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Secretary’s Blog May 2026

Tuesday Scrambles

Roger is running the Tuesday Matches again this season.  

Committee Meeting 13th May

The main topic at the Committee meeting was how to avoid another deficit, for the last 3 or 4 years Fishery income has failed to cover Fishery costs which cannot continue.

The format is Full Member Subscriptions funding Fixed Costs with the remainder becoming prize money, that’s total spend while Fladbury Income funds Fishery maintenance. After raising Full Subscriptions this season the Committee are determined to avoid another loss.

The meeting agreed that any Deficit in Fladbury Income would be covered from Full Subscriptions guaranteeing that we balance, which if necessary will easily be covered by the 2026 increase. The good news is after inspection the pegs are in excellent condition this Spring requiring minimal maintenance costs.

See the minutes:- About Us/ Committee/ Meetings.

Bank Clearing “the May Session”

Had a walk along the bank on the May day holiday, Gary has been down with the tractor & cut the top of the pegs so vehicle access was superb. All of the platforms looked good, there’s a broken slab in peg 2 & pegs 18, 20 & 21 have flotsam on the steps. As usual peg 8 has a reed bed in front of the peg but for this time of the year, the match pegs look remarkably good.

Roger, Dave & Keith went down in the week before the planned session & moved the flotsam & tidied up the upstream pegs.

Frank, Pete & Pat went as planned & strimmed & cleared the steps of pegs 2 to 17. Again the silted pegs 9 & 12 were left to grow wild.

The next planned session is 7/6/2026, there’s a few reed beds to clear & the pegs in the lock stream.

May Results.

2/5/2026 Stoke Works:-

Frank Bagley 4-1-0, Brian Burton 3-2-0, Roger Middleton 2-8-0.

30/5/2026 Solhampton;-   

Stephen Bedford 112-3-0, Marcus Coles 71-6-0, H. Potter 44-11-0.

May Match Chat

A 4-0-0 Bream won the third Canal Series match but the winner only had 3 bites all match, couldn’t catch on the Pinkie, he persevered on the worm & had the Bream watched by an audience of passing cyclists after three & a half hours without a bite.

After a Whitsun week of extreme temperatures, the Solhampton match was Chaotic. “Jocked off” the pool, very uneven pegging but a big winning weight & a great day out for Marcus in his first season as a senior.  

Dates in June

7/6/2026 The Second Bank Clearing Session.

13/6/2026 The final “Winter Pools” Match at Broadacres on Bills pool.

20/6/2026 The third Aggregate Match the Fladbury Cup.

27/6/2026 The first “Spring League” Match at Larford Lakes.

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