There will be a £1 pegging fee for all matches held on PADCAC waters

All matches will be fished to club membership rules and the model NFA rules at the Match Secretary’s discretion.

The match secretary will keep an auditable annual record of all money transfers updated monthly. A copy may be requested at any time and will be produced within 14 days of the request.

In addition the following rules will apply at the Match Secretary’s discretion on the day.

ALL CARP OF 3lbs and over are to be weighed in and released immediately. Any competitor found with carp over 3lbs in the net at the end of the match will be disqualified, and given a DNF which will not be allowed to be dropped. Persistent offenders will be suspended from entering club matches for the rest of the season.

All entrants are to be Senior Members of the club over 16 years of age by the first match and in possession of a current EA licence. (CHECKS WILL BE MADE)

Juniors may fish but must be accompanied at all times by parent or guardian.

Juniors will not be allowed to enter the pools or the golden peg

Junior and guest senior competitor’s results will be scored separately from the main league results

Juniors must share pegs with their Parent/Guardian or choose from any remaining pegs if any after the draw

Parents/Guardians wishing to fish the next peg to their Son or Daughter must draw a peg with an adjacent free peg after the main draw

POOLS AND GOLDEN PEG

All Pools and Golden Peg will be Optional

League Matches will be scored as follows

The person with the least amount of points in each series will be declared the winner, second, third, etc, etc

A blank will constitute last position in that particular match, but you will still be awarded points i.e.: if 15 anglers turn out to fish, and there is a “no weigh/blank” that person will be awarded 15 Points. If 2 or more people “blank” they will all score equal points for the effort of turning up and “having a go”

If there is a tie on points for any position at the end of the series, that position will then be determined, and the placing will be awarded to the person with the highest aggregate weight

POOLS MONIES

Pools monies for the matches over the evening league are totally optional, so don’t let this put you off. The pools will be £4.00 per match, and will be paid out on a 50%, 30%, 20% basis for1st, 2nd and 3rd. For matches of 6 anglers or less the amount will be 60%, 40% basis for 1st and 2nd only.

GOLDEN PEG

There will be a Golden Peg running throughout both leagues, which is optional and will cost £1.00 per match.

The “Golden Peg” will as follows:

After the main draw for the match, the pegs that are drawn and which have been entered into the “Golden Peg” will be placed in a separate bag, and a peg will be drawn to determine who has the Golden Pag for that particular match.

Golden Peg money will be capped at £50.00. If the Golden Peg has not been won once the total has reached £50.00, then a second Golden Peg will come into force

The angler who has been drawn Golden Peg has to come in 1st position to take the Golden Peg money. If there is more than one Golden Peg running the angler who has been drawn which ever Golden Peg and wins the match, will take that particular pot. e.g. ….1st Golden Peg £50.00.

2nd. Golden Peg £15.00, if the angler who has been nominated for the 2nd Golden Peg wins the match, he or she will pick up first position money £15.00.

Scales

Scales will be placed in an appropriate position. Anyone who catches a fish that requires weighing, will have to collect them, weigh the fish and be witnessed by a neighbouring angler, and keep a record until the competition ends. If any other angler requires the scales during the match, the person who has them, takes the scales to whoever requires them and witnesses the catch, and so on.

Nets and Mats

Landing nets must be a minimum size of 30” and a suitably sized padded unhooking mat

Keepnets shall have a top ring of no less than 12 inches diameter and be a minimum of 6 feet in length and made of a suitable fish safe material.

Those of you who have 2 keep nets could you please use them both, i.e. silver fish and carp kept separate.

No fish weighing 3lbs and over in weight are to be placed in keep nets.