The Jinx Squad made their return to the lake today. The weather today was very very warm and muggy indeed. The day started off sunny but the clouds moved but it remained hot round the lake.

The car park soon filled up with the Jinx members and some guests as some members were unable to fish today. The draw was supposed to be at 11.30 but as usual Malc was running late which gave Crystal plenty of time to go round and collect everyone’s guesses for the guess the weight competition. Looking back at the results I think everyone guesses were a tad high 😀

Mugger getting the Hat for the day…

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Fishing today was from 1pm – 6pm. The draw format was A section to draw first, in the order of the placings on the previous match so first in the section drew first and so on. The draw ran smoothly except when C section made their draw. Someone (BUDGIE) had put his peg back on the table with the C section pegs. People had drawn their peg but when Tony pulled out peg 40 there had to be a redraw much to the dismay of Gemma who had pulled peg 26 out the bag. Everyone drew again and Gemma still managed to draw peg 26 anyway 😯 With the draw out the way everyone trundled off to set up.

I was trying to get pictures of everyone around the lake but Malc called the all in and I had to get back to my peg sorry 😀 With the match fully underway it was clear that many were struggling with getting a bite in the big lake. Ade on peg 30 was catching a few, Gemma on 26 was fishless after 2 hours and not a lot else was happening in the big lake. The little lake was throwing a few fish up, Steve on 34 was leading the way in the little lake with both Clive on 8 and Dave on 7 catching fish from the far bank on the feeder. Also fishing the feeder was Peter on peg 36, a method used in the last few matches and proved to be very successful. Poor Jon on peg 38 was not so lucky and was having a hard time getting the carp to eat any of his pellets.

Paul and Simon on pegs 2 and 4 were having a mini match of their own, Simon was fishing the corner by peg 3 in the scum and was getting plagued with foul hooked fish and fish snagging him in the bushes whilst Paul was just having problems landing them 😀

Some other shots from around the lake.

Most people had struggled today showing everyone that big weights do not always come from the lake and it is not an easy place to fish. The weigh in soon finished as there were 2 weigh in teams today working on opposite banks across the lake. Today’s match saw the first blanks of the series and probably not the last. Gemma on peg 26 had only managed 1-12 today so most people were safe from a MINXING ! despite that she still managed to take 3 scalps today. Terry Goff, Paul Dolby and Matt Edwards. Who would get the hat this time, only Gem knew 😀

With the results sorted Malc gathered everyone for the presentation. Pete Archer had kindly donated some prizes from Vespe today but instead of giving them to the main winners Malc decided to work from the bottom up so the lower weights all went away with something.

Stand up and collect your prizes…… Everyone was a winner today 😀

At this point all the main prizes had gone so John Bennett and Pauline rifled through the tuck shop to find some more prizes 😀

Section winners and second in sections.

With the presentation out the way it left only one thing….. The handing over of the MINX hat. John Bennett called for the 3 unlucky anglers to the front and lined them up in front of everyone to humiliate them a little further 😀

Gem held the hat over the lads heads teasing them but it finally came to rest on Paul Dolby’s head, where it would be for the entire next match. Fair play to Paul he took it well.

Time for the results..

A SECTION

Position	Name	Peg	Weight
1	Steve Wilson	34	92-8
2	Peter Morton	36	61-8
3	Clive Pritchard	8	55-12
4	Dave Collier	7	54-2
5	Simon Mound	4	45-8
6	Paul Roberts	2	41-4
7	Dave Webster	6	35-0
8	Marcus Burgess	40	15-8
9	John Hatch	38	4-10

B SECTION

Position	Name	Peg	Weight
1	Slim Shady	30	76-0
2	Pete Archer	13	48-12
3	MethodGob	9	33-8
4	Fred Parker	10	32-4
5	Neil Riddy	31	14-0
6	Geoff Palmer	11	12-4
7	Nick Williams	32	9-4
8	Paul Dolby	28	DNW
9	Terry G	27	DNW

C SECTION

Position	Name	Peg	Weight
1	Malc Doyle	25	47-12
2	Al Loader	19	44-8
3	Dai Thomas	23	43-8
4	Dave Moore	14	21-8
5	Steve Steak	18	11-8
6	Tony Roberts	17	7-8
7	Kev Loveland	21	2-0
8	Gemma Doyle	26	1-12
9	Matt Edwards	15	0-12

Thanks to John And Pauline for hosting the match and Pete Archer again for the prizes.

As soon as everyone had left John went off to make sure the lake was in top form for tomorrows Club Match.