Senior League rd 1 , Angel Bowes lake
Match results
1st Tom Marshall 69-10-0. Peg 24
Sections
1-6 Russ Thompson 34-2-0. Peg 1.
20-26 George Pickering 36-2-0. Peg 26
34-40 Sam Mears 66-1-0. Peg 34.
With a general lack of fish coming to pole tactics Tom topped a string of feeder weights fishing to the island to just pip in a close finish.
Well done men.
In light of the very sad news received during the match a minutes silence was observed prior to the results for John Parkinson. He will be sorely missed.
Senior League rd2 , Whittledene Match Lake.
Results from match :-
1st Nige Collis 8-8-0. Peg 24.
2nd Terry Crosby 6-7-0. Peg 31.
Sections
24-27 Sam Mears 5-4-0. Peg 25.
28-31 Nigel Ripley 4-10-0. Peg 29.
35-39 Andy Bell 3-12-0. Peg 36.
Another wind battered reservoir with considerable undertow. Cheers storm Dave !!
The majority of fish came from the farm bank with the roadside being poor again.
Nige C was one of the few who persisted with the pole, although managing 9 metres was still an endurance test.
Feeding maggot over groundbait he put together a mainly Roach net for a comfortable win.
Well done Nige.
Senior League rd 3, today's match :-
1st Barry Evans 11-12-0. Peg 9..
2nd Nigel Ripley 7-12-0. Peg 4.
Sections
1-5 Chris Morrison 4-3-0. Peg 5.
8-10 Sam Mears 7-6-0. Peg 10.
15-18 Nige Collis 5-0-0. Peg 15.
A few Crucians and Skimmers put in an appearance today , however it was sheer numbers of mainly small Roach, Rudd and Perch that won the day for Barry.
Fishing maggot and pinkie over groundbait he amassed around 200:fish on 3 and 4mtr whips to finish well clear.
Well done Barry.
Senior League rd4 , Cedar lake.
Result from match:-
1st Barry Evans 28-1-0 . Peg 9.
2nd Nigel Ripley 24-12-0. Peg 27.
Sections
9-20 Phil Rippon 11-9-0. Peg 20.
22-32 George Pickering 17-1-0. Peg 22.
With a very cold morning and bright conditions following Saturdays open match the fishing was every bit as hard as expected.
Barry continued where he left off last weekend with another win.
The majority of his fish came on his long line with expanders over micros. Mainly F1s with the odd bonus carp.
Well done Barry.