Please Note: Sue's pond is closed until 1st September 2010
As of 1st September 2010 the access for Club Members will change at Barry ponds. The Club access gate and Car Park will no longer be at the Dow Corning Car Park and security Lodge entrance, but will now be via the new gates installed at  Wimborne Road,
Prior to where the access road turns into Dow Corning.
The Gates will be fitted with a Club lock, which will also lead to the new car park. A bailiff hut and toilet facility will be close to the entrance.

Now that we have had a good spate of rain and the still waters are re oxygenated, the Keepnet ban will be lifted as of 1st September with the following exceptions. Sues Pond, Barry, will remain under the ban for at least 6 months due to the recent viral infection.

The Club would like thank all the members for their co-operation during the summer months.

Paul Addecott.
Club Secretary.

Following the cancellation of the July Carp Comp due to the water level at Treoes, we were finally able to hold the second comp of the year on August 14th-15^th.  It would be fair to say that the excitement levels were at a new high, probably due to the long wait for the next comp, and a good number of new faces had joined the hardened carp comp veterans.

The fishing however was about as slow as it has ever been on a carp comp, not helped by the weather which unhelpfully emptied a couple of heavy showers on to us, with a really nasty wind making life even more difficult in “No Carp Corner”.

On a very, very wet day the ladies set out for the competition on Gribbles. It was a good turn out considering the weather. It did not just rain but the heavens on occasion opened and chucked everything it had to offer at us, but we fished on, once your wet you are wet and you cannot get any wetter.
Steve and Bob kept us all supplied with hot dogs and tea, which kept our spirits up.
The decision was made not to use keep nets because despite the rain a few of the pegs were still not deep enough to ensure the safety of the fish.