Twyford Match
2025
Shipston-on-Stour and District Angling Club had a match at Twyford on the river Avon, it's a venue that we haven't fished for a long time and one that we shall definitely be going back to.
Byron Yates won the match, He caught a chub of 5 lb 03 oz plus dace and weighed in 10 lb 12 oz, Stuart Fleming came second with 10 lb of mainly dace.
James Yates had a section win with 9 lb 08 oz, Andy Burt had a section win with 6 lb 04 oz and Pete Hill had a section win with 8 lb 03 oz.
We would like to thank Andy Burt for his help and for letting us have a match there, we also made £60 on the day for the juniors from the peg fees. Great days fishing on a cold and wet day.
JAC CHARITY MATCH 2025
Shipston-on-Stour and District Angling Club came third in the Annual JAC competition, a good solid team performance on the day. It's a good result for us as we were up against 15 other teams. Cadence Superteam won, Jets Broke back came second. Shipstons team of Stuart Fleming (captain), Steve Beard, Kelvin Tallatt, Peter Morgan, Pete Kilbride and Leon Truscott did well to claim the third spot against tough opposition. This event is a fund raiser for juniors anglers and £800 was made on the day.
Well done to all involved in making this event run smoothly, always good fun and it's great to raise money for the junior section
HELP FOR HEROES CHARITY MATCH, NEWBURY, 2025
A great day out yesterday fishing the Annual Newbury HELP for HEROES charity open match on the K & A canal at Enborne, a group of Shipston anglers went and as always we were well looked after with bacon rolls to start and post match meal at the Lamb afterwards.
Gary Didcock had a great win with 18 lb 12 oz of mainly perch and it was mainly a roach and perch day with a few decent weights. For a few of us it was a bit of a struggle,
Well done to Newbury angling association and especially Dave Smith for organising it and £1000 was raised which is what it's all about and thanks toThe Lamb pub in Newbury for looking after us.It was Great to catch up with the Newbury guys, it was fun as always.
Next up is the JAC match this Sunday organised by Baileys of Warwick which supports the junior anglers which is another good cause.
Shipston and ADDQC have a 3 man team league starting the week after. Teams or individuals are still welcome to book in, this competitive league is open to any anglers. Contact Shipston or ADDAC club for more details.
COTSWOLD CUP 2025
Here are the results and report from this year's annual Ten man team event .
The Annual Cotswold cup took place on Sunday 14th September and it was Shipston-on-Stour and District Angling Club who's turn it was to host the event. It was on the river Avon at Seven Meadows, Stanells and Luddington and we all knew from the start that the weather was going to play a big part in it, luckily it wasn't as bad as predicted but in the end we were all drenched.
Shipston AC came out winners with 21 points just one point ahead of Stratford on their first time in this competition, Burford had 26 points and Moreton had 31 points.The overall winner was Nigel Davis Shipston with 16 lb 12 oz at Luddington just 1 oz more than Dan Adams Stratford with 16 lb 11 Oz, Jes Wright Burford came 3 rd with 12lb 12 oz.
Well done to all the anglers who battled against the weather and the mud and we look forward to next year .
Results below.
SEVEN MEADOWS
DABBER JONES MEMORIAL TROPHY
13TH JULY 2025
Match on the River Avon at Seven Meadow's saw 33 anglers compeat for the Dabber Jones memorial Trophy.
The Avon fished really well with the whole stretch providing some good catches. The match was won by Shipston-on-Stour Angling Club, angler Les Ashby with 25 lb 11 oz, Sean Sawyer ( Colmic) was second with 16 lb 02oz & Peter Morris (CADENCE) was third with 14 lb 13 oz. Section winners were Bryan Morgan (ADDAC) 8 lb 08 oz, Jim Wiltshire (Shipston) with 10 lb 02 oz, Sean Reidy ((Sensas MS) with 13 lb 12 oz and Paul Passmore ( Drennan) 10 lb 14 oz.
A big thank you to all the anglers who braved the heat and all the groundwork put in to holding the event by certain anglers and Andy Bruce for making it run so efficiently. A good turnout and a good days fishing.
ASTON MAGNA 2nd June 2025
K Eastbury Pairs
This was the first match on the 2025/2026 club book and it fished hard with most anglers struggling to catch.
Kenny Watts won with 18 lb 12 oz and he and Donald Barnes won the pairs competition.
Les Ashby came second with ,6 lb 04 oz, Malcolm Barnes just 1 oz off with 6 lb 03 Oz and Simon Slowther 4th with 5 lb ,08 Oz.
Next match is at Meadowlands this Saturday, remember the new club books are on sale now and are available from the tackle shops in Stratford and Warwick.
