Viaduct, Campbell, 23 May (21 pegs) & Knockout Results

Following on from the return to winter over the past month or so the sun finally shone and the carp decided to "get it on" ...... which didn't stop Trigger from smashing Alan Healy's club record by 46lbs with 270lbs 12oz from peg 124!
It wasn't so long back that a ton was unheard of in a club match so it just goes to show how the fish have grown (the anglers are still crap!)
Trigger caught by donning Paul Elmes' polaroids and mugging cruisers at 16m with a long line.
Second place went to Neil Mercer, nearly a ton behind, but with a still impressive 178-4 from 112 using the same method as Trigger but with his own polaroids!!
Mr Consistent took the third spot from 135 with 109-7 and Chris Szackacs managed to avoid the silvers on peg 123 and take 4th with 82-9.
Top silvers went to Bob (the tench) Warren with 21-10 from 119 (next time I draw that peg I know how to fish it ...... cheers Chris!) and the second silvers place went to Paul (beaver) Elmes with 8-11.
With one match left in the Committee cup, Adam (two-nose) Caswell retains the top position with 128 pts with Alan Healy and Chris Zaks close behind on 123 & 122 pts respectively so the result could be anyone's at Sedges next week.
In the knockout (first round) Adam Caswell, Simon Belcham, Alan Healy, Bob Warren, Paul Elmes, Darren North, Mike Smith, Neil Mercer, Steve Hutch and Ryan Radford all go through to the second round with Derek Lucas, Trigger and Steve Burgess also going through (by default)*
Mark Radford and steady Eddie Wynne drew their match 1-1 but tied on points so will have a "fish-off" at Sedges.  Mark will need to pray to the fishing gods for a decent draw as Eddie Wynne is guaranteed one.
The second round of the knockout and first round of the "plate" (losers knockout) will start at Viaduct on June 6th with the draw at the meeting on Tuesday June 1st.
Also at the meeting will be the draw for the pairs which will follow last years format ie: finishing on the match previous to the Christmas match and with a £5 entry fee.

* Their respective knockout partners didn't fish any of the three qualifying matches.

Overall Result:

1. Craig Edmunds ....... 270-12 ... peg 124
2. Neil Mercer ............ 178-4 ........... 112
3. Darren North .......... 109-7 .......... 135
4. Chris Szackacs ........ 82-9 ........... 123
5. Eddie Wynne ........... 78-3
6. Mark Radford ........... 75-14
7. Adam Caswell .......... 65-7
8. Alan Healy .............. 61-13
9. Steve Wynne .......... 58-6
10. Steve Hutchinson .... 51-11
11. Paul Elmes ............. 37-11
12. Bob Warren ............ 34-1
13. Mike Smith ............. 29-6
14. Mike Wilson ............ 19-10
15. Simon Belcham ....... 19-7
16. Yan (Colin) ............. 14-8
17. Derek Lucas ............ 13-13 (unlucky for some)
18. Ade Crawley ........... 10-0
19. Adam Woodland ...... 6-0  (sunburnt)
20. Paul Reed & Rich Jones ..... DNW

Silvers:

1. Bob Warren ......... 21-10 .... peg 119
2. Paul Elmes .......... 8-11
3. Simon Belcham .... 2-12

Total match weight = 1,216lbs 14oz
Average weight = 64lbs

Cider Farm, 16 May 2010 (19 pegs)

As expected on Cider Farm's Dabinett lake the top three places were taken by the usual form pegs on the gap between the islands.  Venue regular Mike Smith took the top honours and his first win since joining the club this season with 73lbs 5oz from peg 6 all caught on paste.

Second place went to Mark Radford on neighbouring peg 7  with 68-3, again all taken on paste.  It seems as though Mark has finally shaken off his run of crap draws and returned to form having framed twice in two matches.
In third place, despite drawing the hottest peg on the lake, peg 21, was "rock steady" Eddie Wynne with 57-5 caught on pellet.  It's rumoured that since Eddie started match fishing (many years ago) he has never drawn a bad peg!

With the lake split into two sections, 1 to 14 and 16 to 28, another "paste-head",  Chris Szakacs took the first section from peg 3 with 41-4.  With nobody on peg 2 Chris was gifted another empty peg next to him when Alan Healy thought he had drawn peg 4 but in actual fact had drawn 14.  Alan practically skipped up the lake to peg 14 but only managed to weigh in 10-12 so in hindsight he probably wished he'd stayed put on 4 and saved himself a few pound coins!!
The second section went to Adam Caswell on peg 22 where, despite losing a shedload of fish in the infamous Cider Farm reeds, he still managed to foul hook 33-8  and put himself at the top of the PSV year totals!
In the knockout Adam Caswell goes through to the second round after beating Ade Crawley in 2 out of the 3 legs of the first round as does club junior member, Ryan Radford after beating Steve Wynne twice.
Adam Woodland and Simon Belcham face a decider at Campbell next week with Simon having a 3 point advantage. And Eddie Wynne and Mark Radford also face off next week with Mark ahead by just 1 point!
Mike Smith goes to Campbell with a 17 point lead over Yan, the flying Dutchman, and Steve Hutchinson and Ryan Jordan also meet again next week with Steve Hutch ahead by 5 points.
One-off battles at Campbell will be between Bob Warren and Paul Reed, Neil Mercer and Rich Jones and also Mike Wilson and Alan Healy


Overall Result:

1. Mike Smith ........ peg 6 ..... 73-5
2. Mark Radford ........... 7 ..... 68-3
3. Eddie Wynne ........... 21 .... 57-5
4. Chris Szakacs ........... 3 ..... 41-4
5. Adam Caswell* ........ 22 .... 33-8
6. Steve Burgess ......... 16 .... 25-2
7. Adam Woodland ....... 20 .... 20-13
8. Darren North ........... 19 .... 15-1
9. Steve Hutchinson ...... 9 ..... 13-12
10. Ade Crawley ............. 1 ..... 13-3
11. Alan Healy .............. 14 ..... 10-12
12. Rich Jones ............... 8 ...... 10-10
13. Stuart Riddle ........... 12 ..... 9-12
14. Ryan Jordan ............ 18 ..... 8-13
15. Paul Reed ................ 25 ..... 5-4
16. Yan (Jan / Colin) ...... 16 ...... 5-0
17. Derek Lucas ............ 27 ...... 4-7
18. Ryan Radford ........... 17 ..... 0-4
19. Steve Wynne ........... 28 ...... DNW

*golden peg

Avalon, 9 May (14 pegs)

New Dad, Ryan Jordan celebrated the birth of daughter Maddie in style winning comfortably with 10lb to spare.  Fishing mainly with paste at 16m from peg 17 Ryan weighed in 58lbs 11oz.
This capped off a busy week for Ryan who has had to juggle breast-feeding Maddie through the night whilst delivering parcels during the day to such far-flung places as Oldland Common and Soundwell and in between managing to fit in four practice sessions at Avalon to make sure he made the frame on the match day!

Following up a golden peg win at Landsend last week, the runner up was form man of the moment, Adam (2 nose) Caswell who managed 48-9 from the top corner flier peg 17.  Adam fished long down both margins with paste and pellet to record an all-carp weight of 48-9 which was just enough to push his idol, Mark Radford into third.

Mark, a pipe-bender through the week, made a rare appearance in the frame having weighed in 47-6 from peg 3.
Just out of the money by 2lbs was Rich Jones on peg 13 with 45-5.
Rich (below) looks shocked and slightly embarrassed by the ease with which the fish in his peg were happy to snaffle his pellets!

Top silvers went to new member, Ade (creepy) Crawley with 6-4 from peg 21 followed by Adam Woodland, just 2oz off with 6-2 and Steve Burgess with 4-7.
The golden peg remained safe from harm with Derek Lucas who could only manage one fish for a total weight of 3lbs.
Cider Farm next week, if you are fishing please bear in mind that Mark is now insisting that nets should be bone dry before arrival.

Overall:

1. Ryan Jordan ...... peg 17 ...... 58-11
2. Adam Caswell .......... 23 ...... 48-9
3. Mark Radford ........... 3 ........ 47-6
4. Rich Jones ............... 13 ...... 45-5
5. Alan Healy ............... 11 ...... 32-8
6. Simon Belcham ........ 7 ........ 26-15
7. Ade Crawley ............. 21 ..... 25-8
8. Darren North ............ 12 ..... 21-14
9. Adam Woodland ........ 1 ...... 18-14
10. Paul Reed ................. 19 ..... 17-5
11. Ryan Radford ............ 5 ....... 17-2
12. Steve Burgess ........... 10 ..... 15-7
13. Steve Wynne ............ 16 ..... 10-4
14. Derek Lucas* ............ 9 ........ 3-0

*golden peg

Silvers:

1. Ade Crawley ...... 6-4
2. Adam Woodland . 6-2
3. Steve Burgess .... 4-7
4. Ryan Jordan ....... 1-9
5. Steve Wynne ...... 0-12
6. Paul Reed ........... 0-11
7. Ryan Radford ...... 0-4

2010 Knockout, Format & 1st Round Fixtures

As discussed at the May meeting (yes, there was one) the 1st round of the knockout will be run over three legs (Avalon, Cider Farm & Campbell) with the results being decided by "best out of three".
If a fixture is drawn 1-1 or if neither angler meets at one of the three matches then the result will be decided on total points scored.
Losers from the first round will go into the knockout "plate".
The 2nd round of the main knockout and the "plate" will be fished by the same format over the following 2 matches (Sedges, 30 May and Campbell, 6 June).
After that all fixtures will be fished over 1 match to be arranged to suit everyone involved.
The pairs competition will be drawn at the June meeting and, as last year, will be run up to the match prior to the Christmas match. Cost will be £5 each (winners take all).

Round 1 Fixtures:

• Adam Caswell  v  Ade Crawley
• Adam Woodland  v  Simon Belcham
• Alan Healy  v  Mike Wilson
• Bob Warren  v  Paul Reed
• Brian Shanks  v  Derek Lucas
• Chris Szakacs  v  Paul Elmes
• Trigger  v  Stuart Ashton
• Darren North  v  Stuart Riddle
• Eddie Wynne  v  Mark Radford
• Mike Smith  v  Yan
• Neil Mercer  v  Rich Jones
• Ron Hardiman  v  Steve Burgess
• Ryan Jordan  v  Steve Hutchinson
• Ryan Radford  v  Steve Wynne

Landsend, Match Lake, 2 May (17 pegs)

Overall Result:

1. Adam Caswell* ...... 59-13 (peg 3) no bait, all foul-hooked
2. Brian Shanks (r) .... 52-14
3. Chris Szakacs ........ 47-14
4. Eddie Wynne ......... 45-3
5. Alan Healy ............ 37-12 (only fished last hour)
6. Darren North ......... 34-0 (only fished first hour)
7. Mike Wilson ........... 33-15
8. Bob Warren ........... 33-8
9. Paul Reed............... 31-7
10. Ron Hardiman ........ 30-13
11. Mark Radford (u) .... 29-4
12. Stuart Riddle .......... 26-0
13. Steve Hutchinson .... 25-10
14. Ade Crawley ........... 20-7
15. Adam Woodland ...... 20-5
16. Simon Belcham(d) ... 11-3
17. Mike Smith ............. DNW (wasn't at Cider Farm)

*golden peg
(d) disabled
(r) ringer
(u) useless

Silvers:

1. Mike Wilson ...... 23-15
2. Chris Zak ......... 17-3
3. Eddie Wynne ..... 16-10
4. Brian Shanks ..... 14-6
5. Simon Belcham .. 11-3
6. Bob Warren ....... 9-11
7. Steve Hutchinson .. 9-5
8. Ade Crawley ....... 8-15
9. Paul Reed .......... 7-7
10. Stuart Riddle ...... 6-9
11. Adam Caswell ..... 5-6 (foul-hooked tench)
12. Alan Healy ......... 4-10
13. Adam Woodland .. 4-4
14. Mark Radford ...... 4-3
15. Ron Hardiman ..... 3-13
16. Darren North ....... 2-9

 League Totals:

1. Chris Zak ....... 91pts .... 271-5
2. Alan Healy ...... 90 ...... 217-7
3. Adam Caswell .. 84 ..... 270-11
4. Stuart Riddle .... 72 .... 244-3
5. Steve Burgess .. 69 .... 209-7
6. Bob Warren ...... 68 .... 233-14
7. Paul Reed ......... 63 ... 204-6
8. Adam Woodland . 57 .. 167-13
9. Derek Lucas ...... 53 ... 137-4
10. Neil Mercer ....... 51 ... 360-12
11. Paul Elmes ........ 51 ... 322-11
12. Craig Edmunds .. 50 ... 258-6
13. Mark Radford .... 50 ... 246-5
14. Simon Belcham .. 49 ... 184-6
15. Steve Wynne ..... 38 ... 119-4
16. Mije Wilson ........ 30 ... 140-9
17. Darren North ...... 27 .. 80-14
18. Brian Shanks ..... 26 ... 72-9
19. Rich Jones ......... 25 ... 106-14
20. Mike Smith ........ 25 ... 71-5
21. Yan .................. 24 .... 28-1
22. Ryan Jordan ...... 23 .... 114-14
23. Stuart Ashton .... 21 .... 20-13
24. Eddie Wynne ..... 14 .... 45-3
25. Rom Hardiman .. 8 ...... 30-13
26. Steve Hutchinson 5 ..... 25-10
27. Ade Crawley ...... 4 ..... 20-7