This match usually produces a few less anglers, as it is restricted to float only, but there were still 18 of us that contested it. After a really long dry spell, the river was in dire need of some fresh water. The weather was, at least, overcast for most of the 5 hours, which helped a little. Surprise winner from peg 8 was Paul Harrison with a bag of small chub and a bonus 4 Lbs 8 Ozs pike for a total of 16 Lbs 2 Ozs. Second, from peg 88, was Colin Morris with small chub and bits for 10 Lbs 2 Ozs and third was Graham Jones from peg 80 with a similar bag for 9 Lbs 6 Ozs. League positions after 3 matches  are: 1st - Ken Arnold with 23 points, 2nd Dave Leary with 19 and Graham Jones with 17. Early days yet, with 7 matches to go, so read the results here first as the season progresses. Click on the link for the full result.

LEIGHTON RESULTS 3RD MATCH 2017.xlsx (118.53 kb)

Just 19 match anglers contested the second round of the league on 2nd July 2017 on a low river and a bright sunlit day. Again, this made finding fish (other than bleak!) very hard going. But, once again, that man Dave Leary made it look easy with a winning weight of exactly 32 Lbs taken from peg 9 with varied baits including sweetcorn, pellet and meat resulting in barbel and chub coming to his net. Second was Graham Jones from peg 78 with 16 Lbs 2 Ozs and third was Ken Arnold with 14 Lbs 4 Ozs from peg 76. For the full result, please click on the link. You need to hit the 2017 tab for this year's results!

LEIGHTON RESULTS 2nd MATCH 2017.xlsx (117.13 kb)