WEDNESDAY 14TH MAY OPEN MATCH
1ST PEG 34 MARK NEWBOLD 190-4-0
2ND PEG 28 PAUL JAY 165-12-0
3RD PEG 32 MICK JONES 161-8-0
4TH PEG 26 BEN BANGHAM 146-7-0
5TH PEG 4 DIA THOMAS 93-1-0
6TH PEG 10 PAT PRITCHARD 69-4-0
18 ANGLERS FISHED
2014 Rolfslake Match
1ST PEG 34 MARK NEWBOLD 190-4-0
2ND PEG 28 PAUL JAY 165-12-0
3RD PEG 32 MICK JONES 161-8-0
4TH PEG 26 BEN BANGHAM 146-7-0
5TH PEG 4 DIA THOMAS 93-1-0
6TH PEG 10 PAT PRITCHARD 69-4-0
18 ANGLERS FISHED
1ST PEG 9 TONY TAYLOR 110-4-0
2ND PEG 7 TONY KAY 108-1-0
3RD PEG 32 BRIAN RITCHIE 98-12-0
4TH PEG 8 JOHN KENT 88-3-0
5TH PEG 10 JIMMY RODGERS 82-13-0
6TH PEG 5 DAVE ROBINS 76-7-0
20 ANGLERS FISHED
Pos | Name | Peg | Weight |
1 | Michael Corsini | 13 | 323-11 |
2 | Paul Jay | 18 | 238-2 |
3 | Malc Doyle | 28 | 236-5 |
4 | Dai Thomas | 9 | 205-0 |
5 | Simon Watkins | 23 | 170-0 |
6 | Nick Williams | 10 | 142-0 |
7 | Nick W-Price | 16 | 101-0 |
Pos | Name | Peg | Weight |
1 | Neil Riddy | 34 | 152-15 |
2 | Clive Pritchard | 2 | 115-2 |
3 | Malc Doyle | 7 | 110-13 |
4 | Steve Wilson | 40 | 103-6 |
5 | Michael Corsini | 4 | 80-15 |
6 | Simon Watkins | 38 | 60-4 |
7 | Nick Williams | 5 | 49-14 |
Pos | Name | Peg | Weight |
1 | Ade Williams | 13 | 101-13 |
2 | Paul Jay (Fred Parker) | 28 | 76-11 |
3 | Dai Thomas | 9 | 69-5 |
4 | Dave Collier | 8 | 63-0 |
5 | Tony Roberts | 32 | 28-0 |
6 | Nick Watkins Price | 30 | 22-8 |
7 | Kev Loveland | 10 | 7-4 |
Pos | Name | Peg | Weight |
1 | Paul Roberts | 24 | 65-7 |
2 | Keith Stent | 18 | 56-1 |
3 | Wez Hillier | 17 | 40-13 |
4 | Marcus Burgess | 22 | 38-14 |
5 | Gino (Dave Moore) | 26 | 28-10 |
6 | Legs (Simon Mound) | 14 | 18-15 |
7 | Brenda Stent | 15 | 16-10 |
Rolfslake the tackle graveyard just keeps on taking.
With the big fish making a regular appearance at Rolfslake the one thing that i have learnt is making sure your tackle is up to the job as in the the last two matches there have been 5 top kits destroyed with another top kit smashed today plus two number fours as the big 20lb plus carp lay in wait.
Today the match was based in the big lake with the anglers split into two sections the first was pegs 9,10,13,28,30 and 32 with the second section being 14,16,18 22,24 and 26 so the angler set about trying to win their section and hopefully some money. With the wind blowing hard into the car park bank most anglers wanted either pegs 32,9 or 13 but not the dreaded peg 10 aka no carp bay as it has not won a match for a very long time and the unlucky / lucky angler to draw this peg was serial drawbag Pete Archer.
The story of the match was as usual it was a slow start with Kev Dolton and Andy Rayment catching a few fish to start with with Pat on peg 9 having a very frustrating day playing tug of war with the fish in the bush on peg 9 which eventually cost him a few smashed rigs and two broken number fours making it an expensive day for him. At our end of the lake only Mick Jones was catching the odd few fish at the start mainly bream but they disappeared very quickly leaving him long periods without any fish.
Andy Quarmby on peg 14 was having a very quiet day and spent the last half walking around watching the rest of the anglers catching and losing fish so he was one less to worry about in B section.
The winner today was amazingly Pete Archer on peg 10 in no carp bay who after persisting fishing long with not much reward set about fishing to his left hand edge as he could see a few fish swirling and by fishing the top three of his pole set about putting a big weight together. Pete fished with pellet hookbait feeding pellet to catch big carp to upper doubles in his weight of 225-15 but it did cost him a top kit which i could hear break from the other side of the lake { well done Pete }.
In a close battle for second overall it was between Kev Dolton on peg 32 and Paul Jay on peg 28 which would eventually be won by Kev by one fish or 13lb by Rolfslake standards as his weight beat Paul’s by 173-11 to 160-08 to claim second in the match leaving Paul to win the section by default.
The winner of C section was Toby Pope who had a late run of carp in the match by fishing long down the edge towards peg 15’s platform catching big carp in his weight of 130-08.
Results
12 fished.
Place | Angler | Peg | Weight | |
1st | Pete Archer | 10 | 225-15 | Vespe |
2nd | Kev Dolton | 32 | 173-11 | Rolfslake |
3rd | Paul Jay | 28 | 160-08 | Rolfslake |
4th | Andy Rayment | 13 | 136-01 | Rolfslake |
5th | Toby Pope | 16 | 130-08 | Rolfslake |
6th | Pat Pritchard | 9 | 125-04 | Rolfslake |
7th | Eddie Taylor-Green | 22 | 99-08 | Rolfslake |
8th | John Bennett | 24 | 98-09 | Rolfslake |
9th | Micheal Corsini | 26 | 86-04 | Burt Baits |
10th | Mick Jones | 18 | 45-11 | Rolfslake |
11th | Graham Ridgely | 30 | 19-09 | Rolfslake |
12th | Andy Quarmby | 14 | DNW | Middy |
The Pirate wins the battle of Terret Twins.
With John and I drawn next to each other it was never going to be a quiet match and with both of us struggling to put any fish in quantities in the net it was always going to be a last hour and a half race when the fishing gets stronger. The most frustrating thing at this time is with the amount of fish that come down the edge you are always going to foul hook a few and both John and I were heard cursing after each lost fish but what did it for John was when i landed a fish of 16-08 to beat him by just 15 ounces on the bell.
The score now stands at
John 5
Eddie 5
Thaks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.
1ST PEG 22 KEITH STENT 186-4-0
2ND PEG 40 ED BLAINE 122-15-0
3RD PEG 7 RUSSELL HILL 105-2-0
4TH PEG 13 CHRIS TOMAS 78-5-0
5TH PEG 34 MARKI GILBERT 74-7-0
6TH PEG 24 ROB YOUNG 74-4-0
Steve Wilson make it two wins in three days with a new PB.
John tells me there were only 8 anglers on todays match but they all had a great days fishing with the 8 anglers averaging 193lb each in what was bagging fest.
The winner today was Steve Wilson fresh from his win on Saturday and this time from peg 8 where Steve fished down the track fishing pellet feeding pellet to catch his mixed bag with carp to double figures in his final weight and new PB of 303-14 { very well done Steve }. In second place was lake owner John Bennett who today showed what he can do if he draws a half decent peg and today peg 5 was that peg with plenty of big carp coming from his short range line and John ended up 8lb clear of third place with his weight of 237-07. In third place was Micheal Corsini down on peg 40 at the bottom of the small lake and who worked hard putting together a mixed bag of fish for yet another 200lb weight today this time 229-07.
Mick Wilkinson on peg 4 had a mixed day with breaking two top kits ,catching a PB common carp at Rolfs of 21lb and catching 63lb of bream in his final weight of 229-07 { well done Mick }.
With the weather being settled i expect the first 400lb weight to come out of Rolfs for a few years in the next two weeks with of course the right angler on the right peg as the carp are really feeding well but so are the bream as we have had weights in the last few days of 38lb , 40lb and now 63lb for anglers mainly fishing for carp so a suprise 100lb of silvers could be on the cards as these fish average about 3lb a piece and love pellet at the moment so who knows.
Results
8 Fished
Place | Angler | Peg | Weight | |
1st | Steve Wilson | 8 | 303-14 new PB | Jinx League |
2nd | John Bennett | 5 | 237-07 | Rolfslake |
3rd | Micheal Corsini | 40 | 229-07 | Burt Baits |
4th | Mick Wilkinson | 4 | 220-09 | Maryuku / Guru |
5th | Dave Whiteman | 2 | 168-05 | Hydro 2000 |
6th | Dave Howe | 38 | 144-11 | Browning |
7th | Ernie Malyon | 34 | 143-13 | Rolfslake |
8th | Dave Fox | 7 | 106-03 | Rolfslake |
Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.