Drennan Rolfslake Easter Festival 2016 Day 3

2016-03-03 22.43.42

Day 3 the grand finale.

Today saw the last day of the Drennan Rolfslake Easter Festival 2016, and with 9 anglers in with a shout of glory it was going to be a tense 5 hours. The current leader Mark Newbold had drawn peg 17 in C section with Dan Deakin on peg 18 who was only 2 points behind.

A sections battle would see Malc Doyle fish moody peg 2 and Anthony Flint on peg 7 with Malc having to beat Anthony to stand any chance of victory. Last but not least in B section there were three anglers Phil, Chris and Steve all in with a chance as they were only 1,2 or three points behind and really needed Mark to blow out and one of the three to win their section.

The next five hours would see all the contenders struggle to either catch carp or control their sections as the not so favoured pegs came to life on what was a strange day for both the weather and carp feeding.

In A section there was a three way battle for the section between Kev Simpson ,Malc Doyle and Anthony Flint who all had chances to pull away but lost fish would eventually see the scales fall in favour of Anthony to secure the precious one point.

B section was really slow for all the anglers but with the wind blowing from the car park bank to the motorway bank, the fished moved into pegs 8 ,9 and 10 and with that any chance of victory for Phil ,Steve and Chris was gone as John Bealey won the section from peg 10. John fished long into peg 11 and could see carp moving in and out of the bush and managed to trap some carp and lose a couple with his weight of 57-01.

In C section all the current leader Mark had to do was come in the top two to secure victory but was trapped on peg 17 as it does not give you a lot options other than fish out I the middle. Mark must of been really frustrated to see Andy Quarmby on peg 22 bagging followed later on in the match by Mick Lane on 16 and Dan Deakin on 18 and that would see Mark slip into fourth place, and with that his chance of victory disappeared .

After a tough three days of battling the fish and the weather and after all the points and weights were confirmed, Anthony Flint was confirmed as Drennan Rolfslake Easter Festival Champion 2016 ( well done Anthony).

Easter Festival Winner 2016 Anthony Flint.

Easter Festival Winner 2016 Anthony Flint.

I would like to thank John and Pauline Bennett for looking after all the anglers on what might be their last Festival down the lake, and to Dai Thomas for assisting in the preparation of the lake and finally to all the anglers for fishing the Festival in a truly competitive and sporting spirit.

An extra special thanks go to Steve Waters and our friends at Drennan International for the goodie bags given to all the competing anglers.

Top 5 Anglers. Chris, Mark, Anthony, Dan and Malc.

Top 5 Anglers.
Chris, Mark, Anthony, Dan and Malc.

One thing for sure is that the Travel Lodge will be quieter and the bar sales in the pub will be down until next year lol.

A special birthday suprise for Micheal Corsini.

A special birthday suprise for Micheal Corsini.

A few photo’s from the Festival.

Special thanks to Chris Telling for the use of his photo’s.

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John Morgan on peg 8.

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Dan Deakin with a 17lb common

Dan Deakin with a 17lb common

Mick Lane

Mick Lane

Festival winner Anthony Flint.

Festival winner Anthony Flint.

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Middy sponsored angler Andy Quarmby.

Malc Doyle.

Malc Doyle.

Results.

A Section

Place Angler Peg Weight Points
1st Anthony Flint  7  33-12 1 Drennan Bordon
2nd Malc Doyle  2 27-10 2 Jinx League
3rd Kev Simpson 5 22-08 3 Rolfslake
4th Paul Newbury 40 13-09 4 Rolfslake
5th Ryan Lewis 4 10-14 5 Rolfslake
6th Johnny Broadbent 34 9-08 6 Rolfslake
7th Mick Chappell 38 2-01 7 Rolfslake

B Section

Place Angler Peg Weight Points
1st John Beasley 10 57-01 1 Rolfslake
2nd Dave Wilsden 9 39-01 2 Rolfslake
3rd John Morgan 8 22-0 3 Rolfslake
4th Chris Telling 30 12-01 4 Colmic
5th Phil Powell 32 8-08 5 Rolfslake
6th Steve Stayte  13 7-07 6 Rolfslake
7th Steve Waters 28 1-04 7 Drennan

C Section

Place Angler Peg Weight Points
1st Andy Quarmby 22 87-00 1 Middy
2nd Mick Lane 16 48-14 2 Rolfslake
3rd Dan Deakin 18 42-09 3 Rolfslake
4th Mark Newbold 17 28-00 4 Rolfslake
5th Andy Johnstone 14 27-09 5 Garbolino RAF
6th Micheal Corsini 26 26-07 6 Rolfslake
7th Gavin Millis 24 17-04 7 Drennan Bordon

Top 6

Place Angler Points
1st Anthony Flint 5 Drennan Bordon
2nd  Mark Newbold  7  Rolfslake
3rd  Malc Doyle  7  Jinx League
4th  Dan Deakin  8  Rolfslale
5th  Chris Telling  8  Colmic

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

2016-03-03 22.43.42

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