ACAS v BSDAS Taylor's Top Lake
3rd June 2026
Our June inter club match with Bishop’s Stortford was fished on the Top Lake at Taylor’s. This was our first match on the venue since the large scale reduction in the number of lilies. The results of the work appear to have had a positive impact on the fishing with weights much improved on recent matches. Bream, tench, F1’s & silverfish were caught from all round the lake. Team wise it was a comfortable win for Abbey Cross with 46 points to Bishop’s Stortford’s 33. Individually, Alan Sims was 1st with 21lbs 12ozs, Bill Beeston was 2nd with 16lbs 5ozs and Tony Parker was 3rd with 11lbs 10ozs.
M.Adams 9-3-0
A.Fox 8-9-0
P.Green 3-15-0
B.Cornell 3-13-0
B.Fox 3-13-0
A.Sims 21-12-0
T.Parker 11-10-0
J.Pearson 8-12-0
ACAS Totals
Weight 8-12-0
Points 8
P.Whitmill 7-13-0
F.Hunt 5-6-0
B.Beeston 16-5-0
R.Calderon 8-12-0
S.Foster 6-12-0
R.Gibson 4-10-0
BSDAS Totals
Weight 49-10-0
Points 33
Paul Sales Trophy & Tench Cup Taylor's Car Park Lake
24th May 2026
The Car Park lake at Taylor’s was the chosen venue for this year’s Paul Sales Trophy. Despite the extreme hot weather the lake fished reasonably well with bream, tench, F1’s and silverfish being caught. Winning weights were very close with less than a 1lb covering the top three. I was top with 12bs 2ozs, Peter Green was 2nd with 11lbs 8ozs and Dave Sellick was 3rd with 11lbs 7ozs. The Tench Cup was won by Willy Ramthor with a fish of 3lbs 12 ozs.
M.Adams 12-2-0
P.Green 11-8-0
D.Sellick 11-7-0
J.Pearson 10-7-0
T.Parker 10-7-0
W.Ramthor 9-7-0
A.Fox 7-14-0
B.Fox 6-14-0
T.Lincoln 2-7-0
B.Cornell 2-0-0
A.Burt DNW
Burrough's Cup Taylor's Car Park Lake
10th May 2026
The Car Park Lake at Taylor’s was the venue for this year’s Burrough’s Cup. With the weather warming up we all hoped for a better days sport. Fortunately, there was a definite improvements over recent matches with bream and skimmers showing from around the lake. Top on the day was Graham Pickard with 21lbs 11ozs, in 2nd place was Jeff Pearson with 18lbs and I was 3rd with 15lbs 3ozs.
G.Pickard 21-11-0
J.Pearson 18-0-0
M.Adams 15-13-0
A.Fox 11-13-0
A.Sims 7-2-0
B.Fox 7-1-0
P.Green 6-0-0
J.Smith 3-15-0
W.Ramthor 3-13-0
ACAS v BSDAS Beggars Hall Lake
6th April 2026
Our latest inter club match with Bishop’s Stortford was fished at their Beggars Hall Lake. Conditions were ok for the match with everyone weighing in. The weights were dominated by decent sized carp, with usual flyer pegs doing the best results. Team wise it was a comfortable win for Bishop’s Stortford’s with 74 points to our 62. Individually, Fred Hunt was 1st with 54lbs 2ozs, Bill Beeston was 2nd 50lbs 5ozs and Tony Heath was 3rd with 39lbs 7ozs.
M.Adams 8-8-0
A.Fox 12-13-0
P.Green 14-4-0
B.Cornell 14-2-0
B.Fox 33-1-0
T.Parker 26-0-0
J.Pearson 11-13-0
Tony Heath 39-7-0
ACAS Totals
Weight 160-0-0
Points 62
P.Whitmill 10-1-0
F.Hunt 54-2-0
B.Beeston 50-9-0
R.Calderon 7-1-0
G.Carter 31-2-0
J.Todd 16-5-0
T.Cruci 16-7-0
R.Gibson 17-13-0
BSDAS Totals
Weight 203-8-0
Points 74
Proudlove Cup
Hunter's Hall 26th April 2026
This match was fished at Hunter’s Hall. Unfortunately the lake at present is gin clear and with a cold night followed by bright sunny windless day we knew it was going to be hard going. However, it turned out to be even worse than we expected with only one person weighing in and the rest of us fishless. As the only one weighing in Alan Fox was 1st with a nice bream of 6lbs 2ozs.
A.Fox 6-2-0
M.Adams DNW
A.Sims DNW
B.Walmsley DNW
W.Ramthor DNW
B.Fox DNW
J.Pearson DNW
B.Cornell DNW
T.Lincoln DNW
D.Sellick DNW
ACAS v SAWBRIDGEWORTH
Taylor's Top Lake 19th April 2026
This is a new teams of 10 match, fished over two legs between Abbey Cross and Sawbridgeworth. The 1st leg was fished on the Top Lake at Taylor’s, with the 2nd leg at Sawbridgeworth’s club lake later in the year. Although the winning weights were quite modest, there was an increase in the number of silverfish caught and most of us weighed in. Team wise it was quite close with Abbey Cross coming out on top with 105 points to Sawbridgeworth’s 99. Individually, John Carter had top weight with 8lbs 6ozs, Mark Harris was 2nd with 6lbs 9ozs and I was 3rd with 4lbs 13ozs.
M.Adams 4-13-0
A.Fox 1-12-0
A.Sims 3-4-0
B.Cornell DNW
B.Fox 0-11-0
W.Ramthor 0-13-0
J.Carter 8-6-0
D.Sellick 3-6-0
K.Nimmo 4-1-0
ACAS Totals
Weight 27-2-0
Points 105
M.Halverson 1-6-0
S.Murrells 2-0-0
R.Brace 4-11-0
M.Vobe 1-7-0
G.Williams 1-10-0
R.Weston 0-3-0
M.Bailey 3-12-0
N.Windsor DNW
K.Bailey 0-7-0
M.Harris 6-9-0
Sawbridgeworth Totals
Weight 22-1-0
Points 99
ACAS v BSDAS
Taylor's Top Lake 1st April 2026
Our April inter club match with Bishop’s Stortford was fished on the Top Lake at Taylor’s. With the continuing spell of cold nights and clear sunny days it was tough going for those taking part. There were a few decent bream & F1’s caught, but with few silverfish showing most of us had a tough a day struggling for a bite. Team wise it was a close run thing with Abbey Cross just coming out on top with 45 points to Bishop’s Stortford’s 42. Individually Gary Pickard had top weight with 10lbs 10ozs, Alan Fox was 2nd with 9lbs 2ozs and Ray Gibson was 3rd with 8lbs 9ozs.
M.Adams DNW
A.Fox 9-2-0
P.Green DNW
B.Cornell DNW
B.Fox DNW
A.Sims 1-7-0
G.Pickard 10-10-0
ACAS Totals
Weight 21-3-0
Points 45
P.Whitmill DNW
F.Hunt DNW
B.Beeston 6-8-0
R.Calderon 8-1-0
S.Foster DNW
T.Moranda DNW
J.Todd DNW
T.Cruci DNW
R.Gibson 8-9-0
BSDAS Totals
Weight 23-2-0
Points 42