ROUND two of Malton & Norton AC’s winter league saw an out-ofsorts River Derwent abandoned in favour of Birkdale Lakes, Terrington.

Brian Scott edged this one with lots of small roach on the threemetre whip and maggot, recording 5lb 9oz at the final whistle.

Travelling companion Ken Dalton fished the identical method to secure runners-up place with 5lb 3oz and now heads the league table with seven points to Scott’s four.

Mike Heelis had a busy day at Brooklands Lake last Monday, banking lots of quality roach and Rudd plus a bonus 6lb carp to win the Contemptibles match with 34lb 7oz.

Fishing from peg 14, he employed the pole at 11 metres with either maggot or hemp for bait.

Tony Mellor led the chasing pack from peg 10 with 23lb 13oz.

Norton’s Terry Tierney top-scored in Tuesday’s G B Angling Club match at Tollerton ponds, weighing in with 24lb 2oz.

Fishing from peg 34 on the coot pond and alternating between minimethod feeder with pellet and sixmetre pole with worm, he took several carp up to 4lb plus 4lb of silver fish.

Phil Roberts, also of Norton, was a close second from peg 37 with 23lb.

Colin McNeil finished well clear of the field in Westland’s AC match on the Horseshoe Lake with 53lb 12oz.

Utilising his trademark pole-andpaste method at peg 33, he cranked out eight carp, the best of which tipped the scales at 12lb.

Brian Pallister was best of the rest with 36lb 10oz from peg six.

It was an Adams family day out in Scarborough Mere AC’s latest ladiesonly open match in the Yacht pond.

Claire Adams top-scored with a brace of feeder and sweetcorn-caught carp totalling 9lb 12oz from peg four, leaving Georgia Adams second with 4lb 6oz and Maria Adams third with 3lb 13oz.

Ray Hawe led the way in the York midweek anglers’ match at Carp Vale Fishery last Wednesday, recording a winning 33lb 8oz of carp. Utilising the pole with pellet, he took specimens to the 5lb mark.

Phil Roberts was hot on the leader’s heels with 31lb 8oz of pole and wormcaught carp, pushing match organiser Cliff Dawson into third with 29lb.