Angling

Staged on the Norton Conyers Estate waters on the River Ure Kevin left the others literally standing.

Scene of the action was the Alders length where waggler and red maggot along farside cover produced no less than 24 chub backed by dace over constant loose feeding.

Armley's Steve Beckwith finished best of the rest returning 33.8.0. Pegged below Gypsums wood stickfloat and maggot tactics resulted in a mixture of chub dace and grayling.

Others: Ray Gilby (Ripon) 28.3.0 Don McAllister (Bentley AC) 23.14.0.

Then on the Tees anglers enjoyed yet another tremendous match at Over Dinsdale when the Durham County Team Championships relinquished 12 double figured nets.

A spectacular battle on adjoining swims above Red Rock weir concluded when just 9ozs separated Chris Parvin and Bob Blenkinsop at the scales.

Chris for Albert Hill had the most 29.4.0. On peg 19, waggler and red maggot accounted for mainly roach with dace chublets and some quality grayling up to 1.8.0.

Bob representing Darlington A, on the wire netting peg 18, connected with dace and chublets swapping between floatfished caster and bread to keep them coming for 28.11.0.

In the team stakes it was a welcome victory for Albert Hill WMC A with 51 points from Darlington A 48 and Haughton A 46.

Still on the Tees small silver fish showed for the top two in the frame during Thornaby AA's Centenary Cup on a low clear middle reaches at Croft.

Darlington's Mick Clitheroe on the stump peg 69 at the Hurworth end of the match length edged his stickfloat using both caster and corn down farside cover picking up dace and chublets for 18.10.0 to take the honours.

Alan Kent of Thornaby slipped into runner up spot off peg 31. Pole and red maggot enticed three chub but a switch to the stickfloat attracted chublets and dace further down his peg for 16.8.0 followed by Mick Broadley of Yarm 12.6.0.

Other results - Idle & Thackley AA Open River Swale at Scruton: 1 Steve Hargreaves (Idle) 8.8.0 - 4 chub bomb and bread; 2 Simon McArdle (Brotherton) 8.5.0; 3 Alan Shearer (Newcastle) 6.2.0.

Tadcaster APA Open River Wharfe around Smaws Ings: 1 Chris Allinson (Tadcaster) 7.8.8 - roach waggler and maggot + 2lb pike; 2 Ron Purdy (Tadcaster) 6.14.0; 3 Chris Burton (Anglers World) 6.7.8.

Roach went on a feeding frenzy during Hartlepool & District's Annual Charity Match on Crookfoot Reservoir in aid of the Hartlepool Hospice.

The East Bank pegs in the 30s saw a line of impressive red fin nets with a sprinkling of perch.

Shimano Quaker MG's Jimmy Messor collected 34.12.0 as specimens to the pound mark fell to groundbait feeder and maggot on the 40-yard line.

Hartlepool's Colin Breckon replied with 31.8.0 holding off several 20lb+ nets for second place.

Other backing weights included: A Stevenson (Hartlepool) 27.0.0 P Wadge (Shimano Quaker MG) 25.2.0 M Burnip (Hartlepool) 24.13.0 A Blythe (Hartlepool) 23.3.0.

Carp Scene

A hard frost checked weights at Woodland Lakes Carlton Miniott the setting for the second round of the North East Winter League on Sunday and the prolific venue actually saw 11 blanks.

For the 130 rods spread around five of the match lakes the carp shoals refused to feed in numbers and as it happened the leading duo fished next to each other on Wagtail Lake.

Simon Medd of Billingham Tackle Box on peg five swapped between corn and maggot hookbaits on the pole locating carp at intervals for 42.3.0.

Next door Newman Scott Red's Derek Fox on peg 6 used the same approach for 36.4.0 hanging on to runner up spot by 2ozs from Shimano's Andy Dargue on 36.2.0.

Team wise Cleveland Angling Centre won on the day scoring 90 points and now share the overall lead with Shimano Quaker MG on three points pushing out reigning champions Newman Scott blue on five points.

Top three teams on the day: 1 CAC 90 pts; 2 Shimano Quaker MG 87; 3 Newman Scot Blue 84.

Overall placings: 1 jt CAC & Shimano Quaker Match Group 3 pts; 3 Newman Scott Blue 5; jt 4 Newman Scott Red & Yarm AA 11; 6 Metro Match Group 12.

Woodland Lakes Wed - 59 rods - Kestrel Partridge & Skylark: 1 D Taylor (Diawa Goldthorpe) 36.1.0 2 M Calvert (Map Elton) 34.14.0 3 M Phillips (Map Elton) 31.9.0.

Woodland Lakes Sat - 95 rods - Curlew Partridge Skylark & Wagtail: 1 P Eastwood (Spenborough) 37.7.0 2 D Smith (Map Elton) 34.13.0 3 P Sheehan (Sensas Garbolino) 30.0.0.

Woodland Lakes Sun - 46 rods - Mallard Swallow & Dragonfly: 1 D Taylor (Diawa Goldthorpe) 58.0.0 2 P Sellars (Elton Tackle) 56.15.0 3 S Blackwell (Drop AC) 54.0.0.

North East Carp King Mark Coyne struck again but only just putting 50.8.0 on to the scales during Thursday's Oaks Sessay Open.

Mark's record sees him pick up money almost every week that's how good he is on both the Oaks and Woodlands carp venues.

Latest success came off Maple Lake's peg 65 as carp to 6.0.0 succumbed to maggot presented at 13 metres.

New Oak's recruit Bert Poole on peg 43 netted carp to 5-0-0 on a similar approach to register 49.4.0.

Oaks Sunday: 1 A May (Sensas Daves) 50.6.0; 2 J McGarrell (Map Elton) 42.4.0; 3 John Kenning (Snaith) 35.4.0.

Final Round of the Ferryhill Bankmaster West Tanfield: 1 Ernie Craster (Norton) 24.0.0; 2 Kevin Lanceley (Gosforth) 23.0.0; 3 Jeff Darwin (Haswell Plough) 17.0.0.

2002 Ferryhill Bankmaster Jeff Darwin with 138 points from Kevin Lanceley, runner up three years in a row, who was beaten by an agonising one point.

Peter Crowe and Wayne Dent finished Best Boat Pair in Loch Fad Isle of Bute Autumn Doubles.

Fixtures

Tomorrow: *RSPS Les Winder Memorial Middle Swale Championships Gatenby to Catton (200 pegs). Tickets on 01642 899288. *Woodland Lakes Open - Tickets on 01845 526110.

Sunday: *Black Ox AC Bedale Beck Leeming. *NEWL Round (3) Lower Tees Yarm. *East End visit the Tees at Over Dinsdale. *Yorkshire Ouse Champs River Ouse above York (150 pegs). Tickets on 01132 482373. *Richmond AS October Trophy Upper Swale at Great Langton. *Knaresborough Pisc Open River Nidd (80 pegs). Tickets on 01423 880262. *Boroughbridge & District Open River Ure (100 pegs). Tickets on 01423 323603. *Oaks Sessay Open Maple Lake. *Woodland Lakes Open.