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Chronicle & Echo - Northamptonshire daily paper - angling column as supplied for Friday November 25, 2011 (version printed in newspaper may differ)
CASTLE Ashby's Saturday Grendon sweep fell to Bob Reed with 44-12, carp and bream, ahead of Richard Skeen 29-8 and Frank Pizmenti 25-4. Mick Wheeler won the Scotland pond midweeker with 30 skimmers for 21-2 as Mick Hewlett had 17-8 and Roger Clutton 12-12. |
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Chronicle & Echo - Northamptonshire daily paper - angling column as supplied for Friday December 2, 2011 (version printed in newspaper may differ) PAUL HARDMAN topped Castle Ashby's Saturday do on the Brickyard with 29-12 of bream as Chris Garrett netted 25-8 and Frank Pizmenti 22-14. Steve Bull had his turn, Sunday on Grendon, with 26-9 followed by Richard Dunkley 24-8 and John Kent 22-6. The midweeker, also on Grendon, had gone to Nigel Baxter with 29-12 as Gary Millward had 24-2 and Phil Wintle 19-6. |
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Chronicle & Echo - Northamptonshire daily paper - angling column as supplied for Friday December 9, 2011 (version printed in newspaper may differ) FISHERY boss "Grandpa' Mick Hewlett won Saturday's Castle Ashby Grendon sweep with a five-carp 44-6. Chris Garrett had 13-12 and Bob Reed 13-9. Pete Lovell won midweek on the Brickyard, 34-2 of bream, with Nigel Baxter 11-4 and Alan West 9-6. |
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Chronicle & Echo - Northamptonshire daily paper - angling column as supplied for Friday December 16, 2011 (version printed in newspaper may differ) CASTLE Ashby's Scotland pond midweeker before freezing winds depressed both sport and spirits went to Mick Hewlett with 16 bream for 44-4, ahead of Bob Read 21-6 and Frank Pizmenti 13-7. Keith Garrett won with 12-7 on the Brickyard, Saturday, followed by Richard Skeen 3-6 and Reed 2-7. Next day Steve Bull topped on Grendon with 22-6, with Reed 15-13 and Chris Garrett 11-7. |
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Chronicle & Echo - Northamptonshire daily paper - angling column as supplied for Friday December 23, 2011 (version printed in newspaper may differ) With 'Ashby's matches all on Grendon this week, Grant Howie won Sunday with 24-4. Mick Waddham had 16-2 and Ian Drage 14-2. Richard Skeen won, Saturday, with 10-12 ahead of Bob Reed 8-4 and Mick Hewlett 3-8. Wednesday saw Pete Lovell top 24-2 with Richard Skeen 19-12 and Hewlett 16-4. |
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Chronicle & Echo - Northamptonshire daily paper - angling column as supplied for Friday December 30, 2011 (version printed in newspaper may differ) NEVER mind the turkey and plum duff Castle Ashby's regulars kept turning up for matches throughout the festive break. Grant Howie won a midweeker on Grendon with 15-12 of silvers followed by Pete Lovell 13-8 and Nigel Baxter 13lb. Fast Forward to Christmas Eve on the same lake and it was Richard Dunkley's turn to go top with two carp and two bream for 24-12 as Bob Reed had 21-8 and Richard Skeen 19-12. ON Scotland pond, Christmas Day saw Mick Whadham win with 16-4, followed by Skeen 13-4 and Mick Hewlett 11-12 before proceedings were adjourned to a local hostelry. Next day it was Skeen on top with 13 bream and a carp for 37-8. Paul Hardman had 13-4 and Hewlett 12lb.
Right on the button. Richard Skeen with a chubby Christmas Day crucian. Maintaining his winning run, the lad framed in three out of four Castle Ashby festive weekend opens. Picture by Mick Wheeler |
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Chronicle & Echo - Northamptonshire daily paper - angling column as supplied for Friday 6 January, 2012 (version printed in newspaper may differ) CASTLE Ashby sport went downhill during the week in line with the deteriorating weather. Nigel Baxter won Wednesday with 17 bream for 39-12 ahead of Grant Howie 16-10 and Mick Hewlett 16-4. Saturday on the Brickyard Pete Lovell had 16-4, Joe Roberts 9-7 and Paul Hardman 7-6. Back on Grendon next day Ian Pretty won with 25-6 followed by Mick Waddenham 22-4 and Mick Wheeler 18lb. Same venue, Monday, Roger Clutton bagged 19-6 of bream, Ian Smith 9-14 and Howie 8-14. |
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Chronicle & Echo - Northamptonshire daily paper - angling column as supplied for Friday 13 January, 2012 (version printed in newspaper may differ) SPORT may have been rubbish for many Sunday but Pete Lovell was in a world of his own with almost a 'ton' of Castle Ashby carp. He had a runaway win with 11 chunky carp on feeder for 98lb on the venue's Grendon lake, way ahead of Bob Reed 68-4 and Mick Rogers 49-6. Elsewhere on the complex it was a totally different story as Gerald Green won on Scotland with just 11-14, followed by Grant Howie 9-7 and Keith Bishop 9-4, while on Brickyard Rod Chamberlin caught 11-14 to lead Nick Cowap 9-12 and Lee Marlow 7-14. On Grendon the previous day Jeff Jones had headed the pack with 49-12 of bream and carp as Lovell made 38-4 and Ian Hutton 28-2 following a midweeker which went to Nigel Baxton 25-10 with Mick Hewlett 17-12 and Gary Millward 14-10. |
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Chronicle & Echo - Northamptonshire daily paper - angling column as supplied for Friday 20 January, 2012 (version printed in newspaper may differ) BREAM dominated Castle Ashby's Grendon midweeker as Mick Waddham had 22-12, Grant Howie 20-8 and Alan West 18-8. Saturday's Brickyard sweep went to Chris Garrett 19-14 ahead of Mick Hewlett 12-4 and Keith Garrett 8-12. |