PLOUGH AC’s Dave Warren became only the second club member to break the 50lb match weight this year.

Warren won his club’s latest encounter on the back two canals at Hillview fishery.

Drawn on peg 17, he offered his pellet bait across to the far bank weed bed to net a level 53lb of carp and silver fish along with a place in the singles final against reigning club champion Andy Sankey.

Taking 29-7 from the adjacent peg 16 was runner-up Keith Holt whose net came to pellet and meat.

Third-placed Anthony Staite used pole and paste into the margins to weigh 28-1.

Section winners, A: current league leader Mike Hope; B: Nick Doherty; C: Tony O’Neil.

While weights have been excellent from the Laugherne Island Pool at the Cob House fishery, they were eclipsed by a recent open on the Oak Pool where three anglers broke the magic ton barrier.

On top at the recent Wednesday open was Greenman matchman Nobby Clark who hammered out 152-1 of small carp on pellet from peg 10 for a comfortable victory.

Venue regular Mick Turberfield came second with 135-12 from peg five and third was Alan Higgs, taking 108-8 to the scales from peg seven.

Any club interested in booking Cob House can contact Helen Taylor on 07889-364410.

Ashley Bosworth continued his dominance of Barbourne club contests when he scored an emphatic victory at Elmbridge Fishery.

Using simple tactics of sweetcorn into the margins saw Bosworth amass 66-4 of carp to 7lbs.

Club star Pete Hughes was runner-up with 45-7 on pellet and Andy Wheeler came third, weighing 42-7 to beat fourth-placed Mick Taylor’s margin-caught net of 40-6.

The next Barbourne AC match is on Sunday at Pitchcroft.

Moorlands Farm Wednesday Over 50s Open: J Roberts 100-14, P Wellington 81-8, R Baxter 64-0; Saturday Open: N Groves 132-9, S Harris 122-0, I Giddings 82-9; Sunday Open: S Harris 90-6, M Guest 90-1, D Ravenhall 82-4.

The Nigel Harvey memorial contest is on the canal on Sunday. Anglers interested in taking part can contact Rod Guise on 01544-231426.

On September 14, there will be a memorial contest held at Brockamin for former local anglers Bill Edgar and John Jefferies.

Details are available from Alan’s Tackle on 01905-422107.

With the demise of this year’s Banks Cup, the same canal venue has been booked for the Cavalier Cup which will have a five-a-side format on October 5. Entry costs £60 per team.

WDUAA will hold their four-a-side winter league series on the canal on October 12 and 26 and November 9, 23 and 30 with the final round on December 14.

There will be a captains’ meeting next Thursday at 8pm at the Cavalier.

Details for all canal events can be obtained from Colin Pettifer on 01905-25193.

Prospects: With the weather cooling down, sport should improve on all venues with rivers, in particular, starting to provide good catches.

On stillwaters, carp are coming regularly to anglers using sweetcorn in the margins, while, on the canal, hemp could be the top bait.

Solhampton Fishery Trial Open, New Kingfisher Pool: K Stevens (Walsall) 104-0, T Burton (Solhampton) 84-0, D Harrison (Kingstanding) 81-0; Evening Open, Valley Pool: K Driver (Kidderminster) 81-12, D Parry (Kidderminster) 75-0, A Pitt (Cookley) 73-12.

Dulux Decorator Centres are hosting their annual summer fishing contest for customers next Thursday at Woodland View, Hadley.

A dinner and prize-giving evening will be at the Holt Fleet Restaurant, Holt Heath.