BILLERICAY & DISTRICT
ANGLING CLUB
Serving anglers in Essex for 60 years
Serving anglers in Essex for 60 years
With 8 matches in the season, these matches are held at good venue’s and are very enjoyable. Sadly in recent times the number of members attending these matches has dwindled and the Committee would like to advertise these events to all Female members to attend either at the Ladies Matches or with your Partner at the Mixed Pairs Matches.
To book a place at these Matches, details of which are all shown on the 2019/2020 fixture list in your handbook, or for any queries please call Nick Mitchell on 07970 606558
Attendance to these matches would be greatly appreciated and would help save the events from cancellation.
End of Season Aggregate reports
We have had a mixed season for the Ladies Matches and Mixed Pairs Matches and although we have had larger numbers for the Mixed Pairs Matches, for the Ladies Matches we have only had three in attendance, so the results at the end of the Season for both were as follows
Ladies Matches
Kathy Chisnall 34lb 1oz
Wendy Upton 22lb 0oz
Michelle Knights 1lb 0oz
Mixed Pairs Matches
Kathy Chisnall & Nick Mitchell 175lb 4oz
Nigel and Francesca Warwick 156lb 12oz
Wendy and Alan Upton 70lb 15oz
Debbie and Kevin O’Flynn 34lb 15oz
Michelle Knights and David Edwards 22lb 3oz
John Edwards and Mel Simeonova 5lb 2oz
Thank you for everyone who attended and made these days really enjoyable. We hope to see you all again in the new Season and would love to see some new faces and hope to encourage more Ladies and Mixed Pairs to come along and have a good days fishing at our great Club waters, come rain or shine.
The last match of the season and sadly again we were lower on numbers than we would have liked due to illness but the Three Ladies who did attend had very different matches. Spread throughout the venue on different parts of the Lakes meant that one was in heavy shadow and chill, one had bright hot sunshine all day and one was in between. The meant that again the finishing weights different and were as below
Kathy Chisnall 3lb 3oz
Wendy Upton 1lb 4oz
Michelle Knights 1lb 0oz
Lovely venue, however due to the low water level, we used only the right hand bank as the platforms on the left and side were too much of a stretch to the water’s edge even with extendable landing net handles. We had two mixed pairs in attendance which sadly was due to holidays also. We still had a great day’s fishing and although the Tench never really showed, a mixed spread of all species was caught. The results of the day were as follows
Kathy Chisnall & Nick Mitchell 22lb 1oz
Michelle Knights & David Edwards 14lb 8oz
We were very pleased to have five mixed pairs attending this Match which was great after a few low numbers attending the past few matches. We welcomed David & Michelle and John & Mel. With a full lake of those attending with the Juniors we spread ourselves over the lake and this meant surprisingly different results at the end of the day. The results were as follows
Wendy & Alan Upson 20lb 1oz
David Edwards & Michelle Knights 7lb 11oz
Kathy Chisnall & Nick Mitchell 6lb 9oz
Nigel & Francesca Warwick 6lb 5oz
John Edwards & Mel Simeonova 5lb 2oz
Sadly, because of holidays, illness and work commitments, we only had one Mixed Pairs attending (Nick and Kathy), so we had a little match of our own between the two of us. To protect the innocent I have only listed the total weight of fish caught between us but that said it was one of the most interesting days fishing in a while, with lots of rigs, hooks and landing net handle broken and the ‘many fish that got away!!’
Kathy Chisnall & Nick Mitchell 36lb 6oz
Although we believed that attendance would be up for this Match, due to illness and last minute plans, sadly we only had two Ladies attending. We fished the small Lake so that we could compete with the Juniors and keep them on it, but even just a little further down made a lot of different to the fish activity. The results of the day were as follows
Wendy Upson 12lb 3oz
Kathy Chisnall 11lb 1oz
Sadly again due to health issues and work commitments, we only had two pairs at this match. The extreme weather meant that the whole day was tough going with the Carp bathing themselves in the middle of the Lake but not really interested in taking any bait with only one Carp being caught within the match. Well done to everyone for putting up with the heat and the results of the day were as follows
Wendy & Alan Upson 21lb 2oz
Kathy Chisnall & Nick Mitchell 19lb 1oz
Sadly again due to hospital attendance and other circumstances we only had two Pair attending this match but we all persevered with all types of bait and fishing at different points of the Lake meant quite different results at the end of the day. Selection of Rudd, Roach, Perch and Carp were caught.
Kathy Chisnall & Nick Mitchell 14lb 8oz
Wendy & Alan Upson 4lb 11oz
Sadly due to illness and other commitments, we only had two Ladies at the Match at this great venue. As always everything has been well kept and looked great after with some additional swims being built, so well done to everyone involved in this. As the weather was really hot all day this did make the Tench, which are usually so obvious at this venue, few and far between so a lot of the fish caught were Roach, Rudd and Perch.
Kathy Chisnall 20lb 13oz
Wendy Upson 8lb 9oz
The 2019/2020 season has begun with a Mixed Pairs Match held at Hicks Farm. Thanks to Robin and the work party team for their continued work, the Venue shone brightly in the sun and also glistened in the rain. The fishing was mixed at different points of the Lake with some Pairs catching better than others. We were joined by a new Pair at this Match and we welcome Nigel and Francesca Warwick, a Father and Daughter team. The results of the day were as follows
Nigel & Francesca Warwick 150lb 7oz
Kathy Chisnall & Nick Mitchell 76lb 11oz
Debbie & Kevin O’Flynn 34lb 15oz
Wendy & Alan Upson 25lb 1oz