HEAVY rain caused the bream to show in a good North Wessex Winter League third-round match on the Kennet and Avon at Wolfhall, Farmers and Brimslade.

Match organiser Neil Richards (Talisman Gold) drew the end peg half way down the Farmers stretch and came out on top of the 100-angler field with 18lb 3oz, a catch mainly made up of three bream using red maggot and pole.

It was bream and skimmers which showed in all the individual top catches with Andy McTiffin (Devizes White) topping D section and coming close to the winner with his 17lb 15oz bream catch.

Mick Howard (Lobbys White) topped the B section and came third overall with 13-12 and was just ahead of Simon Pearce (Cotswold B,12-15) and Kevin Rowles 11-3-0.

Devizes Red, who took the team honours on the day, now have a three-point advantage over Talisman Gold.

SECTION RESULTS

A: 1 Brian Haugh (Devizes White) 8lb, 2 Joe Thompson (Cotswold A) 7-11-0, 3 Andy Day (New Century) 7-8-0. B: 1 M Howard (Lob White) 13-12-8, 2 Kev Rowles (Devizes Red) 11-3-8, 3 S Long (Lob Black) 10-8-0. C: 1 Simon Pearce (Cots B) 12-15-0, 2 R Chirchell (Lob White) 9-12-8, 3 Mick Nowicki (Isis A) 8-15-0. D: 1 A McTiffin (Dev White) 17-15-0, 2 Dick Young (Cots B) 9-7-0, 3 P Barnfield (Lob Black) 7-11-0. E: 1 Adam Carter (Isis A) 8-6-0, 2 D Wright (Tal A) 7-12-0, 3 N Baker (Lob Gold) 7-5-0. F: 1 Neil Richards (Tal Gold) 18-3-0, 2 Steve Heath (Radcot) 9-3-0, 3 Ray Russell (SAC).

Top 10 teams: 1 Devizes Red 81, 2 Isis A 79, joint 3/4/5/6 all 75 Lobbys White, Devizes White, Lobbys Black, Cotswold B, 7 Turners Red 70, 8 Talisman Gold 67, 9 Swindon AC 65, 10 Cotswold.d A 61.

Team positions: 1 Devizes Red 9 points, 2 Talisman Gold 12, 3 Devizes White 15, 4 Cotswold A 16, 5= Turners Red and Swindon AC 17, 7 Isis A 21, 8 Lobbys Black 23, 9 Lobbys White 24, 10 Radcot 31, 11= Talisman Black, Cotswold B 32, 13 Isis B 33, 14 Lobbys Gold 37, 15 Melksham 38, 16 Turners White 46, 17 Turners Blue 49, 18 New Century 51.

l With the weed now dispersing Moulden Hill AC held a match on their lake which was won by Pete Saunders with 9lb 2oz of small fish. Second was Mark Hawkins (5lb 10oz), third Lee Cooper (3lb).

OTHER RESULTS

BCA match (At Ridgeway Fishery, S Cerney): 1 Graham Rose 5-12-0, joint 2 Mick Flynn and Vince Harvey 5-8-0, 4 Cliff Brown 4-8-0, 5 Bert Page 4-2-0.

Highworth AC Cobblers Cup (Roughgrounds): 1 Bill Haddock 10-14-0, 2 Brian Stallard 5-2-0, joint 3 Mel Toms and Mick Mills 3-2-0.

Ivy House match results

Weds: 1 Simon Collins 39-8-0, 2 Jason Gooch 23-12-0, 3 Gary Etheridge 10-10-0.

Friday Veterans: 1 Derek Hillier 38-0-0, 2 Simon Jones 27-6-0, 3 Art Kemble 19-0-0.

Sat 24: 1 Simon Jones 51-4-0, 2 Darren Reeves 35-0-0, 3 Kevin Smith 32-12-0, 4 Paul Conner 21-12-0.

Weekend & Future Angling Activities

Fri Oct 29: Ivy House lakes Open for Veterans.

Sun 31 Oct: Angling Times Winter League (Upper Thames Division) third round match on the Kennet and Avon Canal. Draw 7.45am Marlborough Football club.