Category: Easter Festival

Today saw 24 anglers down the lake to fish the long awaited Easter Festival as the last one took place in 2019.

The weather was overcast with a cold wind making fishing for most very difficult.

There were big fish caught today topped by Dave Wilsden who had a common of 22-08 and Paul Hurrll who also caught a common of 19-09.

Top weight today was Paul Hurrll who had 5 carp for 61lb in his final weight of 69-07 on peg 24 just ahead of Taff Davies and Dave Wilsden who both weighed 61-15.

 A Section

Peg	Angler	Weight	Points
34	Taff Davies	61-15	1
35	Martin Page	28-00	2
5	Mick Denton	25-00	3
4	Steve Stayte	9-11	4
38	Albert Williams	8-07	5
2	Fran O’Rielly	3-08	6
37	Paul Newbury	DNW	8
40	Colin Pryor	DNW	8

B Section

Peg	Angler	Weight	Points
13	Anthony Manson	57-00	1
32	Micheal Corsini	42-12	2
9	Jack Griffiths	26-00	3
30	Gary Kelsey	25-09	4
10	Liam Purcell	19-13	5
28	Geoff Edwards	16-01	6
8	Neil Hutchins	9-13	7
7	Reg Brant	DNW	8

C Section

Peg	Angler	Weight	Points
24	Paul Hurrll	69-07	1
15	Dave Wilsden	61-15	2
22	Dan Deakin	41-01	3
14	Kev Simpson	24-13	4
20	Mark Harrison	17-06	5
17	Steve Page	16-01	6
18	Anthony Tomkins	8-04	7
26	Liam Bough	1-08	8

Top 6

Angler	Points
Paul Hurrll	1
Taff Davies	1
Anthony Manson	1
Dave Wilsden	2
Micheal Corsini	2
Martin Page	2

Final day shootout.

With 7 anglers in with a chance of being crowned Easter Festival Champion ,day 3 saw a more serious mood from the anglers at the top as they were hoping for a reasonable draw and a half chance of getting decent points.

With B section having most of the contenders at the top and the anglers hoping for either pegs 8,9,10 or 32 they were going to take valuable points of each other and in the case today 1 lost fish would cost Geoff Edwards the chance to be champion.

Kev Simpson and Richard Farrow in sections A and C saw indiffernt draws with Richard drawing the aquarium peg 34 in the small lake and Kev drew peg 26 which had resulted in very few fish over the previous 2 days.

The story of the match saw Richard into fish right away and the main battle in C section revolving around the junction between the big and small lake peg 8,9, and 32 as the anglers went fish for fish during the 5 hours.

A section was a very tight affair apart from Richard with 1 fish more gaining extra points and in the previous good C section the fish just turned off making it a struggle to catch any in numbers.

As you can see from the results below the final points total was very tight and places being decided by weight count back.

In the end and after making the best of 3 good draws the 2019 Easter Festival Champion is Preston Blackhorse angler Richard Farrow who ended up with 5 points 2x second places and a section win. Richards top weight came on the last day in A section where he caught on pellet and paste to catch 10 carp for 70-15 {very well done Richard}.

The runner up this year was Guru backed Geoff Edwards who had a 1st, 2nd and a 3rd in section but it was going to be day 3 that has denied Geoff the title as he was pipped to 2nd place in section by 2-01 and that extra point was all he needed.

Top fish caught over the 3 days went to Jamie Amer who caught a massive common of 21-02 closely followed by Adrian Harris with his common of 19-00 which is also his new PB.

There are a few special people to mention that ensure these festivals go ahead and starting with Rolfslake owners John and Pauline Bennett who are hard working owners who have done everything to ensure that the lake is in the best possible condition for our travelling and visiting anglers {thankyou John and Pauline very much}.

A couple of others to mention who have worked hard in repairing the old platforms were Jamie Amer and Doug Hill who have been very supportive in their time and effort in getting these maintenance jobs completed for the safety and comfort of the anglers { thanks Jamie and Doug you have done a brilliant job}.

These 3 days were tough fishing days for some but both the weather and the fish are two things we cannot control but we hope all our anglers and friends enjoyed their visit to Rolfslake and hope to see you again next year.

All anglers fishing this year will be given first refusal to places next year and we will be starting to collect names for next year in January 2020.

Take care

Eddie

Results

24 Fished

A Section
Place	Angler	Weight	Peg	Sponsor	Pts
1st	Richard farrow	70-15	34	Preston Blackhorse	1
2nd	John Morgan	39-01	38	Rolfslake	2
3rd	Dave Wilsden	38-07	4	Rolfslake	3
4th	Dave Bradshaw	33-08	5	Rolfslake	4
5th	Liam Bough	25-14	7	Top Tackle	5
6th	Eddie Taylor-Green	23-02	40	X4 Baits	6
7th	Jamie Amer	21-02	36	Rolfslake	7
8th	Stuart Green	3-02	2	Rolfslake	8

B Section
Place	Angler	Weight	Peg	Sponsor	Pts
1st	Andy Rayment	80-14	9	Preston Blackhorse	1
2nd	Francis O’Reilly	63-11	32	Frenzee/ Bagum Match Baits	2
3rd	Geoff Edwards	61-09	8	Guru	3
4th	Paul Newbury	50-02	10	Rolfslake	4
5th	Steve Stayte	41-05	13	Rolfslake	5
6th	Albert Williams	18-07	29	Rolfslake	6
7th	Mark Newbold	7-04	28	Rolfslake	7
8th	John Beesley	DNW	31	Drennan Oxford	8

C Section
Place	Angler	Weight	Peg	Sponsor	Pts
1st	Reg Brant	25-03	22	Rolfslake	1
2nd	Mick Denton	24-01	14	Drennan	2
3rd	Adrian Harris	19-04	18	Rolfslake	3
4th	Kev Simpson	19-02	6	Rolfslake	4
5th	Mark Harrison	15-09	15	Rolfslake	5
6th	Gary Kelsey	13-03	17	Rolfslake	6
7th	Malc Doyle	1-00	25	Jinx League	7
8th	Taff Davies	0-11	23	Rolfslake	8

Overall Top 10 anglers.
Angler	Sponsor	Pts
Richard Farrow	Preston Blackhorse	5
Geoff Edwards	Guru	6
Francis O’Reilly	Frenzee / Bagum Match Baits	7 {202-04}
Andy Rayment	Preston Blackhorse	7 {172-14}
Kev Simpson	Rolfslake	7 {139-00}
Dave Wilsden	Rolfslake	9
Mick Denton	Drennan	10
Gary Kelsey	Rolfslake	11 {115-00}
Dave Bradshaw	Rolfslake	11 {114-07}
Reg Brant	Rolfslake	12

Thanks for reading John, Eddie and Simon.

Day 2 results

24 fished

A Section
Place	Angler	Weight	Peg	Sponsor	Pts
1st	Geoff Edwards	85-14	40	Guru	1
2nd	Mark Mewbold	61-06	34	Rolfslake	2
3rd	Andy Rayment	40-15	2	Preston Blackhorse	3
4th	Francis O’Reilly	38-02	5	Frenzee/ Bagum baits	4
5th	Steve Stayte	35-14	7	Rolfslake	5
6th	John Beesley	29-01	38	Drennan Oxford	6
7th	Albert Williams	27-02	36	Rolfslake	7
8th	Paul Newbury	DNW	4	Rolfslake	8

B Section
Place	Angler	Weight	Peg	Sponsor	Pts
1st	Mark Harrison	57-02	8	Rolfslake	1
2nd	Kev Simpson	56-09	9	Rolfslake	2
3rd	Gary Kelsey	50-13	10	Rolfslake	3
4th	Mick Denton	17-11	29	Drennan	4
5th	Taff Davies	13-10	32	Rolfslake	5
6th	Adrian Harris	12-08	31	Rolfslake	6
7th	Reg Brant	DNW	28	Rolfslake	8
8th	Malc  Doyle	DNW	13	Jinx League	8

C Section
Place	Angler	Weight	Peg	Sponsor	Pts
1st	Jamie Amer	83-03	15	Rolfslake	1
2nd	Richard Farrow	60-03	18	Rolfslake	2
3rd	Dave Bradshaw	40-08	25	Rolfslake	3
4th	John Morgan	23-15	23	Rolfslake	4
5th	Dave Wilsden	23-15	26	Rolfslake	5
6th	Liam Bough	9-00	22	Rolfslake	6
7th	Stuart Green	8-07&	14	Rolfslake	7
8th	Neil Hutchins	DNW	17	Rolfslake	8

Overall leaderboard after 2 days.
Angler	Sponsor	Pts
Geoff Edwards	Guru	3
Kev Simpson	Rolfslake	3
Richard Farrow	Rolfslake	4
Gary Kelsey	Rolfslake	5
Fran O’Reilly	Frenzee	5 w
Mark Newbold	Rolfslake	6
Andy Rayment	Preston Blackhorse	6
Dave Wilsden	Rolfslake	6
Jamie Amer	Rolfslake	6
Dave Bradshaw	Rolfslake	7

Thanks for reading John, Eddie and Simon.