For fear of being labelled an old perv I won't mention the obvious reason(s) but there are plenty of carp and silvers to be caught and the fishery is well run, tidy and provides a waitress service for hot snacks and drinks ordered from and delivered to your peg as well as providing free pre-draw tea and coffee.
To make things easier, the pegging was sorted beforehand and the draw tickets and bucket were ready and waiting and on top of all that, the fishery manager, Misha, is a right little cracker which is always a bonus (I wasn't going to mention that was I)!
Anyway, back to the important stuff and due to the combination of an overnight frost and bright calm conditions along with a near full house of 24, the fishing was decidedly patchy.
Not so however for the club's favourite mugger, Brian Shanks who, having drawn the £100 golden peg, set about peg 31 with a steely determination and obliterated the rest of the field with a fine display of his favourite method, fishing pellet shallow on the pole at 12m which resulted in 86lbs 14oz.
Over 40lbs behind Brian on peg 10, Alan Healy made up for his dismal performance on Campbell the previous week (16th out of 20) by catching firstly on paste at 13m and later on caster/ maggot / meat in the margins for a total of 45lbs 11oz to secure second place.
Chris Szakacs meanwhile, having spent 5 hours doing very little in peg 19, kept himself busy for the last hour when the change in the wind brought a change in his fortunes and 44lbs for third. Chris caught on meat over pellet alternating between his left and right margins.
Next to Chris in peg 20, newcomer Colin Ellaway had a similar match to Chris catching down the edge late with maggot for a total of 40lbs 15oz and fourth place.
Top silvers went to Mark Britton on peg 6 with 12lbs of sprats caught on caster at 4m down his right margin followed by Colin Ellaway's 9lbs 2oz which were boosted by a bonus tench and an eel.
A special thanks to Kev Jefferies who found himself in charge of the scales, well done that man. Kev has since discovered that the little marks on the dial between the "lb" markings are ounces (you may notice quite a few of the following weights rounded to the nearest pound)!
Full Result:
- Mugger Shanks* ... peg 31 ... 86-14
- Alan Healy ............ 10 ...... 45-11
- Chris Szakacs ........ 19 ...... 44-0
- Colin Ellaway ......... 20 ...... 40-15
- Mike Welling .......... 32 ...... 37-15
- Mike Smith ............ 3 ........ 28-10
- Mark Radford** ..... 9 ........ 25-9
- Stewart Riddle ....... 11 ...... 21-13
- Chris Gay .............. 24 ...... 19-8
- Matt Williams ......... 7 ........ 16-8
- Mark Britton .......... 6 ......... 15-0
- Ron Hardiman ........ 30 ...... 14-14
- Will Dearlove ......... 8 ......... 12-5
- Derek Lucas .......... 25 ....... 10-8
- Bob Warren ........... 23 ....... 8-4
- Steve Burgess ....... 16 ....... 8-0
- Simon Belcham ...... 27 ...... 6-13
- 7 dnw's
- Mark Britton (4) ... 12-0
- Colin Ellaway (20) ... 9-2
- Simon Belcham (27) ... 6-13
- Alan Healy (10) ... 5-8
- Bob Warren (23) ... 4-5
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