TIVERTON & DISTRICT ANGLING CLUB
Match Results 2025
Click on the following links to look at the match report and weigh in sheet.
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Club Pairs
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1st points 26th January Grand Western Canal
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2nd points 9th February Grand Western Canal
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3rd points 23rd February Taunton Canal
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4th points 9th March Grand Western Canal
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5th points 30th March Stafford Moor
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6th points 13th April Grand Western Canal
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7th points 1st June Avalon
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8th Points 29th June Summerhayes​
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9th points 13th July Grand Western Canal
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10th points 3rd August Avalon
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11th points 24th August Summerhayes​
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12th points 7th September Lakeside / Little Yeo
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Top 12 Qualifier 21st September Morchard Road
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Top 12 Final 5th October Lakeside/Little Yeo
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Pairs Match 2nd November Grand Western Canal
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Christmas Match 30th November Grand Western Canal
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Points Table 2025
Points 1 2nd February 2025 Manley
The first club match of the year, held at Manley, was a carbon copy of last year's dire event whereby almost half the competitors were bite-less after 5 hours of fishing. 24 anglers were in attendance and with conditions looking perfect, with an overcast sky, no frost and good water colour throughout, everyone expected a decent day's fishing but not so.
The match was split across 3 sections with one up Manley straight and the others either side of Warnicombe bridge and it was near the latter where the winner, Dom Garnett, came from on peg 13. Dom weighed in with 1.720kg comprising five good skimmers and a few roach all caught in the first hour or so. He had all his fish on 6mm punch over liquidise pole fishing just past mid canal. Congratulations Dom !
Runner up from peg 9 in the same section was Bruce Hunt with a weight of 1.220kg. Bruce caught 2 good skimmers and 2 nice roach plus a few bits, again, all in the first hour. Method was exactly the same as Dom's. Well done Bruce !
3rd spot went to Brian Sussex on peg 5 with 0.710kg. Brian had a dozen or so tiny roach/rudd on punch fished well across during the bulk of the match and then caught a small jackpike on worm in the last hour to clinch it. Nice one Brian !
Fourth and fifth spots went to Paul Blake ( peg 1) with 0.600kg and Rich Higgs ( peg 8) with 0.460kg respectively. Both succeeded using bread punch once again, I don't believe there was a single perch caught on the day by anyone ?
Section Winners
Section A Steve Manley peg 7 0.320kg
B Martin Heard peg 16 0.300kg
C Neil Raybould peg 24 0.395kg
Commiserations to everyone who couldn't get that float to move, hopefully we'll have a much better match next Sunday when we are at Westleigh straight for the 2nd points match.
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Points 2 9th February 2025 Westleigh
Sunday's club match held along Westleigh Straight was considerably better than the previous one and in spite of a very cold East wind, there were several decent catches of better-stamp roach. With 20 anglers fishing, the match comprised two sections of ten, with peg 1 at the Westleigh end and peg 20 six pegs to the left of the main gate.
Top angler on the day from peg 16 on the wooden boat mooring was Gary Butler with a lovely catch of roach weighing 3.500kg. Gary chose a couple of swims at 9m using 6mm punch on a size 18 hook over liquidise and took net size roach at intervals throughout the match. Congratulations Gary on a great win and 10 club points !
Runner up from peg 8 was Martin Heard with 2.500kg. Martin used the same tactics and caught some really nice net roach. He did miss the chance of an outright win when he lost a decent sized pike on the worm but still great result Martin !
3rd spot was taken by Paul Blake on peg 12 with 1.500kg and in 4th place was Craig Morris on peg 10 with 1.420kg. Both had some nice roach on the punch and Craig's catch included a small jackpike. Well done chaps!
Section Winners
Section A Chris Danby peg 3 1.210kg
B Pete Davey peg 13 0.910kg
Next match is in a fortnight on the Taunton canal at Creech, draw 8.30am in Creech car park. There will be a pegging fee of £5 so total entry cost on the day will be £15. Please book in in the usual way.
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Points 3 2nd March 2025 Taunton Canal
With the Taunton canal out of sorts due to the heavy recent rains, Sunday's match held at Creech proved a toughie with only 4 of the 24 competitors breaking a kilo. However, in spite of a heavy frost on the morning, everyone managed to catch and at least the day was a sunny, almost Springlike one ,which kept everyone in good spirits.
Top angler on the day from peg 14, just below the wooden landing stage, was Eric Priest with 3.060kg. Eric had a really slow start but after an hour started to get bites regularly using an 8m pole down the middle fishing 6mm punch over liquidise. His catch comprised small roach and razorblade skimmers with the odd net roach appearing every now and then. He used just over a loaf of "lickie" in total.
Runner up from peg 23 below the car park was Russ Hilton with an all-bleak catch of 2.040kg. Russell had 180 fish all caught on short whip using maggot/pinkie over "oodles" of sloppy ground bait. Well done Russ for showing us the bleak art !
3rd spot went to Dom Garnett from peg 11 with 1.350kg. Dom fished the pinkie at mid-depth, using a light rig and size 20 hook. He caught most of his fish using top kit plus 2 but did have a few fish on the whip. His catch comprised mostly bleak with a few odd roach and silver bream when adding depth. Well done Dom !
4th place came from peg 17 in the formidable shape of Brian Sussex who managed 1.060kg. Brian pole fished the middle track using bread punch over liquidise and had mainly bleak with the odd better-stamp roach. Nice one Brian !
Section Winners
Section A Craig Morris peg 8 0.740kg
B Baz Barrell peg 22 0.590kg
Next match is on the Tivvy canal next Sunday 9th March at Holbrook Bridge by Minnows Touring Park. Please book in in the usual way at Culm Valley Angling or with Match Sec.
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Points 4 9th March 2025 Holbrook Bridge
26 anglers turned out yesterday in what was Tivvy's 4th points match of the season and although weights weren't great, mainly due to a nasty cold East wind, there were some notable catches. The match was split into 2 sections with the first pegged along the Minnows side and the other on the Ayshford side of the bridge.
Top angler on the day was Russ Hilton from peg 26 on the Ayshford side with a weight of 3.250kg. Russell started on the bread punch and had several roach during the first hour fishing the middle channel over liquidise. He later switched to mainly worm hook bait over chopped worm working several swims, including the far bank and near margins. It was here where he had most success catching 2 jack pike and several perch including one specimen which was well over 1lb. Big Congrats Russell on a fine win !
Runner- up from peg 15, two pegs inside the bridge, was Eric Priest with 1.970kg. Eric also started on the bread punch down the middle and had a skimmer and several roach in the first hour. When things went quiet he too switched to worm and had a perch and an 8oz jack fished well across. He also managed 2 further skimmers and a few roach when he changed to double pinkie over a little groundbait fished further down the track.
3rd spot went to Mark Branson from peg 8 in section A with 1.790kg. Mark fished the punch and had 5 good skimmers plus a few roach down the track. He later had a couple of decent perch and 2 jacks on the worm fishing far bank. He also lost 4 pike during the match.
4th place went to Ray Slack on peg 6 with 1.690kg. Ray had a similar start on the punch with a skimmer and some decent roach. He too had a jack pike later in the day on the worm.
Section Winners
A Section Dom Garnett peg 5 1.420kg
B Section Paul Blake peg 14 1.620kg
Well done to everyone for helping to make this yet another successful Tivvy club match.
Next club match is in 3 weeks time at Stafford Moor.
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Points 5 30th March 2025 Stafford Moor
Tanners Lake
Woodpecker Lake
Sunday's latest club match held at Stafford Moor was well supported with 27 club anglers turning out on what was a lovely sunny day. If it hadn't been for a nasty NW wind affecting the feeding habits of the resident carp, it would have been perfect. The match was spread over both Tanners and Woodpecker lakes with prizemoney split equally on the day.
Tanners lake
Winner on the day from permanent peg 20 was Bruce Hunt with 60.825kg. Apart from 2 big carp caught close in on dobbed bread, Bruce had all his fish fishing the tip with mainly corn hook bait over loose fed pellet. Well done Bruce on a great win !
Runner-up was Mark Webber on peg 15 with 43.655Kg. Mark was really struggling for bites so took the bull by the horns and filled it in with ground bait very close in with the immediate result of filling his keepnet with some big lumps. Main bait was again sweetcorn.
3rd spot went to Dom Garnett on peg 10 with 39.600kg. Dom had a total of 15 carp and included some good specimens weighing up to 12lb mostly caught on the method feeder fished well over against the right hand margins; successful hook baits were corn and wafters.
Woodpecker lake
Craig Morris took top honours on the day from peg 9with 52.025kg. Craig had several carp fishing the bomb and pellet to the aerator. He also had a few on the pellet waggler fishing same line. Later though, he switched to fishing a 12m pole up the margins with sweetcorn and caught some real lumps to complete the day. Big Congrats Craig !
2nd place went to Paul Elworthy on peg 1 with 42.500Kg. Paul caught half his many carp on long pole at 14m with corn hook bait fished over micro pellet. His other half were had on the method feeder fished over to his right. Here 8mm pellet was king.
3rd place was narrowly won by Eric Priest on peg 5 with 41.975kg. After a slow start the corassios started to feed followed by some decent carp towards the end. Main method was method feeder and 6mm pellet/wafter.
The Day's Highlight
The main highlight of the day came from peg 9 on Tanners where Tim Vigus showed everyone how to do it without a pellet or feeder anywhere in sight. Tim had a PB match weight with 23.15kg (over 50lb). He caught all his lumps in real close on the famous Bampton worm. His crafty tactic was to tuck into his lunchbox; every time this happened his elastic would stream out of his pole- they wouldn't let him finish his sandwiches and Dom G assures me it was magic to see him grinning like a Cheshire cat. Big Congrats Tim !
The club's next match is in 2 weeks
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Points 6 13th April 2025 Greenway
Sunday's points match held at Greenway was well attended once more with 23 anglers turning out to do battle. Conditions were fair with an overcast sky and, with a decent tinge to the water, everyone was hoping the tench and bream would put in an appearance. The match was split into 3 sections- one each side of Sellake bridge with the 3rd stretching along Greenway straight.
Winner on the day from peg 39 in the Greenway section was Calvin Lemon with 9.420kg comprising 6 tench, one bream plus a decent skimmer. Calvin fished two swims, one well across to the far bank where he managed 3 tench on double maggot over a liberal feed of chopped worm and caster whilst the other swim was at 8m out and here he caught the remainder of his bag, again using maggot fished over a decent amount of ground bait.
Big Congrats Calvin on a great win !
Runner-up on the day from peg 4 below Sellake was Phil Bailey with 7.750kg. After a slow start, Phil started to get the fish coming using worm hook bait fished over chopped worm and ground bait. He ended up with 4 tench and 2 bream plus bits. Well done Phil !
In 3rd place was Chris Danby on peg 6 with 7.250kg. Chris had one tench plus 3 bream as well as loads of small roach and perch. Best bait was again, worm, though he did catch one bream on squatts. Well done Chris !
4th place was taken by Dave Chapman on peg 5 with 7.250kg comprising 3 bream and one tench and 5th place was won by Phil Madden on peg 44 near Greenway bridge with 6.900kg. Phil had 4 tench and a specimen roach. Well done Guys !
Section Winners
Section A Craig Morris peg 8 4.350kg
B Ray Slack peg 24 3.500kg
C Paul Blake peg 39 2.420kg
Next event is the Club Pairs at Little Yeo commencing 27th April, please book in with your Match Sec. to ensure a place.
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