BELMONT SERIES
Drawing peg 95 under the Belmont Bridge was a bitter sweet experience. Due to the  cold winter  freeze with no sun to warm the peg I was frozen to the core.  Last time I drew this pag I weighed in 44lb of prime roach to finish 3rd. However this time the river was low and clear and very cold. Starting with bread flake I caught a roach and a chub with my very first 2 cast.  Then struggling for just a couple of roach and dace. Th match was 3 1/2 hours  and the last half hour I caught a dace almost every chuck on the feeder, casting across the far bank.  Weighing in 6lb 8oz Just outside the Section placing.

BLAST TO THE PAST
Going back to Twyford Farm on the Warwickshire Avon (Evesham) was like turning the clock back 15 years. Old faces and new saw the 32 anglers struggle. With the same pegs turning up any fish. Top peg 123 saw the winner with 13b of chublets. Peg 1 and 3 on the Island saw the next weights of 11lb and 10lb The rest of the field struggled. However with a barbel coming off peg 98.  I drew a fancied peg 110 and finished 6th in the match with 4lb 6oz, mainly perch, just missing out by 2oz for the section. (See whats on)

LONG LAY OFF
After a long lay off from match fishing I returned to fish the Last round of the South West Super league. Bristol Avon Newbridge below Bath. Our team Cardiff Nomads were holding up the rest of the division. Drawing peg 49 just above the old bream pegs (55)  The river was low and clear. Using my Hemp and maggot approach which failed to respond. With 2 hours left I set a waggler up and fished mid river.  After a few cast I started to catch a roach a chuck in mid water on loose fed maggot. Ending up with 7lb just out side the money.

BACK FOR THE CHARITY
After a 4 week lay off from fishing Matches I returned to one of my favourite rivers, The Wye at Belmont, Hereford. The Charity Match run bye Hereford AC saw a full turn out of 130 anglers.  Drawing permanant peg 90 opposite the Boat House. I caught small Chub a chuck for the first two hours. Using My favourite Loafer and Bread Flake I caught 30lb 10oz winning my section.

WINTER BLANKS
With the latest Winter League match at Port Talbot Docks coming after the xmas closure of the steel works, the temperature dropped and the fish become dormant.  One angler caught a sea fish a small mullet on the inside with just a few minutes to go. Steve Ayres from Bridgend picked up all the prize money including all the sections and winner take all. £350

SECTION WIN
Another section pick up at Port Talbot Dock with a very low weight due to the closure over the xmas period.  A winning weight of just 3lb 8oz I managed 1lb 12oz of roach and Perch

SECTION DEFAULT
I love winning sections by default. This time on Port talbot Dock Cardiff. Steve Shaw won the match with 33lb of skimmers, lucky enough he was in my section so I picked up the section money with 19lb of skimmers and roach.

WYE TEAM CHAMPS
Drawing Peg 82 must be a bad omen. After drawing this peg now three times (Twice last year) It must be the worst draw below the Bridge ever. Weighing in 4lb 6oz beating them around me, alas the Trees above the bridge produced the section winners.  After winning the event last year our team Nomads did'nt make the top ten.

PORT TALBOT
The first of the winter league series held on Port Talbot Dock in South Wales. Produced some mixed catches with the lower numbers  normally the best area fishing poor.  Caerphilly angler Ron Jones won from the high number 20 with 44lb of skimmers. I caught 21lb just missing out by 1oz for section money to match organiser Doug Hornblow. 

WYE
Probably the best river in the UK and Belmont section being full of roach at  the moment. However in the Winter League you still have to draw around the bridge and rowing club. With weights of 54lb 51lb and 52lb of roach, making the frame.  I drew my usual crap peg up above the bridge at peg 18. I did manage a days fishing with 10lb 8oz of dace on the boly float.

WYE BLUES
The River Wye lived up to its reputation as being possibly the best River in the UK this weekend. For those anglers that drew on the hot pegs in the Hereford Winter league saw the roach feed with weights of over 70lb and 60lb and 50lb making the winners frame. I drew peg 63 above the rowing club normally a good area and ended up with 10lb 8oz. However the opposite end of the section was won with 44lb and with backing weights 32lb and 32lb. I suppose that is the luck of the draw.

WONDERFUL WYE
This weekend saw me fish the annual River Wye Championships. Having become runner up a couple of times in this event, my expectations were high when I drew the Fownhope section 5 miles below Hereford. Knowing the right peg could produce a winning weight. However I drew peg 138 in the caravan section. Having a late run of dace I caught 28lb 2oz to win that section, just 3lb out of the main prize money.

SECTION WIN
Back to Port Talbot Docks and with the same results as last week with all the major weights coming from the first few pegs.  Steve Eryes winning from peg 3 with 47lb of skimmers. I drew next to last weeks peg, number 12. This time beating Mike Towler and Anthony Hogg (The venue specialists) with a section win of 24lb10oz of skimmers and a few roach. All caught twitching red maggot and worm along the bottom.

PORT TALBOT
Back to Port Talbot Dock. It seems just a few moments ago that I was fishing the Popular Winter series at Port Talbot Dock in South Wales. The start of the this year match, had a mixed response after a pre match fish off. With all the major weights coming from the first few pegs. Rob Jones from Caerphilly won the match with 37lb of skimmers from peg 3. I Drew next to the venue expert Mike Towler Peg 13 and 14. Mike just beating me for the section with 26lb to my 22lb 12oz

WINTER WYE
The Winter season is back already and the first of the River Wye Series fished on the Belmont section in Hereford started this Sunday. With a good turnout of 12 teams. However with heavy rain over night the River started to rise as we fished. With some anglers struggling the weight we not that bad. 26lb on the tennis courts was the winning weight. I had a good draw Peg 89 opposite the rowing club. After scaling down to  size 20 and single maggot I managed to land three Chub and one Perch for 14lb 12oz and winning my section and 4^th overall. Local team Woody’s won the team event and our team Nomads 6^th.

Newport Charity Match
It was good to see some old friends at Newport Charity event in aid of Chenoble. Now in its 20th year. Fished on Woodstock Pond with a good entry of 35 anglers, most of the pegs were taken up. Leaving very little room  affecting the weights. I drew peg 17 and ended up with just 2lb of an Eel, 1 roach, 1 rudd, 12 perch, and 1 small mirror Carp

INDIVIDUAL OVERALL WINNER
The final South West Super League on the Bristol Avon at Newbridge in Bath saw a mixed result for me. My team Cardiff Nomads are probably not the force they used to be and coming last on the day was a formality. However I finished the League the overall Individual winner with a section second on the day. Using the waggler I caught 7lb 4oz of small chub and a few bleak. Overall the league was a fair and even one and with a 1^st and a second and a few section wins I enjoyed them mostly. Looking forward to next year. (If any angler fancies fishing for our team next year please email me for the information clive@angling-news.co.uk)

BRISTOL BREAM
This weekend saw me fish the penultimate practice match for the South West Super League Bristol Avon Newbridge at Bath. Drawing the next peg as last weekend and with the river still running high I opted for swim feeder tactics. Coming second with 16lb 2oz of skimmer bream with an open ended swimfeeder. Caster’s, worms and red maggot. (I hope the river is still high for next week)

BRISTOL AVON BLUES
The South West Super league is now drawing to its conclusion with Bathampton out in front and our team in 3^rd position. Two matches remaining on the Bristol at Newbridge Bath. The practice match saw me draw the straight on the pump house field. The swim was so full of snags I blew out. The first league match saw me draw down in the woods. As I am laying joint 3^rd in the individual league I thought I would fish for bleak as the river was carrying extra water. A safe bet I thought, however I only managed 7lb 12oz for third in my section getting beat by 2oz for second.

HUNTSPILL RE-VISITED
After a good run of results on the Huntspill Drain in Somerset this summer I returned for one last match. The Huntspill Championships. Drawing a section that hasn’t been fished  before. Winning my section again with 6kilo 400 this time I used knobs of groundbait with my waggler tactics

MIXED WEEKEND
Having a mixed weekend of Fishing perhaps not one of the Best. Saturday saw me fish the Bristol Avon at Newbridge near Bath.  Having caught 7lb 14oz of roach on the hemp seed just missing out on the prizes. Sunday saw me back at the Huntspill drain This time catching 6 kilo 100g and winning my section again. The biggest Disappointment was fishing the team event at Evesham festival. Drawing the Isbourne mouth peg I concentrated on the wagg just weighing 2lb 12oz saw me finish last in the section. Bloodworm was the bait for the day and our team Cardiff Nomads finished last and also relagated from the competition. A weekend I would like to forget.

HUNTSPILL
Just fished a few matches on the Huntspill Drain in Somerset. Good turnout due to The Divisional Match being fished there.
Plus our Super League. Winning a section of 30 with 7kilo of waggler caught roach. Following week coming 2nd in The super league with 14lb. 4oz of (Again) Waggler caught roach to hemp and maggot.

TAFF EVE SERIES
2nd this time with 24lb 7 oz of roach and dace on the stick float. Clive Roberts won with 27lb of roach. 3rd Richard cany with 19lb including a 5lb Mullet

TAFF WINNER
With the river Taff in Cardiff fishing so well I managed to catch 20lb 6oz of prime roach in a 3 hour evening matc.  Just beating my team mate Richard Candy who weighed 20lb 5oz Fishing long pole and whip.

SILVER FISH
My style of Silver fish fishing Paid off at Porth Res Cornwall. Catching 18lb of skimmers to win the Sunday Drennen Super League. Fishing up in the water with a One swan crystal wagger using single red maggot.

NOWHERE WITH 110 LB
Not much to report due to my lack of commercial fishingexperience. I did manage 110lb of f1 carp in a match at Cefn Mably Cardiff. However I could only finish 5th

BACK TO THE FUTURE
Well not much has changed since last summer. The commercial fisheries are still being won by the same new faces. Lets hope this year I can get to grips with these artificial fish and fisheries...Keep in touch for my progress

WINTER BLUES
Not much to report lately.  A couple of Section wins on the River Wye a couple of Blanks on the Warwickshire Avon. And with the weather getting colder and Xmas on top I hope  to report my Christmas matches over the festive weekend.

TEAM SECOND
The second round of the Hampton Ferry League on the Warwickshire Avon saw my team Cardiff Nomads into second position with 30 points giving us the overall lead. I picked up section money with 2lb 10oz of small roach, bleak and dace using red squatt and 22 hooks with the river still running down with a colour as the fishing was hard.

DOUBLE FRAME
This weekend saw me finish 4th on both matches. Picking up prize money twice. Saturday saw me catch 18lb 5oz of skimmers on East Dock Cardiff 1st was Doug Hornblow with 22lb 2nd Richard Candy 21lb 3rd Larry Salter 19lb.
Sunday saw me catching 22lb 1oz of slabs (bream) and a few roach just missing out on 2nd by 7oz with runner up was Shaun Wilson with 22lb 8oz. Winner was Nicky Belcher with 32lb The match fished at Woodstock and Morgans pond Newport raised over £400 for charity with the proceeds going to the kids of chenoble

HAMPTON FERRY
A good performance this weekend on the first of the Warwickshire Avon league Team championships held at Hampton Ferry. Our team Cardiff Nomads secured 3rd overall with 30 pionts 5  behind Sheakespeare Super team. Individually I came 4th overall with a low weight of 3lb 9oz on waggler caught roach and chubletts.
BRISTOL BLOW OUT
Sunday saw our team coming last in the Drennan Super League on The Bristol Avon at Newbridge Bath  (See Results)

EAST DOCK SWEEP
Sunday saw me catching 10lb 10oz of Hemp seed caught Roach. On East Dock Cardiff. However Doug Hornblow won the sweep with 25lb of bream on the feeder. After a long lay off Shaune Parson of St Mellons came 2^nd with 16lb 8oz of Caster caught Roach with a 5meter Whip.

TAFF WINNING WAYS
Fishing the river that I first learnt to fish was a great experience and winning on my return after 30 years was icing on the cake. Drawing and end peg is always an advantage and I took this with a winning 17lb of small dace. Using a stick float in mid stream and with only 15” of water I caught not stop through out the 5 hour match.
My 2^nd win in two weeks on the River Taff in Cardiff saw me catch 10lb 8oz of Grayling just beating Richard Candy (Cardiff) who also caught 9lb 8oz of Grayling. This time a bagged my fish with stick float and pole tactics.

NOW AVAILABLE RIVER TUITION WITH CLIVE BRANSON

BACK TO BRISTOL
This weekend saw me fish Newbridge on Bristol Avon (Bath) Having not fished this venue for over two years I expected more of the same as last time I fished with the first two hours of action and the last three hours of sctratching. With 4lb of perch in the net I did not see the local anglers above me go all out for bream in the later part of the match. Relagating me to 4th in the section. (A lesson to learn for the next match this coming weekend)

GREAT WEEKEND
A good weekend fishing at the Shakespeare Bank holiday extravaganza despite not winning a cockle. Saturday saw me draw a bad peg on the town (peg 10) in the deeps. Weighing in with only 1lb 7oz of waggler caught roach. However beating Dave Harrell one of the organizers was the highlight.
See report http://www.matchfishingmagazine.com/news-full.php?ID=82) 
Monday I drew peg 19 on the town a better peg. This was the Team event. With the bottom two teams being relegated for next year we were lucky to survive the drop, just beating the Shakespeare super team by one point. I held my place with a fifth section place catching 4lb 20z of perch on bloodworm.
(See results http://www.matchfishingmagazine.com/news-full.php?ID=84)

QUALIFIED
This weekend I travelled to the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham Fishing a Shakespeare qualifier match for next weekend Bank Holiday. On my only attempt I secured 2^nd position with the help of a Barbel and a couple of pound of small roach for a weight of 8lb 2oz. Using stick float on a rising river feeding hemp and bronze maggot. (I am in 2 matches now over the Bank Holiday Sat & Mon If you are there don't forget to say hello)

BACK TO NATURAL FISHING
This Sunday saw me travel to the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham. After the floods the river has fined down and was looking good.  This was a team Shakespear Qualifing match and with my old team mates Clive Roberts and Richard Candy we teamed up with two local anglers Goerge Avery and Alan Stevens. We all secured good section places and won the match with over 10 points to spare over favourite's Shakespear Team.  I had a 3rd place section on the top of the town water with 4lb 11oz all small roach and dace on the waggler.  (A great match and now looking forward to the Finals on Bank Holiday)

IN THE MONEY AGAIN
What a difference a change of tatics can make. Coming 4th on the weekend with 40lb of mirror and f1 carp was due to the hard work over the last few months (see last report) Been in the money now in my last three matches lets see next week

TIDE IS TURNING
As mentioned in my last report (Now a few matches away)  I have I hope just starting to crack the carp fishing match scene. With over a dozen matches fished without a sniff of any prize money except for a few near misses, I finally got into the money with a 2nd place of 81lb6oz small mirror carp bag All caught on a banded hair rig using 8mm hard floating pellet as bait, within the swimfeeder I used fine halibut soft pellet mixed with a few 4mm soft floaters to break up the mix. A sliding hook length of only 3" with a knotless eyed hook facing inwards. (What a difference this type of fishing is! much more technical than I am used too) However trial and error has prevailed. Thursday eve match at Cef Mably S Wales also saw me in the prizes with 36lb 6oz using the same method.  (Watch this space)

CLOSE SEASON BLUES
For those who remember the close season will know that the transition from winter to summer is the time to reflect. Getting to grips with the commercial fisheries for me is a problem. Over the last few weeks all that I have achieved is a couple of small wins and placing. This week saw me win at Morgan pond Newport with 11lb 14oz of silver fish. Wednesday eve saw me win at Lamby pond Cardiff with 3lb of roach.

SUMMER EVENING WIN
The first of the Summer evening matches started this week a a small weight of 8lb 4oz won me the match. Catching 2 carp, 1 hybrid, 1 tench and a few small roach all on my special paste bait.

GETTING CLOSE
Well it is back to Summer Carp fishing and I am just getting back into the swing of things. This week saw me coming 6th in the Cefn Mably Open (South Wales) Catching 30lb 4oz of F1 Carp and a few chub on the Feeder with hair rigged corn.

CARP CRAP
Well after being spiolt with silver fish fishing this winter it was back to Summer Carp fishing. And as usual you have to draw well to do any good in these matches. This bank Holiday weekend saw me fish at the popular Cefn Mably fishery ST Mellons Cardiff. The Saturday match was on the Bridge pond and was won by Local angler Lee Petichio on the open peg number 20 Using pellet and worm he secured a weight of 42lb of mix carp, barbel and chub. I drew in the corner next to the island and caught 20lb of mainly F1carp and chub. The Next day saw me draw on the Match lake again in the corner peg 6. With only a few pounds I did not bother to weigh in. The match was won on the same peg as saturday this time by Shaun Wilson with 52lb of F1 carp

BACK TO THE FUTURE
After a twenty year return to Woodstock Pond Newport I did not reconise the venue. With the Island full of trees and over growth it looked a picture postcard. However the fishing has completly changed. Instead of roach, skimmers and tench the venue now has F1 carp, pasties and big bream. Instead of maggots and caster's or bloodworm the prefered bait is pellet and corn. And it was this bait that produced a joint 2nd position for me with 23lb 4oz of small carp (Pasties) Twizel (Newport) was joint with F1 carp and bream. After a long lay  off and 1st on the day was Nick Belcher (Newport)

KING AGAIN
Mike Towler (Glamorgan Rebels) came good on the last  match of the winter series on Port Talbot Dock with 35lb of quality skimmers. Mike has the knack of catching those bigger fish. By waiting a bit longer for thoe bites I beleive the bigger fish can be caught. However I will have to wait until next season to find out.  2nd was Doug Hornblow who has also just come into form with a 29lb catch 3rd was Clive Roberts who caught 28lb on the pole.  The same method I used on the pole with 24lb.

BLOWN OUT
This weekend match at Port Talbot Dock was more than a blow out, in fact the weather was a gale force wind. The Anglers who used braid line became the winners and as usual Mal Entwistle(The new king of the dock) won the match with 29lb (Next to me) Rob Wiltshire (Caerphilly) 2nd with 21lb and 3d was Doug Hornblow 20lb Rob Wiltshire also won the winter KO series

BLOW OUT
Its a funny old game matchfishing! After a good run on Port Talbot Dock my luck ran out. Drawing peg 1 a fancy peg that was second last week. I came down to earth with a 5th place having caught only 26lb 14oz. With the dock having a light wind the conditions where ideal for the pole and Doug Hornblow took advantage of this with an easy 39lb win. Mal Entwistle was second with 34lb and old stalwart Mike Towler 3rd with 29lb


ANOTHER WIN BUT ONLY JUST
With the rivers in flood this weeks match at Port Talbot attracted a few more anglers from the Cardiff Nomads match club.
Drawing the same peg as last week I was very confident in another victory. However with strong winds and rain It took a while to get into my rythem. With Clive Roberts, Doug Hornblow either side and Jim palmer only 1 peg away I started to pull away from them in the second half of the match. Winning with 36lb 10oz and Richard Candy 2nd with 36lb 6oz Alun Davies 3rd with 29lb 10oz

King of the Dock (Who me!)
Having been drawn next to Mike Towler who has the best record on Port Talbot Dock it was the head to head that I wanted. With Doug Hornblow on the other side  was cream on the cake. Now was my chance to show  if my method that I have developed was going to work. In the the first hour Mike was 10 fish ahead of me. However I kept to my method (Which I shall reveal in 4 weeks time when the series ends) At the weigh in Mike ended with 91 skimmers for 37lb and with over 120 skimmers I won the match with 46lb (Winning the silver peg also) Doug on the other side of me caught 38lb for second.  After the match Mike said "We now have a new King of the Dock." " Who me I said!"

REVENGE BUT ONLY THIRD
After a two week break I fished the popular Port Talbot docks open again last Sunday. Drawing next to Mal Entwistle was the revenge I wanted with me coming on top with 39lb 14oz to Mals 33lb However it was The king of the dock Mike Towler scoring a first place again with 46lb and Rob Wilshire (Caerphilly) with pole method for second 42lb

BEAT AT THE POST
Mal Entwistle (Glamorgan Rebel match team) Had his revenge this week just beating me with a weight of 12lb2oz to my 11lb 12oz of skimmer bream and roach. The low weights were due to a container ship that arrived after just an hour into the 5 hour competition.

WIN AT LAST
Sun 21 Jan. Strange how one week from another can change, drawing peg 20 on Port Talbot Dock only 2 pegs away from last week saw me win  the competition with  23lb 12oz fishing next to one of the anglers that perhaps is one of the finest angler on the venue Mal Entwistle (Glamorgan Rebel) A close run match with me coming out on top. Mal came third with 17lb

OUT OF LUCK
This week end Sun 14th Jan saw me draw peg 18 on the Port Talbot dock. Not a good draw catching 18lb saw me finish out of the frame for the first time in 5 matches

SECTION WIN
Port Talbot dock is perhaps one of the fairest venues that I know for skimmer fishing. The anglers on form will always frame and the same names will always feature in the prize list. However I could only manage a section win with 20lb 6oz this Sunday

IN THE MONEY AGAIN
Not quite winning yet! As my new method of fishing for the Port Talbot  Skimmers are proving.  With a net of 21lb coming third in the weekend open.  I shall reveal my methods closer to the end of the season, just so I can win a few more shillings.

Section Win
Drawing the poor end of the Port Tabot Dock this weekend saw me in the prizes again with over 11lb of skimmers. Using the same tatics as last week. (Im just getting used to this venue)

NEAR
After a few matches just missing out on the prizes at Port Talbot Docks South Wales, I came close to winning the week before Xmas. With a bag of skimmers of 34lb just behind winner Mal Entwistle. Coming second on my 4th visit this season was I feel a good achievement considering some anglers have been fishing their all year.  Catching mainly skimmers with a few roach on swimfeeder tatics and using floating maggots as bait.
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Fishing The River Wye at Belmont for my Local Team Cardiff Nomads saw me draw a peg in front of the Scout Hut at Belmont. A nice draw on the day due to the water coming up after a downpour. Scratching for bleak saw me amass 0ver 500 bleak for a weight of 15lb. Come the weigh-in my main competition was Dave Harrell (Mids) the ex International angler with a good reputation on rivers. The weigh in was close with the needle bouncing on the 15lb mark. As I was weighing first I settled on 15lb. Dave Harrell also had the same with the needle bouncing on the 15lb mark. Except he insisted vocally and put pressure on the scalesman to give him 15lb 2oz. Dave is a keen win at all cost angler! What chances have we! The humble angler got.

After a lay off from fishing due to work commitments I started back this winter with a couple of matches at my local Port Talbot Docks. A great venue with loads of skimmers to be caught. Mostly caught on the feeder although a pole can work well when the wind is calm. My first couple of matches produced 23lb and 20lb respectably.
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A team win at last for Cardiff Nomads in the Wye teams of six league (See match Results) with my team member Larry Salter winning from a peg opposite the Hereford Boat House. An all dace catch of 29lb. I could only manage 4th in my section with 6lb of mixed bleak and roach. The river carrying over 5ft of extra water.

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Its becoming a habit coming second (But I cant complain) This time at Port Talbot Dock South Wales Perhaps one of the best winter venues in the UK. With warm water fed from the steel works Mike Towler the venue specialist won with 40lb 8oz of skimmer bream, fishing the feeder. While I came second with 33lb of roach and skimmers caught on the pole. 3rd was Doug Hornblow with feeder caught skimmers with 30lb 4oz
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2nd this time. Things are getting better for me at Evesham after coming 3rd on the weekend on the Avon I used the same bread punch method and caught over 250 small roach to weigh in 14lb for second place only 9oz behind the winner in the Wednesday Shakespear League
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Back at Evesham on the Avon fishing the Fisheasy League Saturday, I had a good days fishing allthough the weather was freezing conditions I caught 10lb 14oz of Roach and chub on Punch Bread. And a couple of maggot caught Chub and perch.  Winning my section and coming 3rd overall.
Sunday fishing the River Wye at Belmont saw more than half of the field Blanking including myself
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Saturday saw me finishing second on the Taff feeder with four big chub and a bream for 16lb 9oz. The winner for the second time running was Giles Cochrain with 18lb 4oz
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The Warwickshire Avon at Evesham was 12" on and still rising on the Wednesday Shakespear League and with a second in the section the match before I was hoping to go one better. However the bleak did not feed so after switching to Lob worm with an hour to go I hooked and got snapped by two big fish which would have won me the match. (Thats fishing!)
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With the river Wye still holding  extra water the Wye Championships saw a tumble in weights. Drawing peg 37 on belmont was not the best of draws. However I set my stall out for bleak and won my section with 25lb 4oz
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The Weather is affecting results laterly with wind and plenty of rain making rivers and some venues producing low weights. However Our team Sensas Cardiff Nomads secured 3rd place on the second round of the Evesham Fisheasy League with Robin Darker and Giles Cochrain coming second in there sections. Wednesday saw me pick up a section win on the Warwickshire Avon Evesham with nearly 4lb of bleak on the Shakeapear Individual League.
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A couple of lean weekends without picking any prizes up. The start of the Hereford River Wye Matches saw me finish in 3rd place in section with 11lb 10oz of bleak. While finishing 5th in my section on the Warwickshire Avon Evesham with 2lb 8oz  of waggler caught gudgeon and roach. Sunday saw me well beaten by Howard green at Whitesprings who weighed 78lb to my 9lb
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Just missing out on the Welsh National Championships Switching to the pole after two hours on the feeder saw me catch 40lb 6oz of skimmers and roach (Should have changed quicker Thats match fishing) My team loosing out to rebels by one point
Welsh National Championships Results, Port Talbot Docks. Sun. 54. Mal Entwhistle (Sensas Rebels) 45-12-0, skimmers, crumb feeder, red maggots; John Munkley (Sensas Nomads B) 41-3-0; Clive Branson 40-6-0; John Taylor (Glamorgan AC) 39-7-0.
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This weekend saw me fishing Port Talbot Dock. Practice matches for the for coming Welsh National next week. Saturday I fished the wrong method using Pole to hand to catch 22lb of roach and skimmers while all the winning method was feeder for skimmers, Sunday I switched to the feeder catching 45lb of skimmers for second place, while Venue specialist Mike Towler notched up another win with 60lb. Thankfully Mike won't be fishing next week . Lets hope the team (Sensas Nomads) can secure a National victory which has eluded them for a few years. Let you know next week.
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Almost a disaster for our team Sensas Cardiff on Sunday at the Drennen Super league King sedgemoore drain I caught 6lb 10oz for third in my section. However the team slumped to last but two with 47 points just holding on for second to qualify the KO round. (See Results) _____________________________________________________________________________________
Saturday saw A good match at Hendre Lake Cardiff. Fishing my favourite method "Waggler" 21lb of roach just behind match winner Richy Candy with 23lb
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The practice match for the next Drennan Super League to be held on the King Sedgemoore Drain was a bit disappointing with expectations of large weights disappearing. I drew peg 46 midway along. Catching small skimmers and roach on 9meter pole soon dry up, the last ¾ of an hour I switched to the waggler and started to catch again leaving feeding fish in the peg is a nightmare. Ending up with 3kilo 100 gram just missing out on section and not far behind the main frame. Lets see what happens next weekend!
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A reversal of fortune again (funny thing match fishing) After coming 2nd on the tuesday warm up-match on the Bristol Avon at Newbridge for the Super League 5th round  I caught 22lb of roach to hand thinking I got it worked out come the Sunday match proper I drew peg 48 and caught 2lb 10oz coming last in my section. The good thing though is our team Sensas Cardiff Nomads still hung on to 2nd place and with one match to go  on the King Sedgemoore drain we are 17 points clear of the next team
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Another section win for the Shakespear qualifier peg 38 ferry 3lb 10 oz of gudeon on the bread punch.

Two section wins on a trot on the Wednesday Evesham Wychavon Qualifier fishing the waggler I drew on peg 5 in the town finishing with 5lb 4oz on the first week then drawing peg 27 town I caught 4lb 6oz
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Funny how things change after winning the match the week before on the Gloucester Canal I could only manage one perch in the next warm up match. The match proper I drew a just off the noted bend area of Hemstead, so after a blank one and a half hours I decided to go for a few bleak, ending up with 4lb of the little things, coming 4th in my section. Our Team Sensas nomads coming 5th overall but managing to hold on to second place 22 points behind Thatchers and 6 in front of Nobbys.

Back with a win on the warm up practice match for the next round of the South West Super League. The Gloucester canal at Hempstead. Fishing an open ended groundbait feeder to the far ledge I caught 3 Slabs and a few skimmers for a winning total of 11lb 1oz
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Disappointed with a last but one in my section (weighing 8oz) in the Latest South West Super league on the Kennet and Avon canal. However my team Cardiff Sensas Nomads came 4^th and still holding 2^nd place behind Thatchers
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Just finished our domestic summer league on Hendre Lake with a third place of 10lb 7oz of roach on the waggler and finishing 3rd overall. Winner was Mike Ares. 2nd was Stan Crowley
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Great days fishing the waggler on Porth Res in Devon
4th in the South West super league with 23lb 6oz of skimmers fishing up in the water and using my favourite method, "the waggler"
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A good win using Paste up in the water
White Springs, Pontarddulais, Match Lake. Wed.15. Clive Branson (Sensas Nomads) 61-4-0 small carp and bream on pole and maggots over pellets fished to the island from peg 16. Jeff Walker (Llandeilo) 45-12-0; Chris Murphy (Bargoed) 25-0-0.
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Two on a trott as I won the latest Tuesday evening series with a hard fought 7lb 2oz of skimmers and roach. Battling against a heavey wind I caught most of the fish on a 3.5 meter whip 2nd was  Stan Crowley with 6lb8oz and 3rd was Clive Roberts with 5lb 9oz

Saturday saw me finishing with a 3rd place at Duffryn Springs with a small bag of roach and perch with 6lb 8oz 2nd on the day was Richard Candy and first was Clive Roberts with 8lb 14oz