. Les Collins took third place managing to catch a Carp with minutes to go before the end of the match for 7-11-0.

L-R- Robbie Gaiger, Trevor Pavitt & Boz

9th June  Chart Sutton.  Report by Alan ringwood

2nd June  Henfold Lake.  Report by Trevor Pavitt

Henfold lake, clubhouse side, 8 out, silvers only. Didn’t know what to expect as we have had no match here since before covid. Fairly well spread out, and bozz moaning straight away but stopped when he had a roach first cast. Surprisingly it fished really well, John Ayres (top) drawn with boz round about half way along fished really well alternating between long pole and short, for 26lb 80z. Les Collins peg 1 drawn 2nd peg in also done well in the shallower water with 20lb 6oz, with Derek 2 pegs away from him with 18lb 6oz. Everyone done well the stamp of fish wasn’t that great, but all enjoyed the day, and a change from carp fishing, only a handful of carp were caught

L-R: Trevor Pavitt, Derek Carter, Les Collins, Ron Carter & Boz

30th May. Weirwood Reservoir. ‘Starkeys last Thursday of the month match’.

Weirwood Reservoir was the fixture for the last Thursday of the month competition with it being feeder only. Conditions looked good, being cloudy overcast and with a brisk NW wind giving a bit of a chop on the water’s surface. Martin Charnock was fishing at 50 metres compared to the rest of the anglers that were fishing short at around 30m. The extra distance saw him catch throughout the day to take top spot with 5k 800g. Les Collins took the runner up spot with 2k 600g with Richie Hemmings coming third with 2k 300g.

26th May. Warwick Wold. Ash Lake. . Report by Alan Ringwood

After arriving I decided to put every other peg in leaving out end pegs 2 to 10 first bank 13 to 21 other bank leaving out hot peg 9 second best peg being peg 8 sure enough Del drew peg 8 which proved disaster for the rest of us as results show Del  first  me 2nd  from peg 13 and tony h in third nice quiet day haha 

12th May    Chart Sutton 

Steve Beard (top) showed what a good samaritan he is as he looked after one of our elderly members who has a tendency to go for a swim by providing him with a lifebuoy at the start of today’s match. His good deed certainly paid dividends as he took the match apart with a winning weight of 170-14-0 fishing his caribbean paste. Alan Ringwood took second place having been sponsored by Wharburton’s bread company weighing 148-8-0 fishing the long pole. Paul Jones from peg 1 was third with 141-2-0. Martin Charnock took fourth place fishing mostly the pellet waggler for 130-5-0. On the whole the lake fished very well with six ton weights. Next match is on Ash Lake at Warwick wold.

L-R Alan Ringwood, Paul Jones, Martin Charnock & Tony Hardstone

5th May. Five Oaks. Top Lake. Silvers Only Match

Today’s fixture was a last minute spur of the moment knock up match on the Top Lake at Five Oaks with it being a Silvers Only Competition. With a lower number of competitors we were able to peg every other peg around the whole lake, giving anglers a bit more room and hopefully see results improve. Peg 3 has been of good form lately and today was no different with Derek Carter continuing the pegs winning streak landing 21-14-0 of small Roach and Rudd with an odd skimmer. Martin Charnock drawing the same peg 9 on his previous visit wasn’t overly impressed but fished the pole with pellet to catch a better quality of its residents to weigh 19-11-0 and second overall. In third place from peg 5 was Les Collins weighing 17-10-0, Richie Hemmings took fourth place from peg 11 with 12-9-0. Steve Beard on peg 6 weighed 11-9-0 being plagued with Carp towards the end to take 5th place.

28th April  Pips Lake.  Report by Alan Ringwood

Arrived at cafe none of the members have got any better looking. Lionel decided he couldn’t face the weather and paid his day ticket, went to the car park met others apart from one who couldn’t park 😀  got to the lake, flyers top right of spit Steve popeye draw’s it, Mick on other 2nd best peg on lake off we go at 930. It was going to b a gruller every one weighed in not very good weights but that’s fishing, weights below.

7th April  Five Oaks. Top Lake  Club Match + Teams of 3

Today was the second club match of the season, the weather this time round was extremely kind if not for a few gusts of wind throughout the day. Adding a bit of spice to the match there were four teams of three spread across the three sections with an overall continental payout.The favoured draw were pegs 5 and 6 but it was unfancied peg 1 that would provide the overall winner in Gary Speckman ( Top ) weighing 20-13-0 which included a bonus Carp of 9-15-0. Gary was also part of a winning team ‘A’ that included Boz and Martin Charnock. It was a close call as the next team ‘D’ were John Ayres, Ron Carter and Dennis Cooper with both teams tied on 9 points. However it was team A’s  winning weight differential of 39-10-9 that saw off team D’s weight of 31-12-0. Second overall was John Ayres with 14-0-0 peg 4, third was Trevor Pavitt with 13-0-0 from peg 2.

24th March.   Return of the ‘Carp Guru’.

After sitting indoors since November I decided to venture out to orchard place last Sunday. Got here but disaster struck the cafe was closed. A match was being held on the Donut lake, so ventured onto lake 6 on a peg towards the end of the spit, edge pole only, bait was kept simple a couple of pints of pellet. Started catching a few F1’s and Carp whilst chatting to a couple of inquisitive anglers wanting to know the secret of catching the carp, who now are considering joining the club, result.

Alan Ringwood. Chairman

17th March  Five Oaks.  Middle Lake.  Club Match

The first Club match of the new season started today originally it was to be held on the Bottom Lake but due to a contingent of Carp bivvy boys was switched to the Middle lake. All fish caught in today’s fixture counted, so it was going to be interesting as to how it fished. The already heavily saturated ground from the rain showers during the week saw many of the swims like  a mud bath.

It was Martin Charnock fishing the long pole that took the honours with 37-2-0 of quality skimmers fishing various baits. it was corn on the hook that would the damage. Ron Carter had a few carp  within his catch of 29-1-0 to take up the runner up position again fishing the long pole with pellet and corn. Richie Hemmings (bottom) took third place with 16-7-0 of mainly skimmers. The weather was a bit wet in the morning but come 11am the sun showed an appearance with temperatures reaching a dizzy 16 degrees. The next club match will be on the 7th of April on the Top lake at Five Oaks.

25th February.  Five Oaks   Top Lake.  Carp & Silvers Points Combo Competition

Today’s match required anglers to catch Carp as well as Silvers which would give them points dependant on how well they did against the other anglers with a possible total of 22 points available. Unfortunately the last two nights had a severe frost which had an effect on the fishing. It was the Carp in the lake that refused to feed and with every angler failing to catch this species all receiving’ Nul Points “, which left just points for Silvers. Martin Charnock (top) on peg 8 found a few quality skimmers for 8-5-0 using a new pattern ‘Steady’ pole float from Simon Willsmore with Special G dark to take the 11 points with Gary Barnes (bottom right) on the flyer peg 5 taking the runner up spot with 6-7-0, Richie Hemmings (bottom left) was third with 6-1-0 from peg 10. Three anglers failed to trouble the scales man which is becoming a regular thing for the King of the DNW’s Boz. ( sorry Boz your brother told me to add this : ) ).

20 February.    Five Oaks Bottom Lake.  Tuesday Knock-Up.  All in.

It was a sell out Tuesday for this impromptu competition on the Bottom lake. With the whole lake to ourselves it was going to be a walk off as opposed to being a pegged match. This way the organiser couldn’t be blamed if an angler sat in a devoid area of the lake. As it happened everyone caught quality Roach. It was Max Calverley having drawn peg 1 had first dibs for choice of swim and didn’t disappoint with a winning weight of 23-3-0. Joint second was Martin Charnock & Ron Carter with a weight of 17-15-0 with fourth place going to Richie Hemmings on 15-5-0 just piping Les Collins who weighed 15-4-0.

4th February.   Five Oaks Top & Middle Lakes   Silvers Pairs Match

Tony Hardstone & Derek Carter (Top) made it a clean sweep with a perfect score of 10 points as pairs partners across both lakes. Derek on the Middle lake weighed 22-7-0 to take the top weight overall with some quality skimmers on 4mm expanders. As for Tony on the top lake he was way ahead of the rest of the field weighing 12-0-0. Runners up in the pairs were Martin Charnock & Richie Hemmings with a points total of 7 points closely followed by John Ayres & Gary Speckman on 6 points.

L-R : Martin Charnock, Max Calverley. Gary Speckman & John Ayres

25th January.  Five Oaks Bottom Lake  ‘Starkeys’ last Thursday of the month match

The last Thursday of the month match saw a small contingent of members fish the Bottom Lake at Five Oaks. Today saw members draw in a walk off, allowing competitors to chose their swims. First and second place was a close run thing with Martin Charnock fishing various methods from feeder, pole and 6-7m whips to hand. Catching Roach and Rudd for the win with 19-11-0. Les Collins choosing a swim on the dam found the bonus skimmers and Bream with quality Roach using the pole to take the runner up spot with 17-11-0. Ron Carter took third place with 7-7-0 choosing a swim in one of the corner pegs on the lake, probably not the greatest choice of pegs that were available.

21st January  Springbok Lake  Silvers Only Match

The first club match of 2024 was a Silvers Only Competition, previous visits at Springbok had produced double figure weights of Roach & Rudd for the competitors. However the big freeze earlier in the week had put a thick lid of ice and whilst it had partially melted come today everyone had to break the ice before fishing. Even with this task everyone was expecting a great day yet it turned out to be a very grim day with lots of anglers not troubling the scales man. Ron Carter ( top right ) was the first to catch this small Roach after 2 hours into the match to finish in third place overall with 0-6-0. Winner on the day just was Robbie Gaiger with 3 fish for 0-10-0  piping Gary Speckman with 5 fish for second place on 0-9-0. Let’s hope the new year produces better results going forward.

2023

17th December  Five Oaks.  WINTER SILVERS LEAGUE  Final Round

The Final round of the League saw the top 3 anglers between them separated by just 1 point in the league standings. With two anglers looking to walk away with a share of the Golden Peg tally provided Trevor Pavitt having drawn said peg 4 on the Top lake today didn’t win overall. Those drawn on the Middle lake were looking to draw on the dam end of the lake with double figures weights coming from here on the previous round it was down to the draw. Martin Charnock seeing how lucky Trevor was on drawing the G.P let him draw for him and was super happy when he pulled peg 7 on the dam. Tony Hardstone was also on form drawing next door to Martin in peg 6 a ‘Clash of the Titans’ as both anglers were in the top three. With John Ayres drawing peg 3 on the Top lake at the shallow end, he would have to pull something out the bag to stay in the running for a final placing. As suspected the dam produced the winning weights with Martin weighing 21-14-0 pushing Tony into second with a close 19-7-0  Max Calverley’s 15-11-0 piping Les Collins 14-11-0 saw him draw level on points but took the last payout in the league on total weight. Derek Carter peg 5 on Top Lake took first place with just 4-9-0 with Gary Barnes on peg 6 taking second with 3-15-0.

Top L-R : Max Calverley & L.es Collins

Final standings and today’s results below:

10th December  Christmas Match  ‘Silvers Only’. 

The Annual CADAS Christmas match was held at a new venue which not only had a great Silvers sport but the added bonus of somewhere to hold our prize and Raffle ceremony. With a buffet laid on and drinks bar. As for the prizes a BIG thank you must go to our President John Parker of Tackle Warehouse Gatwick for his generous contribution to our Xmas Raffle. We would also like to thank Apollo Angling Byfleet who also donated some fantastic prizes c/o Dennis Cooper.

Winning the day was end peg Derek Carter ( top ) weighing a big weight of Roach totalling 18-11-0 In second place was Max Calverley weighing 13-2-0. Third place was Richie Hemmings with 12-12-0 just edging out two joint fourth’s Gary Barnes & Ron Carter on 12-11-0.

L-R Max Calverley, Richie Hemmings, Martin Charnock, Trevor Pavitt. Ron Carter. & Gary Barnes

3rd December.  Five Oaks.  WINTER SILVERS LEAGUE  Round 5

Today was the penultimate round of the winter Silvers league and with heavy frosts two days prior almost saw the two lakes close to freezing. The cold snap saw shoals of fish seeking slightly deeper water and two anglers pegged on the Middle Lake certainly had it the easiest. Gary Speckman on peg 6 weighing 20-12-0 took pole position, just edging out John Ayres peg 5 who took 18-9-0. With this weight John now leads the overall total weight and provided the Golden peg is not won in the final round looks likely to take 60% of this pool. As for the rest of the anglers on Middle it turned into a nightmare as they all blanked. Weights were not as spectacular on the Top Lake but those anglers that found the odd skimmer took the top three places with Tony Hardstone on peg 5 taking the 7 points with 7-0-0 just edging out Max Calverley who caught a few skimmers late on to weigh 6-13-0 from peg 9, in third place on peg 8 was Les Collins with 3-14-0.

19th November   Chart Fishery Match Lake

It was a tight finish between the top two places with only 1 lb separating both anglers, Boz just edged in front with 136-12-0 catching close in on a short pole with corn as bait. Second placed Micky Wakeling caught on the method with 135-12-0. Paul Jones having won here at Chart on Wednesday fishing paste had to settle for third place with 94-8-0. This was the final round of the Society’s 2023 Championship full results will follow later.

12th November.  Bernies. ‘ Racetrack Lake’   WINTER SILVERS LEAGUE Round 4

The wet November continued for Round 4 and whilst it was relatively dry for most of the day, the extra rain water entering the lake for the past two weeks had dampened the Silver fishes appetite. The Golden Peg continues to increase in prize money, however it seems the Beard family seem to have the monopoly on drawing said peg for the past three rounds. Had Stevo won today he would have walked away with a cool £172:00. Fortunately Steve B wasted a valuable end peg to come last, which all 13 of us wish to thank you for. Mr Whippy AKA Martin Charnock showed his class by winning the day with 6-12-0 from peg 13, but it was a bonus Perch that got him the edge from second placed Gary Speckman’s 6-1-0 weight of mainly Skimmers from peg 10. Third on the day was John Ayres on peg 4 weighing 4-9-0 with Boz on peg 1 taking fourth place with 3-1-0.

5th November.  Bernies. ‘ Racetrack Lake’   WINTER SILVERS LEAGUE Round 3

Round 3 and at the halfway stage of the league found us situated on the Racetrack lake at Bernie’s fishery. With the heavy rains for the past two weeks saw the water level at the maximum. This massive influx of cold water and with the colour of gravy didn’t help the quality of the fishing for the target species of Silvers, however the resident Carp were more than happy to feed which proved problematic for every angler. It was the end pegs that dominated with Martin Charnock on peg 1 winning the day with 6-10-0 with John Ayres on the opposite bank peg 14 taking second place with 6-6-0. Third place went to Robbie Gaiger peg 6 weighing 6-1-0 with Max Calverley taking fourth place from peg 8 with 4-14-0.

29th October.   Pip’s Match Lake

Today’s weather forecast was for a wet rain fest day for all of the competitors, but one member he went the whole hog and decided to go for a swim. Thankfully there were members close by to help pull him from the depths. This fishery has a strange variety of big species including Grass Carp, Sturgeon and the regular species of Carp, one of which went 22-3-0 caught by  Lionel ‘Tom Daly’ Herve before he took the plunge.  As for the overall results and it was Paul Jones showing his class with 120-12-0 for the win, however it was just one fish separating second placed Micky Wakeling weight of  117-12-0. Third place going to Tony Hardstone with 59-4-0.

22nd October.  Bernie’s.  Racetrack  Silvers Practice

A practice day at Bernie’s fishery saw Richie Hemmings and Martin Charnock catching lots of Roach and skimmers on the pole. Carp at times would pose a nuisance, however once we worked out how to best avoid this species it was a lot easier. Careful feeding and having the correct rigs proved instrumental to both our catches Martin ending up with 23-6-0 to Richie’s 19-4-0. It’s looking to be a very good third round for the Winter Silvers league in two weeks time. Martin’s mix was 50/50 of Spottedfin’s Roach and Canal superblend naturals range of groundbaits.

15th October. Five Oaks Fishery. WINTER SILVERS LEAGUE  Round 2

Winter arrived today with a heavy overnight frost which saw low weights compared to the previous round. Those pegged in the warm sunshine had it better than most. Dave Freeman peg 11 substituting ifor Trevor Pavitt on the Middle Lake section today, took the honours with 19-13-0, Second overall was Boz ( top centre )  on peg 13 unlucky for some but most definitely today as his weight of 14-11-0 saw him edged out of picking up a potential £120 Golden peg scoop. In third place was Martin Charnock on peg 16 with 14-9-0. On the Top Lake section Tony Hardstone on peg 3 took the 7 points with a weight of 12-11-0. Second place went to Richie Hemmings peg 7 with just 6-14-0,  Max Calverley taking third place with 6-5-0. The next round at Bernie’s Lake sees everyone back in the mix at the draw to see who’s in their section for rounds 3 & 4. Please note if you can’t make a round please let Martin know as we can get a substitute to fish for you on the day. Note: You can only use a substitute once during the league.The Golden peg total stands at £84 going into round 3. Full league results can be found under the Matches heading.

8th October.  Sumners Match Lake

It was a full house for the club match at Sumners. Originally it was to be a match against Croydon Postal AS but they pulled out at the last minute. With this inconvenience we used just the left hand side of the lake, thanks to the staff at Sumners for their understanding. Guest angler Andy Wolsternhurst on peg 8 fishing the method then switching to the pole late on catching up in the water, took the honors with 166-3-0. Micky Wakeling on peg 11 also fishing the method with boilies took second place casting across to the point of the island for 154-2-0. From peg 9 Martin Charnock fished along the margins getting through six tins of 6 & 8mm’s of meat for some proper munters to weigh 105-11-0. Tony Hardstone took fourth place from peg 6 with 90-0-0.

1st October. Five Oaks Fishery  WINTER SILVERS LEAGUE Round 1

The first round of the Winter Silvers League saw 14 anglers do battle with an even split across the two lakes. Most wanted to draw the middle lake because it was 99 % guaranteed where the winner would come from, as this lake constantly throws up big weights of Roach and Skimmers. Derek Carter was fortunate, drawing peg 14 on the dam wall on middle and won convincingly fishing the long pole for a bag of skimmers for 36-2-0, in second place was Tony Hardstone peg 15 with 23-2-0 with third place going to Gary Barnes peg 10 weighing 17-15-0. In the other section on Top lake Martin Charnock does what he does best fishing the whip catching over 500 small Roach and Rudd by midday, topping up with the odd skimmer from peg 3 to take the win with 17-0-0. In second place on the Top lake was John Ayres from peg 9 with a net of quality skimmers for 14-11-0, third place went to Gary Speckman on peg 4 weighing 9-6-0.

Top L-R :Derek Carter, Martin Charnock Bottom: John Ayres, Gary Speckman & Steve Beard

24th September. Orchard Place Farm   Lake 10

Lake 10 at Orchard Place Farm was originally planned as a Silvers only fixture . However the mass introduction of carp into what used to be a silvers only lake had made it now not feasible, so was decided to run it as an everything  counts match. Guest angler Peter Lea (top) knows the venue well and completely devastated the rest of the field from the far end peg with a whopping 75-6-0 to take an easy victory. In second place was Derek Carter with 38-0-0 with third place going to Steve Beard weighing 26-11-0.

21st September  Weirwood Fishery.  Thursday Knock-up

It was another perfect day weather wise except there was a lack of a breeze which left the water’s surface like a snooker table. Most of today’s contingent of anglers decided to fish the feeder. It was Dave Freeman on peg 5 that again found a few better skimmers on the feeder to take the win with 31-11-0 (top). Martin Charnock peg 2 did what he does best and decided to fish the long whip and pole catching quality Roach & Rudd to take second place with 21-15-0. In third place was a frustrated Les Collins on peg 3 who had lots of skimmers but none of any size to weigh 14-7-0. On end peg 1 Ron Carter ended up in fourth place with 5-6-0.

17th September.  Stambridge View Fishery.  Report by Trevor Pavitt

11 out and plenty of room, left the far top section out as water level low told by owner. Even so cry goes out by two people only got 12 inches and they come first and second! Carp specialist Paul Jones don’t go far wrong on these type of venues, and fishing between margin and under trees last peg before it narrows wins easy with 152lb 11, next to him Derek keeping busy with 108.12, a few 70s and 80s with Robbie fishing silver fish lake side with 88.3.

10th September  Warwick Wold  Ash Lake

A relatively local fishery for the CADAS boys at Warwick Wold for a Carp (vermin) filled lake on Ash. This fishery comes to life later in the day and having sturdy but balanced tackle is a major requirement to get a good result. One angler that has it down pat is Paul ‘Highwayman’ Jones making no mistakes to take the win with 176-7-0. Second placed Alan Ringwood’s tackle wasn’t up to scratch which possibly cost him the win weighing 152-1-0. In third place was Micky Wakeling weighing 141-6-0. Full results below:

3rd September. Betchworth. River Mole

Only 7 members decided to fish this fixture with points being awarded over the two Mole matches for the attendees. With the combination of points over the two fixtures, each individual had a chance to win one of the oldest trophies in the Society the ‘Mole Cup’. Pat Farrelley made no mistakes drawing peg 1 by the bridge to weigh 6-1-0 for the win with second place going to Dave Freeman on peg 6 weighing 4-0-0. Third place went to Boz from peg 3 with 3-9-0. As for the cumulative points it was tight at the top with both Pat and Boz tied on 17 points however when it went down to weight Pat Farrelley had the advantage with a bigger combined weight to win the Mole Cup.

31st August.  Weirwood Reservoir.  ‘Starky’s last Thursday of the month match’

Dave Freeman had things sorted right from the start of the whistle till the final whistle catching quality skimmers on the feeder, Dave’s final tally went  39-6-0. Second place would have been a close affair had it not been for a rogue caught Carp by Les Collins that went 16-1-0 and with his silvers weighed a total 35-3-0. In third place was Martin Charnock switching from the feeder to a 6m whip in the last hour to catch Roach and Rudd weighing 20-12-0. Fourth place went to Dennis Cooper who started on the whip switching to the feeder to weigh 19-11-0.

L-R: Les Collins, Martin Charnock, Dennis Cooper & Richie Hemmings

20th August   Five Oaks  Top Lake.  Report by Trevor Pavitt

12 out and all looking forward to the much improved fishing here lately. It wasn’t to be, fish were caught during the first hour and half and the lake switched off for the rest of the day, and maggot not even working early afternoon. New carp guru Steve drew peg 10 corner carp peg and lost more than he caught for 17.9 of carp, Derek close up 15.10. Tony was catching one silver a bung peg 4 and then nothing after for 12.3 of silvers. The lake turned lime green far end during the course of day and could have been the problem. Mike the owner been called and waiting for an update in a few days. Results attached

6th August  Ockley Match Lake.     Ockley VS CADAS 

It was the return inter-club match against Ockley, with 27 anglers around a 32 peg lake weights were down compared to what the local boy’s normally expect to catch. This fishery is very deep along most of the margins around 7ft with a central depth of plus 20 feet. CADAS member Ron Carter likes to check his depth by doing a triple somersault butterfly head first into his margin at the start (no fish were harmed !). Fortunately members came to his rescue with some dry clothes. As for the fishing those with shallow margins caught well catching some proper munters. Leading the charge for CADAS were Paul Jones weighing 56-10-0,  Dennis Cooper (top) on 49-8-0 and Les Collins next on 35-11-0. Taking the top five weights from each club Ockley blew CADAS out of the water.

CADAS   173-14-0.       Ockley A.S   264-10-0

29th July  Five Oaks  Top Lake

It was a coaching day for CADAS female member Hayley Springett who contacted membership secretary Martin “Mr Whippy” Charnock for a tutorial on fishing the whip. So a trip to the Top Lake at Five Oaks saw Hayley catch numerous Rudd and Roach using her new Colmic Emperor Pro whips that she had purchased from Tackle Warehouse Gatwick along with some of the Si-Wi floats from Benwick Sports  Catching a double figure net of Silvers along with a few Carp she now hopes to start fishing in some of the clubs matches later in the season.

23rd July  Orchard Place Farm  Lake 5

Sun, wind & showers were the order throughout the day for the members that fished the Doughnut Lake. Those fishing paste were to prove that this technique ruled the day with fellow anglers fishing a more conventional method for the Carp and F1’s struggling to make the framing places. However all those that fished today made CADAS history in that every competitor broke the magic ton come the weigh in. Paul ‘Dick Turpin’ Jones peg 9 ( top centre ) smashed the match taking pole position with an incredible 324-7-0 from peg 11. Steve Beard had to settle for second place this week from peg 5 with a fantastic 223-7-0. Derek Carter on peg 7 by the car park weighed 217-0-0 for third place. Fourth place and the section going to Tony Hardstone on peg 10 with 197-13-0. Ron Carter was the other section winner with 170-0-0. Total weight by the anglers fishing was 1922-15-0.

16th July   Stanbridge Lake

It was the 10th round of the clubs championship match of 2023 and what a fantastic fishery that is Stanbridge Lakes. They say ” Every dog has its day” and Steve Beard (top center) took a big bite for the win weighing in an incredible 230-0-0 catching on soft paste close to the margins. In second place was Derek Carter also catching a double ton weight with 207-9-0 also fishing paste. Third place was Martin Charnock catching on corn to weigh 154-13-0 with Dave Freeman taking fourth place with 143-2-0. Whilst it was a small turnout only two members failed to break the magic ton.

L-R:: D. Carter, M. Charnock, D. Freeman, A Ringwood & R. Carter

9th July.    Pips Lake

This was the club’s first visit to this prestigious fishery which holds an unusual species of fish known as Sturgeon alongside the dominant stock of Carp. Whilst weights were lower than expected it still fished well. Runaway winner was Micky Wakeling putting 121-11-0 on the scales. Derek Carter was second with 121-11-0 with Andy Wolsterhurst  taking third place with 93-6-0.

20th June. Weirwood Reservoir   Final Round   Feeder Only Match

The final feeder only round took place today on what must have been the biggest downpour of 2023 enroute to the fishery. By 08:30 the rain had ceased but no breeze on the water’s surface and looked like it was going to be another tough day. However the wind finally arrived and bites started to come for most of the competitors. Les Collins on an end peg was first into fish and with him leading in the league looked good for the win. Dave Freeman next to Les having a bit of a slow start, started to get bites, but his fish were much bigger landing skimmers that were close to 3lb’s and continued steadily putting a big weight together. Richie Hemmings on end peg 1 was catching well but not using a fishmeal groundbait would cost him as his total weight of 8-6-0 was made up of quality Roach.  Dave Freeman won on the day with 27-14-0 and took second place overall in the league with a combined weight over the three rounds with 32-7-0. Les Collins (top) was second on the day with 19-12-0 managing to win the feeder only league crown, with a combined  weight of 37-2-0. Third on the day with 15-15-0 was Martin Charnock, placing him third overall in the final league standings with a combined total weight of 30-3-0. All results of the league can be found in the drop down bar under Matches.

L-R Dave Freeman, Martin Charnock & Richie Hemmings

18th June  Betchworth   River Mole.    Report by Trevor Pavitt

 8 out hoping the river fishes as good as last year. Alas no, weather, too early, pollution at Gatwick, who knows, but tough to get bites. Les Collins second swim in from Bridge won the day with 3lb 9oz, 2nd was boz far end with some chublets for 2lb, 3rd Derek with 1lb 4oz. 

11th June   Warwick Wold Fishery.  Ash Lake

It was a full house for this club fixture on this Carp infested  Ash lake. It can be a bit of a chore early part of the match where Carp can be seen cruising just under the surface. Catching them though can be a challenge and dobbing seemed the best method. However after 1pm it was like the dinner bell had sounded with the Carp deciding to feed with a vengeance. Dennis Cooper on peg 2 (top) caught down the margins with dead maggot for a convincing win to weigh 168-9-0. Martin Charnock on peg 6 took second place with 119-7-0. In third place just was Derek Carter weighing 109-7-0 from peg 10 just edging out Steve Beard in fourth who weighed 106-14-0. The next club match is on the River Mole contact Trevor to book in.

L-R Martin Charnock, Alan Ringwood & Tony Hardstone.

4th June. Five Oaks ‘Top Lake’     Whats- App    Silvers Only Knock-Up

L-R: Martin Charnock, Les Collins, Ron Carter & Trevor Pavitt.

With no club match arranged the Whats-App group of anglers got together for a Silvers Only friendly match on the Top Lake at Five Oaks. The weather was kind for a change but the resident Carp were on the hunt for food not great if your fishing only for Silvers. Whip maestro Martin Charnock drew un-fancied peg 2, fishing between 2 metre and 5 m whips he was off like a train in the first hour catching 234 Roach and Rudd but it didn’t take long for Carp to turn up forcing him to go long and start catching some quality skimmers to win the day with 31-4-0 Les Collins on peg 3 fished maggot on the pole he too had caught some quality skimmers to take second place with 29-10-0. Ron Carter had set up more whips than Martin , having practiced during the week he thought he had it sussed and whilst he had a big net of Roach and Rudd had to settle for third place with 26-8-0 from peg 4. Trevor Pavitt was drawn on the favoured peg 6, fishing pellet he had a quality net of silvers including a bonus Perch that went 2-6-0 for a total weight of 25-4-0. More Whats-App matches to follow throughout the year.

30th May.  Weirwood Reservoir   Round 2 of 3  Feeder Only Match

It was another close knit mid-week match for round two of the feeder only competition and with a very cold North East wind, everyone was wrapped up as if it was winter. The added benefit having a bit of chop on the waters surface had coloured the water up, very different from the previous round. End peg 1 proved again to be decisive and Richie Hemmings ( top left ) found a better stamp of Skimmers fishing a non fishmeal ground bait mix to win the day with 10-11-0. Next door Mr consistent Les Collins ( top centre )  took the runner up spot again weighing 10-2-0 just one fish away from the win. In third place was ( top right ) Martin Charnock with 8-8-0.. With just one more match left its still anyones chance in taking the feeder King title. League placing can be found in the results section under matches.

28th May    Orchard Place Farm Fishery.    Lake 6

Conditions were almost perfect for todays club fixture at this premier venue.. There was even a barbecue on hand for us to have a burger at the end of the day, Alan the chef and his sidekick Stevo (top) shouldn’t give up their day job any time soon. As far as the fishing was concerned Alan ‘Carp Guru’ Ringwood ( top right ) was back in form weighing a staggering 230-13-0 catching up in the water on the pole. In second place Derek ‘I am going to need a bigger bucket’ Carter also had a big weight fishing paste to take the runner up spot with 187-15-0. In third was Martin ‘The Whip’ Charnock taking third spot with a pellet waggler approach landing 183-10-0. Fourth place went to Tony Hardstone who weighed 122-15-0. Out of all those attending only two anglers failed to weigh over the magical ton.

L-R D.Carter. M Charnock, T Hardstone, S. Beard & R Carter.

21st May Maze Lake  No Report

18th May  Weirwood Reservoir     Round 1 of 3    Feeder Only Match

The first Round of midweek feeder only matches at Weirwood on arrival saw not a breath of wind on the waters surface. Straight away competitors knew it was going to be a tough day. So it proved, the early start was quite good but once the sun started to shine bites were at a premium. Dennis Cooper (top) fished worm and dead maggot for the win with 7-11-0 but hot on his tail were three other anglers where by one extra fish would have seen them take pole position. Second placed Les Collins had been taking fish regularly throughout the day to weigh 7-4-0 in third place was Martin Charnock with 6-6-0, Richie Hemmings took fourth place with 5-3-0. The feeder league winner is based on a combined weight over three rounds so it’s still all to play for as nobody has secured a comfortable lead.

L-R   2nd L. Collins  3rd M. Charnock  4th R. Hemmings  5th D. Freeman

14th May Sumners Match Lake  CADAS VS OCKLEY A.S

Today was one of the warmest days for 2023 and saw a good turnout for the clash between CADAS and Ockley A.S.  The Ockley boys reigned supreme today and were a different class compared to us. Alan Ringwood peg 6 did well from his section and was fourth overall and top angler for CADAS with 105-6-0. On the left bank opposite from peg 21 Martin Charnock weighed 96-14-0 managing to take the second highest weight on this side with some big double figure fish on 8mm pellet along the margins late on. Unfortunately he was pipped for the section by Ockley’s Martin White sitting on end peg 22 who had caught smaller Carp but lots of them throughout the day to weigh 98-2-0. Top angler overall  close to the car park from peg 1 was Ockley angler Adrian (sorry didn’t catch your surname) winning the day with 112-5-0. Taking the top five weights from each club the results were as followed:       

Ockley A.S  513-7-0       CADAS 352-2-0

Above centre  Ockley’s Match organiser Keith giving the thumbs up on their win

23rd April.   Sutton Chart Lake.  Report by Alan Ringwood

After arriving in the rain  Boz & Steve collected the money while Mick & I pegged the lake. While I got my gear out Dennis put scales in place I with Mick’s set him with ours. Draw took place with Dennis helping again .Match starts at 9:45 Derek moaning about his peg being rubbish, carp first put in kept him quiet for a while. I can only see him Pat and Mick . I’m 20 lb down on Derek then first bite bang on I’m off steady all day so is Derek .Those to my left were not doing too well we finish at 3:45. Mick is off weighing in from  peg 13 round to peg 8. I’am waiting for help, yea Steve arrives with Boz tip half a net in scales read 25lb we all know this is wrong put fish back in the net reweigh 21l b scales get sworn at and we walk round to get the other set of scales. I would like to thank Dennis, Boz &Steve for help. Great weights again from chart.

16th April    Five Oaks Fishery.   ‘Silvers Only Match’

Carshalton’s match app-group arranged a Silvers Only  knock-up at Five Oaks. Once again the fishing never let us down. Most of the competitors had decided to target the Skimmers with pellets whilst this is a viable tactic not fishing for the Roach and Rudd would cost many a top placing. Martin Charnock fished casters long on the pole but was to target the Roach and Rudd on the whip,. 722 fish later found Martin taking top spot with 28-11-0. Derek Carter on the dam managed to find the skimmers to take the runner up spot with 18-14-0. Robbie Gaiger on the far side was having issues with some big carp during the day but he too found a few skimmers to take third place with 13-15-0. Les Collins wasn’t happy being drawn on the dam and whilst he broke double figure this bonus Perch weighing in at 3-1-0 helped. Ron Carter was fourth with 10-13-0.

9th April    Warwick Wold Fishery ‘Ash Lake’.

It was a sell out for CADAS’s trip to Warwick Wold’s Ash Lake on this Easter Sunday. On arrival there were lots lots of Carp swimming around just below the surface, which looked good for a great days fishing. However the Carp were pretty hard to catch and spooked as soon as looked at a bait. One angler that was able to charm a few on to his hook was Alan Ringwood on peg 3 fishing up in the water with bread to take the win with 101-6-0. Opposite Alan was Derek Carter on peg  20 taking second place with 98-8-0 just one Carp short of the win. In third place was Les Collins from peg 9 with 85-1-0. Next club match is in two weeks time at Chart Sutton in Kent, contact Alan to book in.

2nd April Five Oaks ‘ Top & Middle Lake’ Pairs & Silvers Only Match

Todays fixture had a  few twists, number one there was a pairs match as well as an individual pool. Second twist was that the top six anglers that had featured on previous competitions were to be on one of the two lakes (Middle) with the lower six anglers in the standings pegged on the opposite lake (Top).. Each top angler would be paired randomly with one of the anglers from the other lake. On the Middle lake Individually it was to be very close with Martin Charnock on peg 9 catching some quality Roach on the whip with Les Collins on the neighbouring peg 10 catching some big Skimmers on the pole. At the other end of the section Ron Carter on peg 12 was putting a few Roach and Rudd together fishing the whip. Whilst the Middle was fishing relatively well the Top Lake was turning out to be difficult. With the heavy rains it was heavily coloured but two anglers were fishing fish for fish on pegs 4 & 5. Robbie Gaiger was on peg 5 partnered with Les Collins whilst Boz on peg 4 being paired with Martin. At the end of the match Robbie and Les had done just enough to win the pairs pool with a combined weight totalling 32-10-0. Individually Martin won the day with 20-13-0 with Les Collins taking second with 19-13-0 in third place was Ron Carter weighing 19-4-0, Max Calverley taking fourth place with 16-07-0.

L-R Pair supremos Robbie Gaiger & Les Collins Max Calverley, Ron Carter, Robbie & Tony Hardstone.

5th March Five Oaks ‘Bottom Lake’.  Report by Trevor Pavitt

A return Silvers match at Five Oaks saw another club sell out fixture, except this time it was switched from the Bottom to the Middle Lake. Once again weights were fantastic with only ounces separating the top placings. Whip King Martin Charnock put 18-1-0 on the scales to take section B as well as the top overall weight, Les Collins took the runner up spot on the day also from section B with 14-14-0 which included a bonus Tench. Section C winner Richie Hemmings placed some quality Skimmers on the scales to weigh 14-12-0. Winner in A section at the dam end of the lake saw Max Calverley weigh 14-11-0.

12th February Five Oaks ‘Bottom Lake’ Silvers Only Knock-Up

Sunday Silvers only bash on the Bottom Lake was a sell out within the hour on the clubs Whats-App Match group. The lake had been partially frozen during the week which had reduced weights compared to our previous visit but saw all but one angler failing to break double figures. Roach and skimmers made up most of the catches with some quality Roach exceeding a pound for a few. Max Calverley was top angler winning the match and section B with 28-8-0. Second overall from B section was Les Collins with 24-8-0. In other areas of the lake winning section C was Martin Charnock with 22-10-0 and from A section was Trevor Pavitt with 18-9-0.

2nd February Five Oaks ‘Bottom Lake’ Silvers Only Knock-Up

Another friendly knock-up on the first Thursday of the month saw CADAS members return to club water Five Oaks to fish on the Bottom Lake in a Silvers Only competition. It was a weird day with some anglers struggling to put bites together whilst others were catching for fun. The top two anglers that run away in the weights department were Les Collins and Martin Charnock. Les had some quality skimmers on maggot to take the runner up spot with a fantastic silvers weight of 41-0-0. It was Martins quality Roach along with skimmers that swung it with a weight of 46-8-0. Trevor Pavitt was third with 22-4-0. Les Taylor was on a high at the end beating Robbie Gaiger by 12 ounces taking fourth place. Above was Martins ground-bait mix with Drennan SF 1 floats with the inter changeable bristles which came in useful due to the changing light conditions. 

L-R Martin Charnock, Les Collins & Trevor Pavitt

1st January Five Oaks ‘Top Lake’ Silvers Only Knock-Up

A New Years Day get together saw a few members starting the new year with a Silvers Only competition at Five Oaks Top Lake. With heavy rain the previous two days saw many swims underwater by a few inches, so it was decided to have a walk off for the ten swims on one side of the lake. Les Collins pulling out token number one from the draw bag made no hesitation on choosing permanent peg 6. Second to draw was local angler Ron Carter who chose permanent peg 9 on the Dam did he know something the rest of us didn’t. The colour of the lake was even more of a darker chocolate than usual with quite a tow .The skimmers that were caught on the previous match were very elusive today with competitors catching mostly Roach and Rudd. Carp though were causing havoc, anyone daring to feed so much as a pole toss pot of feed were soon attached to one. Martin Charnock does what he does best trying out a Xmas pressie of whip floats from Pesca Hydra called a Rapide (above), feeding small nuggets of Sensas Gros Gardons and Canal Noire, he was catching small Roach averaging 3 fish to the ounce every put in on a 4m whip. Totalling over 600 fish in the five hours to take the win with 11-14-0. A battle for second between Les Collins and Derek Carter, saw Derek pip Les by a few ounces 6-14-0 to Les’s 6-6-0. Ron Carter was fourth overall with 4-7-0. with only one angler RH not troubling the scales man. Stay tuned in the Whats App Match group for more midweek matches over the coming season.

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22nd December  Five Oaks ‘Top Lake’  Silvers Thursday Knock-Up

L-R Ron Carter & Les Collins

It was a wet start to the day for a friendly get together for the last match before Christmas, but the rain soon ceased for the members after an hour. Ron Carter (bottom right) living just a short drive practically lives on the venue. He has now become increasingly obsessed with acquiring a large collection of whips. So much so that he even set up more than yours truly, however it didn’t do him any harm as his weight of 16-2-0 was enough to take the win from peg 6. Martin Charnock starting on the whip switched late on to the pole, snaring a bonus Tench to take second place from peg 4 with 15-8-0. Trevor Pavitt was third with 7-8-0.

11th December Warwick Wold Christmas Match

The last official match for 2022 was held at Warwick Wold for the CADAS Christmas match on the long lake. The big freeze in the last few days had the ice thickness of around an inch and a half ( were not in the EU any more ) so imperial all the way . After spending around an hour before the all in, we had cleared our swims of ice, Peg 1 closest to the car park saw David ‘Boz’ Beard (top) catching steady throughout the the day to take the win with 7-10-0 of small carp. On peg 4 Ron Carter caught late on to take second with 2-2-0 just pipping Robbie Gaiger on peg 2 (below) who weighed 1-12-0  to take third. The best part of the day was back at the clubhouse where owner Phil and staff laid on a banquet of Hamburgers, sausage rolls, hot dogs topped off with cake tea and coffee. Match organiser Trevor Pavitt made sure everyone that fished had a pressie to go home with.

27th November Chart Lake  Super League Final Round

Today’s fixture was the final round of the Carshalton DAS Super League sponsored by Tackle Warehouse of Gatwick with many thanks to our President John Parker for his help and generosity in providing us with some top prizes in excess of £350. Conditions on the day were not favourable from start to finish as heavy showers plagued the competitors but there was no wind which was a slight bonus. Martin Charnock had already secured first place in the league taking the best points of twelve from sixteen rounds but went one better by winning the final round with 157-11-0 from peg 11 feeding and fishing Strawberry corn on the hook. Second place today went to Dennis Cooper on peg 2 with 128-8-0, with third place going to Steve Beard on peg 7 with 125-7-0 also fishing corn. Les Collins on peg 1 just missed out in the final league standings by one point but took fourth place today with 117-12-0. Ron Carter taking a weight of 117-0-0 from peg 5 and by coming fifth in the match, managed to sneak in the final league standings to take fourth place. Over 30+ anglers took part in the Carshalton DAS Super League 2022, for the full results and standings these can be found in the Super League drop down bar under Matches.

 20th November. Bernies Top Lake   ‘Silvers Only match’. Report by Trevor Pavitt

Only 7 anglers today with some earlier cancellations. This place never let’s you down for some excellent  roach fishing, and an occasional  large perch. Tony and max fished pegs 1 and 2 nearside and had a good battle both nets included a few good perch with some quality roach, Trevor had the best weight far side, full results and pics included 

13th November  NMG ‘Pump House’. Super League Round 15   Silvers Only

Today’s match at NMG fishery was held on the Pump House lake which holds lots of Roach and Skimmers as well as some very big carp. This was the penultimate round of the CADAS Super League and whilst first and second placed anglers had done enough to secure their positions overall in the league it still remains open for third and fourth. Fishing was challenging today and pinkies were to prove vital as the winner Jamie Frost (top centre) caught exceptionally well ending the day with 20-6-0 fishing 16m of pole catching quality Roach and skimmers. Second from peg 3 was Will who weighed 18-15-0 on the waggler with Max Calverley (below) taking third from the bottom end of the lake with 18-4-0. The last round will be held at Chart Fishery which is a Carp Lake weights in excess of 300 lbs are going to be required to stand a chance of making the frame.

6th November Five Oaks ‘Middle Lake’ Silvers Only.   Report by Trevor Pavitt

Good turnout of 12 encountering severe downpours most of the day. Some good angling today by various anglers, myself not Included! The match was split in 2 sections and Mr whippy,  Martin, done what he does best on peg 1 closest to our lake with over 30lb including 3 large perch, 1 close to 3lb. Some lovely roach caught today, and Tony hardstone managed to find some skimmers too. A great venue and full weights and positions on sheet.

L-R Martin Charnock top Tony Hardstone & Dave Freeman

23rd October Billhook Match Lake      Super League Round 14

Today’s match started off with a heavy deluge of rain at the draw but didn’t lighten up till around midday. Robbie Gaiger on permanent peg 2 found the Carp willing to feed close to the Lilly pads fishing a long pole.With the lake being no deeper than a foot, saw any carp hooked head towards any feature close by to snag most of the anglers that managed to connect with these elusive creatures. Lionel Herve on permeant peg 5 managed to find a few Carp late on fishing bomb and 8mm pellet to take the runner up position with 24-3-0. On the favoured peg 23 saw Les Collins scoop third place with 20-8-0 catching close to the pads infont of him. Martin Charnock took fourth place weighing 18-12-0 fishing the waggler with maggot to take a run of silvers which included some large Ide. Winning pair on the day were Robbie and Martin with a combined weight of 50-10-0 to comfortably beat runners up Richie and Lionel’s total of 34-8-0.

L-R Top Robbie Gaiger, Les Collins, Martin Charnock and Ron Carter

16th October. Five Oaks Top lake    ‘Silvers Only Match’ 

Considering that the Sumners fixture had to be cancelled due to a fiasco with the booking, it was a relatively good turnout for the rearranged ‘Silvers Only’ match at Five Oaks on the Top Lake. With the water being clear the resident carp were in a ravenous mood, feed too much and you were inundated with Carp pushing any silvers out of your peg. Martin Charnock managed to avoid the Carp till the afternoon and did enough from peg 5 to take the win with 18-15-0 of Roach and Skimmers. Les Collins took second place from peg 4 with 13-10-0 which included some nice Perch. Dennis Cooper weighed 11-8-0 to take third place from peg 7. Robbie Gaiger on end peg 2 was fourth with 10-8-0.

L-R Les Collins, Dennis Cooper, Robbie Gaiger & Les Taylor.

9th October Sumners Match Lake    Carp/Silvers match      Super League Round 13

It was a glorious day weather wise for those attending Round 13 of the CADAS Super league. With a pools option of top three overall and a Silvers Only, most chose to fish for the massive Carp that inhabit this lake. Andy Woolstencroft (top left) from peg 12 had a busy day to take pole position with a weight of 113-7-0. Second was Micky Wakeling on the very next peg 12 who thought he had done just enough late on, however just came up short to weigh 103-5-0. At the opposite end of the lake Gary Barnes peg 2 weighed 76-10-0 for third. In the Silvers race it was Martin Charnock (top right) that blitzed the opposition catching 1063 miniature Roach to weigh 30-2-0. Second in the Silvers pool was Richie Hemming’s weighing 18-7-0 with Robbie Gaiger finding a few better Silvers to take third place weighing 16-9-0.

L-R: Richie Hemmings, Robbie Gaiger & Gary Barnes 

2nd October Five Oaks Top Lake.     Report by Les Taylor

Only five members attended todays match, perhaps the bulk of our members had decided upon a last minute trip to sit in the warm sun, as opposed to a cold damp lake bank. Ron Carter was tops with 20-3-0, second Dave Freeman with 17-8-0 with third place going to Tony Hardcastle weighing 9-13-0.

25th September Willow Park Fishery  Super League Round 12

The twelfth round of the CADAS Super Laague found us at premier venue in Willow Park. The Silver fish fishing is fantastic with loads of skimmers and Roach, but to do well a bonus carp or two would be required and whilst most of the anglers caught the odd one many were lost as these fish are super fit and extremely large. Martin Charnock started on a cage feeder at the start and was putting a net of reasonable sized skimmers towards his total but it was the whip and waggler that did the main damage late on catching some double figure fish to take the win with 55-10-0. Dennis Cooper on end peg 27 found a few munters as well to take second switching between the straight lead and pole weighing 45-5-0. Les Collins does what he does best and plods along on the pole to weigh a net of just Skimmers to take third place with 22-14-0. Richie Hemming took fourth place with 19-11-0 of skimmers and Roach from peg 4.

L-R: Martin Charnock, Les Collins & Richie Hemmings.

11th September Trickle-Brook Fishery  Super League Round 11

The heavy rainfall during the week preceding todays visit saw the water level increase by around 18 inches. This had a dire impact on the Silvers but didn’t discourage the resident Carp. Derek Carter (bottom left) seems to be on fire taking his third win in as many Sundays but also lucky in drawing the same amount of end pegs : ). He blitzed the field from peg 8 fishing pole and paste in open water to weigh a fantastic 112-9-0. The following places were very tight indeed with Ron Carter on peg 1 taking second place with 44-3-0, he could have landed more Carp quicker had he a puller kit fitted to his pole. Third was Martin Charnock with 42-12-0 fishing the waggler and maggot to the islands with Richie Hemming’s taking fourth place from peg 3 weighing 41-5-0. Steve Beard managed a section win pipping Les Collins by just 10 ounces. Next round takes place at Willow Park fishery on the Small lake.

4th September Betchworth River Mole.    Report by Trevor Pavitt

Few of the mole regulars missing due to holidays and I’ll health, only 6 out. We were all hoping for the 4 pegs bridge end, 2 of the right angers dave freeman 4 and derek  Carter 1drew the right pegs had good days for mole standards. Derek on mainly waggler for a fantastic 12.6,mainly roach, dave mainly short whip 10.6. Myself and ron drew the far end but I had some roach for 4.6, weights better than usual here, and enjoyable day

28th August Orchard Place Farm  Lake 10  Super League Round 10 ‘Silvers Only’

It was end pegs that proved decisive today and Derek Carter top was smiling all the way to the bank after drawing end peg 1 and made no mistakes finding skimmers and a succession of Tench to win the day with an impressive 28-9-0. In second place was Martin Charnock from peg 12 with a catch of mainly Roach fishing the long pole at 13m, in third place from another end peg was Graham ‘Jonno’ Johnson on peg 16 who also had a quality net of skimmers to weigh 13-10-0. Not too far behind on peg 13 was Richie Hemming’s taking third place with 11-8-0 of Roach and Ide. Dave Beard on end peg 9 weighed 8-2-0 taking the third prize in the continental payout.

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As always there is a team prize with teams of four it ended up being a nail biting wait as the points were added but the Green team consisting of Ron Carter, Graham Johnson, Robbie Gaiger & Martin Charnock (below) totalled 13 points to beat the Blue team by one point on 12.

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Reports  comming in all week about how well the lakes are fishing  here, and on arrival one end of the lake looking like an aquarium we could see Why! The fish did disappear when match started and people  scratching their heads how to catch. It took about an hour for things starting to happen. Match in 2 sections, both sides, I was fishing opposite tony hardstone and derek Carter and as well as myself could see the fish were close in, eventually the fish were boiling in the margins, and was a case of just trying to catch them. Reports at end was hard pellet was best. Top weight far side, Tony 136.12, nearside, les Collins 130.11. First 6 weights all pretty close, well done Lionel who still comes out with the aid of a stick and had just under the ton 97.00. Shows you don’t have to travel to deepest Kent to catch carp, when this venue on our doorstep. 

7th August    Orchard Place Farm Lake 5    Super League Round 9

What a fantastic venue this fishery is, but can be very frustrating with so many fish in the lake just slightly overfeeding and you start foul hooking fish as they go into a feeding frenzy. Paul Jones has been concentrating on fishing paste and has certainly got it down pat as he absolutly obliterated the match with a colossal 258-2-0 of Carp and F1’s fishing down the margins. Keith Harper drawn near the car park on peg 8 took second place with 140-6-0 he too fished down the margins. Martin Charnock on peg 11 switched between the pellet waggler and margin to weigh 100-6-0 taking third place, Peter Lea was fourth with 99-10-0 just missing out on breaking the ton by 6 ounces from peg 6. As for the teams of three. team Blue paralysed the total collective weight having Mr Jones Jnr in the team helped just a bit for a grand total of 400lbs exactly, the winners L-R top Terry McDonald, Paul Jones & Alan Ringwood. In second place were the Red team consisting of Keith Harper, Lionel Herve & Richie Hemming’s for a total weight of 248-2-0. Round 10 of the Super League will be back in a few weeks time on Lake 10 Silvers Only Match.

31st July ‘Bernies Lakes’ Racetrack.  Report by Trevor Pavitt

Hi all bernies racetrack today, water level  a foot down, but conditions ideal weather wise. Tony hardstone drew middle of racetrack and come good fishing far bank late on with a winning 65.8. Ron Carter  drew peg 1 and had carp in afternoon for 43.3. Serge done well end peg 9 by lillies but lost more than caught, 28.8. Derek Carter middle also done well 40.12. All middle pegs and 1 peg far bank was where carp caught. Trevor drew 1 from end but after 10minutes gave up as you couldn’t ship pole back that swim, thick with brambles lesson learnt that peg. Borrowed some maggots and had some nice skimmers and roach 9.10 top silvers, Gary Barnes 6lb odd 

24th July  Monk Lakes Fishery Lake 4   Super League Round 8

It was a frustrating day for a few of the competitors at Monk Lake 4 in Kent, with masses of leaves on the lake impeding fishing at times such was the volume and it’s not even Autumn yet!. Alan Ringwood ( top centre ) has had a few poor results lately in the league but today he excelled and this is why he’s got the nickname ‘Carp Guru’ as he obliterated those around him weighing 106-14-0  to take pole position. New member Dennis Cooper took second place with 74-15-0, with Les Collins in third place with a total weight of 41-10-0. On the Silvers side of the match it was a much closer affair with Richie Hemming’s taking the win from a leaf free swim : ) with 27-14-0 to pip Martin Charnock weighing 25-7-0, Les Collins was third with his Silvers totalling 20-12-0. In the teams of four, team B took the honours weighing a combined weight of 209-11-0 with team A coming second with their combined weight of 166-2-0. Round 9 will take place at Orchard Place Farm on the Doughnut Lake 7th August those wishing to attend please bring three keep-nets

Team B above L-R Graham Johnson, Alan Ringwood, Les Collins & Richie Hemming’s.

17th July. Willinghurst  Friendly Knock-Up Silvers Only   Report By Martin Charnock

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22 May  Weirwood Reservoir. Super League Round 5

Round 5 of today’s Super league was far from easy and whilst the conditions were great to sit and lap up the tranquil surroundings it wasn’t the best for Bream fishing with a flat calm surface and bright sunshine. Les Collins got his first win in the league and the all important 12 points, with a weight of 17-9-0 from peg 8 including a few quality Bream and Roach fishing the feeder. Martin Charnock took second place from peg 3 also on the feeder with 9-13-0. In third place was Robbie ‘ The Crayfish Snowflake’ Gaiger with 8-8-0 ( you had to be there to see his antics trying to get his hook back ). In fourth place the ever improving Graham ‘Jonno’ Johnson weighing 7-1-0. In the teams of four event it was an easy victory for Team A weighing 39-2-0 consisting of ( bottom right L-R ) Robbie Gaiger, Les Collins, Lionel Herve And Martin Charnock.

15th May Sumners ‘Ribbon Lake’.   Report by Trevor Pavitt

Results from ribbon lake, short report as I was on holiday, a glorious day on the Saturday but raining all day on match day Sunday. 2nd year running some of the better pegs were not put in as people there decided to only fish one bank! 8 out and fast improving Gary Baines with top weight furthest away from bridge with a skimmer and carp net of 19.4, 2nd Les Collins with 9.13, third Dave Freeman with 8.13.

 8th May Marsh Farm Fishery ‘Richardson’s Lake’ Super League Round 4

Great weather was forecast for this weekend and we were not disappointed however the fish had decided to spawn and the fishing was challenging for most. Martin Charnock on peg 6 found a few Bream on the waggler to take a comfotable victory feeding and fishing Caster on the hook, then late on catching a few small Tench on the pole with worm to weigh 20-10-0. Richie Hemming’s took second place from peg 11 also catching on caster for 10-0-0 fishing the pole. In third place was Alan Ringwood with 9-13-0 from peg 12 just pipping Lionel Herve with 9-7-0 on peg 10 fishing the feeder. In the teams of three the winners were Martin Charnock, Richie Hemming’s & Les Collins with a total of 31-14-0 with the runners up consisting of Ron Carter, Graham Johnson & Alan Ringwood totalling 20-0-0.

1st May ‘Bernies Lakes’ Racetrack

With an overall weight and separate Silvers pool It was a very tight affair come the end of the match as the totals were added together of Carp and Silvers. Ron Carter had done enough from peg 1 just with his Carp weight alone to take the win with 42-8-0 landing 32-15 of Carp and 9-9-0 of Silvers. Les Collins peg 6 (top centre) weighed some big Carp to take second place with a total of 33-5-0 just pipping Martin Charnock peg 8 (top right) who easily won the Silvers pool with 28-2-0 of roach, skimmers & a bonus Perch along with the 4-15-0 of whip caught Carp totalling 33-1-0 for third overall. Match organiser Trevor Pavitt (bottom left) was fourth with 30-14-0 including this 11-6-0 munter of a carp, The most senior angler on the bank Les Taylor was unlucky but had his best days fishing weighing 30-11-0 from end peg 9. Unluckiest angler on the day was Max Calverley (bottom right ) who ended up breaking pole sections for fun during the day with an estimated collateral damage of around £600.

27th April    Weirwood Reservoir ‘Willows’ Knock-Up

A Wednesday knock-up was held today at the fabulous Weirwood Reservoir and whilst there was a cold North Easterly wind it still fished well on this vast water complex. Whilst it wasn’t a great turnout, could it be that anglers prefer fishing Carp puddles or they haven’t got more than 10 yards of line on their reels !. Richie Hemming’s ( Top Centre ) found his first win for 2022 with 17-2-0 of big skimmers caught on the feeder. Martin Charnock was again bridesmaid this week with 12-6-0 fishing a 12g slider float as well as the feeder. Lionel Herve was third on the day also catching skimmers on the feeder. For further weekly get togethers check out the CADAS Super League WhatsApp page.

24th April Orchard Place Farm Super League Round 3

The weather conditions were better for the first time this year and what a difference it can make as the weights around the lake were phenomenal  for those taking part. The best angler was Micky Wakeling (top) netting 132-5-0 from peg 8 fishing shallow on the pole with pellet and maggot loose feeding small dollops of ground bait. Martin Charnock on peg 7 had decided to fish close to the island using a pellet waggler with 8mm pellets as feed and hook bait. This method caught a larger stamp of carp to weigh 129-14-0 taking second place. Peter Lea was third with 119-5-0 from peg 5 next to the car park. Andy  Wolstencroft  took third place with 109-4-0 peg 2 with Terry McDonald taking the last of the ton weights from peg 3 with 107-0-0.

L-R Martin Charnock, Andy Wolstencroft and Terry McDonald,

17th April Weirwood fishery Practice Day.     Report by Martin Charnock

Today myself and Richie Hemmings decided  to have a day practicing for an upcoming Super League match at Weirwood on this vast expanse of water. Whilst it took a while for the fish too arrive they were of a good stamp giving fantastic indications with the rod being dragged round and not concentrating you would likely lose your rod such was the ferocity of the bite. As it was a weekend we fished past Willow Point where you would need waders a platform or a box that has legs that extend as it is quite shallow close in. We mainly fished on the float a Slider and also the feeder and It was important to have various models of feeder to feed the 16 ft deep pegs that we sat on. Richie forgot his keepnet but we both had double figures in weight of quality Skimmers with the odd Roach. Were just itching to get back soon !!!

10th April Old Bury Hill Super League Round 2

Round 2 at Old Bury Hill saw another full turnout at this premier fishery, however although weights were not big it was very close with just one fish separating the top three. It was a battle between Robbie Gaiger on peg 18 and Martin Charnock on peg 19. It was Robbie that got the win with some bigger stamp Bream for 25-12-0 pipping Martin by 6 ounces who ended with 25-6-0. At the other end of the match length Max Calverley found a few Bream late on the waggler to take third place with 25-2-0 with David Beard taking fourth place with 18-10-0 which included a Zander of around 4lbs. The winning teams of three with an aggregate weight of 50-6-0 were (top L-R ) Lionel Herve, Alan Ringwood & Robbie Gaiger. Just pipping Graham Johnson, Richie Hemmings & Boz who weighed 46-3-0.

L-R Robbie Gaiger, Martin Charnock, Max Calverley & David Beard.

3rd April Five Oaks ‘Top Lake’

A heavy frost greeted the members for todays club match on the Top lake at Five Oaks, with sunshine forecast for the afternoon hopes were raised that the fishing would improve during the day. There were two pools for today of either Carp or Silvers. Trevor Pavitt drew peg 10 a noted carp area of the lake and managed the win for the Carp sweepstake with 22-1-0 just pipping Dave Freeman on peg 2 who weighed 20-9-0. In the Silvers pool Martin Charnock landed over 500 small Roach and Rudd  for the win with 17-15-0 from peg 6, Les Collins peg 9 was second with a few quality Skimmers and the odd Tench to weigh 10-7-0. full results above.

L-R : Trevor Pavitt, Martin Charnock & Les Colins.

27th March Sumners Match Lake Super League Round 1

The first round of the Super League held at Sumners fishery saw a full turnout for a match with various options, either to fish for Carp or Silvers only pool or if really greedy having the opportunity of trying to win both. A cold wind but warm sun had some competitors fishing in T-shirts with those at the car park end of the lake being wrapped up as if they were on a journey to the North Pole. Micky Wakeling ( top ) took the top prize in the Carp pool weighing a credible 137-4-0 fishing a method feeder to the end of an island landing some big specimens. In the Silvers Pool Martin Charnock ( top right ) took top spot catching 856 small roach for 35-6-0 using a range of whips from 2m to 3.5m. The remaiing places were as follows in the Carp section Alan Ringwood took second with 115-1-0 with the third place going to Steve Beard who weighed 63-4-0 just edging out Graham ‘Jonno’ Johnson who up until Steve who was last to weigh had been just holding on to the third place cash prize. Second in the Silvers pool was the ever Mr Consistent Ron Carter weighing 22-15-0 with Richie Hemminigs taking third with 21-13-0.

L-R – Alan Ringwood, Steve Beard & Graham Johnson.

20th March Ozzies Lake Warwick Wold Fishery

Todays fixture has once again proved to be a really moody venue and its either feast or famine for a select few. Dave Freeman ( top ) was back in form after enduring some bad results of late, but came good fishing a method feeder tight to the far bank having drawn in the middle part of the lake for a comfortable win weighing 50-14-0. Next door to Dave was Les Collins who concentrated on the pole to take second with 16-15-0. Tony Hardstone pegged next to Les by the gap in the island taking third on the day with 14-4-0, Those pegged at the beginning and end of the lake really struggled with a blank at the far end and a low weight of 2-15-0 being recorded at the car park end. With a continental payout over three sections results were 1st Dave Freeman, 2nd Ron Carter and 3rd Martin Charnock.

13th March ‘Octbox’ Owners Silvers Only Match

Today’s match consisted of members owning an Octbox, held on the Top lake at our Five Oaks fishery. The organised set up that can be achieved is second to none with the Octbox, Ron Carter was to prove a formidable opponent for myself and Richie Hemmings as his combination of multiple whips, top kits and massive array of baits he was certainly out to prove a point. Richie had drawn peg 4 and whilst it was a slow start, but good things come to those that wait and it didn’t disappoint as he started hooking quality skimmers and Bream but had a few that shed the hook just before netting which was to prove very costly weighing a credible 20-8-0. Ron on peg 4 started his campaign on a short whip and went off like a train catching plenty of Roach and Rudd these were of a reasonable size. I was on peg 6 and whilst I too started on a whip my stamp of fish were considerably smaller. This left me no other option but to go long on the pole using the new Si-Wi Lake pole floats and whist it wasn’t fast I was catching Roach up to 6 ounces. The end result was too close for comfort as my 22-15-0 just managed to pip Ron who weighed 22-7-0.

L-R Richie Hemmings, Ron Carter & Martin Charnock.

6th March Five Oaks Bottom Lake Club Match  Report by Martin Charnock

It was fantastic weather for the favoured few that drew pegs 1-4 where it was almost suncream time such was the intensity of the sun and with the wind off their backs it must have been heaven. Pegs 5 round to 10 were in the shade and had the full impact of a cold wind in their faces. New member Tony Hardstone (top) peg 3 fished long on the pole landing a quality net of skimmers for the win with 42-13-0. ( L-R bottom ) Martin Charnock peg 6 was catching well on the pole landing quality Roach for second weighing 33-14-0, in third place was Les Collins peg 1 with a mixed bag for 21-15-0. In fourth place on peg 7 Trevor Pavitt was quietly putting a net of skimmers to weigh 18-10-0 just pipping Dave Freeman who had 17-8-0 from peg 9. Please note if you book in for a fixture and are unable to attend please have the curtesy to let the Competition Secretary know.

27th February Five Oaks Middle Lake ‘Winter Silvers  League Final Round’ Report by Martin Charnock

Today was the final round of the winter silvers league held at Five Oaks Fishery. Once again a heavy frost the night before made fishing some what tricky but the sun was shinning and with not a cloud in the sky it turned out to be a warm day for all concerned. Martin Charnock was leading the league by 4lbs at the start of the match with only 2lbs separating second and third placed anglers Les Collins and Max Calverley. Martin found that his favoured whip approach wasn’t working as the fish decided to stay further out from the bank, with him having to fish long at 13m on the pole. Les Collins had drawn well on the dam end of the lake and with the deeper water looked good for the win. Max had decided to fish long utilising the waggler up in the water, he too was pegged at the dam end of the lake. They say cream always rises to the top and Martin made no mistakes extending his lead by taking the win on the day with 17-10-0 resulting in winning the 2022 Winter Silvers league. It was a nail biting wait to see who was going to take second place in the league overall and Les Collins 12-6-0 just managed to pip Max Calverley who came second on the day with 15-3-0 leaving him taking third in the final standings. Ron carter took third place on the day with 14-10-0 alternating between whip and pole with Dave’Boz’ Beard taking fourth with some nice skimmers for 13-14-0. Full league results can be found under the sub heading Matches.

Top Right, Martin Charnock & his winning ground bait mix, Bottom R-L Max Calverley, Les Collins, Ron Carter & David ‘Boz’ Beard.

12th February Five Oaks Top Lake ‘Winter Silvers League Round 3’. Report by Martin Charnock

The forecast for heavy rain and gale force winds didn’t materialise till midday , but when it did boy was it miserable. Those anglers on the far side of the lake were pretty much sheltered from the winds but not the deluge of water. Les Collins (bottom left) must have been happy by midday with his peg 11 looking at those opposite having to cope with the extremities and was quietly putting a weight of skimmers together to take the win with 14-14-0. Martin Charnock peg 4 had decided to concentrate on the smaller head of Roach using various whip lengths then switching to the pole late on for a run of skimmers but the winds made presentation difficult but managed to secure second place with 9-8-0. Robiie Gaiger (centre) on peg 6 went off like a rocket at the start catching lots of fish in the 6oz bracket and looked good to win the day but come the afternoon started falling backwards as the fish vanished from his peg ending with 8-15-0 for third. Max Calverley (bottom right) peg 9 took fourth place with 7-13-0 which included a bonus Tench. By the end of the match everyone was totally drenched but its still got to be better than sitting in front of the T.V watching footie.

30th January Bernies Top Lake ‘Winter Silvers League Round 2’.  Report by Martin Charnock

The sudden drop in temperature on the Saturday night made the better quality fish shoal up with the anglers sat at the far end of the fishery having a really hard day. Max Calverley had a superb net of Redfins from peg C9 to win the match with 15-10-0. In B section weights started to drop off significantly with Richie Hemmings (bottom left) on peg B6 weighing 6-10-0 leaving Robbie Gaiger (bottom right) in his wake after weighing a disappointing 2-5-0 having picked B5 the peg everyone wanted  at the draw, what made it even more embarrassing he had practiced off the same peg in the week. Ron Carter (bottom centre left) Mr Consistent won his section for the second time from peg A3 to weigh 3-14-0. Martin Charnock took second overall from C7 with 9-14-0. Full results for the Winter Silvers League can be found in the drop down bar under Matches.

16th January Five Oaks Fishery ‘Winter Silvers League Round 1’.   Report by Martin Charnock

The first round of the winter silvers league saw the weather conditions quite mild for the time of year with the few anglers that were not in the shade fishing in short sleeves come midday. However the fish didn’t seem to want to feed with much relish, for many it was a case of feeding with caution as too much and the fish got spooked. Martin Charnock in B section took the win with 11-13-0 alternating between his whip lines and 13m pole line to take a steady run of Roach and skimmers using pinkie as hook bait. Sensas Gros Gardons & Canal Noir with damp leam was the ground bait used. In Second place overall from C section was Les Collins with a net of mostly skimmers for 8-10-0, third was Robbie Gaiger  with 7-15-0 obliterating those in his section A with his closet rival weighing just 2-2-0.

2nd January Five Oaks Fishery ‘Winter Silvers Only Match’.   Report by Martin Charnock

Today saw the start of a series of winter Silvers only matches with a few members of the club trailing how well todays fixture on the Middle lake was going to be. At the draw many wanted to draw on the dam wall, with a continental type payout over the three sections this area was likely to be where the winner would come, being deeper and also where the bigger skimmers prefer to reside. Yours truly ( bottom centre ) was trying a new series of pole floats by Preston Innovations a Christmas present from her indoors. These were models ( Shipper & Paulo) I wouldn’t normally use these patterns on the whip but they did ok, as a result got me the win with 22-8-0, it wasn’t however all plain sailing as Richie Hemmings in my section C was a bit too close for comfort weighing 19-3-0. In the other section A Robbie Gaiger ( bottom left ) took an easy victory for second with 19-4-0 sitting at the very top end of the lake with Section B being won by Ron Carter on the dam end of the lake with 15-9-0.

2021

12th December Christmas Match ‘Ozzies Lake’    Report by Trevor Pavitt

Hi all thanks to all who supported the Xmas match today, fishing was tough but the people who attended enjoyed each other companies which is the most important these days. Hot food and a raffle in clubhouse after and a few laughs, brilliant. Top weights were 29 21 and 12 and furthest away from motorway place to be.  Happy  Christmas, trev.

5th December Five Oaks Top Lake ‘Winter Silvers’ Match  Report by Martin Charnock

Some stalworthy Carshalton individuals got together for a winter ‘Silvers’ only match held on the top lake at Five Oaks. This was a popular event today and if it remains so, maybe a league of six matches alternating between the three lakes in the new year will take place.Today was blustery with light rain showers and cold but despite all this the lake fished well. Carp don’t normally show in the club matches but put in an appearance today for those few that attracted them, pushing the Roach and skimmers out of their swim. Even with the light rigs that were being used still saw these quality fish landed. Yours truly had fed hard balls of groundbait 50/50 with leam to keep the balls from breaking up on the way down and it seemed to work as I never hooked a carp all day. Les Collins must have found a way of feeding it correctly, as he too never saw a Carp. Robbie Gaiger (top right) on the other hand did land quite a few Carp on his 5m Whip in-between landing some large skimmers to take the runner up spot with 12-4-0. Les Collins took third place with 11-12-0, I managed to scrape the win with a big bonus Tench late on for 12-8-0.

21st November Sumners Match lake CADAS VS Godalming DAS.   Report by Roger Howe

Thirty Three Godalming and Carshalton anglers fished this one on a bright but cold day. The match was paid out on the top three in 4 sections but i am listing the top four weights and Silvers result. Godalming’s Dennis Cooper pegged between the two islands took the win with a late run of carp for 69.12.0. Henry Golas on he first Island was second with 64.5.0 and Roger Howe on the landing stage came third with 63.0.0. Fourth went to Ian Turner on 57.12.0. Max Calverley took the silvers pool with 22.9.0.

21st November Officers Challenge Match CADAS VS Croydon Postal    Report by Martin Charnock

The offer of being allowed as a guest for Croydon Postal A.S visit to Chequertree couldn’t be refused as this has to be my all time favourite venue. Yes it is a bit of a journey but the quality of  the fishing is second to none. Once again there was a bit of banter in the car park and it was agreed the Committee from both CADAS and the Postal boys would challenge each other. Well I am pleased to say the CADAS boys reigned supreme all three of us Alan Ringwood, myself and Graham ‘Jonno’ Johnson solely all fishing whips took the win. There was a few hairy moments however when the Postal lads started to land Carp with one in excess of double figures but we held our nerve. Roach and skimmers were the main target and my favourite float on the whip was a Sensas Chauny in a 1 gram fished at 3.5m this rig saw me land 565 Roach with some up to 12oz’s. It was a very close finish see results below:

Top Centre Alan showing he does own some whips, With (top right) Graham throttling Clive’The treasurer’ Mills from the opposition before we even start.

1st Martin Charnock 63-4-0   2nd Andy Hodd 42-12-0.  3rd Steve Scott 42-0-0   4th Clive Mills 34-12-0.

CADAS.                                                  Croydon Postal

Total:                   121-4-0                                          100-0-0

7th November Bernies ‘ Top Lake’.   Report by Martin Charnock

( L-R Trevor Pavitt, Martin Charnock, Les Collins & Alan Ringwood)

Today’s match was a Roach bonanza, with 90% of the field all weighing in double figures. However the lake did resemble a bit of a school playground with the far end holding the infant Roach with the top end home to the seniors. Trevor Pavitt catching 27-6-0 was defiantly in an area of the lake where the seniors hung out, to take the win with some magnificent Roach. Yours truly at the far end in the shallow part of the lake had to settle for second with over 500 infants for 22-12-0. In third place, also in an area where the bigger Roach hung out was Max Calverley with 18-11-0 only just managing to pip Les Collins with 18-7-0. Newcomer to whip fishing Alan Ringwood took fifth place with 18-0-0.

31st October Warwick Wold ‘Ozzies Lake’.      Report by Martin Charnock

Morning and late afternoon conditions

Halloween started early for this match. When I say this had to be the worst conditions of strong winds combined with torrential rain I and probably the rest of the field had encountered ever would be an understatement. Dave Freeman was first to make the fatal mistake of not sitting on his box and paid the price as his umbrella attached to his box decided to a Dorothy and take off ending up in the lake requiring a boat to retrieve what was left of his gear. Robbie Gaiger must have forgotten this as within the next few minutes he too decided to get off his box, big mistake as his box along with all his top kits and all his internal draws were deposited into the lake. What amazed me was the anglers either side of him not even bothering to help, I ended up walking down the match length to help retrieve his gear, totally unbelievable and unacceptable. As for the match Trevor Pavitt walked it with 48-8-0 catching on corn fishing short on the pole, although he did try to cut the match short by blowing the whistle 1 hour early, you guessed it he hadn’t put his watch back duh!. A little bit of consolation for Robbie Gaiger was taking the runner up spot with 29-2-0 having been sponsored with bait from yours truely. Although what winnings he got won’t make up for the hundreds of £ in damages.

17th October Old Bury Hill Main Lake.      Report by Martin Charnock

The start of the day didn’t go well at the draw for some of the members taking part, there were insufficient pegs in the draw bag and what should have been a re-draw ended up with them receiving the dregs that had been left out, with other members drawn on the same pegs, confusing yes indeed. Once all the faffing about had settled and we got down to actually fishing it soon became apparent it was going to be a difficult day. Everyone was struggling for bites, Gary Barnes ( top left )  drawn on the long bank peg 38 hadn’t had a bite until midday then had a two hour window whereby he netted a few Bream on a cage feeder with double dead red maggot to take the win with a low weight of 15-13-0. The next weights came from the front bank with Stephen Beard peg 7 taking second place with 14-2-0 his brother ‘Boz’ on peg 9 took  third with 13-12-0. Yours truly (top right ) peg 16 came fourth but took the consolation of winning the Super pool  with 13-11-0 catching late on the pole with pellet.

3rd October Five Oaks Fishery Top Lake.    Report by Trevor Pavitt.

Water was very heavily coloured after the torrential rain on Saturday, chocolate brown. Again it was rock hard but some pegs did produce. Steve beard was at it again drawing fancied end peg 19 and easily won his section and match with 48.6. Robbie gaiger fishing far side, showed everybody how to do it with some brilliant whip fishing for 18.4 of silver’s and a few carp for 22.7. Alan Ringwood was happy with peg 1 and decided not to go home for a change, and fished well and enjoyed himself fishing for silver’s and was 3rd overall with a mixed bag 19.1. unfortunately it was tough for most with the conditions and lake not producing on a match again…. Pic of Robbie’s silvers

3oth September ‘Starkeys last Thursday of the month match’. Report by Martin Charnock

Today saw the Carshalton lads attend Five Oaks fishery for the last Thursday of the month  knock up. You know it’s going to be a good day when match organiser Trevor Pavitt said it was going to be a walk off and I subsequently pulled out number one from the draw bag. Finding a swim with no trees or branches to impede fishing  the whip  it was then just a case of getting the job done catching over 1500 fish over the 5 hours which equates to over 300 fish an hour. This was enough to win comfortably weighing 59-1-0. Ron Carter who has been getting lessons fishing the whip secured second place weighing 42-3-0  with some quality Roach to boot. Les Collins had gone down the pellet and corn route hoping to catch better a stamp of fish and whilst he managed to land several carp and some skimmers took third place with 31-9-0. Les Taylor took fourth place with 19-12-0 with match organiser Trevor managing 5th place with 18-4-0 sitting next door to the whip maestro.

L-R Martin ‘Mr Whippy’ Charnock, Trevor Pavitt, Les Collins & Ron Carter.

19th September Ribbon Lake Sumners      Report by Trevor Pavitt

Only 9 people attending and a few regulars not there, due to various reasons including me. Unfortunately match there on Saturday so would be harder. Reports of 2 best swims by bridge not producing sat so left out on Sunday! Man of the moment new carp guru Keith weller smashed it with 65lb on feeder to far side near trees. Rumour has it coaching lessons off Steve ringer😂😂 Peter gale managed a couple of barbel in his 19lb, but alas no chub caught at all. Results in pic

19th September Orchard Place Farm ‘Petrol Burners’ Knock-up.                    Report by Martin Charnock

Today’s friendly knock up at Orchard Place farm had been booked a year in advance and sadly clashed with another of the clubs outings. Those present had an amazing day out catching loads of fish, jovial banter and a big breakfast beforehand. Paul Jones once again showed his class at catching F1’s feeding slop and catching shallow using a Jigga float throughout the day, having drawn a favoured peg close to the car park. Peter Lea at the far end fished on the bottom with pellet for most of his fish to take second overall with 128-0-0. Andy Jackman managed to pip Micky Wakeling off the next peg to take third place, both were having a battle fish for fish with both topping the 100lb barrier. The collective weight for the 12 anglers amassed to 1035 lbs & 6 ounces at a venue thats available to CADAS members. Below some of the floats that were used by those present.

5th September Bernie’s ‘Racetrack’.   Report by Trevor Pavitt

14 out. 7 each side, fished better than last time, but hard work them carp just sitting off far bank at 14 plus metres. Dave Freeman drawing the pads far end car park side winning with just over 50lb, and Ian chandler same bank 48lb. Most people had round about 20lb but loads lost due to branches and trees on the far bank. Full results in pic

 29th August Warwick wold Ash lake.   Report by Trevor Pavitt

No match or pleasure anglers on lake Saturday so hopefully weights ok. 14 out giving a little room on this 20 peg lake. Steve beard fishing far side concentrated on paste in margins and a good 95.9lb, Allen Adams motorway side 84.4 again margin. It seemed today that fish wasnt feeding that we’ll up in water, and margins were favourite. Full results in pic.

15th August River Mole ‘The Orchard’    Report by Trevor Pavitt

River mole orchard stretch. 9 out and river looked ideal, a little colour, and flow. Pegs closest to the bridge fished best, and mole specialist pat farelly made use of his good draw by the pads and managed over 9lb mainly roach, next peg Ian chandler small roach for over 5lb. Far end struggled for mainly small roach. I lost a good fish ten minutes from the end, when getting snapped up in the tree far bank. Results in pic

1st August Top Lake Five Oaks Fishery    Report by Trevor Pavitt

16 out, hoping for better results but alas it’s definitely got BSA top lake itus. Great with few, but rock hard match conditions. People fishing during week 40lb silver’s reported and carp plenty. Boz was drawn peg 19 far end all on own 2nd match running, he moan moan moan, thought it was our chairman, but it turned out the only peg that produced carp, 28.00  man of the moment Mr Weller started well on carp under trees but faded last 3 hours. Basically it was only silver’s and with Andy packham, Allen Adams, and Dave Freedman packing up with hour to go, not much else to say. Results in pic.

25th July Richardson Lake Marsh Farm VS Godalming DAS.   Report by Trevor Pavitt

Inter club match v godalming as. Looking forward to this, perfect conditions today, overcast and slight breeze this morning. 11 CADAS and 32 godalming, big turnout. Positives heavy rain held off most off the day. Negatives fishing. Everyone struggling most of the day, and fishing not as good as old days. Top weights only 18 and 19lb  godalming anglers, Ian chandler done well overall 3rd 15.10. section winner Les Collins found small tench in his swim, lucky him, but 12 for only 10lb. A struggle everywhere but a lovely fishery. Results in pic

Results:   Carshalton DAS Top 6   44-13-0.   Godalming DAS Top 6    85-12-0

9th July Weirwood Reservoir Friendly Match.   Report by Martin Charnock

It was a day to remember for the Carshalton Members that got together for this friendly match with only one member failing to break the 30lb barrier. although he was the official photographer taking time out thanks Graham. At the start everyone started on the feeder but when some struggled a switch close in on the whip were soon producing quality Roach. Max Calverley was catching on a piece of black plastic on his hook feeding hemp and tares taking Roach to 6ozs + to finish second with 57-4-0. Robbie Gaiger had been catching well on the feeder but soon followed suit down the whip route and was catching well on caster to end with 47-14-0. Graham Johnson was in a quandary as what method to stick too but couldn’t resist the calling of fishing the whip catching some massive Roach after the change. Yours truly had decided to stick with the feeder fishing at distance some 65 yards for the Bream with chopped worm, however it didn’t go that easy as fishing at distance can have it’s issues and it wasn’t long before I got the new nickname ‘Mr KRACK-OFF’. The larger Bream weren’t playing ball today but I was catching skimmers in excess of a pound and the perseverance of sticking with the feeder took the win with 59.12-0.

L-R Robbie Gaiger, Max Calverley, Graham’ David Bailey’ Johnson & Martin ‘Krack-off’ Charnock’.

4th July Orchard Place Farm Lake 10    Report by Trevor Pavitt

11 Carshalton and 2 guests to make numbers up. All pegged today both banks mainly in the bowl. Fortunately rain never lasted long, the first 2 island fished good today both banks and better than main bowl. John savage (right centre) lake 6 side 2nd island fished well today alternating between island and near side including a lovely barbel and quality silver’s for 31.10. Ian chandler main bowl far side strugglef early but managed 4 small barbel in the edge late on with silver’s for 23.3. Guest Peter lea started well but struggled later far end by island for 21 lb, myself Boz, Steve, n John all had good weights round 1st 2 islands. Results in pic

 27th June Sumners Match Lake  (Right Bank Only).      Report by Trevor Pavitt

Good turnout 18, and a full lake both sides. Keith Weller turning into a sumners specialist, IE winning last year too, drawing between the far islands and a winning weight of 124lb feeder close to island, winning his section easily. Alan Ringwood on his way home after breaking his floating pole 1st hour, stuck it out on the lead to the 1st island and won his section with 71.8 again lead to the island 10m pellet. The fish did seem to be far end and close to islands as reports before indicated. Results on sheet.

15th June Weirwood Reservoir ‘Practice Day Out’.      Report by Martin Charnock

A few Carshalton boys visited this fantastic venue for a days Bream, Roach & Perch fishing. Various methods were used from feeder, whip and the sliding float and none of these methods disappointed. Feeder master qualifier finalist Zsolt Ujvari has been having some good days and below (bottom left) shows what can be caught on the feeder with this nice net of Bream. Graham Johnson (bottom centre) decided that the whip was going to be his main method and with a bit of help from his mentor ‘Mr Whippy’ ended up with this double figure net of Roach and Perch. I decided to fish various Sliding floats ranging from 14 – 8 grams using Perfects, Exner World Champion carbons and Michael Schlogl’s ending up with over 20lbs of quality fish. Groundbait for the slider was 50% Sensas Gros Gardons along with 20% of Special G Black and 30% Terre De Somme.

13th June Orchard Place Farm Fishery   Lake 5.   Report by Martin Charnock

It was a clash of the Titans as the top ‘Carp Guru’ anglers accepted this invitation on this F1 / Carp Mecca and what a great opportunity to see how these boys put a weight together especially if like me you were drawn next to the winner but what a great way to learn on how to do it. Paul Jones  ( Centre ) totally dominated from the off fishing slop and catching shallow up in the water, Micky Wakeling ( bottom right ) was giving Paul a run for his money but couldn’t keep up the pace of the youngster. Alan Ringwood received a yellow card as his top kit once again came off then having to go for a swim to retrieve said item which was funny but given the heat wave many were probably jealous as it was a great way to cool off.

6th June Five Oaks Fishery.     Report by Trevor Pavitt

16 out, again very difficult as appears pleasure fishing very good, but hard under match conditions. Everything far side overgrown, but swims still fishable. Dave Freeman drew peg 1 and made no mistake with 33.10. Allen far side eventually cut through the long grass and nettles and managed a few carp for 21.11. Ian car park end 17.14. myself Trevor fishing pellets peg 2 found a lot of skimmers at 5m but no carp, for 11.3 of silver’s.

30th May Beaver Farm Fishery Maze Lake  Report by Trevor Pavitt

Maze lake beavers farm today, you either love it or hate the place, but 16 booked in. Pegging was really tight with the pollen on top of the water making a lot of swims unfishable for pegging. Top weight was myself Trevor pegged in the jungle and managed to find them big bream with a couple of F1s for 21.4,  Ian chandler pegged on island facing car park 17.2 some big bream and 3 F1s 3rd Dave freeman on point far island 12.8, some good weights for the place but car park area failed to produce.

23rd May Orchard Place Farm Lake 10.   Report by Martin Charnock

With out a shadow of doubt this has to be one of the best fixtures of the season. Being only 35 minutes journey time from junction 7 of the M25. 16 members attended todays fixture, you know its fishing well when walkabout legend Les Taylor didn’t !! he was glued to his seat box for the entire match. I had been given peg 10, between the two main islands and my approach was to feed 15 balls of Sensas Gros Gardons with added damp leam at the start at 4m much to Gary Barnes (top centre) shock of horror on peg 9 as the initial bombardment took place. I ‘Mr Whippy” secured the win with 41-15-0 catching Roach and Rudd. In second place Ron Carter also fishing a whip from peg 13 weighed 29-7-0, from here on in the placings were very tight.

Taking third place was Richie Hemmings 27-13-0, Gary Barnes on his first visit caught quality Bream taking 26-13-0. Above were L-R Trevor Pavitt 26-6-0, Dave ‘BOZ’ Beard 24-8-0 and Dave Freeman 26-0-0. Hopefully our Match Sec will take the hint and book a few more matches for 2022 on this prolific venue.

2nd May Five Oaks.  Report by Trevor Pavitt

Five oaks top lake today, 14 out 5 far side 9 near side, not knowing what to expect as can be one a chuck silver and carp, but under today’s match conditions who knows for first time? Unfortunately it was hard, Ron carter peg 1 managed a few carp and silver’s fishing all ways including the alan ringwoog way for 43.4  but next pegs 2 n 3 both DNW Les Collins and Dave Freeman. So confusing! It could be early in season or don’t fish under pressure, time will tell. Other side Allen Adams and Robbie both over 20lb and me in corner 11lb. It was enjoyable day but disappointing for future matches.

29th May Warwick Wold Thursday Knock-Up    Report by Trevor Pavitt

Knock up today Warwick wold, long canal lake only 12 pegs here so us 5 well spaced out. Not knowing what to expect as a silver’s lake, but F1s introduced this year as lake was gin clear and fishing was hard, so stir bottom up. Started with maggot and after 5 mins wouldn’t hit bottom small roach, was thinking about whip but keep trying, a few skimmers then introduced some GB that was it small F1s moved in scares all the roach off and was busy all day, the F1s ranged between 3 and 9oz. Everyone was catching and Les Collins admitted to catching 35 in an hour! I only had about 8 skimmers and tench and barbel never showed. Ron carter been fishing with Mr whippy too much and was happy catching small roach for 2 hours on whip till changing to pole on the deck. (L-R) Les on peg 1 slightly deeper end by 45lb, Ron 38lb, me 28lb and Les Taylor and serge roughly 20lb each.

25th May Orchard Place Farm Lake 5.   Report by Martin Charnock

It was a full house for today’s match, with a strong cold biting northerly wind that the members of CADAS had to endure for most of the match. Most knew it was going to be a tough day, none more so than Mr Carp Guru himself who’s constant bleating would have won a medal had it been an olympic event. Probably because he couldn’t fish his up in the water method much to the amusement of those within earshot .Back to the main event yours truly took the honours on the day with a catch of 80-9-0 of carp, taking fish early on the method feeder then switching to the pole catching fish along the margins. Club Sec Trevor Pavitt with enough clothing on, looked like he was off to the Antarctic on the adjacent peg, he was to take second place with a weight of 48-4-0. With the lake split into two sections a serious battle was taking place with anglers in B section . Only one fish separated the top four with ( L-R ) Stephen Beard taking the section with 39-2-0, Richie Hemmings 38-11-0, John Savage 37-4-0 followed by Serge Garbou with 37-2-0.

18th May Warwick Wold Spring Lake.    Report by Martin Charnock

4th April Bernie’s Racetrack.  Report by Trevor Pavitt

12 out and nice to be back match fishing again. Lovely day, no wind and warm and all the best swims in. Should be a good day, but turned out really hard. Tony Aldworth fishing in the middle of racetrack fished a foot off far bank to weigh 17.13 of carp and lost a few more. All struggling after and silver’s not going mad either. The popular 2 ends didn’t produce at all and Dave Freeman only managing 1 carp by Lillie’s far end. Ron carter had a couple of carp and a sprinkling of silver’s for 2nd with 7.2. Trev 3rd 5.8 all silver’s, Ian chandler 1 carp 5.4 for 4th, roll on Warwick wold. ( Shame about the photographer Tony ‘Ed’)

14th February Five Oaks.  Report by Martin Charnock

After last weeks fabulous results a few of us returned hoping once again for an enjoyable day catching plenty. Whilst the fishing was absolutely amazing it wasn’t all plain sailing as the lake was completely frozen around an inch and a half thick. Some members were saying we should just go home, but in the end we all ended up breaking the ice which took each individual around an hour to clear. Membership Sec Martin Charnock fished around 4 metres out on his pole for a double figure weight of Skimmers and Roach despite the freezing conditions everyone caught plenty of silvers.

Martin’s rigs consisted of a Simon Wilsmore SI-WI Punch float in two sizes a 0.5g and 0.75g to get the bait down quickly past the small Roach to the quality Skimmers. Main line was Colmic 0.11mm F1 Spider to 0.8mm Stream with a Gamakatsu Gama Black in a size 18. Ground bait consisted of Sensas Gros Gardons and Canal Noir 50/50 with Gros Gardons Aromix added to make the balls sticky to hold pinkies within the ground bait.

7th February Five Oaks.  Report by Martin Charnock

A few members had a day out adhereing to social distancing at Five Oaks today with weather temperatures just above zero and snow flurries throughout the day. Despite the freezing wind everyone had double figures with some quality skimmers and plenty of Roach being caught.

2020

Winners /  Results 2020

Championship Cup Club Champion Aggregate Points.  Dave Freeman

Runner up Intrepid Bowl.  Les Collins

Brian Hibberd Shield.  (1st home water club match)  Les Collins

Mole Cup.  Trevor Pavitt

Charity Shield.  Not Won

Laughlin Cup Individual K.O.  Not Won

Runner up. Not Won

John Hyde Memorial Shield. (most points at BSA).  Dave Freeman

Feast Cup. (most matches least weight).  Norman Pavitt

Points / Weights Top 10

1st. Dave Freeman 96 pts              1st  Name TBC

2nd. Les Collins 80 pts.                  2nd. Name TBC

3rd. Ron Carter 65 pts.                    3rd.Name TBC

4th. Trevor Pavitt 62 pts.                 4th.Name TBC

5th. Ian Chandler 55 pts.                 5th.Name TBC

6th. Les Taylor 51 pts                      6th.Name TBC 

7th. Martin Charnock 37 pts.         7th.Name TBC

8th. Norman Pavitt 36 pts.              8th.Name TBC 

8th. Alan Ringwood 36 pts              9th.Name TBC 

10th. Peter Gale 29 pts                    10th.Name TBC  

20th December Bernie’s Lake    Alan’s Silvers Winter Knock-up    Report by Martin Charnock

A few of us decided to have a winter knock up with only Silvers counting. Due to the Covid fiasco Alan did the draw online so on arrival we went straight to our pegs. Fishing at the start was difficult but as soon the sun showed an appearance the fish decided to feed. Some quality Perch were caught by Max and Alan ‘Carp Guru’ Ringwood that were close to 3lbs, everyone had plenty of bites which made a change from the clubs Xmas comp which was pretty dire two weeks before. Max (left) was top dog just pipping moi (right) with not only quality Roach but also a big bonus Perch. Robbie (middle) was a bit behind with 19lbs to take third place but still had a great days fishing.

6th December. BSA Christmas Match  Report By Trevor Pavitt

Happy Xmas, 12 turned up for Xmas match at BSA bottom today. Unfortunately Keith weller had to leave with car trouble. Fishing recent matches in the colder weather the small skimmers seemed to be in the deeper water. Unfortunately the opposite happened and the few fish that did show came up the arm. Everyone struggled for bites, even Mr whippy and most people only had ounces. Only one carp was hooked and lost. A few beers and a raffle later soon cheered us up. Onwards and upwards and a happy Christmas to all, Trev

 2nd November. BSA  Report By Trevor Pavitt

A poor turnout of just 7 people attended. After a brief shower, quite a mild day really. Again the lake has not fished at all and with Dave Freeman fishing peg 41 and having one carp all day sums the lake up at present. Top weight on day Peter gale with 4 carp and an ell for just over 17lb, feeder fishing down the arm. Myself second, with over 5lb of silver’s and 4 carp, for over 13lb. Nice to see Gary Barnes again and did manage a lovely perch of 2lb dead.

18th October   Sumners Match Lake.        Report by Martin Charnock

6th October ‘ Race Track ‘   Bernie’s Fishery.     Report by Trevor Pavitt

Only 8 out with 5 people cancelling this week due to various things. Woke up torrential rain and wind, and rain all day making horrendous conditions. Lovely venue but the carp here seem to be no more than a foot from far bank, during most of day, and with all the best pegs in, including far end, lots of branches and obstructions far side to lose fish. Everyone losing fish, Dave Freeman fishing just over half way managed a few nice carp for a win fishing inches from far bank for 34.5. new member bozz brother Steve beard fished a method with corn far bank for 29.11. water was very cold and fishing hard, a few carp caught closer in later in day.

20th September ‘Maze Lake’ Beaver Farm    Report by Trevor Pavitt

Maze lake Sunday 20th September. Allen Adams kindly done the pegging today, and with 13 out some extra room. Everyone here today knew it was going to fish hard. Dave Freeman fishing far car park opp gap in island won with 3 or 4 bream and a carp for 9lb 3oz. There were 4 4lb odd weights  with just one or 2 bonus fish mixed with little roach. Ian Chandler 4.8 and Andy packham 4.8 which included 2 nice tench.

6th September Five Oaks Middle Lake.   Report by Trevor Pavitt

Five oaks today, middle lake. Rain held off and a good day, 12 out and all squeezed in, pegs 1 and 11. needed raking. Pegs in the favoured open water swims doing far better than the weedy swims today. Slimey Allen Adams went for the skimmers at 13m on the corner and had a good day catching all skimmers and a few fantails as well for 33lb odd, all on banded pellet. Pegs 11 and 12 far side only carp showing in the weed and Ian Chandler managing to get 4 out and a couple of fantails  for 18lb odd. Most people in the open water getting some nice roach and Rudd.

30th August Richardson’s Lake Marsh Farm VS Godalming.  Report by Martin Charnock

With 20 spaces allocated for CADAS members only 13 bothered to book in for this match against Godalming, however there were 41 anglers on the day competing around the lake. Only three CADAS members drew some of the unfancied pegs with the rest all having the potential to do well or possibly even win from. Yours truly ‘Mr Whippy’ drew peg 45 one of the narrow pegs which can be reached on the far side with 16 metres of pole. Loose feeding Caster across I managed to take 26-11-0 of Tench, Bream and the odd crucian to take 4th place overall. Fishing the pole and waggler with a 0.5g Benwick Carbon stemmed float and a loaded 3 gram Perfect V2 waggler, to a size 16 Guru Kaizen hook.  Alan ‘ Carp Guru ‘ Ringwood was our next best angler, winning his section from peg 11 with 22-5-0 of Tench . Godalming angler Stuart Kendall won the match with 58-2-0 from peg 34 fishing the method with pellet on the hook. Only two other CADAS members managed to break double figures Colin Marshall 15-5-0 from peg 9 and Allen Adams on fancied peg 10 weighing 14-2-0. 

                     Top 5 Weights from each club        

                    Godalming A.S.                            172-8-0 

                    Carshalton & District A.S            82-15-0

16th August Orchard Place Farm, lake 5.      Report by Trevor Pavitt

A very good fishery for big bags of fish, but a lot of the regular match anglers,  just don’t like driving to Kent. ( ” 3 minutes longer if travelling to Sumners from Reigate Hill ”  and 2 miles further than Marsh Farm !!! Ed ) Lots of room which helped, and dry till a downpour about 2pm that soaked everybody. Alan Ringwood, knows this place like the back of his hand, and used all methods, and not the floating to catch 178.10-0 of carp. No silver’s to be had here all carp caught today.2nd Martin Charnock 94.15-0, 3rd guest Peter lea 89.9-0, 4th Trevor Pavitt 73.14-0. Everyone caught plenty with the lowest Norman 19.6-0.

2nd August Betchworth ‘Orchard’ River Mole    Report by Trevor Pavitt

CADAS club match on own stretch of river mole betchworth. A good turnout for everyone hoping it’s going to fish well! We’ve all been here before we know it’s going to be a grueller under match conditions, but we all still come! Most pegs in and I’ve drawn hey diddle diddle, not a fancied area, leave hemp and corn in bag! Not a fish caught over 7 Oz along whole stretch but, little fish showing here and there. Sorry 1 fish over 7oz a 6lb pike on single maggot, with a few bits to win with 7lb 4oz, there was a 4lb and a 2lb 2oz weight, very grim but people funny enough still enjoyed it.

19th July BSA Top Lake  (Fixture change as Guinea Lake was no longer available)   Report by Trevor Pavitt

  Hi all BSA top lake July 19th. Good results comming out of top lake, pleasure fishing, but as always when lake is under pressure on a match it switches off. Good turnout of 14, shows people enjoy fishing there. Not a lot to say really as was really hard, with water very clear. All it took to win his section Dave Freedman was a carp of over 7lb and 2 tiny perch on peg 10. Tony aldworth managed some silver’s on dam wall 2nd peg in for 7lb 4oz. Other side Les Taylor done less walking to win far side  section with just over 3lb of silver’s with Ron close 2nd far end with just under 3lb. I lost 2 big carp last half hour, but that’s what we are not there for! 3 places paid in 2 sections and now included as an extra is a super pool for those that wish too, 3 on Sunday!

5th July BSA Bottom Lake.        Report by Trevor Pavitt

Hi all another frustrating day at BSA and a committee meeting will be called to assess the situation. 9 godsalming and ten carshalton spread out round the lake, wind was very strong far side at times. It was a struggle most of the day, Keith Weller peg 16 managed to get some carp out that patrol under the trees there for a good win 28.12, no doubt picking up more than usual winnings will let Me A. Adams know all about it lol.colin Underwood fished the waggler for a few 20.7 peg 40, and Dave Freedman managed a few long on the point peg 22. Carshslton won the match on top 9 weights taken by just under 20lb.

25th June   Middle Lake 5 Oaks     Report by Trevor Pavitt

Knock up at middle lake five oaks yesterday. Ten out and just squeezed in, with 1 peg to spare, considering the conditions weather wise, excellent results, unless big fish show, Martin Charnock will always show the way at this type of venue with a fantastic 46lb roach, some lovely fantails caught, mainly by the weed, Charlie Cox had a good net of mainly skimmers, and Les Collins had a few too, mainly roach elsewhere, pics and results below

21st June   Bernie’s ‘Racetrack’     Report by Trevor Pavitt

Bernie’s lake Sunday 21st June. Not s large turnout and greeted with some heavy showers upon arrival.  Lots of lovely cover here, and not over difficult to reach far bank. It seemed on the day the carp were up to 12 inches from the far bank or down the edge later. Dave Freedman showed his class fishing a few feet off a far tree for 52.7. Les Taylor only had one walk so must be catching and won his section from fancied peg 1 with 39.5. Boz was far end and was fishing literally 6 inches off far bank most of time for 32.6. myself after eventually getting the heads up from Tony and boz 26.15 far and near Bank all on paste 26.15

7th June BSA Bottom Lake.     Report by Trevor Pavitt

11 out, reports of the lake not fishing that well, were being told. Me and Les Collins done the draw for everyone. A change in weather on Saturday probably never helped. Not many carp being caught and no fish cruising, but lots of small skimmers and roach feeding. Well done Les Collins 3rd win of season, fishing down the arm and had to go very long to catch on corn 37lb 11. Peter gale caught well on the feeder for 24.11. The last match here before lockdown the winning weight was on the feeder, perhaps at the mo the fish are further out? Positives were a good net of silver’s from Ron carter peg 9 about 17lb, lots of small skimmers.

24th May Orchard Place Farm Lake 10.        Report by Martin Charnock

Today’s official club match was switched from Beaver Farm to the Silvers lake at Orchard due to a no net policy at the latter. There was a good attendance for today’s fixture with strict social distancing taking place. Yours truly (second right) decided to go with a continental type start, introducing a 21 ball barrage at the all in. The laughter from those around very soon came to an abrupt end as the first put in produced a 4oz Roach. Richie Hemmings had also decided to follow suit but didn’t match the same quantity but he too was catching at a quick rate,  Alan Ringwood on peg 5 however was flying with his landing net being put to good use every few minutes catching quality Roach and Ide. The first hour saw me catch 203 fish shallow but looking down the match length I could see better quality being caught deep so I too switched to a deeper rig which saw me catching 2-3oz roach on the whip. This was enough for me to secure the win with 28-4-0 but it wasn’t all plain sailing. Ian Chandler peg 10 and an end peg (centre right) fishing close to an aerator in the last hour saw him catching big Ide and Skimmers to take third place with 25-15-0. Richie Hemmings peg 7 also managed quality rather than quantity  to take the runner up spot with 27-12-0. In fourth place Alan Ringwood (far right) weighed 18-1-0. 

17th May Orchard Place Farm Lake 5.      Report by Martin Charnock

This was the first match after lockdown and  with everyone separated from the draw right through to the weigh in saw nobody getting closer than the 2 metre rule which for the foreseeable future I can see this being the way forward. As for the match we had a full turnout which saw Micky Wakeling drawing peg 5 close to the car park, he made no mistakes fishing up in the water with sloppy ground bait for a weight of 157-9-0 and the win, although he did have a slight advantage having practiced the day before !. In second place was Alan ‘Carp Guru’ Ringwood from end peg 12 with 95-13-0. Richie Hemmings with part of his catch from peg 8 took third place with 80-4-0. Section winners were yours truly from the left bank with 79-14-0 and from the right bank was Jeff Power weighing 78-13-0. It was also nice to see some of our veteran members back out to do battle Pat Farrelley namely one.

15th March Five Oaks Fishery.    Report by Trevor Pavitt

C.A.D.A.S at five oaks today, 16 out, nice weather for a change and most sheltered by the wind. Hardly any fish caught short and most fish caught on long pole or wag. Allen Adams drawn unfancied peg by car park decided best to walk round and have a chat for first 4 hours ! Well done Les Collins 2nd match running wins with 27.1O including 1 carp, car park end in woods, nothing caught short, max calverley caught well on wag, and Andy packham caught well on long pole, opposite bank ian chandler caught well too, the people that fished for carp, had no joy.

15th March     Officers Challenge CADAS VS Croydon Postal A.S                   Orchard Place Farm Lake 10.    Report by Martin Charnock

The Sunday before today’s match saw quite a bit of banter being thrown around in a small cafe in Tonbridge, resulting  in officers from both Croydon Postal AS and Carshalton taking part in a light hearted grudge match at Orchard Place Farm on Lake 10 one of the Societies newly acquired waters for 2020.

Above shows the lake in the morning all tranquil this was to change with strong gale force winds.The fishing was to prove difficult at times but what the Carshalton boys didn’t know was Croydon had fished it the week before giving them a slight advantage with their tactics. This was to prove vital for them as their victory was only slight but a win is a win well done to Croydon. Top anglers on the day were from L-R Clive ‘End Peg” Mills  landing 32-2-0 which included a large Bream in excess of 3lbs. Second was Martin ‘MR Whippy’ Charnock CADAS weighing 30-10-0 of mainly Roach in third place was Graham ‘Whip Apprentice’ Johnson with 22-8-0 with two bonus Tench. Alan “Carp Guru’ Ringwood managed fourth catching some nice skimmers for 20-6-0.  

1st March BSA Bottom Lake               Report by Trevor Pavitt

CADAS match BSA Sunday. Was hard for most, but easy for One. 14 in attendance, Well done Les Taylor smashed it with 70lb on open ended maggot feeder, while most people struggling for bites. Water was very cold and chocolate brown, and most people only having a few fish and 6 blanks including me!

9th February  Orchard Place Farm Lake 5.   ‘Friendly knock-up”      Report by Martin Charnock

A friendly knock up organised by Alan Ringwood for Carshalton members saw 12 booked in for one of our new acquisitions for the upcoming season better known as the ‘Doughnut Lake’ at Orchard Place Farm. However the weather forecast didn’t look too clever with storm Ciara expected and it did not disappoint. Even this was not a deterrent for those hardy souls that took part with some impressive weights for the conditions on the day. Alan Ringwood drawing peg 1 made no mistakes and taking a few tips from Graham ‘Jonno’ Johnson decided to fish corn catching F1’s  for a winning weight of 87-14-0. On peg 10 Martin Charnock (moi) was agonisingly short landing 87-10-0 taking the runner up spot fishing the method early on then switching to the pole late on. Using maggot as bait with a 0.6g Benwick Silverlite Pellet  float (above) to a main line of 0.16mm to an 0.12mm hook length with a Gama Black size 16 hook. Third placed Andy Power weighed 77-4-0 from peg 3 fishing down the margins. In fourth place went to Michael Wakeling with 63-14-0 on peg 5.

2019

Reports by Competition Sec Martin Charnock

8th December Henfold   Christmas Match                                                                                                                                                   

Today was the last match I officially orchestrated. My tenure  as Competition Secretary has came to an end. With mixed feelings I pass the baton onto Trevor Pavitt. As everyone who attended will agree I went out with a bang, as my last official match was fortunately for me the Christmas match. This is a match I thoroughly enjoy organising, as the get together and raffle following the match is always great fun. I choose the venue not only for it’s fishing capabilities but also for the warm atmosphere and good plentiful food supplied by the Lakeside cafe. Everyone leaves with not only a full belly but also a prize of sorts, this year the prizes on offer not only amazed our members but drew admiring glances from another club in there at the time.

Yours truly  took pole position with a Roach net from peg 37 weighing 14-11-0 fishing the pole with squat and pinkie to take the title three years running, whats even more spooky was I had the exact same weight last year. Les Collins took second place with 9-6-0 from end peg 33. Surprisingly there was a tie for third place from adjacent pegs 2 & 3 with Graham Johnson and Richie Hemmings both weighing 9-4-0. The team prize was comfortably won by Ron Carter, Martin (Moi) Charnock & Graham ‘Jonno’ Johnson with a points total of 17  dropping only 1 point. The booby prize for the fastest loser was won by our Chairman (top left) Alan Ringwood.

I hope some of you at least, have enjoyed one of the many matches in the last five years that I have organised. I have tried very hard to make it as varied and exciting as funds would allow.

Tight Lines and thanks for the memories .

Martin.

Winners /  Results 2019

Championship Cup Club Champion Aggregate Points.  Martin Charnock

Runner up Intrepid Bowl.  Alan Ringwood

Brian Hibberd Shield.  (1st home water club match)  Robbie Gaiger

Mole Cup.  Richie Hemmings

Charity Shield.  Dave Cooper

Laughlin Cup Individual K.O.  Martin Charnock

Runner up. Graham Johnson

John Hyde Memorial Shield. (most points at BSA).  Martin Charnock

Feast Cup. (most matches least weight).  Graham Johnson

Points / Weights Top 10

1st. Martin Charnock 158 pts      1st Martin Charnock 1155-0-0

2nd. Alan Ringwood 103 pts.      2nd. Alan Ringwood 698-8-0

3rd. Trevor Pavitt 85 pts.              3rd. Trevor Pavitt 497-10-0

4th. Dave Freeman 74 pts.           4th. Dave Freeman 433-7-0

5th. Lionel Herve 71 pts.                5th.Norman Pavitt 407-12-0

6th. Ian Chandler 64 pts                6th. Lionel Herve 390-14-0

6th. Richie Hemmings 64 pts.    7th. Les Taylor 374-5-0

8th. Les Taylor 63 pts.                     8th. Ron Carter 325-1-0

9th. Norman Pavitt 61 pts             9th. Tony Aldworth 286-2-0

10th. Ron Carter 58 pts                  10th Jeff Power 281-2-0 

17th November      Willinghurst Top Lake.     ‘Pole Only’                                     

 Today was the last Championship match of the season. Things didn’t go quite to plan as our intended venue the Main lake was allegedly inaccessible after a phone call from the bailiff on the Friday night prior, so we were offered the Top Lake as an alternative at short notice. With everyone pegged in the main bowl and being a pole only match one would like to think it was going to fish well. Well it didn’t and was to be the worst venue for the dreaded blankety blank with five of the sixteen members not troubling the scales man. The anglers that  did manage to catch caught carp with next to no silvers showing at all. Robbie ‘Aquarium ‘ Gaiger finished as he started the 2019 season with the win for 22-3-0, Trevor Pavitt took second place with three carp for 18-14-0 and third place was Les Collins with 10-3-0. Les ‘Mr Walkabout”Taylor took 4th place in the continental payout with  a single carp for 5-13-0.   

The weather today was kind, with just a light shower that lasted around half an hour, earlier in the day some anglers were able to fish in a T-shirt it was that warm. As for the fishing weights were down in the Carp only pool but the Silvers pool weights were again very consistent from our previous visit. Tony Aldworth took poll position in the Carp section from peg 11 at the far end  with 94-7-0 making good use of an end peg. Second place in the Carp section was Dave Freeman with 71-13-0 on peg 17 but Norman Pavitt peg 13 was only just squeezed out of second weighing 71-0-0. In the Silvers pool Martin “Mr Whippy’ Charnock went seven fish better than his previous visit to land 915  fish for a winning weight of 36-13-0 in second place was Robbie Gaiger peg 9 with 25-11-0 and in third place was Trevor Pavitt peg 5 with 19-11-0.

 L-R- Norman Pavitt, Dave Freeman, Robbie Gaiger, Martin Charnock & Trevor Pavitt.

20th October.  Henfold Lake.                                                                                                         

Today was a day when you needed to draw at the restaurant end of the lake, the further down the lake you went the weights dropped off so significantly that there were five blanks. Those that had caught were forced to weigh in halfway through the competition as fish were lying on the surface gasping for oxygen in the top ring of peoples keep nets. From end peg 40 David ‘Boz’ Beard found one or two fish to take the win with 10-13-0 which included a decent skimmer and a few crucians. Opposite on peg 10 Richie Hemmings took second place mincing maggots to induce bites to weigh 7-3-0. In third place on peg 8 Les Taylor weighed 4-0-0 which included a decent skimmer. Yours truly from peg 23 was the only angler in his section to catch and a solitary Roach of 8 drams this was enough to secure the third payout from the continental pool, there was also an added bonus of a golden nugget from whip apprentice Graham’ Jonno” Johnson who fancied his chances so a little side bet took place with the whip head maestro, bad move Graham.

 6th October Monk Lake 2                                                                                                                                                                                                         

It was a wet and very windy start to the day but once the rain stopped those that bothered to attend todays fixture only had to contend with the strong gusts of wind throughout the match. From peg 66 and with the wind blowing into this end of the lake Jeff (centre) Power made no mistakes to take top spot with a weight of 122-12-0. At this venue there are not many small carp with most fish averaging into double figures, below Peter Gale (right) and Richie Hemmings (left) had some proper munters with Pete catching on the method and Richie fishing 2+2 on his margin pole. Opposite Jeff was Trevor Pavitt on peg 55 taking second place with 85-7-0 with myself Martin Charnock taking third with 77-8-0. In fourth place was Les Taylor peg 62 with 76-4-0.

2nd September.  Sumners Match Lake.   ‘Carp &/or  Silvers’                                          

The prolonged rain showers that were forecast for today didn’t really take place with just the odd downpour that lasted around an hour. Todays match saw members faced with a choice of either fishing for Silvers or Carp or even trying to win both of the pools on offer. With a payout for the top four in which either choice they decided £190.00 was up for grabs. In the Carp pool Ian Chandler from peg 1 close to the car park  took the honours with a weight of 100.14.0, not too far behind at the far end of the lake was Ron Carter taking 92-7-0 from peg 11 with third place Alan Ringwood from peg 8 with 87-6-0. As for the Silvers pool yours truly Martin Charnock ‘whipped’ his way for the win from peg 19 catching 908 roach to weigh 35-4-0 even taking an hour out to try and catch a few carp to win some more loot from the carp pool, but failed miserably.However he made the full page in the Angling Times the following week In second place my apprentice Max Calverley also went down the Silvers only approach with 18-1-0 from peg 13 with Aboo Koeheeallee taking third place with 11-1-0 from  18.

8th September.  Royal Berkshire Fishery                                                               

Round 16 of the clubs championship saw fantastic weights from this not to far a field fishery which is full of ghost F1’s as well as providing a lovely breakfast beforehand for those that had requested in advance. As far as the fishing was concerned with a massive 141-9-0 saw Paul Jones take top spot from peg 57 he obviously knows how to fish this water !,  his Dad Tony was a little bit behind in second place with 59-3-0 from peg 14. In third place was Max Calverley from peg 66 with 54-5-0. Section winners were Richie Hemmings from peg 11 with 42-5-0 and Alan Ringwood peg 63 with 38-10-0. A big thank you and much appreciated to Alan Ringwood for running this match in my absence whilst I was away on my holiday.

1st September.  BSA Lake. Rod & Reel Only match.                                                                     

25th August Hartleylands Farm ‘Peartree Lake’

Round 14 of the clubs championship match took place at Peartree Lake  Hartleylands farm with a lower than expected turnout, which in a good way gave everyone a spare peg either side. With Carp on the menu everyone had different ideas on how they were going to catch, yours truly decided on a method to the island (keep it simple), some chose paste along the margins others decided to fish long pole shallow. Having drawn peg 17 at the far end of the fishery Martin (me) Charnock went with the method with 8mm meat on the hook and took pole position on the day with 197-6-0 in second place Alan ‘Carp Guru’ Ringwood peg 21 took second with a long pole short line approach for 116-6-0. Paste man Tony Aldworth peg 19 took third place with 99-5-0, Les having one of his better non walking around the lake days Taylor peg 28 managed 4th just pipping Jeff Power no relation to Andy! with 66-3-0 Jeff took this fab Mirror Carp (top) of 18-5-0 to weigh 65-3-0.

11th August Marsh Farm ‘Richardson Lake’  VS Godalming A.S.

Today’s inter-club match with Godalming DAS saw 41 anglers take part which saw almost every peg taken around the lake. Could this have been the reason for the difficult and poor returns from those taking part, which earlier in the week saw weights into the mid twenties around Richardson’s lake. The saying you can’t win from a bad swim rang true as the Carshalton boys at the draw bag drew very well !. Three such anglers were Allen Adams (top) and Martin Charnock drawing favoured swims 9 & 11 respectively with Dave Freeman on another great swim in peg 21. With a  top weight of 22-6-0 Allen Adams took top spot fishing the long pole catching Tench, Martin Charnock with 16-11-0 taking second fishing a 5 mtr whip  for small Roach and skimmers with Dave Freeman sharing third overall with 16-0-0. Revenge was sweet after getting beat at BSA earlier this year as Carshalton’s top 5 weights beat Godalmings top 5.

Carshalton D.A.S.   77-6-0.    Godalming D.A.S    74-11-0

The Result of the Individual Knock Out Final  

      Martin Charnock 16-11-0 Bt Graham Johnson 5-12-0 

4th August  Charity  ‘Open Match ‘ at BSA Bottom Lake

I was away for this match so Allen Adams helped organise this match ( thanks Allen). In first place from peg 2 was Dave Cooper with 119-12-0  second place was Dave Freeman from peg 16 with 115-7-0 , third place peg 7 Allen Adams with 107-6-0. In fourth was  Keith Weller weighing 78-15-0 from peg 38.

Today’s match raised £70.00 for Charity.

 25th July Betchworth Orchard River Mole ‘Trev’s last Thursday of the month knock up”

Only seven anglers decided to fish today’s match on what would be the hottest day of the year. With the river having hardly any flow and being clear it was always going to be tough and so it proved. The day didn’t go as smoothly as programmed as 92 year old Norman Pavitt deciding to do a head first tumble into the Mole. Fortunately members were on hand to drag him out, not that it stopped him fishing as he decided to strip and carry on fishing in the buff. Back to the results Ron Carter took top spot with 4-14-0 of small Roach and Dace, in second place Trevor Pavitt with 3-2-0 and in third place Paul ‘Tooting’ Wortham with 2-5-0.

21st July Orchard Place Farm  lake 5

As always expectations were high going forward for this popular fixture with it being a sellout the day it was advertised, however once again the fishing was a slight let down with many anglers struggling. It could  have been down to the monsoon rains we experienced the day before. Lot’s of different methods prevailed with either corn down the margins, up in the water rigs via a pole and pellet or fishing a pellet waggler to the far side against the island features. Andy Russ peg 13 caught down the margins with corn to take the win with 140-1-0 of mainly F1’s. Alan Ringwood on peg 6 took second place catching up in the water on his pole and pellet approach for 106-7-0, in third place was match organiser Martin Charnock catching on the pellet waggler with mainly mirror and common carp as well as the obligatory F1’s for a third place weight of 92-6-0. In fourth place was Clive Mills peg 8 with 82-10-0.

    Semi Final Result of the Individual Knock Out

 Graham Johnson Bt Ron Carter & Martin Charnock Bt Norman Pavitt

7th July   BSA  VS  Godalming A.S                                                                                                                       

Today’s match saw Carshalton D.A.S fishing against Godalming A.S, the weather had all week been hot and sunny but at the draw it was pouring with rain and continued throughout the day. It wasn’t  until midday that the sun decided to make an appearance. 99% of the swims around the lake were taken which saw a decline in the weights as a whole but apart from the front runners backing weights were very close. Martin Charnock led the way and took the win for CADAS with 80-8-0 with Steve Moore of Godalming taking second place with 62-3-0. In third place was Colin Underwood with 48-12-0 fishing the pellet waggler giving Alan ‘Floating Poleman’Ringwood a tonking off the adjacent peg oops ! Lionel Herve for CADAS took fourth place with 39-12-0. Taking the top five weights from each club Godalming just edged the win.

Godalming A.S.     198-6-0         Carshalton D.A.S  183-2-0

30th June Wood Lane Fishery.  

A new venue first for the Carshalton boy’s which is situated close to Heathrow airport found that Wood Lane fishery was not only a fantastic fishery with well kept swims but the cafe serving a full English breakfast with tea and toast for the amazing price of £3.50 got the thumbs up from all who placed an order. This venue is predominantly a carp fishery although this has the potential to be a great winter silvers venue with quality Roach, Bream and Perch caught by those fishing maggot and caster. However it was Carp that took the top prizes with front runner Martin Charnock (right) netting 93-12-0 fishing the pellet waggler from peg 27 with some carp in excess of 15lbs. Second placed Trevor Pavitt (left) fishing near the massive rush beds on peg 18 weighed 67-3-0. Paul Taylor on peg 24 was third with 54-11-0, Tony Aldworth (centre) on peg 21 had 45-13-0 but was having a nightmare losing loads of fish throughout the day to a reed bed but still managed to take fourth. Section winners Alan Ringwood 31-14-0 and Martin White 31-9-0.

3rd Round results of the Individual K.O  

Graham Johnson Bt Les Collins, Ron Carter Bt Allen Adams,

Martin Charnock Bt Robbie Gaiger & Norman Pavitt Bt Paul Wortham.

Semi Final to be held at Orchard Place Farm on 21st July

23rd June Beaver Farm ‘Maze Lake’.                                                                                                                    

Today’s visit on Maze lake saw weather conditions warm and humid. On peg 9 Max Calverley drawn at the far end car park had a bonus result when the angler on the next peg went home early which led him to storm home with a catch mainly made up of F1’s for 36-8-0 and the win. In second place from the spit Ian Chandler was not far behind with 35-6-0 from peg 11, in third place on peg 3 Martin Charnock weighed 29-2-0 of mainly Bream fishing the pole using and feeding 4mm hard pellet. A continental payout system was tried today with 4 sections in total, paying 5 places with the top weight in each section starting with the top weight on the day. Other section winners were peg 5 Allen Adams 16-11-0 & peg 10 Gordon Monument 19-8-0.

9th June Marsh Farm ‘Richardson Lake’  

It was a hard day for those fishing at Marsh Farm today, had it been because of the torrential downpour from the day before as well as a competition that took place, we will never know. A big thank you to Steve Moore from Apollo Angling donating some prizes towards our match today, he guested with us today having returned from Aussie land and was placed on an end peg 31 and romped home with 28-5-0. However it was Tony Aldworth on fancied peg 11 that took the top prize and the 10 championship points with 21-10-0. From flyer peg 9 Ian Chandler took second place with 17-7-0 with Dave Freeman’s total of 15-10-0 taking him into third place from peg 29. Section winners; A sect pegs 1- 7 Richie Hemmings (6) 12-6-0. B Sect pegs 8 – 14 Allen Adams (13) 10-8-0. C Sect pegs 15 – 23 Martin Charnock (18) 13-7-0. D Sect pegs 24 – 31 Lionel Herve (25) 15-5-0.

Individual K.O Results Round 2

Byes: Allen Adams, Martin Charnock & Robbie Gaiger.

Norman Pavitt Bt Les Taylor, Ian Chandler Bt Graham Johnson, Paul Wortham Bt Serge Garbou, 

Les Collins Bt Andy Packham & Dave Freeman Bt Ron Carter.

Round 3 to take place on 30th June at Wood Lane Fishery.

2nd June BSA Bottom Lake & 1st Round of the Individual K.O Cup.                                                      

Today was Round 7 of the Club Championship held on the Bottom lake at BSA. Making a comeback and back into form was Dave Freeman, drawing down the arm peg 27 he managed to net 98-4-0 to take the win. Ray Smallwood on the next peg 28 was very unfortunate to draw Dave in the 1st round of the Individual K.O but was only one fish off the win to take second place with 93-1-0.  Section winners on the day were in A Sect: Allen Adams (41) 50-4-0. B Sect: Ian Chandler (10) 56-4-0. C Sect: Andy Packham (25) 29-14-0. Top team with 12 points were: Allen Adams, Andy Packham and Hugh Blake.

Below are those that qualified for Round 2 of the Individual K.O to be held at Marsh Farm 9th June.

Robbie Gaiger, Graham Johnson, Paul Wortham, Serge Garbou, Les Collins, Andy Packham, Dave Freeman, Peter Gale, Les Taylor, Allen Adams, Norman Pavitt, Ron Carter, Martin Charnock, Ian Chandler & Hugh Blake

19th May Henfold Main Lake  

The light showers that were forecast held off, however the sky towards the end of the match got quite dark with rain clouds looming but for the scales men they were awarded a get out of jail free card and stayed dry. As for the fishing it was hard but fair with weights from around the lake being quite consistent. Many competitors had edged their bets and fished solely for Carp down the edge where others had opted to fish for the silvers. Tony Aldworth (below) from peg 25 fishing close to an overhanging tree found a few carp throughout the day to take the win with 24-12-0. From peg 30 Ian Chandler had caught skimmers on the long pole for most of the match however switching late on for carp down the inside, the win was almost complete hooking a big carp in the last 30 minutes but losing it at the net had to settle for second with a weight of 19-6-0. Section winners on the day were in A Sect, Richie Hemmings (13) 17-6-0. B Sect, David Ranger (21) 13-1-0. C Sect, Martin Charnock (29) 16-7-0. D Sect, Max Calverley (34) 18-2-0.  Top team on the day with 13 points were : Trevor Pavitt, Lionel Herve, Les Taylor & Max Calverley. A big thank you to the  staff of the onsite Lakeside cafe that opened early for those that had booked in for breakfast.

5th May BSA Bottom Lake.                                                                                                                                                 

  The rain held off fortunately  in round 5 of Carshaltons match back at BSA today.  Once again a good turnout with those members looking to fill their nets at this prolific venue and with some of the carp now reaching into double figures sturdy tackle is required. Club Secretary Trevor Pavitt had a big munter  (bottom left) clinching a section win from peg 1. It was the dam end of the lake where Allen Adams on peg 10 secured victory with 85-6-0 however it was a close run as Martin Charnock from the neck end of the lake on peg 38 took second place with 81-2-0, this was after one member requested not to put this peg in as it’s “Shite”, how wrong can they be!!! In third place was Gordon Monument from peg 27 with 48.8.0. Section winners were in A Trevor Pavitt 41-5-0 , B Robbie Gaiger 36-3-0 , C Alan Ringwood 28-11-0.

28th April Orchard Place Farm Lake 6.                                                                                                                       

It was a full house at Orchard Place Farm, however it didn’t fish too well for the club members who were expecting big catches of F1’s which are noted for this Mecca. It was carp that made the difference in the weights with few F1’s showing and with the fish not coming shallow due to the cold wind ripping across the lake most of the fish were caught deep. Ron Carter took the 10 championship points with 42-13-0 fishing from the spit on peg 7 in second place from the opposite bank peg 12 was Alan Ringwood with 40-0-0. Taking third place was Martin Charnock with 33-6-0 from peg 9 with Lionel Herve from peg 1 taking fourth place with 28-9-0. Top team on the day with 13 points were Alan Ringwood, Trevor Pavitt, Norman Pavitt and Andy Russ. The next match is back at BSA hopefully a better day will be had than the previous visit.

14th April  BSA Bottom lake.                                                                                                                                               

31st March Five Oaks Friendly Knock-up

    A few of our regular attendees decided to have a knock up on the bottom lake today, with the weather for once being very kind with light winds and a warm sun it was for once a pleasure to go fishing. With a few of the members having fished this bottom lake before, knew what species to go for, it was a shock when Lionel Herve (right) decided to just set up a feeder rod. This didn’t disappoint and if not for being broken a few times may have won the day, however Bream and skimmers got him third place to weigh 22-7-0.  Alan ‘Mr Chairman’ Ringwood fished the long pole to also find Bream and skimmers along with quality Roach fishing pellet on the hook to take second place with 26-1-0. It was Membership/Competition Secretary Martin Charnock fishing his favoured method the whip along with caster that caught quality Roach and Rudd to take the win with 30-12-0 a brilliant weight considering it was his first visit to this fishery. In fourth place was Jeff power with 14-9-0.

24th March Chequertree Main Lake  

A fantastic day was had by the small contingent of members that bothered to attend today’s fixture at Chequertree lakes fishery. The weather had people fishing in T-shirts such was the heat from the sun, with the warm wind and sun combined the fish fed well all around the lake. Martin’Mr whip’ Charnock fished at 3 & 4m to land quality Roach with a few skimmers for a magnificent silverfish net of 71-5-0,  feeding caster with maggot as hook bait using one of his favourite floats from the Dino float range for speed fishing a 1g Roach master. In second place was club secretary Trevor Pavitt (centre) with another great net of silvers including several big Tench for 48-10-0, in third place Richie Hemmings (right) had a big net of skimmers for 40-5-0. Section winners were Alan Ringwood 34-4-0 and Mick Pearson 34-9-0.

3rd March BSA Bottom lake.                                                                                                                                                

Today’s competitors were greeted with rain and gale force winds that got a lot worse as the day wore on. Due to the strong  rain driven wind, all anglers were pegged on the car park side of the lake. With the wind blowing down into the arm of the lake saw carp congregating around peg 33. Robbie Gaiger was lucky enough to pull this peg number from the draw bag and went on for the win with 67-11-0 fishing red maggot as bait, after having watched a DVD the night before by Will Raison and taking those tips and putting what he had learnt into practice, obviously proving fruitful. Peg 11 at the dam end of the lake saw Les Collins catch of 51-11-0 secure second place. Martin Charnock on peg 41 fished paste to catch double figure carp on his margin pole and take A section with 48-5-0 beating ‘Floating Pole Guru’ Alan Ringwood off the next peg weighing 40-13-0. PeterGale in the bay went on to take the section win in B  with a mediocre weight of     10-11-0

2018 

Reports by Competition Sec Martin Charnock

9th Dec Henfold  Main lake Christmas Match

Today’s Christmas Match at Henfold saw gale force winds buffer the anglers making presentation difficult. Weights and spirits were down, but fortunately we had the presentation/ prize giving, raffle and buffet awaiting us back at the club house. The spread that greeted us was fantastic, the Lakeside Chef did us proud with nobody going hungry.With five teams on the day I had planned to insure that nobody went home empty handed with everyone winning a prize of sorts. A big thank you must go to John & Jason of Tackle warehouse Gatwick who gave the club a fantastic deal on tackle prizes and also our Treasurer Phil Taylor who donated a brand new margin pole. Above are those that attended todays match from left to right: Richie Hemmings, Martin Charnock (Match Sec moi), Gordon Monument, Dave Freeman, Max Calverley, Trevor Pavitt (Secretary), Pat Farrelley, Les Taylor, Alan Ringwood (Chairman), Dave ‘BoZ’ Beard, Tony Aldworth, Les Collins,Lionel Herve, Norman Pavitt & Robbie Gaiger.  As for the winners yours truely won the day with 14-11-0 from peg 35, in second place max Calverley peg 4 weighing 14-4-0 with third going to Tony Aldworth on 10-7-0 from peg 33. Top team on the day with 14 points were; Dave ‘Boz’ Beard, Martin Charnock and Dave Freeman. Every year is a challenge in trying to surpass my previous run Christmas Match but this must rank as one of the best so far. I hope that everyone had as much fun as I did.

 Looking forward to seeing you all next year Merry Christmas

                                          Martin Charnock Competition sec