Local girl’s success at county championships Former Gillingham School pupil Annabel Drudge headed to the Hampshire County Swimming Championships at the new Winchester pool on February 5 ready to push for a county medal. Over seven events Annabel placed first and claimed the gold medal and took the title of 200m Breaststroke Hampshire County Champion in the 17 and over age group. Buoyed by her success, she then went on to win a silver medal for the 200m Individual Medley having also qualified for three finals in the 50 and 100m Breaststroke events and the 100m Fly.
Plenty of fish in the Stour Gillingham AA Pairs match. River Stour from Trill Bridge to Catholics. (14 pegs) Turnout for this match was down on recent weeks due to several covid cases and although the weather was foul and the river rising a foot during the match there were still lots of fish caught, although float fishing was virtually impossible. Winner on the day was Richard Cake who drew peg 40, the Willows, at Trill and caught eight chub on the maggot feeder and worms and maggots to weigh 16-08. Runner up was match secretary, Dave Sealey, who drew peg 49 at Catholics and winkled out six chub on maggot feeder and bread feeder to weigh 12-07, rueing the five that he lost in a snag.
First: Second: Third: Fourth:
Richard Cake 16-08 Dave Sealey 12-07 Jack Stamp- 11-14 Kev Harvey- 11-07 Dave Anders- 11-07 Sixth: Rob Manns- 8-09 This meant that Richard Cake and James Kiernan won the pairs with 4 points from Rob Manns and Dave Sealey on 5 points. Jack Stamp and Danny NcCoy and Kev Harvey and Adie West were equal third on 7 points. The next match is the Dave Hillier Memorial Upper Stour open on February 20. £20 all in. Draw at 8.15am at the Coking Farm Cafe at Coking Farm. Fish from 10-3pm. Book in with Dave Sealey on (01747)823159.
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Wincanton Golf Club Results
Seniors 9 Hole Turkey Trot – December 10 Phil Francis 19 John Westaway 16 ocb Richard Strong 16 Andy Smith 16
Seniors Monthly Stableford – January 4 Phil Francis 36 Brian White 30 Richard Strong 29 Monthly Stableford – January 9 Richard Ward 39 Rab Clyde 37 Brian White 36 Seniors 4BBB – January 11 Winners – Chris Mieville/Kees Schouten/ Kevin George 42 Winter Fourplay Foursomes – January 15 Winners - Nigel Orr/Mike Doddington Seniors Florida Scramble – January 18 Winners: Chris Dibben, Jim Stephen, Pete Starkey, Jon Reed 39 January Medal – January 22 Mike Taylor nett 67 Ross Chandler nett71 Ed Gale nett 73 Seniors Back 9 Medal – January 25 Keith Williams nett 39 Kevin Dineen nett 45 3 Clubs/Putter Texas Scramble – January 30 Winners: John Atkins, Ed Gale, Brian White 42 Seniors Monthly Stableford – February 1 Kevin George 36 Brian White 33 Chris Meiville 31
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