New club junior member

Congratulations to new parents Paul and Marie Elmes on the birth of their baby girl, Lily, who showed up this morning weighing in at 8lbs 3oz which means she is Paul's biggest weight of the year so far!

Viaduct, Match Lake, 7 Feb (10 Pegs)

With a good draw, corner peg 49, and also the golden peg, things were looking good, for once, for Psv's vice chairman Ryan Jordan.
At the start Ryan chose to fish a cage feeder with a corn and meat mix up to the corner of the island while his pole lines settled and within minutes he was into a good sized skimmer on hair-rigged meat. This was followed over the next hour by three similar sized fish before the feeder swim died leaving him to scratch around for bits on his pole lines.
Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the lake, part-time pheasant beater
Alan Healy on 42 was steadily building a weight of silvers on the pole and Psv veteran Bob Warren, on 51, had netted a 3lb carp on straight lead and maggot early on and was also catching small roach on the pole.
With an hour to go Ryan's early lead was fading fast as Mark Radford,
Steve Burgess and Adam Caswell were all catching. As ever Adam had spent the best part of the match fishless and bankwalking before realising (with a bit of help from mark Radford) that there were fish in his peg after all ..... just not in the spot he'd been fishing in! Eventually though luck played it's part for Ryan when he managed to foul-hook a 4-10 carp from the corner margin and seal the win and the £86 golden peg money on top.




Ryan Jordan looks pleased with his win but now faces the dilemna of whether to spend his winnings on this month's rent or 34 doner kebabs!











Result:

1. Ryan Jordan* ....... Peg 49 .... 14-11
2. Bob Warren ............. 51 ........ 12-0
3. Alan Healy ............... 42 ........ 10-9
4. Adam Caswell .......... 40 ........ 8-15
5. Steve Burgess ........... 50 ........ 8-3
6. Mark Radford .......... 43 ......... 5-10
7. Derek Lucas ............. 52 ......... 4-9
8. Paul Reed ................. 45 ......... 4-0
9. Adam Woodland ...... 44 ......... 3-2
10. Ryan Radford ........... 47 ......... DNW

*Golden peg

Winter Series & Year To Date

Winter Series:

1. Darren North ....... 178 pts ..... 441-3
2. Alan Healy ............ 172 .......... 460-11
3. Steve Burgess ....... 150 .......... 356-14
4. Mark Radford ....... 141 .......... 337-8
5. Simon Belcham ..... 105 ......... 313-8
6. Paul Elmes ............ 103 ......... 269-5
7. Derek Lucas .......... 86 ........... 163-5
8. Brian Shanks ......... 84 ........... 211-8
9. Adam Caswell ........ 82 ........... 223-15
10. Adam Woodland ... 78 ........... 148-12
11. Mark Britton ......... 73 ............ 237-2
12. Paul Reed .............. 73 ............ 179-13
13. Ryan Jordan ......... 68 ............ 183-6
14. Bob Warren ........... 68 ........... 160-1
15. Chris Zak ............... 56 ............ 116-6
16. Stuart Riddle ......... 56 ............ 107-15
17. Mike Wilson .......... 46 ........... 108-9
18. Steve Wynne .......... 44 ........... 48-9

Year To Date:

1. Mark Radford ......... 394 ......... 1,368-7
2. Steve Burgess .......... 384 ......... 1,269-6
3. Alan Healy .............. 382 .......... 1,269-14
4. Darren North .......... 348 .......... 1,012-9
5. Simon Belcham ....... 293 .......... 907-5
6. Bob Warren ............. 287 .......... 964-11
7. Adam Caswell .......... 265 .......... 1,027-8
8. Paul Elmes ............... 237 .......... 946-7
9. Craig Edmunds ........ 228 ......... 1,162-9
10. Adam Woodland ...... 217 .......... 680-6
11. Derek Lucas ............. 201 .......... 507-2
12. Paul Reed ................. 175 .......... 516-4
13. Ryan Jordan ............. 173 .......... 715-13
14. Steve Wynne ............. 131 .......... 389-2
15. Dave Tippet .............. 113 .......... 349-3
16. Mark Britton ............. 102 ......... 302-0
17. Brian Shanks ............ 101 .......... 297-4
18. Eddie Perkins ........... 78 ............ 160-6
19. Mike Wilson ............. 70 ............ 168-5
20. Eddie Wynne ............ 58 ............ 80-9
    

Mike Wilson's "Bargain Bucket" Invitation Match, Boyd Valley (11 pegs)

Two consecutive nights of hard frost resulted in all but one of Boyd Valley's twelve pegs being covered with a thick layer of ice and as a result another ice-breaking session was in order limiting the options in this 11 peg knock-up organized by wealthy local businessman and PSV outgoing Chairman, Mike Wilson.
Easily making the best of the tough conditions was silvers expert Neil the plummet Mercer on peg 4.
Neil caught steadily throughout the match netting quality roach and skimmers along with a couple of bonus small carp on the pole, using his secret "ssg" method, for a total of 15lbs 6oz.
Second place went to Knowle West badger-baiter Alan Healy, on peg 11, who fished long and shallow for 9lbs 7oz of blades and eyes, closely followed by Paul Elmes on peg 6 who, despite a late run of better quality skimmers, finished just 3oz short with 9lbs 4oz.
Ryan Jordan on peg 2 was into small skimmers throughout the match but 2 lost carp cost him dearly and left him one place out of the money in 4th position with 7lbs 14oz .... just 10oz ahead of Psv Match Secreatary, Steve Burgess on peg 7 who included one small carp and a confused baby tench in his 7lbs 4oz total.

Results:

1. Neil plummet Mercer (peg 4) ... 15-6
2. Alan Healy (11) ...................... 9-7
3. Paul Elmes (6) ........................ 9-4
4. Ryan Jordan (2) ..................... 7-14
5. Steve Burgess (7) .................... 7-4
6. Mark Radford(12) ................... 5-1
7. Bob Warren (1) ....................... 4-12
8. Mike Wilson (10) .................... 4-10
9. Darren North (8) .................... 4-6
10. Paul Reed (3) .......................... 3-15
11. Adam Caswell (9) .................. DNW
    

Sedges, Tile Lake, 24 Jan (9 pegs)

1. Darren North (peg 26) ...... 15-3
2. Steve Burgess (28) ............. 8-4
3. Adam Woodland (27) ........ 7-10
4. Derek Lucas (21) ................ 3-8
5. Brian Shanks (23) .............. 2-3
6. Mike Wilson (30) ............... 1-6
7. Alan Healy (24) .................. 0-10
8. Mark Radford (29) ............. 0-1
9. Adam Caswell* (22) ........... DNW

*golden peg

Landsend, Specimen Lake, 17 Jan 2010 (10 pegs)

Today was the first day that Landsend's Specimen lake had been "fishable" for over a fortnight due to the big freeze but even despite three days of reasonable temperatures, considerable rainfall and Mike Duckett's ice breaking attempts??, much of the lake was still heavily iced over meaning the services of Bristol PSV's shit-hot ice breaking team (Adam Woodland and Paul Elmes) were more than welcome, big thanks lads, much appreciated!
As a result, the outcome of the match was dominated by the effects of the ice.
If you were on the sunny (ice-free) side of the lake you were in with a shout whereas on the shady side, where the ice had been thickest, a bite was as rare as rocking horse poop, with the exception of Eddie Wynne on the relatively ice-free corner peg 33.
Winner on the day was Paul "why don't we fish lake 3" Elmes on peg 29 with 14lbs 10oz consisting of two carp and a quality skimmer. Eddie Wynne took second spot with two carp plus roach for 11lbs 14oz followed by Stevie Wynne on peg 28 with one carp and a perch for 5lbs 4oz.
Special awards on the day went to Neil Mercer for his unorthodox ice breaking technique which involved paddling around, waist-deep, in ice-cold water (serves him right for wearing a silly hat and wanting to fish the lake 3), also to Derek Lucas for having to suffer every piece of loose ice on the lake drifting into his peg.
And to Big Adam for attempting to weigh in an 18lb carp that had died a week ago!
One other special mention goes to Adam Caswell for blanking on the out & out flier and golden peg, nice one!

Results:

1. Paul Elmes (peg 29) ....... 14-10
2. Eddie Wynne (33) .......... 11-14
3. Stevie Wynne (28) .......... 5-4
4. Alan Healy (24) .............. 4-0
5. Steve Burgess (31) .......... 1-0

2010 / 2011 Match Calender

January 2010

• 17 Landsend - Specimen Lake
• 24 Sedges - Tile Lake

Febuary 2010

• 7 Viaduct - Match Lake
• 21 Burley Fields

March 2010

• 7 Staunton Court
  
• 14 Cider Farm
• 28 Rood Ashton

April 2010

• 4 Staunton Court
  
• 11 Hillview (Back Canals)
  
• 18 Viaduct - Campbell
• 25 Sedges

May 2010

• 2 Landsend
• 9 Avalon
• 16 Cider Farm
• 23 Viaduct - Campbell
• 30 Sedges

June 2010

• 6 Campbell
• 13 Landsend
• 20 Viaduct - Cary
• 27 Cider Farm

July 2010

• 4 Landsend - John's Lake
• 11 Sedges - Tile Lake
• 18 Viaduct - Campbell
• 25 Trinity

August 2010

• 1 Rood Ashton
• 8 Viaduct - Campbell
• 15 Trinity
• 22 Avalon

September 2010

• 5 Landsend - John's Lake
• 12 Cider Farm
• 19 Viaduct - Campbell
• 26 Sedges

October 2010

• 3 Hillview (Back Canals)
  
• 10 Rood Ashton
• 17 Trinity
• 24 Avalon
• 31 Westerleigh
  

November 2010

• 14 Cider Farm

December 2010

• 12 Westerleigh (Christmas Match)
  

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you all, don't forget there is a meeting on Tuesday taking bookings for Landsend (17th) and Sedges (24th).