In the early part of the year we maintained our progress throughout the winter and managed to hold on to a top 3 position in the east coast winter league, as a club is was very encourageing to field new anglers throughout the winter series, Alex Dowe and Harry Blackmur joined the ranks and were quickly upto speed on the match scene. After some tough trips away at Lincoln and Boston the final was drawing near. In April the final at Decoy was an encouraging affair  with Lynn holding joint 3rd place with rivals Lincoln,Lynn angler Kirsty Reed scooping the individual prize on the day with a net of 44lb 6oz , only for the team to miss finishing 2nd overall by a mere couple of ounces.    Winter league team was  Kirsty reed, Tom Cockle, Gary Harris, Damian Evans, Harry Blackmur, Alex Dowe. On the individual scene Kirsty Reed finished in 3rd place Tom Cockle 4th place and Damien Evans 6th place.

October saw the start of the East Coast again with a tough away trip on the Fossdyke Canal at Lincoln, the canal in some parts was unfishable with duck weed covering the entire canal, only when the boats came through this created a channel to fish, but the Lynn team were quick to realise that if they got there bait down under the weed the fish were there.

So they all mounted there tackle boxes in search of heavier floats, once selected and the fish being caught there was no looking back for the lynn teams,  1st Tom Cockle, section wins for Kirsty Reed , Gary Harris, and Damien Evans picking up a 2nd in section this gave the Lynn team a well deserved victory.

The next east coast match was fished at our own Shepherds Port venue, again Lynn dominated with Tom Cockle continuing were he left of in the last round and won the match, Kirsty Reed and Damien Evans picking up section wins  also Harry Blackmur captured a section  win.

Challenge National, Grand Union Canal Milton Keynes.   

A  venue which we were all waiting for as many of the squad had fished this venue before, Lynn fielding another newcomer to the side was young Toby Pepper, Lynn fielded another 2 intermediate teams  just to make sure everyone who wanted to fish actually  fished,  I  made the decision to fish the younger anglers in one team  and keep the more experienced team together rather than mixing it around,  As the draw approached  we had time for a quick team meeting were tactics were discussed and what lines to fish and after a bit of  good humoured banter off to the pegs we went, for our first sighting of the canal.

Both teams drew well and in the early stages of the match, the Lynn teams were finding the fish, Toby had drawn a tough section and either side of him were England intermediate anglers, he was not  dispondant to the challenge and eventually convincingly beating both anglers around him and actually taking a well earned section win. Harry Blackmur and Rocky Murley also fished very well and finished very high up in the section for some valuble team points, Brendan Strowlger was the other team angler for the youngsters but conditions and lack of fish in the swim despite trying every option available, points were hard to come by in the toughest area.