Club Match Section Fixtures 2024 - 2025
This is a very active area of the Club with competitions every other Sunday throughout the river season. Every effort is made to ensure that the environment is made as comfortable and safe as it can be and, to this end, work parties prepare pegs and swims to the benefit of the Club as a whole. Wherever possible, weather and ground conditions permitting, vehicular access to anglers’ swims is sought from landowners.
Please note that this only applies to pegged matches and pleasure anglers must use the designated car parking points.
NB. Wood Lane Section will also be closed when competitions are held at the upper swims at Colber
One of the following should be contacted to book in for matches…
Jeff Sibley 07901037120. Neil Sims 07920 876638
Ian Paulley 07970228076. Bill Hanson 07730046950.
Arranging the pegging, pools and other necessities for matches take place on the day before the match. If anglers are not going to attend, having previously booked in, it is essential that they advise one of the organisers. If they don’t, the pegging, the draw and the prizes have to be redone on the morning of the match when there is much pressure to get underway
The dates of the Summer and Winter points matches are subject to river conditions and may be postponed to later date
For clarification – Upper Colber is through the farmyard and the match stretch is the four fields above the copse at the upstream end of Colber Farm. Colber Farm is the fields above and below the demolished railway bridge and the white footbridge.
NB. 3 October 2024 – Vehicle access to pegs is now impossible – please check the fixture list carefully for details of draw and venues.
DAY & DATE | EVENT | VENUE | DRAW | COMMENTS |
Sunday 21/4/24 | Club Match | Spring Lake Mappowder | 0830 | Pheasant remains open to members |
Sunday 19 May 2024 | Club Match | Spring Lake Mappowder | 0830 | Pheasant remains open |
Sunday 9 June | Club Match | Pheasant Lake Mappowder | 0830 | Spring is now open |
Sunday 23 June 2024 | First Summer Points (SP) & Pearson Trophy | Hamgate Farm | 0830 - Top field | Fishing Big & Little Hams +Sowley |
Sunday 7/7/24 | White Hart Trophy SP 2 | Upper Colber | 0830 - 2nd field entrance. | Jeff is away - please book in with Ian or Bill |
Saturday & Sunday 13 & 14 July 2024 | Two day Pairs match | Colber and Sowley | Fiddleford Inn 0830. Breakfast available | Wood Lane closed |
Saturday 20/7/24 | Pre-Riverfest | Colber and Sowley closed | N/A | Wood Lane closed |
Sunday 21 July 2024 | Riverfest | Colber and Sowley | Fiddleford Inn 0830. Breakfast available | Wood Lane closed |
Sunday 28/7/24 | Read Trophy. SP 3 | Hamgate Farm | 0830 - top field | All waters - Big & Little Ham + Sowley will be pegged |
Sunday 11 Aug 2024 | Pairs Cup & SP 4 | Colber farm | Top field off Stalbridge Lane (access point) | Due to numbers there will be some pegs in bottom field of Upper Colber |
Sunday 25 Aug. 2024 | Edwin Short Trophy & SP 5 | Upper Colber | Thru farmyard, along old railway track, field on right 0830 | THIS IS A NEW DATE |
Sunday 1/9/24 | Gillingham Club Match | Upper Colber | Water closed to S&HAA | |
Sunday 8/9/24 | Final Summer Points & Singles Cup | Colber Farm | 0830 by the old railway bridge | Do not disturb pegged area just above the white bridge |
Saturday 21 Sept. 2024 | Air Ambulance Charity Match | All of Colber downstream of Dunche Mouth. Durrant - Rec Ground to Town Bridge. Steart - Field opp Bull All Hamgate Farm to above Fiddleford Mill | 0830 Fiddleford Inn where breakfast will be available | Book in with Ian Paulley Inform him if you want breakfast |
Sunday 6/10/24 | First Winter Points (WP) & Stour Cup | Colber Farm and Hamgate Farm | 0830 - Fiddleford Mill Public Car Park | Split venues as driving to pegs is impossible. |
Sunday 20/10/24 | Club Match | Mappowder | 0830 - Car Park | Names to Jeff Sibley |
Sunday 3/11/24 | WP 2 & BB Trophy | Steart & Big Ham (Sowley) | 0815 - Fiddleford Manor Car Park | Please Note time of draw. |
Sunday 17/11/24 | WP 3 | Steart and Town Bridge | 0815 - Fiddleford Manor CP | " |
Sunday 1 Dec. 2024 | C A N C E L L E D | |||
Sunday 8 Dec. 2024 | Xmas Match | Revells Fishery | 0830 - at venue | |
Sunday 15/12/24 | WP 5 | |||
CLUB MATCHES WILL | RESUME ON SUNDAY | 5 JANUARY 2025 | TO INCLUDE | WP's LOST TO WEATHER |