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Olney and Clifton Fishing Association
We are now half way through a rather difficult season. Catches have been very average, probably because of low river levels, with no new records. Best fish to date are: Bream 7lb 6oz, junior 5lb 5oz; Carp 17lb 10oz; Chub 5lb 3oz, junior 5lb 4oz!; Perch 2lb 71/2oz, junior 1lb 14oz and Tench 5lb 9oz.
With Club membership lower than previous years, possibly caused by the recession or because people now like to fish carp lakes, our cup matches attracted fewer entrants. Jamie Knight won the Brimley Cup with 10lb 9oz. Gary Britton won the Spooner Cup with 5lb 5oz.
Matches for Club juniors are still quite popular usually attracting 20 competitors. Phillip Lee won the Junior Cup with 1lb 10 1/2oz and Jack Moroney won Dale Rogers’ Memorial with 2lb 10oz.
Our open matches for charity also had fewer entrants. Even so £90 was donated to R.B.L., the cup was won with 7lb 15oz by Nil Shearn. The match for Willen Hospice is in February.
The season ends 14th March so members still have time to catch those elusive specimen fish and our own ‘personal bests’.
Contact Dave Partridge, 01234 240061 or Kevin Osborne, 01234 713144 or visit our website www.olneyfishing.co.uk for lots more news, pictures and information.
Above: Olney Mill, Jack Panter, Chub 5lb 4oz
Top left: Junior Cup Winner
1lb 101/2oz Phillip Lee (presentation by Kevin Lake)
Bottom left: Fiesta Open Winner 11lb 7oz Nigel Porter (presentation by Barry Testro)
Olney Tennis Club
A great year for Olney Tennis Juniors
Overall it has been a really good year for our Juniors who have improved strongly. They have played in many tournaments and prospects have never been stronger.
U16 Mixed Doubles Junior Final
This was played at a date after the other finals and there was a great contest between Liddi Macdonnell and Andrew Foulkes against Xavier Vale-Buisson and Amy Hulley which resulted in a win for Xavier and Amy (see photo below).
Here are the many OTC summer team achievements:
• U10 boys Aegon NJCL Bucks champions
• U12 MK tennis league division champions,
overall runners up (see photo of Daniel Cornwell, Jack Cheal and Richard Marsden).
• U14 boys Aegon NJCL winning match vs Halton high performance centre
• U15 MK tennis league runners up
• U16 girls Aegon NJCL Bucks runners up
There also have been many great individual achievements:
• Amy Hulley, ladies champion
• Jack Cheal, Northants Mini green U10
champion
• Henry Clarke and Ben Cross Dunstable
junior open boys doubles champions
• Jenny Coles and Laura McCoubrey top 20
U16 in Bucks
• Alice Barr top 15 U16 in Beds
New Year’s Day American Tournament!
It’s a sobering thought but yes we are running this event again after the success of last year. Tennis starts at 2pm so sign up in the clubhouse.
Team news
The Mixed B team played
against Stony Stratford and came up against strong players losing 2-6. (See above action photos of Philip Ramos and Beryl Rook and also Sarah Wilkinson and Phil Bennett). This was the first match lost by Olney this season. The other matches in November were all lost to the weather.
Under 10s playing recently with the heavily disguised Club Coach!
Here are all the other results of the Junior Championships:
• Mini red U8 boys winner Nicolas Dickmann Pena, runner up Wills Barnes
• Mini red U8 girls winner Ellie Bolton, runner up Eleanor Koss
• Mini orange U9 boys winner Nicloas Dickmann Pena, runner up Matthew Gale
• Mini orange U9 girls winner Bellsey Ecclestone, runner up Eve Clarke
• Mini Green U10 boys winner Oliver Parker, runner up Henry Yoemans
• U 12 boys winner Jack Cheal, runner up Luke Anderson
• U 12 girls winner Anna Osborne, runner up Livvi Adams
• U16 boys singles winner Henry Clarke, runner up Xavier Vale Buisson
• U16 girls singles winner Amy Hulley, runner up Jenny Coles
• U16 boys doubles winners Andrew Foulkes/Matt Shacklock, runner up Henry Clarke/Ben Cross
• U16 girls doubles winner Amy Hulley/Emily Cattell, runners up Jenny Coles/Laura McCoubrey
Sign up for coaching – A great New Year Resolution!
To sign up for coaching please contact our Club Coach Nigel Willard on 07946 734377 or e mail him at: nigelwillard@tiscali.co.uk. Or visit our website and look at the Coaching and Junior pages.
If you would like to join us, please call 01234 710938 for details. All standards very welcome.
Olney Tennis on the web! www.olneytennis.net
Happy Christmas to all our present and future members!
Their Second Childhood: a book by Geoff Bacchus
Geoff’s writing competes with many of his other activities and as those of us who know him he gets himself into all manner of troubles and difficulties.
Fortunately when he is writing he is off the streets. And when you start reading this, his first book, it will keep you off the streets, at least until you have finished it. A full review is on the Phonebox website.
Priced at £5.99 as a special price for Phonebox readers during December, it would make an excellent Christmas present. Available to order on line at www.phoneboxmag.co.uk
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