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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 5, 20251 min read


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 24, 20251 min read


Waterside festival taster sessions Sat 23 / Sun 24 Aug
This popular event is back with bookings being handled by the Bishop's Stortford Town Council - the sessions fill up quickly:...
Gary Pickard
Jul 11, 20251 min read


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 9, 20251 min read
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 13, 20251 min read
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 6, 20251 min read


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 26, 20251 min read


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 24, 20251 min read
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 24, 20251 min read
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 3, 20251 min read
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 5, 20251 min read
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 17, 20251 min read
Wickham Hall update
As the newbie to the Club's waters this year has been a year of learning. This is an unusual venue with it being a lot deeper than many...
Gary Pickard
Jan 18, 20251 min read
Beggars Hall update
This year has seen the work party refreshing most of the swims - adding extensions to some and rebuilding others to help cope with the...
Gary Pickard
Jan 1, 20251 min read
Malcolm Barker update
After a mild winter in 2023/24 MBL, along with many other clear water venues, had an explosion of weed growth. Great for the fish but...
Gary Pickard
Dec 28, 20241 min read


A change for Wednesdays
After putting up with many years of moaning (i.e. why did you put in peg [ add number just drawn ] as peg [ any other number ] is much...
Gary Pickard
Dec 22, 20241 min read


A few photos from the Waterside Festival taster sessions
A big thank you to John and Dave from Everybody Can Fish that run these https://www.facebook.com/EverybodyCanFish From John's Facebook...
Gary Pickard
Sep 15, 20242 min read


Thank you all - Breathe Easy charity match
A big thank you for everyone who came along despite it raining for pretty much the full day. You can read about the match itself on the...
Gary Pickard
Aug 24, 20241 min read


Weed reduction at MBL is in full flow
After a few back breaking work parties you should find MBL is lot more fishable. There is still plenty of weed towards the middle but...
Gary Pickard
Jun 16, 20241 min read


A quiet corner of MBL
With big thanks to Pam, Reg and Jenny the small memorial area we have for friends no longer with us at Malcolm Barker has had a big...
Gary Pickard
Jun 12, 20241 min read
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