Local talent featured highly in the Carps AC match fished on Cary Lake at Viaduct Fishery, Somerton.

The top rod overall was Dick Bull, who caught 58-13-0 of carp taken from Spit peg 80 with straight lead and meat.

Tim Pallant topped the silverfish category with 20-7-0 of tench, skimmers and roach taken from the lakeside margins of peg 88 with caster and worm.

Result – Overall: 1, Dick Bull 58-13-0, peg 80; 2, Ray Hayward 51-6-0, peg 87; 3, Alan Oram (Dynamite Baits – Bristol) 41-2-0, peg 76; 4, Barry Fitchew 24-6-0, peg 97; 5, Charlie Barns 21-1-0, peg 100; 6, Tim Pallant 20-7-0, peg 88. Silverfish: 1, Tim Pallant 20-7-0, peg 88; 2, Mash Masheder 17-13-0, peg 85.

* Peg13 on the North Bank of Hunstrete's Main Lake came up with treble tops for James White in a Bathampton AA Charity Carp match that raised £100 for Clic Sargent.

The Bristol-based carper set a new lake and club record, and broke a 29-year- old heaviest fish mark by 10ozs when he included a superb 34-14-0 mirror carp in an amazing, five carp catch totalling 125-12-0. His fish weighed 34-14-0, 25-15-0, 24-8-0, 24-0-0 and 16-7-0.

Result: 1, James White (Bristol) 125-12-0. Peg 13 (5 carp); 2, Grant Winterson (Bristol) 25-13-0, (1 carp); 3, Craig Andrews (Bristol) 25-4-0, (1 carp); 4, Lee Buck (Bristol) 24-5-0, (1 carp); 5, Scott Fry (Bristol) 23-5-0, 1 carp); 6, Miles Nutt (Bristol) 22-8-0, (1 carp).

* Sensas Thyers made it two wins on the trot and moved into second place, one point ahead of Sensas Bathampton, who finished third in the fourth round of the Angling Times South West Winter League, fished on the River Avon at Newbridge.

Leaders Preston Innovations Thatchers put in their worst performance of the series.

The Wells-based squad finished in fourth place and go into the penultimate round with only two points separating the top three teams.

The top individual was Sensas Bathampton's Paul Isaacs, who fished feeder tactics at a peg situated in the trees at Saltford and used maggot and worm to tempt 18-1-0 of bream, skimmers and roach.

Results – Individuals: 1, Paul Isaacs (Sensas Bathampton Avon Aquatics) 18-1-0; 2, R Manns (Maver Veals) 14-8-0; 3, Paul Benson (Bristol Angling Centre) 14-5-0; 4, Tim Ford (Preston Innovations Thatchers) 10-8-0; 5, Colin Ellaway (Bristol Angling Centre) 9-1-8; 6, Lee Trivett (Sensas Bathampton Avon Aquatics) 8-13-0.

Teams: 1, Sensas Thyers 45 pts; 2, Sensas Veals 45; 3, Sensas Bathampton Avon Aquatics 42; 4, Preston Innovations Thatchers 42; 5, Bristol Angling Centre 40; 6, Amalgamated Fisheries 35; 7, Maver Veals 32.

League: 1, Preston Innovations Thatchers 7pts; 2, Sensas Thyers 8; 3, Sensas Bathampton Avon Aquatics 9; 4, Sensas Veals 16; 5, Maver Veals 19; 6, Amalgamated Fisheries 23; 7, Bristol Ang Cen 25.

* Gary Etheridge clinched his second win in succession in the Bitterwell Lake Monday Open Series of winter matches.

The Garbolino BVMG member alternated between a waggler and long pole, with caster and maggot, and weighed-in 20-0-0 of silvers and carp.

Bill Ferris fished the same baits and feed at peg five and finished joint-second with Steve Jeffries, who fished identical tactics at 14 for a 15-3-0 mixed bag.

Results: 1, Gary Etheridge (BVMG Garbolino) 20-0-0, peg 11; 2= Bill Ferris (Alcove AC), peg 5, and Steve Jeffries (Avon Angling), peg 14, both 15-3-0; 3, Steve Dawson (Alcove AC) 13-14-0. peg 12; 4, Ian Pulsford 11.11-0, peg 2.

* Dave Woolman scraped home by just 2-10-0 from Martin Alexander to win the South West Disabled & Over-50s match fished on Match Pool at Acorn Carp Fishery, Kingston Seymour.

Woolman long-poled maggot both lakeside and into open water off peg four for a 56-0-0 mixed bag, while Alexander fished the same tactics at peg seven, on the straight, for a similar 53-6-0.

Result: 1, Dave Woolman 56-0-0, peg 4; 2, Martin Alexander 53-6-0, peg 7; 3, Bill Ferris 40-3-0, peg 15; 4, Bob "The Bread" Price 34-0-0, peg 9; 5, Phil Harding 24-14-0, peg 14; 6, Wayne Garland 12-15-0, peg 17.

* Dean Malin topped both categories in the Bristol PSV AC match fished on Shepherd's Lake at Cider Farm Lakes, Lympsham.

He fished a variety of baits at peg one and included 14-2-0 of skimmers, perch and roach in his 57-15-0 winning catch.

Result – Overall: 1, Dean Malin (Dynamite Baits) 57-15-0, peg 1; 2, Stewart Riddle 40-5-0, peg 19; 3, Bob Warren 32-11-0, peg 20; 4, Adam Woodland 29-11-0, peg 5; 5, Simon Belcham 28-10-0, peg 13; 6, Steve Burgess 23-7-0, peg 15. Silverfish: 1, Dean Malin 14-2-0, peg 1; 2, Brian Shanks 13-13-0; 3, Chris Szakacs 12-14-0.