John has informed me that this match is now cancelled due to a private match that will now go on till late evening so will now be arranged for a future date. so please watch out for this date.
Sorry for the confussion till our next report tight lines Eddie and Simon.
Edit…. The Next night match is on the 20th August. 6.30 draw.
John has informed me that there will be the 4th night match on Friday the 13th of August draw time 6.30pm fish 7.30 – 12.30 so if you would like to take part in this popular event you will have to book a place with John on the number in the contact section.
The previous 3 matches have been won with over 200lb and this years top weight has also come from the night match with nearly 400lb and after the match the anglers are treated to a barbeque served up by John and Pauline ,so if you fancy fishing after dark give John a call before the night matches end for the year.
Report to follow.
Me with a last gasp fish of 18-08 but you should of seen the one i lost earlier.
| Place | Angler | Peg | Weight | |
| 1st | Mick Lane | 4 | 243-04 | Rolfslake |
| 2nd | Mick Jones | 6 | 232-04 PB | Rolfslake |
| 3rd | Geoff Edwards | 28 | 158-02 | Reading Angling Centre |
| 4th | Chris Martin | 13 | 138-12 | Rolfslake |
| 5th | Andy Aston | 8 | 135-08 | Rolfslake |
| 6th | Matt Howells | 14 | 134-01 | Rolfslake |
| 7th | Pete Arnold | 24 | 123-12 | Rolfslake |
| 8th | John Bennett | 32 | 116-04 | Rolfslake |
| 9th | John Beeton | 9 | 113-00 | Rolfslake |
| 10th | Andy Quarmby | 16 | 104-13 | Rolfslake |
| 11th | Paul Jay | 26 | 88-08 | Rolfslake |
| 12th | Eddie Taylor-Green | 30 | 88-04 | Rolfslake |
| 13th | Ant Williams | 7 | 86-08 | Rolfslake |
| 14th | Tony Walsh | 18 | 66-04 | Rolfslake |
| 15th | Mark Williams | 10 | 41-04 | Rolfslake |
| 16th | Pat Pritchard | 23 | 13-12 | Rolfslake |
Rolfslake pleasure fishing.
On arriving at the lake today i saw Richard Doolan and his daughters Chloe and Milly fishing peg 36 and as i arrived to see them the rain really lashed down and i can tell you it is very difficult to fit four people under an umbrella and expect everyone to stay dry.
After seeing Chloe catch small roach and perch on maggot, Richard gave Milly { who is young and with a Rolfslake personal best carp of 19lb } a go and within a few minute was into another big carp on maggots and after about 10 minutes safetly landed another double figure carp to bring a smile on her face {well done Milly}.
Chloe happy catch fish.
Milly with another double figure carp.
Also pleasure fishing on the small lake was Mark Orchard and his highlight of the day was a pair of 20lb carp caught from big fish peg 38 which has thrown up 6 20lb carp in the last three weeks so if you draw it be well prepared with your tackle as there are a lot of doubles in this peg at the moment.
A good turnout at the lake today for a rare Sunday open match. 22 anglers turned up. Fishing was from 11.15 till 4.15. With Ginger on peg 8 most people had already set themselves up to win the section they were fishing because all thought he would win the match as he normally does from peg 8.
On the all in I had a fish right away as did a lot of people but after the first hour people were really struggling for a bite. Paul Jay on peg 34 had already been trashed in the lilies.
John Bennett came round the lake to take a picture of Dave Whitemans 22lb’er
Dave with his smashing carp
For the rest of the match the only people really catching well was Simon Enticot on peg 28, Ginger on peg 8 and Malc on peg 13. Pat on peg 4 had a steady run of fish throughout the match as did Kev over on peg 38.
The results tell the rest of the Story. Most people tipped back so the weights on the results are those from the weigh sheets. It was a close match though.
Results
| Position | Name | Peg | Weight |
| 1 | Ginger | 8 | 191-10 |
| 2 | Simon Enticot | 28 | 182-4 |
| 3 | Malc Doyle | 13 | 131-4 |
| 4 | Pat Pritchard | 4 | 123-4 |
| 5 | Kev Doulton | 38 | 112-8 |
| 6 | Simon Mound | 6 | 79-0 |
| 7 | Pete Archer | 32 | 75-8 |
| 8 | Mickey | 19 | 72-10 |
| 9 | Jeff Edwards | 2 | 72-0 |
| 10 | Mat Edwards | 7 | 69-6 |
| 11 | Bill Lovelock | 16 | 59-8 |
| 12 | John Hague | 25 | 47-12 |
| 13 | Nick Williams | 31 | 46-0 |
| 14 | Paul Jay | 34 | 34-0 |
| 14 | Dave Whiteman | 10 | 22-8 (1 Fish) |
| 15 | Adam Griffiths | 40 | 16-0 |
| 16 | Gary Haisman | 26 | 13-8 |
| 17 | Mick Jones | 18 | 12-8 |
| 17 | Mark Orchard | 9 | 11-8 |
| 18 | Aiden Maylson | 29 | 11-0 |
| 19 | Brian Green | 14 | 10-12 |
| 20 | Chris Lovelock | 20 | 9-12 |
| 21 | Marcus Burgess | 22 | DNW |
| 22 | Jack Harness | 23 | DNW |
A superstar at the lake
Today was the penultimate Jinx League Match. Most people were already at the lake having fished the Evening match the night before. Most were in a pretty bad way due to lack of sleep and/or the amount of beer consumed.
Gem’s hat victims for the day were none other that Clive Pritchard and Ade (Slim Shady) They are also partners in the Jinx league pairs too 😀
Pairs and Hat partners, Clive and Ady
People today caught most of their fish in the final two hours of the match. Marcus Burgess (Budgie) managed his first win at the lake and his second Jinx ton also mainly fishing down the margin to his left on peg 15. Well done mate.
Peter Moreton on peg 8 had caught well but had been through the bushes more times than he would have liked loosing numerous rigs. Fred Parker fished a fine match and managed to survive the 2010 Jinx series without once getting MINXED. Everyone else fishing has been MINXED at least one time 😀 Fred will not be at the next match due to a holiday but were all sure Gem would have got you 😀
Dave Collier also managed his first ever Section win on a Jinx match, well done mate. Al Loader also managed to catch the first ever 20lb + Carp on a Jinx match with a carp weighing 20-8 from peg 23. Superb.
The Final Jinx Match for 2010 is on the 21st August and then the lake should be fishing back to normal without Malc been down the lake 😀
Results
| Peg | Angler | Weight | |
| 1st | 15 | Marcus Burgess | 130lbs 08ozs |
| 2nd | 8 | Peter Morton | 128lbs 00ozs |
| 3rd | 5 | Fred Parker | 115lbs 08ozs |
| 4th | 2 | Ant Haywood | 112lbs 08ozs |
| 5th | 7 | Mat Edwards | 106lbs 08ozs |
| 6th | 23 | Al Loader | 105lbs 00ozs |
| 7th | 11 | Dave Collier | 100lbs 08ozs |
| 8th | 32 | Clive Pritchard | 99lbs 12ozs |
| 9th | 38 | Simon Mound | 98lbs 00ozs |
| 10th | 28 | Malc Doyle | 94lbs 00ozs |
| 11th | 31 | Geoff Palmer | 87lbs 12ozs |
| 12th | 40 | Steve Akal | 85lbs 11ozs |
| 13th | 10 | Alex Clark | 85lbs 00ozs |
| 14th | 36 | Tony Roberts | 73lbs 10ozs |
| 15th | 26 | Dai Thomas | 68lbs 12ozs |
| 16th | 29 | Nick Williams | 66lbs 00ozs |
| 17th | 34 | Steve Wilson | 59lbs 12ozs |
| 18th | 13 | Dave Webster | 54lbs 12ozs |
| 19th | 17 | Gem Doyle | 53lbs 04ozs |
| 20th | 22 | Nick W-P | 52lbs 08ozs |
| 21st | 25 | Ade Williams | 52lbs 00ozs |
| 22nd | 14 | Paul Roberts | 48lbs 08ozs |
| 23rd | 18 | Mitch Auger | 48lbs 04ozs |
| 24th | 19 | Jon Hatch | 44lbs 04ozs |
| 25th | 4 | Dave Moore | 39lbs 08ozs |
| 26th | 20 | Terry Goff | 18lbs 12ozs |
| 27th | 9 | Kevin Loveland | 10lbs 08ozs |
Today the Jinx Squad return to the lake to fish their annual Evening match at the lake. They are also fishing on the Saturday too.
Before the match Malc had arranged a BBQ so everyone could have a natter before the match. The draw had been a rolling draw meaning you could draw from anytime after 4pm until the last person turned up. Most people were already at the lake and started drawing. People went and set up on their pegs with 3.5 hours before the match was due to start and then headed back for the BBQ.
John and Pauline
Gem and cooking. uh oh....
Thats more like Gem's cooking 😀
Most people were camping at the lake ready for Saturdays match, and some were even fishing the open match on the Sunday too.
John do you know some Gypo's have moved in ??
Rolfslake flasher, Paul Roberts
Cross your arms if your going to do a Ton tonight
After the BBQ everyone made the way to their pegs. Some people were more excited than others with their drawing hand. See if you can guess which ….. ?
Vince Gould was on 14.
Dave Collier was on 32
Malc Doyle on peg 8 with He-Man in the background
Mitch Auger behind peg 7
Tony Roberts seem quite chuffed to be on 9
Clive Pritchard on peg 31
Jon Hatch looks quite happy
Once the match started people seemed to all catch a fish pretty quickly but then people were struggling. After the lights went on the lake looked lovely but the fishing proved to be hard.
After the match word was A section had fished best with Malc on peg 8 had catching well along with Alex on peg 6. Nick Williams had also had a few. While in B section Al Loader was to the only person to really have put a weight together. In C section fresh was his first Ton weight Nick (Monkey) had been trying for another and came very close, Paul Roberts who had a terrible lasy match had managed to catch a few this time.
After quite a hard Match here are the results…
| Position | Name | Peg | Weight |
| 1 | Malc Doyle | 8 | 169-12 |
| 2 | Alex (Bagger J) | 6 | 132-2 |
| 3 | Al Loader | 31 | 99-8 |
| 4 | Nick W-P | 15 | 91-4 |
| 5 | Nick Williams | 5 | 87-0 |
| 6 | Paul Roberts | 16 | 85-0 |
| 7 | Tony Roberts | 9 | 75-4 |
| 8 | Simon Mound | 25 | 63-12 |
| 9 | Mitch Auger | 7 | 56-8 |
| 10 | Steve Steak | 26 | 51-6 |
| 11 | Marcus Burgess | 23 | 50-8 |
| 12 | Fred Parker | 17 | 48-4 |
| 13 | Geoff Palmer | 18 | 36-0 |
| 14 | John Hatch | 30 | 34-8 |
| 14 | Dave Collier | 32 | 34-8 |
| 15 | Steve Wilson | 36 | 34-4 |
| 16 | Gem Doyle | 13 | 32-14 |
| 17 | Dave Moore | 10 | 30-12 |
| 17 | Terry Goff | 34 | 30-12 |
| 18 | Kev Loveland | 28 | 29-8 |
| 19 | Dai Thomas | 22 | 29-0 |
| 20 | Clive Pritchard | 29 | 27-4 |
| 21 | Mat Edwards | 35 | 23-10 |
| 22 | Vince Gould | 14 | 17-12 |
After the match and the weigh in was complete. People were up drinking and chatting till 5am.
A certain young Lady (Gem) had gone to bed having only fished for 2 hours of the match and then went to sleep behind her peg with the slugs and snails. So 7 out of 24 ain’t bad for 2 hours work is it 😀
If you want to fish a night match at the lake the next one is on the 20th August. The draw time is 6.30pm. Its quite an experience 🙂
Make sure to ring John Bennett to book in as spaces are limited. Number is in ‘Contact‘ above.
Thanks, Si and Eddie.