The first match in this season's P Woodley Winter League turned into a fiasco for some of the 21 anglers and had to be abandoned, writes ANDY WEBBER.

The problem concerned a couple of boats at the Lechlade Marina venue.

There is a gentleman's agreement between anglers and boat owners at Lechlade that boats avoid the marina when a match is being fished.

However, on Sunday, two boats either didn't realise this, or chose to ignore it and when one of them decided to turn his craft around, it caused mayhem for around half-a-dozen of the anglers.

The upshot was that the match was abandoned and now the remainder of the matches in this series will be fished at Ridge Way in South Cerney. The draw times will stay at 8am.

Wallingford Jolly Anglers were on the BMH stretch of the Thames for their latest club match, where eight members fished a match of contrasting fortunes.

Jeremy Denton romped home with a net of bream on the groundbait feeder with maggot weighing 70.12.0.

Sat next to him was Frank Butler, who took second place with another net of bream worth 53.6.0, again on feeder and maggot.

In third place with seven bream for 39.15.0 was Steve Gray, who employed the feeder with worm on the hook.

But not everyone caught a lot of fish - the fourth-placed weight was just over 3lb.

It was very hard work for the 11 anglers who fished the Oxford Carp Winter League at Rissington, where some probably expected it to fish like it did in the summer, but that was not the case.

Chris Dann was the winner with 51.0.8 of carp taken on corn.

Fishing the pole at 11 metres with corn on the hook, Paul Dann had 45.12.0 of carp for second, and Scott Miller (RS Baits) finished third with 44.6.0 on expander pellets.

Abingdon Town AC were on the Thames between Abingdon bridge and the weir, where the 14 anglers found the river quite clear and the fishing very patchy.

Pegged up in the weir was Steve Wheatley, who with 44.4.0 of bream, was the clear winner. He used the feeder with worm.

Pegged opposite the swimming pool, Andy Crabb started off with the waggler and then changed to the stick with maggot on the hook. He finished with a net of roach going 19.12.0.

Wes Thomas fished the pole and chop for a third-placed 4.2.0 of perch.

As usual there were only five fisherman out for the latest Yarnton & District match held on the Thames at Cassington.

At the weigh-in, Martin Becket came in first with 19.14.8, his bag consisted of five nice chub, the biggest going 5.6.0. He fished a feeder to the far bank, using cheese to tempt three of the chub and maggot for the other two.

In second place was George Thomas with 11.3.0. He also used a feeder, but fished close in with maggot which accounted for a bream, plus roach and skimmers.

Nick Collier fished the feeder and had chub, roach and perch for 5.14.0 and third place, followed by Steve Cox with a nice perch going 2.9.0.

Masons were on Medley down for their Teams of Three, and the 22 matchmen found the going a bit hard as the fish seem to have shoaled up down by the area known as 'sandy point'.

Fishing the waggler with maggot, Gary Pether had a net of roach which weighed 13.2.0 to take first place.

He was followed by Roger Bowler, who fished the pole and maggot and had roach and perch for 7.4.0.

Phil Light was third with 6.14.0 - couple of chub, plus roach on the maggot-feeder.

Team points: Team Smith 17pts, Team Warner/Benwell 16.

The Thames at Carmel College was the venue for Acorn Angling's Open, fished by 18 anglers. It was cold and clear and they also had to put up with a plague of rowers who favoured their bank.

Jan Jetowski took first place with 12.14.0, beating Robin Guppy into second with 10.13.0. Jan had a couple of bream, plus some roach on pole and caster, while Robin also had bream and roach on punch.

Tony Gee (Acorn Angling) fished the topper, alternating between single and double maggot to catch a bream and some roach for 8.15.0.

The canal at the Rock of Gibraltar was the scene for Kidlington's Paul Jackman Cup which attracted a good turn-out of 15 members.

The roach and skimmers took a liking to Dave Britnell's punch bait as he was the clear winner with 10.11.0.

With 7.9.0 of skimmers, Henry Clarke was runner-up, pipping Maurice Winstone's 7.1.0.