Sedges, Brick Lake, 25 May (14 pegs)

Apologies for the late update but have had a few difficulties at "hq" last week but (hopefully) that's all sorted now and we're back in business.
Sedges at the weekend was a difficult affair with an awkward wind blowing across and down the lake.  Taking full advantage of a cracking draw, peg 20 (the peg that Yan wanted out of the draw as he reckoned there weren't any fish in it!) with the wind blowing into the corner, Chris Szakacs fished banded pellet into the margins to take top spot with 45lbs 14oz, just one fish ahead of league leader Adam Caswell who foul-hooked 42-9 from peg 8.
Third place went to "the gimp with the limp" (Simon Belcham) with 36-12 from peg 12.
Meanwhile, on peg 5, match secretary Steve Burgess produced a stunning display of skimmer bashing to take the top silvers spot (and fourth place) with 25-9 of fish to around 2.5 lbs plus a stray 9lb carp caught on the pellet wag (the only wag caught fish of the day)!
Steve caught steadily through the match, fishing 6mm soft pellet at 5m over wetted micros  mixed with green swimstim.
Fifth place (one out of the money again) was Bob Warren on peg 19 with 36-12.
Ironically for Bob he would have picked up money on the day had it not been for pre-match interference which led to paying out two silvers places instead of the more usual top four and one silver pool!
By way of compensation though, Bob was fortunate enough to be able to cuddle up to The Reedinator on the way home, a position normally reserved for Paul Reed's two alsations!

Overall Result:

1. Chris Szakacs ...... peg 20 ... 45-14
2. Adam Caswell ....... 8 ......... 42-9
3. Simon Belcham ..... 12 ....... 36-12
4. Steve Burgess ....... 5 ......... 34-8
5. Bob Warren ........... 19 ....... 31-9
6. Mark Radford ......... 4 ......... 29-6
7. Steve Hutchinson ... 14 ....... 23-8
8. Paul Reed .............. 9 ........ 22-6
9. Darren North ......... 6 ......... 19-2
10. Mike Wilson ........... 11 ....... 18-14
11. Jan / Colin* ............. 17 ....... 18-8
12. Stuart Ashton ........ 15 ........ 5-11
13. Ryan Radford ......... 2 ......... 2-14
14. Eddie Wynne ......... 10 ........ DNW (depite a perfectly good draw)!

*golden peg

Silvers:

1. Steve Burgess ..... 25-9 (peg 5)
2. Steve Hutchinson ... 23-8
3. Jan / Yan / Colin .... 18-8
4. Darren North ......... 12-9
5. Bob Warren ........... 12-0
6. Adam Caswell ........ 11-8
7. Mark Radford ......... 10-15
8. Chris Szakacs ......... 8-7
9. Simon Belcham ....... 6-8
10. Stuart Ashton ......... 5-11
11. Paul Reed .............. 4-15
12. Mike Wilson ........... 4-5
13. Ryan Radford ......... 2-14

Total match weight = 331lbs 9oz
Average = 26lbs