Wigston A.S. Teams of Four Winter League – CANCELLED

Due to a combination of continued bad weather and some anglers/teams not willing to break the ice to fish, the Wigston A.S. teams of four winter league on the GUC has been cancelled

You can’t blame anyone for not wanting to fish in the current weather conditions. Equally there are some teams and anglers that do want to fish and being tied into matches that may not go ahead due to the canal being frozen, often leaves them with insufficient time to find an alternative match.

Instead, we will be running the following open matches on the original match dates. This way individuals can make their own decision if they want to fish and if need be to break the ice.

The dates are:

Sunday 23^rd January

Sunday 06^th February

Sunday 20^th February

Sunday 13^th March (Leicester Canal Champs)

Many thanks to all the teams for their patience and input. I hope you will continue to support us on these open matches.

Anglers wanting to book-in for any of the above, should contact either Steve Oakes on 07941 361753 or myself – 07860 112000.

Wigston A.S. ‘Middy’ Teams of Four – Round 1

Sections for the 1^st round on Sunday 28^th November are:

‘A’ Section:    The Manor (Above Little Glenn Rd Bridge)

‘B’ Section:    The Manor (Westminster Drive)

‘C’ Section:    County Arms

‘D’ Section:    Aylestone (The Dead Arm below St Andrews FC)

8am Draw at the Choice Café, Aylestone Road, Leicester

(Breakfast from 7am)

£15 individual pools

Fish 10am to 3pm

No Bloodworm & Joker

Confirmed teams are:

1. Oadby Angling Gold
2. Oadby Angling Silver
3. Nottts AA
4. Devisotter
5. Wigston Blue
6. Wigston Red
7. Team SPRO
8. Rutlanders
9. Rob Scotting Select
10. Browning Hot Rods
11. Wigston Black

Any team not yet paid their £20 team entry must do so on the first match.

In addition to tackle prizes for the winning overall team in the league from Middy, Wigston A.S. are also putting-up £400 in prize money.

£200 Overall League Team Winners

£100 2^nd Placed League Team

£100 Top Overall League Individual

Both teams and individuals can drop their worst result – e.g. best 5 matches out of 6 count.

Anyone still interested in putting a team in or fishing as an individual, please call Adam Nurse on 07860 112000.

Dates have now been announced for this seasons teams of four winter league.

Sun 28th November TOF Round 1
Sun 12th December TOF Round 2
Sun 9th  Jan 2011  TOF Round 3
Sun 23rd Jan 2011 TOF Round 4
Sun 6th  Feb 2011 TOF Round 5
Sun 20th Feb 2011 TOF Round 6
Sun 6th March 2011 WAS Open/Reserve Date

Team entry is £20 and teams are limited to 13 (52 pegs)

For more information, please contact Steve Oakes on 07941 361753 or Adam Nurse on 07860 112000

Wigston A.S. Middy Teams of Four Winter League - Sun 28th March GUC 52 pegs

Much improved weather provided consistent sport for the final round of the Wigston A.S. Middy Teams of Four Winter League.

Spro Red Arc won the day with 43 pts ahead of Notts AA on 40 pts, Wigston A.S. Red third on 39pts and Oadby Angling A on 35 pts.

Despite slipping to fourth overall on the day, there was no stopping Oadby Angling 'A' winning the overall league title with 11pts. Leicester Sensas Gold took the runner-up spot on 17pts ahead of their Silver team who were third on 20pts and Spro Red Arc, fourth on 22pts..

Individually the final match was won by Steve Gardner (Might Catch) with 6lb 7oz net of roach, rudd and skimmers to bread punch and caster from the Kilby Bridge section.

Runner-up Mark Roberts (Oadby Angling A) weighed 6lb 5oz, ahead of third placed Ron Scales (Notts AA) with a level 6lb and Adam Nurse (Spro Red Arc) fourth on 5lb 6oz.

Mark Roberts was also top individual angler in the league on 58pts ahead of Adam Nurse and Pete Jayes both on 57pts.

Overall Team Results

1st Oadby Angling 'A'  11pts

2nd Leicester Sensas Gold 17pts

3rd Leicester Sensas Silver 20pts

4th Spro Red Arc 22pts

5th Wigston A.S. Red 24pts

6th Oadby Angling 'B' 25pts

7th Notts A.A. 27pts

8th Leicester Sensas Bronze 36pts

9th Wigston A.S. Blue 38pts

10th Spro Blue Arc 39pts

11th Devisotter 42pts

12th Match Catch 46pts

13th Might Catch 49pts

Wigston A.S. Leicester Canal Champs - Sun 21st March, Kilby Bridge

The improved warm weather provided more consistant sport than of late for anglers fishing this years Leicester Canal Champs on the Grand Union Canal at Kilby Bridge.

Notts AA angler, Johnny Johnson netted  a winning 8lb 2oz catch of skimmers, roach and rudd. Pegged at the basin he fished pinkie over groundbait at 9m and 11m all match to take the Ivan Marks Trophy.

Second placed Adam Nurse (Wigston A.S.) weighed a level 7lb of roach, skimmers and gudgeon from the boat moorings just down stream from Kilby Bridge.

Third place, Steve Warner (Team in-Harmony) also fished groundbait, maggot and caster to take a mixed net of roach and skimmers for 6lb 4 1/2oz

1st Johnny Johnson Notts AA 8lb 2oz

2nd Adam Nurse Wigston A.S. 7lb

3rd Steve Warner Team In-Harmony 6lb 41/2 oz

4th Dayle Taylor Wigston A.S. 5lb

5th John Wells Devisotter 4lb 11oz

6th Joe Oakes Oadby Angling