Pete Townsend, fishing under the Isis AC banner, walked off with the honours in Sunday's Angling Times Winter League (Upper Thames Division) with an impressive 37lb 7oz catch.

At the same time, he landed the Browning Star angler-of-the-week award from the Angling Times, winning several tackle prizes.

The canal fished extremely well with 571lb of fish being taken by the 120 anglers an average of 43/4lb per man.

Townsend's haul was made up of skimmers (bream) up to 2lb, which were taken using a long-pole, groundbait and maggot in the Savernake Hotel section.

The skimmers showed up well, and featured in all the top catches.

Swindon Angling Centre's Sean Matthews followed in second place, and using similar tactics to the winner he landed a total of 17-14-8.

Third was Kevin Abigail (Devizes AC) and fourth was Mark Howes (Talisman) 15-9-0.

Section Results

Section A: 1, K Rowles (Devizes) 7-3-0; 2, P Stone (Lobbys Bk) 5-13-0; 3, G Townsend (Mosella) 4-11-0.

Section B: 1, R Kepner (Devizes) 6-13-8; 2, S White (Lobbys Bk) 5-0-0; 3, J Bohane (Talisman) 4-9-8.

Section C: A Powell (Lobbys Bk) 5-14-0; 2, T Gorrett (Lobbys Wh) 5-10-0; 3, D Johnson (Melksham) 5-9-0.

Section D: 1, N Baker (Lobbys Wh) 12-3-8; 2, D Young (Cotswold) 11-0-8; 3, N Franks (Devizes) 9-14-0.

Section E: 1, K Abigail (Devizes) 15-11-0; 2, R Russel (SAC) 10-14-0; 3, M Nowicki (Isis) 4-3-8.

Section F: 1, P Townsend (Isis) 37-7-0; 2, M Howes (Talisman) 15-9-0; 3, D Jarman (Lobbys Bk) 7-11-0; 4, M Lichota (SAC) 6-9-8.

Section G: 1, A Jones (Melksham) 10-12-0; 2, A Pollard (Mosella) 6-15-8; 3, G Laidler (SAC) 6-13-0.

Section H: 1, R Davies (Mosella) 12-9-0; 2, G Godwin (Turners) 5-1-0; 3, J Morgan (Isis) 4-5-0.

Section J: 1, S Matthews (SAC) 17-14-8; 2, T Ramdell (Cotswold) 10-2-0; 3, S Collins (Thatcham) 8-6-8.

Section K: 1, R Churchill (Lobbys Wh) 11-8-0; 2, P Turner (Turners) 7-12-0; 3, T Gilbert (Devizes) 6-15-0.

Teams on the day: 1. Devizes AC 91pts, 2. Lobbys Black 86, 3. Swindon AC 81, 4. Mosella Harriers 77, 5. Cotswold Angling 73, 6. Lobbys White 68, 7. Thatcham AC 65, 8. Melksham AC 63, 9. Turners T&B 57, 10. Talisman 52, 11. Isis 48, 12. Radcot AC 24.

Teams after three matches (aggregate points): 1. Devizes AC 8 and Lobbys Black 8, 3. Cotswold Angling 10, 4. Swindon AC 13, 5. Turners T&B 16, 6. Mosella Harriers 17, 7. Talisman 21, 8. Thatcham AC 23, 9. Swindon Isis 27 and Lobbys White 27, 11. Melksham 29, 12. Radcot AC 30.

A 13LB carp caught in the last few minutes helped Simon Jones to top the Ivy House club match with a 40lb 3oz haul.

John Bailey was a close second with 38lb 6oz, Nick Cheeseman was third with 31lb and fourth was Gareth Jones (27-1-0).

OTHER Results

Ridgeway Fishery Midweek match (Wednesday Club): 1 Derek Hillier 4-2-0, 2 Bobmer Sainsbury 3-14-0, 3 Terry Marland 0-8-0.

Ivy House, Wednesday, Oct 28: 1. Simon Jones 45-10-0, 2. Allan Mitchell 23-3-0, 3. Jo Warner 23-2-0.

Ivy House, Friday Veterans: 1. Derek Hillier 27-0-0, 2. John Bailey 16-7-0, 3. Sid Webb 15-11-0.

The age group for the veterans match will be lowered to 50 year olds, as from the next match.

Ivy House, Saturday, Oct 30: 1. Kevin Smith 45-7-0, 2. Paul Connor 36-8-0, 3. Kevin Millard 33-0-0.

Weekend and Future Angling Activities

Friday, Nov 5 and every Friday: Ivy House Lakes Veterans Open match.

Sunday, Nov 7: Raychem AC match at their Lagoon. Draw 9am, fish 10am 3pm. Register names with Trevor on 725779.

Haydon St AS 'Bill Shailes' Memorial at Hannington. Draw 8am, fish 9am 2pm, book in with Mick at HOA2 on 644748.

Wootton Bassett AC Club Senior match on the Kennet and Avon Canal at Wolfhall, draw 8am.

Highworth AC Chub Cup at Buscot Upstream. Draw 7.30am in car park, fish 9am 1pm.

North Wessex Winter League: 4th round match on the Kennet and Avon Canal. Draw 7.45am, fish 10am 3pm. Draw at Marlborough Football Club.

Monday, Nov 8: Isis AC Committee meeting at Queenstown Club 7.30pm start.

Sunday, Nov 21: Wootton Bassett AC KO pairs at High Penn, draw 8am. Tickets for the club's Christmas match on Dec 12 will be on sale at the next two club matches, £10 each.

Sat, Dec 4 Ivy House Lake's Jo's Xmas match is on. Draw 10am, fish 11am 4pm. £25 all in (money upfront please). Hampers for the top three carp catches plus hampers for the top two silver fish catches. Prizes for everyone. Stew and dumplings after at Cafe. Please book in on 01666510368 or 07748144788.