CONDITIONS were poor for the North Wessex Winter League semi-final, second leg.

Despite the poor fishing conditions, Devizes White's T Gilbert landed a tench and good sized bream (5-2-0) for individual honours on the day.

Mick Nozwicki, fishing for Isis, worked hard for his 4-11-0 bag.

Talisman B's M Hows was third and teammate G Picton third.

n Section winners: A: 1 M Nozwicki (Isis) 4-11-0, 2 K Daniels (Cotswold A) 4-2-0. B: 1 G Picton (Talisman B) 4-3-8, 2 D McDonald (Turners T&B) 3-1-0. C: 1 M Hows (Talisman B) 4-6-8, 2 K Abigail (Devizes Red) 1-15-8. D: 1 E Byrne (Cotswold A) 1-15-8, 2 T Randell (Cotswold B) 0-13-0. E: 1 D Johnson (Melksham( 0-1-8, 2 P Passmore (Turners T&B) 0-1-0. F: 1 T Gilbert (Devizes White) 5-2-0, 2 N Franks (Devizes Red) 2-3-0. Team order on the day: 1 Melksham, 2 Cotswold B, 3 Turners T&B, 4 Devizes Red, 5 Cotswold A, 6 Swindon Angling Centre, 7 Devizes White, 8 Talisman Black, 9 Isis, 10 Talisman Gold, 11 Lobbys Black, 12 Lobbys White. Overall team results after two rounds: 1 Turners Tackle & Bait Red 5 points, 2 Devizes Red 7, 3 Devizes White 8, 4 Cotswold A & Swindon AC 10, 6 Cotswold B 11, 7 Melksham & Talisman Black 15, 9 Lobbys Black 17, 10 Lobbys White 20, 11 Talisman Gold & Isis 21.

n Saturday's Open on the Thames at Rushy saw most of the field catch chub on the stick or waggler on a perfect-looking river.

Brian Ballard had a bag of 20-4-0 to land top spot. Paul Hunt was runner-up with 14-15-0 and in third was Phil McKay with 14-7-0.

Wednesday's midweek crew visited the River Avon at Sutton Benger with Pete Saunders putting the stick float to good use to take a bag of roach and chub for 18-10-0.

The Angling Times Team Super Cup, fished on South Cerney's Wick Water lake 2, was won by home club South Cerney on 68 points.

n Results Individual: 1 Steve Broadhurst 53-5-0, 2 Mike Smallhouse 44-10-0, 3 Pete Sole 24-10-0. Ivy House Lake results Wednesday: 1 H Myers (peg 35) 33-12-0, 2 C Derek (45) 22-4-0, 3 E Payne (41) 17-6-0. Friday: 1 Jo Warner (2) 13-10-0, 2 Simon Jones (24) 12-0-0, 3 Terry Strange (23) 9-9-0. Saturday: 1 Paul Conner (24) 23-0-0, 2 Geoff Fox (21) 6-4-0, 3 Francis Porter (2) 6-1-0.

n Other result: Haydon Street AC on the River Avon Dodford Farm: 1 D Hillier 7-4-0, 2 A Hambridge 6-2-0, 3 S Trimby 5-15-0. Aggregate one match to go: 1 R Giles 203pts, 2 B Gould 197, 3 R Bizley 169, 4 R Ditrich 144.

n WAKEFIELD won the five-team Junior event at Peatmoor, scoring 31 points to beat Reading.

Top individual on the day was T Burnell of Wakefield with 21lb 8oz. Runner-up, with 9lb 13o,z was Sam Stubbington from Reading.

Diary dates

Saturday, February 12: Thames, Rushy Open. Draw 8am. Fish 10am to 3pm. Register names at House of Angling 693460. Please note the whole match length at Rushy has been booked for this match.

Sunday, February 13: The Andy Munday Memorial Pike Cup on Andy's lake No 13 Cotswold Water Park. Draw 8.30am. All donations to the ACA. Further details and to book in please telephone Sandy Harris on 01285 641264 (evenings).

Coleview AC are at Upper and Lower Rushy pegs 1-43. Breakfast at 7am. Draw 7.30am at the Coleview Community Centre.

Raychem AC match at Ivy House, big lake on the outside. Draw 8.30am. Fish 9.30am to 2.30pm. Breakfast available. Register names with Trevor on 725779.

Thursday, February 17: Shaftesbury AC AGM 8pm at Reuben George Hall. Nominations to the secretary 14 days prior. Juniors to be accompanied by an adult.

Sunday, February 27: Ivy House lakes silver match with bloodworm and joker. One off match interested then please ring Jo on 01666 510368 or 07748144788.