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!

First draw will take place on 1st  MARCH 2012.

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.

This year we are revamping the doubles competition as in the past we have had problems with anglers being let down by their partners for various reasons. To help combat this the committee have come up with the idea of a teams of three doubles competition. The way it works is actually very simple, teams of three anglers are drawn and if all three turn up then only the best two WEIGHTS will count.

The Drawn Teams Are :-

Singles Knock Out Competition Draw 2012.

1st Round To Be Fished At Hawford Bridge Fisheries Reddings Pool On  10th June 2012.

Byes

Matches

 Big/Little Boys Leagues 2012

  Dave Warren is again running the ever popular silver fish opens on the   club pool.

   The cost is £7 per person including a £2 peg fee.

   The draw for these matches is at 09.00am and fishing is from 10.00am until 2.00pm.

   The dates  are all SUNDAYS and are 5th February, 19th February,4th March,18th March and 1st April.

If you would like to book onto these matches please ring Dave on 07880558866.

The above photo was sent in by local match ace

and journalist Alf  Hands. Who took his catch in less

than four hours on a cold January morning.

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. 

The November weather may have been dank and cold but you could not have wished for a better atmosphere for this years Fur and Feather match fished on a mist shrouded Club Pool.  Twenty three of  the Club’s finest anglers (from both the match group and day membership) lined up to fish for a prize list that would have done any club in the country proud.

Although the fishing was unusually hard due to the drop in overnight temperature and the shear number of anglers around the pool everyone seemed to enjoy themselves but were relieved when the all out was sounded and we could all go back to The Headquarters for a pint and a warm.

Many thanks must go to DAVE WARREN who has not only ran this match with his usual efficient and calm manner but  has also managed to put together a prize list that is the envy of bigger clubs.  Dave has already started to work on next years prize list and is on the look out for more goodies so if you have anything  please contact him. A lot of this years prizes were donated by people who support The Club in an indirect way and we all should send out a big thanks to them for without their generosity Dave would struggle to keep the cost of this match relatively low.

Once again we must also send a big thank you to our hosts at The Whitehall Inn in Rushwick Ron and Fiona who not only allow us to use the pub as a base but encourage our fundraising activities. Last but not least I would like to thank on behalf of The Club the regulars of  The Whitehall who never fail to dig deep into their pockets whenever we have an event like this.

Congratulations to Nigel Crane on winning this years event and here’s looking forward to

next season.

    THE PRIZE LIST

Please note that this is the cumulative results of the best 10 from 12 matches.

Overall Result.

Section Results.

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.