November 2024.

LIGHTER DAYS & DARKER NIGHTS
                            BY ANDY REED

As the clocks have gone back we now have to make the most of our daylight, to
get onto the bankside. We finished off September with a trip down to Wylands Farm nr Battle in East Sussex with the events team. It was an Angling Trust event
showcasing what all the different clubs & organisations around the Southern region
have been doing to promote fishing. It was great to meet up with other groups of likeminded people, & pick up new ideas to help promote the club. The only downfall of the day was the lack of the general public coming to the event. I felt very sorry for Graham Mabey, our Southern Region coordinator for the Angling Trust, who had put so much time & effort in putting this event together. 

Back to our matches, & the first one in October was another away match at a venue called Holme Grange nr Camberley in Surrey.  It was going to be a silverfish match, but idle gossip reared its ugly head yet again & I had no takers for the match, so I cancelled it. 

Nothing happened for the rest of the month, until the match at Nyewood on the 27th. It was the first of the Float Only matches, & we fished the top pond at Nyewood. 8 fished the match inc 1 junior & luckily we all caught. It was a bright sunny day & although there weren’t any large weights, everyone caught. On the day the results were as follows: -
1st Darren Stone 35lbs 13oz (peg 5)
2nd Kris Collins 20lbs 3oz (peg 13)
3rd Steve Sherwood 13lbs 10oz (peg)

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The next match will be on Sunday the 10th Nov. This will not be as listed in the handbook, but will be the return match against Stedham A/C. The venue will be Stedham Bridge on the river Rother & we have a maximum of 10 places, so the first ten booked in will fish. The draw will be at 8am in the car park, I suggest boots or waders are brought, & that your kit is reduced so you take the bare minimum as its rough ground & not suited for trolleys. A float or feeder venue, unless you can get a good swim to use a pole. I will report on this match in next month's newsletter, but until then!

 Tight Lines.
Andy