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.