Calender Change & Christmas Match

Please note that the match originally scheduled for Cider Farm on Nov 14 will now be on Bullocks Farm Match Lake.
And bookings for the Christmas Match at Westerleigh (12 December) will be taken at the club meeting next Tuesday (2 November). £20 payable at the meeting with £20 to pay on the day.
Please bear in mind that the banks and car park at Westerleigh can be slippery in winter!

Summer League Final Results

1. Mike Smith ..... 205pts ... 925-1
2. Alan Healy ........ 203 ...... 879-11
3. Darren North .... 168 ...... 716-9
4. Chris Szakacs ... 166 ...... 941-14
5. Rich Jones ........ 158 ...... 813-11
6. Bob Warren ...... 149 ...... 557-9
7. Steve Burgess ... 142 ...... 464-13
8. Paul Reed ......... 127 ...... 454-6
9. Mark Radford .... 121 ...... 706-11
10. Simon Belcham . 121 ...... 537-6
11. Ade Crawley ..... 120 ...... 455-7
12. Ryan Jordan ...... 98 ....... 525-3
13. Adam Caswell .... 90 ....... 483-11
14. Derek Lucas ...... 88 ....... 393-5
15. Stuart Riddle ..... 79 ....... 288-3
16. Paul Elmes ........ 75 ....... 426-10
17. Steve Wynne ..... 71 ....... 352-10
18. Ryan Radford ..... 65 ....... 269-13
19. Adam Woodland . 63 ....... 304-12
20. Neil Mercer ........ 45 ....... 282-4
21. Brian Shanks ..... 41 ........ 259-6
22. Craig Edmunds ... 35 ....... 268-1
23. Stuart Ashton .... 35 ........ 58-3
24. Mike Wilson ....... 31 ....... 133-7
25. Ron Hardiman .... 20 ....... 88-11
26. Eddie Wynne ...... 19 ....... 66-14
27. Dave Tippet ....... 10 ....... 40-2
28. Steve Hutchinson.. 9 ....... 35-8

Avalon, 24 October (8 pegs)

Drawn on unfancied peg 16, Psv's match secretary, Steve Burgess, had his work cut out from the start, especially when it looked like it was going to be a day spent on the tip (not one of his favourite methods). And things looked even worse after ten minutes on the maggot feeder produced nothing more than a rig trashed in the island undergrowth. However, a switch to corn on the hook produced three carp and a reasonable skimmer in quick succession before the swim died prompting a look on the pole line, fed at the start with groundbait and micros. This only produced one small skimmer and a rogue carp on double red maggot before the micro roach became too much of a problem.
The rest of the match was spent on the straight lead with a hair-rigged 8mm banded pellet and 6mm's pinged over the top, and by casting to different spots around the island another five carp were added resulting in a comfortable win with 54lbs 15oz and yet another pound off Alan Healy.
On the opposite end of the match length (peg 1), Darren North managed a late run to take second place with 23-9 ahead of Mike Smith on peg 3 whose pole and meat tactics produced 18-12 which included a double-figure "lump" and ensured top spot in the Summer League ahead of Alan Healy by just 2 points.
For the rest of the field it was extremely hard going; Docks legend, Ade Crawley could only manage 5lbs 4oz although, for once, this wasn't the lowest weight in the match, that honour fell to ex spitfire pilot Derek Lucas, who weighed in a pathetic 3lbs 9oz!

Full Result:

1. Steve Burgess .. peg 16 .. 54-15
2. Darren North ....... 1 ....... 23-9
3. Mike Smith .......... 3 ...... 18-12
4. Alan Healy ........... 9 ...... 12-8
5. Bob Warren .......... 5 ...... 11-9
6. Paul Reed ............ 7 ....... 8-7
7. Ade Crawley ........ 13 ...... 5-4
8. Derek Lucas ........ 11 ...... 3-9

Total Match Weight = 138lbs 9oz
Average weight = 17lbs

Trinity, 17 October 2010 (13 pegs)

Due to an unfortunate cock-up with the pegging out  
(no doubt as a result of myself being a bit worse for wear),
the Southmead angling superstar that is Rich Jones (looking even more worse for wear than I was) found himself
on peg 5 which was supposed to have been left out due to it being one of the shallowest pegs on the lake and unlikely to produce after the overnight frost.
Not a problem though for Mr Jones, however, as he then went on to win the match although he only fished the second half of the match.
The first half was spent sulking and nursing his hangover and produced only a couple of rudd until, following a wander round the lake to see who was catching, he switched to fishing luncheon meat into the margins which produced a match-winning total of 60lbs 7oz.
It seems as though luncheon meat is fast becoming the "in" bait at psv matches as Bob Warren, fishing with a brand new hook (see the previous post), from peg 22 also used it to take 2nd place with 52-2.
Third spot went to Mike Smith with 48-5, although according to angling guru, Paul Reed, Mike had 100lbs plus after the first hour!
Mike, on peg 15, caught long down both margins and out in front on his usual paste tactics but suffered a lot of lost fish no doubt due to using poofy elastic for big fish in a peg full of snags! (But what do I know) 
Interestingly (or not) all of the top 3 places were end pegs.
Fourth place and top in the silvers went to Simon Belcham who switched between 4mm pellet and an hemp & tares approach to put 44-8 on the scales from peg 26 followed up by Steve Burgess and Darren North (pegs 28 & 24 respectively) who both weighed in 40-4 although it has to be noted that Darren's 1lb silvers weight was made up of three roach of which the biggest one was no more than 3oz!!!
Way down the list in 8th was last week's winner Alan Healy who was back to his more usual form and leaking pound coins like an old tap.

Result:

1. Rich Jones ...... peg 5 .... 60-7
2. Bob Warren ....... 22 ..... 52-2
3. Mike Smith ........ 15 ..... 48-5
4. Simon Belcham .. 26 ..... 44-8
5. (joint) Steve Burgess .. 28 .. 40-4
6. (joint) Darren North ... 24 ... 40-4 (pending Steward's enquiry)
7. Stuart Riddle ...... 34 ..... 22-0
8. Alan Healy ......... 11 ..... 19-12 (no flier draw this week)
9. Steve Wynne ...... 30 .... 15-11
10. Ryan Jordan ....... 7 ...... 14-13
11. Paul Reed .......... 13 ..... 12-1
12. Derek Lucas ....... 32 ..... 7-13 (not last)
13. Ade Crawley ....... 9 ...... 7-0 (consistent)

Silvers:

1. Simon Belcham ..... 11-0
2. Steve Wynne ......... 7-11 (including 4lb snake)
3. Steve Burgess ....... 5-14
4. Ryan Jordan .......... 5-3
5. Alan Healy ............ 3-15
6. Ade Crawley .......... 2-3
7. Derek Lucas .......... 2-0
8. Rich Jones ............. 1-8
9. Paul Reed .............. 1-7
10. Stuart Riddle ......... 1-3
11. Darren North ......... 1-0
12. Mike Smith ............ 0-4 (foul-hooked fry) 

Total Match Weight = 385lbs
Average Weight = 29lbs

Rood Ashton, 10 Oct 2010 (13 pegs)

Rabbit stew and pigeon pie were off the menu tonight at the Healy household seeing as an unexpected win on the golden peg meant that the Knowle West pheasant beater was better off to the tune of £150 plus several £1 side bets to replenish the coin pile that had been rapidly disappearing over recent weeks.
Fishing paste and pellet at 13m and down the edge from peg 9 Alan weighed in 68lbs 8oz which was exactly 6lbs ahead of Bob Warren on peg 6.
Bob fished luncheon meat at 13m out into open water and could have won had he not lost a good fish when his hook knot gave up the ghost. Not only did it cost him £10 in the payout but it also meant that Bob would have to go out and buy himself a new hook to replace the one he lost and which had served him well for the last fifteen years!
Another surprise result saw Paul Reed finally take advantage of a peg stuffed with fish to grab 3rd place with 41-14 ahead of Darren North on the end peg flier who somehow managed not to win the match and settled for 4th place with just 40lbs.
Alan's win takes him to the top of the Summer League, ahead of Chris Szakacs and Mike Smith, and just 5 points behind Chris in the Year Totals. It also means that he has now won 3 out of the last 4 matches at Rood Ashton which goes to show just how well he can draw!

Result:

1. Alan Healy* ...... peg 9 ..... 68-8
2. Bob Warren ........... 6 ..... 62-8
3. Paul Reed ............. 12 .... 41-14
4. Darren North ........ 13 ..... 40-0
5. Ade Crawley .......... 1 ..... 39-2
6. Steve Burgess ....... 8 ...... 36-4
7. Simon Belcham ..... 7 ...... 35-12
8. Adam Woodland .... 2 ...... 34-9
9. Mike Smith ........... 4 ...... 32-6
10. Ryan Jordan ......... 5 ....... 24-13
11. Mike Wilson ......... 10 ...... 24-11
12. Derek Lucas ......... 11 ...... DNW
13. Stuart Riddle ........ 3 ........ DNW

*golden peg
Total Match Weight = 440lbs 7oz
Average weight = 40lbs

League Totals

Year Totals:

1. Chris Szakacs .... 308pts ... 1382-14
2. Alan Healy ........ 283 ....... 1101-7
3. Adm Caswell ..... 235 ....... 944-7
4. Mark Radford .... 229 ....... 1173-13
5. Mike Smith ....... 218 ....... 999-10
6. Steve Burgess ... 199 ....... 617-14
7. Darren North .... 198 ........ 859-2
8. Bob Warren ...... 192 ........ 730-14
9. Rich Jones ........ 184 ........ 916-1
10. Paul Reed ......... 179 ........ 641-5
11. Simon Belcham ... 177 ...... 724-10
12. Stuart Riddle ..... 146 ....... 520-2
13. Paul Elmes ........ 135 ....... 787-0
14. Derek Lucas ...... 135 ....... 540-7
15. Adam Woodland . 132 ....... 483-11
16. Ryan Jordan ...... 130 ....... 667-15
17. Ade Crawley ...... 118 ....... 473-3
18. Steve Wynne ..... 116 ....... 524-13
19. Neil Mercer ........ 114 ....... 821-4
20. Craig Edmunds ... 105 ....... 797-3
21. Ryan Radford ...... 78 ........ 290-1
22. Mike Wilson ........ 68 ........ 287-13
23. Brian Shanks ...... 67 ........ 331-15
24. Eddie Wynne ...... 64 ........ 247-9
25. Stuart Ashton ..... 62 ........ 84-11
26. Steve Hutchinson. 45 ........ 150-1
27. Yan ................... 38 ........ 66-1
28. Ron Hardiman .... 28 ........ 119-8
29. Dave Tippet ....... 10 ........ 40-2

Summer League:

1. Chris Szakacs ....... 278
2. Alan Healy ........... 234
3. Mark Radford ....... 229
4. Adam Caswell ...... 224
5. Mike Smith .......... 183
6. Darren North ....... 168
7. Bob Warren ......... 168
8. Steve Burgess ..... 152
9. Simon Belcham ... 147
10. Rich Jones .......... 144
11. Paul Reed ........... 144
12. Stuart Riddle ...... 137
13. Adam Woodland .. 123
14. |Ryan Jordan ...... 118
15. Paul Elmes ......... 115
16. Derek Lucas ....... 115
17. Neil Mercer ........ 114
18. Craig Edmunds ... 105
19. Ade Crawley ....... 87
20. Steve Wynne ...... 85
21. Ryan Radford ..... 78
22. Mike Wilson ....... 68
23. Brian Shanks ..... 67
24. Eddie Wynne ...... 64
25. Steve Hutchinson . 45
26. Stuart Ashton ..... 42
27. Ron Hardiman .... 38
28. Yan ................... 38

Hillview, 03 Oct, Canal Lakes 3 & 4 (9 pegs)

There was a slight controversy at this one as the match ran over by 15 minutes because, due to the inclement weather, the official timekeeping phone was in my box and I never thought to check it.
Rumour has it that I caught my last fish during the period of "extra time" and as a result, robbed Alan of a(nother) pound ...... oh well, shit happens as they say!

Result:

1. Rich Jones ..... peg 72 ...... 43-15 (meat on top 4)
2. Simon Belcham .... 89 ...... 40-4 (maggot at close range)
3. Darren North* ...... 76 ..... 31-5 (pellet)
4. Ade Crawley ......... 74 ..... 24-8 (meat)
5. Steve Burgess ...... 95 ...... 21-4
6. Derek Lucas ......... 86 ...... 19-7
7. Alan Healy ........... 78 ...... 18-0
8. Steve Wynne ........ 92 ...... 15-7
9. Bob Warren .......... 70 ...... 9-3

Total Match Weight = 223lbs 5oz
Average Weight = 24lbs 8oz

Sedges, 26 September (11 pegs)

A great result for one of the club's newest members and current owner of the Psv Cleanest Kit award, Stuart Ashton.
Drawn on peg 12 Stuart started off on the pellet waggler without success before switching to a waggler with double red maggot fished on the deck(ish) at 20m.
He caught steadily throughout the match to record his first win with 27lbs of mostly skimmers and amazingly, no carp!
Across on the opposite bank, Match Secretary Steve Burgess on peg 6 started on the pole at 11m but when he spotted his neighbour and venue expert, Darren North catch a carp on the pellet wag, switched to the same to take 3 decent carp and a solitary 9oz skimmer for 23lbs 9oz and a well-deserved second place.
Darren, on peg 8, also managed to snare three carp to take the third spot with 20lbs 1oz while Paul (should have won) Reed took 4th with 2 carp for 18-11 from corner peg 20 (the peg with the wind blowing into it that was solid with fish)!

Overall Result:

1. Stuart Ashton .... peg 12 ..... 27-0
2. Steve Burgess .......... 6 ...... 23-9
3. Darren North ............ 8 ...... 20-1
4. Paul Reed ................ 20 ..... 18-11
5. Simon Belcham ........ 10 ..... 13-15
6. Ryan Jordan ............. 11 ..... 13-13
7. Alan Healy ............... 16 ..... 13-2 (now leaking pound coins like a tap)
8. Mike Smith .............. 18 ...... 10-15
9. Adam Woodland ........ 4 ....... 8-14
10. Steve Wynne ........... 14 ...... 8-7
11. Ade Crawley* ........... 2 ....... 3-14

Silvers:

1. Stuart Ashton ..... 27-0
2. Alan Healy .......... 13-2
3. Simon Belcham .... 9-5
4. Adam Woodland ... 8-14
5. Steve Wynne ........ 8-7
6. Ryan Jordan ......... 7-9

*golden peg (safe as houses today)
Total Match Weight = 162lbs 5oz
Average weight = 15lbs

Curry Night!

It's that time again!
Tuesday night is Curry Night at Bollywood Spice (as before)
The club meeting and booking-in etc will take place in the restaurant bar at 7.30 and the table is booked for 8.30.
Please let me know as soon as possible if you will be staying for the curry.

Viaduct, Campbell, 19 September (10 pegs)

Just in case anyone isn't acquainted with the Viaduct rules, here is a short reminder ......

• No Silvers with Carp
• 80lb max per net

...... which means that the little shiny fish and the slimy flat ones (silvers) go in one net and the big fat greedy ones (carp) go in another net, then when you have 80lbs of fat greedy ones (carp) you need to put another net in.
As a rule of thumb, if you have 11 fish averaging 7lbs then you need to put another net in.
And if you don't have enough nets with you, have a word with Derek or Paul Reed as they usually have a couple of spare ones!


Overall Result:

1. Rich Jones ...... peg 132 ...... 94-8
2. Chris Szakacs ....... 112 ....... 85-1
3. Alan Healy ........... 115 ....... 84-2
4. Mike Smith ........... 118 ...... 84-1
5. Steve Wynne ......... 128 ..... 71-2
6. Paul Reed ............. 110 ...... 57-5
7. Adam Caswell* ...... 124 ...... 51-8
8. Dave Tippet ........... 126 ..... 40-2
9. Stuart Riddle ......... 129 ...... 33-15
10. Derek Lucas .......... 114 ...... 25-4

Silvers:

1. Dave Tippet ..... 15-6
2. Stuart Riddle .... 13-11
3. Steve Wynne .... 10-2
4. Derek Lucas ..... 8-1
5. Mike Smith ....... 5-12
6. Alan Healy ........ 5-7
7. Adam Caswell .... 2-8

*golden peg
Total Match Weight = 627lbs
Average weight = 62lbs

Cider Farm, Dabinett, 12 September (9 pegs)

With only nine booked in for this one everyone was guaranteed plenty of room and with only the form pegs in the draw bag a few fish were expected to come out.
Although, according to the grapevine, the fish were now spread out around the lake and anybody could be in with a shout.
Venue expert, Mike the paste Smith was particularly happy having drawn peg 28 seeing as it had recently broken the Dabinett match record on two occasions but Paul Elmes, on peg 7, was having none of it.
Fishing pellet and paste in open water and later pellet long across to the point of the island, Paul took a steady procession of fish from start to finish to weigh in a total of 101lbs 9oz.
Close on his heels, on peg 21, Paul's doubles partner, match secretary Steve Burgess started by fishing pellet shallow in open water at 13m with little success before changing to corn over pellet to the end of the reeds where he found the fish to be feeding confidently and cruised into second place with 91-15

Result:

1. Paul Elmes ...... peg 7 ...... 101-9
2. Steve Burgess ...... 21 ...... 91-15
3. Bob Warren .......... 1 ....... 79-13
4. Chris Szakacs ....... 6 ....... 72-0
5. Alan Healy* ......... 20 ....... 53-6
6. Mike Smith .......... 28 ....... 46-14
7. Ade Crawley ........ 16 ....... 33-11
8. Paul Reed ............ 12 ....... 24-4
9. Mike Wilson ......... 18 ........ DNW

*golden peg
Total Match Weight = 503lbs 8oz
Average weight = 63lbs