WITH the weather rather turbulent on all of the previous week with gale force winds, heavy rain and cold nights, conditions had calmed down somewhat for the final Skipton Winter League match of the season on Sunday on the Long Ing length of the canal at Barnoldswick.
Unfortunately, there has been no one available to let me have the match results on the day but an indicator of the season’s successful anglers has been prepared by Simon Chenier.
These results have to be taken as provisional as they are based on the seven match results whereas only the best six count for the final placings and these details have not been available to Simon.
In the individual competition Robert Thornton is champion with 17 points with Russell Heaton runner-up with 31 points. Other leading competitors are: 3 Jason Aldis 37, 4 Simon Chenier 40, 5 Andy Wharton 45, 6 Bill Davenport 50, 7 Ernest Ramsbotham 54, and 8 Andrew Leatt 60.
The full pairs positions are as follows: 1 Thornton and Chenier 20, 2 Aldis and Heaton 23, 3 Bradley and Davenport 34, 4 Wharton and Thomas 37, 5 Ramsbotham and Mawson 42, 6 Wright and Eason 43, 7 Leatt and AN Other 48, 8 Veevers and McElroy 54, and Young and John Heaton 58.
Irrespective of taking account of the best six results, the first two shown in the pairs are guaranteed to finish at the top but may change positions.
This Sunday will feature the winter league competitor’s Christmas Cheer match on the marina length at Barnoldswick, a stretch that has produced some memorable results in the not too distant past. Competitors should each bring along a suitable prize or prizes for distribution at the end of the match.
There will be an open match on the Skipton Angling Association’s Whinnygill Reservoir on Sunday, December 30, with the draw at 9am.
Reports from all the local waters suggest that the inclement weather had certainly put the fish off the feed and in the case of the River Aire, bank top water levels certainly ruled any fishing.
Prospects should improve for this weekend if the weather remains on the dry side.
JOHN W PRESTON
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