Dereham and District Angling Club

Club Buys Fishery

After many months of legal work, Swanton Morley Fishery is now owned by Dereham and District Angling Club.

The property had been rented from the previous owners for many years, but then they announced that they were selling and the Dereham club was given the chance to buy it.

Now, after around 18 months, the final papers have been signed and the angling club are the proud new owners. Special thanks went to the club's chairman, secretary and treasurer for their work on behalf of members.

Now starts the hard work. The "Monday Gang" spend the best part of the day keeping the site clear of rubbish that others have deposited.

Anglers are asked to take their rubbish away with them at the end of their sessions, giving the gang more time to spend on keeping the swims trimmed and the pathways in good shape.

Bigger jobs are left to the working parties, details of which can be found on the notice board at the lakes, or on the club website.

The Dereham Times 16 August 2007

Age Doesn't Matter

April 2010, saw a season warm-up match take place at Hingham Fishmere and it was here that it was proven that experience could be the key to success.

Then in his 90s, John 'wimp' Weales, an ex FEPOW and well known and popular face amongs club members showed the relative 'youngsters' how to do it, winning the match. Sadly 'Wimp' passed away aged 100 in 2019.

Dereham & District Angling Club's Angling Trust / Fish Legal British Pike Championship Qualifier Match Results for Swanton Morley Fishery

Biggest fish caught in these matches is 19-9-0 by Gordon Shipley. Smallest fish caught in these matches is 0-4-0 by Andrius Dubickas. Accumulative sum raised for Fish Legal by these 32 matches [not 22/03/15] (number of anglers x £3 ) = ( 535 x 3 ) is £1605 Tabulation also details the Darren Robinson Memorial pike championship match results

Date	Match Results
2024 18 February	10 anglers, 6 blanked. 4 anglers caught 4 fish for a total weight of 27 lbs 4 ozs. Biggest 11-14-0. Smallest 0-9-0. 1st Richard Binder 1 fish for 11-14-0. 2nd Toni Fletcher 1 fish for 10-10-0. 3rd Carl Osborne 1 fish for 4-3-0. 1st Junior Jocob Barnett 1 fish for 0-9-0. Combined with Royal National Lifeboat Institution Fund Raiser £57-16
2023 19 November	7 anglers, 3 blanked. 4 anglers caught 5 fish for a total weight of 31 lbs 6 ozs. Biggest 9-10-0. Smallest 2-4-0. 1st Richard Binder 2 fish for 10-6-0. 2nd Diniz Rodrigues 1 fish for 9-10-0. 3rd Nick Samujlik 1 fish for 9-2-0. Combined with British Heart Foundation Fund Raiser £55-19
2023 15 October	9 anglers, 2 blanked. 7 anglers caught 9 fish for a total weight of 30 lbs 9 ozs. Biggest 4-10-0. Smallest 2-12-0. 1st Toni Fletcher 2 fish for 7-15-0. 2nd Gordon Shipley 2 fish for 5-3-0. 3rd Duncan Fletcher 1 fish for 4-10-0. Combined with Darren Robinson Memorial Pike Championship and East Anglian Air Ambulace Charity Fund Raiser £54-15
2023 26 February	5 anglers, 2 blanked. 3 anglers caught 10 fish for a total weight of 65 lbs 8 ozs. Biggest 19-14-0. Smallest 2-12-0. 1st Carl Osborne 8 fish for 41-9-0. 2nd Alan Percival 1 fish for 19-14-0. 3rd Richard Binder 1 fish for 4-1-0. Combined with British Heart Foundation Fund Raiser £32-72
2023 22 January	4 anglers, 2 blanked. 2 anglers caught 4 fish for a total weight of 35 lbs 12 ozs. Biggest 16-0-0. Smallest 3-2-0. 1st Gordon Shipley 3 fish for 32-10-0. 2nd Richard Binder 1 fish for 3-2-0.
2022 6 November	9 anglers, 6 blanked. 3 anglers caught 3 fish for a total weight of 27 lbs 12 ozs. Biggest 16-7-0. Smallest 5-9-0. 1st Patrick Larke 1 fish for 16-7-0. 2nd Nick Samujlik 1 fish for 5-12-0. 3rd Diniz Rodrigues 1 fish for 5-9-0. Combined with Marie Curie Fund Raiser £53-80
2022 9 October	10 anglers, 3 blanked. 7 anglers caught 12 fish for a total weight of 23 lbs 6 ozs. Biggest 4-6-0. Smallest 0-3-0. 1st Chris Barnett 2 fish for 5-4-0. 2nd Duncan Fletcher 1 fish for 4-6-0. 3rd Carl Osborne 3 fish for 4-3-0. Combined with Darren Robinson Memorial Pike Championship and East Anglian Air Ambulance Fund Raiser £51-01
2022 27 March	12 anglers, 6 blanked. 6 anglers caught 9 fish for a total weight of 24 lbs 7 ozs. Biggest 8-8-0. Smallest 1-8-0. 1st Andrew Muirhead 1 fish for 8-8-0. 2nd Daren Knowles 3 fish for 5-7-0. 3rd Carl Osborne 2 fish for 5-1-0. Combined with British Heart Foundation Fund Raiser £59-20
2022 27 February	10 anglers, 7 blanked. 3 anglers caught 7 fish for a total weight of 53 lbs 1 ozs. Biggest 16-4-0. Smallest 3-7-0. 1st Nick Samujlik 5 fish for 35-12-0. 2nd Andrew Muirhead 1 fish for 9-10-0. 3rd Roy Harvey 1 fish for 7-11-0. Combined with Help for Heroes Fund Raiser £57-06
2022 30 January	9 anglers, 7 blanked. 2 anglers caught 3 fish for a total weight of 19 lbs 9 ozs. Biggest 7-15-0. Smallest 3-14-0. 1st Daren Knowles 2 fish for 11-10-0. 2nd Bill Parker 1 fish for 7-15-0. Combined with Royal National Lifeboat Institution Fund Raiser £46-30
2021 28 November	12 anglers, 9 blanked. 3 anglers caught 4 fish for a total weight of 37 lbs 1 oz. Biggest 19-7-0. Smallest 2-12-0. 1st Derek Lee 1 fish for 19-7-0. 2nd Lee Dibble 2 fish for 11-3-0. 3rd Diniz Rodrigues 1 fish for 6-7-0. Combined with Marie Curie Charity Fund Raiser £66-00
2021 31 October	13 anglers, 10 blanked. 3 anglers caught 3 fish for a total weight of 4 lbs 15 ozs. Biggest 1-14-0. Smallest 0-6-0. 1st Diniz Rodrigues 2 fish for 3-4-0. 2nd Tristan High (Jnr) 1 fish for 1-5-0. 3rd Carl Osborne 1 fish for 0-6-0. Combined with Darren Robinson Memorial Pike Championship and East Anglian Air Ambulance Charity Fund Raiser £93-72
2020 Winter	COVID-19 National Lockdown prevented all scheduled matches from taking place
2020 13 December	8 anglers, 7 blanked. 1 angler caught 1 fish for a total weight of 2 lbs 2 ozs. Biggest 2-2-0. 1st Joel Chapman (junior) 1 fish for 2-2-0. Combined with Marie Curie Charity Fund Raiser £38-13
2020 25 October	11 anglers, 9 blanked. 2 anglers caught 4 fish for a combined total weight of 20 lbs 3 ozs. Biggest 11-8-0. Smallest 2-14-0. 1st Carl Osborne 2 fish for 14-7-0. 2nd Gordon Shipley 2 fish for 5-12-0. Combined with Darren Robinson Memorial Pike Championship Match and East Anglian Air Ambulance Charity Fund Raiser £67-55
2020 23 February	4 anglers, 2 blanked. 2 anglers caught 4 fish for a combined total weight of 23 lbs 14 ozs. Biggest 8-8-0. Smallest 1-14-0. 1st Carl Osborne 3 fish for 18-14-0. 2nd Nick Pottle 1 fish for 6-0-0. Combined with Help for Heroes Fund Raiser £16-00 C/Fwd
2020 26 January	10 anglers, 3 blanked. 7 anglers caught 11 fish in total for a combined weight of 61 lbs 7 ozs. Biggest 10-13-0. Smallest 1-0-0. 1st Andrew Muirhead 2 fish for 18-15-0. 2nd Nick Samujlik 2 fish for 13-11-0. 3rd Duncan Fletcher 2 fish for 8-4-0. 1st Junior Joel Chapman 1 fish for 8-6-0. Combined with Royal National Lifeboat Institution Fund Raiser £62-05
2019 24 November	10 anglers, 8 blanked. 2 anglers caught 5 fish in total for a combined weight of 8 lbs 11 ozs. Biggest 2-10-0. Smallest 0-9-0. 1st Carl Osborne 2 fish for 4-15-0. 2nd Gordon Shipley 3 fish for 3-12-0. Combined with Marie Curie Charity Fund Raiser £62-06
2019 27 October	12 anglers, 6 blanked. 6 anglers caught 15 fish in total for a combined weight of 60 lbs 12 ozs. Biggest 13-0-0. Smallest 0-10-0. 1st Carl Osborne 8 fish for 21-12-0. 2nd Nick Pottle 2 fish for 16-10-0. 3rd Duncan Fletch 2 fish for 12-10-0. Combined with Darren Robinson Memorial Pike Championship Match and East Anglian Air Ambulance Charity Fund Raiser £83-00
2019 24 February	9 anglers, 3 blanked. 6 anglers caught 13 fish in total for a combined weight of 25 lbs 7 oz. Biggest 5-12-0. Smallest 1-1-0. 1st Nick Samujlik 1 fish for 5-12-0. 2nd Chris Barnett 2 fish for 5-6-0. 3rd Carl Osborne 3 fish for 3-15-0.
2019 27 January	8 anglers, 6 blanked. 2 anglers caught 4 fish in total for a combined weight of 21 lbs 9 oz. Biggest 9-1-0. Smallest 1-6-0. 1st Carl Osborne 2 fish for 12-15-0. 2nd Gordon Shipley 2 fish for 8-10-0.
2018 25 November	8 anglers, 5 blanked. 3 anglers caught 5 fish in total for a combined weight of 42 lbs 2 oz. Biggest 12-8-0. Smallest 5-6-0. 1st Nick Pottle 3 fish for 26-8-0. 2nd Mel Charlesworth 1 fish for 10-4-0. 3rd & 1st Junior Levie List 1 fish for 5-6-0.
2018 28 October	14 anglers, 8 blanked. 6 anglers caught 17 fish in total for a combined weight of 62 lbs 11 ozs. Biggest 9-7-0. Smallest 0-10-0. 1st Simon Edwards 2 fish for 17-4-0. 2nd Diniz Rodrigeus 2 fish for 14-12-0. 3rd Gordon Shipley 4 fish for 10-3-0. Combined with Darren Robinson Memorial Pike Championship Match
2018 25 February	6 anglers, 4 blanked. 2 anglers caught 5 fish in total for a combined weight of 11 lbs 1 oz. Biggest 3-10-0. Smallest 0-10-0. 1st Chris Wade 2 fish for 7-3-0. 2nd Carl Osborne 3 fish for 3-14-0.
2018 29 January	7 anglers, 5 blanked. 2 anglers caught 3 fish in total for a combined weight of 7 lbs 12 oz. Biggest 3-7-0. Smallest 1-14-0. 1st Nick Samujlik 2 fish for 5-5-0. 2nd Diniz Rodrigeus 1 fish for 2-1-0.
2017 26 November	13 anglers inc 2 juniors, 12 blanked. 3 anglers caught 5 in total fish for a combined weight of 21 lbs 12 oz. Biggest 7-4-0. Smallest 1-14-0. 1st Carl Osborne 3 fish for 9-0-0. 2nd Diniz Rodrigeus 1 fish for 7-4-0. 3rd Roy Rushbrook 1 fish for 5-8-0.
2017 29 October	14 anglers inc 3 juniors, 8 blanked. 9 anglers caught 14 fish in total for a combined weight of 77 lbs 13 oz. Biggest 13-8-0. Smallest 0-9-0. 1st Andrew Muirhead 2 fish for 15-5-0. 2nd Nick Samujlik 2 fish for 14-7-0. 3rd Mel Charlesworth 2 fish for 14-0-0. 1st Junior Connie Edwards 1 fish for 6-11-0. Combined with Darren Robinson Memorial Pike Championship Match
2017 26 February	6 anglers, 4 blanked. 2 anglers caught 2 fish for a total weight of 12 lbs 0 oz. Biggest 11-14-0. Smallest 0-12-0. 1st Nick Pottle 1 fish for 11-14-0. 2nd Carl Osborne 1 fish for 0-12-0
2017 29 January	8 anglers, 6 blanked. 2 anglers caught 3 fish for a total weight of 19 lbs 2 oz. Biggest 8-4-0. Smallest 3-0-0. 1st Carl Osborne 2 fish for 10-14-0. 2nd Andrew Muirhead 1 fish for 8-4-0
2016 27 November	15 anglers, 8 blanked. 7 anglers caught 7 fish for a total weight of 34 lbs 1 oz. Biggest 10-12-0. Smallest 0-12-0. 1st Barry Wilby 1 fish for 10-12-0. 2nd Peter Bennett 1 fish for 8-2-0. 3rd Ray Spurling 6-4-0.
2016 30 October	22 anglers, 8 blanked. 14 anglers caught 23 fish for a total weight of 104 lbs 14 ozs. Biggest 8-14-0. Smallest 0-9-0. 1st Gordon Shipley 3 fish for 17-13-0. 2nd Diniz Rodrigues 2 fish for 10-3-0. 3rd Mel Charlesworth 2 fish for 10-1-0. Combined with Darren Robinson memorial pike match
2016 28 February	14 anglers, 8 blanked. 6 anglers caught 8 fish for a total weight of 49 lbs 11 ozs. Biggest 8-7-0. Smallest 4-4-0. 1st Dinis Rodrigeus 3 fish for 18-14-0. 2nd Chris Wade 1 fish for 8-7-0. 3rd Nick Pottle 1 fish for 7-14-0.
2016 31 January	9 anglers, 6 blanked. 3 anglers caught 3 fish for a total weight of 16 lbs 2 ozs. Biggest 12-3-0. Smallest 1-2-0. 1st Andrew Muirhead 1 fish for 12-3-0. 2nd Carl Osborne 1 fish for 2-13-0. 3rd Barry Wilby 1 fish for 1-2-0.
2015 29 November	10 anglers, 6 blanked. 4 anglers caught 4 fish for a total weight of 20 lbs 7 ozs. Biggest 6-4-0. Smallest 4-6-0. 1st Nick Samujlik 1 fish for 6-4-0. 2nd Shaun Bailey 1 fish for 5-1-0. 3rd Andrew Muirhead 1 fish for 4-12-0.
2015 18 October	16 anglers, 10 blanked. 6 anglers caught 12 fish for a total weight of 53 lbs 1 oz. Biggest 11-7-0. Smallest 1-5-0. 1st Ben Hornsby 5 fish for 24-0-0. 2nd Barry Wilby 1 fish for 11-7-0. 3rd Carl Osborne 3 fish for 9-5-0. Combined with Darren Robinson memorial pike match
2015 22 March	3 anglers, 1 blanked. 2 anglers caught 14 fish for a total weight of 49 lb 13 ozs. Biggest 8-6-0. Smallest 1-0-0. 1st Carl Osborne 11 fish for 30-3-0. 2nd Roy Rushbrook 3 fish for 19-10-0. 3rd Andrew Murhead - blanked. Match did not count as qualifier
2015 22 February	14 anglers, 7 blanked. 7 anglers caught 11 fish for a total weight of 66 lb 0 ozs. Biggest 13-3-0. Smallest 1-9-0. 1st Andrew Murhead 3 fish for 27-14-0. 2nd Carl Osborne 3 fish for 16-13-0. 3rd Nick Pottle 1 fish for 8-1-0
2014 30 November	20 anglers, 14 blanked. 6 anglers caught 10 fish for a total weight of 54 lb 6 ozs. Biggest 10-0-0. Smallest 0-9-0. 1st Nick Pottle 2 fish for 15-9-0. 2nd Nick Samujlik 2 fish for 15-3-0. 3rd John Barley 2 fish for 8-11-0.
2014 26 October	17 anglers, 4 blanked. 13 anglers caught 26 fish for a total weight of 103 lb 13 ozs. Biggest 15-7-0. Smallest 0-7-0. 1st Carl Osborne 5 fish for 29-0-0. 2nd Chris High 3 fish for 11-5-0. 3rd Nick Pottle 2 fish for 11-4-0.
2014 26 January	14 anglers, 13 blanked. 1 angler caught 2 fish for total weight 1 lb 10 ozs. Biggest 1-0-0. Smallest 0-10-0. 1st Nick Pottle 2 fish for 1-10-0.
2013 24 November	12 anglers, 7 blanked. 6 anglers caught 8 fish for total weight 37 lb 7 ozs. Biggest 12-1-0. Smallest 2-4-0. 1st= Carl Osborne 1 fish for 12-1-0. 1st= Steve Bourner 3 fish for 12-1-0. 2nd Gordon Shipley 2 fish for 7-3-0. 3rd Mark Underdown 1 fish for 3-14-0.
2013 27 October	14 anglers, 6 blanked. 8 anglers caught 18 fish for a total weight of 60 lb 7 ozs. Biggest 10-4-0. Smallest 0-11-0. 1st Carl Osborne 5 fish for 13-6-0. 2nd Roy Rushbrook 2 fish for 10-6-0. 3rd Steve Bourner 1 fish for 10-4-0.
2013 17 March	12 anglers, 8 blanked. 4 anglers caught 4 fish for a total weight of 25 lb 6 ozs. Biggest 19-9-0. Smallest 0-12-0. 1st Gordon Shipley 1 fish for 19-9-0. 2nd Andrius Dubickas 1 fish for 3-9-0. 3rd Duncan Fletcher 1 fish for 1-8-0.
2013 24 February	13 anglers, 8 blanked. 5 anglers caught 5 fish for a total weight of 14 lb 12 ozs. Biggest 6-14-0. Smallest 0-7-0. 1st Carl Osborne 1 fish for 6-14-0. 2nd Mel Charlesworth 1 fish for 3-8-0. 3rd Mark Underdown 1 fish for 2-10-0.
2012 25 November	18 anglers, 13 blanked. 5 anglers caught 7 fish for a total weight of 31 lb 13 ozs. Biggest 8-2-0. Smallest 1-6-0. 1st Carl Osborne 3 fish for 15-0-0. 2nd Roy Rushbrook 1 fish for 5-11-0. 3rd Mathew Woods 1 fish for 4-11-0.
2012 28 October	18 anglers, 9 blanked. 9 anglers caught 17 fish for a total weight of 79 lb 5 ozs. Biggest 16-4-0. Smallest 0-10-0. 1st Chris Wade 4 fish for 21-5-0. 2nd Nick Samujlik 2 fish for 16-8-0. 3rd Nigel Greenacre 2 fish for 14-12-0.
2012 29 January	18 anglers, 4 blanked. 12 anglers caught 24 fish for a total weight of 67 lb 4 ozs. Biggest 17-13-0. Smallest 0-4-0. 1st Peter Eaglen 2 fish for 18-13-0. 2nd Carl Osborne 4 fish for 12-6-0. 3rd Chris Barnett 3 fish for 11-9-0.
2011 20 November	20 anglers, 10 blanked. 10 anglers caught 14 fish for a total weight of 49 lb 12 ozs. Biggest 7-3-0. Smallest 0-15-0. 1st Alan Lock 2 fish for 8-11-0. 2nd Peter Walthew 2 fish for 7-13-0. 3rd= Daren Knowles 2 fish for 7-3-0. 3rd= Dean Bamford 1 fish for 7-3-0.
2011 23 October	19 anglers, 8 blanked. 11 anglers caught 26 fish for a total weight of 63 lb 12 ozs. Biggest 6-15-0. Smallest 0-9-0. 1st Gordon Shipley 2 fish for 13-3-0. 2nd Micky Edwards 3 fish for 11-4-0. 3rd Peter Walthew 3 fish for 10-1-0.
2011 27 February	20 anglers, 9 blanked. 11 anglers caught 16 fish for a total weight of 61 lb 14 ozs. Biggest 7 -3-0. Smallest 0-13-0. 1st Alan Lock 3 fish for 15-4-0. 2nd George Shipley 3 fish for 14-6-0. 3rd Carl Osborne 1 fish for 6-1-0.
2011 30 January	19 anglers, 12 blanked. 7 anglers caught 13 fish for a total weight of 34 lb 7 ozs. Biggest 11-8-0. Smallest 0-10-0. 1st Nick Samujlik 1 fish for 11-8-0. 2nd Carl Osborne 3 fish for 7-5-0. 3rd Chris Wade 3 fish for 6-2-0.
2010 28 November	19 anglers, 13 blanked. 6 anglers caught 7 fish for a total weight of 46 lb 3 ozs. Biggest 14-12-0. Smallest 0-11-0. 1st James Smith 1 fish for 14-12-0. 2nd Ashley Rissmann 1 fish for 14-9-0. 3rd Jamie Ford 2 fish for 7-2-0.
2010 31 October	20 anglers, 9 blanked. 11 anglers caught 17 fish for a total weight of 42 lb 14 ozs. Biggest 5-11-0. Smallest 0-11-0. 1st Chris High 4 fish for 7-9-0. 2nd Nick Pottle 2 fish for 6-6-0. 3rd George Shipley 1 fish for 5-11-0.
2010 29 February	18 anglers, 9 blanked. 9 anglers caught 11 fish for a total weight of 29 lb 7 ozs. Biggest 5-13-0. Smallest 0-12-0. 1st Carl Osborne 3 fish for 7-3-0. 2nd Mark Underdown 1 fish for 5-13-0. 3rd Micky Edwards 1 fish for 3-12-0.
2010 7 February	15 anglers, 9 blanked. 6 anglers caught 9 fish for a total weight of 18 lb 8 ozs. Biggest 3-14-0. Smallest 0-8-0. 1st Alan Lock 3 fish for 5-6-0. 2nd Chris Wade 2 fish for 4-3-0. 3rd Chris High 1 fish for 3-5-0.
2010 24 January	22 anglers, 8 blanked. 14 anglers caught 26 fish for a total weight of 66 lb 2 ozs. Biggest 10-13-0. Smallest 0-7-0. 1st John Barley 2 fish for 14-7-0. 2nd Chris High 3 fish for 10-4-0. 3rd Chris Wade 3 fish for 9-2-0.
2009 22 February	21 anglers, 8 blanked. 13 anglers caught 25 fish for a total weight of 83 lb 11 ozs. Biggest 13-4-0. Smallest 1-1-0. 1st Alan Lock 3 fish for 16-10-0. 2nd James Smith 4 fish for 15-0-0. 3rd Duncan Fletcher 3 fish for 12-2-0.
2008 23 November	20 anglers, 13 blanked. 7 anglers caught 12 fish for a total weight of 38 lb 10 ozs. Biggest 7-1-0. Smallest 1-11-0. 1st Chris High 3 fish for 8-4-0. 2nd Peter Eaglen 1 fish for 7-1-0. 3rd Chris Wade 2 fish for 6-3-0.
2008 2 March	25 anglers, 15 blanked. 10 anglers caught 22 fish for a total weight of 40 lb 11 ozs. Biggest 3-5-0. Smallest 0-15-0. 1st Carl Osborne 6 fish for 12-3-0. 2nd Tony Skinner 4 fish for 7-8-0. 3rd Digby Edison 3 fish for 5-2-0.
2007 2 December	27 anglers, 10 blanked. 17 anglers caught 29 fish for a total weight of 89 lb. Biggest 9-15-0. Smallest 0-14-0. 1st Ken Wilks 3 fish for 13-14-0. 2nd John Webb 2 fish for 13-9-0. 3rd Gordon Shipley 3 fish for 8-7-0.