ANGLING: Boyce bags the win in canal encounter

The best canal peg he'd pulled in 40 odd years at the drawbag '“ that was Tommy Boyce's good luck on the Kennett & Avon.
Towcesters Les Goodridge, Adam Walding and Steve Ward adding silt-busting lime to Astwell MillTowcesters Les Goodridge, Adam Walding and Steve Ward adding silt-busting lime to Astwell Mill
Towcesters Les Goodridge, Adam Walding and Steve Ward adding silt-busting lime to Astwell Mill

And, using his craftsmanship to the full, he made the most of it in style – methodically bagging up with 27lb of hybrids and skimmers on his way to winning a 108 peg canal league match.

A regular with Drennan Oakwood, and still on a high, he said: “As soon as I saw it I just knew it was the best canal peg I’d ever pulled...and it lived up to expectations.”

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TOWN’s Steve Ringer came back from Hungary’s Walterlands Classic with a bronze medal (31 kilo, carp) from the individual feeder match. The previous two days had seen a pole-and-float team event, first leg of which, fishing for Daiwa England, Steve won with 40 kilo.

TOWCESTER are putting in a lot of hard work using a £4,000 Environment Agency grant to improve their Astwell Mill.

Sunday’s work party spread half-a-tonne of Siltex silt-buster from a boat, and did a lot of ‘tree management’, too.

A 48-hour ‘Active Baits’ do on Drayton, with teams representing England, Poland and Lithuania, saw 16 rods sharing scores of carp to 22lb and raising £800 for charity.

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STANWICK is on a roll with at least 10 carp between 20lb and 30-2 this week. Pat Connell had the largest with the next being Pete Day’s 28-8.

MEADOWLANDS, spring league: Mark Casemore 164-6, Dan Lee 162-4, Neil Russell 145-12.

WHITE Hart Flore, Tofts: Mick Wheeler 154lb, Dave Chapman 137lb, Dave James 129lb; club oldies, midweek, Tofts, Jeff Wiggins 114-10, Ted Adams 85-8, Glen Tilson 71-8.

BISHOPS BOWL: Jason Shirley 124-8, Andy Wiffen 101-10, Dave Smart 70-8.

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CASTLE Ashby: midweek, Brickyard, Mick Hewlett 54-2, Nigel Baxter 37-12, Frank Pizamenti 19-12; Sat., Brickyard, Courtney Hewlett 51-8, Steve Smith 29-12, Keith Garrett 18-14; Sun., Grendon, M Hewlett 29-4, Richard Dunkley 28-8, Paul Robinson 28lb. Eleven topped 21lb.

WELLINGBOROUGH, delayed final canal winter league round: Andy Robins top from 41 with 5-14 with his Browning Black top team on the day.

Welly’boro A topped the league, nine points, with Browning Grey and Browning Central Silverlite tied on 14.

The latter’s Carl Smith was series individual champ for the second year running.

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ABINGTON, Mill Cotton: Vince Battams 23lb, Dave Huth 14-12, Paul Scrivener 13-10.

FLORE & Brockhall, Barby Banks: Jim Tanser 20lb, Steve Smith 16lb, Rob Rawlins 9-14.

CASTLE spring-league, Canons: Dave Cantrell 15-2, John Lewis 13-8, Jeff Rice 11-10.