The third round of the Oxfordshire Winter League, fished on the Thames at Eynsham and Carrots Ham on Sunday, produced some good weights, with just over 2lbs separating the top three competitors, writes Peter Stone.
Oxford Angling Centre A finished top by 26 points, while the individual honours went to J Rogers (Oxford Angling Centre B) with 21.0.8.
R Merry (Littlemore) was second with 19.14.0, and P Keller (North Oxford) third with 18.1.0.
Top teams on the day: 1 Oxford Angling Centre A 97pts, 2 Isis 71, 3 North Oxford 71, 4 Littlemore 67, 5 A4 66, 6 Browning 64T.
Top positions (after three matches): 1 Oxford Angling Centre A 24, 2 A4 22, 3 Isis 21T, 4 Browning 16, 5 Littlemore 14T, 6 Oxford Angling Centre B 13.
The Cotswold Winter League match at Radley/Clifton was won by Vic Page (Abingdon and District Alliance) with 20.11.0 consisting of seven chub to 4.8.0.
He used bronze maggot in a feeder fished against the far bank.
Second place went to Jim Routlidge (States Tackle) with 19.5.0 of chub to 5.8.0 taken on float/maggot, and Steve Mallion (Radcot) was third with 17.15.0 of bream to 5.4.0, plus one tench taken on maggot feeder.
Teams on day: 1 Banbury Gunsmiths 7, 2 Seymo Thatcham 6, 3 States Tackle 5, 4 Radcot 4, 5 Tring Dick Clegg 3, 6 Abingdon & Oxford 2, 7 Kidlington 1.
Current positions: 1 Banbury Gunsmiths 18, 2 Seymo Thatcham 16, 3 Radcot/ Tring Dick Clegg 15, 4 States Tackle 9, 5 Abingdon & Oxford 6, 6 Kidlington 5.
Littlemore's match scheduled for the Thames this Sunday has been switched to Potts Stream, but members are asked to phone Terry Winstone on 0790 1733226 for confirmation.
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