SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL ANGLERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GATE TO THE CLUB POOL REMAINS CLOSED TO PREVENT THE COWS WONDERING INTO THE POOL AND POSSIBLY DROWNING.

YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER IS MUCH APPRECIATED.

Tickets for The Club’s memorial match arranged for Sunday 08^th July at the Club Pool are selling out fast.

Places are limited to 20, the cost of entry includes a breakfast, fishing peg fee and prizes.

Contact Mike Hope on 07717316972 to check availability and book a place.

THIS MATCH IS NOW FULLY BOOKED!!

The one-off club pairs match arranged for Sunday 03^rd June at the Club Pool is now sold out. Thank you to all the members for showing interest.

With the Club Pool fishing better than ever at the moment,there has never been a better time to fish it.

Here is your chance to grab yourself a pair of  Day Tickets in our new monthly draw.

All you have to do is email me at webmaster@whitehallrushwickac.co.uk and I will enter you into the draw.

Day tickets can be used at any time you wish as long as there is not a match taking place and please don’t worry we will not pass your details onto anyone else.

The draw will take place on the first of every month and the winner will be announced on this page of the web site. So go on have a dabble!

The next draw will take place on 1st  June 2012.

May’s winner was Jason Swinford of Cheltenham . Well done Jason your day tickets are on there way.

The Photo’s on this page show March’s winner CHARLIE DONE of Northwick in Worcester with just two of the fish he caught at The Club Pool whilst using the  ticket he won in a recent draw.

The picture to the left shows 9 Year old Harrison Wittering, with his  1lb 3oz Perch, caught from permanent peg 21, in early January 2012. It was Harrison’s first ever fish.

Well done young man.I think we have a new rising star here.

The picture to the right shows one of the clubs more mature anglers in the shape of Dave Warren with another clonking fish of well over the pound mark. Dave was in permanent peg 12 and used red maggot as bait.

With plenty of silver fish also being caught (including Chub,Ide,Roach and Rudd) and even the odd Carp showing the pool is really showing what a fine winter venue it is. This is shown  in the fact that the first in the latest series of  winter silver fish only matches is already a sell out.

As in previous years the popular Thursday Evening Open Matches will be held on the club pool.

These matches will draw at 6.00 pm and fish 6.30 pm till 9.00 pm, with each match being a standalone event.

The cost of entry is £7.00 per person which includes a £2.00 peg fee, all other money will be paid on the night, and places paid will be dependent on the number of people fishing.

Pre ordered food is available.

The matches are open to both members and non-members.

Matches will start on the 24^th May and every Thursday until the 12^th July.

Booking your place is recommended and anyone interested should contact Dave Warren on 07880 558866.

Once again there will be no rise in the subscription fees for the coming year. This as been achieved by the excellent fund raising effects of  Mark Eriksson  which cannot be praised enough in these harsh financial times and also a great balancing  act by secretary/treasurer Mike Hope.

Subscriptions for 2012 are therefore :-  MATCH GROUP MEMBERS £75.

DAY MEMBERS £40.

Subscriptions to MIKE HOPE  by 31ST JANUARY 2012.

It is with sadness that we have to report to members the passing away of Dave Yapp one of our committee members.

In his 73^rd year Dave died on Friday 23^rd December after a short illness.

Our thoughts are with Dave’s family and close friends at this sad time when words can never express how we feel.

Up until his illness Dave was very active in the running of the club and he will be greatly missed by the many friends he has made in the club.

His good nature and willingness to help endeared him to many club members who will miss him on matches and at the club pool.

We will remember Dave at the club memorial match on Sunday 8th July 2012. 

This is another new venue for The Whitehall this season so I have tried to gain useful bits of information to help out any members who have not fished the venue before.

Directions.

Unfortunately I could not find a  post code for this venue but if you turn off the A38 into Dilmore lane and continue into countryside, down the hill and sharp right ( with the canal on left ), over canal bridge and sharp right again ( the  canal is now on your right ), continue 200yds and through gate for the car park. There is a second car park  that can be used for members pegged in the top section after the draw.

General Info.

For Sundays match the baits to take are worms, casters, pinkies, maggots and liquidized bread to go with the punch bread ground-bait would be canal black should you wish to use it.

You can fish how ever you see fit but i would say fish the bread over to the far shelf with chop worm and caster in a tangerine size ball of  ground-bait with pinkies and maggots on your inside line. You will need to work out on the day the feeding pattern due to the amount of boat traffic or the weather. You will need to work hard to keep the fish coming rotating your swims so not to spook the shoal.

You will have the top three sections bills, spinners, and members sections though what i am finding is the members section is hard and bills is catching f’*%k  knows how due to the loss of water so my advice would to be get as many as you dare in spinners section and spit the remaining anglers over the other two sections.

Information above supplied by Wayne of the Rifleman’s Arms AC.

Last Weeks Match Report. (Taken From The Worcester News Friday 7th October 2011)

The latest Arbo match on the Rifleman’s section of the Droitwich canal turned into a close fought contest with just 11 ounces separating the top three anglers.

Eventual winner Tim Yapp, like all the leading contenders, was drawn in the second pound where he offered worm bait across a far bank reed bed in order to weigh in a roach, perch and rudd net going 5-11-8. Colin Sherwood came second with 5-4-0 on waggler and maggot. Graham Clarke’s 5-0-8 mixed bag was good enough for third while club secretary Ray Hodgetts finished in fourth place with 4-5-8.

Congratulations to Matt Barnes who has already gained promotion to the Big Boys League with two matches remaining.

Matt in his first year at the Whitehall has fished very consistently throughout the season so far and with promotion to the Big Boys League and a place in the Club Singles Final secured Matt has now got his sights firmly set on the Club Championship.

To find out how the club’s latest raising star has achieved all this in his first year at the club be sure to read his very entertaining blog at

http://barnesfishing.blogspot.com/

Many congratulations Matt and what odds for the treble !!