Fishing club hopes to bring competitions back to Chipstead Lake

A FISHING club hopes to restore a past competition site in Chipstead to its former glory.The new committee of the Holmesdale Angling and Conservation Society, which is based by Chipstead Lake, is dedicating £4,000 of its reserve fund to placing pegs and making other adjustments so it can hold competitions on the waterfront, as it did in the 1970s.New chairman of the club committee, Chris Becker, 64, said: "Some fishermen camp out all night wanting to catch a big carp. This is a...


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