News Archive 05

12 June 

A working party was held at Church lane lake

Breakfast Served by Bernie Ogrady

Tommy Hard at work

Repairing the far bank

15 May 

A small match was held at Colemans Cottage, Witham.

1 Dave Lewis 41-12

2 Paul Hope 37-0

3 Rob Smith 34-6

4 Danny Hope 28-8

5 Gary Hope 23-3

6 Nick Quilter 21-8

7 Rose Moreland 18-10

8 Richard  Thomson 17-8

9 Dave Moreland 13-12

10 Alan Goodey 9-4

11 Rob Shearing 5-10

12 Ryan Hope 5-8

13 Bernie Ogrady 5-0

The lake fished was called wood lake. It was stuffed with small carp from 4 ounces to 2 pound. Winner Dave had a mixed bag on maggot amd paul hope caught on pellet. Total weight was 259-0 

8 May 

A small match was held at Tylers Common Horseshoe Lake.

1 Rob shearing 19-8

2 Albert Pomfrett 14-2

3 Danny Hope 13-8

4 Dave barr 13-6

5 Jim Curtis 13-4

6 Richard  Thomson 11-4

7 Bernie O Grady 10-8

8 Rob Smith 10-2

9 Paul Hope  9-14

10 Colin Hope 8-1

12 Ryan Hope 6-4

A cold and windy day greeted the 12 hardy anglers who braved the elements. Rob Shearing did very well on peg 28 to record his first match win. Albert  came Second from peg 30 . A downpour of hailstones rounded off the day at 3.30 just so put a damper on proceedings.

31 April 

Please Note:

As from 25th April keepnets are banned on all our lakes until further notice.

Results of Angling Times/ Van Den Eynde Supercup round 2 at 'Cow roast' stretch of the Grand Union Canal at Berkhamstead.

Hadleigh A.P.S 15 points

Collier Row 11 points

Ashmole Rodders 10 points

Individual Points:

A section   Steve Blower   1 point

B Section   Dave Lewis     3 points

C section   Paul Hope        1 point

D section   Alan Goodey   2 points

E section   Steve Copping 2 points

F section   Dave Moreland 2 points

After 3 weeks of practice it seems that everything that was learned went out of the window as the big bream didn't show. The results seem like a whitewash but in reality it was a lot closer, with sections  split by ounces. A lot of hard work had been done by the team in terms of individual practice but we were up against it from the start considering we have never fished at cow roast before.

Please Note:

As from 25th April keepnets are banned on all our lakes until further notice.

 A 12 ounce Crucian carp from Church lane Lake was Caught by Gary Hope and A bream of 7-4 from the same lake caught by Danny Hope. Rick Ashington Caught a 18-2 common from Uptons lake on 21 april.

29th march 05

A few members fished for a few hours in the afternoon at Church lane lake and had some excellent catches despite a very strong easterly wind and cold temperature. Rob Smith caught a lovely 26-8 common carp on waggler and maggot and another of 9 -0. Richard Thomson had 3 carp catch , the biggest was 14-0. Paul Hope had 4 carp (3 commons and a mirror) for a total weight of around 35 pound. Gary Hope had a large tench estimated at around 4-8 also a carp. Colin hope borrowed a 4 metre Whip and successfully managed to land a common carp of 23-0 Caught on maggot. Fish were showing all over the lake which was surprising considering the freezing conditions.

Unofficial Match results 27th march, Puddle dock (road lake )

1 Danny Hope  24-4

2 Alan Goodey 21-12

3 Rob Smith 19-0

4 Paul Hope 17-4

5 Richard Thomson 13-12

6 Steve Blower 13-9

7 Gary Hope 12-14

8 Dave Moreland 12-0

9 Bernie Ogrady 9-8

10 Rob Shearing 6-12

11Rose Moreland 5-9

12 Ryan Hope 2-8

13 Colin  Hope 1-0

Total 159-13

The A.G.M. will be held on sunday April 3rd at the Royal British Legion club in Collier Row starting at 9 am.

Match results 13 march Church Lane Lake, Ockendon

Bob Nuckley Sield

1- Steve Blower 29-0 Peg 1 Common carp of 22 - 8

2 - Danny Hope 17-10 peg 15

3 - Colin hope 11-6

4  Rob Smith 9-0

5  Ryan Hope 7-8

6 Dave Barr 4-8

A cold and frosty morning greeted the 14 anglers who braved the elements to fish the last match of the  season. A westerly wind blew towards the shed end of the lake. Steve Blower did very well indeed to land a 22-8 common carp on light roach tackle (6 elastic , 22 hook ) after fishing the first 2 hours on carp gear.  Danny  Hope finished his second match in a row in second place with 3 carp and Colin Hope Had 2 large carp for third place. Curiously the small perch were absent from the catches , Though some nice bream were caught.

Match results 6th Mar 05 Frog Lake

1- Dave Moreland 0-15-0

2- Richard Thomson 0-8-0

3- = Steve Blower/Rob Smith 0-7-8

4-  George Adderson 0-4-0

5 - Paul Hope 0-3-0

6 - Rob Shearing 0-0-8

A cold day. The ice had only just melted and it was still frozen over at the far end. A cold easterly wind was blowing all day. Biggest fish . was a 2 ounce roach to George Adderson. The average size of the fish was 4 drams.

Match results 27th Feb 05 Uptons Farm, Margaretting

1- Dave Barr 14-0 (1 carp)

2- Rob Smith 5-8 (1 Carp)

3- Dave Moreland 4-2 (1 bream)

A difficult day caused by a drop in temperature  and snow overnight. The lake was partially frozen and the fish didn't play ball. Dave Barr had a common of 14-0 on the 1st cast of the day.7 fished.

20th Feb 05

Supercup 1st round results

Collier Row 'A' team             17 points

Galleywood Social                 13 points

Enfield                                    9 points

A good win for Collier row , Which makes amends  for the last weeks result. The conditions were very cold indeed with a strong north easterly wind. Carp were the main target because roach were conspicuous by their absence, apart from Alan Goodey who caught a superb 1-2-0 sample in pristine condition.  Collier Row included 4 section winners in their team. There were a few blanks recorded on the lake.     

Jamie Smith ( reserve) fished the top lake and caught 28-12-0 of carp.

The results were as follows:

Section A     Paul Hope 24-4-0           1st              3 points

Section B     Steve copping 2-4-0        2nd            2 points

Section C     Dave Barr   28-12           1st             3 points

section D      Steve Gibson   D.N.W.                    0 points

Section E    Bernie Ogrady  0-14-0     1st            3 points

Section F    Steve Blower    0-1-0         3rd            1 point

Section G   Dave Moreland  3-10-0      2nd           2 points

Section H   Alan Goodey     6-11-0        1st             3 points

Thanks go to the Home Side Enfield for a well run match with no problems and a few fish available to be caught.

15 Feb 05

This Fine 20pound 4 ounce carp was caught by John Smith from Church lane lake

13 Feb 05

The results for the VDE /Angling Times supercup competition match at  Tylers Common horseshoe lake :

Carriers rod and pole                     19 points     54-14-0

Elm park & Hornchurch                 19 points     47-8-0

Collier Row Ac. (B team)               10 points     32-7-0

Carriers win on weight.

Unfortunately the horseshoe lake didn't fish quite as we had hoped. A strong wind was blowing and snow/hail didn't help matters. Several anglers broke pole sections and tackle was being blown into the lake. Silver fish and perch played a major part. The sections were all close in weight (separated by ounces). 

4th Feb 05

 The match at frog lake was postponed due to  a practice match at Tylers Common horseshoe lake for the forthcoming VDE /Angling Times supercup competition. The Frog Lake match has been re scheduled for March 6th.

Below is a photo of a fine common caught by Paul Buisson from Uptons Lake in mid January. It was part of a catch of eleven fish.

from left to right

Richard Thomson, Rob Smith ,George Adderson

Albert Key, Jamie smith

Match results. 12th December - Fur and Feather, River Roding.

Doris Nuckley Shield    

An  incident Occurred on the bank during the match. A 'walk off' match started at 8.30 am. for the five members who turned up - Rob Smith, Richard Thomson George Adderson, Albert key (86), and Jamie Smith (13).

 Rob, Jamie & George went over the stile, Albert stayed in the middle section and Richard fished in the 1st Swim in the meadow. A few fish were caught by the members so no one did much 'roaming' from swim to swim which is unusual. During the weigh in at 2 p.m.  Rob, George and Jamie all weighed their catches, then it was a long walk to the middle section to weigh in Albert Key. There was no sign of him except for his tackle on the bank. Some faint cries could be heard nearby. As we approached the bank we saw Albert in the water up to his chest, clinging onto some tufts of grass. It is a high bank ( about 4 feet above water level) and it was impossible for Rob and George to lift him out of the water due to the weight of Albert in his wet clothes and the bank crumbling away. Jamie went to get Richard to help but even with 3 men it was too much. Jamie had to jump in  the (4 degrees) River and swim to assist Albert and he was finally hauled up the bank. By now Albert's lips were blue and was shivering uncontrollably. Richard phoned 999 and was busy guiding the ambulance to this rather remote location . Meanwhile Albert had his wet clothing removed and was  wrapped up in blankets, fleeces etc. and given some hot chocolate from a flask to try to keep him warm and stop hypothermia. 17 minutes after Albert was removed from river the ambulance arrived and took him to Harlow hospital. 

He is expected to make a full recovery.

Thanks go to Jamie for taking the plunge in a moment of crisis, Rob and George for the recovery , Richard for guiding the emergency services and Wendy Smith for informing Albert's Wife, Vi, of the incident and taking her to see him in Harlow Hospital.

An idea is to always carry a whistle when fishing such a venue so that help can be summoned in the event of falling in. 

The results of the match  lack importance, when you consider how lucky Albert was, are as follows :

Rob Smith 2-4-0

George Adderson 0-15-0

Jamie Smith 0-2-0

Richard Thomson 0-0-8