Secretary
Petworth and Bognor Angling Club hold matches to suit all tastes throughout the season from fun & family events to fairly serious Inter-Club League Matches.
Fun & Family Events
Mixed Pairs – Bring your wife, girlfriend, daughter, mother or even the mother-in-law. It's a bit of fun and rarely ends in a fight. We normally get three or four couples who take part in this match but we would like to see a few more. I think we have seen all bar a mother-in-law over the last few years. Again the match is held on a still water and on a Saturday afternoon.
Barbecue Match – This invitation only event is run as a "thank you" to all the members of the club who voluntarily devote their time in the interests of all our members. This not only includes the committee but all those members who spare a few hours to attend our work parties.
Club Matches – There is a comprehensive range of club matches on both still and running water. These normally take place on Sundays although there are three early season Wednesday evening series. Most club matches take place on our own waters although we do have a few ‘away days'. Although competitive the matches have a friendly atmosphere and all newcomers are made welcome. Established club anglers are always ready to pass on advice on tactics and baits to new recruits. For the pleasure angler and the beginner we run a couple of friendly series of matches. We have a couple of matches at Petworth Park in early June and the Wednesday evening series of matches on the Rother offers an excellent opportunity for those that are new to match fishing or indeed new to the river to get a good insight into what its all about. All Club matches have an optional pools, which no one is obliged to enter if they don't wish to, all we ask is a contribution of 50p per match towards the upkeep and engraving costs of our extensive range of Trophies .
[ Click HERE for Fixture List ]
[ Click HERE for Results Index ]
[ Click HERE for 2007/8 Presentation Evening Report ]
[ Click HERE for 2008/9 Trophy Winners List]
[ Click HERE for 2009/10 Match Season Review]
Inter-Club Matches:
Three Counties – Over the seasons the club has enjoyed great success in the Three Counties Angling League at our peak we had three teams two in the top division and one in the second division and we went through an incredible spell with trophy wins every season. In recent years things have been a little quieter and we now only run one team although if the interest is there we would be prepared to run more. Although a hotly contested league all the anglers are local club men there are no super stars in Three Counties and the league is keen to keep the league for genuine club anglers who just enjoy a bit of competition on a few different venues. The Three Counties season runs from July through to January with one match per month on the second Sunday. If you are interested in the first instance just come along to a few club matches
Rother Valley Shield – The club run a team in the Rother Valley Shield series of matches, which is a three match series, we particularly look to our river anglers because as the name suggests the matches are held on the River Rother. Although we have never faired particularly well in the series we have had some stunning individual successes and it is only a matter of time when we manage to pull these together for our first outright win of the trophy.
Trophies – Our Club has a splendid array of trophies, Cups and Shields (see main picture at top of page) and at the end of each season we will hold a presentation event. This will give all match anglers, and also their partners the opportunity to socialise. And of course the lucky (or skilful) among us will receive the odd Cup or Shield for their efforts over the season.
