Simon Kiefer is winner at Billhook Lake

Tomasz Wojcik used pole and maggot for his 62lb 5oz of carp, Ian Jones put 44lb 12oz on the scales followed by Neil Shepherd on 34lb. Fourteen fished and caught.

Adventure AS fished their match at Panshill Fishery near Oxford where Robin Guppy topped out with 73lb 8oz of F1 carp caught on pole and maggot.

Mark Blackmon netted 68lb 4oz of F1s also on pole and maggot, Rob Gallagher came next with 45lb 6oz whilst Alan Chadbone caught carp for his 39lb 4oz. Fourteen fished and weighed.

Basingstoke Railway Club went to Cheriton Farm for their latest fixture, and I fluked a win with 53lb 8oz of carp on pole and maggot.

Rob Carr (Superstar) utilised long pole and corn for his 46lb 12oz of carp, Dave Edwards used pole and maggot for his even 45lb. Keith Brown made up the frame with 30lb.

As luck would have it I drew the golden peg and netted an extra £200 in winnings. Sixteen fished the match.

Camrose AC were at Whitehouse Lake for their latest fixture and match secretary Pip Seeny won it with five carp and two tench for 25lb 4oz caught on pole and maggot.

Bill Atkinson lashed out on a pint of maggots and duly used them to catch 17lb of bream. Paul Bassinder made third place his with 9lb 2oz of mixed. Ten fished.

Ospreys silver fish match at Watmore Farm saw Bartosz Recki continue his winning ways catching 18lb 13oz of roach on the whip and maggot.

Simon (The God) Kiefer used pole and maggot for his 16lb 6oz whilst Andy Leith 12lb 10oz and Mark Parsons 12lb 8oz used the same tactic. Sixteen fished and caught.

Last weeks Camrose AC match at Soke Road Pit saw Colin Thomas win with 12lb 2oz of mixed on pole and mag. Chris Hopgood used the same tactics for his 11lb 4oz. Nine fished.

For 12 months I’ve had three cans of emulsion at the bottom of my stairs for painting the lounge, so when does ‘er indoors elect to do it? The day Arsenal are on the box playing Tottenham, typical.

Catch me next week