The AMFC consists of approx 15 teams of 6 persons divided into 3 groups.

Any club can join but because it is a collection of MAJOR clubs then it is expected that entrants have a suitable quality/quantity of fishermen.

There are 6 matches per group each year at suitable venues mainly throughout Southern England ranging from Chew (near Bristol), to Grafham and Bewl. ALL teams from all 3 groups fish the first and last of the 6 matches but, because of limited boat capacity, then there are only 4 persons per team in these two rounds.

Iver selected their team members at the start of the year being :-

Ken Williams, Roy Palmer, Jeff Hickson, John Weaver, Eddie Gray, Ray Simpson, Peter Goadley, Ron Lusardi, Danny Peet (from Sheffield), Clive Collier & Simon Newman.

Ron was selected as team co-ordinator (his arm was twisted!!) for Iver.

Eddie is on the AMFC committee, independently of Iver.

The matches are point based being 5 points for the first team down to 1 point for the last.

For limiting early there is a ‘time limit’ bonus of x pounds weight per hour.

So, how have Iver in group 2 done so far? In a word, EXCELLENT. See below.

Round 1 was a 5 star performance by Iver at Bewl in April. Eddie limited, the only limit of the day, and with a time bonus for good measure. The team came first OF ALL AMFC TEAMS and so got the maximum of 5 points. A good start to carry forward.

Round 2 was also a success in that Iver was second at Grafham in May and gained another 4 points, still giving them the lead.

Round 3 was still yet another success in that Iver were second at Chew in June. Another 4 points gained.

However, all eyes are on Bristol who was first in both Rounds 2 & 3 and are close behind Iver.

It had been expected for Bristol to win at Chew, their ‘home’ ground, so all eyes are now on the next match on July 10^th at Eyebrook.

To date the individual results of Round 3 have not yet been published so watch this space in the next newsletter. However, fishing at Chew was HARD in round 3.