The Bubbles memorial -
Sunday 9th June at Rowfant Mill:
1. Derek Walker : 24- 12 - 0 = a carp
of 13 - 2- 0 and tench + bream
2. Steve Green : 17 - 0 - 0 = 3 tench + bream
3. Paul Whitfield : 15 - 2 - 0 = 2 tench + bream
4. Steve Turner : 13 - 4 - 0 = 1 tench + bream
The ladies cup: Mrs Kath Harvey : 1 - 13 – 0
Wednesday 12th June : Senior citizen match at L Rowfant:
1. Dave Whitehouse: 19 - 12 - 0 = 4
carp + some bits
2. Mick Brackpool: 10 - 9 - 0 = 2 carp + bits
3. Ray Denman: 9 - 2 - 0 = all roach / rudd
The weather was dry until we packed up. DGW
15/16 June Night match (Social Cup) Sat/Sun at Rowfant Mill. Another set of excellent results with a total of over 221 lb caught by 11 anglers (avaerge of >20 lb per angler)
1st Steve Turner: 41 - 3 - 0 - bream and tench
2nd Mark Smith: 38 - 2 - 0 - bream and tench + 2
small carp (~ 4-5lb each)
3. John Haggis: 37 - 15 - 0 - tench + mirror carp
of 16 - 2 – 0
Sunday 16 June Sweepstake
(Bank Cup) at Ifield Lake
1st Paul Brinkhurst: 13 -
3 - 0
2nd Don Vallance 11 - 6 - 0
3rd Martin White 10 -2 – 0
Weds 19th June The Senior Citizens match at L.Rowfant (Wilderness)
For a change a bright
sunny day with lots of carp onthe top (but not that inclined to feed)
1st Dave Whitehouse: 32 - 10
- 0 = 6 carp + 10 skimmers
2nd Don Vallance: 12 - 4 -
0 = 2 carp + bits
3rd Bruce Heath: 11 - 10 -
0 = 2 carp
26th June 2002 Senior Citizens match at the Mill. A bright sunny day, the Mill was flat and the carp were spawning at the top end and adajacent to pegs 39 and 40
1st Ray Denman = 26 - 8 - 0 bream and 4 tench from peg 1
2nd Roy Charman = 20 -9 -
0 bream and tench from peg 4
3rd Bill Westgate = 16 - 6 - 0 3 tench and some bream from peg 22
July 3rd 2002 Senior Citizens match at L.Rowfant
Wilderness. A most unpleasant day with the rain. A pleasing feature was the
reappearance of the small carp, 4 - 5
" long which have not been stocked but are the result of our own carp
breeding - looks promising for the future.
1st Dave Whitehouse = 35 - 5 - 0 8 carp
2nd Don Vallance = 10 - 14 - 0
2 carp + skimmers + some small carp
3rd Bill Westgate = 6 - 8 - 0
2 carp + bits
Sun
7th July CDAS v Ockley AS at Rowfant Mill.
misunderstanding
on dates we had to contend with a non-stop charity clay
pidgeon
shoot lasting from 9.30 am until 3.30 pm [just behind me at peg
52!!!]
(The charity was the Royal Marsden Hospital). [Never again!]. A fair
days
fishing
Weds
10th July Senoir Citizens at Road/Top Lakes.
The carp were
conspicuous by their absence until the last 30 minutes of the match when Mick
Brackpool lost 2 landed 1 and others caught just 1!
1st
Ray Denman: 8 - 4 - 0 = 1 tench + bits
2nd
Cliff Zanocelli: 7 - 4- 0 = 1 carp + bits
3rd
Dave Whitehouse: 5 - 14 - 0 = 1 carp + bits
Weds
17th July Senior citizen match at the Wilderness
At
last, a fine sunny day attracted 11 senior members to the Wilderness,
sadly
the wind was from the North making it a bit chilly and putting the
fish
down.
1st
Dave Whitehouse : 27 - 0 - 0 6 carp
2nd
Willi Modesch 8 - 7 - 0 2 carp
3rd
Bruce "Taxi" Heath: 7 - 8 - 0 2 carp
20/21
July All night match at L.Rowfant
15
members contested this one. A chilly night and an almost full
moon
did not help matters and weights were down on what was expected. (Most people
caught during the daylight hours 7.00-9.30 pm and 4.30 - 7.00 am but not during
the night itself!)
1st
Ray "Blondie" Thayre : 37 - 3 - 0 = 9 carp
2nd
Steve Green : 32 - 4 - 0 = 7 carp
3rd
Roy Hurley : 26 - 7 - 0 = 7 carp
4th
Del "Boy" Walker : 20 11 - 8 = 5 carp
Wed.
24 July Senior citizens match - at the Mill
A
pleasant day somewhat hazy and the Mill continues to fish well with fish
cooperative
1st
Ray Denman: 33 - 7 - 0 = 4 tench + skimmmers
2nd
Dave Whitehouse : 18 - 1 - 0 = 2 tench + skimmers (incl 4 - 5 - 0 bream)
3rd
Don Vallance: 10 -0 - 0 = skimmers + bits
4th
Bruce Heath: 8 - 7 - 0 = bits
5th
D Norman 6 - 2 - 0
6th
C Zanoncelli 6 - 2 – 0
All
night match 27/28 July at the Mill
A
very warm / muggy night at the Mill, again the fish did not feed
for
most of the night nevertheless some fine weights.
1st
Steve Turner: 37 - 3 - 0 this was made up of 8lb of bream/skimmers + 2
mirror
carp taken off the top on chum mixers first thing in the morning. One
carp
weighed 14 - 10 - 0 the other 14 - 9 - 0 - a fine brace of fish!
2nd
Andy Turner: 23 - 12 - 0 - a mixed bag of tench + skimmers
3rg
Steve Green: 22 - 4- 0 - a tench + skimmmers / bream
4th
John Haggis: 16 - 13 - 0
5th
Del Walker: 14 - 1- 0
Weds 31th July Senior
citizen match at L Rowfant
Just our luck for the fine
weather to break and give us intermittent heavy showers all day!-DGW
1st Dave Whitehouse: 18 - 11 -
0 = 5 carp
2nd Bill Westgate: 12 - 12 -
0 = 4 carp
Senior citizens match Weds
7th August at Wilderness
1st Clif Zanoncelli: 10 - 4 -
0 = 1 carp + bits
2nd Dave Whitehouse: 9 - 0 -
0 = 2 carp
3rd Don Vallance; 8 - 2 - 0 =
1 carp + 1 tench + bits
Sunday 11 August Steve
VALLANCE MEMORIAL Cup at the Mill
Overall team winners:
Copthorne: 68 - 2 - 0
Hassocks: 36 - 0 - 0
E Grinstead: 28 - 8 - 0
Individuals:
1st Steve Turner (C) 22 - 7 -
0 = 4 tench + 2 bream
2nd Andy Turner (C) 17 - 8 -
0 = 4 tench + 2 bream + bits
3rd D Williamson (H) 6 - 3 -
0
4th I Fisher (H) 5 - 13 - 0
5th Don Vallance (C) 5 - 12 –
0
6th A Shearer (EG) 5 - 5 - 0
As you can see the Turner
brothers won the shield on their own !
Weds 14 August Senior
citizens on the Road + Top lakes
A very heavy day with
bright sun and uncooperative fish
1st Dave Whitehouse : 17 - 2
- 0 5 carp on pole
2nd Will Modesch 6 - 8 - 0 1
carp
3rd Mick Brackpool 4 - 14 - 0
1 carp + bits
Sat
/ Sun 17/18 August the all nighter at L.Rowfant
1st
Steve Turner 43 - 6 - 0
2nd
Mark Smith 38 - 14 - 0
3rd
Steve Green 34 - 9 - 0
4th
Ray Thayre 28 - 8 - 0
Senior
citizens match at the Mill Weds. 21st August
12
senior members turned out for this - a nice warm sunny day and
the
Mill behaving itself - a good prelude and omen for the memorial match on
bank
holiday Monday. Several carp were lost (one at 4 - 15 - 0) was landed
1st
Dave Whitehouse 29 - 1 - 0 (5 bream + 5 tench)
2nd
Ray Denman 23 - 7 - 0 (3 tench + lots of skimmmers)
3rd
Bill Westgate 12 - 3 - 0 (2 tench + bits)
4th
Don Vallance 12 - 0 - 0 (bits)
Monday
26th August The Kevin + David memorial match at the Mill
The
David + Kevin memorial match, instituted by Cliff Zanoncelli (father of Kevin),
run by CDAS, to remember two young brillant anglers (they were on Dorking's
book at age 19) who were tragically killed, aged 21, in a car accident.
1st
Paul Whitfield 15 - 12 - 0 incl. a carp of 10lb on the pole (studio swim)
2nd
Mark Forsdike 14 - 6 - 0
3rd
Steve Green 13 - 12 - 0
4th
Bob Sutherland 11 - 4 - 0
5th
Scott Lewin 10 - 10 - 0
Sat
/ Sun 7/8 Sept. Night Match at L.Rowfant
The last of this series of 5 matches was a
real humdinger. Steve Turner went into the last round leading the series from
Mark Smith by ~ 40 lb.
Mark
in a truly remarkable nights fishing overcame this deficet to emerge as the
series winner by the margin (or should that be awning chasm) of 60 lb and in
the process creating a new venue record for a night match of over 115lb!!.
1st
Mark Smith: 115 - 10 - 0 (26 - 30 carp)
2nd
Al Turner: 26 - 0 - 0
3rd
Steve Green: 22 - 5 - 0
4th
Dave Whitehouse: 20 - 12 – 0
1st
Adrian Westgate 29 - 1 - 0 8 carp
from the road lake
2nd
Don Vallance 19 - 4 - 0 1 carp + lots of roach from the
Wilderness
3rd
Martin White 11-10 - 0 4 carp from the road lake
4th
Dave Whitehose 7 - 12 - 0 1 carp + skimmers from the Wilderness
Sunday
15 Sept match v Slaugham at the Mill
Individuals;
1st
Alan Atkins S. AC 14 - 14 - 0
skimmers + 1 tench
2nd
Paul Barber CDAS 13 - 4 - 0 skimmers
3rd
Peter Collison CDAS 12 - 13 - 0
4th
D Riley S AC 8 - 15 - 0
5th
G Gunningham 8 - 13 – 0
Senior
citizens match - Mill 18th Sept 02
Another N / NE wind on the Mill only this time it did not stop Ray Denman from winning this mid weeker with 25lb - 2 tench + 5 big bream + skimmers
1st
Ray Denman 25 - 0 - 0
2nd
Dave Whitehouse 11 - 11 - 0 2 bream +
skimmers
3rd
Don Vallance 7 - 112 - 0 1 bream + skimmers
Christmas match - round 1
Sunday 27 Oct 02 at Little Rowfant
1st Dave Whitehouse 30 - 6 - 0 4 carp
incl. carp of of 13lb
2nd Paul Capper 22
- 5 - 0 an excellent mixed bag with approx.
11 lb of skimmer & roach
with 3 carp for 11 lb
3rd Adrian Westgate 18
- 1 - 0
4th Paul Whitfield 13
- 11 - 0
5th Del Walker 11
- 15 - 0
6th Mrs Harvey 6
- 1- 0
7th Rich Mountfors 5 - 3- 0
8th
Al Turner 2 - 13 – 0
Mid week match at Rowfant
Mill 30 Oct 02
A somewhat dour day with
rain which did not dampen the enthusiasts!
1st Bill Westgate 9 -
2 - 0 2 bream + 1 tench
2nd Dave Whitehouse 8 - 13 - 0 2 bream + 1 tench
3rd Ray Denman 5 - 12 - 0
4th
DonVallance 5 - 4 – 0
Knockabout at the Mill
Sunday 3 Nov
R. - the Mill continues to show its good form. In a small
unofficial match at the Mill on Sunday some good weights were recorded; several
pike were also caught.
1st Paul Brinkhurst 21 - 7
- 0 3 tench and some bream
2nd Del Walker 14 - 10 - 0 2 tench
+ skimmers
3rd
Ray Denman 12 - 2 - 0 Skimmers + roach
1st - Steve Turner 12 - 7 - 0 3 bream + small fish
2nd Peter Collison 11-10 -
0 2 Tench + small fish
3rd
Dave Whitehouse 10 - 4 - 0 2 Bream +
small fish
Sunday 1st Dec Pike and
MGS matches at Rowfant Mill
Pike match:
1st Ian Robertson 37 - 8 - 0 3 pike including a
magnificent one at 19 lb
2nd Richard Gear 8 - 12 - 0
3rd Ralph Abbott 8 - 0 - 0
MGS round 2:
1st Pete Collison 8
- 10 - 0
2nd Al Turner 8 - 8 - 0
3rd Dave Whitehouse 6 - 12 - 0
4th Paul Capper 6
- 10 - 0
5th
Paul Whitfield 6 - 4 – 0
Sun
8th Dec 3rd round Christmas match at L.Rowfant
A
dour, dank dismal, debacle! most if not all looking for 1 or 2 bites (let alone
fish!). With a biting E/NE wind not a day for the faint hearted!
Xmas
round 3 results:
1.
Cliff Zanocelli 9 - 8 - 0
1carp (9-0-0) + bits
2.
Ray Thayre 8 - 5 - 0 2 carp
3.
Del Walker 8 - 0 - 0
2 carp
4.
Ade .Westgate 6 - 15 - 0 2 carp
5.
Bill Westgate 2 -
8 - 0 1 carp
6.
Paul Capper 2 - 3 - 0
BITS
7.
Dave Whitehouse 2 - 0 - 0 A skimmer (got lost from the others)
Final
round of the Xmas match at the Mill Sun 15th Dec
It
rained most of the day , the ENE wind blew all day and the fish were most
uncooperative however 12 stalwarts braved these conditions with the result
that;
Match
4:
1st Al Turner 7 - 4 - 0
1carp from the top peg
2nd Al Eggleton 5 - 0 - 0
bits
3rd Paul Capper 4 - 1- 0 bits
4th Dave Whitehouse 3 - 0 - 0 bits
Overall
winner of the 4-match series was Dave Whitehouse and runner -up was Adrian
Westgate
Sunday
19 - 01 -03 at Rowant Mill. DEV match +
Pike match
Pike
march;
Ralph
Abbott: 9 - 8 - 0
DEV
match:
1st Paul Brinkhurst 6 - 8 - 0 1 tench + bits
2nd
Al Turner 6 - 0 - 0 all bits
3rd
Del Walker 4 - 4 - 0 1 bream +
bits
4th
Paul Capper 3 - 4 - 0
Wednesday
22 - 01 -03 Senior citizens at the Mill
Senior
citizens match at the Mill
1st
Dave Whitehouse 9 - 12 - 0 1 tench + 2 bream + few bits
2nd
Cliff Zano 3 - 6- 0 1 breams + bits
3rd
Ray Denmant 1 - 12 - 0 bits
Weds 29th Jan 03 Senior citizens at L.Rowfant
On a raw, windy (NW) and
bleak L Rowfant 6 hardy souls settled down for
the match. All 6 were still there (alive) at the end with the result:
1. Dave Whitehouse 9 - 7 - 0 1 carp + 5 skimmers/bream
2 Bill Westgate 2 - 7 - 0 1 carp (lost 2 carp)
3. Bruce [taxi] Heath 0 - 9 - 0 bits (lost 1 carp)
4. Cliff [my life!] Zan 0 - 8 - 0 bits (lost 2 carp)
Sunday 02 / 02 / 03 Match
L.Rowfant
Fast running out of
expletives to use for L.Rowfant! Another dismal day for most, with a thin
overing of ice on the Wilderness for Natwest and DEV cup matches:
1st Del Walker 20 - 2
- 0 Three carp + a few rudd
2nd Al Eggleton 10 - 14
- 0 Two carp
Bill Westgate 5
-14 - 0 One carp
3= and
Cliff Zan 5 - 14 - 0 One
carp
Senior citizens at the
Mill Weds5/03/03
A lovely sunny but cold
day with the fish still sulking in the NW wind
1st Dave Whitehouse 3 - 2 - 0 all bits
2nd Don Vallance 1 - 10 - 0 all bits
3rd Bill Westgate 1 - 1 - 0 2 skimmers
1st Dave Whitehouse 21 - 2 - 0 four tench and bits
2nd Ray Denman 4 - 6- -0 bits
3rd
Bill Westgate 4 - 5- 0 two bream
9th March at the Mill
1st Del Walker
32 - 9 - 0 3 carp and 2 bream
2nd Dave Whitehouse 13 - 10 - 0 2 tench and skimmers
3rd Paul Barber
10 - 5 - 0 2 tench
4th Andy Turner
9 - 2 - 0 1 carp + bits
5th Paul Capper
7 - 8 - 0 bits
12th March The last senior
citizen match of the official season at L.Rowfant
1st Dave Whitehouse 19 - 2- 0 2 carp (10 lb + 5 lb + skimmers)
2nd Ray Denman 4 - 6 - 0 assorted bits
3rd
Bill Westgate 4 - 5- 0 1 carp + few bits