The team match between Braintree and Bocking Angling Society and Colne Angling Society on Hill and Black at the Fennes resulted in a win for the visitors.

Colne took the match 114½-91½, however, Braintree did provide the individual winner in Chris Orrin, who landed five carp, plus skimmers for a 49-8-0 total.

Justin Smith (Colne AS) was the runner-up with a bag of bream and one carp weighing in at 48-12-0.

Sections (excluding top two): 1 P Morgan (Colne AS) 17-6-0, 2 M Gould (B&B) 28-10-0, 3 K Dewsnip (Colne AS) 43-12-0, 4 M Orrin (B&B) 24-8-0.

Orrin also found the carp in the Cable Pond at Clare in the Braintree club’s Regan Cup third round.

He landed six, plus roach and bream for a 49-7-0 winning total, while Mark Banks landed four carp to go with his silvers in a second-placed 42-14-0.

Orrin landed carp on the Notley Friday Sweep to weigh 12-13-0, but was pushed into second place by John Daniels, who took the win with 19-11-0.

The most recent Friday Sweep saw Mark Orrin return to his winning ways at the venue, weighing mainly small carp for a 22-10-0 total.

Jim Loosley had 9-11-0 of F1s and skimmers for second.

Reece Hearn has been invited to join the Maver/Image Team who have a good squad of anglers nationwide to draw on for events in any part of the country.

Last weekend, it was the Angling Trust’s Eastern Region Shield, fished on the River Yare, and Hearn was picked for his first outing with his new team.

Despite never having even seen the river before, Hearn helped secure victory by winning his section with 8.45kg, which placed him eighth overall.