Details for the winter league 2009/10

Winter league dates are as follows, all those interested get your names down and there will be a priority for all those that
fished last years league and have continued to support the fishery.
To book in e-mail  lake.john@virgin.net

Results for 28th February

The excitement mounts as we enter the final round of the Milo Masters Winter League. On the day three regular faces did the biz, but consistency was the real name of the game and no one did that better than the Bobby Jarvis & Paul Law partnership, with Dave Massey taking individual top honours. Take a well-deserved bow chaps. Well done to everyone that took part and big thanks, once again, to our sponsors Milo.


1st Colin Bartlett Lake John                        Peg 2              30-08-0     xpts
On the pole all day, Starting long with the tried and tested maggot over groundbait, switching inside around midday to catch around 10lb of rudd along the rushes. Lucky for you lot that I’m a modest chap.

2nd Gary Miller VDE Maver Image              Peg 8              26-04-0
Gary did what he does best, fished a very tidy match, although he admitted to me afterwards that he shouldn’t have spent so much time on the pellet. Once that was sorted he started to motor, again maggot over groundbait, but if truth was known there was only ever going to be one daddy today.

3rd Alec Roberts Middy/Lake John             Peg 12             23-14-0
Another all pole attack, Al set up two lines long and quickly found skimmers and bonus bream ready to scoff his pellet offerings. As the weather will start to warm, Mr Middy will once again be one of the names to beat.

4th Steve Arno Terrapins                              Peg 11             20-14-0

5th Stevie Thorn Terrapins                           Peg 29             19-09-0

6th Mickey Herbert Terrapins                       Peg 14             18-11-0


Here’s how the series ended up:

TOP INDIVIDUALS
The three most consistent anglers over the series all picked up individual prizes. Top rod was:

1st & 2010 Winner Dave Massey - 97pts

TOP PAIRS
Cash prizes also paid out for top three pairs:

1st & 2010 Winners  Bob Jarvis/Paul Law      = 203 pts
2nd Barry Oliver/Scott Clark                            = 191 pts
3rd Dave Massey/Dean Hunt                            = 178 pts
 

Results for 21st February 2010

With the finishing line in sight, this was the penultimate round in the Milo Masters,
but it super Al Spooner who showed us all a clean pair of heals, bagging 50lb of winter carp and doubling the nearest weight.

 1^st        Al Spooner                 Lake John                  Peg 34             70-04-0
Al knew he had drawn one of the best feeder pegs on the lake and wasted no time, five 10lb+ carp fell to his corn and groundbait feeder,
two rod lengths off the island. Then, being the shrewd fella that he is, Al switched to the pole to close out the match in style with a nice
backup of skimmers. Well done pal.

 2^nd       Simon Wilsmore     Milo/D&A Tackle          Peg 33              35-04-0
With the leader out of sight, Milo’s top man proceeded to give the rest off us a spanking. Long pole with maggot over groundbait for silvers
galore with the odd bonus fish down the edge.

  3^rd       Jeff Lockwood        Lee Angling Centre     Peg 13              25-00-0
Another half decent draw, Jeff has fished steady all day. Skimmers on long pole.

 4^th        Bob Jarvis                 Lake John                    Peg 9               23-02-0

TOP INDIVIDUALS

Barry Oliver               Maver-Image                         97pts

Dave Massey            Terrapins                               96pts

Paul Law                   Trabucco South East          94pts

Results for 31st January 2010

Round 4 of 6 and the top three are neck and neck, as the Clark brothers show everyone else what its all about when it comes to catching a few fish...  

1st. Scott Clark,Simpsons-Angling Direct,                          peg 10          22-08-0     26pts 
Last week was a practice round and brother Darren took the glory so there fishing chat driving to and from the venue is paying off as Scotty dropped his feeder into the open margins of the island, it was a slow start for most but Scott just kept on the tip and even managed a bonus 5lb carp which he tried to claim 10lb for but that was never going to happen and we all know why dont we, because............. ** 

2nd. Gary Miller, VDE-Maver-Image,                                    peg 29           22-02-0     25pts 
Miller man back from his honeymoon with the new Mrs Miller and proceeds to give us all a fishing lesson just like he was before he was a single man, again it was mostly tip work for Gary with a couple of maggots to the hook, skimmers with the odd big en... 

3rd. Chris Vandervlit, Maver-Image-Bowlers,                     peg 7            18-02-0     24pts 
Still winning at the draw bag he wouldn't do this well if someone else drew for him, another end peg how does he do it, only joking Chris enjoy that pound I intend to get it back don't worry, maggot over loose ground bait done the trick again, standing in for Danny Coss this week means there are a whole load of points on the board for team Coss. 

4th. Alec Roberts, Middy-Lake John,                                    peg 31          17-04-0,     23pts 

5th. Colin Tasker, Lake John,                                                 peg 34          17-00-0,     22pts 

6th. Gordon Bullock, Terrapins-Redbridge Lakes,            peg 35          16-08-0      21pts 

Martin Amos,           16-04-0         20pts 
Dave Massey,         16-04-0         20pts 
Colin Bartlett,           13-12-0         19pts 
Paul Law,                 13-08-0         18pts 
Barry Oliver,             13-06-0         17pts 
Steve Thorn,            12-12-0         16pts 
Alan Spooner,         12-06-0          15pts 
Steve Arno,             11-04-0          14pts 
Joe Lonergan,        10-06-0           13pts 
Paul Reddy,            10-04-0           12pts 
Bob Jarvis,             10- 0-0             11pts 
Tony Mayers,           8-12-0           10pts 
Ken Farrell,              6-10-0             9pts 
John Hunt,                6-08-0             8pts 
Jeff Lockwood,        6-08-0             8pts 
Micky Herbert,          6-02-0             7pts standing in for Dean Hunt 
Micky Wallis,            6-00-0             6pts 
Graham Hyde,          6-00-0            6pts 
Darren Clark,            5-04-0            5pts 
Keith Needham,       4-10-0            4pts 


Pairs 
Bob Jarvis 12pts/19pts/18pts/11pts - Paul Law 16pts/23pts/23pts/18pts       =140pts 

Dean Hunt 26pts/18pts/7pts/7pts - Dave Massey 21pts/22pts/16pts/20pts    =137pts 

Barry Oliver 24pts/26pts/11pts/17pts - Scott Clark 23pts/8pts/3pts/26pts       =138pts 

Ken Farrell 18pts/21pts/0pts/9pts - Keith Needham 15pts/9pts/25pts/4pts     =101pts 

Micky Wallis 0pts/24pts/12pts/6pts - Alan Spooner 13pts/19pts/17pts/15pts  =106pts 

Martin Amos 0pts/16pts/20pts/20pts - Paul Reddy 14pts/15pts/15pts12pts    =112pts 

Graham Hyde 20pts/0pts/8pts/6pts - Colin Bartlett 0pts/ 25pts/24pts/19pts     =102pts 

Gary Miller 23pts/ 5pts/10pts/25pts - Tony Mayers 17pts/13pts/6pts/10pts      =109pts 

Jeff Lockwood 22pts/6pts/13pts/8pts - Colin Tasker 0pts/10pts/19pts/22pts   =100pts 

Steve Arno 0pts/7pts/21pts/14pts - Steve Thorn 0pts/11pts/26pts/16pts          =  95pts 

Alec Roberts 25pts/8pts/5pts/23pts - Joe Lonergan 12pts/0pts/9pts/13pts      =  95pts 

Gordon Bullock 0pts/14pts/22pts/21pts - Danny Coss - 0pts/17pts/4pts/24pts =101pts 

John Hunt 0pts/5pts/14pts/8pts - Darren Clark 0pts/20pts/5pts/5pts                   =57ptspts 

More ICE whats going on... We are a round of the league missing at the moment thanks to the continued bad weather but this round is to be staged on 21st Feb the week before the final


1st. Steve Thorn, Terrapins,                                      peg 3           21-12-0  =  26pts
Steve had a great start to the match as everyone else had ice to clear Steve took full advantage of the spare time offered to him as the start was put back 30 minutes, with a yorkie bar in one hand and an eyebrow grooming kit in the other he looked gorgeous by the time the whistle blew, and his first put in was a small carp on the long pole Steve switched his hook bait from pellet to maggot to keep the fish interested and the peg just got better as the day went on skimmers and bream were soon in the peg feeding and it made it almost impossible for Steve to get stuck into his second yorkie bar let alone light a fag, but your gonna have to keep that tongue under control every time you catch a fish Thorny.

2nd. Keith Needham, Harrow Postals,                     peg 31          15-12-0  =  25pts
Great to see Keith in the frame and after the match he was telling me that this result has come off the back of his time spent sitting next to mr. Middy last week, "I learnt a lot" he said, well I for one am pleased for you mate, blessed with the fact there was no ice in his peg this meant the peg could be fished to its fullest which is important in these conditions, maggot and ground bait at 14m.

3rd. Steve Clark, Maver-Image,                                peg 8            13-10-0 =  non league
Ma Larky Clarky drew yet another peg with no ice, can you see the pattern that's forming now no ice means loads of fish

4th. Chris Vandervilt, Maver-Image-Bowlers,        peg 28           12-15-0 =  non league

5th. Colin Bartlett, Lake John - J+B Tackle,           peg 36            12-09-0 =  24pts

6th. Paul Law, Trabucco South East,                       peg 41            11-08-0 =  23pts

Gordon Bullock, 10-12-0 22pts
Steve Arno, 10-2-0 21pts
Martin Amos, 9-4-0 20pts
Colin Tasker, 9-2-0 19pts
Bob Jarvis, 8-15-0 18pts
Alan Spooner, 8-5-0 17pts
Dave Massey, 7-13-0 16pts
Paul Reddy, 6-6-0 15pts
John Hunt, 5-5-0 14pts
Jeff Lockwood, 3-12-0 13pts
Micky Wallis, 3-10-0 12pts
Barry Oliver, 3-8-0 11pts
John Weedon, 3-0-0 10pts standing in for Gary Miller
Joe Lonergan, 2-7-0 9pts
Graham Hyde, 2-5-0 8pts
Dean Hunt, 2-1-0 7pts
Tony Mayers 1-5-0 6pts
Alec Roberts 0-12-0 5pts
Darren Clark, 0-12-0 5pts
Danny Coss, 0-8-0 4pts
Scott Clark, 0-7-0 3pts
Ken Farrell, DNW

Pairs

Bob Jarvis 12pts/19pts/18pts - Paul Law 16pts/23pts/23pts - 111pts
Dean Hunt 26pts/18pts/7pts - Dave Massey 21pts/22pts/16pts - 110pts
Barry Oliver 24pts/26pts/11pts - Scott Clark 23pts/8pts/3pts - 95pts
Ken Farrell 18pts/21pts/0pts - Keith Needham 15pts/9pts/25pts - 88pts
Micky Wallis 0pts/24pts/12pts - Alan Spooner 13pts/19pts/17pts - 85pts
Martin Amos 0pts/16pts/20pts - Paul Reddy 14pts/15pts/15pts - 80pts
Graham Hyde 20pts/0pts/8pts - Colin Bartlett 0pts/ 25pts/24pts - 77pts
Gary Miller 23pts/ 5pts/10pts - Tony Mayers 17pts/13pts/6pts - 74pts

Jeff Lockwood 22pts/6pts/13pts - Colin Tasker 0pts/10pts/19pts - 70ptspts

Steve Arno 0pts/7pts/26pts - Steve Thorn 0pts/11pts/21pts - 65pts
Alec Roberts 25pts/8pts/5pts - Joe Lonergan 12pts/0pts/9pts - 59pts
Gordon Bullock 0pts/14pts/22pts - Danny Coss - 0pts/17pts/4pts - 56pts
John Hunt 0pts/5pts/14pts - Darren Clark 0pts/20pts/5pts - 44pts

 

Results for Sunday 4th January 2010

Round two of the winter League and again its ice breakers at the ready as we
endure another ice over, its all getting a bit boring now...

1st. Barry Oliver, Maver-Image,                      peg 14       28-14-0 =  26pts
One hour of breaking ice to 13m before Barry could wet his line and when he
did the results considering the weather were amazing skimmers and bonus 3lb
bream were just on the edge of the ice and couldn't resist the maggot and
ground bait temptation, this was by far the warmest bank and conditions just
got better as the day went on, a great days sport from the big man making
this 26pts to add to his second place on the first round which earn him
25pts, proving he is the man to beat in this league.

2nd. Colin Bartlett, Lake John-J+B Tackle,    peg 10      13-00-0 =  25pts
A Very pleasing draw only a little bit of ice in the peg so a quick bit of
breaking out and then it was getting on with the job of getting a bite and
with everything crossed and an hour into the match the bites started to
slowly develop, maggot to the hook and a little bit of ground bait produced
a few bites but only small fish were to had no complaints from me, me and my
partner need the points we can get

3rd. Micky Wallis, Turbertini,                             peg 33      11-3-0 =  24pts
Mick has had to wait until the last 30 minutes of the match before he got a
bite and when he did his six fish topped the scales 11lb, bream to maggot on
a very, very cold peg

4th. Paul Law, Trabucco South East,                peg 36      9-00-0 =  23pts

5th. Dave Massey, Terrapins,                            peg 28      8-07-0 =  22pts

6th. Ken Farrell, Browning-Lake John,             peg 3        7-09-0 =  21pts

Darren Clark, 7-4-0, 20pts
Alan Spooner, 6-12-0, 19pts
Dean Hunt, 6-10-0, 18pts
Danny Coss, 6-9-0, 17pts
Martin Amos, 6-7-0, 16pts
Paul Reddy, 6-6-0, 15pts
Gordon Bullock, 6-0-0, 14pts
Tony Mayers, 5-7-0, 13pts
Bob Jarvis, 5-2-0, 12pts
Steve Thorn, 5-0-0, 11pts
Colin Tasker, 4-13-0, 10pts
Keith Needham, 4-8-0, 9pts
Alec Roberts, 3-12-0, 8pts
Scott Clark, 3-12-0, 8pts
Steve Arno, 2-4-0, 7pts
Jeff Lockwood, 1-5-0, 6pts
John Hunt, 0-15-0, 5pts
Gary Miller, 0-15-0, 5pts
Graham Hyde, DNW, 0pts
Joe Lonergan, DNW 0pts

Pairs
Dean Hunt 26pts/18pts - Dave Massey 21pts/22pts - 87pts
Barry Oliver 24pts/26pts - Scott Clark 23pts/8pts - 81pts
Bob Jarvis 12pts/19pts - Paul Law 16pts/23pts - 70pts
Ken Farrell 18pts/21pts - Keith Needham 15pts/9pts - 63pts
Gary Miller 23pts/ 5pts - Tony Mayers 17pts/13pts - 58pts
Micky Wallis 0pts/24pts - Alan Spooner 13pts/19pts - 56pts
Martin Amos 0pts/16pts - Paul Reddy 14pts/15pts - 45pts
Alec Roberts 25pts/8pts - Joe Lonergan 12pts/0pts - 45pts
Graham Hyde 20pts/0pts - Colin Bartlett 0pts/ 25pts - 45pts
Jeff Lockwood 22pts/6pts - Colin Tasker 0pts/10pts - 38pts
Gordon Bullock 0pts/14pts - Danny Coss - 0pts/17pts - 31pts
John Hunt 0pts/5pts - Darren Clark 0pts/20pts - 25pts
Steve Arno 0pts/7pts - Steve Thorn 0pts/11pts - 18pts

Results for Sunday 20th December 2009
 

Round one the coldest most frozen conditions ever resulted in most anglers blanking....

Dean Hunt, Wickford Angling, peg 38, 19-0-0 26pts
Alec Roberts, Middy-Lake John, peg 36, 15-9-0 25pts
Barry Oliver, Mave-Image, peg 39, 12-6-0 24pts
Gary Miller, Maver-Image-VDE, peg 12, 9-0-0 23pts
Scott Clark, Simpsons-Angling Direct, peg 3, 9-0-0 23pts
Geoff Lockwood, Medway Tackle, peg 34, 6-8-0 22pts
Dave Massey, Terrapins, peg 11, 4-0-0 21pts
Graham Hyde, Lake John, peg 35, 3-12-0 20pts
Bob Jarvis, Lake John, peg 14, 3-8-0 19pts
Ken Farrell, Browning-Lake John, peg 9, 3-0-0 18pts
Tony Mayers, Lee Angling, peg 2-9-0 17pts
Paul Law, Trabucco-South East, peg 7, 2-8-0 16pts
Keith Needham, Harrow Postals, peg 4, 2-4-0 15pts
Paul Reddy, Lake John, peg 2, 2-0-0 14pts
Alan Spooner, Lake John, peg 31, 1-4-0 13pts
Joe Longergan, Harrow Herons, peg 41, 1-0-0 12pts
John Hunt DNW 0pts
Darren Clark DNW 0pts
Gordon Bullock DNW 0pts
Micky Wallis DNW 0pts
Steve Thorn DNW 0pts
Steve Arno, DNW 0pts
Martin Amos, DNW 0pts
Colin Tasker, DNW 0pts
Danny Coss, DNW 0pts
Colin Bartlett, DNW 0pts

Pairs
Dean Hunt 26pts - Dave Massey 21pts - 47pts
Barry Oliver 24pts - Scott Clark 23pts - 47pts
Gary Miller 23pts - Tony Mayers 17pts - 40pts
Alec Roberts 25pts - Joe Longergan 12pts - 37pts
Paul Law 16pts - Bob Jarvis 19pts - 35pts
Ken Farrell 18pts - Keith Needham 15pts - 33pts
Geoff Lockwood 22pts - Colin Tasker 0pts - 22pts
Graham Hyde 20pts - Colin Bartlett 0pts - 20pts
Paul Reddy 14pts - Martin Amos 0pts - 14pts
Alan Spooner 13pts - Micky Wallis 0pts
Gordon Bullock - Danny Coss - 0pts
Steve Arno - Steve Thorn - 0pts
John Hunt - Darren Clark - 0pts



December
13th practice and open match
20th - 1st league round and random draw for pairs
27th practice and open match

January
3rd - 2nd league round
10th practice and open match
17th - 3rd league round
24th practice and open match
31st - 4th league round

February
7th practice and open match
14th - 5th league round
21st practice and open match
28th - 6th + final league round + presentation at Queens Head

26 anglers will be paired for the series
Who are in this year

Colin Bartlett
Alan Spooner
Bob Jarvis
Gordon Bullock
Martin Amos
Colin Tasker
Paul Reddy
Gary Miller
Alec Roberts
Joe Longergan
Keith Needham
Darren Clark
Scott Clark
Ken Farrell
Dean Hunt
Graham Hyde
Dave Massey
Paul Law
Geoff Lockwood
Tony Mayers
Danny Coss
John Hunt
Barry Oliver
Steve Arno
Steve Thorn
Micky wallis

 

Final Results for Sunday 8th March 2009

That's your lot its all over the Milo masters 2009 has now concluded and from all of us at Lake John we would like to thank everyone that took part this year...

I would like to thank Milo man Simon Willsmore again this year for his continued support, thanks mate....

25 Fished

1st. Gordon Bullock, Terrapins,                                 peg 32      35-06-0
About time Gordy and in true Terrapins style he saves the best till last, and he has just worked out how to catch fish on the pellet, Gordon told me on the phone that's it easy once you learn how to make them sink.... this caster master has finally started to fish like Mr. Amos, skimmers and tench were successfully lured to the 4mm expander pellet down the inside margin and short due to the extreme weather conditions again proving that winter is still with us, a tidy victory from the Boss of the newly founded Redbridge Community Lakes which will be on the match scene next spring.

2nd. Scott Clark, Simpsons of Turnford,                   peg 33      30-08-0
The big man has had a good league again this year not a patch on last year when he was the 2008 champion so he has his own high standard to maintain and he has been in the top half all series, he probably had the worst of the weather today as the wind just kept battering into him face on all match and he just kept on doing his thing fishing the much shorter pole than usual again due to the awful strong winds and driving rain, eight tench were hooked and netted the biggest being close to 6lb as well as a bag of silvers red maggot and micro pellet.

3rd. Dean Hunt, Wickford Angling,                             peg 37      30-00-0
B.T. Dean has supported the league since it began a few years ago and this two hundred pound plus carp bagging man finally comes good just like last year proving his skimmers tactics are in there they just don't come out that often, I ve told you Dean you don't catch skimmers on black hydro, loads of nut money for Dean'o and it looks like we will see you again next year pal, 4mm expander short at 6m.

4th. Micky Wallis, Turbertini,                                        peg 11      29-06-0

5th. Colin Bartlett, Lake John-J+B Tackle,                 peg 28       27-10-0

6th. Gary Miller, Fox Match-van Den Eynde,             peg 26        26-04-0


Individual points
Top three won individual prizes as well as top three pairs.

Martin Amos 138

Gary miller 124

John Hunt 120

Alec Roberts 119
Steve Thorne 112
Scott Clark 106
Gordon Bullock 104
Geoff Lockwood 103
Darren Clark 102
Paul Law 102
Mick Scanlan 101
Steve Arno 97
Paul Reddy 94
Keith Needham 92
Attila Szekeres 88
Alan Spooner 81
Bob Jarvis 77
Ken Farrell 74
Graham Hyde 74
Dean Hunt 74
Micky Herbert 73
Joe Lonergan 66
Dennis Jarvis 58
Dave Massey 47
Tony Mayers 45
Tony Pennycook 45

The final total 2009 and he's how it all ended up...

Cash prizes for top three

Steve Arno 10+21+15+12+19+23pts - Gary Miller 17+23+21+19+23+21pts - 224pts

Micky Herbert 8+4+22+20+12+7pts - Martin Amos 24+26+24+22+25+17pts - 211pts

Paul Reddy 12+19+16+17+19+11pts - Mick Scanlan 12+16+23+21+15+14pts - 195pts


Alan Spooner 16+19+10+13+11+12pts -       Gordon Bullock 15+17+17+14+15+26pts - 185pts
Graham Hyde 14+14+14+9+18+5pts -           Scott Clark 7+21+26+6+21+25pts - 180pts
Dennis Jarvis 13+5+11+18+5+6pts -              Alec Roberts 19+9+19+26+26+20pts - 177pts
Paul Law 22+22+17+16+9+16pts -                 Ken Farrell 6+25+18+9+6+10pts - 176pts jnt
Darren Clark 21+13+15+24+14+15pts -         Dean Hunt 7+11+19+5+8+24pts - 176pts jnt
Tony Pennycook 5+8+7+9+13+13pts -           John Hunt 26+20+13+23+20+18pts - 174pts
Keith Needham 23+10+15+11+24+9pts -       Bob Jarvis 20+15+9+9+16+8pts - 169pts
Tony Mayers 9+6+13+7+7+3pts -                   Steve Thorne 18+24+20+8+20+22pts - 161pts
Attila Szekeres 11+6+25+25+17+4pts -          Joe Lonergan 9+12+9+15+9+12pts - 154pts
Geoff Lockwood 25+18+12+7+22+19pts -      Dave Massey 4+7+8+15+10+3pts - 150pts

Thanks to everyone involved its been another good series and next year it will be even better Watch this space

Results for Sunday 1st March 2009.

Next week is the final round of the entire Milo Masters series and lets hope the weather doesn't blot out the last leg as snow is forecast for mid week...

Next week 8th March is the final round chaps...

20 Fished

1st. Colin Bartlett, Lake John-J+B Tackle,                         peg 38         38-08-0
The last number in the bag as usual and not a great start the ground bait was left unsealed and the micro pellet and 4mm expander put to work two lines long at 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock 13.5m and it was the left hand line that was the most productive, also one line at 7m pellet as well this feed line only produced four fish and as the wind blew the colour of the float kept disappearing into the colour of the back ground which made things difficult but we over come it, skimmers and bream with a bonus tench and a crusian carp made the elastic work out, the only reason I done any good was because Roberts and Amos weren't here...

2nd. Mick Scanlan, Oakwood Angling,                               peg 27        31-08-0
Mick had a busy match keeping the bites coming most of the match on a fair peg, pellet over pellet a bit of micro and a few expander skimmers were plentiful and Mick also snared a bonus tench, the tench seem to be having a real go at the moment lets hope that the predicted snow fall on Tuesday night does not happen and bingo the last round...

3rd. Jeff Lockwood, Lee Angling Centre,                          peg 33        26-08-0
A very consistent new comer to the winter league Jeff has only had one blow out all series and a nice bloke, he has draw bag ability skills as well as he plucked 33 out of the bag a smile appeared on his face, this is a great winter peg and always worthy of a place in the top six as Jeff proved, pellet on all lines and the trick at the moment is not to over feed but do not under feed either not easy!

4th. Joe Lonergan, Harrow Postal's,                                  peg 36         24-08-0

5th. Darren Clark, Simpsons of Turnford,                          peg 34         23-14-0

6th. Dean Hunt, Wickford Angling,                                      peg 39         23-02-0

Individual points

Martin Amos 121
Gary miller 103
John Hunt 102
Alec Roberts 99
Steve Thorne 90
Mick Scanlan 87
Darren Clark 87
Paul Law 86
Jeff Lockwood 84
Attila Szekeres 84
Keith Needham 83
Paul Reddy 83
Scott Clark 81
Gordon Bullock 78
Steve Arno 74
Alan Spooner 69
Graham Hyde 69
Bob Jarvis 69
Micky Herbert 66
Ken Farrell 64
Joe Lonergan 54
Dennis Jarvis 52
Dean Hunt 50
Dave Massey 44
Tony Mayers 42
Tony Pennycook 42

The Pairs Total's going into the last round....

Micky Herbert 8+4+22+20+12pts -       Martin Amos 24+26+24+22+25pts      =187pts
Steve Arno 10+21+15+12+19pts -        Gary Miller 17+23+21+19+23pts        =180pts
Paul Reddy 12+19+16+17+19pts -       Mick Scanlan 12+16+23+21+15pts    =170pts
Keith Needham 23+10+15+11+24pts - Bob Jarvis 20+15+9+9+16pts             =152pts
Dennis Jarvis 13+5+11+18+5pts -        Alec Roberts 19+9+19+26+26pts       =151pts
Graham Hyde 14+14+14+9+18pts -     Scott Clark 7+21+26+6+21pts            =150pts
Paul Law 22+22+17+16+9pts -             Ken Farrell 6+25+18+9+6pts              =150pts
Alan Spooner 16+19+10+13+11pts -    Gordon Bullock 15+17+17+14+15pts =147pts
Tony Pennycook 5+8+7+9+13pts -       John Hunt 26+20+13+23+20pts         =146pts
Attila Szekeres 11+6+25+25+17pts -    Joe Lonergan 9+12+9+15+9pts          =138pts
Darren Clark 21+13+15+24+14pts -     Dean Hunt 7+11+19+5+8pts               =137pts
Tony Mayers 9+6+13+7+7pts -            Steve Thorne 18+24+20+8+20pts       =136pts
Jeff Lockwood - 25+18+12+7+22pts -  Dave Massey 4+7+8+15+10pts           =128pts
 

Results for Sunday 22nd February 2009

Mr Middy makes this his second victory on this the second from last points round....
1st of March is a practice round and the 8th March is the final.

25 Fished

1st. Alec Roberts, Middy,                                              peg 9          39-00-0
A victory last week boosted Alec's points into 6th place and with a win this week he moves up again to 5th place and pellet is king at the moment long pole at 14m and 4mm expander pellet to the hook and loose feeding 4mm expanders as well not a micro pellet in sight which is the method that worked in the winter league last year, the feed is all important and Al's not putting in much at all just holding back waiting for the fish to feed and rest a very simple tactic that is working a treat, an honest bag of skimmers, bream and one tench for good luck.

2nd. Martin Amos, Bedwell Fisheries,                         peg 34        37-00-0
When your having a run of good luck you really are unstoppable and Martin is having it all his own way, six out of six wins on the bottom lake and top three every match on the top lake, Amos's luck continued today as the clock struck 1pm a 25lb carp was hooked and 30minutes later netted for a bonus 10lb, before the carp skimmers were in plentiful supply and the reality is the carp has probably cost Martin the match as the long pole and 4mm expander line didn't return to the same prolific form.

3rd. Colin Bartlett, Lake John-J+B Tackle,                  peg 36        27-12-0
If you cant beat em join em, 4mm expander pellet at 14m kept me busy and all my efforts were to help my mate Bisto Bob Jarvis accumulate some good points as I was drawn as a replacement for his absent partner Keith Needham, no carp for me but a busy day all the same.

4th. Gary Miller, Van Den Eynde-Fox Match,               peg 26       26-08-0

5th. Jeff Lockwood, Lee Angling Centre,                     peg            25-10-0

6th. Scott Clark, Simpsons of Turnford,                        peg 41       24-14-0

Points

Alec Roberts                         39-00-0 26pts
Martin Amos                          37-00-0 25pts
Colin Bartlett                         27-12-0 24pts (stand in for Keith Needham)
Gary Miller                            26-08-0 23pts
Jeff Lockwood                       25-10-0 22pts
Scott Clark                            24-14-0 21pts
Steve Thorne                        21-06-0 20pts
John Hunt                             21-06-0 20pts
Paul Reddy                           20-06-0 19pts
Steve Arno                            20-06-0 19pts
Graham Hyde                       16-04-0 18pts
Attila Szekeres                      14-08-0 17pts
Bob Jarvis                             14-00-0 16pts
Mick Scanlan                        13-10-0 15pts
Gordon Bullock                     13-10-0 15pts
Darren Clark                         13-08-0 14pts (his weight + half)
Tony Pennycook                  13-06-0 13pts
Colin Tasker                         12-10-0 12pts (stand in for Mick Herbert)
Alan Spooner                        11-10-0 11pts
Dave Massey                        10-00-0 10pts
Joe Lonergan                          9-00-0 9pts
Paul Law                                 9-00-0 9pts
Darren Clark                            7-06-0 8pts (stand in for Dean Hunt)
Tony Mayers                            6-04-0 7pts
Ken Farrell                               5-10-0 6pts
Ashley                                      4-04-0 5pts (stand in for Dennis Jarvis)

The Pairs Total's so far....

Micky Herbert 8+4+22+20+12pts         Martin Amos 24+26+24+22+25pts - 187pts
Steve Arno 10+21+15+12+19pts          Gary Miller 17+23+21+19+23pts - 180pts
Paul Reddy 12+19+16+17+19pts          Mick Scanlan 12+16+23+21+15pts - 170pts
Keith Needham 23+10+15+11+24pts   Bob Jarvis 20+15+9+9+16pts - 152pts
Dennis Jarvis 13+5+11+18+5pts          Alec Roberts 19+9+19+26+26pts - 151pts
Graham Hyde 14+14+14+9+18pts        Scott Clark 7+21+26+6+21pts - 150pts
Paul Law 22+22+17+16+9pts                Ken Farrell 6+25+18+9+6pts - 150pts
Alan Spooner 16+19+10+13+11pts      Gordon Bullock 15+17+17+14+15pts - 147pts
Tony Pennycook 5+8+7+9+13pts        John Hunt 26+17+13+23+20pts - 143pts
Attila Szekeres 11+6+25+25+17pts     Joe Lonergan 9+12+9+15+9pts - 138pts
Darren Clark 21+13+15+24+14pts        Dean Hunt 7+11+19+5+8pts - 137pts
Tony Mayers 9+6+13+7+7pts               Steve Thorne 18+24+20+8+20pts - 136pts
Jeff Lockwood - 25+18+12+7+22pts    Dave Massey 4+7+8+15+10pts - 128pts

 

Results for Sunday 15th February 2009

This is the first Sunday in a while that I have not had to break the ice before the match and water temperatures have also started to rise...


Mr. Middy and another 50p

League Dates: Jan 4th, 18th, Feb 1st, 8th, 15th is now a league round, March, 1st is now a practice week and 8th, is the final round

The Pairs

Paul Law - Ken Farrell
Dennis Jarvis - Alec Roberts
Alan Spooner - Gordon Bullock
Jeff Lockwood - Dave Massey
Tony Mayers - Steve Thorne
Darren Clarke - Dean Hunt
Steve Arno - Gary Miller
Paul Reddy - Mick Scanlan
Joe Lonergan - Attila Szekeres
Graham Hyde - Scott Clarke
Tony Pennycook - John Hunt
Keith Needham - Bob Jarvis
Mick Herbert - Martin Amos

25 Fished

1st. Alec Roberts, Middy,                                                       peg 35         18-00-0
The weights are on the up at last as the last of the cold weather is supposed to be behind us now, but this match is as close as you could ever want it to be with only 1lb separating the top three anglers, Mr. Middy has laid down his Tylers Common cap and put on his Lake John cap and takes his first win of the year by the skin of his teeth, and in with his victory he earns another 50p from me as our side bet continues each week, Alec had drawn the peg that Stuart Bracey came second on just a few days earlier and decided to feed the 16m line and wait for his fish to arrive, micro pellet loose fed and 4mm expander to the hook for a decent bag of silvers, and a whole bunch of points for the leader board, Al's partner Den Jarvis was unable to attend due to family issue's so we nominated half Alec's weight to fill in for the league points as there were no spare anglers on the day to fish in Den's place.

2nd. Attila Szekeres, J+B Tackle-Preston,                            peg 33       17-14-0
This Attila's second 2nd placing in a row, a run of form that has come a little to late for the league results but he is taking home the bacon individually ground bait and maggot/pinky to the hook fishing for bites, roach and skimmers.

3rd. Darren Clark, Simpsons of Turnford,                              peg 26       17-00-0
Darren has had a great match on a non form peg and the maggot and ground bait trick seemed to be the way to get the fish on the feed early taking net skimmers almost from the off, two lines long 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock but it was only one of these that produced fish, a very respectable days Dangle-ing for Mr. Clarke.

4th. John Hunt, Brentwood Angling,                                       peg 41       16-04-0

5th. Martin Amos, Bedwell Fisheries,                                     peg   8        16-02-0

5th. Mick Scanlan, Oakwood Angling,                                     peg             13-00-0

Points

 

The Pairs Total's so far....

Micky Herbert 8+4+22+20pts - Martin Amos 24+26+24+22pts          = 150pts
Steve Arno 10+21+15+12pts - Gary Miller 17+23+21+19pts              = 138pts
Paul Reddy 12+19+16+17pts - Mick Scanlan 12+16+23+21pts          =136pts
Paul Law 22+22+17+16pts - Ken Farrell 6+25+18+9pts                      = 135pts
Alan Spooner 16+19+10+13pts - Gordon Bullock 15+17+17+14pts  = 121pts
Dennis Jarvis 13+5+11+18pts - Alec Roberts 19+9+19+26pts          = 120pts
Darren Clark 21+13+15+24pts - Dean Hunt 7+11+19+5pts                = 115pts
Keith Needham 23+10+15+11pts - Bob Jarvis 20+15+9+9pts           = 112pts
Attila Szekeres 11+6+25+25pts - Joe Lonergan 9+12+9+15pts        = 112pts
Graham Hyde 14+14+14+9pts - Scott Clark 7+21+26+6pts               = 111pts
Tony Pennycook 5+8+7+9pts - John Hunt 26+17+13+23pts             = 110pts
Tony Mayers 9+6+13+7pts - Steve Thorne 18+24+20+8pts              = 109pts
Jeff Lockwood - 25+18+12+7pts - Dave Massey 4+7+8+15pts         = 96pts

 

Results for Sunday 1st February 2009

This was the hardest match of all time and it was a credit to all those that suffered and sat through it, and after five hours of a cruel wind, and snow flurries a champ was declared and his name............... Scott Clark, 5lb 2oz's wow this was tuff...

My partner last year in the series and a true champ on the day, with the wind in his face all match this was no joke only to be made bearable by the victory.

League Dates: Jan 4th, 18th, Feb 1st, 15th is now a league round, March, 1st is now a practice week and 8th, is the final round

The Pairs

Paul Law - Ken Farrell
Dennis Jarvis - Alec Roberts
Alan Spooner - Gordon Bullock
Jeff Lockwood - Dave Massey
Tony Mayers - Steve Thorne
Darren Clarke - Dean Hunt
Steve Arno - Gary Miller
Paul Reddy - Mick Scanlan
Joe Lonergan - Attila Szekeres
Graham Hyde - Scott Clarke
Tony Pennycook - John Hunt
Keith Needham - Bob Jarvis
Mick Herbert - Martin Amos

27 Fished

1st. Scott Clark, Simpsons of Turnford,                                    peg 31       5-02-0
Scott like the rest of the anglers just sat and waited for the fish to feed and it seemed for ever in these Arctic conditions but this was always going to be a match of chance and that is exactly what it was, maggot to the hook waiting for a bit from anything in the peg mad enough to want to feed Scott had a hour around the midway mark when a few fish arrived, and every ones dream a bonus bream of 2lb was suckered into the temptation of a single red maggot on a size 20 hook," nice and easy does it big man" I shouted just a few pegs away, as he shipped his pole back in slow motion, well done champ.

2nd. Attila Szekeres, J+B Tackle-Preston,                               peg 36        5-00-0
Fish-o-mania qualifier Attila dug in deep to scratch his way into the frame on this evil day for angling, because of the strong side wind Attila was limited to fishing the short pole for fear the wind would break the long pole, 60 roach on pinky at 6m.

3rd. Martin Amos, Bedwell Fisheries,                                       peg 26        4-12-0
Martin has been on form the whole of the new year and this is a typical day for a man with a bit of form his draw wasn't particularly good and his pellet approach was going nowhere so a maggot was hooked and in the last hour Martin managed to save his shame and got himself well out of jail, a 2lb bonus perch was a great help....

4th. Mick Scanlan, Oakwood Angling,                                      peg 39         4-00-0

5th. Mick Herbert, Terrapins,                                                     peg 8           3-12-0

6th. Gary Miller, Van den Eynde-Fox,                                      peg 16         3-10-0

Points
 

The Pairs Total's so far....

Paul Law                22+22+17pts   Ken Farrell         6+25+18pts = 110pts
Micky Herbert         8+4+22pts     Martin Amos     24+26+24pts = 108pts
Steve Arno            10+21+15pts   Gary Miller        17+23+21pts =107pts
Paul Reddy            12+19+16pts   Mick Scanlan    12+16+23pts =  98pts
Graham Hyde        14+14+14pts   Scott Clark          7+21+26pts =  96pts
Alan Spooner        16+19+10pts   Gordon Bullock 15+17+17pts =  94pts
Keith Needham     23+10+15pts   Bob Jarvis         20+15+9pts   =  92pts
Darren Clark          21+13+15pts   Dean Hunt            7+11+19pts =  86pts
Tony Mayers           9+6+13pts     Steve Thorne     18+24+20pts =  90pts
Tony Pennycook    5+8+7pts       John Hunt            26+17+13pts = 79pts
Dennis Jarvis        13+5+11pts     Alec Roberts      19+9+19pts =    76pts
Jeff Lockwood       25+18+12pts   Dave Massey       4+7+8pts =      74pts
Attila Szekeres      11+6+25pts     Joe Lonergan       9+12+9pts =    72pts
 

Results for Sunday 18th January 2009

Ice stopped last weeks practice match so it was down to business for round two of the league, and would you believe Amos makes it another win and his third victory this week...



Amos the Dominator, two wins on the top lake Wednesday being a golden peg as well and a 1st on the bottom lake Saturday, well done that plumber.... what will it take to get him to smile!

League Dates: Jan 4th, 18th, Feb 1st, 15th, March, 1st and 8th, these are the pairs date the weeks in between are practice weeks and open matches

The Pairs
Paul Law - Ken Farrell
Dennis Jarvis - Alec Roberts
Alan Spooner - Gordon Bullock
Jeff Lockwood - Dave Massey
Tony Mayers - Steve Thorne
Darren Clarke - Dean Hunt
Steve Arno - Gary Miller
Paul Reddy - Mick Scanlan
Joe Lonergan - Attila Szekeres
Graham Hyde - Scott Clarke
Tony Pennycook - John Hunt
Keith Needham - Bob Jarvis
Mick Herbert - Martin Amos

27 Fished

1st. Martin Amos, Bedwell fisheries,                       peg 28       26-08-0
It was a slow start with almost nothing in the net in the first hour but Martin still holds a lot of faith in the pellet even though there was a heavy down pour of cold rainwater all last night, skimmers came along slowly and then there were a few net skimmers to follow all on the long pole at 14m........ more than he thought.....

2nd. Ken Farrell, Browning-Lake John,                    peg 14       25-02-0
Ken Waggled it again from one of his favourite pegs pellet to the hook at 25m and a net busting bag of ice cold silvers for Ken.

3rd. Steve Thorne, Terrapins,                                    peg 39       23-02-0
I am surprised he managed to catch this many fish he is normally feasting on cigarettes and Yorkie bar chocolate, but he still found time to keep busy on the fish and content on this current form peg, pellet to the hook on the long pole, like his Yorkie bar this peg is not for girls...

4th. Gary Miller, Van Den Eynde-Fox,                      peg 30        22-00-0

5th. Paul Law, Talk Angling,                                       peg 31       19-08-0

6th. Scott Clark, Lake John,                                        peg 33       17-08-0
Jnt 6th. Steve Arno, Terrapins,                                   peg 41       17-08-0


Points

Martin Amos                    26-08-0  =26 pts
Ken Farrell                       25-02-0  =25pts
Steve Thorne                  23-02-0   =24pts
Gary Miller                       22-00-0  =23pts
Paul Law                          19-08-0  =22pts
Scott Clark                       17-08-0  =21pts
Steve Arno                      17-08-0  =21pts
John Hunt                        16-10-0  =20pts
Alan Spooner                   15-02-0  =19pts
Paul Reddy                      15-02-0  =19pts
Jeff Lockwood                13-14-0  =18pts
Gordon Bullock               12-12-0  =17pts
Mick Scanlan                   12-08-0  =16pts
Bob Jarvis                       12-06-0  =15pts
Graham Hyde                  11-14-0  =14pts
Darren Clark                    10-10-0  =13pts
Joe Lonergan                  10-06-0  =12pts
Steve Briggs                   10-00-0  =non League
Dean Hunt                         9-08-0  =11pts
Keith Needham                9-02-0  =10pts
Alec Roberts                    9-00-0   = 9pts
Colin Bartlett                    8-08-0   = 8pts (stand in for Tony Pennycook)
Dave Massey                    8-00-0  = 7pts
Attila Szekeres                 7-12-0  = 6pts
Tony Mayers                     7-12-0  = 6pts
Dennis Jarvis                    6-08-0  = 5pts
Micky Herbert                    5-08-0  = 4pts


The Pairs Total's so far....

Paul Law 22+22pts - Ken Farrell 6+25pts - 75pts
Steve Arno 10+21pts - Gary Miller 17+23pts - 71pts
Keith Needham 23+10pts - Bob Jarvis 20+15pts - 68pts
Alan Spooner 16+19pts - Gordon Bullock 15+17pts - 67pts
Micky Herbert 8+4pts - Martin Amos 24+26pts - 62pts
Tony Pennycook 5+8pts - John Hunt 26+17pts - 59pts jnt
Paul Reddy 12+19pts - Mick Scanlan 12+16pts - 59pts jnt
Tony Mayers 9+6pts - Steve Thorne 18+24pts - 57pts
Graham Hyde 14+14pts - Scott Clark 7+21pts - 56pts
Jeff Lockwood - 25+18pts - Dave Massey 4+7pts - 54pts
Darren Clark 21+13pts - Dean Hunt 7+11pts - 52pts
Dennis Jarvis 13+5pts - Alec Roberts 19+9pts - 46pts
Attila Szekeres 11+6pts - Joe Lonergan 9+12pts - 38pts
 

This icy Sunday we hosted the beginning of the 2009 winter league and with a full attendance it was only the weather that was going to upset the first round of the Milo masters...



The morning of ice breaking soon over and it was down to the business of drawing the pairs, there are 13 pairs this year and this means that the points will be awarded as follows 26 points for a win and 1 point for last place in the event of a draw on points at any time during the league there will be a count back on weight to resolve any close decisions, the pairs points will be calculated and added together and the pair with the most points become the champs for 2009..........good luck all!

League Dates: Jan 4th, 18th, Feb 1st, 15th, March, 1st and 8th, these are the pairs date the weeks in between are practice weeks and open matches

The Pairs
Paul Law - Ken Farrell
Dennis Jarvis - Alec Roberts
Alan Spooner - Gordon Bullock
Jeff Lockwood - Dave Massey
Tony Mayers - Steve Thorne
Darren Clarke - Dean Hunt
Steve Arno - Gary Miller
Paul Reddy - Mick Scanlan
Joe Lonergan - Attila Szekeres
Graham Hyde - Scott Clarke
Tony Pennycook - John Hunt
Keith Needham - Bob Jarvis
Mick Herbert - Martin Amos

Results for Sunday 4th January 2009

29 Fished

1st. John Hunt, Brentwood Angling,                                peg 36         19-02-0
This was only the second match this winter for Mr Hunt and already he has found his groove, simple tactics on this ice covered lake were the order of the day and it was a case of less is more as John introduced very little feed all match, so ground to start and single maggot to the hook was all it took to net a few skimmers and a couple small bream, long pole to the edge of the ice.

2nd. Jeff Lockwood, Lee Angling Centre,                        peg 3          18-10-0
Jeff enjoyed an early lead and probably had the match in the bag up until the last hour when John Hunt started to net the bigger fish and just pipped Jeff to the top spot, pellet to the hook and little and often as he fed the long pole line net skimmers and in his third put in a 4lb bream was a very useful bite indeed.

3rd. Martin Amos, Bedwell Fisheries,                              peg 37         15-06-0
Done well from this peg and is still telling lies about his weight, "more than I thought", is now his catch phrase.

4th. Keith Needham, Harrow Postal,                                 peg 35         15-00-0

5th. Paul Law, Talk Angling,                                               peg 2           14-10-0

6th. Colin Bartlett, Lake John-J+B Tackle,                       peg 4           14-00-0



Points

John Hunt 19-2-0            =26pts
Jeff Lockwood 18-10-0  =25pts
Martin Amos 15-6-0       =24pts
Keith Needham 15-0-0  =23pts
Paul Law 14-10-0           =22pts
Colin Bartlett 14-0-0      =21pts (standing in for Darren Clark)
Bob Jarvis 12-8-0          =20pts
Alec Roberts 9-6-0        =19pts
Steve Thorne 8-10-0     =18pts
Gary Miller 7-8-0            =17pts
Alan Spooner 7-6-0       =16pts
Gordon Bullock 7-2-0   =15pts
Fred Brown 6-12-0           non league
Graham Hyde 6-4-0       =14pts
Dennis Jarvis 5-8-0       =13pts
Paul Reddy 4-12-0         =12pts
Mick Scanlan 4-12-0      =12pts
Attila Szekeres 4-4-0    =11pts
Steve Arno 3-14-0         =10pts
Tony Mayers 3-4-0        = 9pts
Joe Longeran 3-4-0       = 9pts
Micky Herbert 2-12-0     = 8pts
Scott Clark 2-4-0            = 7pts
Dean Hunt 2-4-0             = 7pts
Ken Farrell 1-8-0            = 6pts
Tony Pennycook 1-4-0  = 5pts
Dave Massey 0-4-0        = 4pts
Kevin Hodges DNW         non league
Mick Parrini DNW             non league


The Pairs Total's so far....

Keith Needham 23pts - Bob Jarvis 20pts - 43pts
Dennis Jarvis 13pts - Alec Roberts 19pts - 32pts
Micky Herbert 8pts - Martin Amos 24pts - 32pts
Alan Spooner 16pts - Gordon Bullock 15pts - 31pts
Tony Pennycook 5pts - John Hunt 26pts - 31pts
Jeff Lockwood - 25pts - Dave Massey 4pts - 29pts
Darren Clark 21pts - Dean Hunt 7pts - 28pts
Paul Law 22pts - Ken Farrell 6pts - 28pts
Tony Mayers 9pts - Steve Thorne 18pts - 27pts
Steve Arno 10pts - Gary Miller 17pts - 27pts
Paul Reddy 12pts - Mick Scanlan 12pts - 24pts
Graham Hyde 14pts - Scott Clark 7pts - 21pts
Attila Szekeres 11pts - Joe Lonergan 9pts - 20pts
 

Results for Sunday 10th February 2008

This was an important week in the points for the run up to the last leg next week, making the last two rounds a back to back appointment...

Tony Pennycook - Gary Miller
Gary Manoli - Gordon Bullock
Darren Clark - Martin Amos
Mick Herbert - Bob Jarvis
Alan Spooner - Ken Farrell
Dave Massey - Steve Thorn
Paul Reddy - Steve Sams
Colin Tasker - Dean Hunt
Scott Clark - Colin Bartlett
Dennis Jarvis - Graham Hyde


It has taken Mr. Alan Spooner this long to nab a victory but at least he can hold his head up and between him and his partner Ken Farrell they bag a massive 38 points on the day, this is the biggest points total all series


Al on form on the bottom lake this winter, I think he won this match as well, Alan's back...

26 fished

1st. Alan Spooner, Old Hatfield Angling                                peg 39
Al about time mate, you leave it until the end of the series to sort it out, but this good draw also deserved a bit of luck with a great big carp netted mid match and then head down alan proceeded to bag up on the skimmers and bream in front of him on the pellet and long pole, so the hard work came through and Alan would like me to remind you that all the stars were out this week and he beat them all, well done Alan, Bisto Bob will be pleased with you this week.

2nd. Chris Vandervliet, Van Den Eynde-Bromages             peg 12       33-06-0
Truly on form at the moment catching fish in every peg he draw's so well done again another second and if only you were in the winter league you would probably be winning but your not are ya, Aaaaaaarh still there is always next year, oh I also had to give Chris another quid which means I am now down 8-1 its starting to give me the hump but I just keep reminding myself that he used to be good enough to fish for Essex, but that was a long time ago aye mate...

3rd. Len Goulding, Simpsons of Turnford                              peg 16      28-08-0
Lenny makes an appearance this week and with a random draw replaced the Terrapin Micky Herbert for this week only as a stand in and really does the business for his temporary team mate Bob Jarvis gathering a massive 19pts on the day on a peg which has not done too much in the past few weeks, maggot produced the bites and they came in spell's but it was a bonus carp that really saved the day in the form of a 10lb bonus catch and release.

4th. Ken Farrell, Browning-Lake John                                    peg 11       26-06-0

5th. Colin Bartlett, Lake John-J+B Tackle                              peg 35       24-12-0
 
6th. Bob Jarvis, Old Hatfield Angling                                      peg 33       23-04-0

Points on the day, 20pts for a win and 1pts for last place on the day
 

Pairs calculated

 

Results for Sunday 3rd February 2008

Gary Miller does it again and bag's the biggest net of the winter so far into the bargain, but Miller does the damage on practice week again...

Tony Pennycook - Gary Miller
Gary Manoli - Gordon Bullock
Darren Clark - Martin Amos
Mick Herbert - Bob Jarvis
Alan Spooner - Ken Farrell
Dave Massey - Steve Thorn
Paul Reddy - Steve Sams
Colin Tasker - Dean Hunt
Scott Clark - Colin Bartlett
Dennis Jarvis - Graham Hyde

Its Miller's time and this is the day after he gave Will Raison a tuning on the next peg at Gold Valley with a massive 99lb of carp on the tip.

6th place, Paul Reddy with his 2lb 12oz perch from peg 13,
Its ok everyone just after this picture was taken Paul managed to smile.

23 fished

1st. Gary Miller, Van Den Eynde                                     peg 30              45-04-0
Gary planned an attack short but the fish didn't seem to be on that line until later on in the match, so the long pole with maggot over ground bait catching skimmers and roach just keeping nice and busy, a look on the short line at 7m was full on for the last hour with bream up to 4lb and other net fish constantly, its probably fair to say that the match was won in the last hour, well done Gary you am the man!!

2nd. Martin Amos, Elite baits-Old Hatfield Angling      peg 33              38-04-0
The Amos took off like a champion athlete catching down the edge on pellet, four carp between 2lb and 5lb, and a big'en for the mandatory 10lb, but the peg slowed down in the latter stages and this has cost Martin the match as all he could do was watch the Miller man bagging a few pegs away down the lake, Martin's approach was a carp attack and for the first match this winter this was nearly a carp victory.

3rd. Chris Vandervliet, Van Den Eynde                         peg 36             27-04-0
Chris is still showing form, and with this kind of form he would have been a real contender in the winter league but he jumped ship and didn't join us I bet he is regretting this now, Starting on the feeder Chris winkled out a few bites and there was a slow building of weight quiet quickly on a crumb feeder and maggot to the hook, the pole line was then ready for a look and there were fish on both the long and short lines but the gusty  wind made fishing the pole nearly impossible, that's another quid he's won, 7-2 now I better buck my idea's up.

4th. Bob Jarvis, Old Hatfield Angling                             peg 11            24-10-0

5th. Darren Clark, Simpsons of Turnford                       peg 14            20-10-0
 
6th. Paul Reddy, Lake John                                             peg 13            17-04-0



Pairs running totals

Results for Sunday 27th January 2008

This week was round four of six and the points are really going to count as the finish line is fast approaching, so all the mid table pairs only need a good result and the league table will change around...

Tony Pennycook - Gary Miller
Gary Manoli - Gordon Bullock
Darren Clark - Martin Amos
Mick Herbert - Bob Jarvis
Alan Spooner - Ken Farrell
Dave Massey - Steve Thorn
Paul Reddy - Steve Sams
Colin Tasker - Dean Hunt
Scott Clark - Colin Bartlett
Dennis Jarvis - Graham Hyde


Ken Farrell finds carp down the edge on peg 32 and takes all the points this week and its a result like this that can upset the league leaders...


Fourth round champ Farrell (He's not really saying a "Gottle of Geer")

23 fished

1st. Ken Farrell, Browning-Lake John                               peg 32         31-10-0
Not been on the fish of late but this man can catch those big fish and make them count, well he fished his peg long down the edge and with sweetcorn to the hook had decided to sit it out for the big ens well the carp down there weren't massive but he bagged them all the same, five carp between 3lb and 7lb and a few silver as well helped pip the Essex Boys, 20 points well done Ken.

2nd. Chris Vandervliet, Van Den Eynde-Bromages         peg 39        31-04-0
Skimmers on the short line with maggot to the hook and plenty of groundbait and micro pellet loose fed at 7m, this kept Chris busy most of the match and on a sell out match the first and second spot couldn't have been any closer, Chris also had another pound off me again, I know that he would want me to let you all know, I'II be back Mr.Chris.

3rd. Gary Miller, Van Den Eynde                                          peg 3        24-04-0
Gary has sat next to the Milo boss and Winter league sponsor and had his trousers off but only just as it was less than a pound that separated them, maggot down the edge and then out long on the 13m line for skimmers.

4th. Simon Willsmore, Milo-D+A Tackle                              peg 4         23-14-0

5th. Dennis Jarvis, Pro Master-Trabucco                            peg?          22-08-0

6th. Scott Clark, Simpsons of Turnford                               peg 14        16-08-0


Points on the day, 20pts for a win and 1pts for last place on the day

 

Pairs calculated
 

Results for Sunday 20th January 2008

Gary does the business again but you should save those victory's for the weeks that count me old mate...

23 fished

1st. Gary Miller, Van Den Eynde                                         peg 39          36-06-0
Catching on the long pole and nicking fish off the feed is Gary's style and with two lines long at 13m about 7m apart this give s the fish enough space to stay in the peg without spooking too far from the hook bait, skimmers to start and if you are doing it right the bigger fish lead onto the feed for a proper bag of bites.

2nd. Chris Vandervliet, Van Den Eynde-Bromages          peg 34          30-00-0
Had my pound again this week the boy done good specially at the draw bag, there is always next week..........

3rd. Simon Willsmore, Milo-D+A Tackle                              peg 7            23-08-0
The deadly chopped worm has just stopped working so what will the Milo man be doing this Sunday, I guess there will be a change of attack.

4th. Bob Jarvis, Old Hatfield Angling                                   peg 38          22-04-0
Jnt. 4th.Martin Amos, Elite Baits-Old Hatfield Angling      peg 4             22-04-0

6th. Steve Thorn, Terrapins                                                   peg 30          18-04-0


 

Results for Sunday 13th January 2008

Round three of the series and this is the half way mark, and from now on every point will count as the leading pairs switch about once again...

Tony Pennycook - Gary Miller
Gary Manoli - Gordon Bullock
Darren Clark - Martin Amos
Mick Herbert - Bob Jarvis
Alan Spooner - Ken Farrell
Dave Massey - Steve Thorn
Paul Reddy - Steve Sams
Colin Tasker - Dean Hunt
Scott Clark - Colin Bartlett
Dennis Jarvis - Graham Hyde


The wind and rain were forecast but only the wind arrived thank god, this made the tried and tested pole line almost unbearable at full stick, this was reflection in the overall results, but there are still a few bright stars coming through the ranks and young Gary Manoli lands a 1lb 12oz roach to boost his total...

Gary and his bonus 1lb 12oz roach, we all thought it was a tench with the amount of elastic out.

27 fished

1st. Alan Hart, Lake John                                                     peg 16        19-08-0
A good peg on a windy day because it can offer a little bit of shelter from the gusting breeze, but you have still got to catch em and catch em "Al" did, worm and pellet were the choice of hook baits and switching between the two seemed to find the better fish including four tench to 3lb and a decent bream of nearly 3lb, a bed of ground bait was put down at the start and topping up the feed during the match kept the fish on the bait ready for the ambush, not loads of fish today but just enough for papa Hart...

2nd. Dean Hunt, Terrapins                                                  peg 30        19-00-0
Dean is one of those positive anglers and today was the sort of day that would just suit him, the wind was on his back and pole presentation was exceptional all things considered, but his first stroke of luck came to an early 7lb carp on the feeder, from then on it was always going to be a bit easier because all the hard work was done now it was on the pole line and pellet for a few more bites and just enough silver fish to take second place.

3rd. Chris Vandervliet, Van Den Eynde                             peg 7         16-14-0
Taking my pound again for yet another week Chris is starting to enjoy the lake and the fishing with a great start on the feeder catching skimmers and roach he continued this method for about two hours of the match before switching to the pole and maggot and being the old pro that he is, he put a few more fish together, but this week its all about league points and Mr. Chris aint in the league so the pound this week is very shallow.

4th . Graham Hyde, Simpsons of Turnford                        peg 32       15-08-0

5th. Colin Bartlett, Lake John-J+B Tackle                         peg 39        14-14-0

6th. Gordon Bullock, Terrapins                                           peg 3          13-06-0


Points on the day, 20pts for a win and 1pts for last place on the day.

Pairs calculated

Results for Sunday 6th January 2008

This is the first weekend of the New Year 2008, and a practice week as we approach the halfway mark in the third round next week. The anglers and the pegs are starting to change in performance...

So here are the pairs named and shamed:

Tony Pennycook - Gary Miller
Gary Manoli - Gordon Bullock  
Darren Clark - Martin Amos     Chris Vandervliet stands in for Darren this week only
Mick Herbert - Bob Jarvis         Alan Hart stands in for Mick this week only
Alan Spooner - Ken Farrell
Dave Massey - Steve Thorn
Paul Reddy - Steve Sams
Colin Tasker - Dean Hunt        Matt Hart stands in for Colin this week only
Scott Clark - Colin Bartlett
Dennis Jarvis - Graham Hyde


This is the sort of result you need league round Mr Miller not on a practice week, amateur! hopefully he hasn't used all his luck up this week and has a howler in the third round and his partner looks to be the most improved over the series so this partnership has potential...

25 fished

1st. Gary Miller, Van Den Eynde                                       peg 10     21-12-0
This was a real slow and low scoring event for some reason the fish had just gone into shut down mode and everyone on the lake was stuggling to get a bite let alone catch, Gary probably had 3lb by the 12 o'clock mark and with no sign of a bonus fish in the peg but by using red maggot to the hook this is a sure way of getting a bite at least and true to form the better fish made a show allbeit for a brief moment, but on a day like this a couple of fish would be enough, long pole skimmers and roach with three 3 pounders in the last 30 minutes.

2nd. Simon Wilsmore, Milo-D+A Tackle                           peg 37      18-00-0
Well Simon will mind me telling you that if it wasn't for a jammy carp on the tip this 18lb would have looked a bit different, but the 10lb bonus carp was landed and the weight included to the overall net of silvers. This could have been anyone's match with a bonus fish landed as Mr Wilsmore proved and a not so well deserved 2nd place and a new year payout. A little look on the feeder but long pole with maggot and pinky to the hook.

3rd. Martin Amos, Elite Baits-Old Hatfield Angling          peg 34      17-10-0
Another solid performance from the Amos on his tried and tested pellet approach and with a decent bag of skimmers on the long pole, Martin is also a real contender in the league race and his partner is net a few fish as well so at this early stage its still any bodies title, Martin only needed a bonus fish amongst his net of blades to take first place but that's just how it goes sometimes, still you won yesterday on the bottom lake.

4th. Chris Vandervleit, Van Den Eynde-Bromages          peg 31     17-08-0

5th. Alan Hart, Lake John                                                     peg 33     14-08-0

6th. Colin Bartlett, Lake John-J+B Tackle                          peg 8       14-06-0


Points on the day, 20pts for a win and 1pts for last place on the day

Pairs calculated

Colin Bartlett  19pts - Scott Clark 10pts                   Running total = 62pts
Gary Miller 15pts - Tony Pennycook 14pts             Running total = 57pts
Martin Amos 20pts - Darren Clark 18pts                  Running total = 56pts
Bob Jarvis 12pts - Micky Herbert 6pts                     Running total = 47pts
Steve Thorn 17pts - Dave Massey 3pts                   Running total = 46pts
Gary Manoli 13pts - Gordon Bullock 5pts                Running total = 38pts
Dean Hunt 4pts - Colin Tasker 7pts                          Running total = 36pts
Steve Sams 11pts - Paul Reddy 1pt                         Running total = 35pts
Dennis Jarvis 9pts - Graham Hyde 8pts                  Running total = 30pts
Ken Farrell 16pts - Alan Spooner 2pts                     Running total = 30pts

Results fort Sunday 30th December 2007

Round two of the Milo pairs and its too close to call as the points in the coming matches are going to be crucial, and the pecking order is going to change from week to week...

So here are the pairs named and shamed:

Tony Pennycook - Gary Miller
Gary Manoli - Gordon Bullock Dave George has been replaced by Gary Manoli for the rest of the series 
Darren Clark - Martin Amos, Chris Vandervliet stands in for Darren this week only
Mick Herbert - Bob Jarvis, Alan Hart stands in for Mick this week only
Alan Spooner - Ken Farrell
Dave Massey - Steve Thorn
Paul Reddy - Steve Sams
Colin Tasker - Dean Hunt , Matt Hart stands in for Colin this week only
Scott Clark - Colin Bartlett
Dennis Jarvis - Graham Hyde

Amos finds form when it counts and this being the second round of the winter league points are very important and in the absence of his partner we drew for a reserve standing for this week only and what a draw Chris Vandervleit who is also on form at the moment...

25 fished

1st. Martin Amos, Elite Baits-Old Hatfield Angling         peg 41      38-10-0
Not been in best of form on this lake lately but like the true pro that he is by hard work and sticking with it through good and bad it was only a matter of time before he would be back on the top spot, and it has to be said that when the pellet starts to produce fish again this man will always be a hard man to beat after a shakey start and holding back on the feed until a pattern had started to form Martin started to catch strong at both 13m and 9m these lines started out as maggot and by the midway mark it was 4mm pellet all the way, 3lb net bream were starting to cue up well done champ, don't make a habit of this

2nd. Colin Bartlett, Lake John-J+B Tackle                      peg 39      31-10-0
I drew this peg in the practice last week in the freezing fog so I was quiet happy about having the last peg in the bag, a fairly good start on the roach at 6m netting a 3oz fish every put on the caster but this was just my way of allowing the long line to settle for the assault that was going to happen after an hour or so of resting it, skimmers to the maggot to start but then it was a quick change to the pellet on a 4x16 rig with 0.10 hook length and an 18 hook, but this week I was out classed by the Amos on the next peg, wait until next week...

3rd. Chris Vandervleit, Bromages-Van Den Eynde        peg 4       31-08-0
What can I say my hero Chris bets a quid with me every time we fish on the same match and the rule is that its a fiver if we are drawn next to each other well having had two quid of me in the last two matches this was a very important match to me to keep him quiet, and 2oz's is just the sort of victory to shut him up, The Essex boy was on the phone to me that evening telling me how lucky I was, I told him I was in a restaurant spending his Alan Wicker and the food had never tasted so good, Unlucky Chris you nearly done it, caster short on the inner margins and maggot long at 13m over ground bait.

4th. Alec Roberts, Middy                                                   peg 8       27-08-0

5th. Steve Thorn, Terrapins                                              peg 16     23-04-0

6th. Ken Farrell, Browning-Lake John                             peg 10     22-12-0


Points on the day, 20pts for a win and 1pts for last place on the day

1. Martin Amos                         38-10-0, = 20pts
2. Colin Bartlett                         31-10-0 = 19pts
3. Chris Vandervleit                 31-08-0 = 18pts   Darren Clark's reserve
4. Alec Roberts                         27-08-0 =  non league
5. Steve Thorn                          23-04-0 = 17pts
6. Ken Farrell                            22-12-0 = 16pts
7. Gary Miller                            22-08-0 = 15pts
8. Danny Fung                          22-08-0 =  non league
9. Simon Wilsmore                  20-04-0 =  non league
10. Tony Pennycook                19-00-0 = 14pts
11. Gary Manoli                         15-00-0 = 13pts
12. Bob Jarvis                           13-08-0 = 12pts
13. Steve Sams                         12-06-0 = 11pts
14. Scott Clark                           12-04-0 = 10pts
15. Dennis Jarvis                      11-08-0 = 9pts
16. John Shearer                       12-04-0 = non league
17. Trevor Stanley                     11-08-0 = non league
18. Graham Hyde                         9-10-0 = 8pts
19. Matthew Hart                          9-06-0 = 7pts, Colin Tasker's reserve
20. Alan Hart                                 9-04-0 = 6pts, Mick Herbert's reserve
21. Gordon Bullock                      8-12-0 = 5pts
22. Dean Hunt                               8-06-0 = 4pts
23. Dave Massey                          7-06-0 = 3pts
24. Alan Spooner                          4-08-0 = 2pts
25. Paul Reddy                              2-12-0 = 1pt

Pairs calculated

Colin Bartlett  19pts - Scott Clark 10pts                   Running total = 62pts
Gary Miller 15pts - Tony Pennycook 14pts             Running total = 57pts
Martin Amos 20pts - Darren Clark 18pts                  Running total = 56pts
Bob Jarvis 12pts - Micky Herbert 6pts                     Running total = 47pts
Steve Thorn 17pts - Dave Massey 3pts                   Running total = 26pts
Gary Manoli 13pts - Gordon Bullock 5pts                Running total = 38pts
Dean Hunt 4pts - Colin Tasker 7pts                          Running total = 36pts
Steve Sams 11pts - Paul Reddy 1pt                         Running total = 35pts
Dennis Jarvis 9pts - Graham Hyde 8pts                  Running total = 30pts
Ken Farrell 16pts - Alan Spooner 2pts                     Running total = 30pts
 

Results for Sunday 23rd December 2007

Another practice match and this morning the lake was frozen solid again, this was never going to be a high scoring event, Chris Vandervleit takes the crown with a near 20lb on the scales....

1st. Chris Vandervleit, Bromages-Van Den Eynde               peg 32      19-04-0  
Ice all over the lake up to 20 minutes before the match draw was to be held, it was a lottery what pegs we would be able to use so I manned the boat and began to break the ice so everyone had a fair chance of a days fishing one hour of pre-match exercise meant that the match was on, Chris is back on form and the draw has been kind again in the deep water is where you need to be and this is probably one of the deepest pegs on the lake, single maggot and plenty of groundbait got a few fish feeding in his peg, another pound he has won off me, look after them Chris they will be coming back...

23 fished
2nd. Scott Clark, Simpsons of Turnford                                  peg 3        18-12-0
This man is my partner in the pairs and this is just the sort of practice week you need to boost your moral, well done big man you looked like you had everything very smooth and at one stage the fish were lined up one a bung, maggot again for Scotty on the long pole 16m was never going to be a problem for this larger than life character pictured above with a near 2lb roach, fishing 16m he could very nearly cup his bait in from his own front garden in Cuffley.

3rd. Gary Manoli, Fox Match                                                     peg 34      18-00-0
Young Gary makes his first appearence on the lake since he done a feature in the Southern Angler at the end of the summer, in which he managed to make the front cover, long pole and maggot for this young ace skimmers and bream again.

4th. Colin Bartlett, Lake John-J+B Tackle                               peg 39      14-06-0

5th. Martin Amos, Elite Baits-Old Hatfield Angling                peg 31       13-10-0

6th. Mark Luther, Oakwood Angling                                        peg 36       11-14-0


 

Results for Sunday 16th December 2007

The Start of the Milo Pairs and this was a low scoring event on a bitter cold day and with all the mid week ice water melted into the lake this was always going to be a challenging day on the bank...

So here are the pairs named and shamed:

Tony Pennycook - Gary Miller
Dave George - Gordon Bullock
Darren Clark - Martin Amos
Micky Herbert - Bob Jarvis
Alan Spooner - Ken Farrell
Dave Massey - Steve Thorn
Paul Reddy - Steve Sams
Colin Tasker - Dean Hunt
Scott Clark - Colin Bartlett
Dennis Jarvis - Graham Hyde

Van Den Eynde's Mr. Miller takes the first place but he was chased all the way by Steve Sams on the next peg...

23 fished

1st. Gary Miller, Van Den Eynde                                  peg 14         28-04-0
Gary started on the tip and probably left it too long before looking on the long pole where he had all his action at 14m with maggot to the hook mainly, pinky if it got really tough, but by steadily plugging away this was just the ticket on the day, so keep busy as the ounce's soon become pounds, skimmers, roach and perch...

2nd. Steve Sams, Lake John                                        peg 13         26-10-0
Steve had it all his own way early on in the match but you can't afford any quiet spells and that is what has cost Steve the match, fishing the maggot also at 7m there was a bag of bites for Steve on his long awaited return.

3rd. Colin Bartlett, Lake John-J+B Tackle                   peg 16         20-10-0
Started well and mid match over done the feed and killed the peg silly boy, skimmers and other silvers worm and pellet.

4th. Bob Jarvis, Old Hatfield Angling                            peg 10        16-04-0

5th. Steve Thorn, Terrapins                                            peg 27        14-00-0

6th. Steve Arno, Terrapins                                              peg 37        13-02-0



Points on the day, 20pts for a win and 1pts for last place on the day

1. Gary Miller                       28-04-0 = 20pts
2. Steve Sams                     26-10-0 = 19pts
3. Colin Bartlett                    20-10-0 = 18pts
4. Bob Jarvis                        16-04-0 = 17pts
5. Steve Thorn                     14-00-0 = 16pts
6. Scott Clark                        13-02-0 = 15pts
7. Steve Arno                        13-02-0     non league
8. Dean Hunt                         13-00-0 = 14pts
9. Martin Amos                      12-08-0 = 13pts
10. Alec Roberts                    11-00-0     non league
11. Micky Herbert                  10-08-0 = 12pts
12. Colin Tasker                      9-10-0 = 11pts
13. Alan Hart (Dave George)   9-08-0 = 10pts
14. Dave Massey                     9-08-0 = 10pts
15. Gordon Bullock                  9-08-0 = 10pts
16. Ken Farrell                         9-02-0 =  9pts
17. Tony Pennycook                6-04-0 = 8pts
18. Dennis Jarvis                      5-12-0 = 7pts
19. Graham Hyde                      5-08-0 = 6pts
20. Darren Clark                        5-06-0 = 5pts
21. Paul Reddy                          5-02-0 = 4pts
22. Alan Spooner                       2-08-0 = 3pts
23. Ray Webb, DNW                                non league

Pairs calculated

Colin Bartlett 18pts - Scott Clark 15pts           = 33pts
Bob Jarvis 17pts - Micky Herbert 12pts          = 29pts
Gary Miller 20pts - Tony Pennycook 8pts       = 28pts
Steve Thorn 16pts - Dave Massey 10pts        = 26pts
Dean Hunt 14pts - Colin Tasker 11pts             = 25pts
Steve Sams 19pts - Paul Reddy 4pts              = 23pts
Alan Hart 10pts - Gordon Bullock 10pts          = 20pts (Alan Hart was a stand in for Dave George this week)
Martin Amos 13pts - Darren Clark 5pts           = 18pts
Dennis Jarvis 7pts - Graham Hyde 6pts         = 13pts
Ken Farrell 9pts - Alan Spooner 3pts              = 12pts
 

Results for Sunday 9th December 2007

This was the final practice week, and next week we get serious, so a final reminder to all, names must be in for the first league match next week, this event will be in the form of a pairs match on the top lake...

20 Fished

1st. Colin Bartlett, Lake John-J+B Tackle                       peg 32       28-08-0
Well sorry chaps I am only keeping it simple and be very careful with the feed less is best, no big bait bills honest 30 worm heads 1 pint of caster and a bag of ground bait, the real trick is finding the fish and then keeping them, you will start catching them off the feed but during the match they will be onto of the feed and bingo you can really put a few fish together, skimmers and bream all to a tip of worm, next week we do it all for real.

2nd. Steve Thorn, Simpson of Turnford                          peg 41       18-04-0
Last week Steve admitted to doing it all wrong, wrong bait and to much feed but after a few pointers from the regulars this was a different story this week, worm to the hook and a bit of groundbait was the recipe for a match winning performance, the only thing that kept the weight down was the ability to present in the wind.

3rd. Chris Vanderflit, Bromages                                       peg 33       17-08-0
This is a proper winter peg with everything you could wish for, inner margin features and a proven long pole peg in this weeks mid week open where it was the winning peg, but my mate Chris was not a well man and not it then right frame of mind for the job in hand, but still a days sport on a horrible wet and windy day, but all that aside i still won his pound, ha, ha, ha

4th. George Blackburn, Simpsons of Turnford               peg 13       11-14-0

5th. Dicky Carr, Drennan-Spring lakes                             peg 39       11-00-0

6th. Dennis Jarvis, Pro Master-Trabbucco                       peg 14       10-04-0






 

Results for Sunday 2nd December 2007

This was the first week of the Milo Masters practice for the four coming winter league series and on the wettest day ever it was not one bit comfortable let me tell ya....

16 Fished

1st.Colin Bartlett, Lake John-J+B Tackle                         peg 38        26-08-0
A few anglers dropped out after they had seen the weather forecast and who can blame them because it just blew and blew and the it rained and rained some more, there were a few fish feeding it was presentation the kept the weights down I held on for dear life and braved it without a brolly, there were a few fish to be had and at the end of it but it was most uncomfortable, practice makes perfect so we go into next weeks final practice with a little bit of knowledge of what to do for the best, for me it was 0.10 hook length to an 18 hook with a tail of worm to the hook and ground bait is the key to a bag of silvers. I would like to take this opportunity to remember Don Spinks local councillor and Holyfield's Fishery boss who passed away on Monday 3rd December and our thoughts go out to his family and loved ones from, Philomena Shinkins, Karen and Colin and kids.

2nd. Steve Briggs, Terrapins                                             peg 14       18-08-0
Briggsy holds his own on his first match on the lake since last winter and does the business on a peg that would have had the wind and the rain blowing directly into him all match so well done to that Terrapin.

3rd. Dennis Jarvis, Pro Master-Trabbucco                       peg 7         18-04-0
Second yesterday on the bottom lake and bridesmaid again today but this is valuable practice for the league and Dennis looks like he is going to be a force to recon with this winter, worm and caster on a shorter pole line...

4th. Alan Hart, Lake John                                                    peg 39      16-06-0

5th. Martin Amos, Elite Baits-Old Hatfield Angling          peg 11       13-14-0

6th, Scott Clark, Simpsons of Turnford                             peg 29        8-08-0