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MFS Pre Withy Match. 29th April 2011

April 29, 2011 Simon One comment

The Match Fishing Scene Lads were at the lake today, the match was organised my Sconey.

Scone. Todays match organiser.

The draw was at 9 (ish) and fishing was from 11-4pm. There was a total contrast with the weather today also. It was windy, cloudy and cold. We had a few rain showers as well and a Thunder storm after the match.

The fishing was rock hard today with pretty much everyone struggling for bites.

Results.

Position	Name	Peg	Weight
1	Animal	7	76-11
2	No Hope	28	49-6
3	Mick Lane	22	35-12
4	Proper Tidal Boy	23	35-8
5	Andy T	9	24-0
6	Tommy85	16	20-8
7	Clive	24	17-0
8	Phil Powell	2	15-4
9	Wightman	18	10-0
10	Ian McCulloch	32	8-12
11=	Dave Moore	10	6-4
11=	Rich F	13	6-4
–	Simple	30	DNW
–	Scone	6	DNW
–	Mick Hughes	14	DNW
–	Pete G	26	DNW
–	Herbie	4	DNW
–	Shredders	40	DNW

Total contrast in the weather

Match Reports

Easter Festival Monday Day 3 2011

April 25, 2011 Simon 3 comments

25th April 2011

The Final day of the festival has arrived. With the lake fishing quite hard its hard to figure out who is gonna take the title this year. Derek Hammond is favourite before the draw, but it all depends what peg he draws in A section. A section had quite a struggle yesterday, maybe the fish will return to that end of the lake today.

More to follow……

Waiting for pictures etc

Final Results

	A Section	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	John Hague	34	77-0	1
2nd	Steve Waters	2	52-8	2
3rd	Geoff Edwards	4	41-0	3
4th	Frank Hardie	7	39-0	4
5th	Jonny Broadbent	36	15-0	5
6th	Chris Telling	40	9-0	6
7th	Clive Pritchard	38	7-0	7
8th	Ernie Malyon	6	DNW	8

	B Section	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	Jon Walker	8	98-4	1
2nd	Mick Lane	13	71-8	2
3rd	Phil Powell	10	46-8	3
4th	Liam Bough	9	35-8	4
5th	Paul Glenfield	32	31-8	5
6th	Mick Hughes	28	10-8	6
7th	Paul Newbury	29	DNW	7
8th	Mick Chapell	31	DNW	8

	C Section	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	Geoff Warmington	18	260-0	1
2nd	Colin Wedgebrow	22	230-0	2
3rd	Andy Johnstone	17	116-8	3
4th	Pat Pritchard	15	71-8	4
5th	Dave Whiteman	23	47-0	5
6th	Matt Smith	14	41-8	6
7th	Derek Hammond	26	12-0	7
8th	Mark Malin	25	10-8	8

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

	Top 6	Weight	Total
1st	Mick Lane	247-8	8
2nd	Jon Walker	270-4	9
3rd	Phil Powell	202-8	9
4th	Pat Pritchard	360-4	10
5th	Derek Hammond	332-0	10

Well Done Mick. You can buy a new caravan for down the lake now 🙂

A few pics From Chris Telling’s Camera….

Jonny Broadbent on peg 9. Pleeeeease Stop 😀

Pat Pritchard Playing a lump on peg 34

See, told you it was a lump.

Jon Walker playing a carp

Jon Walker with some of the lake inhabitants

The Elite Weigh in Team

Section Winners

Chris Telling

Derek Hammond Praying for some fish

Mark Malin on peg 25

Match Reports

Easter Festival Sunday Day 2 2011

April 24, 2011 Simon 3 comments

Day 2 of the festival and the anglers were hoping for good pegs today. The corner pegs were the pegs they had their eyes on and much fancied peg 8. The weather down the lake today was not as hot as yesterday and the lake also had a bit of cool rain go in to it last night.

Fancied pegs today went to Mick Lane who always knows how to draw a good peg, he pulled out peg 4, which won the match yesterday. Peg 8 went to Pat Pritchard. Phil Powell got a better draw today with peg 2. Mick Hughes drew peg 34. Clive Pritchard drew peg 18 and Frank Hardie got peg 22.

At the start of the match there were 2 anglers flying along and that was Derek Hammond on peg 13 and Clive Pritchard on peg 18. Everyone else was catching steady.

Pegs 8 and 9 were providing John and Pauline with some entertainment today as Pat on peg 8 broke two topkits in the first 10 minutes after carp were getting the better of him in the bushes on the left of the peg. It was much the same story with Mark Malin on peg 9, he was fishing to the bush and the carp were showing him no mercy taking him on a merry tour of the lake before going back in the bushes and spitting the hook out in the nearest branch. John lost count of the amount of rigs lost after the first hour 😀

The lake is still fishing quite hard by rolfslake standards but people are still catching. Half way through the match John guessed Clive had over 200lb and was showing no signs of slowing down but in the final hour of the match he did actually start to slow a bit.

One thing is for sure though and that there will be no perfect score this year like last year. After day two its going to be anyones guess as who will win.

The lake fished hard again today. The wind had changed direction over night and was blowing up towards the big lake which might explain why the little lake struggled a bit.

Today was a day of broken top kits and sections at the lake with the fish fighting harder than ever….

Clive Pritchard broke 2 topkits and a number 5 on his beastmaster
Mark Malin Broke topkits
Mick Hughes broke topkits
Patrick broke 2 topkits and a no 4 section

Results.

	A Section	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	Mick Hughes	34	144-8	1
2nd	Phil Powell	2	77-8	2
3rd	Mick Lane	4	76-0	3
4th	Liam Bough	7	48-0	4
5th	Mick Chapell	38	23-0	5
6th	Paul Glenfield	40	17-8	6
7th	Jon Walker	36	14-0	7
8th	Paul Newbury	6	10-8	8

	B Section	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	Pat Pritchard	8	152-8	1
2nd	Derek Hammond	13	107-0	2
3rd	Dave Whiteman	29	46-0	3
4th	Mark Malin	9	42-8	4
5th	Matt Smith	31	40-8	5
6th	Andy Johnstone	10	37-0	6
7th	Colin Wedgebrow	32	27-0	7
8th	Geoff Warmington	28	26-8	8

	C Section	Peg	Weight	Points
1st	Clive Pritchard	18	255-8	1
2nd	Frank Hardie	22	137-0	2
3rd	John Hague	15	81-4	3
4th	Chris Telling	26	57-0	4
5th	Ernie Malyon	14	36-8	5
6th	Jonny Broadbent	23	27-4	6
7th	Geoff Edwards	25	20-0	7
8th	Steve Waters	17	12-8	8

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

	Top 6	DAYPOINTS	Total
1st	Derek Hammond	2	3
2nd	Clive Pritchard	1	5
3rd=	Dave Whiteman	3	6
3rd=	Pat Pritchard	1	6
3rd=	Mick Hughes	1	6
3rd=	Mick Lane	2	6
3rd=	Phil Powell	3	6
3rd=	Liam Bough	4	6

Derek Hammond is looking good to take the title but you know at Rolfslake. If he draws peg 18 he will be laughing.

Hope it fishes well for you all on the last day.

Tight lines. Eddie, Simon and John.

Match Reports

Spring League Round 1. 6th February 2011

February 7, 2011 Simon 5 comments

Spring League Round 1. 6th February. 2011

	A Section	Peg	Weight	Team
1st	Ernie Malyon	7	32-0	Heavy Weights
2nd	Pete Arnold	4	17-12	Misfits
3rd	John Bennett	37	10-14	Rolfs Team Gold
4th	Steve Waters	40	6-14	Walker Floats
5th	Dave Losey	2	2-6	Try Anglers
	No Show	—	—	Wooden Tops

	B Section	Peg	Weight	Team
1st	Mick Chapple	10	43-11	Misfits
2nd	Mick Lane	13	31-11	Rolfs Team Gold
3rd	Frank Hardie	30	25-12	Heavy Weights
4th	Jon Walker	9	17-10	Walker Floats
5th	Kev Wittow	28	7-12	Wooden Tops
6th	Jim McCann	32	4-6	Try Anglers

	C Section	Peg	Weight	Team
1st	Paul Jay	14	111-12	Wooden Tops
2nd	Dave Whiteman	18	106-9	Misfits
3rd	Derek Hammond	16	80-5	Walker Floats
4th	Phil Powell	22	70-3	Rolfs Team Gold
5th	Neal Hutchins	24	54-0	Try Anglers
6th	Steve Palmer	26	34-14	Heavy Weights

	DAY TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Misfits	16
2nd	Rolfs Team Gold	12
3rd	Heavy Weights	11
4th	Walker Floats	10
5th	Wooden Tops	9
6th	Try Anglers	5

Match Reports

Winter League, Final Round. New Champions….30th Jan 2011

February 3, 2011 Simon 3 comments

The morning had arrived for the final round of the winter league at Rolfslake. Reigning champions Rolfs Team Gold were behind the dream team Walker Floats and needed them to have a bad draw (no chance 😀 )

There had been a frost on Saturday night and the lake had a thin layer of ice on it on some area’s, John was in the boat breaking it up. Today we are fishing from 11am to 4pm. With everyone arriving on time the draw got underway on time.

Derek Hammond (dream team) promptly drew peg 34 for A section and Mick lane drew peg 6, comments were flying already 😀 Jon Walker (dream team) was not so lucky in drawing for B section and drew peg 8, Phil Power drew peg 32 which is normally good for a good bag of silvers, Phil’s speciality. As I blanked last match I did not have the luxury of drawing, I had what was left in the bag and everyone left me peg 13. Thanks 😀

On to C section, Steve Waters (dream team) drew peg 24 which has had a few carp coming off it lately, John Bennett pulled out peg 14 which I dont think he fancied too much. Things were looking good for the dream team draw wise, no surprise there 😀

With an extra half an hour of setting up time most people were done early and wondering round the lake chatting.

Marcus and Paul having a chat

Malc on peg 30 taking some snaps

Chris Lovelock and Clive down on peg 16

Geoff over on peg 10

Marcus Burgess making a return to fish C Section 😀

At 11am Phil shouted the all in. It wasn’t long before Derek on peg 34 had a carp in the net while the rest of A section looked on in envy and the looked back at their motionless floats.

Not long after Steve on peg 24 who was fishing the bomb was playing a carp, after guiding it round the iceberg it was safely in the net and he screamed out much to Johns disgust 😀 Steve was getting a bite a chuck in fact and already had 3 carp in the net before I had my first carp. I was fishing the bomb with double corn just behind the aerator. A nice 10lber to start off with, not bad. John had managed to land 2 carp from peg 14 but could not buy another bite and had to watch Steve and Clive on peg 16 pulling carp from the bar.

Nearly there

My first carp of the year in the net

Half way through the match things were pretty much the same. Steve was still catching carp, Marcus on peg 23 was also catching carp and Clive was also Catching carp. Everyone in C section was having a nice days fishing. Neil Riddy fishing on peg 18 had 2 15lb + carp in his first 2 bites 😯

A Section were all in the same position as they were at the start, watching Derek Hammond catching fish. Having lost another carp he was now catching some big perch and silvers.

B Section, everyone was catching Silvers, Jon Walker had snared 3 big perch from peg 8, Chris Lovelock on peg 9 had also caught a carp fishing the bomb the the aerator too. I was catching plenty of silvers fishing at 13m on red maggot. Phil, Malc and Andy on the car park bank were also catching silvers.

Phil Powell

Andy looking a tad cold

In the final half of the match things were looking grim for current champions Rolfs Team Gold, John still only had 2 carp. Mick Lane had yet to catch a fish and Phil whilst catching plenty of silver fish was behind in his section as I had managed to catch 3 more carp and Chris had 2 carp.

Steve and most of C section were still catching but it was clear that no one was going to catch Steve up. The weigh in revealed it was all over for Rolfs Team Gold but it had been a close battle right up to the end.

Jon Walker with some cracking Perch

Malc with a rare hybrid from the lake 😀

Results….

A Section	Peg	Weight	Team
Derek Hammond	34	13-0	Walker Floats
Steve Palmer	7	1-15	Heavy Weights
Frank Hardie	2	DNW	Assassins
Paul Jay	40	DNW	Wooden Tops
Mick Lane	6	DNW	Rolfs Team Gold
Pete Arnold	4	DNW	Pats Lot
Dai Thomas	37	DNW	Rolfs Rejects

B Section	Peg	Weight	Team
Simon Mound	13	50-14	Assassins
Chris Lovelock	9	27-8	Wooden Tops
Andy Quarmby	28	15-5	Pats Lot
Phil Powell	32	14-6	Rolfs Team Gold
Malc Doyle	30	9-6	Rolfs Rejects
Jon Walker	8	6-15	Walker Floats
Geoff Palmer	10	3-0	Heavy Weights

C Section	Peg	Weight	Team
Steve Waters	24	108-14	Walker Floats
Marcus Burgess	23	63-4	Rolfs Rejects
Neil Riddy	18	59-12	Wooden Tops
Clive Pritchard	16	59-8	Assassin
Ernie Malyon	21	34-0	Heavy Weights
John Bennett	14	18-0	Rolfs Team Gold
Pat Pritchard	26	16-14	Pats Lot

	DAY TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Walker Floats	16
2nd	Assassins	11
3rd	Wooden Tops	11
4th	Heavy Weights	10
5th	Rolfs Rejects	9
6th	Rolfs Team Gold	6
7th	Pats Lot	6

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

TOTAL POINTS	POINTS	Today	NewTotal	Place
Walker Floats	21+10+13+15+ 18+	16	93	1st
Rolfs Team Gold	17+14+16+11+16+	6	80	2nd
Heavy Weights	11+16+5+18+13+	10	73	3rd
Pats Lot	10+17+16+14+8+	6	71	4th
Assassins	9+15+12+6+11+	11	64	5th
Wooden Tops	9+3+13+3+9+	11	48	6th
Rolfs Rejects	7+8+2+3+7+	9	36	7th

A big Well done to Team Walker Floats who have fished a tidy series taking money on every match and more importantly high points to take the series.

TEAM WALKER FLOATS

Derek, Jon and Steve. New Champions

Steve Waters, Overall Winner today and top carp weight

Andy Quarmby. Top silvers weight today.

John Bennett getting some stick from the new champs 😀

The spring League starts next Sunday, I hope everyone catches plenty of fish and the weather improves for you all. Sorry this is late, I already wrote it out once but it disappeared after I updated a plugin on the site.

Tightlines from Simon, Eddie and John 🙂

Match Reports

Winter League Round 2, Sun 21st Nov 2010.

November 22, 2010 Simon 13 comments

Last matches Dream Team

The second round of the winter league was fished at the lake today. With Walker floats team sitting at the top of the table would they manage another clean sweep and hang on to the top spot or did the lake have other ideas for them ??

With everyone at the lake on time John got the draw under-way early to allow everyone some extra time to set up. The draw format today was whoever won A section drew first for their peg in B section and so on down to last place getting what was left in the bag.

Today there was a cold wind blowing from peg 40 towards the big lake making a nice ripple on the water. It was cloudy all day and we had a few spots of rain but nothing major.

Everyone drew their pegs and set off to set up. How the lake would fish was anyone’s guess 😀

Pat Pritchard signalled the all in with a hooter that sounded like a strangled donkey 😀

I was fishing on peg 2 which everyone kindly left in the bag for me today and hoping to have a bit more than 8oz. It was not long before I saw the first carp being caught by Liam over on peg 34, he was fishing the tip. I was next to catch, a small 4oz perch which I was chuffed with as it was half my last matches weight and meant I avoided the DNW.

Jon Walker over on 37 was struggling but Jon normally gets the carp going so I was expecting him to start catching but it never happened for him this week 😯 Poor Gary Haisman on peg 4 was much the same and had managed to hook a carp first drop on his long line but as he shipped back it came off. Geoff On peg 40 had managed to foul hook a perch whilst reeling in his feeder 😀

Phil Powell on peg 6 was fishing 16 meters on the bloodworm and joker and putting a nice net of silvers together before he had something stealing his fish….

Phil's first ever Pike which went 12lb 4oz. Well done.

The pike lead him on a merry dance around his and Malc’s pegs. Malc help out when the pike went round the back of his platform by pushing it back out in to the lake with his landing net 😀 This was not the only pike to put in an appearance today, Clive Pritchard on peg 28 also caught a 10lb 8oz pike which fell to double maggot on the bomb.

In the last 2 hours the big lake started to produce some fish, Roving reporter Marcus Burgess fishing from peg 9 was keeping me up to date with who was catching which was keeping him busy as he was not catching much unfortunately.

The lake fished hard overall but least different people caught some fish this week instead of watching other catching 😀

As for my match, I managed 5 carp this week fishing corn in to the corner on the pole and bomb rod which was a massive relief. I had to laugh when Malc came walking past me and said he was off to unhook his hook from the rope by the lilies on peg 34 after casting a little to far 😀

The results tell the rest of the story.

Results.

	A Section	Peg	Weight	Team
1st	Liam Bough	34	47-12	Pats Lot
2nd	Simon Mound	2	37-8	Assassins
3rd	Malc Doyle	7	28-0	Rolfs Rejects
4th	Phil Powell	6	26-0	Rolfs Team Gold
5th	Jon Walker	37	0-4	Walker Floats
6th	Geoff Palmer	40	0-1	Heavy Weights
	Gary Haisman	4	DNW	Wooden Tops

	B Section	Peg	Weight	Team
1st	Ernie Maylon	13	50-4	Heavy Weights
2nd	Clive Pritchard	28	23-12	Assassins
3rd	John Bennett	8	19-8	Rolfs Team Gold
4th	Pat Pritchard	32	12-6	Pats Lot
5th	Steve Waters	30	10-0	Walker Floats
6th	Marcus Burgess	9	2-8	Rolfs Rejects
7th	Frank Hardie	10	0-4	Wooden Tops

	C Section	Peg	Weight	Team
1st	Steve Palmer	21	91-0	Heavy Weights
2nd	Pete Arnold	18	72-0	Pats Lot
3rd	Mick Lane	24	68-8	Rolfs Team Gold
4th	Derek Hammond	23	55-12	Walker Floats
5th	Steve Wilson	16	39-0	Assassins
6th	Paul Jay	14	29-4	Wooden Tops
7th	Dai Thomas	26	22-8	Rolfs Rejects

	DAY TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Pats Lot	17
2nd	Heavy Weights	16
3rd	Assassins	15
4th	Rolfs Team Gold	14
5th=	Walker Floats	10
5th=	Rolfs Rejects	8
7th	Wooden Tops	3

OVERALL LEADER BOARD

	TOTAL TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Team Gold	17+14	31=
1st	Walker Floats	21+10	31=
2nd	Heavy Weights	11+16	27=
2nd	Pats Lot	10+17	27=
5th	Assassins	9+15	24
6th	Rolfs Rejects	7+8	15
7th	Wooden Tops	9+3	12