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Random Club history no. 1
A little something from the Club's Archives and Member's collections for you. This first one is an article from the Herts and Essex...
Gary Pickard
2 days ago1 min read
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Current hot weather
We have not had a lot of rain recently and there is more hot weather due over the next few weeks. Whilst water levels are dropping we...
Gary Pickard
Jun 201 min read
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MBL weed clearing done - for the moment
The Mainstream Fisheries team were hard at work on Tuesday with weed clearing and then liming the lake. Hopefully this should help...
Gary Pickard
Jun 131 min read
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Wickham Hall works are done
Apart from a final bit of tidying up the works at Wickham Hall to create a water level path are pretty much completed. There is now a...
Gary Pickard
Jun 61 min read
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MBL closed Tues 10 June
Apologies for the short notice. We have just found out that the fisheries team we have lined up to carry out weed removal work at MBL can...
Gary Pickard
Jun 61 min read
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June events - updated
Summer is nearly here - although the weather seems to be slow in catching up with this. It will be a busy restart to the Club's year and...
Gary Pickard
May 281 min read
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BHF charity event Sat 21 June @ Hall Farm Large Lake
Hi all Dave Fuller is again this year running his charity match at Hall Farm in aid of The British Heart Foundation. Draw time will be...
Gary Pickard
May 261 min read
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Work underway at Wickham - update
The work to create a proper path around the lake at water level and some much gentler slopes down is now well underway. The work is going...
Gary Pickard
May 241 min read
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Litter is not acceptable
Sadly, we seem to have a litter problem especially at Hall Farm. As well as simply making the fisheries look poor it poses a risk to...
Gary Pickard
May 241 min read
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Renew your membership in person @ MBL Sat 24 and Sun 25 May
A quick reminder for the drop in sessions at Malcolm Barker Lake where you can renew your memberships/join and have a chat. Saturday 24th...
Gary Pickard
May 211 min read
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Upcoming events May/June
For what is supposed to be a quiet time of the fishing year it seems to be very busy. Wickham Hall : Over the next few weeks there...
Gary Pickard
May 161 min read
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Renew your membership in person @ MBL Sat 17 and Sun 18 May
A quick reminder for a drop in session at Malcolm Barker Lake where you can renew your memberships/join and have a chat. Saturday 17th...
Gary Pickard
May 131 min read
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Renew your membership in person @ MBL 17/18 and 24/25 May and Tackle Bring and Buy
It is that time again - renewals season. As usual, we are planning to run a few sessions at Malcolm Barker Lake where you can drop by to...
Gary Pickard
May 51 min read
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Club events etc for 2025/26
You might have spotted that the calendar is a lot fuller suddenly as the dates for events over the next year have been added to the...
Gary Pickard
May 31 min read
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Easter events on the lakes
Hi All A quick reminder with the Easter holidays almost upon us of the lake booking / Club events over the next few weeks. Please give...
Gary Pickard
Apr 101 min read
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Please note Club Rule changes
Hi all Following Thursday's AGM please note the following rule changes were approved and are now in effect: We have clarified that Guest...
Gary Pickard
Apr 51 min read
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Upcoming events
It may be the river close season but the Club events continue. The Weds matches keep running throughout the season and you should see...
Gary Pickard
Mar 211 min read
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2025 close seasons - river and pike
Again, the end of the seasons are with us just as the weather starts to improve a little. The river close season is now in effect (last...
Gary Pickard
Mar 171 min read
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2025 AGM and newsletter
Hi All This year's AGM will be on Thursday 3 April at the Great Hadham Golf Club (SG10 6JE - W3W ///island.dads.farm) - the parking...
Gary Pickard
Mar 171 min read
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Angling Trust auction
The Angling Trust is running another fundraising auction with a wide range of lots available to bid on more info here including from our...
Gary Pickard
Mar 61 min read
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