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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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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8th Points 29th June Summerhayes​
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9th points 13th July Grand Western Canal
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11th points 24th August Summerhayes​
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12th points 7th September Greenway
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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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Points 7 1st June 2025 Avalon
Recently, Moors Lake at Avalon has been out of sorts, relatively speaking, and Sunday's club match proved the case with many struggling to get bites. A total of 20 anglers turned out for the match which was pegged mainly up the grass path side with just a few pegs utilised in the high 40's on the road- side.
There were some good weights on the day though, not least of which was the match winner in Gary Butler on peg 13 who managed an all-carp catch of 36.061kg. Gary managed a total of 15 carp all caught on 8mm pellet using a light bomb fished across to the island. He lightly fed 8mm's throughout the match via the catapult and, although several carp managed to escape in the far bank vegetation, he won the match convincingly to secure the spoils plus a well earned 10 club points. Big Congratulations Gary !
Runner up was Bruce Hunt on peg 19 with 25.458kg. Bruce started on the pellet waggler and had a quick carp or two but then things went very quiet so he switched to 11m pole fishing the paste over micro pellets and started to catch one or two more carp. In the last hour he had 2 more bigger fish to complete the day. Well done Bruce !
3rd place went to Mike Blake on peg 12,next to the winner, with 23.870kg. Mike fished the pellet feeder over against the island for most of the match using 8mm pellet/wafters. He had a total of 9 carp. Nice one Mike !
Section Winners
Section A Paul Blake peg 4 19.590kg
B Paul Elworthy peg 16 19.561kg
Next match is on Sunday at Little Yeo with the final of the annual Club Pairs. 6 teams have qualified , draw is 8.30am in the car park.
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Points 8 29th June 2025 Summerhayes
Sunday's match at Summerhayes produced some decent weights considering it was a hot and very humid day. 18 anglers fished the match which was split into 2 sections for club points and the top weights on the day came from both sides of Longs lake.
Top man on the day was Ian Williams from peg 32 on the road side with 34.575kg . Ian fished a 16m pole all day and caught smallish carp on and off throughout the 6 hour match. Best bait was hair rigged 6mm hard pellet on a size 16 hook to 0.13 hook length lightly feeding 6mm's across via caddy. He used a light 4x12 float on 0.18 mainline which was all hooked up to grey hydro elastic. Big Congrats Ian on a fine but tiring match !
Runner up was Les Lloyd across on the very wide peg 16 with 32.925kg . Les fished the bulk of the match on a micro-loaded method feeder with mainly hair rigged 6mm wafter on 4"hook length to a 16 hook. Later in the match he switched to the inside margin where he had a few larger carp using worm fished over ground bait and maggot to complete a fine result. Well done Les !
3rd spot went to Eric Priest on peg 19 with 29.925kg . EP had a few small carp and silvers across to the island on hair rigged 6mm pellet but later switched to small method feeder where bites came more freely. He finished off with a few more carp using 8mm meat again fishing well across.
Section Winners
Section A Gary Butler Peg 8 27.225kg
Section B Paul Elworthy Peg 34 18.475kg
Next match is in a fortnight's time on the canal at Greenway. Bring your drags !
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Points 9 13th July 2025 Greenway, G W C
Sunday's match was an extremely hot one with temperatures over 30 degrees, however, with an earlier start and the match foreshortened by one hour, results were pretty good considering. The match, which was well supported by 24 anglers, was split into 3 sections of 8 extending from the old dam at Sellake to Greenway bridge.
Winner on the day from peg 21 in the bay was Bruce Hunt with 4.800kg. Bruce started the match catching lots of small roach and rudd using a short whip and pinkie. When things got quiet, he switched to fishing the worm at 10m over chopped worm and maggot and managed to catch 2 decent tench to complete the day. Great win Brucie !
Runner-up was Dom Garnett on peg 5 at Sellake with 4.400kg . Dom fished 2 swims, the first well across against the margin weed where he picked up a good tench on worm. This was later enhanced with a further 2 tench caught on the close in swim, again on the worm. Dom also had several small rudd and perch to boost his net. Nice on Dom !
3rd on the day from peg 9 was Chris Danby with 4.110kg . Chris fished the middle line mainly and after having had loads of small roach and perch, he latched into 3 good bream all of which he landed on light gear. Top bait was pinkie over ground bait laced with pinkie.
4th place went to Craig Morris ( peg 8 ) with 3.100kg. Craig had 2 tench on worm plus lots of roach and rudd and 5th spot was won by John Hill with 2.950kg (peg 2) also with 2 tench plus some good perch.
Section Winners
Section A Martin Heard peg 4 2.320kg
B Baz Barrell peg 20 2.320kg
C Gary Butler peg 36 1.200kg
Well done to everyone for surviving the heat, lets hope the next club match, which is in 3 weeks time back at Avalon, is much more sensible in terms of the weather.
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Points 10 3rd August 2025 Avalon
With the water level down a couple of feet following the hot spell, Sunday's club match on Moors lake at Avalon still managed to produce the goods for many of the 22 competitors who attended. Conditions were fair to begin with but the wind and rain did arrive making bait presentation, especially pellet waggler, quite a challenge.
Top weight on the day from peg 21 was Martin Heard with 54.830kg. Martin had carp from the off fishing a small waggler shallow but soon switched to bomb and pellet to the island fishing hair rigged 8mm pellet. In all, he fed 3 pints of 6mm pellet during the match. He did revert to fishing paste close in towards the end and managed a few good specimens to finish off a fine win and 10 club points. Big congrats Martin !
Runner up from peg 36 was Gary Butler with 40.990kg. Apart from one carp caught on the pellet waggler, Gary had all his 14 carp fishing, similar to the winner, bomb and pellet to the island with 8mm hair rigged hook bait. He also fed around 3 pints of 6mm pellet right over during the match. Well done on a great result Gary ?
Third spot was won by Mark Branson on peg 30 with 39.575kg. Mark fished paste virtually throughout the match and managed some big lumps fishing the 10m pole line. He did have the odd carp over to the island on single 8mm pellet. Nice one Mark !
Fourth place went to Paul Blake on peg 39 with 32.090kg. Paul had many of his carp on the pellet waggler fishing shallow over to the island but also had several fish on 8mm pellet fishing the bomb well across. Well done Paul !
Section Winners
Section A Paul Elworthy peg 20 19.760kg
Section B Mark Webber peg 43 31.720kg
With only 2 club points matches left in the series, it looks like a two-horse race between Paul Blake out in front on 66pts and Gary Butler who has had a stunning late run and trails by just 2 points on 64pts. Everyone, however, is fighting for top ten points to reach the coveted final in October and with the series based on "top nine from twelve", there is still much to play for.
Next match is in 3 weeks on 24th Aug. at Summerhayes.
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Points 11 24th August 2025 Summerhayes
Sunday's penultimate league match fished on Longs lake at Summerhayes was supported by 23 anglers all fighting for late points to reach October's club final. With no rain to speak of for months, water levels were at an all-time low and catches were patchy but nevertheless, most anglers had fish, not least of which was the winner on the day in Mark Webber from peg 2 with 36.175kg. Mark pole fished the maggot at 13m all day over cad-potted micros and caught around 20 carp. He hooked loads more but many were foul hooked due to the low water level. Big congrats Mark !
Runner up from peg 31 was Neil Raybould with 30.325kg. Neil also lost lots but did get the carp taking yellow and red wafters well across to the island on long pole over micros. He finished up with a good run of carp in the last hour on 6 and 8mm hard pellet. Nice one Neil
3rd spot went to Wayne Smallridge from peg 8 with 28.175kg. Wayne fished both margins the whole match and caught most of his dozen carp using paste but also managed a few on maggot.
Craig Morris took 4th place from peg 33 with 23.625kg. Craig fished 6/8mm hard pellet at 16m and then in the last hour had several down the margin on corn to finish off a great day. Well done Wayne and Craig !
Section Winners
Section A Dom Garnett peg 12 20.825kg
Section B Glynn Spiller peg 25 17.625kg
With only one match to go in this year's series, looks like a two horse race between Paul Blake on 70pts and Gary Butler just 2 points behind on 68. With the "best 9 from 12" scenario it's anyone's guess who will take the trophy ?
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Points 12 7th September 2025 Greenway
The final league match held on Sunday along Greenway was one of the closest finale's with 4 points separating the top five placings but it was Paul Blake who became this year's champion with 70 points. Big Congrats
Paul ! Well done to the other guys for making this one yet another exciting series.
On the day, the top weight was from permanent peg 35 where Mike Blake weighed in with 3.980kg comprising a tench, a good skimmer, 2 jack pike and several perch for a convincing win. Worm was the top bait on the day fished across as well as down the track. Well done Mike !
Runner-up from peg 32 was Craig Morris with 2.280kg. Ground bait and worm fished 3/4 across trapped a perch over a 1lb and later a tench with 10 minutes to go. He did have a few small roach and perch at intervals throughout the day on a 3 metre whip. Nice one Craig !
3rd place went to Pete Coles on peg 36 with 2.010kg. Pete caught a good tench on corn fished well across to the lilies. Later he managed a skimmer and a small jack pike plus a few perch fishing worm down the middle over choppie and caster. Well done Pete !
The top 12 qualifier is in a fortnight on 21 Sept at Morchard Rd. Those who finished in 11th to 20th place incl. in the league are eligible to fish and the top two on the day will qualify for the grand final at Lakeside on 5th October. For those involved, please liaise with your match secretary in due course.
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Qualifier 21st September 2025 Morchard Road
On Sunday, Tiverton held their Top 12 Qualifier at Morchard Road fishery. With the top two anglers on the day going through to the final, It was Pete Davey and Paul Elworthy who rose to the occasion in style.
Pete was the outright winner with an all-carp catch of 32.050kg. Pegged in the middle of the road bank, he pole fished the entire match and managed around a dozen good fish using mainly corn over micro pellet.
Paul was pegged on the car park point and weighed in with 23.600kg comprising 8 carp.
He had 6 of them using the method feeder with 8mm pellet hook bait and the other 2 he had on the pole at 10m using sweetcorn fished over a bed of micros.
Big Congratulations on making it to the Club Final with the other qualifiers who are :
Paul Blake, Gary Butler, Craig Morris, Dom Garnett, Eric Priest, Martin Heard, Neil Raybould, Bruce Hunt, Mark Branson and Mark Webber.
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Club Final 5th October 2025 Lakeside
With water levels back to normal now, yesterday's club match final still proved to be a tough affair with the carp generally not playing ball. Indeed, the 12 finalists found it very hard to get any run of bites using the normal baits such as corn or pellet, it came down to good old maggot and worm.
Top man on the day, and winner of the perpetual cup, from peg 28 was Dom Garnett with a weight of 22.600kg. He had several carp including one double mainly all caught on the feeder fishing across to the far bank. Well done Dom on a fine win !
Runner up from peg 19 was Pete Davey with 15.400kg. Pete also had one big unit amongst his catch fishing the worm down the margins. Great result Pete !
3rd spot went to Eric Priest on peg 26 with 10.890kg. EP had 6 carp all caught on the maggot down the edge.
Well done to everyone for making this yet another special day and a big thanks to J28 Tackle & Bait for donating a carp rod to the winner of the " biggest fish " which was Neil Raybould with a carp of 18lb. Nice one Neil !
Next club match is the winter pairs on the canal in November.
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