• As you were! Keynsham win a surprise reprieve from relegation

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 23/05/13

  

  KEYNSHAM have been spared relegation from Western Counties North, despite finishing second from bottom. Two teams have been promoted into WCN from Somerset Premier – champions Chew Valley plus Midsomer Norton, who defeated Frampton Cotterell in a play-off. And Norton's success, combined with a customary round of geographical rebalancing across the South West league pyramid, all helped save Keynsham from the drop. Walcot have...

• What a whopper! James lands a rainbow trout monster at Chew

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 22/05/13

  

  THE latest in a long line of monster trout to come from Bristol Water's Chew Valley Lake is this 8-1-0 rainbow caught by Cornish flyfisher James Kennedy while boat fishing with local guide and former England team member Martin Cottis. The fish, which fell for a size 14 Diawl Bach nymph, stripped more than 60 metres of line from its captors reel on its first run and fought for more than 30 minutes before being netted. The weekly...

• Full house at Bitterwell Lake as friends turn out in force to honour Ian's memory

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 22/05/13

  

  TWENTY-two angling friends turned up to honour the memory of the late and great Ian 'Bloke' Pulsford in a sell-out memorial match staged at his beloved Bitterwell Lake. Tickets were sold out within minutes of being available, forcing lake manager Clive Reid to increase the number of pegs to an absolute limit at the popular Family lake. He said. "Ian was a brilliant and very popular angler. I could have sold three or four times...

• DRG Frenchay relegated after defeat by Rockleaze

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 20/05/13

  

  DRG Frenchay face relegation from the David Wilson Homes Gloucestershire County League after defeat in their final game left them at the bottom of the table. Rockleaze triumphed 2-0 at their fellow Bristolians, which saw Frenchay slip to the foot of the standings on goal difference and moved the victors up to third place. The three-way battle to avoid the bottom two places became one from two on Wednesday when Taverners blew their...

• Tony Rixon braves windy conditions to take the Acorn Fishery honours

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 15/05/13

  

  BRISTOL'S Tony Rixon beat Wells-based Tom Thick by the weight of an average-sized Acorn Fishery carp in round five of the fishery's Pole Only series at Kingston Seymour. Gusting winds made fishing uncomfortable. Big weights were not expected and Rixon was the only competitor to hit the 100lb mark after drawing to fish the hotly-favoured Bridge peg 40 on the car park bank. At the start Rixon cupped up 4mm pellet to the far side of...

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