Christmas Match, Westerleigh, 29 November (21 pegs)

1. Neil Mercer .......... 43-5 .... peg 2
2. Darren North ........ 38-3 ..... 15
3. Ryan Jordan .......... 31-0 ..... 1
4. Tony Rixon ............ 17-0 ..... 23
5. Mark Radford ........ 16-12 ... 31
6. Paul Elmes ............. 15-6 ..... 9
7. Rich Jones ............. 14-9 ..... 27
8. Bob Warren ........... 13-12 .... 5
9. Steve Wynne .......... 12-5 ..... 19
10. Alan Healy ............. 9-8 ....... 13
11. Adam Woodland .... 8-15 ..... 10
12. Simon Belcham ...... 8-8 ...... 32
13. Mike Wilson ........... 6-0 ...... 22
14. Mark Britton ........... 5-0 ...... 26
15. Derek Lucas ............ 4-13 ..... 12
16. Dean Malin ............. 4-4 ...... 33
17. Steve Burgess ......... 4-0 ...... 35
18. Paul Reed ............... 3-0 ...... 25
19. Dave Tippet ............ 2-0 ...... 21
20. Stuart Riddle .......... 1-11 ...... 4
21. Adam Caswell ......... DNW ... 24
    

(Old Lake)

Special thanks to all of the following ....

• Marie (Paul Elmes' mrs) for the excellent buffet
• Mike Wilson (with help from Darren) for all the organisation
• Brian Shanks (and Darren) for the pegging
• Tony Rixon for supplying the excellent tackle prizes
• Dean for suppling pellets & groundbait
• Dave Tippet for the raffle ticket sales
• Simon Belcham & Dean for providing the day's entertainment!!!

For Tony Rixon's blog report click here
For Roy Garland's report and pictures click here

Winter League, Pairs & Year to Date

Winter League

1. Darren North ........ 426-0 .... 158pts
2. Alan Healy ............. 456-1 .... 147
3. Mark Radford ........ 337-7 .... 131
4. Steve Burgess ......... 347-10 .. 120
5. Simon Belcham ...... 313-8 .... 105
6. Paul Elmes ............. 254-11 ... 83
7. Adam Caswell ........ 223-15 ... 82
8. Mark Britton .......... 237-2 ..... 73
9. Paul Reed ............... 179-13 .... 73
10. Derek Lucas ........... 159-13 .... 72
11. Brian Shanks .......... 209-5 ..... 71
12. Ryan Jordan ........... 183-6 ..... 68
13. Bob Warren ............ 160-1 ...... 68
14. Adam Woodland .... 141-2 ....... 63
15. Chris Zak ................ 116-6 ....... 56
16. Stuart Riddle .......... 107-15 ..... 56
17. Craig Edmunds ....... 146-7 ...... 35
18. Mike Wilson ............ 107-3 ...... 34
19. Steve Wynne ........... 43-5 ........ 29
20. Neil Mercer ............. 41-1 ......... 22

Year To Date

1. Mark Radford ..... 1,368-6 ..... 384
2. Alan Healy .......... 1,265-4 ..... 357
3. Steve Burgess ...... 1,260-2 .... 354
4. Darren North ......... 997-6 .... 328
5. Simon Belcham ...... 907-5 .... 293
6. Bob Warren ............ 964-11 ... 287
7. Adam Caswell ....... 1,027-8 .... 265
8. Craig Edmunds ..... 1,162-9 .... 228
9. Paul Elmes ............. 931-13 .... 217
10. Adam Woodland .... 672-12 .... 202
11. Derek Lucas ............ 503-10 ... 187
12. Paul Reed ................ 516-4 ..... 175

Pairs

1. Alan Healy / Mark Radford ...... 2,091-8 .... 516
2. Darren North / Adam Caswell .. 1,606-12 ... 456
3. Paul Reed / Steve Burgess ........ 1,360-10 ... 378
4. Derek Lucas / Simon Belcham .. 1,142-6 ..... 377
5. Adam Woodland / Mike Wilson ... 525-0 .... 157
6. Mark Britton / Dave Tippet .......... 433-3 .... 134
   

Rushcombe, 22 November (17 pegs)

1. Brian Shanks ........ 10-13
2. Alan Healy ............ 9-9
3. Eddie Wynne ........ 9-3
4. Darren North ........ 9-0
5. Paul Elmes ............ 8-9
6. Steve Burgess ........ 7-13
7. Neil Mercer ........... 7-6
8. Derek Lucas .......... 6-0
9. Adam Woodland ... 5-12
10. Chris Zak ............... 5-8
11. Bob Warren ........... 4-3
12. Mark Radford ........ 3-10
13. Ryan Jordan .......... 3-6
14. Simon Belcham ..... 3-4
15. Steve Wynne .......... 2-12
16. Paul Reed ............... 2-9
17. Adam Caswell ........ DNW
    

Cider Farm, 15 November 09 (14 pegs)

Overall:

1. Dean Malin ......... peg 1 ...... 57-15
2. Stuart Riddle ........ 19 ....... 40-5
3. Bob Warren .......... 20 ...... 32-11
4. Adam Woodland ... 5 ........ 29-11
5. Simon Belcham ..... 13 ...... 28-10
6. Steve Burgess* ...... 15 ....... 23-7
7. Brian Shanks ......... 2 ........ 21-6
8. Paul Elmes ............ 17 ........ 20-11
9. Alan Healy ............. 4 ........ 14-5
10. Chris Zak ............... 18 ....... 12-14
11. Darren North ......... 21 ....... 11-1
12. Mark Radford ........ 9 ........ 11-2
13. Ryan Radford ........ 6 ........ 10-1
14. Mark Britton .......... 12 ....... DNW

* golden peg

Silvers:

1. Dean Malin ........... 14-2
2. Brian Shanks ........ 13-13
3. Chris Zak ............... 12-14
4. Mark Radford ........ 7-4
5. Darren North ........ 6-3
6. Paul Elmes ............ 5-12
7. Simon Belcham ..... 5-9
8. Alan Healy ............. 4-11
9. Steve Burgess ......... 4-7
10. Stuart Riddle .......... 2-4
11. Bob Warren ............ 1-3
12. Adam Woodland .... 0-15
13. Ryan Radford ......... 0-13
    

Bullock's Farm, Match Lake, 8 November (13 pegs)

New member, Stuart Riddle, made his presence felt on Bullocks' Match Lake with his first Psv match win since joining the club at the back end of the summer.
Drawn on peg 25, the former Lord Raglan / Warwick Arms match organiser fished corn over hemp and later, micro pellet feed (when he had ran out of hemp!) up against the reeds for a total of 34lbs 2oz consisting of mainly carp.
Agonisingly close behind on peg 9 was club match secretary Steve Burgess, who again fished corn alternating between the points of two islands at 14m but with hemp & caster feed to end up with 30lbs 5oz of big crucians (that looked remarkably like carp).
Also fishing a corn hookbait was third placed Stevie Wynne, on peg 11.
Steve fished 16m down his left margin to the platform of empty peg 12 to weigh in 20lbs 14oz.
In fourth place was Chris Zak (another ex-Raglan/Warwick Arms legend) with 20lbs oz.
Top silvers on the day went to Knowle West pheasant beater, Alan Healy, who almost doubled second placed Darren North's 7lbs 1oz with an impressive(ish) 13lbs 4oz.




Overall Result:

1. Stuart Riddle ....... peg 25 ...... 34-2
2. Steve Burgess ........ 9 ........... 30-5
3. Steve Wynne ......... 11 .......... 20-14
4. Chris Zak .............. 19 .......... 20-2
5. Mark Radford ...... 26 .......... 20-1
6. Adam Woodland ... 17 ......... 18-15
7. Simon Belcham ..... 21 ......... 18-13
8. Bob Warren .......... 31 .......... 17-10
9. Alan Healy ............ 13 .......... 15-7
10. Darren North* ...... 22 ......... 15-4
11. Paul Reed .............. 15 ......... 12-15
12. Adam Caswell ....... 6 ........... 12-6
13. Ryan Jordan ......... 24 ......... DNW

*golden peg

Silvers:

1. Alan Healy ......... 13-4
2. Darren North ..... 7-1
3. Steve Burgess ..... 6-11
4. Chris Zak ............ 5-13
5. Bob Warren ........ 5-8
6. Mark Radford ..... 5-6
7. Adam Woodland . 3-7
8. Steve Wynne ....... 2-4
9. Paul Reed ............ 2-1
10. Simon Belcham ... 1-12
11. Stuart Riddle ....... 1-0

Pairs Results:

1. Alan Healy / Mark Radford .... 35-8 ... 22pts
2. Paul Reed / Steve Burgess ...... 43-4 .... 17pts
3. Adam Woodland / Mike W ..... 18-15 ... 12pts
4. Derek Lucas / Simon Belcham 18-13 ... 11pts
5. Darren North / Adam Caswell .. 27-10 .. 0pts
   

Winter League To Date

1. Darren North ........ 129pts ..... 390-11
2. Alan Healy ............. 105 ........ 416-12
3. Mark Radford ......... 98 ........ 302-10
4. Steve Burgess .......... 79 ........ 286-1
5. Adam Caswell ......... 70 ........ 211-9
6. Simon Belcham ...... 69 ........ 262-13
7. Mark Britton .......... 65 ........ 237-2
8. Paul Elmes ............. 60 ........ 225-7
9. Ryan Jordan ........... 55 ........ 180-0
10. Paul Reed ................ 53 ........ 164-5
11. Derek Lucas ............ 48 ........ 153-13
12. Brian Shanks ........... 40 ....... 177-2
13. Craig Edmunds ....... 35 ........ 146-7
14. Mike Wilson ............ 34 ........ 107-3
15. Bob Warren ............. 30 ........ 105-9
16. Adam Woodland ..... 28 ........ 86-12
17. Chris Zak ................. 26 ........ 77-14
18. Stuart Riddle ........... 19 ........ 33-8
19. Tony Rixon .............. 14 ........ 55-7
20. Rich Jones ............... 11 ......... 34-0
21. Neil Mercer .............. 11 ......... 33-11
22. Steve Wynne ............ 11 ......... 19-11
    

Westerleigh, Old Lake, 1 November (13 pegs)

Overall Result:

1. Darren North .... 41-7 (peg 1)
   
2. Mike Wilson ......... 39-4 (13)
3. Simon Belcham .... 30-0 (8)
   
4. Mark Radford ....... 29-12 (15)
   
5. Alan Healy ............ 25-12 (4)
   
6. Adam Caswell ....... 20-3 (2)
   
7. Steve Wynne ......... 19-11 (11)
   
8. Bob Warren .......... 15-8 (9)
   
9. Adam Woodland .. 9-10 (6)
   
10. Ryan Jordan ......... 8-2 (14)
    
11. Derek Lucas .......... 8-0 (9)
    
12. Paul Reed .............. 4-10 (10)
    
13. Mark Britton ......... DNW (5)
    

Pairs:

1. Darren North / Adam Caswell .... 32pts ... 61-10
2. Alan Healy / Mark Radford .......... 27 ...... 55-8
3. Adam Woodland / Mike Wilson ... 26 ...... 48-14
4. Derek Lucas / Simon Belcham ...... 15 ...... 38-0

Pairs To Date:

1. Alan Healy / Mark Radford ........ 425pts .... 2,018-6
2. Darren North / Adam Caswell ... 380 ....... 1,571-1
3. Paul Reed / Steve Burgess .......... 284 ........ 1,282-9
4. Derek Lucas / Simon Belcham .... 276 ........ 1,084-11
5. Mark Britton / Dave Tippet ......... 112 ......... 433-3
6. Adam Woodland / Mike Wilson ... 95 ......... 469-10

Year Totals, Pairs & Winter Series Totals

Pairs:

1. Alan Healy / Mark Radford ....... 398pts .... 1,961-14
2. Darren North / Adam Caswell ... 348 ........ 1,529-7
3. Paul Reed / Steve Burgess .......... 284 ........ 1,278-15
4. Derek Lucas / Simon Belcham ... 261 ........ 1,046-11
5. Mark Britton / Dave Tippet ........ 112 .......... 433-3
6. Adam Woodland / Mike Wilson .. 69 ......... 421-12

Autumn / Winter Series:

1. Darren North ..... 109pts ..... 349-4
2. Alan Healy ........... 92 ......... 391-0
   
3. Mark Radford ...... 84 ......... 272-14
4. Steve Burgess ....... 79 ......... 286-1
5. Mark Britton ........ 65 ........ 237-2
6. Paul Elmes .......... 60 ......... 225-7
7. Adam Caswell ...... 58 ......... 191-6
8. Ryan Jordan ........ 55 ......... 171-14
9. Simon Belcham .... 54 ......... 232-13
10. Paul Reed ............. 53 .......... 159-11
11. Derek Lucas ......... 48 ......... 145-13
12. Brian Shanks ....... 40 ......... 177-2
    
13. Craig Edmunds .... 35 ......... 146-7
    
14. Chris Zak .............. 26 ......... 77-14
15. Bob Warren .......... 20 ......... 90-1
    
16. Adam Woodland .. 19 .......... 77-2
17. Stuart Riddle ........ 19 .......... 33-8
18. Mike Wilson ......... 17 .......... 67-15
19. Tony Rixon ............ 14 ......... 55-7
20. Rich Jones ............. 11 .......... 34-0
    
21. Neil Mercer .......... 11 ........... 33-11

Trinity Waters, 25 October (14 pegs)

Give "Mr Consistent", Darren North a half decent draw on a good day at any venue and there can only be one outcome as he proved today at Trinity Waters' Woodland Lake.
Drawing peg 24 on the central bank and out of the worst of the wind, Darren fished pellet shallow on the pole to win convincingly with 77lbs 12oz.
His performance was that impressive, in fact, that at one point he attracted a small gallery of spectators who were eager to pick up a few tips until they realised he wasn't Tony Rixon!



Darren North acknowledging his gallery who had mistaken him for Tony Rixon

Second in the frame and one peg down from the winner was Paul Elmes who fished the same methods for a total of 69-4 closely followed by Alan Healy in the opposite corner at peg 16 with 63-10.
First out of the money and sticking with his tradition of getting nowhere in psv matches was the real Tony Rixon who weighed in just 55-7 from flier peg 18!





For a detailed account from the real Tony Rixon
click here

Take away the tash and the hair and can you tell the difference?









Overall Result:

1. Darren North .... peg 24 ... 77-12
2. Paul Elmes ............ 26 ...... 69-4
3. Alan Healy ............ 16 ....... 63-10
4. Tony Rixon ........... 18 ....... 55-7
5. Scruffy Belcham .... 3 ........ 44-6
6. Chris Zak ............... 10 ...... 35-3
7. Mark Radford ....... 20 ...... 34-3
8. Steve Burgess ........ 31 ...... 26-5
9. Stuart Riddle ......... 12 ...... 23-10
10. Mark Britton .......... 30 ..... 20-7
11. Derek Lucas ........... 8 ....... 11-15
12. Adam Caswell ........ 6 ........ 9-10
13. Paul Reed ............... 14 ...... 6-14
14. Dean Malin* ........... 28 ..... DNW

Silvers:

1. Paul Elmes ........ 9-1
2. Steve Burgess .... 5-6
3. Stuart Riddle ..... 5-1
4. Tony Rixon ........ 4-8
5. Scruffy Belcham . 4-0
6. Chris Zak ............ 3-6
7. Paul Reed ........... 3-3
8. Mark Britton ...... 2-8
9. Derek Lucas ....... 2-6
10. Alan Healy ......... 2-5
11. Darren North ..... 1-6

Pairs:

1. Alan Healy / Mark Radford .... 26pts .... 97-13
2. Darren North Adam Caswell ..... 20 ...... 87-6
3. Derek Lucas / Simon Belcham .. 13 ....... 56-5
4. Paul Reed / Steve Burgess ......... 10 ....... 33-3
5. Mark Britton / Dave Tippet ....... 0 ......... 20-7
   

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Viaduct, Campbell, 18 October (13 pegs)

With frost on the ground for the second day running the general feeling was that fishing was going to be a struggle but fortunately for Psv match secretary, Steve Burgess, the "fishing Gods" were still smiling.
Drawn on peg 129, Steve started on the pole at 13m with caster and corn but seeing Mark Radford catch an early carp on the waggler, he quickly switched to his trusty float rod and with an 8mm banded pellet fished on the deck was soon into the carp.
For the first hour or so, the bright sunshine was causing problems with seeing his float, resulting in missed bites and foul-hooked fish but as the sun moved Steve managed a steady procession of fish to 7lbs and despite losing as many foul-hookers, a final all-carp total of 70lbs 1oz.





Steve Burgess in action at Monk Lakes







Further up the bank, on the flyer peg 125, club chairman and wealthy landowner, Mike Wilson, had dusted the cobwebs off his fishing gear to enjoy a rare but welcome day out with the club.
Mike fished similar tactics to the match-winner finishing up just over 2lbs short of the top spot with 67lbs 15oz for a well-deserved second place.
Third place went to Mark Britton in Bob Warren's favourite peg
(corner peg 123). Mark struggled to catch fishing long into the corner margins and instead caught most of his 62-15 on the straight lead with 11mm pellet.
Fourth spot went to new member, Chris Zak, on his first match with Psv. Chris caught steadily throughout the match to put 42lbs 11oz on the scales.
Alan Healy topped the silvers pool from peg 110 with 21-11 caught on caster from the margins but unfortunately could only add one small carp to that total and yet again was forced to part with a considerable number of £1 coins in side bets!

Overall Result:

1. Steve Burgess .... peg 129 .... 70-1
2. Mike Wilson ........ 125 ........... 67-15
3. Mark Britton ....... 123 ........... 62-15
4. Chris Zak ............. 126 ........... 42-11
5. Darren North ....... 116 ........... 39-10
6. Derek Lucas* ....... 112 ........... 34-14
7. Rich Jones ............ 132 .......... 34-0
8. Mark Radford ....... 114 .......... 32-12
9. Paul Reed .............. 118 .......... 32-3
10. Simon Belcham ..... 128 .......... 27-1
11. Alan Healy ............. 110 .......... 24-14
12. Bob Warren ........... 115 .......... 12-11
13. Steve Wynne .......... 130 ......... DNW

* golden peg

Silvers:

1. Alan Healy ........ 21-11
2. Paul Reed .......... 13-3
3. Mark Radford ... 10-10
4. Rich Jones ......... 6-7
5. Mark Britton ..... 5-2
6. Simon Belcham .. 4-3
7. Chris Zak ........... 3-12
8. Bob Warren ....... 2-11
9. Mike Wilson ...... 1-10
10. Darren North ..... 0-6
11. Derek Lucas ....... 0-3

Pairs:

1. Paul Reed / Steve Burgess ...... 29pts ..... 102-4
2. Adam Woodland / Mike Wilson .... 17pts ... 67-15
3. Mark Britton / Dave Tippet ..... 15pts ..... 62-15
4. Darren North / Adam Caswell .. 13pts .... 39-10
5. Derek Lucas / Simon Belcham .. 12pts ... 61-15
6. Alan Healy / Mark Radford ....... 10pts ... 57-10
   

Sedges, 11 October (10 pegs)

With the Sedges carp unwilling to get their heads down a decent weight of skimmers with a couple of bonus carp was needed to frame and psv veteran, Bob Warren, did just that easily winning the match from peg 8 with an impressive 36-14 of skimmers and 2 good carp for a total of 56lbs exactly. Bob caught most of his fish on soft pellet over micro pellet feed with some better quality skimmers on paste.
Taking up second place was Simon Belcham on corner peg 10 with 18-8 of silvers and 2 bonus carp, including one of 15lbs, for a total of 42lbs 14oz.
Match Secretary, Steve Burgess on peg 12 managed 3 carp for 28-12 along with 9-12 of skimmers and a bonus tench for a total of 38lbs 8oz and 3rd spot.
Mr Consistent, Darren North, filled 4th place with 27lbs 2oz from golden peg 6 while born-again fisherman, Paul Reed, on peg 14, managed a carpless weight of 25lbs 4oz caught on chopped worm.
Proving that the paste season is drawing to it's close, Mark Radford on flier peg 18 could only manage 8oz of mainly small fish!

Overall Result:

1. Bob Warren ......... peg 8 ... 56-0
   
2. Simon Belcham ... 10 ........ 42-14
   
3. Steve Burgess ....... 12 ....... 38-8
   
4. Darren North * ..... 6 ........ 27-2
5. Paul Reed ............. 14 ....... 25-4
6. Alan Healy ............ 20 ...... 25-2
   
7. Ryan Jordan ......... 2 ........ 17-8
   
8. Stuart Riddle ........ 16 ....... 9-14
   
9. Adam caswell ........ 9 ........ 4-12
   
10. Mark radford ........ 18 ....... 0-8

*golden peg

Silvers:

1. Bob Warren ....... 36-14
2. Paul Reed ........... 25-4
3. Simon Belcham .. 18-8
4. Ryan Jordan ....... 17-8
5. Steve Burgess ...... 9-12
6. Adam Caswell ...... 4-12
7. Darren North ....... 1-12
8. Mark Radford ...... 0-8
9. Stuart Riddle ........ 0-6

Pairs:

1. Paul Reed / Steve Burgess .... 28pts .... 63-12
2. Darren North / Adam Caswell .. 23 ..... 31-14
3. Simon Belcham / Derek Lucas .. 17 ...... 42-14
4. Alan Healy / Mark Radford ....... 12 ...... 25-10
   

Christmas Match

Please note that all monies for the Christmas match at Westerleigh (Nov 29) must be paid at the November meeting or sooner. Cost is £20 plus pools on the day of £15 (I think). Buffet, prize-giving and merriment will follow the match at the Midland Spinner.

Pairs, Winter Series & Year Totals.

Pairs:

1. Alan Healy / Mark Radford ....... 350pts ... 1,782-13
2. Darren North / Adam Caswell ... 292 ........ 1,380-9
3. Derek Lucas / Simon Belcham ... 219 ........ 887-9
4. Paul Reed / Steve Burgess .......... 217 ........ 1,079-12
5. Mark Britton / Dave Tippet ........ 97 .......... 349-13
6. Adam Woodland / Mike Wilson .. 52 ......... 353-13

Autumn / Winter Series:

1. Alan Healy ........... 65pts .... 277-6
   
2. Mark Radford ...... 63 ......... 205-7
   
3. Darren North ....... 62 ....... 204-12
4. Mark Britton ........ 50 ....... 153-12
   
5. Adam Caswell ...... 49 ......... 177-0
   
6. Ryan Jordan ........ 44 ......... 154-6
   
7. Paul Elmes .......... 43 ......... 156-3
   
8. Brian Shanks ....... 40 ......... 177-2
   
9. Derek Lucas ......... 36 ......... 99-0
10. Craig Edmunds .... 35 ......... 146-7
    
11. Steve Burgess ....... 34 ......... 151-3
    
12. Paul Reed ............. 31 .......... 95-6
    
13. Simon Belcham .... 24 ......... 118-8
14. Adam Woodland .. 19 .......... 77-2
    
15. Neil Mercer .......... 11 ........... 33-11
16. Bob Warren .......... 0 ............ 21-6

Year To Date:

1. Mark Radford ...... 316pts ...1,236-6
   
2. Alan Healy ........... 267 ....... 1,086-9
   
3. Steve Burgess ....... 263 ...... 1,063-11
   
4. Adam Caswell ....... 232 ...... 1,002-6
   
5. Darren North ........ 232 ...... 776-2
6. Craig Edmunds .... 228 ...... 1,162-9
   
7. Simon Belcham .... 221 ....... 726-0
   
8. Bob Warren .......... 213 ....... 826-0
   
9. Paul Elmes ........... 177 ........ 833-5
   
10. Adam Woodland .. 158 ....... 608-12
    
11. Ryan Jordan ........ 149 ....... 686-13
    
12. Derek Lucas ......... 147 ........ 442-13
    
13. Paul Reed ............. 133 ....... 431-13
    
14. Dave Tippet .......... 113 ....... 349-3
    
15. Mark Britton ......... 93 ........ 260-12
    
16. Steve Wynne ......... 87 ........ 340-9
    
17. Eddie Perkins ....... 78 ........ 160-6
    
18. Brian Shanks ........ 57 ........ 262-14
    
19. Jan / Colin ........... 45 ........ 144-10
    
20. Ryan Radford ....... 42 ........ 91-8
    
21. Rich Jones ............ 30 ........ 185-5
    
22. Tony Rixon ........... 28 ........ 124-10
    
23. Eddie Wynne ........ 26 ........ 59-8
    
24. Mike Wilson ......... 24 ........ 59-12
    
25. Neil Mercer .......... 11 .......... 33-11
    

Landsend Match Lake, 4 Oct 2009 (14 pegs)

Brian Shanks nailed his second win at Landsend in as many weeks having been gifted "flier" peg 19 at the draw. However, it wasn't plain sailing for the Westerleigh based angling legend as Paul Elmes, on neighbouring peg 18, was also sat on carp and at the weigh-in only 7lbs separated the two of them.
With the water temperature dropping over the last two weeks due to the colder Autumn nights the Landsend carp appear to have shoaled as 4 out of the top 5 weights came from the same area of the lake.
The drop in temperatures also meant that they weren't having "the paste" and so proper fishing was the order of the day!

Simon Belcham claimed third spot from peg 13 with 57-10 caught mainly from the platform of peg 14 and Paul Reed was 5th from peg 16 with 45-3.
The only exception was from "Mr consistent", Darren North, on peg 9 (the golden peg).
Darren did well to take 56-15 from a peg that is usually left out of matches.



Sixth place was filled by Ryan (pullabung) Jordan in corner peg 24 with 40-4 caught mostly tight to the edge at 14m on pellet.
Top silvers went to new member Neil Mercer with 15-0 of mostly pellet-caught skimmers and a goldfish from peg 21.

Overall Results:

1. Brian Shanks (19) ........ 67-13
2. Paul Elmes (18) ........... 60-14
3. Simon Belcham (13) ..... 57-10
4. Darren North (9)* ........ 56-15
5. Paul Reed (16) ............. 45-3
6. Ryan Jordan (24) ........ 40-4
7. Neil Mercer (21)** ....... 33-11
8. Mark Radford (3) ........ 31-14
9. Adam Woodland (11) ... 24-12
10. Alan Healy (20) ............ 23-0
11. Adam Caswell (6) ......... 21-13
12. Bob Warren (5) ............ 21-6
13. Steve Burgess (22) ....... 8-7
14. Derek Lucas (1) ............ 4-6

*golden peg
**silver peg


Silvers:

1. Neil Mercer .......... 15-0
2. Brian Shanks ........ 10-3
3. Simon Belcham .... 9-10
4. Paul Elmes ........... 8-10
5. Steve Burgess ....... 8-7
6. Alan Healy ............ 7-2
7. Adam Caswell ....... 6-9
8. Ryan Jordan ......... 4-15
9. Bob Warren .......... 4-13
10. Darren North ........ 4-12
11. Adam Woodland ... 4-8
12. Mark Radford ........ 3-12
13. Derek Lucas .......... 0-12
    

October Meeting, Tuesday 6 Oct

Don't forget that October's meeting (Tuesday 6th) will be held at the normal time in the bar of Bollywood Spice (what used to be The Stationmaster) and not in The Midland Spinner. All are welcome to stay on afterwards for a curry and a couple of Kingfishers!
If you don't fancy a curry but just want to book in for matches give me a ring on 07979647233 or alternatively email Psv
A table has been booked for 8:30
Tuesday night is "Banqueting Night"!
Choose 1 Starter, 1 Main Dish, 1 Side Dish & either Rice or Nan ( King Prawns, Fish and Duck £4.00 extra)
Food served from 6.00 to 11.00 pm
£9.95 per person

Revised Match Calender

Below is the revised 2009 / 10 Match Calender which includes 2 extra matches in November at Bullocks Farm ....... enjoy!

• 4 Oct: Landsend
• 11 Oct: Sedges
• 18 Oct: Viaduct (Campbell)
• 25 Oct: Trinity Waters
• 1 Nov: Westerleigh
• 8 Nov: Bullocks Farm (Match Lake)
  
• 15 Nov: Cider Farm
• 22 Nov: Bullocks Farm (Rushcombe)
  
• 29 Nov: Westerleigh (Christmas Match)
• 17 Jan: Landsend (Specimen Lake)
• 24 Jan: Sedges (Tile Lake)
• 7 Feb: Viaduct (Match Lake)
• 21 Feb: Burley Fields

Landsend Match Lake, 27 Sept 2009 (13 pegs)

With a gentle breeze blowing into peg 1, Psv's vice chairman, Ryan Jordan, set the pace early on to such an extent that after the first hour it looked as though he had built up an unassailable lead. Unfortunately for him though, despite making plans on how to spend his winnings, the fish in his peg soon dispersed to the other side of the island where Craig Edmunds ( on the golden peg 24 ) and Brian Shanks were waiting to capitalize.
Craig, fishing soft pellet at 14m into open water and along the edge, then managed to put together a steady run of fish throughout the match but found himself fighting a losing battle to Landsend regular, Brian Shanks who fished 6mm hard pellet tight over to the island on peg 20 over a light pellet feed to easily win the match with an impressive 109-5.
Meanwhile, at the opposite end of the lake, on peg 13, in-form Knowle West bagging machine and last week's winner, Alan Healy, was determined to upset the big guns.
Fishing maggot, shallow at 11m Alan caught steadily through the match to sneak second place from Craig by less than 3bs and weigh in a healthy 85-11.
Taking up 4th position was junior "Cookie Crew" member Adam Caswell (pictured below) on peg 6, who despite a fishless first hour, upped his pellet feed and managed to foulhook a steady run of decent fish, alternating between hair-rigged pellet and "marbles" of paste fished into the shallow island margins of peg 6 putting 70-13 onto the scales.
Silvers ace, Mark Britton, overcame a broken mid-section of his pole to hammer out 30lbs 6oz of quality mixed silvers from peg 11.
Match secretary, Steve Burgess, used his time wisely on peg 5 to test out some new rigs and methods (popped-up expander pellets) in readiness for the "serious" match at the same venue next week.

Adam Caswell foulhooking his way to 4th place!

Overall Result:

1. Brian mugger Shanks ..20 ...... 109-5
2. Alan Healy ................ 13 ....... 85-11
3. Craig Edmunds* ....... 24 ...... 82-8
4. Adam Caswell ........... 6 ........ 70-13
5. Darren North ............ 18 ...... 54-6
6. Ryan Jordan ............. 1 ........ 46-5
7. Mark Britton ............. 11 ...... 38-0
8. Mark Radford ........... 21 ...... 37-4
9. Paul Elmes** ............ 9 ........ 34-9
10. Adam Woodland ...... 16 ....... 29-3
11. Simon Belcham ........ 19 ....... 25-5
12. Steve Burgess ................ 5 ....... 23-14
13. Paul Reed .... DNW

* golden peg
** silver peg

Silvers:

1. Mark Britton ...... 30-8
2. Craig Edmunds .. 24-7
3. Paul Elmes ......... 19-3
4. Mark Radford ..... 5-15
5. Darren North / Simon Belcham ... 3-2
6. Ryan Jordan ........ 2-15
7. Brian Shanks ....... 1-15

Pairs Results:

1. Darren North / Adam Caswell ... 27 .... 125-3
2. Alan Healy / Mark Radford ........ 27 .... 122-15
3. Mark Britton / Dave Tippet ....... 11 ..... 38-0
   

Pairs Updated:

1. Alan Healy / Mark Radford ....... 340 ... 1,727-15
   
2. Darren North / Adam Caswell ... 278 ... 1,301-13
3. Paul Reed / Steve Burgess .......... 204... 1,026-2
4. Derek Lucas / Simon Belcham ... 204 ... 825-9
5. Mark Britton / Dave Tippet ........ 97 ..... 349-13
6. Adam Woodland / Mike Wilson .. 43 .... 329-1
   

Rood Ashton Rave, 20 September 2009 (9 pegs)

Knowle West bagging machine, Alan Healy's recent return to form continued today (with a bit of help from the drawbag). Alan drew out peg 2 on the concrete outfall which, due to 2 members not showing up and leaving pegs 1 and 10 vacant, was the end peg flier!
Fishing paste close in Alan caught well from the off and ended up with a respectable 80lbs 2oz which was a good weight considering that the venue had been home to a large gathering of "ravers" for the weekend!
Around the corner on the "golden peg" (5), match secretary and winner of the prestigious Knockout Trophy, Steve Burgess, also fished paste at 6 meters to his right hand margin to give Alan a good run for his money but at the end of the day there is only so much that can be achieved from an average peg and he had to make do with 74lbs and second place (just one fish short of claiming the £100 golden peg pot)!
Meanwhile, Mark Radford, with a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp, had drawn peg 11 (complete with underwater tree branches and a "raver" having a morning paddle in the lake), and despite having a slow start, managed a trademark late charge to put 50lbs 14oz of paste-caught carp onto the new digital scales and almost broke into a smile. That was until he remembered that he had lost six of his best paste rigs to the underwater forest in front of him!
Mark Britton, on peg 11, followed in 4th place with 42lbs 2oz caught on soft pellet.
Mark, have a word with the "pasteheads" to see how it's done!


Overall Results:

1. Alan Healy (peg 2) ................. 80-2
2. Steve Burgess* (5) .............. 74-0
3. Moaning Mark Radford (11) ..... 50-14
4. Mark Britton (7) ..................... 42-2
5. Derek Lucas (3) ...................... 32-1
6. Adam Caswell (9) ................... 24-2
7. Darren North (8) .................... 24-0
8. Adam Woodland (6) ............... 23-3
9. Paul Reed** (4)[the aquarium] ... 20-6

* golden peg
** silver peg

Pairs results:

1. Alan Healy / Mark Radford .... 131-0 ...... 35pts
2. Paul Reed / Steve Burgess ...... 94-6 ....... 26pts
3. Darren North / Adam Caswell .. 48-2 ..... 23pts
4. Mark Britton / Dave Tippet ..... 42-2 ...... 14pts
   
5. Derek Lucas / Simon Belcham .. 32-1 ..... 13pts
6. Adam Woodland / Mike Wilson . 23-3 .... 10pts
   

October Meeting & Curry night

Don't forget that October's meeting (Tuesday 6th) will be held at the normal time in the bar of Bollywood Spice (what used to be The Stationmaster) and not in The Midland Spinner. All are welcome to stay on afterwards for a curry and a couple of Kingfishers!
Please let me know as soon as poss if you want to stay for a curry so that I can book numbers in the restaurant.
Tuesday night is "Banqueting Night"!
Choose 1 Starter, 1 Main Dish, 1 Side Dish & either Rice or Nan ( King Prawns, Fish and Duck £4.00 extra)
Food served from 6.00 to 11.00 pm
£9.95 per person

Pairs Updated

1. Alan Healy / Mark Radford ..... 278pts ... 1,474-0
   
2. Darren North / Adam Caswell ... 228 ...... 1,128-8
3. Derek Lucas / Simon Belcham ... 191 ........ 768-3
4. Paul Reed / Steve Burgess .......... 178 ....... 907-14
5. Mark Britton / Dave Tippet ........ 72 ......... 269-11
6. Adam Woodland / Mike Wilson .. 33 ........ 276-11
   

Cider Farm, 13 Sept 2009

1. Craig Edmunds ......... 63-15
2. Paul Elmes ................ 60-12
3. Mark Radford ........... 55-0
4. Alan Healy ................ 50-12
5. Adam Caswell ........... 42-9
6. Derek Lucas* ............ 39-6
7. Darren North ............ 38-9
8. Mark Britton ............. 33-0
9. Paul Reed .................. 29-13
10. Simon Belcham ......... 21-14

*golden peg
**silver peg

New Match Dates for January & Feb!

• January 17, Landsend (Specimen Lake)
• January 24, Sedges (Tile Lake)
• Febuary 7, Viaduct (Match Lake)
• Febuary 21, Burley Fields
  

Acorn Match Lake, 6 September (10 pegs)

Taking a year out from match fishing to sharpen his skills seems to have paid off for Ryan Jordan winning both today's match and the last one he fished at Viaduct plus framing in the previous match and twice in Tony Rixon's "float only" series! The prospect of capturing some pictures of the man of the moment, Ryan, in action also meant that Roy Garland was on hand to record the action for Saturday's Evening Post.
As ever at Acorn the draw was all important with the end pegs being favourite and the narrow middle section being the least desirable.
Ryan was drawn on peg 7 and with a comfortable reach to the far bank margins decided to fish in one spot, tight over, with lassoed 8mm pellet over micro-pellet feed to put together a convincing win with 67lbs 13oz. He caught steadily from the off but his peg died towards the middle of the match only to pick up again later but he was then hampered when he trashed his pole rig and had to make do with hooking his banded pellet rather than the hair-rigged version he had been using and this resulted in quite a few lost fish due to hook pulls and foul-hookers.
In the next peg down, match secretary and winner of the knockout cup event, Steve Burgess, [pictured above] had also chosen to fish the far bank margins where with careful plumbing, he had found a slightly deeper area where he was able to concentrate the fish. Steve alternated between soft pellet on the hook and paste and restricted his 6mm pellet feed to a minimal amount, just enough to keep the fish interested without causing them to back off too far. Steve was catching the odd fish steadily through the match and found small fish were coming to the paste while the soft pellet approach would produce the odd better fish. During the last hour of the match, as the wind picked up, Steve was getting a bite every put-in on the paste and was starting to worry Ryan on the next peg but with 25lbs to make up even someone with Steve's extraordinary talent was going to struggle and he had to make do with second place and another pound coin from Alan Healy with 44lbs 14oz.
Meanwhile at the bottom end of the lake, the increase in wind during the last hour had improved things dramatically for most who had been struggling through the earlier part of the match, most especially for Mark Britton on end peg 2 (permanent 3) who was able to put together a good late run for 40lbs 10oz of quality fish for a close 3rd place and also for Alan Healy who claimed 4th spot with 37lbs 13oz.
At the far end of the lake Mr consistent, Darren North caught well but was let down by the small average size of his fish and ended up with 30lbs 14oz.
Adam Caswell meanwhile decided to bring along his girlfriend and her best mate!

Overall Result:

1. Ryan Jordan ...... peg 8 ........ 67-13
2. Steve Burgess ..... peg 7 ........ 44-14
3. Mark Britton ...... peg 2 ........ 40-10
4. Alan Healy ......... peg 4 ........ 37-13
5. Darren North ..... peg 10 ...... 30-14
6. Mark Radford** . peg 3 ........ 29-11
7. Derek Lucas ........ peg 9 ....... 23-3
8. Adam Caswell* .... peg 6 ....... 17-11
9. Simon Belcham ... peg 5 ....... 13-11
10. Paul Reed ............ peg 1 ....... DNW

*golden peg
**silver peg

Pairs Results:

1. Alan Healy / Mark Radford ....... 26 pts ....... 67-8
2. Darren North / Adam Caswell ... 23 pts ...... 48-9
3. Simon Belcham / Derek Lucas... 20 pts ....... 36-14
4. Paul Reed / Steve Burgess.......... 17 pts ........ 44-14
5. Mark Britton / Dave Tippet ....... 15 pts ........ 40-10

Summer Series & Year Totals

Summer Series

1. Craig Edmunds ........ 149 pts ...... 882-11
2. Mark Radford ......... 144 pts ...... 708-11
3. Bob Warren ............. 135 pts ...... 560-9
4. Steve Burgess ........ 130 pts ...... 635-5
5. Adam Caswell ........... 123 pts ..... 602-10
6. Simon Belcham ........ 123 pts ..... 449-6
7. Alan Healy ................ 113 pts ...... 592-1
8. Paul Elmes ................ 106 pts ..... 557-5
9. Darren North ............ 98 pts ....... 396-3
10. Steve Wynne ............. 76 pts ....... 308-7
11. Ryan Jordan ............. 61 pts ........ 411-6
12. Adam Woodland ....... 60 pts ....... 276-11
13. Derek Lucas ............... 58 pts ....... 220-11
14. Paul Reed ................... 52 pts ....... 197-14
15. Dave Tippet ................ 46 pts ....... 158-7
16. Ryan Radford ............. 36pts ........ 83-14
17. Eddie Wynne .............. 26 pts ....... 59-8
18. Rich Jones .................. 24 pts ....... 164-9
19. Jan / Yan / Colin ........ 24 pts ....... 71-12
20. Eddie Perkins ............. 22 pts ........ 58-5
21. Brian (mugger) Shanks.. 17 pts ........ 85-12
22. Mark Britton ............... 15 pts ........ 37-10
23. Tony Rixon .................. 13 pts ........ 55-2

Year to Date

1. Mark Radford ............ 254 pts ... 1031-11
2. Steve Burgess .......... 229 ......... 912-8
3. Bob Warren ................ 213 .......... 804-10
4. Alan Healy .................. 202 ......... 809-3
5. Simon Belcham ........... 197 ......... 607-8
6. Craig Edmunds ........... 193 ........ 1016-2
7. Adam Caswell .............. 183 ........ 825-6
8. Darren North ............... 170 ........ 571-6
9. Adam Woodland .......... 139 ........ 531-10
10. Paul Elmes .................... 134 ....... 677-2
11. Dave Tippet ................... 113 ....... 349-3
12. Derek Lucas .................. 111 ........ 343-13
13. Ryan Jordan ................. 105 ....... 532-7
14. Paul Reed ...................... 102 ....... 336-7
15. Steve Wynne ................. 87 ........ 340-9
16. Eddie Perkins ................ 78 ........ 160-6
17. Jan / Yan / Colin ........... 45 ........ 144-10
18. Mark Britton ................. 43 ........ 107-0
19. Ryan Radford ................ 42 ........ 91-8
20. Rich Jones .................... 30 ........ 185-5
21. Tony Rixon ................... 28 ........ 124-10
22. Eddie Wynne ................ 26 ........ 59-8
23. Mike Wilson ................. 24 ........ 59-12
24. Brian (mugger) Shanks ... 17 ........ 85-12
25. Dean Malin .................... 17 ........ 78-2
    

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Pairs Latest

1. Darren North & Adam Caswell ........ 191 ...... 1,004-0
2. Alan Healy & Mark Radford ............ 180 ...... 1,094-11
3. Simon Belcham & Derek Lucas ........ 159 ...... 720-1
4. Paul Reed & Steve Burgess ............... 138 ...... 790-10
5. Mark Britton & Dave Tippet ............. 47 ........ 223-1
6. Adam Woodland & Mike Wilson ...... 33 ........ 260-15
   

Staunton Court, 30 August 2009 (8 pegs)

New Psv Club Match Record!

It's been a long time coming but Alan Healy finally stopped leaking pound coins and ended his dismal run of form stylishly today by smashing the Psv club match record, previously held by fellow "Cookie Crew" member Mark Radford, and posting the biggest match weight of the year at Staunton Court.
Drawn on the concrete bank in front of the brick cutting shed, Knowle West bagger Alan chose to fish pellet on the pole shallow and took full advantage of a peg that was obviously solid with carp, catching steadily all through the match, more than making up for the disatrous last placed weight that he posted here back at the end of June.
Alan suprised himself and everyone around him at the weigh-in as he was convinced he had only caught around 20 fish but after five weighs he was more than happy with a combined weight of 223lbs 14oz which was almost double the weight of second placed Mark Radford.
Mark was drawn on the well fancied corner peg 8 (where Craig Edmunds had won the last match) and managed a healthy 112lbs 6oz followed by Adam Caswell on peg 1 with 107lbs 13 oz making it a clean sweep for the Cookie Crew.



Overall Result:

1. Alan Healy .......... 223-14 [peg 2]
2. Mark Radford ..... 112-6 [8]
3. Adam Caswell ..... 107-13 [1]
4. Darren North ...... 90-8 [6]
5. Simon Belcham** .. 89-10 [3]
6. Steve Burgess ........ 73-8 [5]
7. Bob Warren* ......... 47-4 [7]
8. Steve Wynne ......... Dnw [4]
   

Silvers:

1. Bob Warren .......... 6-12
2. Darren North ........ 5-0

*Golden peg
**Silver peg

If you've ever wondered ......

If you've ever wondered how match fishing superstar and Avon Angling Select legend, Trigger, got his bald spot, now you know ........




(Gay love handle)

Trinity Waters, 23 August 2009 (11 pegs)

Unsurprisingly Craig Edmunds' first visit to Trinity resulted in his first win at the venue.
Craig caught mainly down the edge either side with pellet on the pole to weigh in 58lbs 8oz from peg 11. He could have won by a lot more but, due to a hangover from Barcelona the previous night, he actually only fished for 20 minutes and also lost a lot of fish under the empty platform next to him. (Apparently someone told him there were no fish in the lake over 2lbs).
He spent the rest of the match chatting to boy/girlfriends on the phone and asking his neighbour, Paul Elmes, how many fish he had!
Not far behind, on peg 9 was Paul Elmes who fished mainly on the pole shallow and ended up with 50lbs 4oz, followed by Mark Britton at peg 16 who had a tantrum-free day and put together 37lbs 10oz of carp and silvers caught down the edge on maggot.
Top silvers went to hemp and tares expert Simon Belcham with 18lbs (plus 13lbs 8oz of carp) from peg 19.
Stevie Wynne continued his run of bad luck, this time losing his 13m pole section when it was blown into the lake by a gust of wind and then discovering the underneath of his car had fallen off!
Well done to Adam Caswell for managing to skilfully avoid all the fish that were feeding in his peg aquarium!

Overall Result:

1. Craig Edmunds ........... 58-8 [peg 11]
2. Paul Elmes .................. 50-4 [9]
3. Mark Britton** ............ 37-10 [16]
4. Mark Radford .............. 32-7 [8]
5. Simon Belcham ............ 31-8 [13]
6. Darren North Shrek ..... 20-12 [4]
7. Steve Wynne* ............... 19-4 [14]
8. Steve Burgess ................... 17-4 [13]
9. Derek Lucas .................. 13-12 [ 1]
10. Ryan Radford ................ 11-2 [7]
11. Adam Caswell ................ dnw

* golden peg
** silver peg


Silvers:

1. Simon Belcham .......... 18-0
2. Mark Britton .............. 6-12
3. Paul Elmes ................. 5-0
4. Craig Edmunds .......... 1-12
5. Darren North ............. 1-8
6. Mark Radford ............ 1-7
   

Blanking in Holland!

Despite trying every method in "Mr Crabtree's Guide to Fishing" ......
Nothing!


Shrek, blanking but still smiling!
When all else fails try flashing at schoolkids and joggers!
New Venue, same result!

Pairs Updated

1. Darren North & Adam Caswell ..... 150 ..... 784-15
2. Alan Healy & Mark Radford ......... 129 ..... 726-0
3. Simon Belcham & Derek Lucas .... 124 ..... 585-3
4. Paul Reed & Steve Burgess ............ 116 ..... 699-14
5. Adam Woodland & Mike Wilson ... 33 ...... 260-15
6. Mark Britton & Dave Tippett ......... 32 ...... 185-7

Sedges, 16 August 2009 (9 pegs)

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A combination of inspired pegging and a long overdue return to form enabled Sedges venue expert Darren North to cruise to an easy victory.
Drawn at unfancied peg 3, Darren fished the pellet waggler to the aereator and shallow on the pole with pellet and hardly any feed to weigh in 90lbs 6oz of carp to over 12lbs despite at one point breaking his landing net and having to interrupt the owners' Sunday lunch for a replacement!
Popular club member Darren even included 8lbs of skimmers in his total caught on the pole just a few inches deep.
Darren's traveling partner for the day, Bob Warren, on another unfancied draw and his "jinx peg", corner peg 20 managed second place with 50lbs 12oz which included 17lbs of skimmers.
Third on the day was Match Secretary and recent winner of the prestigious Psv Knockout Cup, Steve Burgess.
Steve drew Golden peg 18 and fished 8mm pellet shallow and on the deck for 45lbs 10oz.
Top silvers went to carp-avoider Dave "the worm" Tippett with a very impressive 38lbs from peg 9.

Overall Result:

1. Darren North ........... 90-6 [peg 3]
2. Bob Warren .............. 50-12 [20]
3. Steve Burgess* ......... 45-10 [18]
4. Simon Belcham ........ 45-4 [14]
5. Dave Tippett ............. 38-0 [9]
6. Alan Healy ................ 29-12 [12]
7. Adam Caswell ........... 28-15 [7]
8. Mark Radford ........... 21-0 [16]
9. Paul Reed .................. 16-14 [5]

* golden peg

Silvers:

1. Dave Tippett ......... 38-0
2. Simon Belcham .... 21-2
3. Bob Warren .......... 17-0
4. Darren North ........ 8-4
5. Alan Healy ............ 6-4
6. Mark Radford ....... 3-10
7. Steve Burgess ........ 1-10
8. Adam Caswell ....... 1-2
9. Paul Reed .............. 0-14

Quotes from the day!

• 'I was just glad to catch a few fish for a change' ...... Darren North
• 'I was eating that sausage' .... Dave Tippett (To Colin Golding)
• 'Another 6 hours and I would have won it' ........ Paul Reed
  

Campbell, 09 August 2009

Second leg of the Campbell mini series
and the Knockout Final!

Ryan Jordan showed his true all-round class today winning not only the match but also taking the Campbell mini series superpool and also the "silver peg" money.
Ryan drew the noted tench flier, peg 123, where Bob Warren had weighed in 57lbs of them in the previous match, but wily Ryan ignored the obvious and instead went for the carp and it paid off with 142lbs of them finding their way to his nets!
More usually noted for his skill on the pole in Tony Rixon's "float only" series, Ryan caught steadily all day on the straight lead with pellet fished to the edge of Alan Healy's peg.
Meanwhile, the prestigious Knockout Cup final proved to be a nail-biter between Avon Angling superstar Craig (Trigger) Edmunds and Match Secretary Steve Burgess.
Drawn next to each other with Trigger on the famous "spit", peg 128, and Steve on the unfancied peg 127 it looked like being a whitewash but Steve, wearing his lucky pink t-shirt matched with shorts and flip-flops had other ideas.
Steve foul-hooked a carp on his first chuck with the pellet waggler and by the end of the first hour had six fish in the net to Craig's none. But as the day went on the fish in front of Steve had become cagey whereas Craig's peg began to improve steadily.
Steve, then started to catch well shallow on the pole at 14.5m but was hampered by a jammed topkit whilst Craig, bored of catching silvers, found the carp were "stacked up" on his pole line, but by then it was just too late for him to catch up.
Steve eventually weighed in 103-15 to Trigger's 103-7 to ensure his name would be added to the famous knockout trophy!
Meanwhile on the other side of the lake, Alan Healy on peg 118 managed to shake off his recent run of poor form by taking second spot with a healthy 136-7 and his travelling partner, Mark Radford, finally got his paste-head together on peg 125 to weigh in 112-14 for third place although it would have been 12lbs more had he not broken the Viaduct 80lbs per net rule!
At the other end of the lake Stevie Wynne provided the day's entertainment when one of the few carp that he managed to hook decided to take his pole for a swim around the lake until both the pole and the fish were rescued by Rich Jones!

Overall Result:

1. Ryan Jordan** ............. 142-5 [peg 123]
2. Alan Healy .................... 136-7 [118]
3. Mark Radford ............... 112-14 [125]
4. (joint) Steve Burgess & Paul Elmes ...... 103-15 [127 & 116]
5. Craig Edmunds ............. 103-7 [128]
6. Bob Warren* ................. 96-8 [114]
7. Rich Jones ..................... 79-9 [111]
8. Adam Caswell ................ 61-13 [110]
9. Paul Reed ....................... 47-10 [115]
10. Derek Lucas ................... 42-0 [112]
11. Adam Woodland ........... 37-14 [37-14]
12. Steve Wynne ................. 31-14 [130]
13. Darren North ................ DNW

* golden peg
** silver peg


Silvers:

1. Bob Warren ...... 28-3
2. Craig Edmunds.. 26-0
3. Mark Radford ... 16-3
4. Adam Caswell .... 5-11
5. Adam Woodland ... 4-6
6. (joint)Paul Reed & Rich Jones.. 3-14
7. Paul Elmes .......... 3-8
8. Derek Lucas ....... 3-5
9. Alan Healy......... 2-15

Silvers peg of £10 claimed By Ryan leaving a golden peg of £100

Pairs & Knockout Updated

Pairs

1. Darren North & Adam Caswell ..... 119 ..... 665-10
2. Simon Belcham & Derek Lucas .... 110 ..... 539-15
3. Alan Healy & Mark Radford ......... 107 ..... 675-4
4. Paul Reed & Steve Burgess ............ 92 ...... 637-6
5. Adam Woodland & Mike Wilson ... 33 ...... 260-15
6. Mark Britton & Dave Tippett ......... 19 ...... 147-7

Knockout

Semi-final at Campbell (2 August)

• Simon Belcham vs Steve Burgess
• Stevie Wynne vs Craig Edmunds vs Adam Woodland

The final will take place at Campbell on 9 August between Craig Edmunds & Steve Burgess.
Unfortunately, the result will be very predictable so this will we be one trophy that Trigger's name won't be appearing on
In fact, it's highly unlikely that anyone's names will be appearing on any trophies!

Year Totals & Summer Series

Summer Series

1. Craig Edmunds ......... 117 [720-12]
   
2. Bob Warren ............... 96 [366-1]
3. Mark Radford ............ 88 [430-0]
4. Adam Caswell ............ 88 [404-1]
5. Simon Belcham ......... 83 [283-0]
6. Steve Burgess ............ 79 [395-0]
7. Paul Elms .................. 75 [403-2]
8. Alan Healy ................. 64 [202-0]
9. Steve Wynne .............. 60 [257-5]
10. Adam Woodland ........ 54 [238-13]
11. Darren North ............. 52 [194-9]
12. Derek Lucas ............... 42 [164-15]
13. Ryan Jordan .............. 41 [269-1]
14. Paul Reed ................... 35 [133-6]
15. Dave Tippett .............. 33 [120-7]
16. Ryan Radford ............. 28 [72-12]
17. Eddie Wynne .............. 26 [59-8]
18. Jan / Yan / Colin ........ 24 [71-12]
19. Eddie Perkins .............. 22 [58-5]
20. Brian (mugger) Shanks 17 [85-12]
21. Rich Jones ................... 14 [85-0]
22. Tony Rixon .................. 13 [55-2]

Year Totals

1. Mark Radford ............. 198 [753-0]
2. Steve Burgess .............. 178 [672-3]
3. Bob Warren ................. 174 [610-2]
4. Craig Edmunds ............ 161 [854-3]
5. Simon Belcham ............ 157 [ 441-2]
6. Alan Healy .................... 153 [419-2]
7. Adam Caswell ............... 148 [626-13]
8. Adam Woodland .......... 133 [493-12]
9. Darren North ............... 124 [369-12]
10. Paul Elms ..................... 103 [522-15]
11. Dave Tippett ................. 100 [311-3]
12. Derek Lucas .................. 95 [288-2]
13. Ryan Jordan .................. 85 [390-2]
14. Paul Reed ...................... 85 [271-15]
15. Eddie Perkins ................ 78 [160-6]
16. Steve Wynne .................. 71 [289-7]
17. Jan / Yan / Colin ........... 45 [144-10]
18. Ryan Radford ................ 34 [80-6]
19. Tony Rixon .................... 28 [124-10]
20. Mark Britton .................. 28 [69-6]
21. Eddie Wynne ................. 26 [59-8]
22. Mike Wilson .................. 24 [59-12]
23. Rich Jones ..................... 20 [105-12]
24. Brian (mugger)Shanks .. 17 [85-12]
25. Dean Malin .................... 17 [78-2]
    

Campbell, 02 August 2009

Overall Result

1. Craig Edmunds ......... 139-15
2. Brian Shanks ............. 85-12
3. Ryan Jordan .............. 82-5
4. Stevie Wynne ............. 79-6
5. Bob Warren ................ 76-5
6. Steve Burgess ............. 65-13
7. Mark Radford ............ 64-12
8. Paul Elmes ................. 64-2
9. Rich Jones ................. 59-6
10. Derek Lucas ............... 53-9
11. Simon Belcham .......... 38-11
12. Dave Tippett ...............38-9
13. Adam Woodland ........ 31-10
14. Alan Healy .................. 24-2
15. Adam Caswell ............. 22-1
16. Darren North* ............ 20-2
17. Paul Reed .................... 19-5
18. Eddie Perkins ............. DNW

*golden peg


Silvers

1. Bob Warren ........... 57-7
2. Simon Belcham ..... 24-2
3. Craig Edmunds ...... 10-4
4. Dave Tippett .......... 10-3
5. Mark Radford ........ 8-7
6. Adam Woodland ..... 2-3
7. Ryan Jordan ........... 2-1
8. Derek Lucas ........... 1-11
9. Paul Reed ............... 1-8
   

New Club Rule

From now on shorts and flip-flops are banned from club matches as they are proving to be an unfair advantage for certain club members.
In future anyone found to be breaking this rule will be disqualified!

Knockout semi final

Five anglers will be fishing the knockout semi final at Viaduct on Sunday 2 August.

• Stevie Wynne
• Simon Belcham
• Steve Burgess
• Craig Edmunds
• Adam Woodland

Two names will be drawn to fish against each other, the remaining three will fish against each other to decide the second finalist.
The grand knockout final will be fished at the first match where both semi final winners are present.

Cider Farm, 26 July 2009

1. Craig Edmonds ...... 65-10
2. Simon Belcham ..... 45-10
3. Bob Warren* .......... 41-8
4. Paul Elmes ............ 38-14
5. Alan Healy ............ 35-4
6. Yan / Colin ............ 30-1
7. Darren North ........ 28-5
8. Dave Tippett .......... 27-2
9. Derek Lucas ........... 24-0
   
10. Adam Woodland .... 22-0
11. Steve Burgess ............... 6-8
12. Eddie Perkins ......... DNW

*golden peg

Landsend, 19 July 2009

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Overall Result

1. Eddie Wynne .......... 57-14
2. Craig Edmonds ....... 44-4
3. Steve Wynne ........... 39-8
4. Simon Belcham ....... 36-9
5. Mark Radford .......... 34-9
6. Bob Warren ............. 22-9
7. Ryan Radford .......... 21-2
8. Paul Elmes ............... 19-4
9. Dave Tippett ............ 18-1
10. Adam Woodland ...... 16-7
11. Adam Caswell ........... 11-7
12. Darren North ............ 10-6
13. Jan / Yan / Colin ...... 9-3
14. Alan Healy ................ 8-12
15. Eddie Perkins ........... 6-2

Silvers

1. Eddie Wynne ........... 6-6
2. Eddie Perkins .......... 6-2
3. Dave Tippett ............ 5-13
4. Bob Warren ............. 5-10
5. Stevie Wynne ........... 5-0
   
6. Jan / Colin ............... 4-14
7. Mark Radford .......... 4-12
8. Simon Belcham ........ 4-4
9. Paul Elmes / Adam W ... 2-4

Pairs & Knockout

Pairs

1. Darren North & Adam Caswell .... 506-5
2. Alan Healy & Mark Radford ........ 464-9
   
3. Paul Reed & Steve Burgess .......... 440-12
4. Derek Lucas & Simon Belcham ... 249-8
   
5. Mike Wilson & Adam Woodland .. 168-11
6. Mark Britton & Dave Tippett ........ 36-11

3rd rnd Knockout Results

• Bob Warren vs Steve Wynne
• Paul Elmes vs Simon Belcham
• Trigger vs Darren North
• Adam Caswell vs Steve Burgess
• Adam Woodland vs Eddie Perkins

Rood Ashton, 12 July 2009

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1. Steve Burgess ......... 105-2
2. Adam Caswell ......... 74-13
3. Adam Woodland ..... 70-13
4. Derek Lucas* ........... 63-13
5. Darren North ........... 63-8
6. Bob Warren ............. 59-12
7. Simon Belcham ....... 55-10
8. Stevie Wynne .......... 45-12
9. Ryan Radford .......... 43-13
10. Mark Radford .......... 32-0
11. Eddie Perkins .......... 28-5
12. Alan Healy ............... 26-2
13. Paul Reed ................. 24-5

*Golden Peg

Year Totals

Pos	Member	Points	Weight
			lbs	ozs
1	Mark Radford	166	621	11
2	Steve Burgess	139	494	12
3	Alan Healey	126	324	14
4	Bob Warren	122	407	0
5	Adam Caswell	121	518	8
6	Simon Belcham	108	264	10
7	Craig Edmonds	104	604	6
8	Adam Woodland	97	352	14
9	Darren North	92	247	7
10	Paul Reed	79	228	5
11	Dave Tippet	75	227	7
12	Ryan Jordan	70	307	13
13	Paul Elms	69	400	11
14	Eddie Gerkin	68	125	15
15	Derek Lucas	64	146	12
16	Steve Wynne	32	124	13
17	Tony Rixon	28	124	10
18	Jan Yan or Colin	28	105	6
19	Mark Britton	28	69	6
20	Mike Wilson	24	59	12
21	Dean Malin	17	78	2
22	Mini Me	14	15	7
23	Rich Jones	11	46	6
24	Eddie Wynne	6	1	10