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1 Newsletter 2012 All the All the Reports August/September I hope this describes the A.M.F.C. as well as it does the 2012 Olympics From an article by Terence Blacker in I 7 th August Gracious in Defeat: Now that s the legacy One great achievement of the Olympics has gone largely unnoticed. The British have learned how to lose with grace and generosity. Saying the right things after victory is relatively easy. It has been the way those who have lost narrowly (Athlete Christine Ohuruogu... Gymnast Louise Smith... Swimmer Rebecca Adlington... Sailors Simpson and Percy) which will leave a legacy beyond sport. All these competitors admitted their painful disappointment, but each made the point that competing had been an honour, that the crowd had made it all worthwhile, and they were lucky to be there. To get a sense of how unusual it is to find grace amongst sporting losers, one only has to turn to top-level football. Think of the player s storming off the pitch after a defeat, the bilious post-match moaning of managers, the rage and nastiness of some losing fans. It is too easy to blame this ugliness on the money and greed of footballers. In fact it reflects a wider influence. The unrealistic expectations, the pathetic excuses, the blaming and bullying are symptoms of a society which has forgotten that sport is a game, that losing is not the end of the world. The same process has taken place in London this summer, but in a positive direction. The gratitude and decency expressed by British competitors who failed to win at their home games owed nothing to sport psychologists or coaches, but has mirrored the attitudes of the crowd. Spectators have done what was least expected, they have looked on the bright side, smiling when their competitors have lost as well as when they have won. It was uplifting said Christine Ohuruogu, taking in the applause of the crowd. I thought Why should I be miserable when so many people have enjoyed what I have done for them. No doubt we will be hearing much more from the triumphant British competitors of London 2012, but it is the silver and bronze spirit of Ohuruogu, Addlington, Smith and others that deserve to be celebrated, and to live on. Three ways to get to your destination 1. A.A. Road Atlas 2. Electronic Sat. Nav 3. Apparently the third way I have a little Sat-Nav It sits there in my car A Sat-Nav is a driver's friend It tells you where you are I have a little Sat-Nav I've had it all my life It s better than the normal ones My Sat-Nav is my wife It gives me full instructions Especially how to drive "It's thirty miles an hour", it says "You're doing thirty five" It tells me when to stop and start And when to use the brake And tells me that it's never ever Safe to overtake It tells me when a light is red And when it goes to green It seems to know instinctively Just when to intervene It lists the vehicles just in front And all those to the rear And taking this into account It specifies my gear. I'm sure no other driver Has so helpful a device For when we leave and lock the car It still gives its advice It fills me up with counselling Each journey's pretty fraught So why don't I exchange it And get a quieter sort? Ah well, you see, it cleans the house, Makes sure I'm properly fed, It washes all my shirts and things And - keeps me warm in bed! Despite all these advantages And my tendency to scoff, I do wish that once in a while I could turn the damned thing off!!!

2 Autumn Association Match ***** Is this the closest EVER? Only O E place is confirmed! Grey Lags are the winners of Group Four **** Group One GWAFFA A are nearly there BUT OT QUITE avy could still beat Bewl A into last place Group Two Soldiers A will win if they turn up and get one point! Any one of Bristol Queen Mother Hanningfield could come last Group Three Invcta A will win if the turn up and get one point Any one of the other three could come last but it is not looking good for Fish Hawks B Group Four Grey Lags have won! It is possible for Foremark to get more points than Soldiers B but probably an outside bet!

3 Bewl Bridge F.C. A John Hancock 3 6lbs 13oz Steve Collins 1 3lbs 5.75oz Baz Reece 6 13lbs 12.25oz Bill Rankin 3 7lbs 7oz Paul Canning Nick Cox 1 4lbs 10.5oz 35lbs 9oz Fish Hawks A Mal Bruce 1 2lbs 4.25oz Paddy Mountain 4 10lbs 3oz Dave Newing 3 7lbs 2oz Phil Thomas 4 10lbs 8.5oz Kerry Richardson 2 5lbs 7oz Warren (?) 1 2lbs 5.25oz 36lbs 14oz Grafham Water F.F.A. A Chris Bobby 4 8lbs 9.75oz Andy Linwood 4 8lbs 7oz Norman Rushton 5 9lbs 15oz Mark Brinkman 3 7lbs 13oz Steve Ellerbeck Nick Preston 7 16lbs 10oz 51lbs 6.75oz Royal avy/marines Chris Anderson 1 1lb 9.5oz Les Sutherland 1 2lbs 4.75oz Neil Jones Al Mundy 1 2lbs 5.25oz Nick Tompkins 3 6lbs 7.25oz Tony Wilkinson 1 2lbs 6oz 15lbs 0.75oz Rutland Water F..F. Graham Pearson 3 10lbs 0oz Al Owen 4 8lbs 15oz David Lang 1 2lbs 14.75oz Mike Gunnell 2 4lbs 0.25oz Paul Wild 2 6lbs 2.25oz Andrew Flitcroft 1 1lb 13.25oz TOTAAL 33lbs 15.25oz Best Fish 5lbs 2.5oz Graham Pearson (Rutland) Best Bag 16lbs 10oz ick Preston (GWAFFA) Grafham Water A early There after Fine Win on Rutland Water in Round Five. ***** Hot Bright and Algae everywhere - makes fishing difficult o Limits and Average of 2.4 Quite the worst conditions possible greeted Group One for their Fifth Round Match on Rutland on Saturday 8 th. September. It was hot, with bright sun and Rutland with Sorry could not decipher name and not one I recognise green algae in both arms and the main bowl. It is not surprising that anglers struggled, with no limits, three blanks and an average of only 2.4. Every boat fished in the very end of the South Arm, concentrating on Burley Reaches and Lax hill. The only common denominator of the day was where everyone fished. Anglers reported catching fish on every line Best Fish Graham Pearson from floater to DI 5. Some fish were caught pulling, some slow pulling, some by figureof-eighting, one angler reported one fish static. There was also a cosmopolitan range of flies. Booby s, - Blobs Grafham Water A Team comfortable Winners with 23 Fish Buzzers, Crunchers Dawl Bach s were all responsible for a few fish. For everyone it was a day for grinding it out and having a little luck. GROUP O E Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 S Position Bewl Bridge F.C. 'A' Fish Hawks 'A' Grafham Water F.A. 'A' Royal avy Marines Rutland Water F.F

4 Bristol Reservoirs f.f.a. Simon Lucas 4 7lbs 5oz Malcolm Price 3 6lbs 1oz Martin Burgess 2 3lbs 8oz Dave Drake 3 6lbs 12oz Jay Currie 1 1lb 9oz Jim Welman 2 3lbs 4oz 28lbs 7oz Hanningfield F.A. Clive Morgan 3 5lbs 1oz Alan Stern 3 6lbs 4oz Dave Bromley 4 7lbs 2oz Lee Pond 7 13lbs 12oz Vince Howley 1 2lbs 0oz Charlie Abrahams 2 4lbs 5oz 38lbs 8oz Queen Mother F.F. Dave Kidby 1 2lbs 4oz Sue Hunter 5 8lbs 14oz Steve Radcliffe 1 2lbs 2oz Mike Hill 1 2lbs 5oz Phil Hall 2 4lbs 5oz Martin Conroy 1 2lbs 0oz 21lbs 14oz Soldier Palmers A Lindsey Simpson 2 3lbs 14oz Paul Lee 5 8lbs 14oz Paul Kitchen 1 2lbs 4oz Paul Calvert 6 11lbs 8oz Ronnie Christie 5 8lbs 5oz Peter Mumford 4 7lbs 8oz 42lbs 5oz Group Two Join the Difficult Matches on Bewl in September With Average of 2.7 No Limits No Blanks Three Matches in September at three different reservoirs, yet all three produced similar fishing. Averages were surprisingly close. Draycote 2.5 Rutland 2.4 and for this match on Bewl 2.7. It is usually August which gives the most difficult fishing, but this year it seems that September is going to be the month to forget. Peter Thomason Reports The conditions were difficult with bright sunlight, very warm temperature and very little cloud or breeze. Many areas of the reservoir remained and a Booby twiddled and tweaked. Fish were also caught on nymphs and floating lines. Considering the conditions, a rod average of 2.7 was not bad and the fish remained reasonably high in the water. Best areas were Hook Strait, around the Cages, and the main Bowl. By the end of the day, all were glad to be off the water and out of the heat. For those that stayed (only TWFFS and Queen Mother Teams) an enjoyable cool pint and a meal was welcome at The Lookout restaurant at Bewl. Tunbridge Wells F.F.S. Jim McGonigle 1 1lb 4oz Simon Newman 2 4lbs 7oz Bob Holland 3 5lbs 2oz Peter Thomason 2 3lbs 3oz Vince Brooks 2 3lbs 14oz Richard Denny 3 5lbs 8oz Total 24lbs 0oz Best Fish 3lbs 2oz Dave Drake (Soldier Palm.) Best Bag 13lbs 12oz Lee Pond (Hanningfield) flat calm for much of the day. By sheer persistence and moving around, fish were caught by a range of methods but the most successful was a "Fast Glass" intermediate line Soldier Palmers (Picture above) only need to turn up for the Autumn Match and get one point to be winners. GROUP TWO Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Position Bristol Reservoirs F.A Haningfield F.C = Queen Mother F.F = Soldier Palmers 'A' Tunbridge Wells T.F.A

5 Bewl Bridge F.C. b David Little John Turner 2 5lbs 5oz Yvonne Webb 2 6lbs 7.5oz Ian Watts 4 8lbs 14oz Ray Simpson Ken Holmes 3 10lbs 6.5oz 312lbs 1oz England Police Dave Summers 5 12lbs 4oz Andy Ross 2 4lbs 6oz Mark Mathieson 4 12lbs 6oz Robert Eaton 1 2lbs 7oz Henryck Pycz 1 3lbs 2oz Tony Smith 3 7lbs 13oz 42lbs 6oz Fish Hawks B Lloyd Thompson 1 1lb 15oz Mark Lamacroft 6 16lbs 0oz Chris Peace Lee Radcliffe 2 4lbs 2oz Dean Baker Keith Gilchrest 2 4lbs 12oz 29lbs 1oz Invicta F.C. A Chris McLeod 3 11lbs 3oz John Mees 6 17lbs 8oz Garry How 1 2lbs 8oz Mark Searle 1 2lbs 4oz Graham Bodsworth 3 7lbs 15oz Keiran Bonas 8 27lbs 8oz Best Bag 27lbs 8oz Keiran Bonas (Invicta A ) Best Fish 4lbs 13oz Keiran Bonas (Invicta A ) John Mees (Invicta A ) After Two Excellent Matches On Draycote Group Three Found it All Change Most struggled for a few fish This was one of those matches where understanding was almost impossible. Everybody reported that practice on the preceding day had been very difficult. Expectations were low, and for most this was confirmed during the match. Keiran Bonus (below) caught the only limit but even for him it was by using a variety of flies etc. at just the right time. He caught two on dries (Black Hoppers pulled across the nose of rising fish) he caught on blobs boobies and nymphs. They are now four points clear and provided that turn up for the Autumn Match on Grafham, and get one point cannot be beaten. However after five rounds any one of the other three teams in Sthe group could be relegated! Kieran s limit came drifting into the bank in Rainbow Corner. The next best bag of six fish was caught by drifting out of the North West corner of the Dam. What was frustrating for many was the large area of rising fish in the middle of the western end of the reservoir. They seemed to be taking minute buzzers, and going very small was useless. Keiran pulled a big fly across them for his two in dries, so this was probably the only way to catch them. Draycote has provided very good fishing for three of the John Mees Equal Best Fish With his limit and a six and a five Invicta F.C. A (Above) weighted in over 26lbs more that their closest rivals. A.M.F.C. s groups and I am sure it will be selected by some of the groups for their Group Programme in GROUP THREE Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 S Position Bewl Bridge F.C. 'B' = England Police = Fish Hawks 'B' Invicta F.C. 'A'

6 Foremark Fly Fishers Rob Wheeldon 8 16lbs 14oz Dixie Baxter 2 4lbs 8oz Ric Saccone 3 6lbs 14oz Merv. Amos 5 10lbs 11.5oz Lew Whitehead 4 8lbs 2oz Jodi Younger 1 1lb 11oz 48lbs 0.5oz Grafham Water F.F.A. Derek Bravington 3 5lbs 8oz James Brotton 4 7lbs 9oz Hillary Tomlinson 1 1lb 8oz Yusriy Smith 1 2lbs 5oz Lianne Frost 1 1lb 14oz Ade Bell 18lbs 12oz Grey Lags Si Morris 4 6lbs 4oz Peter Lewis 8 21lbs 13oz Al. Grice-Jackson 3 5lbs 7oz Dai Davis 8 16lbs 7oz Henry Reynolds 3 6lbs 2oz Kevin Bennett 8 21lbs 12oz 77lbs 13oz Invicta F.C. B Steve Middleton 3 6lbs 10oz David Moore 2 3lbs 12oz John Brown 3 5lbs 0oz Mike Smith 8 15lbs 12oz Craig Foggo 4 7lbs 4oz Alan Taylor 38lbs 6oz Grey Lags take all at Group Four Round Five at Foremark Winners Best Bag Best Fish Group Four Champions This was the first match the Association has fished on Foremark.. The facilities were good and the water excellent. We were made to feel welcome even by the sailing fraternity! The fishing was peculiar, to say the least! The morning was cloudy and the afternoon sunny. The wind was very light and variable until late in the day, when it became a little stronger. Most boats cut their engines within one minute of leaving the jetty some to the right some to the left. Those who turned left were surrounded by variety of flies using a variety of methods. Peter Lewis was one of only four angers to catch a limit. He caught using a Fast Glass line. His team was a combination of F.A.B. (Foam Arsed Blobs), Daiwl Bach s and others. A few fish were caught on Cormorants and other lure types. Unusually, Luck seemed to be a factor. The same flies fished in the same way on similar Soldier Palmers B John Gamon 4 6lbs 7oz Tug Lawson 2 3lbs 8oz Toby Buney 3 7lbs 6oz David Joyce 2 3lbs 5oz Steve Cranston 2 4lbs 2oz Jim Wright 5 7lbs 14oz 32lbs 10oz Best Bag 21lbs 13oz Peter Lewis (Grey Lags) Best Fish 5lbs 0oz Kevin Bennett (Grey Lags) fish swirling about on the surface. Sadly they were taking the minutest of terrestrials and seemed uncatchable. Dai Davis managed two on dries before the sun came out and stopped the activity. Those who turned right fared better. The fish were in a very small area. Fewer rising fish but more were willing to take a lines resulted in dissimilar success. With three of the limits caught by Grey Lags they were easy Match Winners. They are now so many points ahead of other teams that they are already Group Four Champions. GROUP FOUR Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 S Position Foremark Fly Fishers Grafham Water F.A.'B' Grey Lags Invicta F.C. 'B' Soldier Palmers 'B'