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Random Club history no. 3
Just ahead of Tony's match for BreatheEasy here is one from the archives for the charity match held back in 2013 in favour of St Clare's...
Gary Pickard
Aug 51 min read
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Random Club history no. 2
For your second piece of history here is a copy of the Club's Membership Book from 1980 or so we guess. Many thanks John for the loan of...
Gary Pickard
Jul 241 min read
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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
Jul 91 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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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 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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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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Events in Jan and Feb - updated
Happy New Year all It is going to be a busy start to the year and there are a couple of the Sunday matches that have needed to be...
Gary Pickard
Jan 61 min read
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Renew your membership in person @ MBL 18/19 and 25/26 May and Tackle Bring and Buy
As usual, we are planning to run a few sessions at Malcolm Barker Lake where you can drop by to renew your memberships/join and have a...
Gary Pickard
Apr 20, 20241 min read
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Happy New Year & January Update - updated again
I hope you all enjoyed yourselves. Below are a few things happening in January - yes quite a busy month: Sunday 7 Jan - Hall Farm Large...
Gary Pickard
Jan 5, 20241 min read
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What have we been doing?
With the weather turning cold the work parties will be taking a winter rest in the next couple of weeks. Before then though they braved...
Gary Pickard
Nov 30, 20231 min read
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Pike season starting 1 Oct
Hi All 1st October is the start of the pike fishing season on our waters (through to 14 March). And the pike in MBL are very active at...
Gary Pickard
Sep 26, 20231 min read
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The Magic Twig - not permitted on Club waters
A lot of you will have seen coverage of a new angling device called the Magic Twig. A number of concerns have been raised as to how fish...
Gary Pickard
Sep 23, 20231 min read
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A Malcolm Barker update
As you will have spotted if you have been at MBL lately a lot of work is happening and a lot more will be going on over the next few...
Gary Pickard
Sep 20, 20231 min read
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Joining/renewing over the summer
We might be a bit slower in responding over the next few weeks due to holidays and you might find that joining via Clubmate is not...
Gary Pickard
Jul 24, 20231 min read
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What have the Work Party been up to recently?
A key part of the Club is the weekly work party that meets up each Thursday (when not too wet or cold) to put in the background work that...
Gary Pickard
Jun 2, 20231 min read
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Newsletter and dates for diary
Hi all It is that time of year again when we have flurry of activity for the end of the Club's year Below you will find a copy of the...
Gary Pickard
Mar 19, 20231 min read
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April's AGM - Wed 5 April
This year's AGM will again be at the Bishop's Stortford Social Club on South Street (CM23 3BG) with an 8pm prompt start. We have lots to...
Gary Pickard
Mar 19, 20231 min read
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February update
Well the waters are ice free but we are still a long way from Spring with the fishing being a little tricky at present. We have a couple...
Gary Pickard
Feb 7, 20231 min read
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