Welcome to the Chippenham Angling Club web site.
The site will give you information on all sections of the club and include
current news on matches and special events.
Chippenham Angling Club was Established in 1894 and has grown to be one of
the largest clubs in North Wiltshire. Members are able to fish some of the best
stretches of the Bristol Avon including some excellent Barbel fishing. The club also
controls three lakes suitable for all types of Angler, offering some excellent pole
fishing for Carp, Tench, Roach, Rudd and Perch.
Match angler or pleasure fisherman, our waters have something to offer.
All members please be aware of the following:
All fish caught on all waters controlled by Chippenham Angling Club are to be returned to the water.
NO TAKING OF FISH IS PERMITTED.
All pictures and images on this website are under the ownership of
Chippenham Angling Club unless otherwise stated.
Every effort is made to ensure that information contained within this website
is as true and accurate as possible, Chippenham Angling Club accepts no liability for any inaccuracies contained within this site.
Important Notices
Please note water Closeure/Up Coming Matches sections have been removed, please use the Calendar below for details on all matches/closeures for complete up to date information.
AFTER ONLY ONE WEEK OF THE GATE AT PECKINGELL BEING INSTALLED WE HAVE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS THAT THE GATE IS BEING LEFT OPEN!!!!
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU LOCK THE GATE BEHIND YOU.
(ALSO CHANGE THE NUMBERS ON THE LOCK AFTER LOCKING THE GATE PLEASE)
IF THE GATE IF CONTINUED TO BE LEFT OPEN VEHICULAR ACCESS WILL BE REMOVED FROM ALL MEMBERS AND ONLY ACCESS BY FOOT WILL BE ALLOWED.
Latest Match Results
Pockeridge Series Match 2 - 15th April 2012
1st - I LIDDELL 14lb 6oz
2nd - G MANNERS 11lb 14 1/2oz
3rd - K WILLIAMS 10lb 13oz
Pockeridge Series Match 1 - 25/03/2012
M WOOLDRIDGE 15lb 9oz
I LIDDELL 15lb 2oz
A HYDE 14lb 6oz
Club Championship
1st M Wooldridge 117 pts
2nd K Williams 107 pts
=3rd S Palmer, A Hyde & S White all 100pts ( S Palmer gets third prize on weight count back)
Club Match 8 - 19/02/2012
This was the last club match of the season and saw 26 anglers turn up. Fishing was good in a few places with chub and a few roach showing. First on the day was M Wooldridge with 16lb 1oz. mark has drawn a in form peg below the town bridge. Mark used the crowquil and waggler to tempt small roach and chub on maggot. Second went to M Ash with 14lb 7oz. Mic has fish the waggler with maggots to temp 5 chub. Third was G Etheridge with 11lb 13oz. Gary has also used the waggler with maggots to temp 2 good chub and a few smaller ones.
1st M Wooldridge 16lb 1oz peg 86
2nd M Ash 14lb 7oz peg 56
3rd G Etheridge 11lb 13oz peg 70
4th K Rowls 11lb 6oz peg 80
5th Dave Baker 9lb 1oz peg 65
6th P Townsend 7lb 11 1/2oz peg 84
Club Match 7 22/01/2012
25 turned up for this match on a windy day. The river still had a slight green tinge to the water and look good. 1st on the day was G Dodson with 12lb 1/2oz. Gary has caught good perch and a big chub using bread and worms switching from the float to the straight lead. 2nd went to D Johnson with 11lb 9oz. Dave drew next to where he won the new years day match below the town bridge and fished the same way. Dave caught roach on the waggler feeding caster. 3rd was J Garner with 11lb. John fish the pole over groundbait with caster to temp his roach weight.
1st G Dodson 12lb 1/2oz peg 62
2nd D Johnson 11lb 9oz peg 86
3rd J Garner 11lb peg 87
4th I Liddell 10lb 15oz peg 80
5th S White 10lb 1oz peg 83
6th M Wooldridge 9lb 14oz peg 84
Latest News
Match Fixture List for 2012-2013 season now released click here to view online
To download as a pdf file click below
Also added to our front page is a full calendar so you can see month by month or week by week all up coming matches and water closeures.
We understand how frustrating it is to get to a swim and find waters are closed because of changes.
With this new feature you can see at an instant what waters are available at any time as any changes will be updated as they happen.
The calendar is also available to share allowing it to be imported into some smart phones with auto updateds so you can see up to date information instantly.
For more details on importing the calander to your smart phone contact us.
As well as the great Match Fishing on our waters we also have a great number of Specimen Anglers that are members of Chippenham Angling Club.
We are now adding pages to the website to cater for the specimen angler and are looking for people to send in articals, photos and reports for us to add to the pages.
The first page can be found under the fish records link or click here but once we have enough material it will be given it's own section.
A gate fitted with a combination lock has been erected on the Track to Peckingell on the Tyherton Lucas side on the river.
For access please contact one of the following people who’s telephone numbers are available on the Rule/Information sheet issued with all fishing permits.
Steve Palmer, Simon Wade, Kevin Williams
or contact us here
You will need to quote your membership number when requesting the combination.
Please note: The gate is to be locked after entrance and exit, failure to do so will result in vehicular access being removed from members.
Chippenham Angling Club
are please to say we have now been confirmed that we have a section in the Division One Nationals on the Bristol Avon next year on August 18th 2012.
Don't forget If you beat one of the listed records download a claim form here
Don't forget to include any pictures of the record fish so we can add them to the site
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