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