ANGLER Paul Northcott had a change of fortune when he altered his method of fishing in the Raychem AC match at Lillypool.

After two hours he had landed just one foul-hooked fish, but by switching to bread presented on a pole, he quickly changed his luck and finished as a winner with 76lb 9oz of carp.

At the next peg was Fred Brown. He used similar tactics but had a cracking 16-7-0 carp, which took over 20 minutes to land, in his second-placed bag of 62-5-0.

Neil Hitchinson used bread fished on the rod and reel for third with 57-3-0, and fourth was Colin Dunn with 56-3-0.

RESULTS

n A great catch of 10-13-0 of bleak and a lot of hard work was a fitting reward when Gary Laidler won Highworth's Harry Bull Trophy at Rushy. Second was Les Arbuster 3-6-0 and third was Terry Winter for 3-4-0.

n The Wednesday club held their match last week at Wootton Bassett lake where Robin Cope won with 8-15-0 including two tench and bits. Derek Hillier and Colin Dunn tied for second with 8-1-8 each and fourth was Ricky Spiteri 8-1-0.

n Kevin Marner won the last of the Friday three-hour evening matches at Greenhill Fishery with a cracking 15-1-0 a catch consisting of two carp and skimmers. Mark Wakefield was second 8-5-0 and Dave Watkins was third with 6-3-0.

n BCA match at Leamington lake: 1, Gary Davis 33-5-0 carp; 2, Barry Jee 32-3-0; 3, Ricky Spiteri 24-4-0.

n Haydon St AS Dace Cup at Water Eaton: 1, Steve Trimby 2lb of very small dace; 2, Roger Giles 1-9-0; 3, Ron Bizley 1-8-0. Heaviest bag Mark Jones 8-12-0.

n Isis AC Sunday August 10, Sutton Benger Annual Cup: 1, Darren Reynolds 7-9-0 50pts; 2, John Bohane 5-13-0; 3, Richard Clarke 4-6-0 48pts; 4, John Williams 3-15-0 46pts; 5, Steve Jordon 3-13-0 44pts; 6, Brian Bathe 3-10-0 42pts; Arthur Cooke 3-10-0 42pts; 7, Peter Gilbert 2-9-0 38pts; 8, Bob Davies 2-7-0 38pts; 9, Gordon Clarke 1-11-0 36pts; 10, Mark Wells 1-0-0 34pts.

n The Peatmoor Junior Pairs Cup was won by Ed Bryant and Kevin Covey with a combined weight of 25lb 9oz. Runners up with 24lb 6oz were Tom Bevan and Glen Picton and in third place were Gareth Jackson and Troy Weaver with 16lb 4oz.

n The Summer League fourth leg 14-to-16-year-old age group was won by Tom Bevan with 19lb 12oz. Runner-up with 7lb 3oz was Kevin Covey and in third place with 6lb 6oz was Troy Weaver.

The 10 to 13-year-old age group was won by Ed Bryant with 18lb 6oz, and the intermediate age group was won by Gareth Jackson with 9lb 14oz.

n Ivy House match results: Wed Aug 13: 1, Julian Heaven (peg 23) 68-4-0; 2, Phil Powell (peg 5) 67-1-0; 3, Tom Millar (peg 47) 66-8-0; 4, Alan Oram (peg 29) 57-0-0.

Friday Veterans: 1, Mick Robins (peg 5) 56-0-0; 2, Tony Read (peg 22) 41-4-0; 3, Simon Jones (peg 24) 37-12-0.

Friday Evening: 1, Gucci (peg 24) 114-12-0; 2, Julian Heaven (peg 35) 88-0-0; 3, Phil Powell (peg 13) 61-6-0.

Sat Aug 16: 1, Lee Nutland (peg 24) 116-0-0; 2, Richard Baston (peg 23) 100-4-0; 3, Simon Collins (peg 13) 81-4-0; 4, Elick Payne (peg 10) 74-8-0.

Jo's children's matches: 1, Russell Willmott (aged 14) 69-9-0; 2, Gareth Jones, 15, 48-8-0; 3, Nathan Reeves, 14, 41-12-0.

1, Daniel Laing (aged nine) 31-2-0; 2, Lee Peachy,13, 18-10-0; 3, William Jordan,10, 14-8-0.

Sun Aug 17: 1, Phil Powell (peg 13) 105-8-0; 2, Julian Heaven (peg 21) 77-0-0; 3, Leon Hubbard (peg 11) 73-2-0.

DIARY DATES

Fri Aug 22: Ivy House Lakes Open Veterans match and their evening open.

Sat Aug 23: Ivy House Lakes AC club junior match. Draw 9am. Fish 10am to 2pm.

Sun Aug 24: Ivy House Lakes AC club match on the island. Draw 2pm. Fish 3pm to 8pm. For both Ivy House Club matches book in with Mick on 644449.

Club Anglers League 8-a-side. Draw The Hut at Brimslade 8am.

Highworth AC GE Cup and FG Junior Cup on Buscot upstream. Draw car park 6.45am. Fish 8am to 1pm.

Devizes AC Carnival Cup on their Crookwood Lake. Draw 8.30am. £15 all in. Ring Devizes AC on 01380 722350.

Golden Carp AA Netcott Cup match at Hannington (this match was scheduled for Sep 7). Draw 7am.

Isis AC Arkells Cup match at Sutton Benger. Draw Hideaway 9am. Fish 10.30am to 3.30pm.

Bank Holiday Mon Aug 25: Peatmoor 6-a-side 2nd leg at Chippenham including the Summer League Individual Championship. Fish 10am to 2pm.

Jo's Open match at Ivy House Lakes (large lake). Please book in on 01666 510368 or 07748144788.

Wed Aug 27: The last of the Wednesday Junior matches sponsored by Tim Rust at Wootton Bassett lakes.

Sun Aug 31: Raychem AC match at their lagoon. Draw 8am. Fish 9am to 2pm. Register names with Neil on 693832.

Great times ahead on the River Thames:

Sun Sep 7: Turner 400. Fifty teams of four (£80 team). Venue Kelmcot, Radcot, Clanfield.

Sun Sep 14: Radcot Swan Open 150 pegs Individual. Radcot and Clanfield.

Chippenham Open Challenge Cup on the Bristol Avon. Tickets £2 adults, £1 juniors. From Chippenham Town Hall or Premier Angling Chippenham.,

Sun Sep 21: Thames Championships 50 teams of six. Kelmscot, Radcot, Clanfield, Rushy, Tadpole and Chimney (private section). £150 team. Full details for all the above ring Turners on 01367 241044.