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Tisbury Angling Club
Match Fixtures
2026 – 2027

Summer League

Date Venue Notes Trophy
31/05/2026 Wardour Lake Air Ambulance Charity Charity Shield
14/06/2026 Wardour Lake First match of the Summer Eric Lush Cup
28/06/2026 Lodden Lake Gillingham Club Water
12/07/2026 Wardour Lake
26/07/2026 Berkley Warminster Club Water
09/08/2026 Wardour Lake
23/08/2026 Witherington Inner Snake
06/09/2026 Wardour Lake
20/09/2026 Fonthill Lake Lady Margadale Cup
04/10/2026 Whitepost Lake Todber Manor
18/10/2026 Wardour Lake Bernie Broom Shield

Winter League

Date Venue Notes Trophy
01/11/2026 River Nadder, Tisbury Eddie Stevens Cup
15/11/2026 Dinton Lake
29/11/2026 Blandford
13/12/2026 River Nadder, Tisbury Christmas Match John Bell Cup
10/01/2027 River Frome
24/01/2027 River Nadder, Tisbury
07/02/2027 Canal Match TBC Geoff Lambert Cup
21/02/2027 Witherington Sellwood/Cottage
07/03/2027 Wardour Lake Final League Match Fred Wall Shield

Junior League

Date Venue
07/06/2026 Bulford Lake
05/07/2026 Dinton Lake
19/07/2026 Dinton Lake
16/08/2026 White Post Lake, Todber Manor
13/09/2026 Dinton Lake
27/09/2026 Wardour Lake

Tisbury Angling Club matches are well attended and offer something for everyone from catching carp at Wardour Castle or Todber Manor, to Skimmers and Roach on the Kennett and Avon canal to trotting a float down the River Stour for Chub.

All members are welcome to attend and participate in the summer or winter league. At the AGM members will be presented with trophies or shields, overall winner and runner up for the season, Summer and Winter League Winner and Runner up. Fred Wall shield, Eric Lush cup and more.

We also run an open annual charity match in support of Wiltshire Air Ambulance

Summer Matches Timings
Draw 9:00am Fish 10:00am – 3:00pm unless otherwise instructed.

Winter Match Timings
Draw 8:30am Fish 9:30am – 3:00pm unless otherwise instructed.

Pegging fee applies for away venues

To book in for a match please contact the Match Secretary Jon Mitchell or Matt Bell

 

MATCH RULES OF TISBURY ANGLING CLUB
In addition to the general rules of the Club, the following shall apply in matches.
  1. The entrance fee must be paid to a member of the committee before commencing to fish.
  2. No bait or ground bait is to be used prior to starting whistleblowing. But depth plumbing is allowed.
  3. One rod is only to be used at any one time, although more than one rod may be set up.
  4. The use of a cup in a kit is not allowed if a competitor has a line already in the water.
  5. No wading is allowed in matches except to place keeps nets one for silverfish and one for Carp. Under no circumstances shall Carp and Silverfish be kept in the same keep net. No more than sixty pounds in any one net seventy pounds and ten pounds will be deducted over seventy pounds you will be disqualified.
  6. For protection, Crucian Carp will be classed as a silverfish.
  7. All fish hooked must be netted by the competitor himself or herself.
  8. All coarse fish must be weighed in. Trout must be returned unharmed immediately.
  9. No line shall be left unattended in the water or baited on the bank.
  10. Fish over six-pound or fish in distress must be weighed in during the match.
  11. No spinning is allowed, no live bait or dead fish to be used, during matches except for Pike matches.
  12. All competitors particularly Junior members are reminded not to wander away from their peg whilst the match is in progress, as this could result in disqualification.
  13. Line must immediately withdraw from the water when the whistle blows at the end of the match a fish hooked at the time of the whistleblowing, and subsequently landed within fifteen minutes may be weighed in.
  14. All swim cards must have name details completed before the arrival of the scales.
  15. The competitor drawn next to the (Scales) must assist that person with the weigh-in.
  16. The decision of the Stewards regarding the weight of any catch shall be final, At the weigh-in, competitors can demand to have fish reweighed, each competitor must witness the weigh-in of his or her own catch and no catch will be accepted after the time fixed by the committee for weigh-in.
  17. Weights shall be rounded to the nearest ounce.
  18. Any complaints about the behavior of another competitor must be made before the results are announced.
  19. All prizes are to be awarded after the weigh-in.
  20. In the event of severe flooding of the river, the venue may be changed to a lake at the Match Secretary’s discretion, and if the lake is frozen over the venue may be changed to the river.
  21. In peg down matches fish from the peg drawn by them only and must not change pegs unless authorized by a Steward. Competitors must remain within a radius of three feet on either side of their peg. In matches not pegged down, competitors must fish twenty-five yards apart on the rivers and ten yards apart on still waters, Any competitor found to have moved or left litter at His or Her peg will be disqualified whether the litter is theirs or not.
  22. In Rover matches where competitors go off by numbers as soon as they are drawn, members must walk to their choice of swim not overtaking a member who has drawn a lower number.
  23. Whilst fishing away matches the rules of the host club must be adhered to if different from our own.
  24. Members who are not match fishing are requested to stay away from the water’s edge during the match.
  25. Match rules may be changed at the discretion of the Hon Match Secretary.

 

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