Match fishing

MARSTON AC will honour one of their members, Jim Foster, with a memorial match following his shock death just before Christmas.

Jim, aged 64, had been a member since he was a boy and had been the club’s chairman for the past 15 years.

He passed away suddenly, not long after winning the club’s Christmas match on the Cherwell.

It was his second victory in succession, having set a club record the previous week with 38lb of perch to take the John Simmonds Cup.

His winning bag of 10.9.8 in the Christmas match contained a superb perch of 3.2.0 – a fish any angler would be proud of.

The memorial open will be on the Thames at Medley on January 22, drawing at 8am at McDonald’s, Botley.

Fishing will be from 10am-3pm and pools will cost £15, £5 of which will be donated to a charity chosen by Jim’s widow, Theresa.

Further details from Steve Tomkins on 07789 890256 or Fat Phil’s Angling Centre on 01865 201020.

Meanwhile, a chub of 3lb was enough to give Ian Higgings victory on the first leg of Sutton Courtenay’s Markertow Shield on the Otneys stretch of the Thames on New Year’s Day.

There had been a fair drop of rain over the previous week, but it had done little to improve the fishing and in chilly conditions, five of the 12 anglers failed to weigh in.

Gary Stafford was runner-up with a nice perch of 2.14.0, while a couple of gudgeon gave Mark Shepherd third place.

OTHER RESULTS

Oakfield: (Wednesday, Swallow & Brook, 23 fished) 1 D Howe (Browning Crowparts) 39.0.8, 2 P McLoughlin (GOT Baits Oakfield) 27.6.8, 3 S Carter (GOT Baits Oakfield) 26.12.8.

Oakfield: (Saturday, Swallow & Brook lakes (25 fished) 1 B Edwards (GOT Baits Oakfield) 37.15.0, 2 F Lawther (GOT Baits Oakfield) 27.12.8, 3 R Bassett (Garbolino Banbury Gunsmiths) 23.6.0.

MATCH DIARY

TOMORROW

North Oxford: Wally Harper Shield. Cherwell. Draw 8am.

Littlemore: APC Challenge Cup, Milton Pools. Draw 8am.

Oxford Waltonian: T Smith Cup, Cuddesdon. Draw 8am.

Cuddesdon: Cuddesdon Cup, Thame at Cuddesdon. Draw 8.15am.

Marston AC: Blackford Trophy, Cherwell. Draw 8am, fishing 9am-2pm.

Beehive AC: New Year Cup, Cheney Manor. Draw 9am.

Winter Carp League: Barford St Michael. Draw 8am.

Sutton Courtenay: Lawson Cup, Abingdon Town waters. Draw 8am.