COMPETITIONS & RESULTS

2025

14th September. Orchard Place Farm. Lake 6

It was a Carp fest for quite a few members with 7 members breaking the ton weight on Lake 6 at Orchard Place Farm Fishery. Derek ‘The Carp Whisperer’ Carter’ (top) went one better and had a double ton weight from Peg 6 located at the end of the spit on the causeway to land 275-5-0 along with the pools he also won the super pool. Martin Charnock having had a few sneaky practices in the week came second from Peg 1 with 181-11-0,  third place was Andy Wolstencroft with 176-3-0 from peg 11 with Dennis Cooper taking fourth place with 153-2-0. However what was more important was Steve Beard having a (missguided) belief that he was going to take the field apart challenging Martin and Derek to a £1 side bet, as you can see from the overall weights things didn’t quite go to plan. You can check out the match on Youtube for more info.

7th September. Henfold Main Lake  Silvers Only & 3 Teams of 3

Henfold Lakes saw a somewhat reduced attendance due to holiday leave, however on our previous visit water levels were way down but today saw the levels back to normal. Once again a teams event was possible and it was Captain Robbie Gaiger led the charge for his team by taking pole position overall with 28-0-0 from peg 1. Alongside Robbie were Ron Carter and Serge Garbou taking the team total and the win with a combined weight of 49-9-0. Second from Peg 5 was Martin Charnock with 27-2-0 and in third place was Derek Carter from Peg 8 with 17-8-0..

4th September.  Weirwood Reservoir “Coffin Dodgers Mid-Week Match

Today’s match saw the competitors setting up in gale force winds and torrential rain. However it did start to improve but 40 mph gusts of wind made presentation difficult at times. Yours truly had covered most aspects of the environment that was thrown at us with 6 – 8m whips with floats ranging from 3g to 4g as well as the pole and a 12g waggler. The majority of species were Roach, the quality being second to none. Brian kennard from end peg 2 using and feeding Caster found some real beauties in his catch to take the win with 14-14-0. Martin Charnock above was second feeding and baiting up with maggot for 13-12-0. After this weights dropped with Dennis Cooper taking third place with 6-12-0. The above excerpts of Carshalton & Districts A.S match can be found on Youtube. 

31st August. Five Oaks ‘Top Lake’ Teams of Four Competition

Organising Competitions can be stressful at times none more than today. In running matches over 35 years I had miscalculated the total weights at the end of the match my first mistake ever, it wasn’t till I got home that I had realized my error and gave Team Derek the winning team payout on the day when it was my team top that had pipped Dels team by just a mere 6 ounces. Sorry lads. Getting back to the team event it was laid out that anglers of roughly equal ability were paired up then drawn to see whether they would fish for Team Martin or Team Derek. Dels team consisted of Del as Captain, Les Collins, Richie Hemmings then Steve Beard. My team consisted as above of Ron Carter, Les Taylor, Myself Captain and Gary Barnes. The match was too close to call as we started to weigh in each teams member. Individually I won from Peg 3 with 10-14-0 of small miniscule Roach and Rudd with an odd few skimmers, Second was Del with 9-0-0 from peg 2 and third was Richie Hemmings with 8-6-0 who should have been on peg 8 but due to foliage issues was changed to the next even peg in 10. Even with our own Les Taylor going for a walkabout for 2 hours we still managed a total winning weight of 26-10-0 to Team Del’s 26-4-0.  Check out the You Tube blog from today’s match below.      https://youtu.be/Ueau2kffoCs

24th August  Warwick Wold Fishery. ‘Ash Lake’

It was a glorious day weather wise for the competitors at local fishery for the majority at Warwick Wold Waters in Merstham Surrey. Having seen Derek Carter’s side tray before the match had got underway left me under no illusions he had every eventuality covered and so it proved. However with peg 9 winning a match the day before and Derek drawing the same peg was it a benefit, well the answer was a big yes winning with 176-6-0.  Micky Wakeling drawn next to the left of Derek was third with 122-8-0 being pipped in the last two hours by Andy Wolstencroft who was to the right of Derek on peg 11 who had a fantastic finally towards the end of the match catching some big Carp to take the runner up spot with 124-7-0. The opposite bank faired a little bit harder with Wayne Davies winning this side on corner peg 12 weighing 65-6-0. Martin Charnock was second fishing paste along the margins with 60-12-0 from peg 18.

Check out the new Youtube Media on today’s match.

17th August Gold Valley ‘Middle Lake’

As there were only eight of us for today’s fixture it was decided to have two teams of four fishing against each other. The best two Carp anglers were Derek and Steve and would be Captains for each team. Gold Valley fishery is a great venue so thanks must go to Committee member Lionel for going out of his way to get todays fixture which has a great onsite tackle shop and Restaurant where we enjoyed a breakfast and drinks for less than £10. Middle Lake is renowned for its F1 Carp but it also has LOTS of Double figure Carp that would come close into the margins. For some anglers including myself temptation got me distracted from catching the F1’s and trying for these double figure beasts which led to me losing 9 of these monsters landing only two on 0.22mm line (9lbs) straight through to a size 12 hook with 6 maggots  !!. Getting back to the teams it was a close run event in the end with Team A taking the win with Captain Derek ‘Carp Guru’ Carter leading with 89-0-0. Second was Team B Captain Steve ‘Where’s me £1 coin” Beard with 62-13-0. Dennis Cooper (below) taking third place with 60-10-0.

10th August. Bernies Fishery 

It was a walk in the park for Derek ‘ Dick Turpin’ Carter and his sidekick Steve ‘The Boy Wonder’ Beard in today’s fixture, as they ran away with the spoils !!!. It was decided to have a walk off giving everyone the opportunity to sit where they felt most comfortable. Del in pole position weighed 154-14-0 with Steve on 137-13-0. Dennis Cooper went for the long walk to the far end where it has a vast array of Lily pads to take third place with a credible 125-12-0. Whilst it was predominantly a Carp fest there were some interesting backing weights of Silvers with Les Collins having 36-14-0.

27th July Willinghurst  Johns Lake  Report By Alan Ringwood

Only 13 Anglers turned up. We did draw before the rules and times were explained people were already pulling away, Karen’s kids in primary school are brighter and better behaved. John Ayres drew peg 1 and scales. Mick and Andy in middle of far bank were doing weights from that side asked John to start weigh-in straight after whistle and after doing himself and Del passed the scales to me I went to take over but he carried on with me in tow I’ll do sheet he’ll lift sling I’m  trying to write down weights and hook sling on while a certain angler watches eating a sandwich doing nothing as normal, well done. Finished drove off no peg nos 13 or 14 handed in what’s going on with this load of Divs? I’ve had enough of wiping their arses I will see this year out match wise and will run my matches on an invite only next year. Del and Steve will be doing Bernie’s match as lam away.Getting back to match Wayne had a fish first min and didn’t stop all day taking match with a weight of 285 lb 1 oz Del was second with 208 13 well done lads. Got home in time for second half of England game well done girls.

13th July  Henfold Fishery ‘Del & Steve’s’ Silvers Only Knock-Up

There were concerns from the Henfold management before today’s fixture about the lack of water in the Main lake giving us an option to cancel if we so wished. On arrival the water level had dropped around a foot showing tree stumps sticking up around the lake that had never been seen before. The Carshalton boys are a hardy lot and the lack of water didn’t faze the small contingent of anglers. As there were only nine of us fishing Del & Steve decided to hold 3 teams of 3 but done fairly so that the top anglers could not be in the same team. The Captains were Martin Charnock, Derek Carter and Tony Hardstone with the rest of the anglers drawing to be in one of the three teams. Silvers is the name of the game for Charnock and whilst renowned for his whip exploits it was the pole that dominated today fishing in 12 inches of water with a 0.1g Si-Wi Punch float to take the win with 33-2-0. Del Carter was just a whisker away but had to settle for the runner up spot with 31-14-0 in third place was Tony Hardstone with 22-14-0. Top team of three was Martin, Robbie and Les (top) with a very convincing victory for a total weight of 68-7-0.

6th July.  Lake 5  Orchard Place Farm Fishery  Report by Alan Ringwood

What a day. We started fishing everyone was catching. Banter was rife, Ron on next peg what the hell is this a cat of 7-8 lbs just managed to get it in the net. Paste fishing Del, Tony and Steve were only separated by me fishing shallow as norm. Disaster two pole joints stuck at end of match. Then pencil end broke all moaning and calling me Lionel.still couldn’t separate pole sections Gary came to the rescue and carried pole back to the car park. One last pull and success sections came apart cheers Gary. The Donut lake fished brill again two weights over 200lbs.  1st was Derek Carter with 219-8-0 followed very closely by r/up Tony Hardstone with 217-11-0 third was myself with 185-1-0.

27th June. Betchworth River Mole ‘ Coffin Dodgers Midweek Match ‘.

The River Mole proved a  hard nut to crack for all of the competitors, with one of the hottest days so far of 2025. The searing sun on the water found that most of the fish looking for shade as hardly any bites came where the surface was exposed to the sun  Even with depths of 9ft along this stretch nearly everyone caught in the shadiest parts of their swims. Today was a walk off with most of the early numbers choosing to sit closest to the bridge pegs. Martin Charnock was last to walk off with only of a couple of pegs to choose from but utilizing his favorite whips between a 6m, 5m and 4m along with Colmic floats of a 3grm Jolly and a 1grm Roach found lots of small Roach to take the win with 3-10-0. Les Collins came second from a swim close to the pill box again with small Roach and Chublets for 3-4-0 in third place was Dennis Cooper closest to the bridge weighed 1-9-0. Fourth was Peter Locke with 1-0-0.

15th June. Willow Park Fishery  Small Lake .  Report by Lionel Herve

Derek Carter ( Top ) in the last hour came good as the Carp decided to have a munch in the higher peg numbers to slip in front of John Ayres who we thought had a comfortable lead having landed twelve fish and was looking good for the win. However Derek’s last gasp few bites in the last hour saw him land 54-10-0 for the win over John’s 47-1-0 taking second place. With each bank paying just the top two it was Ron Carter who took the motorway bank win with 39-3-0 with r/up Dennis Cooper landing 30-3-0.

You can check out the Youtube link to watch the lads land and lose their quarry including the weigh in as it happens. More videos to follow throughout the year.

youtube.com/watch?v=JKPYfudv0Tc&t=8s

30th May  Five Oaks Fishery Top Lake  Coffin Dodgers Midweek Match

There was a change of venue from the proposed Weirwood Reservoir to Five Oaks due to some recent dire results. However Five Oaks Top lake always guarantees a few bites and today didn’t disappoint. Giving the anglers the option of where they chose to sit by having a walk off at the draw, Richie Hemmings drawing number 1 decided he would sit in peg 5 with Martin Charnock taking the last peg in the bag for number 2 and chose to sit on Peg 6. The Whip normally rules the roost if the better skimmers fail to show and Martin edged his bets and fished just that using So simple groundbait of Sweet Skimmer to catch over 500 small roach and Rudd along with the odd skimmer to take the win with 20-0-0. Richie Hemmings took second place with 15-4-0 fishing the long pole for the skimmers. Trevor Pavitt on peg 4 took third place with 13-7-0 just edging out Les Collins who weighed 13-1-0 to take fourth place. Ron Carter on peg 11 showed he is the eel king as his 10-14-0 included 4 nice eels within his catch.

25th May. Henfold Main Lake

Today’s Club fixture saw a full house of members for this Silvers Only match. Whilst the fishing was fantastic it’s a shame the swims around the lake at Henfold have some major issues for its lack of maintenance. Martin Charnock (top left) on Silvers is a hard individual to beat and today was no different as he weighed 27-14-0 for the win, encompassing a whip and long pole approach using Si-Wi Steady floats on the pole and Squatt floats on the Whip. Groundbait was the So Simple mix of Sweet Skimmer and GCS 50/50 fishing and loose feeding Casters. Derek Carter on peg 13 weighed 20-5-0 using the So Simple groundbait mix of GCS also using a whip and Pole approach to take the runner up spot. Robbie Gaiger on Peg 2 came in third place with 19-12-0. John Ayres (centre) took fourth place with 18-2-0. Gary Barnes (top right) with his catch of 17-12-0.

10th May  Weirwood Reservoir  ‘Coffin Dodgers Midweek Match

4th May  Orchard Place Farm Fishery. Lake 6

8th April. Marsh Farm Fishery. Richardsons Lake Winter Silvers Final Round

The final round of the Winter Silvers League saw CADAS members at Marsh Farm Fishery. As for the League standings at least six anglers were in contention of taking the title..Also there was the Individual Knockout Final with just three anglers left, with only the winner and runner up being paid. This venue has no defined area as to where the winner on the day would come from but when regular Max Calverley drew Peg 13 there were groans as this peg has been winning the last few Wednesday Open matches. However fate was to play a big part with Gary Spackman (top) lying in third place going into this round, he made good to take the win from Peg 6 fishing a feeder to the far bank which saw him land 38-2-0. More Importantly with the 12 points he had tied on 40 points with Martin and Derek but did enough to win the League on overall weight but also winning the Individual K.O. Derek Carter on Peg 15 took second place with 30-15-0 to take third place overall in the final standings of the league but managed to take the runner up spot in the individual knockout. Martin Charnock was third from peg 10 with 28-8-0 but managed to take runner up in the league with a superior overall weight than Derek, but sadly was the fastest loser in the Individual knockout. Section winners were 4-8 John Ayres peg 4 14-14-0, 9-13 Tony Hardstone Peg 11 16-12-0 & 15-19 Lionel Herve Peg 17 15-9-0 

2nd March. Pump House  Main Lake  Winter Silvers League Round 3

Round 3 at the Pump House located in Grantham Hampshire proved a tough nut to crack and was not like its former glory from previous years with hardly any Roach caught with just the odd Skimmer willing to feed. Today also saw the penultimate round in the Individual knockout with only three of the six qualifiers going through to the Final at Marsh Farm in a month’s time. Martin Charnock (left) went through winning the day with 8-12-0 using So Simple baits groundbait of GCS/Sweet Skimmer 50/50% fishing the waggler, the next qualifier was Gary Speckman also taking the runner up spot with 4-3-0 (center) catching his fish on the feeder along with Derek Carter who also qualified with 3-7-0 (right) for fourth place. Third overall on the day was Max Calverley with 4-1-0

9th February. Beaver Farm Fishery. Winter Silvers League. Round 2

Round 2 of the Winter Silvers League saw the lead change between competitors throughout the day with Robbie Gaiger (top Left) having a late run of Bream in the last hour to take the win with 17-9-0 in second place going to John Ayres (top right) with 16-4-0. The day was pretty dire on the whole but the only fish that were caught and counted were the resident Bream. The odd F1 Carp were caught but didn’t count leading to a considerable D.N.W’s. Section winners were L-R Steve Beard A section 11-10-0, Tony Hardstone B section 15-2-0 and Gary Speckman C section 11-9-0. The Individual K.O saw 6 anglers go through to the Semi-final where it will be reduced down to three qualifiers for the 4th and final round at Marsh Farm Fishery.

19th January  Five Oaks Top Lake   Winter Silvers League  Round 1

Round 1 of the CADAS Winter Silvers League kicked off at Five Oaks Fishery on our Top lake. It was also the first stage of the Individual Knockout whereby only the top eight weights would progress to Round 2. Organiser Martin Charnock couldn’t believe his luck when Peg 5 was drawn for him and made no mistakes to take the win with 13-4-0 of Roach and Skimmers using Si-Wi floats Magic Roach and Punch catching mainly on fluro pinkie. Del Carter on peg 10 took the runner up spot with some quality Skimmers to weigh 7-2-0. Third place and the section went to Gary Speckman on Peg 9 with 6-5-0.. The other section winners were Tony Hardstone Peg 6 with 5-6-0 and John Ayres on Peg 4 with 4-11-0. Full Results of the league can be found  under the Matches heading.

5th January. Five Oaks Fishery Top Lake. Silvers Only

It was a practice knock up prelude to the start of the Winter Silvers Series. With Round 1 starting here in two weeks time. Only eight anglers from the league had booked in for today with one competitor losing his bottle before the start, but by the end of the day those that fished are hoping that the next two weeks see a change in conditions. The two sharp frosts on consecutive nights plus the heavy snowfall on the Saturday evening also the the continuous rainfall throughout the day raised the water level by around 18 inches, catching any fish at all looked ominous for today’s practice. So it proved, Derek Carter (top) on peg 4 found plenty of small Roach and Rudd with the odd better skimmer to take top spot with 9-2-0. Dennis Cooper (bottom) on peg 5 won the section with 4-12-0 narrowly beating Richie Hemmings by just 2 ounces. Martin Charnock on peg 11 took the far side section comfortably with 3-12-0 landing some quality Roach.