Month: October 2022

    Secondly we have a growing, rather pressing problem. Barry, your Chairman has kindly put together the following for me.     “The Club regret to announce the departure of Kevin Moore from the Thame Angling Club Committee. Kevin has been a well-regarded member of the committee for a number of years and his calm, quiet and effective contributions to the club meetings and club activities have been much appreciated. Kevin will be leaving the committee with immediate effect, and, for the record, the club would like to express their appreciation for all he has done and to wish him all the best for the future.Unfortunately, the committee will now be one short and we will also need to find a volunteer to strim, from time to time, the access to the swims. If you would like to join the committee, please contact myself or any other committee member. The club only meet once a month, so the role is not onerous.
I must add to this news about Kev that your club could really do with a couple of new faces on the committee, as at times we struggle to all be there because of holidays etc. meaning there isn’t enough for it to be a proper meeting.Think hard about sparing a little time in an evening once a month in the Falcon in Thame as the beer is sound and the meeting only lasts an hour or so. Your club is run rather well so they are swiftly dealt with……. Think on, because no committee, no club!!                   Tight lines for now, Dave      

          Good evening all, the latest open today was extremely tough going. Very low and now run clear in places. The pegging I did yesterday was based on the results from the teams of four and I had a nicer time walking and picking the swims than fishing one…. 12 anglers took part and we had 2 lads unfortunately couldn’t make it for pain and illness respectively, so get well soon Des and Les. The results make for nearly as hard reading as the fishing, but here they are never the less.1st place and a very decent net of 7lb 4oz came Kevin Dowling on peg 55. Kev had 2 Chub and a big Perch with some bits. Lost another unseen leviathan in the hot peg at the moment. Very well angled sir Kev.2nd position with 2lb 8oz came Gareth Mombrun on peg 63. Gareth had some nice stamp Roach and a couple of weighty Perch with some bits.Joint 3rd catching 2lb 2oz came Sheldan Camden and Dave Lyne from pegs 57 and 60. Shel had 2 rigs to catch transparent Gudgeon with, and Dave had 4 rigs and a stick to catch Roach, Chub and Dace. That’s a stick float off course.5th came Chris Plumb with 1lb 12oz 8dr from 44.6th place Ian Blyth with 1lb 11oz 8dr on peg 517th Martin Chown on peg 53, Mart had 1lb 9oz 8dr8th Nick Newitt with 15oz on peg 47 with 18” of water9th place went to Nick Sawyer on peg 42 catching 11oz, Nick has L plates on at the moment, but it’s good to see him at the matches and he will keep learning and improving from us, he like anyone just has to ask the lads on the day how to fish the swim and they always help.All the rest caught obviously but did not weigh in.Please pray for rain all of you as the river is in dire need of weeks of it now.
Our next matches coming up are as follows,Sunday November 13th Open match at Thame. 8am draw fish 9 till 2. £10 entrySunday December 4th Tring V Thame at Shabbington Island 8am draw fish 9.30 till 2.30 £10 entrySunday December 11th Thame Xmas match 8am draw fish 9 till 2  £5 entry fee. £2 optional superpool. This one is fished for prizes, and everyone picks a prize at the end of the match depending on their finishing position.
Please book in with me if you would like to join us on any of these upcoming lotteries. I’m going to struggle to find the pegs soon if it doesn’t rain, I may have to put us round my pond in my garden otherwise! It’ll just be a few pegs though.
     Cheers for now Dave.

       Good evening Teams and Members, I have first got to thank all those who helped me yesterday make our Thame championship a success. Firstly to all the teams for entering. A big thanks to Thame Football Cub and the Snooker Club for their hospitality, A special thanks to Ian Horrocks for all his efforts even whilst feeling badly under the weather. Ian has decided to step aside from the organising after this year due to a number of reasons…….. so there is a big pair of boots to fill for someone! Thanks to Nick Newitt for all his help, Tony Gee and his club Old Waltonians at Wheatley, Julian Rayment and his club Cuddesdon Mill Village Anglers, Both Clubs have worked tirelessly on swim preparation for this match and none of the clubs take peg fees from the anglers entry fee. All the water is donated to the cause. The money is used to pay for the food in the evening, the trophies and the winnings. I would personally like to thank Martin Chown, Gareth Mombrun, Barry Mullen and my opo in a wet suit Robin Blane for their tireless efforts preparing our swims on our stretch. Sorry to bore you all but if I have missed anyone off that list I appologise and thanks to them as well. Not forgetting Debs off course.       Now to the results. Although it is a team event there is a few individual prizes on offer, namely the overall winner.Adrian Hawes catching 6lb 7oz on C1 at Wheatley had top individual weight, winning the superpool and the section.Dave Lyne was second overall catching 4lb 12 oz on C 15, coming second in the superpool.Dave Pether came in third with 4lb 7oz 8dr, also in section C on peg 12.Then there are 3 other section winners,Martin Chown took first in section A with 2lb 1oz on peg A5, number 34 at Thame.Alan Gee took first in section B with 3lb 15oz fishing peg 12, number 60 at Thame.Then Tony Gee won his section D with 4lb 2oz on peg D12 at Cuddesdon.The Team results are really what the day is all about, so they were as follows,In top spot scoring a measly 7 points from their days efforts came Ace Tackle and Bait  Very well fished Paul Bowers, Alan Gee, Dave Pether and Tony Gee. These boys had only just got off the boat from fishing all week in Ireland too, no mean feat, even though Alan had the bridal suit on the ferry back!Second place scoring 15 points came Tims Team, Tim Eele, Tony Aspell, Darren Simons and Chris Plumb.Third spot Kevs Team with 23 points, Danny Edwards, Martin Wiggins, Kev Dowling and John Wolfendale.Fourth position with a close 24 points came Cuddesdon A consisting of Charlie Green, Richard Borrell, Julian Rayment and Kevin Smith.     There you have it then for another year. The trophy goes to Tony’s team again, who bye the way is running his Waltonians’ Teams of Three this coming Sunday. If you wish to enter a team, please get in touch with him direct at the shop in Kiddlington, Ace Tackle and Bait.If there are any volunteers out there to step up and do the unenviable job Ian used to do so well on the biggest match we run, don’t be shy and let me know. Next years date is Sunday October 1st.      Our next open is in a fortnights time on Sunday October 16th. Please book in with me if you wish to attend. It’s 7.30 draw, fish 8.30 till 1.30. £10 entry. See you on the bank soon,                                                                               Tight lines Dave.