Runner-up Ernie Archer netted 27-0 and Sam Cleaver was third with 24-8. The rest of the top six comprised Alan Powell 22-8, Sid Gaskins 19-0 and Don Steere and Don Grant, who both took 15-4.

Next week’s match is at Sniterfield. Members are reminded they will need two nets each.

Dog Lane Saturday open: 1 J Whitehead 51-12 (carp, pole and paste), 2 S Bull 39-1, 3 S Adkins 32-12.

Gordon Thorpe won the latest Jets MG series match on the canal at Bascote, but Bob Taylor retains the overal series lead after finishing second. Result: 1 Gordon Thorpe 4-9, 2 Bob Taylor 3-6.8, 3 Andy Curless 2-10, 4 Glen Morris 2-1.

Entries are invited for the annual Jets charity shield match, which takes place at Lychgate fisheries, Stoke Golding, near Nuneaton, on Sunday August 31. The six-hour event is in aid of the Memphis Nuresey in Stoke Golding and Warwick hospital’s cancer care unit.

Entry costs £12 and all competitors must commit to raising a minimum of £30 sponsorship. Contact Gordon Thorpe on 024 7651 1927, Bob Taylor on 771069 or Paul Bates on 07903 232542.

Results of recent open contests at Tunnel Barn Farm, Shrewley. Monday (June 23): 1 Rob Swain (Tackle Box) 160-15, 2 Chris Neal (Rutlanders) 123-12, 3 John Lavender (Unicorn AC) 122-8. Wednesday: 1 Rob Swain (Tackle Box) 234-10, 2 Pete Rice (Garbolino) 153-12, 3 Tony Ainsworth (Mid City) 130-15. Thursday: 1 Tony Ainsworth (Mid City) 144-2, 2 Pete Hancox (Birmingham) 124-14, 3 Barry Duggan (Warwick Portobello) 89-0. Sunday: 1 Paul Newell (Redditch) 169-6, 2 Stu Palsar (Diawa Gord LG) 108-10, 3 K Adderley (Dams & Lock) 100-1.

Maver Pairs qualifier (Friday). Individual top six: 1 P Bennett (Banbury Gunsmiths) 1660-10, 2 L Richmond (Diawa Trent) 143-5, 3 L Bamford(Tunnel Barn Farm) 140-14, 4 A Pick (Shakespeare) 133-11, 5 M Bedding (Dams & Lock), 132-7, 6 B Greenbury (Lakeview) 122-7.

Pairs: 1 L Richmond/R Perkins 240-13, 2 M Mosley/L Curtain 215-0, 3 P Bennett/I Dixon 249-7, 4 R Quinn/A Pick 240-7.

First-time angler Devon Rees caught a 1lb 8oz rainbow trout on his first ever trip.

The 11-year-old, pictured above, took the fish using a gold head buzzer nymph at the Harbury Lane trout fishery after practicing casting in his grandfather’s garden.

When he got home he scaled, gutted and cooked the fish for his mum’s tea