Local expert Mark Broomsgrove set a new Yarlington Match Lake record with a massive 172-0-0 catch of carp in the Carps AC Midweek match fished at Cider Farm Lakes, Lympsham.

The Sensas Thyers team member poled pellet into the lakeside margins of peg 54 for fish averaging 3lb.

The top silverfish catch was taken by Mike Nicholls, who poled maggot into the lakeside margins of peg 25 for 86-2-0 of carp and 44-7-0 of skimmers.

Results – Overall: 1, Mark Broomsgrove (Sensas Thyers) 172-10-0, peg 54; 2, Chris Davies (Westerleigh AC) 136-13-0, peg 46; 3, Mike Nicholls 130-9-0, peg 25; 4, Rich Coles 125-13-0, peg 40; 5, Mike Owens 118-2-0, peg 41; 6, Steve Jeffries 113-4-0, peg 14. Silverfish: 1, Mike Nicholls 44-7-0, peg 25.

* North-easterly winds put the fish down and 13-0-0 of skimmers and roach was enough for Jeff Agius to win the Pucklechurch AS match fished on the River Huntspill at Woolavington.

Martin Rayet came second at peg 55 with a similar 11-2-0 catch taken with feeder and worm.

Bill Ferris and Dick Savage finished joint-third at pegs 74 and 70 respectively with an inseparable weight of 9-1-0.

Result – Overall: 1, Jeff Agius 13-0-0. peg 61; 2, Martin Rayet (Preston Innovations Thatchers)11-0-0, peg 55; 3= Bill Ferris (peg 74) and Dick Savage (peg 70), both 9-0-0; 5, Nigel Saunders 8-8-0, peg 64; 6, Jerry Pocock 7-12-0, peg 56.

* The capture of an 18lb mirror carp tipped the balance for Gary Wall when only a couple of pound separated the top three places in the Avon Angling Midweek Open fished at Avalon Fisheries.

Wall poled banded 6mm pellet onto the island ledge at 14 metres off peg 21 and weighed-in a 14-carp catch totalling 79-12-0.

Tony Rixon and Martin Lenaghan also weighed in a 14-carp catch with the former taking the second place pools payout by 8oz.

Rixon fished both a waggler and long pole with pellet and paste at peg 21 to tempt 78-1-0 of carp to 9lb, while Lenaghan fished similarly at peg nine for 77-9-0.

Result – Overall: 1, Gary Wall (Team Landsend) 79-12-0, peg 21; 2, Tony Rixon (Avon Angling Mosella) 78-1-0, peg 21; 3, Martin Lenaghan (Avon Angling) 77-9-0, peg 9; 4, Tony Wittcombe (Avon Angling) 61-6-0, peg 5; 5, Chris Fox 60-1-0, peg 16; 6, Colin Dyer 35-2-0.

* Pete Powe picked up the silverware with an 8-14-0 catch of skimmers in the Dunsford Cup match fished on the Bristol Avon at St Anne's Park.

The club's PR officer fished a straight lead with triple red maggot to the far side off peg five and brought five skimmers averaging a little over 1-12-0 to the scales.

Second was Ben Creswell, who fished the same but used bronze coloured maggot to tempt 8-0-0 of quality skimmers from peg three.

Ted Morgan scraped into third place from Tom Bailey by just 2oz. Morgan float-fished maggot close-in at peg 11 for 5-10-0 of roach and dace, while Bailey pole maggot and caster at seven metres off peg two for 5-8-0 of mostly roach.

Results – Overall: 1, Pete Powe 8-14-0, peg 5; 2, Ben Creswell 8-0-0, peg 3; 3, Ted Morgan 5-10-0, peg 11; 4, Tom Bailey 5-8-0, peg 2; 5, Bill Philips 5-0-0, peg 7; 6, Norman Fogg 3-8-0, peg 16.

* Brian Shanks was the only competitor to hit the 100lb mark in the Bristol PSV match fished on Landsend Fisheries' Match Lake at Wedmore.

Shanks poled a 6mm banded pellet close to the island at 14.5 metres off peg 20 and weighed in 109-5-0 of carp to almost 8-0-0.

Second place was taken by Alan Healy with a similar 85-11-0 taken from corner peg 13 with maggot poled shallow at 11 metres.

Results – Overall: 1, Brian Shanks 109-5-0, peg 20; 2, Alan Healy 85-11-0, peg 13; 3, Craig Edmonds 82-8-0, peg 24; 4, Adam Caswell 70-13-0, peg 6; 5, Darren North 54-6-0, peg 18; 6, Ryan Jordan 4605-0, peg 1. Silverfish: 1, Mark Britton 30-8-0, peg 11; 2, Craig Edmonds 24-7-0, peg 24; 3, Paul Elmes 19-3-0, peg 3.

* Despite a bright sun and clear water, the Bristol Avon between Swineford and Jack Whites fished fairly well for the second round of the Bristol Commercial House Winter League.

The top individual catch fell to Jerry Pocock, of BTM Services, who fished a groundbait feeder with worm and caster at two thirds across from Swineford peg five for five bream and seven skimmers, which weighed 28-9-0.

Veals rod Steve Hutchinson came second at Swineford 17, where a waggler and double red maggot combination came up with 23-14-0 skimmers and chub.

Results – Individuals: 1, Jerry Pocock (BTM Services) 28-9-0; 2, Steve Hutchinson (Veals) 23-14-0; 3, Andy Pritchard (Thatchers A) 21-15-0; 4, Guy Manton (Town & Country) 21-5-0; 5, Kev Dicks (Avon Aquatics) 21-1-0; 6, Nick Bartlett (D&W Builders) 19-5-0.

Teams – A Division: 1, Avon Aquatics 25points; 2, Thatchers A Team 24; 3, Karaoke Nites Avon Aquatics 21; 4, Thatchers A Team 20; 5= Veals & DW Builders, both 18.

B Division: 1, Town & Country 21 points; 2, Crown Road Electrical 20; 3= BTM Services & SWEB, both 17; 5, Cooper Avon Tyres 15.

Leagues – A Division: Avon Aquatics 12; 2, Thatchers A 9; 3, Thatchers B 8; 4, Karaoke Nites Avon Aquatics 7; 5, Veals 3.5; 6, D & W Builders 2.5.

B Division: 1, Crown Road Electrical & Town & Country, both 9 points; 3, BTM Services 4.5; 4, Cooper Avon Tyres 4; 5, SWEB 3.5.

* The weight of one decent- sized Campbell Lake tench separated first and second in the Carpenters Arms 2,000 AC match fished at Viaduct Fishery, Somerton.

The top weight was 65-7-0 and fell to Keynsham's Paul Hurn, who used a straight lead and an 8mm hair rigged pellet to tempt 12 carp from peg 117 on the Cary Lake causeway. Second place and the top silverfish catch was taken by Phil Groves, who poled sweetcorn and caster into the corner margins of 119 for 49-14-0 of carp to 8lb plus 13-8-0 of skimmers and tench.

Results – Overall: 1, Paul Hurn 65-7-0, peg 117; 2, Phil Groves 63-6-0, peg 119; 3, Rich Jones 60-2-0, peg 113; 4, Paul Wilcox 57-13-0, peg 132; 5, Chris Shackell 5406-0, peg 121. Silverfish: 1, Groves 13-8-0, 119.

* Carps AC at The Sedges, Bridgwater – Tile Lake – Overall: 1, John Dursley 34-9-0, peg 29; 2, Gordon Canning 27-9-0, peg 39; 3, Steve Wride 26-0-0, peg 24; 4, John Bennett 21-14-0, peg 21; 5, Don Baker 19-5-0, peg 33; 6, Rich Coles 17-8-0, peg 28. Silverfish: Rich Coles 17-8-0, peg 28.

Charlie Barnes Open at Bullock Farm – Overall: 1, Gary Bedford 75-10-0, North Pool 12. Poled soft pellet for mostly carp: 2, Mike Nicholls 58-8-0, Match 17; 3, Adrian Jeffrey 50-4-0, Match 19; 4, Tom Thick 49-7-0, Match 25; 5, Jason Radford 40-6-0, Match 22; 6, Paul Faiers 36-2-0, North Pool 6. Silverfish: 1= Ray & Glyn Wickham, both 12-5-0.

Pucklechurch AS Away Day at Earlswood Windmill Pool – Bream Lake: 1, Mike Snudden 6-6-0, peg 41. Red maggot for two bream and bits; 2, Dave Webb 3-6-0, peg 36; 3, Jeff Agius 1-2-0, peg 43.

South West Disabled & Over-55s at Cider Farm Lakes, Lympsham: 1, Wayne Garland 93-3-0. Peg 29. Mixed bag taken with long pole and paste; 2, Martin Alexander 58-6-0, peg 16; 3, Dave Britton 41-4-0, peg 6; 4, Kevin Collins 28-6-0, peg 8; 5, Steve Nethercott 25-0-0, peg 12; 6, Tom Newell 11-12-0, peg 7.