THERE has been some wonderful roach fishing at Ivy House lakes in the warm weather and one of the local experts at the water, Gary Etheridge, has been showing his expertise, writes GODFREY HARGREAVES.

He has recorded three wins in a week taking a cracking silver fish bag of 47-8-0 to win the Wednesday Open. He followed it with a win in the Friday Open with 38-2-0 and then headed a class field in the Tuesday night league with 34-8-0 from peg 37.

Other weights: Ray Russell 32-8-0 (peg 21) 3rd Gary Laidler 27-10-0 (peg 13); 4th Shaun Matthews (peg 39) 23-8-0 and 5th Simon Collins (peg 24) 19lb.

Teams: 1, Swindon Angling Centre 27pts; 2nd Ivy House Red 32pts; 3, Team Deadwood 34pts.

BCA match (New Canal at Ivy House): 1 Cliff Brown 13-15-0; 2 Vince Harvey 6-9-0; 3 Graham Smith 4-12-0.

Junior Inter Club match: Peatmoor 27lb 8oz; Liden weighed 12lb 8oz. Individual: 1 Glen Picton (Peatmoor) 5lb 1oz; 2 Kevin Covey (Liden) 5lb 0.5oz; 3 John Gaylards (Peatmoor) 4lb 14.5oz; 4 Gareth Jackson (Peatmoor) 3lb 6.5oz.

Ridgeway Fishery results

Open match: 1 Pete Townsend 64lb 13oz; 2 John Magoo 47lb 4oz; 3 John Williams 42lb 4oz .

Anglers fishing the venue must use the Dip tank for all landing nets and keepnets prior to start fishing. Any angler not doing so will be banned.

Individuals: 1 J Marchant (SCAC) 14-0-0; 2 S Jones (SCAC) 8-8-0; 3 S Trimby (WBAC) 8-7-0.

Wednesday Club match: 1 Pete Sole 52lb; 2 John Sainsbury 39lb 10; 3 Derek Hillier 39lb 8oz.

Ivy House Lakes match results

Wed June 9: 1, Gary Etheridge (17) 47-8-0 (all silver); 2, Simon Jones (19) 26-4-0; 3, Laurie Laing (12) 25-9-0.

Friday Veterans large lake: 1 Sid Webb (13) 27-4-0; 2 Derek Hillier (3) 16-8-0; 3 Mike Smith (18) 15-0-0.

Friday evening: 1, Gary Etheridge 921) 38-2-0 (all silver fish); 2, Julian Heaven (13) 27-8-0; 3, Gary Laidler (23) 21-7-0.

Sat June 12: 1, Allan Smith (8) 57-14-0; 2, Julian Heaven (23) 46-11-0; 3, Shaun Mathews (15) 32-6-0; 4, Laurie Laing (45) 29-4-0.

DIARY DATES

Today: grand opening of fishing on all waters.

Fri June 18 and every Friday: Grenhill Fishery Open. Draw 5.30pm. Book in on 07769533826 or 01793 770308 and Ivy House lakes Veterans match and their evening Open.

Sat June 19: Ridgeway Fishery Open. Draw 10am. Fish 11am to 4pm. Book in on 01793 434344.

Sun June 20: Ivy House AC club match (new canal section). Draw 10am. Fish 11am to 4pm. 20 pegs only early booking advised. Ring Mick on 644449.

Cloverleaf AC. Draw 8am. Fish 9am to 2pm at Ridgeway Fishery. Book in with Fletch on 641557.

Haydon St AS: George Austin Memorial at Hannington. Draw 7am. Book in with Mick at HOA2 on 644748.

Highworth AC first match which is their Tench Cup at Roughgrounds. Draw 7am car park. Fish 8am to 1pm. Ring Terry on 861035 to book.

BCA match at Ridgeway fishery. Draw 9am. Fish 10am to 3pm. Register on 705119.

Please note there is a bait ban at Purton House lakes. No pellet, nuts, boilies or meat plus Wootton Bassett AC Nash Trophy Senior at High Penn. Draw 7am.