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River Derwent Match Round-up – 2021
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19-12-21 Phil Smith Memorial Charity match results – River Derwent top stretch (alongside the pond).
Elliott Boam caught 3 grayling, a dace and a few minnows for the win off newly created peg 17.
£80 was raised for charity today. Well done to everyone who took part.
1st Elliott Boam 11oz, peg 17
Joint Second with 10oz: Peter Doran, peg 6 & Stephen Posiak, peg 21
4th Phil Hoad, 8oz peg 2

17-10-21 Roy Melbourne Memorial Match results – River Derwent
Roy was match secretary of Belper Angling Club for over 20 years, he created many pegs on the river with the help of volunteers and his Christmas matches had 160 anglers in attendance.
Results:
1st Martin Jacques 10lb 10oz, peg 6
2nd Steve Posiak 6lb 9oz, peg 3
3rd Gary Wingfield 2lb 9oz, peg 5
4th Mark Gregory 2lb 5oz, peg 22
5th Bryan Woolley 1lb 11oz, peg 2
6th Phil Hall 12oz, peg 12
Well done to everyone who took part.

05-09-21 – River Derwent top stretch (alongside the pond) match results.
1st Elliott Boam 3lb 15oz, peg 10 – 42 Roach on Waggler.
2nd Roger Stone 2lb 8oz, peg 17.
3rd Tony Carline 2lb 6oz, peg 21.
Well done to all who fished with tough conditions on a low clear river.

22-08-21 – John Mason Memorial Match results – River Derwent sewerage works section
This years winner is Mark Gregory with a weight of 3lb 5oz from peg 4 above the pontoon bridge. Mark fished waggler and maggot catching roach. £60 was raised for charity, well done to everyone who took part.
09-08-21 – River Derwent top stretch (alongside the pond) match results.
A bit of extra flow but little colour in the river tonight.
1st Sam Wildsmith 4lb 13oz, peg 6 – waggler and maggot.
2nd Terry Gough 2lb 2oz, peg 9 – waggler and maggot.
3rd Tony Carline 2lb 1oz, peg 2 – whip over groundbait with maggot hookbait.
4th Leo Verdi 1lb 15oz, peg 8 – pole and maggot.
5th Bob Harrison 1lb 14oz, peg 5 – waggler and maggot
6th Paul Spencer 1lb 8oz, peg 7 – waggler and maggot
08-08-21 – River Derwent sewerage works section open Match Results
Fished in heavy rainstorms, although the river remained fairly clear and was hard going for most, bites mainly coming in the last hour as the river began to colour up and a bit of extra flow. Winner Martin fished peg 16 with flat float and worm and netted 2 big perch, Mark on peg 12 had 30 roach on waggler and maggot, Paul on peg 17 fished bolo and maggot for a mixture of roach and perch.
1st Martin Jacques 3lb 9oz, peg 16
2nd Mark Gregory 2lb, peg 12
3rd Paul Spencer 1lb 10oz, peg 17
4th Tony Carline 1lb 8oz, peg 11
5th Adam Ingram 1lb 2oz, peg 20
02-08-21 – River Derwent top stretch (alongside the pond) match results.
The rain last week definitely improved sport on the river, some lovely fish caught tonight. Bob Harrison with a roach over a pound on waggler and maggot, Leo fishing the river for the first time also caught a pound plus roach on chopped worm on the pole. Highlight of the match was a 4lb 8oz Ide caught on waggler and maggot by Sam Wildsmith.
Well done to everyone who took part.
1st Sam Wildsmith 10lb 12oz, peg 5
2nd Leo 4lb 14oz, peg 3
3rd Martin Jacques 4lb 4oz, peg 1

26-07-21 – River Derwent top stretch (alongside the pond) match results.
Another close match tonight.
1st Terry Gough with 2lb 12oz from peg 3 – caught on pole
2nd Tony Carline with 2lb 4oz from peg 5 – on waggler
3rd Mark Gregory with 2lb 2oz from peg 1.
25-07-21 – Frank Posiak Memorial Pairs Match results – River Derwent sewerage works section
14 anglers took part in todays memorial match. The hope was that the roach that have been showing would give a good days sport, but today they were notable by their absence. Some nice perch caught and Roger Stone had a good day on the pipe peg number 1, catching roach, perch, grayling and dace.
Overall pairs winners: Roger Stone and Bryan Woolley
Runners up: Mark Gregory and Stefan Harhat
19-07-21 – River Derwent top stretch (alongside the pond) match results.
1st Steve Posiak 3lb 2oz – caught on pole
2nd Terry Gough 2lb 2oz – caught on pole
3rd Sam Wildsmith 2lb 1oz – caught on waggler
Good turnout of 12 anglers and only 2oz separating 2nd, 3rd and 4th
12-07-21 – River Derwent top stretch (alongside the pond) match results.
Nine fished the Monday night match with the river fishing pretty hard with very little colour.
1st Terry Gough 2lb 15 oz, peg 5 – pole over ground bait.
2nd Elliott Boam 2lb 13 oz, peg 4 – pole over ground bait and waggler.
3rd Asa Cooper 2lb 10oz, peg 1 – pole over ground bait.
05-07-21 – River Derwent top stretch (alongside the pond) match results.
1st Elliott Boam 2lb 2oz
2nd Jim Marcer 1lb 9oz
3rd John Nelson 1lb 8oz
Elliott worked hard catching gudgeon on pole over groundbait , also catching some on the waggler further out over loosefeed.
04-07-21 – River Derwent sewerage works section open Match Results
A section
1st Tony Carline 4lb 5oz
2nd Bryan Woolley 4oz
B section
1st Mark Gregory 9lb 9oz
2nd Gary Wingfield 8lb 4oz
28-06-21 – River Derwent top stretch (alongside the pond) match results.
Eight Anglers fished a low clear river this evening with Asa Cooper winning of peg 6 with 6lb 2oz followed by Bob of peg 8 with 4lb 2oz.
Well done to all who fished.
Open match this Sunday on the Sewerage works stretch and Evening match next Monday on Wyver Lane stretch.
Asa Cooper had this to say about the match on Facebook:
Been on Monday night match at Belper on the river at back of pond. Started on the waggler for 10 minutes with no bites. Went on pole at 13 meters catching 81 small Dace 20 odd small roach and 2 gudgeon; all on the pole over groundbait. Three hour match, 6 ‘til 9pm, weighing 6 lb 4 oz to win the match happy days

21-06-21 – River Derwent top stretch (alongside the pond) match results.
The river was still low and clear last night and it fished hard. Pegs 1-8 were fished and all anglers caught.
1st Bob Harrison 4lb 7oz, peg 6
2nd Elliott Boam 3lb 3oz, peg 7
3rd Mark Gregory 1lb 12oz, peg 5
Bob fished the waggler with loosefeed and caught better fish than those who fed groundbait. Groundbait drew in lots of small dace which resulted in lots of missed bites for most.
Belper Angling Club Match Dates 2022 – Wyver Lane Pond
The following dates are for a series of regular Sunday fishing matches which BDAC run on Wyver Lane Pond each Spring and Autumn. The 2022 match dates are as follows:
Memorial Matches on Wyver Lane Pond
The Harry Fitton Memorial Match will take place on June 5th 2022.
Spring 2022 – Regular Sunday Match Series Dates
- March 13th 2022
- March 27th 2022
- April 10th 2022
- April 24th 2022
- May 8th 2022
- May 23rd 2022
Autum 2022 – Regular Sunday Match Series Dates
- September 11th 2022
- September 25th 2022
- October 9th 2022
- October 23rd 2022
- November 6th 2022
- November 20th 2022
Belper Angling Club Match Dates 2022 – River Derwent
The following dates are for a series of regular evening fishing matches, along with numerous special memorial matches, which BDAC runs on the River Derwent at Belper between June & December each year. The 2022 match dates are as follows:
River Derwent Memorial Match Dates for 2022:
- John Mason Memorial Match – Sunday 21st August (fished on Sewerage Works section of River Derwent)
- Roy Melbourne Memorial Match – Sunday 16th October (fished on top section of River Derwent, behind Wyver Lane Pond)
- Phil Smith Memorial Match – Sunday 18th December (fished on top section of River Derwent, behind Wyver Lane Pond)
- Roy Melbourne Memorial Match – Sunday 16th October (fished on top section of River Derwent, behind Wyver Lane Pond)
- Frank Posiak Memorial Pairs Match – Date and Venue TBC (fished on River Derwent)
River Derwent Regular Monday Evening Match Dates for 2022:
Fished each Monday evening from the start of the river season until the light fades too much to make an evening match viable. Fish from 6pm until 9pm.
- First Monday evening match: June 20th 2022
- Last Monday evening match: September 12th 2022
Belper & District Angling Club – Fishing Match News, Dates & Results
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Wyver Lane Pond match results – 15th March 2020
- 1st – Paul Spencer = 10lb 14oz
- 2nd – Elliott Boam = 5lb 2oz
- 3rd – Tony Carline = 3lb 14oz
- 4th – Roger Stone = 3lb 12oz
- 5th – Adam Ingram = 2lb 7oz
- 6th – Adi Ingram = 1lb 13oz
- 7th – Peter Doran = 12oz
Paul led the way with an early carp of 8lb 12oz and added silvers to post a winning weight of 10lb 14oz.

Match Results – Harry Fitton Memorial Match, Wyver Lane Pond, 10-06-2018
Harry Fitton Memorial Match – Results
The last spring match on Wyver Lane Pond was held on Sunday 10th June. This was the Harry Fitton Memorial Match, during which club members managed to raise £50.00 for the local Hospice.
The match results were as follows:
1st – Peg 10 – P. Hoad – 18lb 13oz (one carp known as “Lynda”)
2nd – Peg 20 – N. Ellis – 9lb 13oz (small carp and bits)
3rd – Peg 8 – T. Carline – 8lb 4oz (tench and bits)
Massive dace & roach bags caught in River Derwent match!
Just before Christmas several club and committee members fished a light-hearted 3-hour match on the River Derwent, just upstream of Belper town centre, and landed some fantastic winter bags of silver fish!
The top 5 anglers weighed in: 11lb 2oz, 10lb 14oz, 9lb, 7lb 2oz and 3lb 14oz, with the predominant species being dace and roach. That is some serious winter sport for any river!
Our club runs a full programme of matches, held throughout the year, and this Christmas Eve river match may become the next addition to our match calendar.
We run a series of short summer evening matches, which often need 16lb+ to win!
If you’d like to sample some of our red-hot, winter river fishing for yourself, or if you’re a match angler who would like to join our club scene, then please consider becoming a member.






