TWELVE-year-old Jack Danby, in his first season with Midland, is certainly a fast learner.

It came as no surprise when, at only his fifth attempt, he took top spot at Sherwood Forest Farm Park Fishery.

Drawn on peg three, he pole-fished caster across – on advice from the bailiff – for 23-13-8 of chub and ide.

Gary Smith, on peg 17, might have won but a couple of carp shed the hook and he finished with 22-1-8 on caster. He landed a couple of bonus carp, late on in the near-side margin.

Anthony White took third with 18-8 off peg 10, two carp on meat to go with ide on worm.

Only a couple of fish separated the top three in the Blankers annual night match at Lincolnshire's Fenlake Fishery.

Ian Goodacre just edged out Len Robinson and Glenn Ford to claim his fourth straight win.

Goodacre fished bread shallow on his top two to catch small carp, before a late switch to meat on the deck saw him pick up a better stamp of fish to 5lb.

Paul Smith just missed the magic ton mark in the Waltonians match on Hemmington carp lake.

He weighed 97-12 on halibut pellet and dog biscuit, which included bream to 2lb off the top.

Mick Uwins was second with 85-2 on biscuit.

Matchmen Bulwell had a slow start at the prolific Shearsby Valley Lakes. Lots of fish were cruising on the surface but floating baits were banned by the owner on the day.

Connor Clark, on peg 11, won with 77-12 of carp to 8lb. He took full advantage of two empty pegs to his left and fed heavily down the edge catching on corn over caster and pellets.

Richard Cooke, on peg 14, landed 41-8 of carp to 6lb on corn tight to the island. He had a late run of carp shallow down the track on pellet.

He just edged out Simon Cooke, at the next peg, who had with 41lb of carp to 7lb, on pellet 1ft deep.

Long Eaton Victoria Angling Society's second match of the season was fished in blazing-hot conditions at the Woodhouse Farm Fishery, at Longford.

Dave Mayo made excellent use of peg 1, taking 47-10 of carp to 7lb on paste.

Paul Richardson (peg 25) alternated between method feeder and pole and paste, taking carp to 6lb in his 41-8.

Long Eaton tackle dealer Aubrey Wainwright (peg 24) took third with 33-4 of carp, on paste over caster.

Match 3 (on the Erewash Canal for the Victoria Cup) has been put back to Wednesday July 15. It will take place after Match 4 (at Robinwood Fishery, Ingleby, for the H Mountney Momorial Trophy) on Sunday July 12.

Radcliffe had a decent day on the Trent at Rolleston, with skimmers, hybrids and roach to 1lb coming out. John Urruty, on peg 24, followed up his win on the same venue last year, using maggot on groundbait feeder for 20-7.

Paul Gilbert won a good Bingham match at Fishpool with 59-11 of carp to 5lb on bread at 16m. Matt Wallington was second with 41-5 on paste.

Dave Tizzard lifted the John Gaunt trophy with 20-12 of carp and tench in the Arnold Ex-Service match at Misterton Hall.

Acorn AC averaged 18lb a man at Aldercar Lane. With the majority of fish under 1lb, apart from a couple of lumps, they were kept busy throughout the match.

Mark Smith, on peg 22, fished pellet and corn, feeding caster, for 34lbs. He also picked up the £96 Golden Peg.

Barnstone suffered a rare defeat on their own water when they lost 117-2 to 106-4 against Collingham. Cedric Baldwin took top spot with 30-6 at fancied peg 46. He had four carp, a tench and bits.

Brin Marrison was second with 17-2 of skimmers at peg 41, while Andy Gammon was third with 17lb, which included a carp, at peg 9.

ROF were on Moat pool at Hemmington where Trev Hill made the best use of fancied peg 7. He used floating bread for 42-12, just clear of Shaun Butler who fished pellet on top of the sunken island for 37-10.

Club match returns....

ACORN AC (Aldercar Lane): Mark Smith 34-0, Paul McNicol 26-6, Vik Brezinskis 23-12, George Martinez 23-7, Vic Pye 22-8, Galvin Revill 22-4, Mick Smith 21-2, Jamie Taylor 20-6, Pete Taylor 16-9. 16 fished. Next: Sunday, Peacock Lake (draw 8.30, fishing 9.30-3.30).

ARNOLD EX-SERVICE (Misterton Hall): Dave Tizzard 20-12, M Broadhead 17-14, K Lowe 16-8, P Chappell 15-13, P Duffy 14-12, M Smith 14-6, G Harris 14-4, P Butler 11-15, D Richmond 11-0, D Young 9-3, S Field 5-13, P Harrison 4-15, I Bates 4-6, M Truman 2-10. Next: Birch House (8am).

BARNSTONE v Collingham (match pit): Cedric Baldwin 30-6, B Marrison 17-2, A Gammon 17-0, I Donaldson 15-10, K Redwood 13-6, B Whitworth 13-5, J Geil 12-14, J Cox 12-12, P Layne 12-2, G Stone 11-5, T Wilkinson 9-1, M Nicholson 8-12, M Brewster 8-2, M Morris 7-12, I Brewster 6-12, D Allam 6-11, P Locke 6-2, P Giles 6-0, P Johnson 5-12, M Dymond 5-5, P Thomas 5-2, R Baldwin 5-2, M Wing 4-9, G Booth 4-7, J Giles 4-6, P Aldridge 3-12, R Jones 3-10, A Robinson 2-14, V Young 2-10, T Giles 2-7, B Clements 2-3. 3 dnw.

Bingham (Fishpool): Paul Gilbert 59-11, M Wallington 41-5, D Adams 36-3, M Fielding 33-2, D Millington 14-6, A Cox 8-10, S Wallington 8-2, R Landon 6-7, Paula Attwell 5-14, R Attwell 5-11. 2 dnw.

BLANKERS (Fenlake Fishery); Ian Goodacre 135-5, Len Robinson 133-13, Glenn Ford 128-2, Richard Packman 110-11, Andy Smyth 95-14, Keith Ford 94-7, Trev Ford 65-13, Paul Waddley 58-0, Terry Harmieson 39-15, Karen Ford 38-12, Adam Waddley 29-15, Pete Miles 28-14. 13 fished.

CALVERTON COLLIERY (Peacock Lake): Terry Birchnall 51-5, D Prince 45-4, M Lakin 27-4, S Bell 26-4, S Hallam 26-1, D Birchnall 24-4, J Chetwynd 19-6, M Robinson 18-5, D Bell 16-6.

Earl Manvers (Mill Dam): Stu Raynor 72-3, M Bowering 65-10, S Wood 30-0, J Mann 38-10, B Raynor 28-12, T Cooper 27-2, G Dennis 25-4, S Imrie 24-12, J Raynor 23-12, R Bowler 22-13, L Richardson 20-15, B Wild 20-12, P Storey 14-12, Sandra Bowler 10-0, Jean Dennis 7-3.

EAST LEAKE AC (Soar Lane): Ian Foulds 11-11, B Sandom 6-14, A Coppin 6-11, Sue Wilbraham 5-7-8, I Wilbraham 4-1, A Peerless 4-0, J Willimsky 3-8, J McCubbin 2-13, B Bain 2-12-8, M Wood 2-12, T Sharpe 2-11, S James 2-3, K Barnett 2-2, N Green 1-15, D Pollard 1-13, J Watson 1-4-8, C Baldwin 1-4, J Brown 0-13-8, R Chettle 0-13. Next: Lakeview, July 12.

GLEANERS (Portland Waters): Mick Starbuck 119-2, Mathew Gibbs 117-9, Dave Prince 87-2, Jamie Mills 60-1, Mick Wright 59-9, Ray Knox 54-15, Colin Spencer 53-10, Carl Gibbs 52-6, Steve Nattrass 46-14, Keith Greensmith 44-15, John Brookes 44-0, Carl Williams 43-15, Beryl Thackery 42-0, Dave Holland 37-3, Colin Moss 36-0, Mick Lakin 28-15, Rob Campbell 19-5, Pete Lupton 10-5, Alan Gibbs 10-5, Keith Pashley 8-1, Trevor Furby 5-11. 1 dnw.

HUCKNALL ANGLERS (Forge Mills): Bob Finch 2-6, L Gill 1-1, B Livock 0-8, B Cross 0-7.

HUCKNALL ANGLERS (Kegworth): Gary Croft 4-8 (4lb bream), D Brough 4-5, R Daws 4-3, T Coltart 3-11, G Hill 2-12, A Daws 2-10, T Bakewell 2-10, B Cross 2-5, K Shaw 1-14, D Hall 1-14, J Mardell 0-14, L Gill 0-6. 2 dnw. Next: Marina, Lakeview (8am).

KINGFISHERS (Brinsley): Don Hoy 27-4, M Hoy 24-13, H Toseland 17-1, R Tonge 10-13, L Gill 8-8.

KINGFISHERS (Golden Ponds): R Tonge 38-6, H Toseland 35-8, D Hoy 21-0, S Walters 19-15, H Soar 11-0, P Hardwick 6-8, L Gill 5-10.

LEVAS (Woodhouse Farm): Dave Mayo 47-10, Paul Richardson 41-8, Aubrey Wainwright 33-4, Keith White 23-6, Ivan Carrier 18-4.

MATCHMEN BULWELL (Shearsby valley lakes): Connor Clark 77-12, Richard Cooke 41-8, Simon Cooke 41-0, Joey Griffin vis 33-2, John Godber 32-8, Graham Croxall 30-12, Scott Bradshaw 20-6, Nigel Mounfield 20-0, Ian Coates 19-0, Colin Hunt 18-10, Stephan Cooke 18-8, Sandra Maltby 16-8, Wayne Greenwood 12-2, John Morgan 12-0, Peter Haslam 10-4, Robert Haslam 4-0, Jym Moore 3-10. 1 dnw.

MIDLAND (Langdale Lake): Jack Danby 23-13-8, Gary Smith 22-1-8, Anthony White 18-8, Chris Shaw 16-4, Rob Sherriff 14-5-8, Paul Nightingale 13-5, Pete Tomlinson 12-13, John Rick 12-2-8, Clive Williams 11-11-8, Bill Belchin 11-4, Ian Mac 11-3-8, Martin Lacey 9-7, Dave Briggs 8-1-8, Bob Bent 7-2-8, Roger Shaw 3-13, Daryl Butler 2-5. 2 dnw. Next: Decoy (Willow Lake).

New Inn AC 3-hour match (Jansons): R Barras 110-12, M Liwoshko 95-14, B Cobb 88-0, N Fletcher 77-10, S Wood 76-7, P Harper 69-12, S Orrey 64-13, N Potter 60-8, R Hubbard 16-2.

Parkside (Little John Lakes): Martin Turner 57-12; R Marlow 42-14; T Barnes 39-12; B Turner 31-8; G Fisher 29-5; M Reast 28-4; E Davis 26-0; W Truman 25-5; G Butler 24-12; T Turner 23-14; D Fallows 18-13; B Scotney 18-3; R Sykes 14-0.

Queen Adelaide (Jansons): G Mee 138-10, C Bearder 124-0, J Gibson 117-9, W Mellor 70-0, P Theobald 56-11, C Gillam 51-4, F Hargreaves 46-9, J Ellis 32-15.

RADCLIFFE (Rolleston): John Urruty 20-7, S Belton 16-8, V Ciampoli 11-10, G Chapman 7-8, J Farrow 4-11, I Farrow 4-2, R Philips 0-8, P Jones 0-2.

ROF (Portland): Trev Hill 42-12, S Butler 37-10, B Turner 36-10, M Turner 34-2, D Needham 25-14, J Griffin 23-8, J Eccles 21-6, R Marlow 19-6, T Stokes 19-0, D Scott 17-8, S Polsky 13-10, A Butler 13-4, D Ward 7-8. 3 dnw.

WALTONIANS (Hemmington): Paul Smith 97-12, M Uwins 85-2, C Reek 52-4, A Courtney 41-8, A Oliver 35-14, S Lambert 35-8, D Brealey 27-10, J Brooks 20-12, L Newton 19-12, E Smith 7-0.