The victorious Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths match team – who won the Thames Team Championship on the Upper Thames earlier this month!

Pictured left to right are Geoff Lewendon, Tom Hobbs, Tony Hobbs, Mick Denton, Carl Eland, John Beesley.

The match was fished by 18 teams of 6 on the Thames from Lechlade through to Tadpole bridge near Bampton. With the recent rain the river had some much needed flow and colour, and the fish wanted to feed – but the very strong winds, mainly downstream, made presentation very difficult and this kept the weights down.

On the team front it was a very close match, but it ended up with a new name on the magnificent team trophy!

Team Result

1st Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths – 74 pts

2nd Diddys Bait-Tech – 71 pts

3rd Turners Black – 69 pts

Individuals

1st Gerry Blunt – Browning Andover – 21lb 2oz. Gerry made the most of an end peg at Lechlade and had a fine net of roach to 1lb plus quality dace on the pole & maggot.

2nd Adrian McTiffin – Devizes MG – 15lb 4oz. Adrian was also at Lechlade and had a similar net of roach on pole and maggot.

3rd Carl Eland – Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths – 12lb. Carl was at Radcot and had 2 chub, biggest 6lb, on waggler and maggot plus a few roach.

4th John Swan – Radcot – 11lb 13oz.